Ocean's Eight

Character mistake: Sandra Bullock's German is very good, but not perfect. She says about her husband, "Gestern hat er seine Schuhe in den Gefrierschrank gestellt," ("Yesterday, he put his shoes in the freezer"). Immediately afterwards, she says "seine Schuhe ins Gefrierschrank," ("He put his shoes in the freezer"). The word Gefrierschrank (freezer) in German is masculine and can never be preceded by the accusative case contraction "ins", the contraction for "in das." She just changed the gender of the word Gefrierschrank (freezer) from masculine in the first sentence (correct) to neuter in the second sentence (incorrect). (01:40:05)

Character mistake: Sandra Bullock complains that there are no signs that label the areas and directions for visitors correctly. She uses the term "Schilderung", which is based on the word "Schild", which means a sign. However, the word "Schilderung" means description of something, e.g. a suspect, a scene or an experience. "Anweisung" or "Anweisungstafeln" or "Anweisungsschilder" or "Anzeichnungsschilder" would all be valid choices, but not "Schilderung "

Plot hole: When the necklace is pulled out of the water (closed) and placed back onto Daphne's neck, they couldn't have used the magnet because the replica didn't have that feature, so the security guards should've noticed the fake right away. To put it back on her neck and to take it off again to go back to Cartier would have required the magnet, which would not work on the replica. (01:18:25 - 01:19:19)

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Debbie Ocean: I couldn't even hear myself think. You know, five women in one cell. So I got myself thrown in solitary for a little peace and quiet, and that's where I finally came up with it.

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Trivia: Sandra Bullock speaks German at the Met Gala - she's actually fluent in German, having lived in Germany and Austria for the first 12 years of her life. She gave an award speech in German once: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BK1GlyGdm4.

Jon Sandys

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