In the opening scene of Indiana Jones Raiders of the lost ark, Jones's comrade betrays him and is then killed. Jones escapes on a two seater amphibious bi-plane with a pilot. The plane has two seats and two passengers. If Indi's associate had not betrayed him and had survived, they couldn't all have escaped.

If anyone else has noticed mistakes, absurdities or continuity errors in films post below.

[ 08-09-2004, 04:43 AM: Message edited by: Dirty Meg ]

The Matrix Revolutions: in the subway scene Neo stands in there with a suitcase. He then runs into the tunnel in the same subway but the suitcase isn`t there.

In Star Wars (The Empire Strikes Back, I believe), Yoda proclaims that Luke is too stubborn. Suddenly the 'ghost' of Obi-Wan Kenobi shows up and says "Weren't I the same when you trained me?"

Well, call me crazy, but I thought Episode 1 made us believe Obi-Wan was trained by Qui Gon Jinn? No by Yoda!

(of course, there's probably an easy way for Lucas to talk himself out of that one..)

This link have most of the movie mistakes out there. very nice read too.

In Matrix, the actors obviously had some trouble remembering where they put their hands when changing cameras. In the introduction scene Morpehus' hands are straight pressed to himslef, but when the camera is behind one of the hands is befind his back. Later, when Morpehus is being interrogated by Smith, Smith is also changing his fingers when cameras change. When the lobby explodes it's intact, without bodies or broken pillars. In Matrix 2, on the highway, the traffic changes direction a few times. When they're fleeing the garage with the twins behind them, the twins crash a car. Later, the wrong side of the car is crashed. There's tons of movies with tons of errors. Just tell me one movie and I'll spew out the mistakes! I enjoy catching flaws in films.

A mistake in (Dutch) subtitles in LOTR:TTT. At some point, Theoden says something like "now for wrath, now for ruin and a red dawn". Which they translated into "not for wrath,.. etc"

I IIRC that The Matrix is the movie with most mistakes ever. In Matrix (1) when Neo and Morpheous go to see the Oracle a camerman can be seen in the hook.

You can see a camera man in Gladiator also.
My bro discovered the secret behind a stunt in Dragonheart. When one of the dudes get killed from an axe in the back, the axe blade is hit sideways so it doesn't actually penetrate. However, it is camoflauged nicely.

I know for sure that in the Matrix you can see a microphone as well somewhere.

Not to mention the (in the Ext. Version brushed out) car in the background of the Fellowship of the Ring :rolleyes:

what's the "EXT. Version?"

Oh and how about the repeated day/night/day/night which is it? thing in Plan 9?

Sorry, I was just being lazy, and didn't want to type Extended; Ext. Version means Extended Version [img]graemlins/doh.gif[/img]

Anyone wanna buy a Rolex, Nike sneakers, Jeans and a Jumbo Jet? All seen in Gladiator.
Terminator, 2, Beretta shoots out 37 bullets. Broken glass fixes itself and trucks that get busted will be repaired in a moment's notice.

I don` remember those things in Gladiator. Where were they?

Rolex on the scene where the emperoro is shown, a man right on the balcony is wearing one. Nikes are seen at the beginning battle, and later in the escape IMHO(can't remember). Atleast three people can be seen wearing Jeans, and you can see a trail and for a split second the entire plane on the scene when Maximus remembers his home, lying in the grass.
Now for the movie Speed... Watches exchange hands, people change clothes and purses change model. The jump sequence actually shows a jumping pad in one cut, and our poor guy who got shot in the leg keeps forgeting in what leg he's been shot.
Speed 2, now that's a spectacle! Cows are flying when things explode, water actually flows upward(also seen in Titanic) and people forget what type of gun they are holding. Ships turn the wrong way, and then change course again, and Men in suits forget wether they're wearing a bow-tie or a tie.

[ 08-09-2004, 02:47 PM: Message edited by: Bozos of Bones ]

From what I understand Yoda trains all the Jedi, ehile they are younger, before they become full-time padawans. By the point Obi-wan comes along, I don't think Yoda takes on individuals anymore. Just my 2 cents, being a Star Wars freak. ;)

Here's one, one only lawyers would know:

In Collateral.....

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In Collateral, Vincent is on a trip through LA offing witnesses to a big federal drug trial. His last hit is the prosecutor on the case for the DOJ. Anyone who has worked at DOJ can tell you that there are three main attorneys assigned to every case. They all know everything about the case, and split the workload -- one will do the opening, one will do witnesses X,Y,Z, etc. etc.

So, offing one prosecutor would do no good, as the other two would be able to pick right up where the one was absent. Factual flaw. ;)

Yeah, that makes sense, TL, but I wonder why he would off her at all? When all the witnesses are gone, what's it matter if she stays? Curious... (BTW, saw that flick a couple nights ago, and quite enjoyed it!) [img]smile.gif[/img]

forget the name of the movie, but it was a sinbad movie, where he is a con man, pretending to be a guy he is not, so he can exscape at the airport. the major one I noticed in it was when he was playing basketball with the kid, one second he has the ball under his right arm, then all of a sudden it is gone, then back under the other arm, so forth through the whole scene of the game.

in the closing credits of the movie "Teen Wolf" there is a female in the crowd obviously closing her trousers that were open and unzipped.

Apparently in Pirates of the Caribbean there is a sceen where you can see a nike logo hanging out from underneath his bandanna.

In the movie "The Last Samurai" during the fighting scence in the forest before Tom Cruise gets captured by the japanese, in the far background you can supposedly see some powerlines and a few cars go past.

And in the first Charlie's Angels (with Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Lui) in the beginning with the guy that has the bomb on his vest, when drew barrymore and the terrorist jump out of the plain, the vest is still on... lucy lui comes along and takes the vest off and it blows up... and when they all land in the boat the terrorists vest is on again, and then every now and again when it changes back to the man, the vest is not there... what's going on there?...lol

Star Wars has many. Perhaps my favorite is when Luke returns from the Death Star, hops off his X-wing and shouts "Carrie!" to Princess Leia. [img]graemlins/biglaugh.gif[/img]

I take it Carrie is the actress who plays Leia? [img]smile.gif[/img]

Heh, some pretty interesting stuff on that website [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img] . Makes me wanna watch some movies again to see what they're talking about... but I'm too lazy [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Of course Carrie is Leia's real name!! What kind of geek/nerd are you if you don't know Carrie Fisher played Princess Leia?! [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Pffft! Only 30 year old hardcore fans know stuff like that [img]tongue.gif[/img] . *checks Dron's birthdate* ... I withdraw that statement...

Face it - the only reason you know her name is because the whole gold outfit thing, aye? [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Absolutely not! Dude, I have to pray to the Good Lord every night, that George Lucas has not lost his mind, and his last two films were just a joke to separate the true fans from the pretenders. I ask only that the next, and final film, will be a return to the greatness of the classics! It's all I have to hold onto, now. [img]tongue.gif[/img] And to not know something, like main character's actor from the mighty trilogy is unforgivable ignorance, bordering on blasphemy. Anyways, enjoy the real world, and say "hey," to everyone for me! [img]graemlins/happywave.gif[/img]

Whaaaat? His last two films have been the best of them all - the acting, especially from Anakin, is superb! :rolleyes:

If you only have the third movie to hold on to, you might as well wallow in a pit and die. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

You are not worthy enough say "hey," to the real world... [img]graemlins/finger.gif[/img] [img]tongue.gif[/img]

*cough*LEIA-LOVER*cough* [img]smile.gif[/img]

The last two films in my opinion are pretty good on stand alone. But compared to the classics before I was even thought of they are well...stinky. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

The classics is pure genius I tell you.

Mr.Lucas must be going senile with the work he is showing us as of late.

[ 08-25-2004, 12:44 PM: Message edited by: Sythe ]

Hmm, I'll use a bit of a quote, then relate it to this: "Who is the more foolish, the fool, or the fool who follows him?" (Kenobi to Solo, of course). Sooo, "Who is the least worthy, the hopless fanatic, or the fool who argues with him?" [img]tongue.gif[/img] [img]tongue.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/flickdown.gif[/img]

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I give. You're good. [img]smile.gif[/img]

That site makes quite a few mistakes, and obviously doesn't check them.

For example, it says in the second 'dig' scene in Goodfellas that they're wearing short-sleeved shirts, they're wearing suits...Besides, you think it was never warm in NY in the winter?

They also made a mistake in Taxi Driver: They said De Niro was wearing Bald Cap...

He actually shaved his head...

[ 08-25-2004, 03:46 PM: Message edited by: Oblivion437 ]

I liked AotC and thought Phantom Menace was descent. The plot of the second trilogy is a very complex political web, and I think most viewers just don't have the patience to appreciate or understand it. Plotwise, the first three movies are pretty simple. Episode IV is an escape and an attack on a base. Empire is a long chase. Jedi is another jailbreak followed by an attack on a base. The most political depth you get out of them is in the 1st movie when Vader and Tarkin discuss the Emporer's disbanding of the Imperial Senate.

In the current movies, we are getting to see how one man uses industrial magnates with revolutionary tendancies to start a war and then how he plays two sides against each other to create the need for governmental change giving him emergency powers to act for the safety of the Republic. We will soon get to see him convert that Republic into a Parlimentary Monarchy.

The things to enjoy in these movies are very nuanced, and the actor playing Palpatine does a fine job.

Just try to overlook JarJar and the other Gungans, including BigBoss, as well as whichever version of Anakin annoys you most. We're older now and we may forget it, but Tauntans were pretty cheezy, as was the abominable snowman scene, as were all the Ewoks -- which can certainly annoy me as much as a gungan (except JarJar) anyday.

Oh, I still like all the films, but I simply wish (uselessly, probably) for the magic of the older films. I agree, I think most people just want to see colorful explosions, and the such, but I can most certainly enjoy the plot nuances in these new films. My biggest problem is with much of the dialogue, which doesn't share the same subtler nuances that the story does, and definitely makes the acting look worse. It's like a never-ending cycle! Make it stop!! [img]graemlins/5bloodymurder.gif[/img]

[ 08-25-2004, 04:21 PM: Message edited by: Dron_Cah ]

Yeah, you hit that one pretty squarely, Drew...

Oh, and as for mistakes in films, I watched Monty Python and the Search for the Holy Grail last night, and while I know that all the plot holes in that movie are on purpose, I wonder if they could still be called mistakes...wondeful mistakes, mind you, but mistakes nonetheless...

I agree with TL about the first two movies. I don't get why everybody dislikes them compared to the second trilogy. I for one thought AOTC the best film yet, clouded with mystery who Syfo Dias was and what Palpatine is really up to, what role Dooku has to play in all this, and frankly, FINALLY a scene in which the Jedi MAZTAH himself, Yoda, FIGHTS! Really, the political plot is MUCH greater, though I can imagine the flicks being less appealing because a 'rebellion' type goodguys speak more to the mind.

I think it best if I just don't give a real reply to this. [img]graemlins/dontknowaboutyou.gif[/img]

I'm sorry, but if you're suggesting that the dialogue in the original three was that much superior to the last two, then you haven't been paying attention - how many times does someone say they have a 'bad feeling about this'? ;) [img]tongue.gif[/img] Yes, there are definitely some cringey moments, especially from Obi-Wan (I actually felt a bit sorry for Ewan in Phantom Menace - he really had some shockers), but so too do Luke and Han in the originals.

Aye, the dialogue was indeed, much better. [img]tongue.gif[/img] The "I have a bad feelin about this," has become a catch phrase, now. "Why?" Acting. The acting in the originals was lightyears better than these newer versions. Though, I do have to give props to Ewan MacGregor, Natalie Portman, and whoever plays the young(er) Palpatine. [img]smile.gif[/img]

The younger Palpatine is played by the same guy who played the very aged Palpatine in Jedi.

There are some real groaners in all the movies. From "Laugh it up Fuzzball" to "I'd Rather Kiss a Wookie / I can arrange that."

Oh, and "It's not my fault" is used almost as many times as "I have a bad feeling about this."

The palpatine actor is VERY recognizable for his splendid mouth motion. The way the old emperor moves his mouth is just brilliant! :D