35 Hilarious Things Movies Got Wrong, As Shared On This Page (New Pics)
Interview With ExpertMovies and television shows pass by dozens of pairs of eyes before they reach our devices and cinema screens, but human error exists and mistakes can still happen. That’s why sometimes things or illogicalities that shouldn’t be there make the final cut for everyone to see.
At this point, looking for inaccuracies or bad details in films has become a fun thing to do for some movie watchers. Over a million of them are gathered in this Reddit community, which allows them to share their accidental discoveries with other cinema enthusiasts.
Scroll down to find the most hilarious mistakes that somehow slipped past the careful eyes of movie makers, and be aware that the members of this subreddit often dabble in some serious irony and sarcasm.
While you're at it, make sure to check out a conversation with filmmaker and writer Molly Smith, who kindly agreed to tell us why such things go unnoticed.
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In Iron Man 2, Tony Stark Talks To Elon Musk Once But Never Appears With Him Again For The Rest Of The Mcu – Because Tony Stark Learns From His Mistakes
A Little-Known Fact About Avengers: Endgame (2019) Is That None Of The Actors Portraying The Franchise’s Superheroes Have Actual Real-Life Superpowers — Except Of Course Jeremy Renner, Who Is F**king Immortal
In Titanic, On Her Deathbed, Instead Of Thinking About Her Children And Husband With Whom She’s Been Living For 70 Years, Rose Remembers Some Homeless Dude Who F***ed Her On A Boat
While reading through the end credits of any movie, you probably see hundreds or even thousands of names scrolling by. Somewhere in that list of actors, directors, writers, and producers are those who are responsible for making sure that unwanted mistakes don’t reach people’s screens.
Bored Panda reached out to filmmaker and writer Molly Smith, who kindly agreed to tell us why such things go unnoticed.
She told us, "Continuity mistakes and background mishaps can sometimes get overlooked in films because the director and editor watch the cut so many times that they may not notice those small details.
The more you watch something, the more familiar you get with it, and these inconsistencies may not stand out. A director is focused on making the story coherent and communicating the overall tone and message of the film. The editor is focused on continuity and an overall sense of flow and polishing. Small details, like an extra falling over in the background of a scene, might get overlooked because the director is focused on something else."
In Avengers Endgame, People Are Shown To Still Be Grieving 5 Years After The Snap. This Is Unrealistic, Because History Shows That In The Years After A Traumatic Event That Kills Millions Of Innocent People, The Survivors Instead Just Bitch About Inflation.
To Make Sure Their Accents Were Accurate, The Child Actors In The Harry Potter Movies Were Forced To Grow Up In England
Oppenheimer (2023) And Barbie (2023) Open The Same Day. One Is About The Invention Of The Atomic Bomb. The Other Is About A Plastic Doll. Guess Which One Stoked The Most Political Outrage. Go On, Take A Wild Fuckin' Guess
There is also continuity, and script supervisors who ensure that film and television scenes make sense both visually and verbally and can be edited into a coherent story when filming is finished. This department observes everything closely, taking detailed notes for directors and editors.
They also make sure that everything in the scenes is in the exact location and in the same manner, take after take, even if the scene is shot for days or weeks at a time. At the end of each day, they produce a report putting down any errors and giving information about the already-shot scenes to be used for the following days (as well as at the editing stages of the film).
In Meg 2: The Trench (2023), We Learn That Jason Statham's Legs Are Strong Enough To Push Back Against A Megalodon. Don't Skip Leg Day, People
Be Sure To Watch "Hamilton" (2020) With A Critical Eye. There Are Some Major Historical Inaccuracies. Many Of These Large Musical Numbers Never Happened.
In Wonka (2023)… Oh For Fuck’s Sake, Did We Really Need A Willy Wonka Prequel?
However, keeping continuity is not an easy task. For instance, the crew may shoot an outdoor winter scene for a Christmas movie in the spring but discover that they need to go back for extra shots in the fall. The fake snow needs to look real and fall with the same consistency as it did months earlier. Additionally, all the props around the scene must look identical to previous ones.
In Barbie, The Main Character Is A Single Young Woman Who Is Able To Afford Her Own House In 2023. That Is Because It Is A Fantasy.
Currently in the USA there are SIX TIMES as many homes as there are homeless people. The "Housing Crisis" is caused by greed, not by lack of homes.
Cast Away(2000)chuck Is Welcomed Home With A Seafood Platter,because His Friends Are Assholes
Tbf, he probably wouldn't be able to digest other meats after so long eating only seafood.
In The Handmaid’s Tale (2017) June Osborn Plays A Woman Living In An Oppressive Totalitarian Society That Tramples On Human Rights And Controls Its Citizens Through Indoctrination, Intimidation And Violence… Oh Wait, That’s Actually Elisabeth Moss Because She’s A Practicing Scientologist
It’s nearly impossible to duplicate everything how it was, so directors often use cutaway tricks to mask inconsistencies in moves. Even though the staff takes hundreds of photographs of the location and makes extensive notes on light placement, details, and actors, no one is immune to accidents.
Monty Python Wanted Viewers To Experience The Most Random Movie Ending Ever. So They Called The Police Force To Ruin The Ending
In Despicable Me 4 (2024) How Tf Does This Kid Have A Normal Size Nose? Both His Parents Are Rocking Nuclear Warheads For Sniffers And This Kid Just Has A Stub. Completely Unwatchable
In Memento (2000) The Protagonist Has Severe Short-Term Memory Issues. This Is A Reference To Memento (2000) Where The Protagonist Also Has Severe Short-Term Memory Issues
Some of these accidents involve leaving modern-day objects that aren't appropriate for the era in which the movie is set. Fans and cinema enthusiasts have been spotting modern water bottles in Little Women and Game of Thrones, while roads in Bridgerton have yellow traffic lines that were invented much later.
This may already be considered a factual mistake - one that clashes with the real world by being historically, geographically, or physically incorrect. Even a modern word that didn’t exist yet but was accidentally included in the final cut of the movie can disturb the historical plot.
In The Last Jedi(2017), Finn And Rose Save Horses From Captivity While Not Saving The Child Slaves. The Movie Was Then Awarded An Oscar From Peta.
In Breaking Dawn (2012) Jacob Imprints On Renesmee When She's A Baby, Meaning That He Will Look After Her Until She's A Legal Adult So That She Can Then Be His Romantic Partner. There Is No Joke, This Actually Happens And People Are Just Okay With It Apparently
In An Impressive Display Of Acting Range, Joe Pesci Plays Both The Cop At The Beginning Of Home Alone (1991) And One Of The Burglars Later In The Film
Errors in films are referred to as “goofs” and can take us momentarily outside of the world that the movie was trying to create. They shouldn’t be confused with bloopers, which are amusing mistakes made by an actor or the crew and are usually removed before the production is released. They may be shown at the end of the movie to poke fun at how actors react to unexpected situations.
Smith told us that "Most major mistakes are fixed during post-production, the stage of filmmaking where the film is edited together, sound mixed, color graded, scored, and any VFX are added. In addition to the main editor, there might be several other creators that specialize in these different areas of post-production.
For example, Foley artists are responsible for creating authentic sound effects for things like footsteps, rustling clothes, etc. With all these different specializations, each person is focused on perfecting their area of the film, so major mistakes don’t frequently show up. In addition, there are usually test screenings in front of an audience for feedback before the final film is released."
In Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 1 (2010), Fleur Tells Bill... Wait... How The Hell Did This Shot Get Past Jk Rowling???
Disney’s Turning Red Takes Place In The Year 2002 And References Multiple Items Of Pop Culture Relevance For The Time. Turning Red Is A Period Piece
In The Fast And Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006), This Is A 17-Year-Old
Some other common mistakes that remain in movies reveal the filmmaking process, such as visual effects or a very obvious stunt performer. This is also related to visible camera crew equipment that is accidentally left in the final cut of the movie. There can also be audio errors related to speech, sound effects, or character mistakes with significant slips in dialogue or written words.
At The End Of The Menu (2022), When Anya Taylor-Joy Said, “I Think My Eyes Were Bigger Than My Stomach,” She Was Probably Literally Correct
In "Captain America: The Winter Solder," Natasha Shows Steve Her Bullet Wound And Says "Bye Bye Bikinis." However, Bikinis Weren't Invented Until 1946, A Year After Steve Was Frozen In Ice. This Is A Reference To Me Forgetting The Point Of This Post And Googling Bikini Pictures Of Scarlett Johansson
And anyway having a badge of glory scar does not make a womans body less beautiful.
Daniel Day Lewis On The Set Of Wonka (2023) 2 Weeks Before He Was Fired And Recasted In Favor Of Timothée Chalamet.
I cannot imagine - in any parallel universe - DDL being capable of "whimsy" in a role like Wonka.
Sometimes such blunders are left on purpose for movie watchers to find. They’re called Easter eggs and can be anything from an inside joke on set to a reference to another film.
Smith confirms this fact and says "In multi-part film franchises, callbacks to previous films in the series can be exciting for viewers to find. They also generate press about the movie on social media. If the mistake or Easter egg doesn’t interfere with the tone and story of the film and adds an element of excitement for true fans, that might be a reason why a director would choose to leave it in."
If you want to learn more about them, we recommend checking out this article full of Easter eggs and hidden details in popular films you might have never noticed before.
Top Gun (1986) Has Faced Criticism For Inaccurate Depictions Of Navy Servicemen Calling Them “Too Straight”
The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty Was Released In Theaters On The 25th Of December, 2013 To A Mixed Critical Reception. This Is A Reference To The Fact That It's Been 10 Fucking Years, And This Movie Still Hasn't Got The Maimstream Adoration It Deserves.
Gaslight (2021) Didn’t Actually Exist. You Didn’t Watch It On Youtube. It Never Had A Kickstarter. And You Haven’t Seen This Post Before.
AYO I MADE THE ORIGINAL POST OF THIS! There was one from the subreddit that didn’t say “ And You Haven’t Seen This Post Before.”, and that was my original one! I was looking for either mine or this one on here lol 🔥 Either way, I highly recommend this animated short, it’s free on YouTube too!
Most People Will Tell You The Truman Show Has Aged Brilliantly, Due To How Social Media Increasingly Documents Every Moment Of Our Lives. I However, Think It Aged Terribly Because Nobody Nowadays Would Have The Attention Span For This Boring-Ass Show.
For Oppenheimer (2023), Nolan Failed To Show The Trinity Bomb Test Properly, Opting Instead For A Pretty Basic-Looking Explosion That Could Be Anything Blowing Up. This Is Because He Was Not Allowed To Drop A Real Nuke For The Scene. It's A Shame Cgi Doesn't Exist, Or This Could've Been Avoided
All you would see with the naked eye is a bright flash that would leave you either temporarily or permanently blind. All the footage we have was taken with super slo-mo and filters. A nuclear blast in real time would be like flashing a white frame on screen for 1/16 of a second and relighting the entire theatre with hidden ultra-bright streetlamps and turning everything at once while setting an actual bomb off in the basement. EDIT: to clarify, I mean a bomb big enough to shake the seats and the building, not enough to hurt anyone.
In Harry Potter, Truth Potions Are Known To Exist, Yet Are Never Used In Court. This Is Because Jk Rowling Is A S**t Writer
In This Is The End (2013), James Franco Doesn't Go To Heaven With The Rest Of The Cast. This Was A Clever Way For The Director To Let The Audience Know James Franco Is A Piece Of S**t
He may be.He may be not.All the info comes from the media and everybody knows the media is the best judge of all.
I Am Legend's (2007) Original Ending Was Changed After Negative Responses From Test Screenings. Given How Almost Everyone Unanimously Agrees That The Original Ending Was Better, The Studio Must Have Chosen The Dumbest People Alive For The Test Screenings.
The official ending doesn't even make sense given the name of the film. I am Legend refers to what Will was to the mutated people
Yearly Reminder That There Is Only A 5-Year Age Gap Between Thomas Brodie-Sangster And Kiera Knightley In "Love Actually" (2003)
In 'Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull', Cate Blanchett's Character Quotes J. Robert Oppenheimer "I Am Become Death...". Because The Movie Takes Place In 1957, But Oppenheimer Didn't Say The Quote Until 1965, This Is The First Moment That Time Travel Is Established In The Franchise.
Never saw either of those movies but the actual quote is from the Bhagavad-Gita. I believe it it refers to a clash between Vishnu and Shiva in the Hindu religion but I'm not sure about the details.
In Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), Okoye Mentions That Mit Is The Equivalent Of A Wakandan Village School. This Is To Remind The Audience That Wakanda Is - In Fact - A Fictional Country.
A nation that kills everybody that crosses the border, does nothing to support it's starving neighbours and launches illegal special operations all over the globe to protect their interests without any regard of the lives of the locals... If that doesn't scream "The good guys!" what else would?
Actor Stellan Skarsgård Revealed He Never Wore Makeup During The Filming Of Dune 2 (2024). By Following The Eating And Hygiene Habits Of The Average Reddit Mod, He Was Able To Look Like This Within Just 3 Weeks
The dune set was supposed to be much bigger, to get the body shape, he ate most of the sand, since he was originally going to be the worm.
In Across The Spider-Verse (2023), Gwen Stacy Is Known In Her Universe As "Spider-Woman". This Is Because Her Identity Would Be Revealed If She Is Known As "Spider-Gwen"
In Dune: Part 2 The Vfx Artist Forgot To Turn Off The Hdri Sphere In The Final Render, Covering Up Part Of The Explosion In The Background. This Is Because Vfx Artists Are Overworked And Don't Get Paid Enough.
In Barbie (2023), Despite The Movie Establishing That Barbie Has No Understanding Of The Real World'd Political System, She Effortlessly Grasps The Concept Of Fascism.
Nonetheless there are numerous occasions in the movie where her grasp of theoretical knowledge and ideology is fairly sophisticated, even though the real world fails to live up to the ideals and theories.
In Army Of The Dead (2021) Zack Snyder Decided To Show People Who Said He'd Make A Better Cinematographer Than Director That He Is, In Fact, Quite Awful At Both.
In Barbie (2023), There Is A Fat Barbie But No Fat Kens. This Is A Reference To How Body Positivity Does Not Exist For Men (It's Actually Because I Enjoy Looking At Muscular Men).
What? How many chunky, or bald, or just plain weird looking men are huge stars? How is that anything but body positivity for men?
From R/Stephenking
In The Death Of Stalin (2017) They Had To Reduce The Size And Number Of Medals Worn By Jason Isaacs Because The Amount Worn By Field Marshal Zhukov In Real Life Was Even More Absurd
According To Jason X, Hockey Was Outlawed In 2024. Enjoy While You Can, Hockey Fans
In Despicable Me 3 (2017), The “Villain” Is A Former Child Star Wants To Destroy Hollywood. Remind Me How He’s Supposed To Be The Bad Guy Again?
In Daddy's Home 2 (2017) Mel Gibson Is Cast To Play The Father Of Mark Wahlberg. It Was A Natural Choice To Cast Gibson, Since Both Actors Are Racist
There Were 2 Versions Of Oppenheimer Movie, One By Christopher Nolan The Other By Zack Snyder. They Really Should Release Zack Snyder's Oppenheimer, This Is A Leaked Picture Of What We Could Have Had
In Batman V Superman(2016), Superman Says “No One Stays Good In This World.” Which Means... What The Hell?
At The End Of "Oppenheimer" (2023), The Main Character Comes Home At Night And A Mysterious Man Steps Out Of The Shadows. "My Name Is Albert Einstein" He Says. "I'm Here To Talk To You About The Physicists Initiative."
Did You Know That In The Entire Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, Legolas Does Not Speak A Single Line Of Dialogue To Skinny Pete From Breaking Bad
Saw (2004)
In The Irishman (2019) This Is A Kid.
Pedro Pascal Has Been Cast As "Mr. Fantastic" For "The Fantastic Four" Film Because Hollywood Only Knows 2 Actors
And of those two, the one on the right is infinitely better in every way.
In Invincible (2023), Why Is Mark Trying To Stop The Viltrum Empire From Curing Cancer And Ending Hunger? Is He Stupid?
Despite His Name, Percy Is Poseidonson
In The Flash (2023) Ezra Miller Says To Gal Gadot "I Know What Sex Is, I've Just Never Experienced It!" This Wasn't In The Script, Ezra Started Hitting On Gal And They Forgot To Edit It Out Of The Movie
In Oppenheimer (2023), This Is A 22-Year-Old Student.
In Spectre (2015) James Bond Gets Drilled Directly In The F**king Brain And It Doesn't Affect Him At All
If I Had A Nickel For Everytime In 2023, Where An Animation Studio Promoted It's Animated Film's Marketing Solely Around It's Villain And Ended Up Becoming A Flop I Would Have Two Nickles, Which Isn't A Lot But It's Weird That It Happened Twice
In Elemental (2023), This ‘Guess’ Actually Was True And I Am Genuinely Not Surprised.
In X-Men: First Class (2011) Darwin Should Have Just Turned Into A White Male To Survive The Plot Instead Of Doing Whatever He Was Doing
In Ant Man And The Wasp: Quantumania (2023), Kang Defeats Himself.
People Love To Poke Fun Hollywood Casting, This Is Just Another Example Of- Wait- Wait What Do You Mean This Is Real?
Barbie (2023) Is Anti-Men, Or Something. Lots Of Men Seem To Be Upset. I Wouldn't Know Because I Haven't Watched Barbie, Because I Am A Man, And Men Don't Like Barbie. Men Like Nuclear War, Radiation Poisoning And 200,000+ Civilian Casualties, Which Is Why I Watched Oppenheimer Instead.
As a man, I can honestly say Barbie held no appeal for me. No Barbies were melted, their heads were not removed and placed on decapitated He-Man or G.I Joe bodies, none of them were shot out of homemade catapults, their legs were not pulled off accidentally while they were made to do the splits, and nobody's pets or small children chewed on them. This movie is nothing like the reality of having a Barbie doll around boys.
For Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024) They Include Fart Jokes, Clearly A Needed Change In This Franchise Comedy
New Poster For '̶m̶i̶l̶l̶e̶r̶'̶s̶ ̶g̶i̶r̶l̶'̶ 'Groomer'
In Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania (2023), Of All The Mcu Characters They Doubled Down On By Having Every Single Variant In The Multiverse Look Exactly The Same, They Picked Jonathan Majors. Now That's Some Bad Luck.
In The Movie Blank Check (1994), The 33 Year Old Female Lead Passionately Kisses The 11 Year Old Protagonist On The Lips. This Actually Ok Because He’s Secretly A 300 Year Old Anime Vampire With Stunted Growth.
"Passionately" is far from what actually happened.In the scene she conventionally kisses him giving him a quick one just to trick him into believing this is a romantic adult kiss.Watch the scene.
The Hungover Games (2014) Was A Movie.
In Starship Troopers (1997) Neil Patrick Harris Dresses Like This. This Is A Shows How This Is Just A Film About Cool Good Looking Humans Fighting Ugly And Obviously Evil Alien Bugs, With No Other Meaning Behind It
In Suicide Squad(2016), This Is Katana. She Has Got My Back. I Would Advise Not Getting Killed By Her. Her Sword Traps The Soul Of Its Victims.
In Encanto (2021), Mirabel's Actress Had To Dislocate Both Of Her Shoulders To Get This One Shot
Camera angles are strange, for my most recently learn example, the soldier in tf2 has a taunt that allows him to jump into a mini-tank (which is purely for looks), however, to make it look like he fit in the tank, they had to compress his legs into a cube.
In Rebel Moon Part One: Whatever (2023), They Forgot To Color Grade This One Single Shot For Some Reason
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (2023)
If the multiverse has an infinite amount of spidermen, there's no way that first off: None of them challenged the cringey vampire guy to be the leader. Second: No way none of them had sympathy for miles!
In Dune 2, Javier Bardem's 'Stilgar' Repeatedly Breaks The Fourth Wall To Tell The Audience How Closely The Movie Adapts The Source Novel
In The Marvels (2023) Wait The Fuck You Mean 2023 Effects?
I personally don't like this criticism. Yes, if you pause it, it looks bad. But it's a fun quick paced movie. You never see that still of her standing there for more than a frame
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Always love these lists! Mostly because I can steal the jokes after! Mwahaha
I saw one of these that said smthn like "In Godzilla Minus One (2023) the final act becomes very blurry and hard to see. This is a reference to the fact that i was not expecting to cry during a Godzilla film"
Always love these lists! Mostly because I can steal the jokes after! Mwahaha
I saw one of these that said smthn like "In Godzilla Minus One (2023) the final act becomes very blurry and hard to see. This is a reference to the fact that i was not expecting to cry during a Godzilla film"