Look, who said that every film director, screenwriter, every producer, all the managers and staff members think through all the little and more obvious details when making a movie? Well, nobody actually promised that, but it’s sort of a no-brainer.
The reality is often different, though. Take The Dark Knight, Avengers, Home Alone, The Return of the Jedi and many of our other all-time favorite films, scroll through this online Reddit community, and face the fact that far from everything there is picture perfect, let alone makes sense.
So today we’re diving into the worst, cringiest, most illogical, and ‘what on earth were they thinkin’’-kind of movie details that give the words ‘bad’ and ‘not smart’ a whole new meaning. Psst! Part 1 awaits right here around the corner!
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In Wonder Woman (2017), Diana is able to get to London from her remote island in only a day because she is an Amazon, and therefore qualifies for next day shipping.
Also, she doesn't get paid fairly for her effort, and you never see her go to the toilet while working, just like Amazon workers.
Previously, Bored Panda reached out to the moderator team of the subreddit to which we are thankful for this awesome compilation. The subreddit created on July 6, 2017 was born because the top mod “saw an opening in the market,” commented Merari01.
"People on reddit love making silly jokes and puns,” they said and added: “There's lots of in-jokes and running gags and that makes a good breeding ground for playfully memeing in the context of movies," which contributed to the sub’s success.
In Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021), Barry Allen breaks a Window by merely touching it. This is because Windows no longer supports Flash.
In The Fate of the Furious (2018), Dwayne Johnson says that rubber bullets were a mistake. This is because the guards should've used paper bullets instead to defeat The Rock.
In Batman Begins (2005), Bruce Wayne decides to fight crime after his parents are killed. This is because rich people only care about a cause after it affects them personally.
However, it turns out that many people don’t notice the sarcasm and take the posts on the subreddit seriously. But, “it’s part of the fun,” Merari01 laughed.Today, the community has a solid 627k members willing to share the crappiest moments and cringy details they spot in some of the best movies.
It’s worth mentioning that the sub also serves as an antidote to another hugely popular subreddit known as r/moviedetails with 2.5M members. We previously wrote about this community here, here and here. Contrary to the subreddit that posts only the crappiest details from movies, r/moviedetails is a serious treasure box for anyone into cinema. It features some of the most intriguing, surprising, and smart little details and Easter eggs.
"Lincoln" grossed over $275,000,000 in movie theaters, which is ironic since historically Lincoln doesn't do too well in theaters.
They couldn't see eye to eye.
In The Cronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy decide to rule Narnia. This is because they are British, and the country had not been colonised yet.
So in order to find out how even the most loyal film watchers miss some of these Easter eggs and what’s the significance behind them, we spoke with Lisa Yaszek, a Regents Professor of Science Fiction Studies at Georgia Tech, where she researches and teaches science fiction as a global language crossing centuries, continents, and cultures.
“Even the most loyal film watchers miss some Easter eggs because directors know that the hunt is half the fun! The more you rewatch a film, the more you’ll see and appreciate all the hard, detailed labor that goes into it.
”The professor said that she, for example, has watched the Alien films a million times. Moreover, she teaches gender studies, “so you’d think I’d be the perfect person to catch the reference to Alien in Aliens—especially since it appears in a file about one character’s gendered medical history! But I never noticed it until now—and it makes me want to go back to see if there are any other cool references or connections in similar scenes.”
In Black Widow (2021), a BMW is shown to have functioning turn signals. This is to show that the movie is fictional and not based on a true story.
Even Hollywood knows how lawsuit-happy Nintendo is.
“Also, even if filmmakers wanted to make things a little easier for fans, I don’t think they could create a product where everyone was guaranteed to find every surprise. The world of each film—and really, the world we live in every day—is incredibly detailed, and different people tend to notice different things, based on a combination of personal traits: some people have a gift for recognizing faces and so would be most likely to catch the Easter eggs in films like Star Wars films in which cast and crew family members take walk-on roles, while others who are better at remembering images might be the first or even only ones to catch that certain items are passed down through families in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings series.”
In Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017), Karen Gillian and Jack Black face a great dilemma as they find themselves stuck between a Rock and a Hart place.
In The Matrix Revolutions(2003) The Humans Consistently Use The Metric System. Indicating that the Imperial System got thrown in the trash where it belongs.
The Fifth Element (1997) has absolutely nothing to do with Boron.
But Lisa said that’s part of what makes Easter egg hunting in films so fun: “it’s a community process! Even if we watch films on our own personal devices, sooner or later we’re likely to connect with others who have also watched those films, and then we have the pleasure of comparing notes and working together to find even more,” the professor concluded.
VIN Diesel’s full legal name, Vehicle Identification Number Diesel, was the sole determining factor in his original casting for the Fast & Furious franchise.
In Dark Phoenix (2019) Charles Xavier made his students wear an "X" on their chests so that the enemy would aim at them instead of him.
In Baby’s Day Out (1994), production nearly stopped multiple times after the crew ran out of babies while filming the ledge scenes.
Wow! Did you know?
But there's still time! Macaulay Culkin, you can start spreading preposterous lies among your fans and get them riled up if you want to join the club!
In Return of the Jedi (1983), Darth Vader reveals he’s a master harmonica player.
In Doctor Strange (2016) Wong doesn’t find any of Strange’s jokes to be funny. At the end of the film Strange makes a bad joke and Wong laughs. This is now because Doctor Strange is his boss.
In The Order of the Phoenix, Dumbledore calls Voldemort by his birth name, Tom. This foreshadows the fact that J.K. Rowling does not respect people's chosen identities.
Folks in the comments need to google the difference between "sex" and "gender"
Actor Noah Ringer hated filming "The Last Airbender" so much that he tattooed a huge downvote on his head to symbolize how much this movie sucked.
Before acting in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), Carrie Fisher had never seen a single Star Wars movie.
In Avengers: Endgame (2019), Scarlet Johansson throws herself off a cliff so she doesn’t have to be part of the girl power scene.
We have so many female characters, we can fit them all into one shot!
In Watchmen (2009), the patterns on Rorschach's mask constantly shift around and show various images of my parents fighting.
The same woman who appears as a background extra in this George Clooney scene in Ocean's Thirteen (2007) also appears in the background of a George Clooney scene in Gravity (2013).
I knew I recognised her from somewhere. FYI, I'm a bit further on the right. No, not there, just a little bit further. There you go.
In the movie The Shining, if you zoom into Jack Torrance's green knitted tie you can spot the hedge maze where he got lost and died.
In Knives Out (2019), a bunch of knives are hanging out. This is why the movie is called Knives Out.
In Spider-Man (2002) Peter Parker sold pictures of himself for money. This is a reference to how he was the first OnlyFans model.
In Fantastic Four (2005) the characters represent the four elements: fire, earth, invisibility, and stretching.
They're not that far off actually. A bit of a logical leap but you can say that stretching represents water since he's fairly "liquid" and invisibility represent air since you don't really see it.
In Arrival (2016), Amy Adams tries her best to convince the aliens she is not the imposter.
In Wonder Woman 1984 (2020), you don’t actually have to watch the first 1,983 Wonder Woman movies to understand the plot.
In Back to the Future Part II (1989), Marty McFly puts his bare sock on wet concrete. This is a reference to the fact he's a goddamn maniac.
In Joker (2019) we see Joker wearing red and lifting his arms to take flight. But he couldn't fly because, despite the actor's name, he is not a real Phoenix.
In Midsommar (2019) the action takes place in Sweden. You can tell that because the villagers are seen using Ikea kitchenware!
In ’Lost in Translation’ (2003) you can’t hear what Bill Murray whispers to Scarlett Johansson but if you turn the subtitles on you can tell he says "Whispering, Indistinct".
In Pulp Fiction (1994), Marcelus Wallace says he is pretty f***ing far from OK, because Los Angeles in 850 miles from Oklahoma, which is pretty f***ing far.
In order to keep the title of the movie Home Alone (1990) accurate, Macaulay Culkin had to film all his scenes at his house by himself with no one else on set.
He also played all the different characters, he should have been given an Oscar for his Pesci impression alone.
In Dark Phoenix (2019), Jean Grey can be seen wearing grey, a reference to the fact that she is Jean Grey.
In Independence Day (1996) the fighter pilots disobey a direct order and fire their missiles at the aliens, even though the general specifically said "Fire at Will".
Ellen DeGeneres plays a forgetful fish in Finding Nemo (2003) and Finding Dory (2016). This is a reference to the fact that Elen forgets to be nice to people.
In Avengers: Endgame (2019), which takes place 5 years in the future, we see Korg using a PlayStation 4 because the PlayStation 5 is still sold out.
Contrary to the popular belief, the superpowers of Gwyneth Paltrow in Iron Man 3 (2013) weren't created by CGI nor make-up, rather they are a side effects of Goop products.
Actor Oscar Isaac was cast in the sequel trilogy because the filmmakers believed that was the only way to get an Oscar associated with the movies.
In The Lion King (1994) they used Wildebeests instead of Bisons for the stampede because the name bison (bye son) was going to spoil what happens next.
I know the purpose of this thread is jokes, but this is an opportunity for clarifying common confusion: Bison are found in North America and Europe. There are no bison in Africa, where lions are. A similar looking creature, the Cape buffalo, can be found predominantly in Southern and East Africa, so they could have used these grumpy looking beasts (they look similar, but are not the same species). The wildebeest, also called the gnu, is an antelope in the genus Connochaetes native to Eastern and Southern Africa. The filmmakers were smart enough to know that they should choose animals which live on the same continent as the main characters, and probably realised that American viewers would confuse buffalo for bison and be like "what, this is happening in the Old West, now?", so they chose something that didn't look too similar.
This scene in Toy Story (1995) was filmed in this portion of the sky over 25 years ago.
The reason why the dad in Pixar's Luca (2021) only has one arm is because considering that the movie is set in Italy in 1950, Disney needed an in-universe reason as to why he didn't fight for Benito Mussolini in WWII.
My Italian grandfather was injured in WWI when he was a kid, so he was unable to be a soldier in WWII. He was sent to Germany as a mechanic instead...
Stranger Things actor Finn Wolfhard actually appeared in Pulp Fiction (1994).
In Divergent (2014), the character Four blocks light, creating darker areas on his face. This is Four shadowing.
Before shooting started for Edge of Tomorrow (2014), Tom Cruise wanted real aliens on set but the producers wouldn’t allow it. So, he became executive producer and used his Scientology connections to invite the aliens to Earth for filming
In order to prepare for his role as a rapper in the movie 8 Mile, Marshall Mathers pursued a rap career and won 6 Grammys.
In Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) a bunch of random dots appear on screen before the movie starts. A real missed opportunity for the production company.
In Avengers: Endgame, Thanos tells Scarlet Witch "I Don't Even Know Who You Are". This is because he can't figure out which Olsen sister she is.
In Wonder Woman (2017) Connie Nielsen plays Jeff Bezos, the leader of the Amazons.
In the Fast & Furious movies, Vin (Vehicle Identification Number) Diesel doesn't drink beer because he only runs on diesel.
You might have missed that one.
It's almost like they're in his imagination or something. Bizarre. Also, Eldon Tyrell is the bartender. Indulge me.
New Pixar film, Luca, teaches children to throw garbage into the ocean so the sea monsters can have cool toys.
In 1917, two soldiers must embark on a harrowing and lethal mission. This was in fact inspired by my grandfather's daily trip to school.
'In my day, we had to walk 15 miles to school, uphill. And wearing shorts in the winter...'
If you watch Spider-man (2002) in reverse, it's about a superhero forced to retire after being bitten by a power-nullyfying spider, then having to live with the reanimated corpse of his dead uncle.
In Man Of Steel (2013) Superman searches for justice but only finds just ice.
The dump truck from Cars 2 previously made an appearance in The Incredibles (2004).
In The Hunger Games (2012), Peeta disguises himself as a rock and no one notices him. He was taught this trick by his cousin, a famous wrestler called Dwayne.
In Spider (hyphen) Man: Far From Home (2019), Jake Gyllenhal can be seen in the background of several scenes. He wasn’t meant to be there and later admitted he just enjoys stalking Tom Holland.
In the movie "Fight Club", the first rule is not to talk about Fight Club. Everyone that watched the movie obeyed this rule and didn't tell anyone else about the movie, causing it to become a box office failure.
I like the way that they got Edward Norton to act the part of Brad Pitt as well
Highschool movies/TV are considered highly unrealistic. This is due to characters always having a top school locker.
And the fact that the average teen is in their late twenties or early thirties.
Despite being a walker, Paul Walker was cast in the Fast & Furious movies because the director couldn't get Adam Driver for the lead role.
In 2018, John Krasinski had a mental breakdown stemming from his inability to escape being known for his role as Jim Halpert. He didn't speak for months, and his wife decided to document his breakdown, calling it "A Quiet Place."
So cute! I would like to live their fabulous life, just for one day
In Batman Vs Superman (2016) Henry Cavill makes this stupid face. God he looks stupid.
Martin Scorsese named his movie The IrishMAN to trick superhero fans of BatMAN, SuperMAN or SpiderMAN to watch real cinema.
"Real cinema" ? Oh... Do you smell that ? Sniff... Sniff... Yeah, that's pseudo-intelectual pretentious bullshit.
In The Dark Knight (2008), the serial killer antagonist, "the Joker," uses a playing card as his calling card to receive credit for his victims. If we zoom in, we can see that this card is actually a Joker card that comes with a standard card deck. This may be a reference to the character's name.
In Polar Express, Billy sings, “I guess that Santa’s busy, cause he never comes around.” This is because he’s poor and Santa doesn’t visit poor kids.
In 2001: A Space Odyssey, the male crew travels to Jupiter to expand their scientific knowledge. This is an oversight, since boys go to Jupiter to get more stupider.
Bay area TV listing: Transported to a surreal landscape, a young girl kills the first person she meets. Then she teams up with three strangers to kill again. The Wizard of Oz.
The funniest ones are in the middle or towards the bottom of the list.
Bay area TV listing: Transported to a surreal landscape, a young girl kills the first person she meets. Then she teams up with three strangers to kill again. The Wizard of Oz.
The funniest ones are in the middle or towards the bottom of the list.
