Best movie audio problems of 2005

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Jarhead picture

Audio problem: In the scene where the guys held down Troy to burn him with the USMC symbol, and he's crying on the floor, you see Jake Gyllenhaal's character move in and you can hear him whisper, "You earned it, man," but if you read his lips, he is actually mouthing "Asshole!" (01:17:05)

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Audio problem: In the bar after Chris sees Jamie, she says, "Wow! Your arms, and your belly, and pecks! Chris Brander." After Chris laughs while she's telling him that his mouth is moving but he isn't saying anything. (00:26:00)

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Audio problem: In the scene where everyone's singing the theme to the Partridge Family, Bobby gets up and walks over to a two-keyboard organ and starts playing on the top row. What we hear is piano. It's possible that the organ was set to emulate piano, but he never turned it on first. It's also pretty clear that he's not actually playing anyway, as his keystrikes aren't matching up with what we hear.

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Audio problem: When Romy is talking to Elena, Romy is eating chips. Before she says one of her lines she eats a handful of chips. Not only did her mouth not move, but it would be impossible to talk that way with that many chips in your mouth.

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Audio problem: When the cop is telling Charles that he is going to circle the block, in the wide shot, his lips don't match the words. This happens a couple of minutes before Charles dumps the car into the river.

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Audio problem: When Max's mother is walking him down the path to school, in one shot as she says "Sorry, I didn't mean to dump all this on you right before school," her mouth is in shot and doesn't move to the audio. (00:14:05)

Hamster

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Audio problem: During Bruce's birthday party, the guests sing "Happy Birthday", but the song does not match their lips.

Kylantha

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Lord of War picture

Audio problem: During the opening credits, when the bullet's in the factory, the box in front gets a lid put on and then nailed. The box the bullet is in gets a lid on but no hammering is heard, so all the bullets would have fallen off when the box was loaded off the belt.

Sacha

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Audio problem: In the scene in the church where Tifa and Marlene are confronted by Loz, Loz approaches the two as he's talking and his boots are easily heard on the wood. When he notices the flowers, the scene shows, as he's looking down and the flowers are surrounding him, that the wooden floor is gone. When he asks, "Where's mother?" he takes a step forward and his boot is heard on wood. A few seconds later he takes another step, followed by the same boot on wood sound, when there shouldn't be any wood below him.

HulkObsessedChick

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Audio problem: During the scene where Jack Hammer is sold out, the 'bin robot' says 'Hey, isn't that the guy that fixed Fender's neck?' Next someone in the crowd says 'Yeah, that g-ixes bots!' The phrase should be 'Yeah, that guy fixes bots!' There seems to be a half-second clip that is missing in the film.

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Audio problem: When Dwight deduces that there is a spy among the girls in Old Town, there is a noticeable shift in the audio when he says "But first we gotta get our hands on Jackie Boy's head before it gets to wherever it's going and this whole situation blows wide open." The last three words of the line sound like they were re-dubbed.

Phaneron

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Audio problem: In the scene when Grandma is at the tournament (but not yet skiing), in the cuts when the band isn't visible, if you listen closely, the lead singer isn't singing. (01:05:05)

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Audio problem: During the Mardi Gras parade, Jenny buys a bracelet from a little girl. She turns to Jack and says, "Look, what do you think?" but her lips only say "Look." (00:02:40)

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Audio problem: Charlie takes Darius to the big mansion; Ice Cube says "Woah woah woah wait a minute; this is your home?", but his lips don't move. (00:40:30)

Sammo

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Audio problem: Towards the end, IlIana says, "He means thank you," her lips barely even match. And it kind of glitches.

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