19 Blunders in Movies That Skipped The Trained Eye of the Filming Crew

Jessica Wilson

It’s impossible to have a great time without an awesome script. Often, actors show their talent, taking what’s written and turning it into something even better. Many directors even encourage the cast to ad-lib in order to make scenes more authentic. On the other hand, sometimes actors forget lines, accidentally slip or simply improvise. Everything looks like it happens for a reason but the truth is that a lot of things happen as happy accidents.
While a mistake, a spur-of-the-moment decision, or even an injury ended up being too good to cut from the film, sometimes a little mistake seems to skip the trained eye of the filming crew and remains in the movie after post-production. No matter what it is, some of the unexpected moments or scenes turn out to be the most memorable of the movie.
Below are 19 mistakes that movie directors and producers went unnoticed but viewers didn't. If you're looking for more, read these articles: 10 Movie Goofs That Neither Directors Nor Even Editors Noticed, 12 Movies and TV Series Where Actors Unlocked Their Creativity, and 10 Goofs In Movies That Viewers Couldn’t Help But Notice.

#1 In the movie Alice in Wonderland, Alice’s necklace disappears as soon as she falls into the hole

Blunders in MoviesSource: © Alice in Wonderland / Walt Disney Pictures


#2 In She’s All That, the tattoo on Laney’s back disappears at the prom

Source: © She's All That / Miramax


#3 In the movie Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, we believe the reason for the disappearance of plates from the table is magic

Blunders in MoviesSource: © Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them / Warner Bros.


#4 The data spreadsheets in the series White Collar are done in Microsoft Paint

Source: © White Collar / Fox Television Studios


#5 What is Draco doing at the Gryffindor table?

Blunders in MoviesSource: © Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire / Warner Bros


#6 There is a mistake in the movie Johnny Mnemonic. January 17, 2021 is not Thursday, but Sunday

Source: © Johnny Mnemonic / TriStar Pictures


#7 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: Gandalf the White wear sneakers

Blunders in MoviesSource: © The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers / New Line Cinema


#8 Modern shoes in the historical drama Cleopatra

Source: © Cleopatra / Twentieth Century Fox


#9 In the series Scrubs, the couch cushion just disappears

Blunders in MoviesSource: © Scrubs / Towers Productions


#10 In the movie Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, something mystical happens to the drawings on Jim Carrey’s hands

Blunders in MoviesSource: © A Series of Unfortunate Events / Paramount Pictures


#11 In Gone with the Wind, Scarlett O’Hara sports dresses with a deep cleavage. But at that time, outfits like this were unacceptable

Blunders in MoviesSource: © Gone with the Wind / Selznick International Pictures and co-producers


#12 In the movie The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, all of Gandalf’s belongings disappear as soon as fireworks start

Blunders in MoviesSource: © Lord of the Rings. The Fellowship of the Ring / New Line Cinema


#13 In Twilight, Tyler’s waistcoat also has a life of its own

Source: © Twilight / Summit Entertainment


#14 In Iron Man, Pepper Potts’s headset also disappears

Source: © Iron Man / Marvel Studios


#15 In the movie Pearl Harbor, Evelyn doesn’t wear stockings. But the events take place in the 1940s when all women wore stockings or imitated them

Source: © Pearl Harbor / Touchstone Pictures


#16 In the movie Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Voldemort’s sleeve crawls up his arm by its own will

Source: © Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire / Warner Bros. Pictures


#17 In the series How I Met Your Mother, Lily speaks on the phone which is turned off

Source: © How I Met Your Mother / 20th Century Fox Television and co-producers


#18 In the movie Spencer, Kristen Stewart is speeding in a car, but the speedometer arrow points at zero

Blunders in MoviesSource: © Spencer / Shoebox Films and co-producers


#19 What happened to his suspenders?

Source: © Titanic / Twentieth Century Fox