Unexcusable Movie Mistakes That Somehow Made the Final Cut

Filming a movie is no easy feat. It's difficult to manage so many jobs and so many people, so mistakes are bound to be made. We're here to show you the most famous, unexcusable, and somewhat hilarious movie bloopers. 

The Goonies

The pinnacle point of The Goonies is when the kids find the corpse. During that scene, they find a 1973 Topps baseball card. It's a memorable scene for many reasons, but many fans realize that this scene doesn't really add up to the rest of the story. This is because the body was supposed to have been there since 1930, so why is there a card from 40 years later in the corpse's wallet? This plothole was obviously overlooked since it was never mentioned.

The Patriot

The Patriot takes place over the course of many years. When that happens in a film, the folks in charge will cast other actors to portray the character as they age. That was not the case for The Patriot. Apparently, they assumed that the viewers wouldn't notice that none of the children would age despite the massive amounts of time that pass.

Teen Wolf

Well, this is embarrassing. An extra in the background of Teen Wolf accidentally had an "XYZ" moment... This was such an iconic moment that shows like Family Guy even parodied it. Was this on purpose? Did this extra know what they were doing? Or, was it a total accident that they will never live down? 

Pirates of the Caribbean

This film series is obviously set hundreds of years ago, so naturally, everyone will be dressed in the garb of that time period. Funny enough, a production member (probably?) accidentally got in the background. This made for a very confusing frame of the film! We can only assume this was an accident since he is definitely not dressed for the right time period. 

The Wizard of Oz

Dorothy is always wearing her famous ruby red slippers in the land of Oz... except for this one shot. For whatever reason, Dorothy is seen wearing a pair of brown Mary Janes. The scene is so subtle and barely noticable upon first watch. Judy Garland but have changed out of the shoes in between takes and forgotten to put them back on. Whoops!

Raiders of the Lost Ark

One of these things is not like the other... In this scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark, someone dressed in modern-day clothes can be seen walking in the background. Obviously, this does not fit the time period. A production member must not have heard that they were recording and walked right through the background... And then, the editors left it in! How did nobody notice this mistake?

Titanic

Titanic is one of the most famous movies of all time. Featuring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, the story follows two star-crossed lovers as they take the infamous voyage over the Atlantic. In one scene, Jack (DiCaprio) mentions that he loved fishing with his father on Lake Wissota in Wisconsin. This is an overall weird thing to mention since Lake Wissota was formed five years after the sinking of the Titanic, so it wouldn't have been historically accurate for Jack to mention. 

Halloween

The iconic film series Halloween is mainly based in a small town in Illinois. Maybe the directors didn't think that the audience would be paying too close attention to detail due to just how scary this movie is, but some folks noticed something a bit off! The town is in Illinois, yet there are palm trees in the background. Most of us know that the palms in LA aren't natural, but they can be sustained due to the climate. Now, Illinois is a totally different climate and definiteny cannot sustain those palms! They definitely overlooked this small background detail. 

The Dark Knight Rises

Everyone overlooks typos, even people apart of successful, multimillion-dollar franchises. This scene in The Dark Knight Rises has a big typo in it. The newspaper reads "Hiest" instead of "Heist." Everybody makes mistakes! 

American Sniper

From these images, it's very obvious to see what the mistake was. The folks in charge of American Sniper decided to use a baby doll instead of a real baby. This was due to issues with the newborn actors, which can be totally unavoidable, but they could have at least tried to make it a little realistic. After all, there are those uber-realistic baby dolls out there! 

Star Wars

This may be one of the best slip-ups of all time. One of the Clone Troopers in Star Wars accidentally smashes his helmet on the rising door while they're patroling the Death Star. They probably did a bunch of takes where this actor didn't hit his head, but somehow, this one made the cut. It's honestly one of the funniest things to come out of the entire Star Wars franchise! It's probably hard to see with that big helmet on. 

Clueless

Even though Cher's stressful fail of a driving test, viewers noticed something a little weird about her Jeep. During her test, she veers into some parked cars and ends up tearing off her Jeep's side mirror. Her instructor, who is naturally horrified, tells her to pull onto a side street and stop the car. In the next frame, the mirror of the Jeep is magically back on the side of the car. Seems like continuity isn't a thing in this scene! 

Pretty Woman

They must have been feeding Julia Roberts tons of different snacks all day while shooting this scene! In one frame, she's chewing on a croissant. The camera switches once and then goes back to Roberts who is now eating a pancake. It's such a small detail that is easily overlooked! This went past tons of eyes before it was released, so this little pastry switch was definitely tricky to spot.

She’s All That

In She's All That, main character Taylor got a butterfly tattoo on her shoulder in an act of careless rebellion. Not too later in the film, she's seen at prom with a backless dress. Somehow, that permanent tattoo faded away. For real, though, how hard is it to put a fake tattoo on for this scene? Or at least pick a dress with a back on it.

Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park suffered from a bit of a special FX malfunction. In the scene where they are trying to escape from the dinos, the group decided to climb the electric fence. Obviously, this led to Timmy getting shocked! If you look closely, you can see that the sparks are coming from either side of Timmy's hands instead of coming from underneath his hands. This was done to keep the young actor safe, but it made for an awkward-looking shock scene.

Schindler’s List

The majority of time in Schindler's List takes place in 1943. In order to keep the film immersive, the showrunners did their best to gather as many time-period-friendly props as they could. Only major history buffs noticed this one little flaw that the showrunners accidentally overlooked... The stamp in this scene is plastic, but at the time, only metal stamp pads were in production. Plastic stamp pads were from the future! 

Bad Boys

This might be the best blooper ever. In this Bad Boys scene, you can very clearly see a camera operator in the shot. How nobody this is incredible. This accident has gone down in history as one of the best, though, so maybe it was a very smart mistake... 

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade was released in 1989. The story itself was set in 1937, during WWII. One of the main conflicts in the film centered around the notorious book burning that went down during WWII. Indiana Jones was rushing to save his father's book from getting burnt. Unfortunately, the scriptwriters did not take into account when the book burnings happened. They took place in 1933, five years before the movie took place.

Independence Day

The last thing that anyone is worried about during an alien invasion is how realistic a shot can be, but a bunch of fans noticed that this scene was a little off! This is an image of the Empire State Building, but everyone knows that the actual shot is impossible. The real Empire State Building is set on a street corner, so it's impossible to have it perfectly centered. 

Braveheart

This is a pretty well-known downfall of Braveheart, but people still love to point it out. The film was set in the year 1300 and followed a Scottish patriot who famously led a revolt against the English army. Since he was Scottish, the main character was commonly dressed in a kilt. The folks behind the scenes must not have been paying attention to detail since kilts were actually introduced in the 16th Century, an entire 200 years after this film was set. The kilt must have been too good to pass up!

The Hurt Locker

The Hurt Locker was released in 2009, but the story itself took place in 2004. The story follows soldiers who were out in the middle east as they try and figure out what their new leader is all about. In one scene, one of the soldiers offhandedly mentions Youtube. Funny enough, Youtube wouldn't have been invented yet as it was officially launched in 2005. This was a small fact that was overlooked, but many viewers noticed the discrepancy. 

Gladiator

Gladiator didn't really care for historical accuracy in most parts of the film. Honestly, it was probably the least of their worries while writing the script. One fun fact is that Russell Crowe's character is nicknamed "The Spaniard" which is a word that was not around until the 14th century. The story was set in the year 180.

Back to the Future

The license plate OUTATIME was too perfect to pass up, but it wouldn't actually work in reality if you want to be exactly like Doc Brown. The state of California has a max cap of 6 characters on the license plate. OUTATIME as one extra letter, therefore making it an illegitimate plate! 

Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump fell victim to a small oversight by the prop designers. The letter that Forrest got from Apple applauding him on his investment is actually super inaccurate. Apple wasn't a publicly traded company until 1981. The letter is obvioiusly dated in 1975. Maybe they wanted to use a big name and didn't care about the details?

Panic Room

Scientists loved to debunk this iconic scene in Panic Room. The idea was that the two characters would be set on fire, but the one would "duck" for cover underneath the flames. The flames were produced with propane, but propane is heavier than air. That means that the gas would have immediately went to the ground instead of staying at the ceiling. The physics are totally flawed!

Public Enemies

In order to make the film flow better, the directs of Public Enemies had to fib a few things... For example, the film shows that John Dillinger ends up outliving his counterparts. In reality, the opposite happened. John Dillinger died first in July of 1934, and Pretty Boy Floyd followed him a few months later. Lastly, Baby Face Nelson was killed nearly one month after Floyd's death.

The Green Mile

The most important scene of The Green Mile involves the electric chair. John Coffey was finally sentenced to death, and Paul Edgecomb had to heartbreakingly handle the execution. This scene might have been easier to watch if it were true to the time period, because the electric chair wasn't produced until 1940. This movie was set in 1935.

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

Even though Robin Hood isn't entirely based in reality, they did their best to keep the film as historically accurate as possible. The story of Robin Hood takes place in the year 1194. In one scene, the character Azeem uses a telescope. Telescopes weren't invented until the 17th Century, nearly 500 years later. This small detail was totally overlooked and the directors didn't care to be super historically accurate. 

Sherlock Holmes

One particular chase scene in Sherlock Holmes took the viewers from Parliament all the way until the top of the Tower Bridge. For the viewers, it was mere minutes. In reality, these two locations are a whopping three miles apart. That's a pretty long distance to cover for such a brief chase! It would have taken them at least an hour to cover the distance between these two landmarks.

Pirates of the Caribbean

Pirates of the Caribbean has a healthy mix of historical realism and fantasy. Obviously, most of the story takes place in the Caribbean, so they were able to nail historical accents and attire. One thing the writers overlooked was the use of the Granny Smith Apple. In one scene, Captain Barbossa makes a very obvious gesture of eating the apple... Yet, Granny Smiths were popularized until 1868. Even then, they were mainly in Australia!

The Sound Of Music

The Sound of Music famously takes place in Austria during World War II. At the end of the film, the Von Trapp family must take refuge in Switzerland. Together, they crossed the Alps to escape. The idea was to simply "cross the border" but their small town of Salzberg actually borders Germany, not Switzerland. The trip would have been way more extensive and exhaustive! 

Troy

That umbrella really adds to the experience, doesn't it? Funny enough, you wouldn't catch this romantic little setting in reality. The first record of a parasol was found in the 5th Century BCE. Troy was set about 800 years earlier. So yeah, no romantic beach parasol for them!

Django Unchained

Django Unchained is a great movie filled with tons of mise en scene and little details that make it so believable and immersive. They didn't think of everything, though. Django wore these pretty cool sunglasses in the film, but in reality, they were totally out of place. Sunglasses weren't popular until 1929. Even then, they were used medically, not fashionably. Maybe Django was just ahead of his time?

Top Gun

Top Gun is all about incredible special effects and stunts. Nobody wants to think about how realistic these stunts are, but some pilots were actually quick to point out this major flaw! During this scene where the pilots wave to each other while the planes are nearly sandwiched would end up being a total death sentence. Due to the design of these specific planes, they would actually collide and crash because of the back wings!

The Passion of the Christ

At first, the public loved The Passion of the Christ. Then, the whitewashing accusations hit. Most people can agree at this point that Jesus would have been of Middle Eastern descent and not white. After all, the bible takes place in the Middle East, and Jesus was born in Bethlehem! It's still pretty common to portray Jesus as white, but it's totally inaccurate to the Bible.

Cast Away

Tom Hanks did absolute wonders in Cast Away. This movie has transcended generations and is easily one of the best of the best. That being said, the entire arc of the Fed Ex packages and letters is totally unrealistic. If they were truly floating around in the ocean, they would not be in such good condition! For example, the bottom photo is what "washed up" mail would look like.

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

This Jim Carey classic is absurd for tons of different reasons. The reality was obviously not on the minds of the directors and writers, which is what makes this movie so hilarious and absurd. So, this is just a fun little fact: the stolen dolphin would not be able to be heard once it was outside of the water. The noises that dolphins make only work underwater since they're using echolocation. This is a plot hole that obviously nobody cares about.

Mr. and Mrs. Smith

Most Hollywood films rely on professional set dressing in order to keep the immersion. A lot of the time, something that's filmed in a big American city is usually filmed in Los Angeles on a fancy set! Mr. and Mrs. Smith was set in New York City but mainly filmed in LA. One scene was actually filmed in an extremely popular Los Angeles restaurant, and tons of people noticed. This can totally take someone out of the fantasy of the film!

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End

A huge part of this film takes place in Singapore. There are tons of different people that they meet along the way, including people who live in the country. At World's End takes place in 1729, and the country of Singapore was founded in 1819. Just a bit historically inaccurate, that's all. 

Saving Private Ryan

Saving Private Ryan is set on World War II on the beaches of Normandy. As they tell the story of Private Ryan and the men who are trying to save him (and their stories along the way) the strict attention to detail was probably the last thing on the directors' mind... Not that it's a big deal. One of the details that they looked over was this motorcycle. Captain Miller can be seen leaning up against this motorcycle, but the problem is that this exact model wasn't produced until 1963. At least it looks cool.

Gladiator

Somebody messed up. It seems like an editor accidentally left in a shot with the gas cannister of a chariot in plain view! This was obviously an accident since Gladiator is in the time period of 180 AD. Obviously, they used horses to power their charitors, not gas. Whoops! 

Malcolm X

Malcolm X was an activist and leader from the Black liberation movement of the '60s. He was so influential that Hollywood decided to make a movie about him and his journey. Most of the film was historically accurate, except for one scene. As his home was getting firebombed, Malcolm shouts for someone to call 911. The directors must have assumed that the service was around then, but it wasn't! 911 Emergency Services was launched in 1968, three years after Malcolm was murdered.

Spider-Man 3

The Spider-Man series is famously set in New York City. Unfortunately, fans of the film totally clocked the filmmakers when they realized that one scene, in particular, was obviously not set in New York City. They went and filmed in front of Terminal Tower which is located in Cleveland, Ohio. It was probably way less expensive to shoot in Cleveland than in New York, but still!

North by Northwest

Movie scenes are usually filmed over and over again. One scene in the film North by Northwest consisted of letting off a loud gunshot. Apparently, one of the extras in the background was not a fan of the loud noise and ended up plugging his ears before the big bang. The funniest part is that no one seemed to notice his preparation for the loud noise, and the gesture was left in the final cut of the movie. 

Reservoir Dogs

Reservoir Dogs fell victim to the continuity error. This is a super small error, but still interesting to point out! During this fight scene, the characters handcuff Marvin Nash with his hands behind his back. In the very next frame, Nash his handcuffs with his arms in front! It's difficult to keep everything perfect on a movie set, especially in between all of these takes. This was just a small slip-up. 

Gone With the Wind

Gone With the Wind is famously set during the Civil War. For a quick history refresher, the Civil War took place in the 1860s. Back in the 1860s, everything in a household was powered by gas, not electricity. For a split second in one scene, a background character can be seen carrying a lamp. This lamp has an electrical cord! This wouldn't have been possible back then and was definitely an accident. 

The Avengers

Captain America is a pretty powerful guy, but he probably can't heal himself and sew a new uniform. In the final scene, Captain America's costume gets really beaten up. It's totally tattered, dirtied, and blood-stained. In the next frame that he's in, his suit is magically perfect. Seems like they didn't pay too close attention to detail! 

Speed

The famous bus in Speed was tasked with jumping across the broken bridge. At the time, the special effects were incredible. Movie editing hadn't really evolved at that point in time, so this was a quality scene! Now, we can see that it wasn't a perfect edit. Yes, they successfully edited out the bridge, but what about the shadow of the bridge? That was still left in! It could have been an oversight, or mayb they didn't know how to edit out the shadow. 

The Goonies

The Goonies fall victim to yet another mistake. This one is pretty funny, though! The famous toilet scene has one major flaw... This guy apparently doesn't pull his underwear down to use the toilet! This was obviously done for modesty's sake, but it still makes a pretty funny still. This was before you could really pause movies, though, so they probably thought that no one would see it. 

Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Hobbits are supposed to be super short, right? So, why is the hobbit in the middle nearly the same height as the elves on the left and right? It seems that the folks in Lord of the Rings accidentally overlooked this detail in the movie. Sometimes, the height differences are superimposed, while other times (like the scene should have done) the elves are physically made taller using steps or tall shoes.

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Indiana Jones is once again in a pickle during Raider of the Lost Ark. After he battled through insane traps and confusing tunnels, he was able to find the treasure that he was after. Fans were quick to note that there was some obvious source of light illuminating the treasure... But, what was it? He was supposed to be deep underground, so why was there sunlight? 

The Aviator

In one scene of The Aviator, Howard Hughes (played by Leonardo DiCaprio) demands 10 chocolate chip cookies over the phone. This is a completely unrealistic demand. The chocolate chip cookie wasn't introduced until 1930, which is a whole two years after the set time of the film! 

Grease

The waitress must have psychokinetic powers. Right before the song "Beauty School Dropout" she hits the lights off with her hip. Except, she doesn't because the light switch is all the way up the wall. She definitely "misses" the switch, but the lights still turn off. They acted like we wouldn't have noticed!

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

This was actually a big deal in the Harry Potter fandom. Even though the author of the novels had a good amount of say in these movies, one big flaw remained: Harry Potter's eye color compared to his mother's. In the books, she had green eyes. In The Deathly Hallows, we see that his mother has brown eyes. What's up with that? Die-hard Potter fans weren't happy about this.

Dirty Dancing

Do you think he knows how to drive? In this scene, Johnny is apparently driving the car... but, the stick shift is obviously still in park. Even in these old cars, you pull the shifter down to put it in drive. It's a bit hard to drive when it's in park, isn't it?

Dallas Buyers Club

Dallas Buyers Club is a heart-wrenching flick set in the 1980s during the AIDs epidemic. In the screenshot above, there's a poster of the Lamborghini Aventador. This would be normal if the car was available back then! In fact, that Lambo wasn't invented until 2011. Is this time traveling, or poor set design?

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

We all know that Grandpa Joe was bed ridden for 20 years along with his in-laws, but is that the truth? If that's the truth, how did he manage to sneak out of the bed to buy a chocolate bar? He was faking it for sure, but how did no one question it until he was walking around? Someone should have said something when he pulled out that darn chocolate bar! 

Pulp Fiction

The first scene in Pulp Fiction was already messed up, and it happened just as the movie started! This scene has a famous shoot-out in it, but if you look closely, it seems that the shoot out already happened. They accidentally didn't clear up the background of the scene before restarting it for another take, so the bullet holes were already in the wall.

Harry Potter

Most fans can agree that one of the best parts of Harry Potter is the great hall. It's basically every kid's dream to dine there! As great as the imagery is, the great hall is better in the books. That's because, in the films, you can sometimes see the strings holding the candles up! This is the case for the first couple of films since movie magic wasn't as good as it was by the end of the films. 

Pulp Fiction

This is a slight continuity error on Quentin Tarantino's part. In the scene where they have to revive Uma Thurman's character, they use a red marker to show where the adrenaline will need to be injected into her chest. In the next clip, she's revived with the needle sticking out of her chest. Even though these frames are right next to each other, the red marker is no longer on her chest. They must have forgotten to put it back in during filming. 

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The More You Know

  • While filming ‘The Machinist,’ Christian Bale only ate an apple and a can of tuna each day. His goal was to weigh 100 pounds before producers stopped him.
  • The beer used while filming of the Hobbit was custom made by New Zealand brewers. It was a 1% dark stout called "Sobering Thought".
  • Disney turned down the chance to make Back to the Future claiming the mother/son relationship was too risqué.
  • Walt Disney hated Goofy.

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