# Movies with WTF?!? moments you still can't figure out **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [October 15, 2026, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-wtf-moments-you-still-cant-figure-out/1033861 "2026-10-15T17:39:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-wtf-moments-you-still-cant-figure-out/1033861/81 "2026-10-20T02:01:29Z")
From a storytelling standpoint, Cameron alone has a full character arc. Nobody else does. Bueller remains forever the same. He is a catalyst for change in others. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-wtf-moments-you-still-cant-figure-out/1033861/82 "2026-10-20T02:11:31Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Mine is the 1973 movie _Hex_, Well, it is described as a supernatural movie with spells, toad effigy and mysterious powers. There is also a missing European version, never to be seen again. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-wtf-moments-you-still-cant-figure-out/1033861/83 "2026-10-20T02:52:39Z")
Little magics, yeah, but nothing even hinting at time traveling a hundred years in the future, and nobody screaming in panic “What the holy fuck was THAT??” And diving off their bikes in mad panic as the four jets fly in formation right over them. It would be like, what if the movie “Practical Magic” ended with that party…and a final scene where there is a news report that Washington DC had nukes dropped on it. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-wtf-moments-you-still-cant-figure-out/1033861/84 "2026-10-20T07:38:34Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > From a storytelling standpoint, Cameron alone has a full character arc. Nobody else does. Bueller remains forever the same. He is a catalyst for change in others. Bueller is a classic trickster figure, someone who comes in and throws everyone’s life into disarray. Characters like that rarely change themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-wtf-moments-you-still-cant-figure-out/1033861/85 "2026-10-20T10:30:07Z")
In _Hopscotch_, the main character infiltrates a vacation home belonging to his ex-boss. When he finds a framed photo of the ex-boss on a desk, he takes the opportunity to gloat…and the photo’s expression gradually changes from a smile to a frown between shots. Like the _Quick Change_ example above, it would be perfectly fitting in a Zucker Brothers sight-gag-fest, but there’s nothing like that in the rest of the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-wtf-moments-you-still-cant-figure-out/1033861/86 "2026-10-20T11:33:45Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > … it would be perfectly fitting in a Zucker Brothers sight-gag-fest, but there’s nothing like that in the rest of the movie. Thinking about “nothing like that in the rest of the movie,” I’m reminded of _Trading Places,_ again. When the Duke brothers are explaining to Valentine (Eddie Murphy) that they trade in commodities, and point out examples such as coffee, gold, and orange juice; they point out pork bellies. “From which, they can make bacon, such as you might find in a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich.” Valentine looks straight into the camera, breaking the fourth wall, with a look that says, “Do these clowns really think that I’m that stupid?” And that’s the only instance of breaking the fourth wall in the whole two-hour-plus movie. Why was it included? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-wtf-moments-you-still-cant-figure-out/1033861/87 "2026-10-20T12:10:10Z")
The “why” to all these things is probably “The grownup kids who make movies are just having fun playing with their toys”. Somebody had a wild idea, somebody else laughed, and “Why not?” became the answer. Shhh; don’t tell the suits. See also **[Easter egg (media) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_egg_(media))**. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-wtf-moments-you-still-cant-figure-out/1033861/88 "2026-10-20T12:24:12Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > And that’s the only instance of breaking the fourth wall in the whole two-hour-plus movie. Why was it included? IIRC, it was a trademark of director John Landis to show a character glancing at the camera (and to feature the words “See You Next Wednesday”). ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-wtf-moments-you-still-cant-figure-out/1033861/89 "2026-10-20T14:23:44Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > it was a trademark of director John Landis to show a character glancing at the camera [![](https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS0Fb3-kIE-PzAOQA1bXNeaANMLRMOFhPxxvCSiCI3uD34Nl98t) ](https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS0Fb3-kIE-PzAOQA1bXNeaANMLRMOFhPxxvCSiCI3uD34Nl98t) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-wtf-moments-you-still-cant-figure-out/1033861/90 "2026-10-20T16:34:19Z")
Who is that and what is that from? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-wtf-moments-you-still-cant-figure-out/1033861/91 "2026-10-20T16:36:36Z")
It was from the extended music video “Thriller” with Michael Jackson. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-wtf-moments-you-still-cant-figure-out/1033861/92 "2026-10-20T16:58:32Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Valentine looks straight into the camera, breaking the fourth wall, with a look that says, “Do these clowns really think that I’m that stupid?” Really? I don’t remember that. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-wtf-moments-you-still-cant-figure-out/1033861/93 "2026-10-20T17:09:02Z")
I’ve heard the alien abduction scene in _Life of Brian_ was a reference to _Slaughterhouse-Five_. Now, what really stuck out to me was the advertising executive musical numbers and other ad agency bits in _Attack of the Killer Tomatoes_. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-wtf-moments-you-still-cant-figure-out/1033861/94 "2026-10-20T17:42:54Z")
It would be hard put to consider any moment in a Killer Tomatoes movie as a “WTF moment”. 😄 ---
**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-wtf-moments-you-still-cant-figure-out/1033861/95 "2026-10-20T17:51:47Z")
I always thought it was a nod towards the [Chariots of the Gods?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chariots_of_the_Gods%3F) notion that space aliens influenced ancient human civilizations. ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-wtf-moments-you-still-cant-figure-out/1033861/96 "2026-10-20T18:03:18Z")
This is also standard for some regions/ethnicities in Canada, and so perhaps some parts of the US? ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2026, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-wtf-moments-you-still-cant-figure-out/1033861/97 "2026-10-21T12:52:20Z")
The ending of **The Black Hole** is weird enough but the shot of the mad scientist and evil robot merged together is extra weird. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2026, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-wtf-moments-you-still-cant-figure-out/1033861/98 "2026-10-21T15:44:51Z")
Definitely up for interpretation. She apparently gave birth to it, though, making it even more confusing. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2026, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-wtf-moments-you-still-cant-figure-out/1033861/99 "2026-10-21T16:38:02Z")
**Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid** - Fantastic film, I’ve seen it many times and still have no idea what the bike scene and musical number is all about. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2026, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-wtf-moments-you-still-cant-figure-out/1033861/100 "2026-10-21T16:49:48Z")
Because it doesn’t matter. What matters is he is going to stand up for himself and not sit idly by as the things in his life affect him, right or wrong, his father will come home, he will tell his father what he did and he will have to deal with Cameron. Then he smiles. He is young but now a complete man who will chart his own course. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-wtf-moments-you-still-cant-figure-out/1033861.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-wtf-moments-you-still-cant-figure-out/1033861.md?page=6)