Errors in Movies (Page 3): Here is one I spotted that is a bit esoteric. In the Daniel Day Lewis movie, the Last of the Mohicans, there is a scene at the fort where he passes the cut...

RodeoMan Loc: St Joseph, Missouri

Here is one I spotted that is a bit esoteric. In the Daniel Day Lewis movie, the Last of the Mohicans, there is a scene at the fort where he passes the cut end of some logs that by the saw marks on them clearly indicated that they were cut with a circular saw that would not exist until many decades in the future. Damn near ruined the movie for me. lol.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Stephan G wrote:

That may have been a pirated movie. It was a meth... (show quote)

I think it's funny when I'm watching a foreign language movie, and I turn the volume up. Why?! I don't understand what they're saying.

I usually listen to the foreign version, though, because I like to hear different languages. Sometimes, I'll switch to the English version so I can watch the mouth movements without having to read the captions.

steve L Loc: Waterville Valley, New Hampshire

jerryc41 wrote:

I think it's funny when I'm watching a foreign language movie, and I turn the volume up. Why?! I don't understand what they're saying.

I usually listen to the foreign version, though, because I like to hear different languages. Sometimes, I'll switch to the English version so I can watch the mouth movements without having to read the captions.

Know the feelng !!
Was watching an old [obviously, steve !] Fritz Lang movie in German, when "nature called", as things were getting hairy...
Yup, my solution was crank it up. Took about 10 seconds in the "rest room" to realize I'd done much smarter things !!

RiJoRi Loc: Sandy Ridge, NC

Speaking of re-dubbed foreign movies, Woody Allen (?) did one called 'What's Up, Tiger Lily'. Using a Japanese spy movie (no better than their monster movies), he removed the sound track and had some English speaking lip-readers record what they saw the characters saying. The results were hilarious! (Main character rubbing his neck and saying, "Oh, my knee!" - Maybe ya just gotta see it...)

--Rich

Laramie Loc: Tempe

In this very recent movie, "Nightmare Alley", the ending is telegraphed at the very beginning, like a haymaker in the westerns.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

RiJoRi wrote:

Speaking of re-dubbed foreign movies, Woody Allen (?) did one called 'What's Up, Tiger Lily'. Using a Japanese spy movie (no better than their monster movies), he removed the sound track and had some English speaking lip-readers record what they saw the characters saying. The results were hilarious! (Main character rubbing his neck and saying, "Oh, my knee!" - Maybe ya just gotta see it...)

--Rich

I remember that. Clever idea.

LDB415 Loc: Houston south suburb

RiJoRi wrote:

Speaking of re-dubbed foreign movies, Woody Allen (?) did one called 'What's Up, Tiger Lily'. Using a Japanese spy movie (no better than their monster movies), he removed the sound track and had some English speaking lip-readers record what they saw the characters saying. The results were hilarious! (Main character rubbing his neck and saying, "Oh, my knee!" - Maybe ya just gotta see it...)

--Rich

We enjoyed the Globetrotters when I was a kid, going when they came to town. At one point Meadowlark would go down hard. Curly, Goose and Nate would rush over, get him up, start walking him off the court, one supporting him, one holding his arm and one massaging his arm. He'd be loudly saying OWWWWWWW several times as they tend all the more emphatically to his arm. Then he finally yells "It's my LAIG!".

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Also -

Shooting the bad guy and then turning your back on him, with his gun just inches from his hand.
Running into a room to hide from the bad guy/monster. The character slams the door and puts his back right up against it.
A car is chasing someone, and he runs straight down the road rather than running off the road into the woods or an alley.
In a life-or-death situation, a character doesn't bother to answer his phone.
Trying to start the car to escape, the character turns the ignition key for barely a second. "The car won't start!" That's after he drops the key and has trouble finding it on the floor.
Waking up in a hospital bed and ripping all the IVs and tubing off his body and running out of the hospital.

RodeoMan Loc: St Joseph, Missouri

jerryc41 wrote:

Also - br br Shooting the bad guy and then turnin... (show quote)

And they always can find a parking space whether they are in NYC, LA or Chicago.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

RodeoMan wrote:

And they always can find a parking space whether they are in NYC, LA or Chicago.

Yes! Directly in front of whatever it is.

And when they get into the car and drive away, they never look to see if any cars are coming.

I hate seeing the driver constantly looking at his passenger when they are having a conversation. Does anyone actually do that in real life?

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Abo wrote:

Hollywood loves motorcycle chases and Hollywood
loves to dub in the incorrect exhaust sound.

Typically the sound dubbed in is an inline 4 cylinder
whether the bike is 1 two or three cylinder...

Another one they like to dub in is the sound of a two stroke
engine over a four stroke dirt bike... a classic example is
"John Conners" XR80 Honda (4 stroke) in Terminator II
with the sound of a 2 stroke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw12gZ1T-j0

Yes, it's amazing how some cars sound in movies - but not on the road.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

letmedance wrote:

I worked at Universal Hollywood for 34 years and saw many chalk marks and blue tape strips laid by the Continuity techs, the auto mistakes occur when the scenes are not filmed in sequence and, the getaway scene was shot before the accident one.

Yes, car chases produce odd results - damage/no damage/damage/no damage.

That reminds me of another one. When there's a scene with a car skidding, you will usually see several sets of skid marks from previous attempts to film the scent.

Stephan G

jerryc41 wrote:

Yes, car chases produce odd results - damage/no damage/damage/no damage.

That reminds me of another one. When there's a scene with a car skidding, you will usually see several sets of skid marks from previous attempts to film the scent.

Having grown up in the Chicago area, many of the skid marks were not necessarily from the people doing the film.

There are a couple of 90 degree turns on Lower Wacker that it was popular to practice "walking the turns". (It has been a while since I was back, though.) I know of one young driver who did this. I have seen halos in other locations.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Stephan G wrote:

Having grown up in the Chicago area, many of the skid marks were not necessarily from the people doing the film.

There are a couple of 90 degree turns on Lower Wacker that it was popular to practice "walking the turns". (It has been a while since I was back, though.) I know of one young driver who did this. I have seen halos in other locations.

Halos - We call them donuts here.

Stephan G

jerryc41 wrote:

Halos - We call them donuts here.

"Halos" do not require the Starbucks cup in hand with "donuts".