17 Obvious Movie Mistakes You Probably Never Noticed
Did ancient Romans have airplanes?
Movie mistakes are easy to miss until someone points them out, and then they are impossible to unsee.
From ancient scenes with modern details to props that seem to move on their own, these little blunders show up in some of the biggest films ever made. Most viewers never catch them the first time, which is part of what makes them so fun to spot later.
Here are 17 movie mistakes that might change the way you look at these films forever.
1. Twilight
You may often see the camera's reflection in a car window if you watch a movie closely. This is a common blunder that many directors overlook. Twilight is a good example of this.
Summit Entertainment2. Inglourious Basterds
The German officer's chest emblem vanishes at one point and reappears in a later shot.
A Band Apart3. Avatar
The wheelchair is nowhere to be found when Jake opens the container. It appears out of nowhere next to him a split second later.
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4. Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Early in the film, the Terminator uses his own body to protect John from the T-1000's gunshots, receiving a full cartridge in the process. His coat is riddled with bullets. But after a few moments, it appears as good as new.
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5. Terminator 2: Judgement Day
The front windows of the vehicle that the T-1000 is driving during his chase with John Connor blow out when it crashes over the bridge. They are back to normal in the following scene.
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6. The Avengers
The bumper of one car is mysteriously restored to good condition during the scene where Thor smashes everything around him.
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7. Dallas Buyers Club
Although the film is set in 1985, a poster of a Lamborghini Aventador is shown on a wall in one scene. This vehicle was only introduced in 2011.
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8. Titanic
There appear to be two Titanics. How else can we account for the deck's changing appearance?
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9. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
There are a few pirates in Jack Sparrow's gang who seem to favor modern fashion.
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10. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
John and Kate take off in a small white plane at one point. The number on the side appears to be N3035C at first glance. The number changes to N3973F once they've landed. When they arrive, though, the first number has resurfaced.
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11. Marie Antoinette
This Sofia Coppola biography of the Queen of France contains a rather astounding error. Converse shoes appear to have been popular among the nobility in the eighteenth century!
20th Century Fox
12. Alien
We notice Kane wearing peculiar headgear inside his spacesuit as the crew discovers the alien ship. His suit's helmet is removed to expose the alien creature attached to his face when we later see him in the hospital, but his hat is missing.
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13. The Usual Suspects
Where are the engines?
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14. Ted
In nearly every scene in the film, the main character, John, appears to be holding his smartphone upside down.
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15. Gladiator
According to Gladiator, the ancient Romans had gas canisters in their chariots.
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16. Gladiator (again)
We checked, and there were no planes in those days.
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17. Star Wars
One of the stormtroopers (far right) is overly tall, and his head hits the door.
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Making movies is difficult. For every frame we see in the final cut, there are probably hundreds more in the trash bin.
The fact is that directors are likely well aware of these tiny mistakes, but removing them would require reshooting the scene or some lengthy technological procedures. That’s why they remain in the movie.
Additionally, these blunders contribute to the film's popularity. People talk more, and there is no such thing as bad publicity.
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