Little things in films you never noticed... (no spoilers!)

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No spoilers please!

What little things in films have you noticed on a repeat viewing? I just watched the end of terminator 2 and I never noticed that the T1000 has 3 arms when flying the helicopter.... :eek: I must have seen that film about 100 times before, derp :p

Post your sneaky spots!
 
Dustin Hoffman's character in 'The Graduate' and 'Midnight Cowboy' end in the back of a bus. Not sure if there is a third.

One hell of an actor, by the way. And Katharine Ross in her heyday, beautiful.
 
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Watched The Hobbit on the plane the other day, never before noticed that one of the dwarfs has an axe embedded in his head, even after it being spoken about by one of the other dwarfs.
 
Nitefly said:
the T1000 has 3 arms when flying the helicopter....
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Amazing. But I watched that scene just now and there's definitely 4 arms. :eek:

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joey1211 said:
Dustin Hoffman's character in 'The Graduate' and 'Midnight Cowboy' end in the back of a bus. Not sure if there is a third.
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I thought that there might be a third instance in the film Straight Time, which is my favourite Hoffman film. So, I've just watched again to see if I was right. It turns out I was wrong, though I suppose you could say I was close. Check it out if you already haven't.
 
Got to be the famous Stormtrooper banging his head. I had seen SW god knows how many times and never noticed it. Then (when the interwebs came along...) I read about it....and now I can't see how I ever missed it! :eek:
 
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I thought that there might be a third instance in the film Straight Time, which is my favourite Hoffman film. So, I've just watched again to see if I was right. It turns out I was wrong, though I suppose you could say I was close. Check it out if you already haven't.
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Not seen that one. Love checking out early and obscure films. Give it a watch on the weekend
 
Nitefly said:
No spoilers please!

What little things in films have you noticed on a repeat viewing? I just watched the end of terminator 2 and I never noticed that the T1000 has 3 arms when flying the helicopter.... :eek: I must have seen that film about 100 times before, derp :p

Post your sneaky spots!
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I believe in that in the case of Terminator 2, it is because the shot of him having 4 arms comes from the Director's cut, as there is a deliberate shot showing this more than in the Theatrical.
 
Curio said:
Got to be the famous Stormtrooper banging his head. I had seen SW god knows how many times and never noticed it. Then (when the interwebs came along...) I read about it....and now I can't see how I ever missed it! :eek:
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I remember Noel Edmonds mentioning that on one of his shows eons ago. :)
 
Curio said:
Got to be the famous Stormtrooper banging his head. I had seen SW god knows how many times and never noticed it. Then (when the interwebs came along...) I read about it....and now I can't see how I ever missed it! :eek:
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Check out in Return of the Jedi...

1, In Jabba's Palace, When the Green Slave Girl is dancing for Jabba, she starts to pull away as he pull her toward him, just at the instant of the Trap Door opening under her feet, she has a 'Wardrobe Malfunction' and (clearly seen on Blu-Ray) her Boob pops out at the side of her outfit!! :D

2, At the Shield Generator compound, during the Ewok battle, When Lea gets shot and Solo pushes her to the ground, Watch for the "Expert Level" Boob Grope!! :cool:
 
Trouble is, what has been seen cannot be unseen.

One of the worst things I noticed when watching Superman 2 again for the first time in years, was the really, really bad mini dolls pulled by a piece of string when Zod and co are using their super breath to blow everyone in the city away. I notice lots of these things now, but never before when I was younger. Maybe I was enveloped in the movie magic more then, who knows?
 
In Hot Fuzz

The Drunk Santa/Thief that Stabs Nicholas Angel in the hand (a very short flash back scene) is played by Peter Jackson.
 
One thing I now notice every time but wish I was never made aware of is the explosive ram used to tip over the truck carrying Karen Allen in Raiders of the Lost Ark. It literally sticks out like a sore thumb, but I'd never noticed it until it was highlighted on one of those blooper shows. Now whenever I see that bit of the film it's like, awww man, couldn't they have hidden that somehow?
 
Curio said:
Got to be the famous Stormtrooper banging his head. I had seen SW god knows how many times and never noticed it. Then (when the interwebs came along...) I read about it....and now I can't see how I ever missed it! :eek:
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Never seen this! Fantastic :)

One I noticed years ago back in VHS days was in Star Wars Episode VI, when Vader picks up the Emperor, when the electricity passes through his body you can see his skeleton. It wasn't until DVD came out that I saw it properly (see clip below at 25 seconds, 30 and also 34).


Don't have sound enabled at work so sorry if this audio isn't original to the film.
 
Curio said:
Got to be the famous Stormtrooper banging his head. I had seen SW god knows how many times and never noticed it. Then (when the interwebs came along...) I read about it....and now I can't see how I ever missed it! :eek:
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Following on from this, if you watch episode 2 when Obi-wan fights Jango on the launch pad, when Jango enters his ship after the fight he also bangs his head. I remember watching a feature where they explain that as Jango is the original clone for the stormtrooper army they inherited all inherit his 'accident prone' head bumping.
 
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