Films with really bad mistakes

Patty O Furniture · 05-01-2014 11:59pm #1

I nominate The Mechanic, as it was on tonite on Film4, but had seen it before & couldnt believe what i was seeing boom mikes & other props stuck in it was getting to be a farce.

Was someone having a laugh in the editing suite or a gripe!
I dont know if this is the worst film or which ever one is the nearest as I know i came across a site that details it, but cant remember it now!

Btw, its on again on Tues night - TV3 @9pm, if you want to have a laugh :P

Mister Jingles · 06-01-2014 12:05am

The car chase scene from Diamonds are Forever where the car enters the ally on two wheels but exits on the other two.

ps3lover · 06-01-2014 12:06am

Patty O Furniture wrote: »

I nominate The Mechanic, as it was on tonite on Film4, but had seen it before & couldnt believe what i was seeing boom mikes & other props stuck in it was getting to be a farce.

Was someone having a laugh in the editing suite or a gripe!
I dont know if this is the worst film or which ever one is the nearest as I know i came across a site that details it, but cant remember it now!

Btw, its on again on Tues night - TV3 @9pm, if you want to have a laugh :P

Was it shown in full screen? Sometimes if you watch a movie in the wrong aspect ratio you can see things you aren't supposed to.

rednik · 06-01-2014 12:33am

Righteous Kill the entire film was one big mistake.

mike65 · 06-01-2014 12:40am

Someone wearing a watch in a biblical epic (forget which one), Krakatoa is WEST of Java!

Fame and Demise · 06-01-2014 12:46am

In the first Pirates of the Caribbean there's a member of the crew clearly visible in the background. I think it was one of ones where they were meant to be in it as a cameo, but he's wearing sunglasses and a t-shirt. Not exactly fitting in

testtech05 · 06-01-2014 12:48am

In one of the battle scenes in braveheart, there is a mini driving along the roads in the background!!

weemcd · 06-01-2014 12:48am

The Great Gatsby mistake:

letting Tobey Maguire have a part

5uspect · 06-01-2014 12:49am

Isn't The Happening famous for this?

biko · 06-01-2014 12:55am

There's tons of continuity errors in films.
These are from Star Wars www.youtube.com/watch?v=owH54AiCheg

mutley18 · 06-01-2014 1:01am

testtech05 wrote: »

In one of the battle scenes in braveheart, there is a mini driving along the roads in the background!!

There is also a vapour trail in the sky from an aeroplane in one scene I think!

Patty O Furniture · 06-01-2014 1:16am

ps3lover wrote: »

Was it shown in full screen? Sometimes if you watch a movie in the wrong aspect ratio you can see things you aren't supposed to.

I'd say it was Film4 the last time i saw it, so i assume it was in the letterbox format, but its on Tues nite on TV3, probably will be shown in fullscreen.

marwelie · 06-01-2014 1:19am

Estella Warren in Driven goes to a nightclub in one outfit and leaves in another, almost certain that this happened (off to You Tube I go....)

AnonoBoy · 06-01-2014 1:22am

ps3lover wrote: »

Was it shown in full screen? Sometimes if you watch a movie in the wrong aspect ratio you can see things you aren't supposed to.

I think that only used to happen when it was shown incorrectly in the cinema.

The broadcast and home viewing releases of films should not have stuff like that in it and should be masked off correctly I would think.

I saw Napoleon Dynamite in the cinema years ago and the boom was visible in nearly every scene - it was never there whenever I saw the film on TV.

Also lads, a crew member standing in the back of a scene or a vapour trail in the sky hardly counts as a "really bad mistake" does it?

Patty O Furniture · 06-01-2014 1:25am

Mister Jingles wrote: »

The car chase scene from Diamonds are Forever where the car enters the ally on two wheels but exits on the other two.

Forgot that one!

There was almost a very costly mistake in Thunderball as Sean Connery makes his way underwater to the villain Largo's lair & opens the door to let the shark out & is visibly shaken when he realises an extra shark has come out & has to stand very very still :eek:

Corholio · 06-01-2014 2:12am

'Into The West' when someone is running after one of the kids I think through a shed and theres someone sitting on the ground holding a boom mic squeezing against the wall to try and get out of shot.

DazMarz · 06-01-2014 2:43am

I always loved that in The Dark Knight Rises that the cops were all trapped underground for months on end... and not one of them has even a hint of a beard.

Ipso · 06-01-2014 2:56am

In Eyes Wide Shut you can see a crew members reflection in a bathroom scene.
Supposedly at the end of Teen Wolf an extra can be scene with his lad hanging out.

humbert · 06-01-2014 3:49am

Are these really really bad mistakes?

loveBBhate · 06-01-2014 12:22pm

humbert wrote: »

Are these really really bad mistakes?

They're are hundreds of little mistakes in every movie, pick the movie on IMDB and go in to its 'goofs' section and you'll see them all there.

I'm sure making a movie without a few small 'goofs' is near impossible but none mentioned so far have been as bad or as obvious as the one mentioned regarding the cops being trapped underground for months and not even having a hint of a beard, imo.

Duggy747 · 06-01-2014 12:50pm

Cyrus The Virus from Con Air randomly teleporting onto a conveyor belt for rock crushing when a few seconds earlier he went through a walkway with just a street below him.

indough · 06-01-2014 12:50pm

The indestructible taxi scene in taken 2 has to be one of the worst and most noticable continuity mistakes I've ever seen

IvaBigWun · 06-01-2014 1:21pm

Eddie Murphy's stunt double in Beverly Hills Cop wins Worst Stunt Double Ever :pac:

I noticed this even as a kid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GEZFFmmPIA

Westernyelp · 06-01-2014 1:23pm

Ipso wrote: »

In Eyes Wide Shut you can see a crew members reflection in a bathroom scene.
Supposedly at the end of Teen Wolf an extra can be scene with his lad hanging out.

if it's the Eyes wide shut scene I'm thinking of, there could have been a dancing elephant in the background and i wouldn't have seen it!

BorneTobyWilde · 06-01-2014 1:37pm

There is a scene in Rocky 4
Apollo is fighting Drago
Before start of fight in ring
Has gloves on one min
Has no gloves on the next

krudler · 06-01-2014 2:43pm

IvaBigWun wrote: »

Eddie Murphy's stunt double in Beverly Hills Cop wins Worst Stunt Double Ever :pac:

I noticed this even as a kid

Face/Off is definitely a contender for worst stunt doubles ever, the stunts and action are great, but the guys doing them look NOTHING like Cage and Travolta.

Wishbone Ash · 06-01-2014 2:51pm

loveBBhate wrote: »

They're are hundreds of little mistakes in every movie, pick the movie on IMDB and go in to its 'goofs' section and you'll see them all there

+1

Almost every film has mistakes but the majority are relatively minor.

2 nice ones:

North by Northwest - the young boy in the restaurant on Mt Rushmore putting his fingers in his ears several seconds before a gun shot is suddenly let off.

Gladiator - the chap with the leather jacket and jeans who appears just as Russell Crowe is feeding his horse

Nino Brown · 06-01-2014 2:52pm

The lone ranger - they made it

tobsey · 06-01-2014 3:01pm

Silver Linings Playbook. One scene where Cooper and Lawrence are sitting in her dance studio the camera is moving towards them. You can see the cameraman's feet in the mirrors as he begins to circle around them.

folan · 06-01-2014 3:06pm

of the many things in The Jackal, Richard Geres accent stands out as the biggest mistake

Duggy747 · 06-01-2014 3:55pm

Nino Brown wrote: »

The lone ranger - they made it

I thought the Lone Ranger was very under-rated, it was overlong and had narrative troubles but I found it very enjoyable, especially the climax featuring the trains with Overture in the background.

It also looked fantastic.

krudler · 06-01-2014 4:21pm

Duggy747 wrote: »

I thought the Lone Ranger was very under-rated, it was overlong and had narrative troubles but I found it very enjoyable, especially the climax featuring the trains with Overture in the background.

It also looked fantastic.

Same, it's a mess tone and plot wise but what's good in it was hugely enjoyable, and the train climax was the best setpiece of the summer imo.

RDM_83 again · 06-01-2014 4:54pm

This scene in the Matrix, a lot of these mistakes you won't notice unless your paying attention but this was pretty obvious

In the cinema version of 28 days later there is a woman walking up the road with shopping bags in one of the scenes of the deserted city, I am not sure if this was cut out for DVD.

SEPT 23 1989 · 06-01-2014 5:58pm

Escape to Victory

The pitch invading 1940's Parisians with their long hair, flares,wide-collared shirts and some afros were years ahead of their time:D

Mr Freeze · 06-01-2014 5:59pm

Sean Connery's opening and closing shirt top button every second time the camera is on him when he is talking to Kevin Costner in a scene in The Untouchables.

Sad Professor · 06-01-2014 6:17pm

AnonoBoy wrote: »

I think that only used to happen when it was shown incorrectly in the cinema.

The broadcast and home viewing releases of films should not have stuff like that in it and should be masked off correctly I would think.

It frequently happens with the broadcast versions as well since they are often shown open matte rather than panned and scanned.

AnonoBoy · 06-01-2014 6:27pm

Sad Professor wrote: »

It frequently happens with the broadcast versions as well since they are often shown open matte rather than panned and scanned.

I did not know that possibility even existed. Jaysus.

Dermighty · 06-01-2014 7:27pm

Goodfellas, when ray liottas wife points a gun at his head its a silver gun, but the shot from liottas perspective clearly shows a black gun (it's not lighting). They go back and forth between the two shots so its really obvious!

Myrddin · 06-01-2014 7:36pm

krudler wrote: »

Face/Off is definitely a contender for worst stunt doubles ever, the stunts and action are great, but the guys doing them look NOTHING like Cage and Travolta.

I seen that there a few months ago, & it stood out like a sore thumb. I think it was a slow motion shot where they're jumping off a boat or something...it's clear as day that they are different people

Manchegan · 06-01-2014 7:40pm

Someone pointed out that in the Bloody Sunday reenaction for the Michael Collins film, they forgot to have the "John 3:7" guy in the stands.

Say Your Number · 06-01-2014 7:56pm

There's a Youtube channel dedicated to film errors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UQpepFhNGA

Neeson · 06-01-2014 8:05pm

You'd think these days they could just edit the actors face onto the stunt mans face with all their technology.

IvaBigWun · 06-01-2014 10:15pm

krudler wrote: »

Face/Off is definitely a contender for worst stunt doubles ever, the stunts and action are great, but the guys doing them look NOTHING like Cage and Travolta.

Definitely. The scene where they're both flying through the air is particularity noticeable

Miguel_Sanchez · 06-01-2014 10:48pm

There's a scene in Annie where you can plainly see the Annie midget stunt double's moustache.

Not a terrible mistake by any means but still pretty funny.

pixelburp · 06-01-2014 11:29pm

The CinemaSins series seem less like pointing out occasionally fun gaffs and more like insane, dry pedantry tbh; it's one thing to spot a bad stuntman likeness or errant boom-mike in shot, they can be fun and a bit of an innocent laugh, but videos like the above feel like they belong in that same class of over-analytical obsessiveness that the internet likes to empower. The HD era must be a nightmare for set-dressers and cameramen too; you can no longer rely on the graininess of the video to hide mistakes

Now this is the kind of gaff I'd have time for

iirc Lucas only added the 'thunk' after fans pointed it out post-release.