Movie Mistakes

Everyone has heard of the odd movie mistake here and there... a digital wristwatch worn by an extra in Ben Hur or the reflection of a camera in a window pane shown in the background...

Well I have come across an excellent site (www.moviemistakes.com) which keeps a log of all these kinds of mistakes that have turned up in just about every movie ever released.

Absolutely everything is cataloged in there, which goes to show that there are some very keen-eyed types around the world who get a lot of enjoyment seeing how and where these big-budget films have dropped the ball.

Some of the best movie mistakes with images are below:
(all images from moviemistakes.com)

1. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
When the stormtroopers break into the control room, the stormtrooper on the right of the screen hits his head on the door frame. On the DVD release they've added a thump when he hits it.



2. Commando
After chasing down Sully, the yellow Porsche is totally wrecked on the left side, until Arnie drives it away, and it's fine.



3. Gladiator
In the "Battle of Carthage" in the Colosseum, one of the chariots is turned over. Once the dust settles you can see a gas cylinder in the back of the chariot.



4. The Matrix
In the scene where Agent Smith is interrogating Neo, after Smith has sealed Neo's mouth shut and he is backed into the corner, when the camera cuts back to Smith you can clearly see a reflection in his glasses of Neo still sitting down in the chair.


5. Spider-Man
In the scene where Mary Jane is being mugged by four men, Spider-Man throws two of the men into two windows behind Mary Jane. Then the camera goes back to Spider-Man beating up the other two guys. When the camera goes back to Mary Jane the two windows are intact.


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There are plenty more - you can do a search for any movie there and chances are that there will be some error or mistake discovered out there by an eagle-eyed fan.

My personal favorite out of the ones I have been looking through would have to be from Charlie's Angels:

When the Angels are fighting the "Creepy Thin Man," right before Drew Barrymore lifts up Lucy Liu to spin her around and kick the thin man, to get Lucy's attention, Drew hollers out "Lucy!" even though Lucy Liu's character's name is "Alex."


Now that's just a lazy mistake :)