Revealing mistake: Dr. Jones fires at the jeep from the tank, but the explosion doesn't come out the cannon, nor by the jeep's window next to it; instead the back of the jeep explodes.
Sacha
31st Oct 2010
Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (1989)
31st Oct 2010
Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (1989)
Revealing mistake: In the temple, when Indy walks on air, he briefly becomes semi-invisible due to the matte effect.
31st Oct 2010
Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (1989)
Revealing mistake: A bomb falls in front of Indy's car, creating a crater where the car falls into. Dr. Jones Sr. doesn't move forward due to the momentum of the crash, revealing he's been replaced by a dummy.
14th Oct 2010
Back to the Future (1985)

Revealing mistake: After Einstein's time travels, when both flames cross Marty and Doc's legs, they cast no shadow, giving the feeling that they are floating, thus giving away the blue screen effect. (00:22:01)
14th Oct 2010
Back to the Future (1985)
Revealing mistake: When Marty is skateboarding and being chased by Biff's car, Marty's stunt double is noticeable because his wig is bulkier and darker coloured than Marty's real hair. He looks just like the Trololo guy from Youtube. (01:40:50 - 01:41:25)
29th Sep 2010
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Revealing mistake: The huge UFO opens its door and a brilliant light comes out, but from the opposite angle, the reflection on the people's glasses is a black landscape and a tiny spot of light.
21st Sep 2010
Flash Gordon (1980)
Revealing mistake: When the movie ends and the Hakwmen say thanks, watch for the people on the far left: they become greenish transparent because of the blue screen.
21st Sep 2010
Flash Gordon (1980)
Revealing mistake: While Dale and Zarkov fly to Arboria against a blue screened backdrop they become transparent.
20th Sep 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Revealing mistake: When the plane lands against the snowy mountain, no parts fly all over and no snow shatters at all, revealing the composite trick.
20th Sep 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Revealing mistake: At the bar Indy has swords thrown at him. The string to make them fly is visible attached to the sword on the left side. Also, the swords disappear in the next angle.
20th Sep 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Revealing mistake: When leaning against the mountain, in the wide shot Short's face turns totally black, Willie becomes semi-transparent, and Indy's chest becomes greyish colour, all because of the blue-screen effects.
20th Sep 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Revealing mistake: When the yellow raft slides down the snow, in the close-ups it turns white because of the blue-screen effect.
20th Sep 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Revealing mistake: When the rickshaw crashes, neither the driver nor the girl move at all. Instead the sailor stands up by his own means and jumps, which is a really bad stunt.
20th Sep 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Revealing mistake: When Willie and Short escape the jet of water and Indy climbs the mountain alone, the river below is totally still (impossible because of the huge amount of water that's falling on it), revealing it's a still image.
20th Sep 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Revealing mistake: After Indy drinks the antidote, many of the chase-scenes are obviously sped up, watch the way the actors move.
13th Sep 2010
Flash Gordon (1980)
Revealing mistake: When Flash takes a beating after saving Dale, all the kicks he receives are very poorly performed, most of them never reaching his body.
13th Sep 2010
Flash Gordon (1980)
Revealing mistake: When the spaceship flies, Zarkov keeps warning about the g-force and Dale and himself suffer it, yet when he tells Flash to step on a pedal, Flash manages to lift his foot and do everything effortlessly, g-force magically gone.
13th Sep 2010
Flash Gordon (1980)
Revealing mistake: Flash flies on the Cosmo-mobile and half of it becomes transparent due to the blue screen behind.
8th Sep 2010
Flash Gordon (1980)
Revealing mistake: In the plane, when the eclipse occurs, the inside of the plane including Flash and Dale's faces turns to a bright fakish red; an impossible situation that gives away the lighting filter used to dramatize the eclipse effect.
8th Sep 2010
Flash Gordon (1980)
Revealing mistake: When the movie starts, hot hail starts to fall, but in the close-ups it just falls on a tiny area on the ground, in the rest of the wide angles the hail is gone, it neither falls nor is seen on the ground.
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