I was watching really late night tv once, and there was some movie I happened upon where a scene was being shot where a person was talking to someone through an open doorway. Anyway, they finished talking and closed the door, and the shot was from inside the room. There was a mirror on the back of the door, and as the door closed, you could clearly see the film crew through the mirror.
I wish I knew what movie it was though. Hmm, maybe I should post that to the identify movie from vague description thread.
This happened alot on WKRP. There was the famous one where Johnny Fever, when asked why he got fired again from the same station that canned him for saying “booger”, said “you can say that, but you can’t say Jive Ass.” They muted the “jive ass” part but kept the scene in, and you can see everyone cracking up. Another one - Andy obviously forgot his line, and instead said “I think…well…I think I’m going to sing a little song. Pack up all your troub–” At that point, Jennifer started cracking up, and Mr. Carlson kept acting and saved the scene by saying something along the lines of “You two sit down! This is serious here!”
Yes, I have seen WKRP way too many times, due to my old Betamax tape with every episode on it…
Being from Maryland, I was always annoyed when they showed Jack Ryan’s house in ‘Patriot Games’ on the Chesapeake as being nestled in some coastal mountains. Although there are some cliffs on the western shore of the Bay, these scenes are obviously shot in California. They did shoot on location at the Naval Academy, but the roads that Ryan takes after the assassination attempt make no sense to this local (but that’s a nitpick because it’s not really a goof since most people wouldn’t know or care). The crash with Ryan’s wife was also most likely shot on a California highway. I don’t know if I would consider these goofs, given the logistics of making a movie.
Akin to the Pacific Bell phone in Die Hard 2.
Regarding the Han Solo 12 parsecs line: someone once told me to watch Alec Guiness’s eyes when Han says that. Obi-Wan narrows his eyes at that (being able to fly a ship himself, as seen in Episode 2). Guiness was easily the best actor in the cast, and I wonder if that was the most subtle piece of acting in the movie–something that’s easily overlooked, given the action and special effects driven story.
It’s not her ghost ghost, Torgo. It’s kind of a reflection of her when she herself is not on camera. It’s been discussed here before, though I can’t seem to find the right thread right now.
That doesn’t bother me nearly as much as seeing Capt. Terrell standing on the bridge of Reliant as it heads toward its first meeting with Enterprise. Later, we learn that Terrell & Chekov had been left behind on the space station by that point.
It’s a longshot, but by any chance did they digitally erase this boo-boo from the DVD? Because it besmirches an otherwise decent space opera.
In Lawrence of Arabia as Lawrence writes a promisory note to Anthony Quinn’s character, sharp eyes will note that he’s writing from right to left (reversed negative?).
Robert DeNiro’s hair changes lengths noticably throughout Taxi Driver.
Favorite error culled from the IMDB: in North by Northwest you can see Cary Grant nudge the actor next to him in the police car as he fails to lean to account for the car “turning.”
Actually it looks like Lucas used this one. On the Star wars site, they mention that this is the explaination favored by Lucas. Kessel / Kessel Run Definition .
The black hole/obstacle course definition is the one that was created by the fanboys (and is a much better explanation, as I mentioned in my earlier post).
Just out of curiosity, does anyone know if Lucas ever admitted that he just screwed up, then went with one of the explainations in order to save whatever continuity there is left in the series? Or is he the true “fast talking bull artist” here?
Not at all, when I refer to teh ghost I mean that the image that shows up is ghostly. It is in Godfather I check it out for yourself and you will see what I meant.
So-and-so wearing a watch in a Biblical movie is something of an urban legend; I’ve heard it many times, but I’ve yet to find one that is actually true. Give me the exact character and scene, and the running time at which it appears.
In several scenes you can clearly see the tire-tracks left in the sand by the camera truck. Forgivable, since it would be pretty damned hard to avoid, but it really messes with one’s suspension of disbelief.
Titanic: CGI dolphins are representations of the pacific (white-bellied) variety.
To clear up the confusion about the “ghostly” image of Mama Corleone in The Godfather: It occurs at the funeral of Don Corleone. Mama Corleone at this point is alive and in attendance at her husband’s funeral (she herself does not die until The Godfather, Part II). However, when Michael stands up to talk to Tessio, we see a small, orangeish image of Mama Corleone under his arm. What happened is that the filter on the camera lens’ matte box caught a reflection of actress Morgana King (Mama Corleone), who was sitting next to Pacino in that scene. She was supposed to be out of frame in that shot, and can be seen casually chewing gum!
Roger Ebert covered this in one of his “Answer Man” columns a few months ago, but it is no longer archived at his Web site. Even director Francis Ford Coppola was unaware of this goof until Ebert passed it along.
Not a goof, but kind of funny, several battle scenes in Braveheart have soldiers half-heartedly batting each other on the heads and such until they realize they are on camera, in which they suddenly jump into action. Its really funny to see two guys go from what looks like fighting in slow motion to suddenly start flailing at each ohter.
REALLY funny goof in Gladiator was when Lucius was sparring with a palace servant, off to the right there is a second servant drinking a seven up! you see him look at the camera, get startled, and hide the can behind him on a table.
Empire strikes back had some potatoes disguised as asteroids, also in one scene in the trilogy there is a sneaker amongs the imperial warships. Rumor has it this was out of spite for Lucas constantly complaining the scenes didn’t look realistic enough.
He was joining the RAF. Maybe he was sailing out of Halifax.
This isn’t a movie goof. It’s perfectly reasonable to conclude his ship left from Halifax. People’s costumes changing in midscene, THAT’S a movie goof.
Hmm… I don’t see how that’s a goof. In fact, it makes perfect sense. We know Reliant goes back to Regula I after the first battle with Enterprise, right? It would not have made sense for Khan to leave them as a trap on the science station when he planned to blow up Enterprise the first chance he got. It makes far MORE sense that he planted Terrell and Chekov on the space station as Trojan horses AFTER the first battle - when he knew Enterprise had survived and would doubtlessly investigate the science station, but Reliant was not yet ready to mount a second attack.