Other mistake: When the sex scene with Robert De Niro and his lover is over, you can see that he is wearing underwear.
Analyze This (1999)
1 other mistake - chronological order
Directed by: Harold Ramis
Starring: Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal, Chazz Palminteri, Lisa Kudrow
Continuity mistake: During the scene when Chazz Palminteri is in his office talking on the phone, a microphone appears a couple of time at the top of the screen.
Paul Vitti: You know me?
Ben Sobel: Yes.
Paul Vitti: No, you don't.
Ben Sobel: Okay.
Paul Vitti: You see my picture in the paper?
Ben Sobel: Yes.
Paul Vitti: No, you didn't.
Ben Sobel: I don't even get the paper.
Trivia: Robin Williams was reportedly the original choice for the part of Ben Sobel. Tom Hanks was also considered before it went to Billy Crystal.
Question: When Nicky Shivers is being held hostage, De Niro is about to belt him in the face with a metal pipe and make him fall into a hole. This most likely would have been fatal. But De Niro has a change of heart and walks away. Then Nicky sardonically comments "Well geez, that was pretty painless." Given that he was just spared from a painful ending, why would he make such a smart-alec comment?
Chosen answer: That's how he dealt with facing certain death and then not being killed. Some would be silently grateful as you suggest, others wouldn't. Everyone reacts differently.
Captain Defenestrator