Best movie audio problems of 2009

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2012 picture

Audio problem: An early scene in the movie has Chinese soldiers recruiting Tibetans to work on a secret project which they are told is a dam. As the scene ends, the sound of explosives draws everyone's eyes towards the mountains, where the explosions can be seen several miles in the distance. The sight and sound of these explosions take place simultaneously. Sound travels much slower than light. In reality, there should have been some delay before the sound of the explosions was heard.

Bruce Trestrail

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Watchmen picture

Audio problem: During the battle in Adrian Veidt's lair he catches a bullet. He pulls the slug from his palm but as he drops the slug we hear the sound of a spent shell casing hitting the floor (empty brass) not the heavy lead bullet.

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince picture

Audio problem: When Ron and Harry are walking down the corridor towards Potions class, Ron says, "...Quidditch trials coming up, I need to practice," but his mouth is not moving and/or not in sync with that dialogue.

Super Grover

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Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian picture

Audio problem: When Larry sees the bust of Theodore Roosevelt in the Smithsonian, he calls out "Teddy!" But if you listen carefully after that he says "Robin!" presumably referring to Robin Williams who plays Teddy. (00:51:40)

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Angels & Demons picture

Audio problem: When Langdon is in the Vatican archives for the second time and they are running out of oxygen, He uses the Swiss Guard's gun to shoot the glass. The problem being it takes roughly 0.8 seconds from the time the sound of the gun goes off to have any impact on the glass. He is no further than 5 metres from the glass, but still, this should be instantaneous.

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Push picture

Audio problem: At the end of the movie, when Cassie says, "This case is the key to bringing down Division", her mouth doesn't move at all.

Brad

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Law Abiding Citizen picture

Audio problem: As Shelton is about to drive away from City Hall, we see him operate a lever on the steering column of the van and we hear the familiar sounds of a transmission shifter clunking through a few settings into "Drive". The problem is that he used the lever on the left side of the column, which is the turn signal lever. The transmission shift lever is on the right side of the column. In reality, Butler used his left turn signal before steering left into the travel lane, and the sound editors added the shifter sound to try and cover the fact he's never actually seen putting the van into gear in the scene. (01:31:50)

johnrosa

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Hardwired picture

Audio problem: Drake places the tea kettle on the stove having just finished pouring the water into his cup. The kettle whistle dies down as he places it on the unheated burner. The problem is that the whistling would've stopped soon after lifting the kettle from the hot burner, and certainly wouldn't have gone on while he was pouring. (00:57:10)

zephalis

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Inglourious Basterds picture

Audio problem: Landa enters the farmer's house and talks to the girls but a side angle shows his mouth not moving, despite sound coming out. It only starts moving when he says the word 'Monsieur'.

Sacha

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Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel picture

Audio problem: During lunch at school, Alvin tells an anecdote about Beyonce and all the girls laugh loudly, yet their mouths aren't moving.

Sacha

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Garfield's Pet Force picture

Audio problem: After he has unscrambled the monster, Garfield says, "Okay", however his mouth does not open. (01:06:05)

JesseRoxII

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Drag Me To Hell picture

Audio problem: In the first scene when Christine is driving her car, she has the blowers on max speed yet there is no sound from the fans whatsoever.

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The Girl Who Played With Fire picture

Audio problem: DVD version. In the scene where Lisbeth is about to be buried alive, she gets shot three times by her father as she tries to run away. The sound effect of the gunfire includes the tinkling of a spent cartridge hitting the ground (clearly heard in the rear right). However, the father's gun is seen to be a revolver, which does not eject spent casings when fired - the spent casings stay in the cylinder. (01:50:30)

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Orphan picture

Audio problem: When Daniel is on top of the tree house, his screams don't always match up to his mouth. (01:23:20)

Ssiscool

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Sorority Row picture

Audio problem: At the end when the killer falls through the floor, he screams. However, you can see that his mouth does not move.

tetracore99

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Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li picture

Audio problem: As Bison's car drives through the angry crowd, one of Bison's men fires a gun into the air. It is heard firing twice, but the muzzle only flashes once.

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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen picture

Audio problem: We get a shot of a Predator drone taking off, and it is driven by a propeller. However, it makes the sound of a plane with a jet engine.

Friso94

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Saw VI picture

Audio problem: Simone's scream at the end of her game is the same as one used earlier in the scene. (00:06:00)

Ssiscool

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The Taking of Pelham 123 picture

Audio problem: When Ryder clicks the Google link about Garber, the page makes beeping sounds when the news article flows down the screen. That never happens. Pages just appear silently.

Jacob La Cour

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Hannah Montana: The Movie picture

Audio problem: When Miley and her dad arrive in Tennessee just when Jackson arrives in the truck, Robby Ray says "Tennessee", but his mouth doesn't move.

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