creating a full-length feature film is a monumentaltask for any director. in the storm of actors, set designs, production assistants and thecameras catching them all, the finished movie is just a tiny glimpse of the actual work– and talented people - that goes into making it. usually, it’s the editor’s job tomake sure that what’s outside of each shot stays there – but they’re only human.which means some truly incredible mistakes can make it into the final product for ourviewing pleasure. here are screen rant’s movie mistakes that slipped through editing. the bourne identity matt damon’s role as a cia assassin sufferingfrom amnesia singlehandedly re-defined modern
spy thrillers, showing jason bourne to possesssuperhuman levels of stealth and battlefield awareness. when he first arrives on land afterbeing rescued from the sea by a fishing crew, he quite literally disappears into the surroundingcity, illustrating how effective his innate ability to remain undetected truly is. untilviewers take a closer look at his disappearance, and notice the pair of extras attempting – andfailing – to conceal actor matt damon ducking behind the truck driving across the set, withhis feet and bright red jacket clearly visible. maybe another take would have been wise. harry potter and the chamber of secrets by the time the chamber of secrets rolledaround, harry potter and draco malfoy were
already each other’s worst enemies. so it’sno surprise that when the children of hogwarts began their training in magical duels, thetwo wound up crossing wands. as always, harry winds up getting the better of his foe tothe delight of the students present. the students, and the camera man who the director eitherdidn’t notice, or somehow assumed audiences wouldn’t spot. how this unplanned cameowasn’t defeated by some editing magic is beyond us. back to the future aside from the questions of time travel andparallel universes, marty mcfly’s trip backwards and forwards through the decades is home toseveral small mistakes or inconsistencies.
but it’s the most inconsequential errorthat has become the most well-known – and frankly, the most unsettling. when doc brownreturns with his family in tow in the final scene of the trilogy, his youngest son offersa gesture that once noticed, can never be ignored. most accept that the young actorwas simply signaling that he was in need of a washroom break, but we’re not buying it.they don’t have toilets on time-traveling trains? jurassic park the fact that steven spielberg’s dinosauradventure has aged better than most other special effects-driven films is usually creditedto steven spielberg’s use of real dinosaur
models along with completely cgi creatures.but that decision didn’t come without a few drawbacks. no fan will forget when a pairof raptors pursued the movie’s child stars through the park’s kitchen, but it turnsout the dinosaur models were less graceful than their cg versions. apparently needinga crew member’s hand to help keep their balance. the hurt locker it isn’t just dinosaurs that can use a handfrom an off-screen crew member. in this story of a bomb disposal team deployed during theiraq war, soldiers on the ground had more to worry about than just explosives. wheninvestigating an enemy-controlled warehouse,
someone on the film’s set decided that starjeremy renner needed some help moving through a curtain of plastic sheeting, putting hisentire hand into frame. why the shot wasn’t cut a moment sooner is a mystery, meaningit’s entirely possible it was missed altogether. gladiator in a film as massive as ridley scott’s romanepic, audiences are willing to overlook some small mistakes. but the director put thattheory to the test, peppering the movie with too many mistakes to count. there’s thecrew member who somehow stumbled into a shot as hero maximus greets a roman horse, barbarianextras who decide to take a break in the midst of a fierce battle, an exposed air canisterused to flip a chariot in the roman coliseum,
and the downright awful body padding usedto protect one actor from arrows and swords. but nothing beats star russell crowe’s famousquestion, posed after he singlehandedly wiped out multiple opponents. it’s taken as apolitical statement for those watching the fight, but it was clearly directed at thecamera crew visible in a wider shot. jaws when word first breaks of a man-eating sharkoff the shores of amity, everyone in possession of a boat takes off in search of the bountyplaced on the great white’s head. the chaos that follows is a nightmare for police chiefbrody, but is clearly perfect for the filmmakers. apparently, director steven spielberg gotso captivated by the excitement, he assumed
audiences would be as well, leaving the entirecamera crew’s boats visible in the middle of frame, revealing to audiences exactly howthey had captured the shots shown immediately beforehand. raiders of the lost ark given the number of extras used in the firstindiana jones adventure, and how large some of the movie’s action sequences were, amistake or unfortunate error is impossible to avoid. take, for instance, the reflectionof the entire camera crew in the cockpit of a nazi aircraft, or the infamous ‘gun vs.sword’ sequence starring the world’s worst butcher. but the film’s most ridiculousmistake is also its most ironic. to make sure
their tunisian backdrop resembled 1936 cairo,the crew famously removed over 300 tv antennas from surrounding rooftops. that level of dedicationpays off in the finished film... until a man wearing blue jeans and a t-shirt strolls throughthe background just minutes later. the lord of the rings: the two towers the second chapter of peter jackson’s fantasytrilogy begins with three of the fellowship stumbling into the land of rohan, leadingto a tense introduction with eomer, a noble soldier and ally in the rest of the story.an embodiment of honour and dignity, eomer ends the standoff by giving his new allieshorses and sending them on their way. unfortunately, allowing his entire sword to slide out ofits sheath in the process. clearly too embarrassed
to acknowledge the mistake, we can only assumehe left as quickly as possible to find a suitable replacement. frozen just because animated films are created asingle frame at a time, that doesn’t mean mistakes won’t slip by just as easily. oneof the most well-known sequences in disney’s smash success frozen stars the magical queenelsa, embracing her powers with a performance of the award-winning song “let it go.â€in all the excitement, it seems the artists decided to let the laws of physics go as well,allowing elsa to let down her hair, and have it pass from front to back, phasing throughher left arm in the process. the ability to
control ice and snow and create an eternalwinter is one thing, but we have to draw the line somewhere. those are some of our favourite movie mistakesthat seemed to slip by the filmmakers unnoticed. are there any we missed? sound off in thecomments section below and be sure to subscribe to our channel for more videos like this one!
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