What is your favorite movie mistake?
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Bobtherocker
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and doesnt he actually refer to it as an R2 unit?
Well, that wasn't the movie's fault, but the fault of Kenner, and subsequently Lucasfilm Licensing, for EU-canonizing a droid name that conflicted with the film itself.
jnjoker100
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Theres a gif floating around of han luke leia and chewie walking through a set of uprights.. han, luke and leia cast a shadow and chewie doesnt.
Immortal Goat
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Not so much a technical mistake as it is a goof in the movie's logic:
The Phantom Menace. Earlier in the film, when the destroyer droids are attacking Obi Wan and Qui Gon, they demonstrate the Jedi's ability to run at super speeds. It's never shown again in any of the movies. Not even during the Beam Hallway scene, when it would have been EXTREMELY BENEFICIAL for Obi to use this ability to get to the fight, instead of letting Maul kill Qui Gon.
The Phantom Menace. Earlier in the film, when the destroyer droids are attacking Obi Wan and Qui Gon, they demonstrate the Jedi's ability to run at super speeds. It's never shown again in any of the movies. Not even during the Beam Hallway scene, when it would have been EXTREMELY BENEFICIAL for Obi to use this ability to get to the fight, instead of letting Maul kill Qui Gon.
JLeezy23
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Yeah i agree. But its a Force run like their Force jumps, i just assumed Obi used his Force charge on the giant leap he just did. Then charges up after watching Qui Gon's death to fight Maul then uses it to Force throw himself on the ledge.
Han doesnt believe in the Force in ANH but somehow dodges Greedo's laser blast with super Force speed haha
saeltmarae2k
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This is a generic gun issue.
I hate it when someone has a pistol or shotgun pointed at their enemy, big tough-guy words are bandied back and forth and the person with the gun pointed at them says something to upset the person holding the gun. To now show they are REALLY serious, they rack the shotgun or pistol and then point it at the person again.
Wait.
What?
You were holding a gun with an empty chamber on this person who is less than a few feet from you this whole time?
Similarly, holding a modern gun on someone and then cocking back the hammer to show your sense of seriousness. Are we back in the late 1800s? Did all automatics just become single action weapons? What difference, other than a few pounds of trigger pull did cocking the hammer make? In taking the time to cock the hammer you dropped the barrel off-target and gave your opponent more of an opportunity to rush you than he ever had in overcoming the slight trigger poundage difference between a single action and double action pull.
Finally, while you don't see it so much anymore, holding the gun up right by your face as you go through a building or round a corner, or going through a doorway with your arms fully extended.
I hate it when someone has a pistol or shotgun pointed at their enemy, big tough-guy words are bandied back and forth and the person with the gun pointed at them says something to upset the person holding the gun. To now show they are REALLY serious, they rack the shotgun or pistol and then point it at the person again.
Wait.
What?
You were holding a gun with an empty chamber on this person who is less than a few feet from you this whole time?
Similarly, holding a modern gun on someone and then cocking back the hammer to show your sense of seriousness. Are we back in the late 1800s? Did all automatics just become single action weapons? What difference, other than a few pounds of trigger pull did cocking the hammer make? In taking the time to cock the hammer you dropped the barrel off-target and gave your opponent more of an opportunity to rush you than he ever had in overcoming the slight trigger poundage difference between a single action and double action pull.
Finally, while you don't see it so much anymore, holding the gun up right by your face as you go through a building or round a corner, or going through a doorway with your arms fully extended.
Solo4114
Master Member
Yes, I agree.
Seriously, though, I had the exact same thought about pulling the hammer back on an automatic pistol. I could sort of get it if it's a revolver, but an automatic? And with the pump action shotgun, WHY DO THEY ALWAYS RACK THE SLIDE? Apparently people do regularly wander cinemaland without having chambered another round. And it can't be because they're conserving ammo, because they NEVER run out.
I guess the drama of old west single action pistols just never goes out of style. I'll tell you, though, when I was getting mugged a year ago, the guy didn't have to rack the pistol or cock the hammer to get his point across...
NoTsOsErIoUs
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Anbody ever spot the massive one in Manhunter?
The one where Will Graham is having a deep heart to heart with his son standing in the aisle of a supermarket (we never get the imression they are walking and talking) and the stock on the shelves behind them constantly keeps changing as the camera cuts position between the two. Always had me in stitches.
There's another great one in Bram Stoker's Dracula where at the party held by Lucy Westernra, Dr. Jack sits on a sofa whilst Quincy P. Morris stands beside him clearly clutching his ten gallon hat. Cut back to Dr. Jack who proceeds to shift to one side and bring forth said hat from beneath his posterior apologising to Quincy for having sat on it.
The one where Will Graham is having a deep heart to heart with his son standing in the aisle of a supermarket (we never get the imression they are walking and talking) and the stock on the shelves behind them constantly keeps changing as the camera cuts position between the two. Always had me in stitches.
There's another great one in Bram Stoker's Dracula where at the party held by Lucy Westernra, Dr. Jack sits on a sofa whilst Quincy P. Morris stands beside him clearly clutching his ten gallon hat. Cut back to Dr. Jack who proceeds to shift to one side and bring forth said hat from beneath his posterior apologising to Quincy for having sat on it.
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jiggawho85
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CB2001
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Yeah. I think the kid was just motioning to the camera to just come forward.
Zombie_61
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I have another one, but I'm not sure if it qualifies as a mistake. In MOON (2009, starring Sam Rockwell) when Sam Bell is outside the base he experiences the expected moon gravity, but when he's inside the base he experiences normal Earth gravity. I suppose one could assume if we (mankind) have figured out a way to mine moon rocks, ship them back to Earth on a regular basis, and extract Helium-3 from them that we may have figured out how to create artificial gravity, but...
jiggawho85
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yeah, i dont think so, I think he was putting the moves on jennifer:love
nwjedidave
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I have never seen or heard this one mentioned: (If I haven't mentioned it before)
Star Wars ANH
After the Jawa blasts R2 with the shock cannon (I know, not the correct name) and R2 falls over, the Jawa that shoots him holsters that gun THREE times... LOL
Star Wars ANH
After the Jawa blasts R2 with the shock cannon (I know, not the correct name) and R2 falls over, the Jawa that shoots him holsters that gun THREE times... LOL
Jedi-72
Sr Member
Not as much of a mistake as it is a contradiction. ROTJ final duel. Vader has been trying to get Luke to turn to the dark side and kill the emperor since ESB. When Luke finally gives in to his anger and tries to do just that, Vader STOPS him and the duel ensues, throughout which Vader entreats..."Give yourself to the Dark Side." HE JUST DID! I know. I know. Lucas needed a fight and he sucks as a writer, so this is the best he could do. Still...
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