Movie Mistakes And Observations

To the careful eye, a movie watcher has probably caught a few mistakes that directors, actors, or other crew members did not catch until after the release of the movie. Sometimes it's something as simple as the hand that a character is holding a cup in. One second it's in the character's left hand and cut back a few seconds later and the cup mysteriously appears in the other hand. Sometimes it's some a lot less subtle such as the visible gas engine on the bottom of the chariot Russell Crowe is riding in Gladiator. So on this note, here are some I bring to your attention.

1. Die Another Day: In a final fight scene between Jinx (Halle Berry) and Agent Frost, she is slashed across the stomach and bleeds. Later, James Bond (Pierce Bronson) pours diamonds over her stomach that is blemish free.

2. Anaconda: In a shot used twice apparently, a boat pulls away from a waterfall. Rather than just shoot the scene twice, they reuse the same footage and the water can be seen going backwards.

3. Goonies: At the end of the movie, when asked what was the scariest part of the adventure, Data says the octopus. Problem is that the scene with the octopus was cut from the theatrical release and can only be seen in the deleted scenes on the DVD.

4. Back To The Future: After Doc (Christopher Lloyd) sends his dog Einstein back in time to demonstrate the time machine, flames are on the pavement where the wheels once were on the DeLorean. Thing is, Marty (Michael J. Fox) is standing in the flames and appears to not feel any pain at all.

5. Forest Gump: Jenny gives Forest (Tom Hanks) a clipping of himself in the U.S.A. Today magazine. This magazine was first published in September of 1982. Later on when Jenny passes away, her tombstone reads that she has died in March of 1982.

6. Shrek: Lord Farquuad wants to marry a princess so he can become a prince and he has three choices to choose from. Cinderella, Snow White, and Fiona. The factual error is that Cinderella was not born a princess. For her to become a princess, she has to marry someone whom is already a prince.

7. Spiderman: When Harry is talking to Mary Jane on his cell phone, Mary Jane hangs up on him. Problem is that a dial tone was produced on his cell phone. Cell phones do not have dial tones.

8. Austin Powers-Goldmember: In the 1970's bar that Austin meets Foxy at, there is a bottle of Tanqueray 10 behind the bar. Tanqueray 10 was not released until the last few years, unless this bottle was sent thirty years back in time, it should not be there either.

9. Austin Powers: When Mini-Me is seen drawing a picture of Scott Evil being hanged, Mini-Me only uses one crayon to draw the picture. When we see the picture, there are at least two colors of crayon in the picture.

10. Ghostbusters: Not really a blooper, but more of a piece of interest. When the containment unit explodes and releases all the captured ghosts, ordinary citizens watch the action coming out of the Ghostbusters headquarters. If you look closer, one of the onlookers is famous porn star, Ron Jeremy.