# Movie Goofs Thread - One Per Post **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 10, 2012, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-goofs-thread-one-per-post/643594 "2012-12-10T13:42:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-goofs-thread-one-per-post/643594/21 "2012-12-10T19:29:53Z")
Also in _The Great Escape_, Steve McQueen clearly has no idea of how to hold the fife correctly in the Fourth-of-July scenes. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-goofs-thread-one-per-post/643594/22 "2012-12-10T19:29:53Z")
_Shakespeare in Love_ Lady Viola meets Lord Wessex. She is dressed like a lady but is still wearing her false mustache. The nurse covertly tears the mustache off so that Wessex doesn’t notice. Something about it is just… off. Like the mustache is already off, and the nurse is just miming it, and it’s out of sync with the tearing sound. I can’t find a clip to look at it more closely. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-goofs-thread-one-per-post/643594/23 "2012-12-10T19:36:17Z")
In the John Wayne-directed _The Green Berets_, we see the sun set over the ocean. Given the geography of the setting, this should be impossible. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-goofs-thread-one-per-post/643594/24 "2012-12-10T19:38:36Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > You can see the sequence starting at 1:40 [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z00fTwhmYX0) Helpful tip: if you add &t=XXmXXs to the end of your youtube url, it will automatically jump to XX:XX in the video if someone clicks on the link. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-goofs-thread-one-per-post/643594/25 "2012-12-10T19:42:14Z")
In _The Green Berets_, the rifle that John Wayne picks up and smashes against a tree in a fit of pique is clearly one of the plastic Mattel M-16s that were being marketed at the time (I had one, and it was really cool). ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-goofs-thread-one-per-post/643594/26 "2012-12-10T19:54:32Z")
In the original _Willy Wonka_, when Gene Wilder is strolling through his chocolate room singing about imagination, he skewers a giant mushroom or something similar with his walking stick. You can see holes from several previous takes in the bottom of the mushroom cap. ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-goofs-thread-one-per-post/643594/27 "2012-12-10T19:58:21Z")
> [@chargerrich](#): > > I will start with a classic; The Godfather. > > James Caan as Sonny Corleone beats Carlo (Talia Shires Husband) in the streets. If you pay attention there is a VERY obvious missed punch (a right handed hook) that is EASILY a foot off the mark but the actor (as Carlo) does his choreographed move nonetheless. > > I do believe it is one of the most obvious fight misses you will find (I am serious you could walk through the gap from fist to face)! Well, since you beat me to the punch, or lack thereof, a sort-of goof in godfather 2 is when Michael is courting Appolonia and we keep seeing the same guy in a red shirt either walking by or riding a bike in the background when they’re in the village. ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-goofs-thread-one-per-post/643594/28 "2012-12-10T20:36:47Z")
Oops now it’s my turn to goof. That would be the original Godfather, not Godfather 2. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-goofs-thread-one-per-post/643594/29 "2012-12-10T20:43:22Z")
In [this scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAhKLfzDHcI) from North by Northwest, there is a boy in the background who sticks his fingers in his ears before Eva Marie Saint shoots Cary Grant. I should note that I probably read about the scene in an earlier thread on the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-goofs-thread-one-per-post/643594/30 "2012-12-10T20:46:33Z")
The movie ‘Twister’ has so many editing goofs that a single post would only need to say “Twister” ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-goofs-thread-one-per-post/643594/31 "2012-12-10T20:46:53Z")
> [@cher3](#): > > In the original _Willy Wonka_, when Gene Wilder is strolling through his chocolate room singing about imagination, he skewers a giant mushroom or something similar with his walking stick. You can see holes from several previous takes in the bottom of the mushroom cap. Watch any movie that involves skidding a car or motorcycle to a stop. You’ll most likely see several sets of skid marks from previous takes. ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-goofs-thread-one-per-post/643594/32 "2012-12-10T20:47:25Z")
[Stormtrooper getting clotheslined.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBQaLuqwtl8) ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-goofs-thread-one-per-post/643594/33 "2012-12-10T20:52:47Z")
In _The Untouchables_, when Ness is at Malone’s house and they’re talking in the living room, the shots of Connery show the top button on his shirt alternately buttoned, then unbuttoned, then buttoned, then unbuttoned… The shots of him are fairly close, like mid-chest and head. It’s ridiculously obvious. It’s almost as if the scene was an outtake from a spoof and they were doing it on purpose. DePalma must have been distracted. ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-goofs-thread-one-per-post/643594/34 "2012-12-10T20:54:13Z")
In the film North by Northwest,at Mount Rushmore, in the restaurant, there is a kid who knows there is going to be a gun shot, he covers his ears before the gunfire. ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-goofs-thread-one-per-post/643594/35 "2012-12-10T21:08:32Z")
A pretty famous one : The Matrix - when Neo and the agent are on the rooftop having a gunfight, the agent shoots at Neo and he ducks backwards in slow motion. As the camera pans around, Neo’s two pistols are nowhere to be found, but when the camera catches up you see the guns right next to Neo’s body on the ground : [The Matrix Goof](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv0NZatMr8A) ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-goofs-thread-one-per-post/643594/36 "2012-12-10T21:39:52Z")
When I first saw _Apollo 13_, on a VHS tape, I noticed that Jim Lovell’s daughter is waving around a copy of the _Let It Be_ LP in the scene where she’s upset over the news that the Beatles have broken up. That album wasn’t released until a month after the breakup announcement. The album cover is not visible on the DVD release, however, so either the scene was re-edited or the album is stripped out of frame in the widescreen format. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-goofs-thread-one-per-post/643594/37 "2012-12-10T21:43:17Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > In Spider Man 2, during the train fight scene, Doc Ock throws Spiderman _forward_ (in the direction in which the train is speeding). > > When Spider Man lands, he tackles Doc Ock from _behind_. Apparently the train sped up while Spiderman was slowed by air drag. Um, yeah, that’s the explanation. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-goofs-thread-one-per-post/643594/38 "2012-12-10T21:50:43Z")
> [@eenerms](#): > > In the film North by Northwest,at Mount Rushmore, in the restaurant, there is a kid who knows there is going to be a gun shot, he covers his ears before the gunfire. Similarly, the couple going into Jimmy Wah’s right before the explosion in _Good Morning, Vietnam_. > [@StusBlues](#): > > In the John Wayne-directed _The Green Berets_, we see the sun set over the ocean. Given the geography of the setting, this should be impossible. [Not if they’re at Vung Tau](https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Vung+Tau,+Ba+Ria-Vung+Tau+province,+Vietnam&hl=en&ll=10.37432,107.055556&spn=0.008126,0.009645&sll=37.6,-95.665&sspn=54.492685,79.013672&oq=v&t=h&hnear=Vung+Tau,+Ba+Ria-Vung+Tau+province,+Vietnam&z=17&layer=c&cbll=10.374175,107.055556&cbp=12,0,,0,0&photoid=po-51328789). ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-goofs-thread-one-per-post/643594/39 "2012-12-10T21:59:34Z")
In **The Man With The Golden Gun** Bond is fighting with a baddie and at one point they bump a mirror, twisting it so that you can see half the camera crew. Clip [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8VdrmJo5qc&feature=player_detailpage#t=11s). ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-goofs-thread-one-per-post/643594/40 "2012-12-10T22:06:13Z")
I’m not too sure if this is a goof or just bad story-telling, but in **Pearl Harbor** , bored American Ben Affleck joins the RAF as some sort of foreign volunteer, thereby leading to a tearful goodbye sequence as the England-bound flyboy boards a … train … for the trans-Atlantic journey. Whatever it was, goof or bad plotting, it was a truly WTF moment. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-goofs-thread-one-per-post/643594.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-goofs-thread-one-per-post/643594.md?page=3)