It’s not rare to see a boom mic or a cameraman’s reflection in a movie scene, but noticing that stuff still makes us proud of our keen eyes. Keeping track of all the moving parts during the filming process is an insurmountable task, so naturally, mistakes and hiccups happen. Some of these bloopers are so tiny that it took dozens of viewings for people to notice them, which makes them even more hilarious.
Take a look at some unexpected bloopers in popular films.
1. Ooh, shiny!—”Twilight. Saga: New Moon”
No matter who you ask, everyone’s first reaction to the Twilight movies is, “Why are all these vampires so sparkly?” Except it’s not all of them. Even though Edward Cullen’s skin glows brightly in direct sunlight, his sister, Alice Cullen, does not have the same reaction to the sun at all and does not glow even once.
2. Sherlock’s magical hair—”Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows”
There is a scene in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows where Mary spills some water on Holmes’s face, and a weird visual glitch happens: at first, the RDJ’s hair remains dry, but literally a few moments later, it’s suddenly all wet. Furthermore, the freckles on Sherlock’s face also underwent a slight alteration, indicating a potential editing error.
3. Ancient technology—”The Martian”
As the story of our spaceman Mark Watney continues, he finds the Pathfinder rover on Mars, which has been pretty much dead on the surface since 1997, and the action takes place in 2035. This implies that the Pathfinder rover has been stranded on the red planet for approximately forty years. Suddenly, our main character, a botanist, successfully applies modern technology to the old, decrepit device.
