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The Most Obvious Goof Of All Time?

Name the most obvious goof you have ever noticed in a movie

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I think the "road changing" deal in Twister is the most famous.

Otherwise, switching what's her face for Jodie Foster in Silence of the Lambs 2 was a pretty damn noticeable goof.

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RUSH HOUR 3

In the scene where Lee(Jackie) is fighting Kenji on the Eiffel Tower at one point Jackie jumps down and he clearly has on some sort of sneaker with a wild random tread pattern. Then in the next scene were the shoes are shown again the bottom has a tread that is very symmetrical horizontal lines.

For those who have the dvd it is the scene approximately 1:11:00 assuming all of the dvd's are programed/timed the same length.

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Yeah, but is that the MOST obvious?


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Probably in the Jagged Edge where Glen Close's attorney character changes suits three different during the court room scene.

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Except that's not a "Goof". It was edited from the best takes from a few days shooting, and believe it or not the producer/director/editor didn't care about the color change as much as getting the "best" performance.

I know one of the producers personally, and this is a story he tells all the time.

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Just because the director did not bother to correct it and left in the best performances does not mean that it is not a goof. It is a goof that was intentionally uncorrected and left in.

Or did (in story) the attorney magically change clothes or strip down in front of the Jury?

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It's not a 'goof' if it is intentional. No one makes that kind of mistake on a set... not only are there several wardrobe people those costume changes had to go through, the script supervisor would have to approve the costumes. What happened, in my professional opinion, is that the scene was originally several scenes set over several story days and the director had to condense them into one scene to stay within the delivered cut time. It happens. That is not a goof. That is a weighed decision.



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It is better to keep your mouth closed and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.


Too bad you didn't pay more attention to your own signature. You really should take your own advice.


in my professional opinion


Ummm yeah.. sure... professional...

Yes, what you said is true concerning it being from multiple different takes over the course of a few different days. However it was by accident that the actress was wearing a different wardrobe on subsequent takes and in the end they had little choice but to go with the shots they had or reshoot the entire scene again. Likely by the time they noted the mistake, it was too late to reshoot. Thus it IS a goof.

Regardless... Unless there is some "in-universe Point of View" explanation (Not from a production POV) for the suddenly changing clothes... it's a goof.




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Apparently you did not comprehend what you read when you read my reply. I didn't say it was multiple takes. I said it was most likely multiple SCENES set on DIFFERENT STORY DAYS which means the wardrobe changes were INTENTIONAL.

And yes PROFESSIONAL opinion as I am a script supervisor and have my own page here on IMDB.


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Oh I comprehended what you said alright, however in your defense you left out the relevant bit.

You now:

I said it was most likely multiple SCENES set on DIFFERENT STORY DAYS which means the wardrobe changes were INTENTIONAL.


You then:

...is that the scene was originally several scenes set over several story days and the director had to condense them into one scene to stay within the delivered cut time.


It does not matter if the original intent was that they were multiple scenes taking place on successive days... The final product was a single scene on the SAME DAY. and thus the magical changing of the clothing without having ever taken a break to go change... is a goof.


As far as professional opinion... I've know quite a few professional idiots.



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I see no relevant difference between the two statements. They both say the same thing... to whit: several scenes (multiple scenes) set (taking place) over several story days (different story days). I mean, really?

And you may know a few professional idiots, but I am not one of them.

Done and done here.



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I see no relevant difference between the two statements.

And THAT is why you fail.


They both say the same thing... to whit: several scenes (multiple scenes) set (taking place) over several story days (different story days).

Incorrect.

Your second claim was that they are different scenes on different days.

Your original claim was that though they were originally shot to be different scenes on different days... were edited for brevity into a single scene on a single day.



The fact of the matter remains... the scene in question was NOT over the course of several In film universe days... but different shots of the same scene in the same day.
Ergo... a GOOF!



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Incorrect.

Your second claim was that they are different scenes on different days.

Your original claim was that though they were originally shot to be different scenes on different days... were edited for brevity into a single scene on a single day.



OMG - you really are an effing idiot!

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...And besides, the Earth is 3/5 water, NOT 2/3!

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CGSailor..

I too have an IMDb page but I don't have nearly as much self-importance or arrogance. You are absolutely correct. Scriptys are why it takes 10 years to even shoot a film, and by the end, the wardrobe is antiquated anyway. I'm starting to wonder if it was a film she fuc... worked on.

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You're wrong. It's continuity's job to make sure he's wearing the same suit over the several days of shooting. That said, if that's what catches the eye, the movie is failing anyway.

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Except that in the interest of continuity, the actor would wear the same wardrobe for that shot, regardless of how many days it took to shoot, unless the director did it intentionally or scripty was 'sleep at the wheel. Sometimes "goofs" are intentional when the director purposely breaks continuity. If he filmed the same shot over days and used different wardrobes, theres some pissed off producers out there going "Uh HUH!!!!"

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Ok you're not understanding me. STORY DAYS are not the same as shooting days; story days are the days in the story. I really don't know how to make it any simpler. AGAIN: this was most likely THREE SEPERATE SCENES that took place on THREE DIFFERENT STORY DAYS thus the different costumes (a character almost never wears the same costume twice on different story days unless it is a story point) and was combined as one scene in the edit for cut time reasons. There is NO WAY that this was a mistake made on set.

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No! You're the one not paying attention. The goof in question was a ONE STORY DAY (I know you like caps for emphasis) but different story day shots were edited into a ONE story day final cut, most likely a budget issue NOT TIME issue. And speaking of wasting time, no one does that more than scripty. So even if it was done on purpose, it's still a "goof" in the continuity. You're acting all uppity like you were scripty on this movie, and more importantly, like it was your call. Probably why your credits are listed in miscellaneous UNDER transportation, and why no one yells out "points" carrying heavy objects next to your tent.

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ALL script supervisors are listed under miscellaneous on IMDB. We are a department of one so we don't get our own category. I see from most of your comments on other posts that you're in the sound department (at least that seems to be all you care about in the few of comments I read). So your snide comment about my credit being in Misc is petty and stupid as you well know that plenty of crew don't have their own category. So because you do, that makes you better than me? Now who is the arrogant one?

And what do you mean that no one wastes time more than scripty? Maybe on shows you work on. Not mine. And how disrespectful of the scriptys you have worked with. I would never say anything to malign you as far as your work as a sound guy is concerned because that would be maligning all the guys I work with and I respect them far too much to do that. But as for a department wasting time - I have never heard anyone say "there goes another costly scripty delay".

And no...it would not be a budget issue... how would that be? Explain.

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They did the same thing in Nacho Libre. One minute the babies watching the TV are dressed and then they're sitting in diapers. Yeah, you're right. It's not a goof if a ladder falls on the talent and you leave it in. Totally true.

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They did the same thing in Nacho Libre. One minute the babies watching the TV are dressed and then they're sitting in diapers. Yeah, you're right. It's not a goof if a ladder falls on the talent and you leave it in. Totally true.

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Well put.

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Well put.

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I think that still falls clearly into the "goof" category.

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I would suggest the disappearance/absence of gore in the lecture auditorium after the exploding head in 'Scanners' (The reason was that Louis del Grande's character was originally supposed to have died from a heart attack, but still too obvious and glaring to be acceptable.)

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It's a Wonderful Life. Toward the end of the movie where George is in the cemetary at his brother's grave, the dates don't match up with what they said his age was when he died.


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Woah, that's pretty wild

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Granted it probably IS a good, but all that awesome action and you're checking out their shoes? Bro, come on

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Isn't that the same movie Jackie Chan broke his foot in and had to where a cast to finish?

I could be mistaken but I do remember in 1 of the Rush hour movies he had to finish in a foot cast I just don't remember which one. They did try to make it to look like the original shoe as close as they could.

Hope that helps :)

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Isn't that the same movie Jackie Chan broke his foot in and had to where a cast to finish?

No.
You're thinking of Rumble In The Bronx (1995)
Jackie Chan breaks his ankle jumping onto a hovercraft and has to finish the film with a foot cast disguised as a tennis shoe. It's all shown as part of the blooper reels thata number of his films are known for in the credits. Also mentioned in the trivia for the film on this site.

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Alone in the Dark 2005

A female character is killed and they move her body to the floor of the cave. At the end of the scene she is seen picking her head up and puting her hands beneath her as the other characters start walking away.. I guess she needed a ciggarette..

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ADVENTURES OF DON JUAN
Early in the movie, Don Juan is thought to be an Spanish nobleman who has come to be married with an English aristocrat in a match arranged by Queen Elizabeth, and he is given a big welcome that includes a huge display of flags, all very beautiful, and all very fictional, since they don't represent any real life noble house or any real life population center.
About the middle of the movie, when Don Juan serves King Philip III as fencing master of the court, he shows Queen Anne what are supposedly the flags of Corte's, Alvarado, Balboa, Pizarro, Orellana, Jime'nez de Quesada, Valdivia, Garay, Ponce de Leo'n and all the other conquistadores. If you look carefully at those flags, you'll see that THEY ARE EXACTLY THE VERY SAME FLAGS THAT WERE DISPLAYED IN THE SCENE DESCRIBED IN THE FIRST PARAGRAPH.
Another mistake, which everyone who knows the legend of Don Juan will likely catch: his family name is misspelled as MARAN~A, when it should be MAN~ARA.

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The Most Obvious Goof Of All Time?

The 80's movie Cobra, with Sylvester Stallone. (Mr Marion Cobretti) was firing a gun from the back of late 80's pick up, at one point the make and model of the truck change. If a person just watch the tail gate on the truck, you'll see the difference.

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In "Jurrasic Park", when they, Dr. Grant, Dr. Malcolm, etc., were taking the tour, the cars reach the T-Rex paddock and it breaks through the fence to the thier right. Minutes later, the T-Rex sends Tim and Lex's explorer over the same wall it came from. The plunge down the wall/cliff onto the tree is far too large for a full grown T-Rex to "climb over" onto the road. Let alone that in the film, the T-Rex was shown looming above the explorers from the same side of the fence where this "cliff" exists.

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Yep I agree with that one. How big do they think a T-Rex is.

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Still on the subject of "Jurassic Park", how about when the power was restored to the electric fence while the boy was still on it. Enough power to stop a T-Rex, but no harm to the kid.

Wouldn't having him jump off at the last millisecond have been enough? — And more believable? Remember: In the real world, the electric shock would have knotted the boy's hand muscles closed making him unable to let go.

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Actualy, from memory all of the wires that he is contacting are electric. If all the wires he is touching are at the same electrical potential then there is no current flow, and no electric shock.

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I think there was a lot more wrong with that movie besides the filming goofs. Take for example that T Rexes supposedly walk with their heads down tails out for balance, not up right as sown in the movie.

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Someone's been watching (in a high pitched tone) cinema sins

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The most obvious goof of all time is an actual movie and it is called "Troll 2"
If the actors aren't actually trying to act the worse they possibly can they should be taken behind the shed if you know what I mean.

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Gladiator. In the fight with the wagons in colosseum. you can clearly see some gas containers at the back of one of the wagons. Can't belive i saw the film so many times before i actually saw it happen.



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soo obviously it wasn't that obvious...

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Gladiator. In the fight with the wagons in colosseum. you can clearly see some gas containers at the back of one of the wagons. Can't belive i saw the film so many times before i actually saw it happen.


Not very obvious then, was it?

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I think the original Lord of the Flies has more obvious goofs than any other film I've seen. In spite of them all, it is a good film. But one that always makes me laugh is when Jack has a banana in his mouth and you can still hear him talking perfectly clearly.

Another film goof that is just as obvious is an outdoor scene in the original Frankenstein (1931) where you can very plainly see vertical lines against the twilight sky.

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In Lord of The Flies, one of the boys is pretending to be shooting. He repeatedly shoots(bang, bang, bang, etc.) In the time of which this was suppose to be set in they didnt have repeating guns. They only had muzzle loaders. One shot and you had to reload. My husband noticed this one.

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Lord of the Flies is supposed to be set a little way into the future. Have a look at the book.
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