Best movie revealing mistakes of 2004

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I Heart Huckabees picture

Revealing mistake: When Catherine comes out of the shower and walks over to Albert, who is lying on the bed, it is clear as she leans forward that her towel is not only tucked in at the top but also pinned, about halfway down.

STP

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Revealing mistake: In the rave club, right before Creasy fires the sawed-off shotgun at the woman who's trying to hide, the part of the wall that will be blown out is visible (it's a patched-up circle). (01:28:30)

DBC

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National Treasure picture National Treasure mistake picture

Revealing mistake: When Ben and Ian get the two different fingerprints from two different people, Mr. Ferguson [random security guard] and Abigail Chase, they are the exact same fingerprints. This can be confirmed on the DVD with pause and zoom. Moreover, the two scans show exactly the same emphasis/pressure on different regions within the print, with more light and detail on the left side and little in the center. (00:39:15)

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Spanglish picture

Revealing mistake: In the scene where Adam Sandler is drunk on a patio chair and Paz Vega commands the dog to go to him, you can see Adam Sandler feeding treats to the dog so it stays with him.

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The Final Cut picture

Revealing mistake: Robin Williams is working on Bannister's rememory, scanning newspaper articles. Under the first headline, "Bannister Eyes Future," the copy reads, "Whoever wrote these headlines had as much fun as I did setting them in type and formatting them into newspaper articles. But then, this sort of headline appears in the paper regularly, so maybe we all just want to have fun. Fun: such a precious commodity these days."

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The Life and Death of Peter Sellers picture

Revealing mistake: When Britt and Peter are having sex, it is obvious she is wearing flesh coloured underwear.

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Hidalgo picture

Revealing mistake: After the swarm of locusts passes, Frank takes one and eats half of it. He then offers the other half to Hidalgo, but the horse knocks it out of his fingers and proceeds to eat something else hidden in his hand - presumably the real treat used to entice him.

Krista

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Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid picture

Revealing mistake: When Bill sets the tribe's hut on fire, everything lights up instantly and within moments the whole thing is alight, although it takes longer than that for a whole hut that size to set in flames.

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The Football Factory picture

Revealing mistake: When the firm takes more or less a full coach load to Liverpool, one shot from a bridge shows the coach with only 1 visible passenger and what looks like a different driver.

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Sleepover picture

Revealing mistake: When the girls are driving away from the popular girls, after they get juicers, you can see in the car that they are stunt drivers. The facial features are different and Yancey is taller and skinnier.

a river runs through it

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Crash picture

Revealing mistake: When Daniel (the locksmith) goes home, the lamp next to his daughter's bed is on. After he finally tucks her in, he puts his finger on the light switch on the wall, but it is already in the "off" position. He doesn't flip the switch in either direction, but you hear an audible click, and the lights go out as if the lamp was controlled by the switch. (00:30:02)

Macalou

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House of Flying Daggers picture

Revealing mistake: When Jin is fighting in the prison, he kicks two guards into the walls of the stone hall. The one on the right of the screen hits the stone wall making it shake and a block move.

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Godsend picture

Revealing mistake: When Richard hits Paul over the head with the candlestick, Paul reacts to the blow way before it actually connects.

Twotall

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Laws of Attraction picture

Revealing mistake: In the rain scene approximately 25 minutes into the movie a man is talking to a woman in a very heavy rain. His shirt has very little rain on it and a large part stays completely dry. The dry side is on the side where the rain is coming from.

Wayne C.

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Revealing mistake: After the power goes out at Sarah's hospital, she lights a candle. While she's walking along with it, it's obvious it's not made of wax. It looks like it's made out of plaster.

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Little Black Book picture

Revealing mistake: At the hockey game in the beginning of the movie, when the players crash into the boards behind the goal, the logos on the players uniforms are backwards or opposite of what they really should be. The Devils logo appears this way several other times in the movie as well.

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Revealing mistake: When Joe blows up the Eiffel Tower in Paris at the beginning, it smashes into the Arc de Triumph which then shatters. But as bits of the building go flying off into the Seine River, they bounce off the hard surface, showing it to be plastic not water.

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Revealing mistake: When the man is melting after being covered in acid in the beginning, you can see a wire pulling the "melted skin" off his arm, at the bottom of the frame briefly. (00:04:00)

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Alfie picture Alfie mistake picture

Revealing mistake: When Alfie goes back to see Julie, he stands in the street, apparently looking towards the cafe, but we can see the cafe (and especially the building next to it with red awnings) in the distance behind him. (01:08:30)

Madstunts

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