Making a Hollywood film requires a lot of resources, including time, money, teamwork, careful preparation, and a strong attention to detail. But even the most rigorous preparations sometimes can’t keep a movie from its share of goofs and mistakes to the delight (or chagrin) of observant viewers. Obviously, the director wants you, the viewer, to stop being skeptical so you can get into the story. But what makes this difficult is when you see a mistake that makes it obvious that this is a movie and not in real life.
Today, we will be taking a look at more movie scenes that unexpectedly deviated from the original plan but nevertheless made it into the final edit of the movie. Most of the time, these errors led to improvements in the movie, but other times the filmmakers simply didn’t have another choice. Anyway, these mistakes are too small for the filmmakers to notice on the first viewing. Scroll down to see 15 such movie mistakes that you will be surprised to know you didn’t spot earlier.
#1 Beauty and the Beast
Source: © Beauty and The Beast / Walt Disney Pictures and co-producers
The dishes form the shape of the Eiffel Tower in Beauty And The Beast (1991), when Lumière is singing “Be Our Guest,” during the line “…after all miss this is France.” However, according to sources, Beauty And The Beast takes place sometime between 1790 and 1880, and the Eiffel Tower was constructed in 1887.
#2 New Girl
Source: © New Girl / Elizabeth Meriwether Pictures and co-producers
In episode 4 of New Girl, Jess’s nail polish just disappears.
#3 No Country for Old Men
Source: © No Country for Old Men / Paramount Vantage and co-producers
The phone booth’s tag is dated 2006 even though the setting of No Country for Old Men is supposed to take place in 1980.
#4 Resident Alien
Source: © Resident Alien / Amblin Television and co-producers
In Resident Alien, part 2, if you don’t watch it a second time you won’t notice that there’s a camera in the driver’s window.
#5 Zombieland: Double Tap
Source: © Zombieland: Double Tap / Columbia Pictures and co-producers
Another film error was discovered in Zombieland: Double Tap due to the carelessness of the crew. You will see the cameraman’s finger displayed on the screen.
#6 Hellboy
Source: © Hellboy / Summit Entertainment and co-producers
The phone screen in Hellboy displays an “incoming call” screen rather than an “in call” screen while Hellboy is calling his father.
#7 Babylon Berlin
Source: © Babylon Berlin / X-Filme Creative Pool and co-producers
A mistake was caught by eagle-eyed fans in Babylon Berlin season 2, as the main character is misusing his Leica Standard camera because the lens is closed, rendering the device useless.
#8 Titanic
Source: © Titanic / Twentieth Century Fox and co-producers
When Rose was about to do something foolish, Jack quickly appeared to save her. In one scene, her hand is firmly on the rail of the train. In the next scene, her hand also conveniently holds the hem of her shirt. Is it possible that while playing on the side of the ship, Rose also meticulously groomed her clothes and held her shirt for poetry?
#9 Resident Alien
Source: © Resident Alien / Amblin Television and co-producers
Can you spot the difference between these two segments? Well, Season 2 of Resident Alien features two different images of Asta responding to Jay’s birthday card.
#10 Malcolm in the Middle
Source: © Malcolm in the Middle / Fox Television Studios and co-producers
This is another interesting discovery in Malcolm in the Middle, season 7 where Dewey plays without cartridges in his Gameboy.
#11 Big Little Lies,
Source: © Big Little Lies / HBO and co-producers
Nothing can stop the eagle eyes of viewers when they discover Nicole Kidman accidentally putting her finger on the camera lens during a small segment in Big Little Lies. Well is she really taking pictures or not?
#12 Ambulance
Source: © Ambulance / Universal Pictures and co-producers
The movie Ambulance was caught with a timing error. Despite his phone’s clock indicating 12:37 p.m., FBI agent Anson Clark receives a text message at 1:14 p.m.
#13 Little Women
Source: © Little Women / Columbia Pictures and co-producers
Despite the fact that Little Women is set in 1863, a plastic bottle can be found at Laurie’s home.
#14 The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Source: © The Man from U.N.C.L.E. / Warner Bros. and co-producers
The word “position” is spelled incorrectly in Hugh Grant‘s character’s dossier in The Man From U.N.C.L.E.’s end credits. This mistake makes us wonder how did filmmakers miss out on it?
#15 Sons of Anarchy
Source: © Sons of Anarchy / Linson Entertainment and co-producers
The last one is the scene where Stephen King uses a tape measure’s backside to measure an arm in Sons of Anarchy’s third season.
