Even when a film is deserving of a perfect 5-star rating, it doesn’t mean they’re
flawless.
Directors spend so much time making sure the larger picture of their movie is cohesive,
that sometimes little things fall through the cracks.
These may be highly-paid professionals, but they are human and can let an error or two
slip by into the final cut.
Here are Screen Rant’s 10 Biggest Movie Mistakes Hidden in Popular Films.
Ant-Man
In the opening scene, Dr. Pym punches Mitchell Carson in the face and blood can be seen pouring
out of his nose.
As the scene progresses, we notice that the blood slowly disappears.
It seems Mitchell was slowly cleaning but the real mistake can occurs when his close-up
reveals a very clean and white handkerchief!
Jurassic World
Chris Pratt is America’s new favorite leading man, and his magic even impacts the props
he touches.
When Claire and Owen are hiding from the Indominus Rex in Jurassic World, Owen rests his rifle
against the driver’s door of an old Jeep.
As the dinosaur searches for its prey, it places its head on that side of the vehicle
and shakes it around a couple of times.
When Owen looks back around to see if the coast is clear, the rifle is in the same exact
spot, unmoved.
This is one instance where practical and digital effects didn’t mesh well to create a seamless
shot.
Mad Max: Fury Road
Yes, even Best Picture candidates have imperfections.
Upon doing an ammunition inventory count, Toast says that the group has four rounds
left for the SKS rifle, which she calls Big Boy.
A few moments later, Max fires a single shot from that same gun, and Toast informs Max
he only has two shots left.
If Toast’s initial count was correct, Max should have three remaining.
It’s a glaring oversight that creates an unnecessary inconsistency between two scenes
close together and it could have easily been avoided with a quick double check.
But nobody said the script was awards worthy, right?
The Martian
When astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead by his crew, they have no choice but to leave
him on Mars so they can escape in time.
But as it turns out, Mark wasn’t alone.
In the shot where the character regains consciousness after being knocked out, the cameraman is
visible in the reflection of Watney’s space helmet.
With all the video recordings Watney does in the film, this guy was probably the unsung
hero of the story, yet didn’t get any recognition.
Either that, or filming reflective surfaces is a little harder than it looks, even when
Ridley Scott is involved.
There is even a shot a little later that seems to show the whole crew reflected in his helmet
since there are not other structures or anything around him, but we’ll let you decide!
Avengers: Age of Ultron
One of the more entertaining sequences in this superhero sequel is when Earth’s Mightiest
all try to lift Thor’s hammer at a party.
But the God of Thunder’s weapon isn’t the only magical item in the scene.
After all his friends fail at the game, Thor picks the hammer up with a drink in his hand.
However, in the very next shot, that same drink is on the table, even though Thor never
stopped to put it down.
Joss Whedon had a lot to sort through with this film, but he should have been able to
see this.
Chalk it up to the dangers of splicing takes.
Inside Out
This modern classic was hailed as Pixar’s glorious return to form, but things got off
to a shaky start – in the very first scenes.
At the beginning of the movie when baby Riley appears, her mother appears to be wearing
glasses.
However, when the perspective changes to have Mom visible from Riley’s point of view,
she’s not wearing the glasses.
It’s always possible she took them off in between shots, but when you’re looking at
your baby daughter for the first time, you’d want the clearest view you could get.
Something doesn’t add up here.
Furious 7
Fans were disappointed when the character Hobbs was left out of commission for a majority
of the film’s running time, but there was good reason.
He was recovering from a variety of injuries.
Elena tells Dom early on that one of those was a leg broken in two places.
A shot of Hobbs in the hospital bed confirms this, as he sports a cast on his leg.
But as the film approaches its finale and Hobbs decides he has to jump into the action,
there’s no cast on his leg and he walks without a limp.
We think we may have found who can play Wolverine after Hugh Jackman.
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
During one of this movie’s many thrilling action bits, Ethan and Benji are involved
in a chase while driving a car.
The filmmakers use this as an opportunity for a playful gag, when Ethan asks Benji if
he’s wearing his seatbelt before attempting an insane stunt.
But it probably would have been funnier if there was some consistency regarding the seatbelt.
Throughout the sequence, Benji’s seatbelt alternates between on and off, making things
very confusing for the joke.
Perhaps this is why Ethan asked him about it?
Either way, Benji doesn’t seem to care about his wellbeing even when his life is in danger.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The First Order one-ups the old Galactic Empire with their Starkiller base, a weapon that
can blow up entire star systems instead of a single planet.
The film reveals that it gets its power from the planet’s sun, draining all of its energy.
When that happens, everything should go pitch black, but at the end of the movie, Kylo Ren,
Rey and Finn are all visible in the forest during their lightsaber duel.
In reality, only man-made light would allow them to see each other, but that wouldn’t
make for a very cinematic finale.
Sometimes, you have to bend the rules.
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Typos happen even to the best of us, but during a film production that takes months, there’s
no excuse for things to be spelled incorrectly.
However, Kingsman never got a proofreader to look over some graphics.
During the news broadcast covering the release of the free Valentine SIM cards, the headline
spells “worldwide” wrong.
It says that the product will be distributed “wordlwide” in big letters for all to
see.
Modern media is a mad dash to be the first to report a story, but it doesn’t help credibility
if there are glaring errors like this.
Those are our picks for mistakes hidden in popular films.
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