Corrected entry: The "tacos" served by the award-winning, $1200-a-plate restaurant are woefully inadequate. Tacos are accompanied by chopped onion, cilantro, chopped chiles (usually serrano) and lime. Other toppings such as chopped pineapple, tomato, or avocado are optional. These so-called "tacos" are cold, stiff tortillas and meat.
The Menu (2022)
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Directed by: Mark Mylod
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Nicholas Hoult, Anya Taylor-Joy
Revealing mistake: The very first shot of the movie, supposedly of Anya Taylor-Joy lighting a cigarette, does not match the following shot on the pier; the cigarette appears to be black and with a brand sleeve instead of the normal one she is smoking. The background confusingly looks more like an interior than the pier she is standing on, and the lighter is a common Bic-style one instead of the Zippo she is using also later in the movie. That's because it's actually stock footage. You can literally find the clip yourself on Shutterstock and similar websites, by the description "Close-up of the silhouette of a woman's face sticking a cigarette into her lips, igniting her with a lighter, and exhaling smoke. The grim concept of the harm of smoking in a low key." (00:01:00)
Trivia: The production actually hired several professional chefs to collaborate during pre-production. Additionally, the second unit director was hired because he previously worked on the Netflix documentary series "Chef's Table," and they wanted some of the shots to resemble shots from television cooking shows.
Question: During the fight scene between Margot and Elsa, there's a moment where Margot rolls over a counter and falls to the floor. The shot where she lands on the floor looks very unnatural, as though Margot was green-screened into it. She doesn't seem to blend into the background properly, but also casts an accurate reflection on the metal beside her. Did they paint out a crash mat she landed on or something?
Correction: In no way is this mistake. In fact, this mistake is quite incorrect for two separate reasons. First of all, it's not a "mistake" for a chef to serve a minimalist variation of a pre-existing dish. (Several of the chef's dishes have minimalist ingredients, in fact. He literally served a bread plate without bread.) Just because tacos are usually served a certain way doesn't make it a "mistake" if they're not. Second, beyond that, the fact it's only meat and tortillas actually relates directly to the plot, since the meat is a representation of the story he told about his father, while the tortillas have incriminating photos burned onto them.
TedStixon