# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-goofs-thread-one-per-post/643594/81 "2012-12-11T20:44:11Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > As a birder, I often amuse myself listening to the background songs when a scene is set outdoors. I knew Last of the Mohicans was set in the Carolinas and not the upstate New York of the novel because I was hearing Carolina Chickadees, and not Black-Caps. You must get really tired of that red-tailed hawk they use for everything from a falcon to a pterydactyl ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-goofs-thread-one-per-post/643594/82 "2012-12-11T21:08:45Z")
Spider Robinson points out that in the beginning of _Citizen Kane,_ Charles Foster Kane dies alone in bed, nobody within earshot, after gasping his last word: “Rosebud!” The rest of the movie consists of a frame tale wherein a reporter is trying to find out what “Rosebud!” could have meant, stuffed with flashbacks about Kane’s life. Only considering he was alone when he died in an enormous house with nobody near enough to have heard him SHOUT “Rosebud,” let alone whisper it, _how the hell does anybody even **know** his last word was “Rosebud”?_ ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-goofs-thread-one-per-post/643594/83 "2012-12-11T21:24:25Z")
This one I can never un-see since I’ve been made aware of it. In **Terminator 2** when the T1000 is pursuing Arnold and John Connor in the semi cab and he makes the jump into the spillways the impact of the landing makes the entire front windshield fall off. It then reappears intact only to be knocked off again by a low underpass. ---
**Author:** ![Corcaigh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Corcaigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corcaigh)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-goofs-thread-one-per-post/643594/84 "2012-12-11T22:51:43Z")
> [@sco3tt](#): > > The film was **Presumed Innocent** (1990). I remember seeing that in the theater and it immediately jumped out at me because I owned the same model microcassette recorder. I thought I was the only one who noticed!! 1990?? Daymn, now I feel _old_ ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-goofs-thread-one-per-post/643594/85 "2012-12-11T22:53:59Z")
> [@Corcaigh](#): > > Years ago I went to the cinema to see some dreadful courtroom drama which Harrison Ford was in It wasn’t dreadful, it was actually quite a good movie. ---
**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 12, 2012, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-goofs-thread-one-per-post/643594/86 "2012-12-12T01:27:45Z")
In _Legally Blonde_, Vivian is reflected in a plaque across the hall as she waits for Elle to enter the elevator when she’s storming out of the law firm’s building; she then rushes around the corner, right on cue. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-goofs-thread-one-per-post/643594/87 "2012-12-12T03:08:24Z")
Every time I see _Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade_, it bugs me that when the guy “chooses poorly” and upends the gold goblet to chug from it, you can see a big honkin’ hex nut inside the base. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-goofs-thread-one-per-post/643594/88 "2012-12-12T03:09:23Z")
Happy days: There’s a scene in which Fonzie is sitting on the couch watching TV. He remarks: “If the Professor is so smart, why doesn’t he just fix that boat and get out of there?” Implying that he was watching Gilligan’s Island. I’m pretty sure Gilligan’s Island didn’t come out in the 50’s. ---
**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 12, 2012, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-goofs-thread-one-per-post/643594/89 "2012-12-12T03:17:02Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Shia and Megan run into the Smithsonian Air and Space museum in downtown Washington (some argue it’s another museum in Manassas, but the problem remains the same.) They meet with another transformer, then all hell breaks loose whereupon Shia and Megan run out of the Smithsonian… > > … to find themselves in an airplane graveyard, over a thousand miles away. No city, just plains with mountains in the background. > > Truly… WTF? Anyone familiar with the topography of Moscow was shocked when they watched the opening of _The Saint_ with Val Kilmer. Templar and the bad guys cover the ground between the Hotel Ukraina and Red Square in about ten seconds, a truly superhuman feat! ---
**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 12, 2012, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-goofs-thread-one-per-post/643594/90 "2012-12-12T03:19:10Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > I’m pretty sure Gilligan’s Island didn’t come out in the 50’s. [Gilligan's Island - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilligan's_Island)🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-goofs-thread-one-per-post/643594/91 "2012-12-12T03:30:09Z")
> [@freckafree](#): > > Every time I see _Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade_, it bugs me that when the guy “chooses poorly” and upends the gold goblet to chug from it, you can see a big honkin’ hex nut inside the base. So, that was pretty obviously a poor choice… ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-goofs-thread-one-per-post/643594/92 "2012-12-12T03:51:50Z")
In the Paul Newman movie _Nobody’s Fool_, there’s a scene featuring a conversation between him and Melanie Griffith, which takes place in her character Toby’s kitchen. Newman’s character, Sully, is getting ready to leave (it’s wintertime, and he’s wearing heavy winter clothing). The camera focuses on Sully as he talks, and he puts on one glove, then the other. The shot switches to Toby as she delivers a line, then back to Sully for his response. As he gives his next line, he puts on one glove, then the other. 🙂 ---
**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 12, 2012, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-goofs-thread-one-per-post/643594/93 "2012-12-12T04:18:13Z")
Not sure if its a goof or not - but was watching part of Star Trek IV tonite - During the chase scene while Chekov is attempting to escape the Enterprise (not that Enterprise, the other Enterprise) - he is running down the corridors - on the wall behind him as he turns one of the corners is labeled “Escape Route” with an arrow pointing in the direction he’s heading. Handy having instructions like that. ---
**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 12, 2012, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-goofs-thread-one-per-post/643594/94 "2012-12-12T04:51:57Z")
I don’t think that was a goof; I suspect the “Escape Route” sign was like the Exit signs in public buildings. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-goofs-thread-one-per-post/643594/95 "2012-12-12T04:52:31Z")
> [@simster](#): > > Not sure if its a goof or not - but was watching part of Star Trek IV tonite - > > During the chase scene while Chekov is attempting to escape the Enterprise (not that Enterprise, the other Enterprise) - he is running down the corridors - on the wall behind him as he turns one of the corners is labeled “Escape Route” with an arrow pointing in the direction he’s heading. > > Handy having instructions like that. Not actually a goof. They filmed on the scenes on the USS Ranger CV-61, and they just took the signs into consideration. It would have been funnier if he was going the wrong way, though. ---
**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 12, 2012, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-goofs-thread-one-per-post/643594/96 "2012-12-12T05:00:17Z")
> [@simster](#): > > Handy having instructions like that. You’ve obviously never been on an aircraft carrier. About the only thing you can tell is the difference between up and down, and even if you keep on going up, there’s no guarantee you’re going to find a way out! ---
**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 12, 2012, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-goofs-thread-one-per-post/643594/97 "2012-12-12T05:08:51Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > “Happy Days”: There’s a scene in which Fonzie is sitting on the couch watching TV. > > He remarks: “If the Professor is so smart, why doesn’t he just fix that boat and get out of there?” Implying that he was watching Gilligan’s Island. “Happy Days” had about as much to do with the 1950s as “Babylon 5.” :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-goofs-thread-one-per-post/643594/98 "2012-12-12T05:25:39Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > As a birder, I often amuse myself listening to the background songs when a scene is set outdoors. I knew Last of the Mohicans was set in the Carolinas and not the upstate New York of the novel because I was hearing Carolina Chickadees, and not Black-Caps. > [@cher3](#): > > You must get really tired of that red-tailed hawk they use for everything from a falcon to a pterydactyl One birding society used to have a prize for the member who identified the greatest (apparent) range extension of a species by recognizing a bird call in a movie. Kookaburras are routinely used for “jungle noises” no matter where the movie is set. But I found it really jarring to hear one in the original version of _Cape Fear_, set in the southern US. [A couple of others I’ve noticed are so blatant I think they were deliberate rather than real goofs. In _Charlie’s Angels_ Cameron Diaz’s character identifies where Bill Murray is being held captive by hearing the call of a “[Pygmy Nuthatch](http://allaboutbirds.org/guide/PHOTO/LARGE/pygmy_nuthatch_glamor_lois_manowitz.jpg)” (which is actually found all over the western US and so would be useless for identifying a specific location) in the background of his call to her. But the bird shown is actually an orange-and-black [Troupial](http://www.klein.com/dvk/photos/birds/troupial.jpg) from the tropics. In _AI: Artificial Intelligence_, in a scene set in a forest in the US, a Screaming Piha from Amazonia is heard in the background. But this could actually be a clever joke since the movie is set in a global-warming world.] ---
**Author:** ![chargerrich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chargerrich/32/5399_2.png) [@chargerrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chargerrich)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-goofs-thread-one-per-post/643594/99 "2012-12-12T13:53:38Z")
Harry Potter - Chamber of Secrets There is a dueling scene with Snape and Malfoy where Snape reaches out to pull Malfoy back onto his feet. Look to the left and there is - clear as day - a fully visible cameraman doing his thing. Really obvious! ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-goofs-thread-one-per-post/643594/100 "2012-12-12T14:21:13Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > In the Paul Newman movie _Nobody’s Fool_, there’s a scene featuring a conversation between him and Melanie Griffith, which takes place in her character Toby’s kitchen. Newman’s character, Sully, is getting ready to leave (it’s wintertime, and he’s wearing heavy winter clothing). > > The camera focuses on Sully as he talks, and he puts on one glove, then the other. The shot switches to Toby as she delivers a line, then back to Sully for his response. As he gives his next line, he puts on one glove, then the other. 🙂 HA! This is literally my favorite movie of all time and I’ve watched it at least a dozen times and I never noticed that! As much as I adore Roger Ebert he seems to be clueless to the fact that theaters have not had projectionists in more than 20 years. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-goofs-thread-one-per-post/643594.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-goofs-thread-one-per-post/643594.md?page=6)