May 17th, 2001
The Top 9 Biggest Movie Goofs
9> Top Gun: In the scene at the end where Tom Cruise is climbing out of his F-14/D Tomcat fighter, the telephone book he was sitting on is not Navy standard-issue.
8> 2001, A Space Odyssey: After the first rough cut, Stanley Kubrick misplaced the additional reel with the critical “Hi, Mom! I’ve just become a god!” speech.
7> Ben-Hur: During the chariot race, if you look really closely, you can see the Smith & Wesson tucked inside Charlton Heston’s tunic.
6> Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: You can clearly see the dragon smoking a butt during the horseback battle scene, and personally, I’d describe the Tiger being more in a “squat” position.
5> Erin Brockovich: Julia Roberts’s boobs momentarily shown to be a pair of Krispy Kreme Donuts.
4> Star Wars, Episode One: Jar Jar Binks is clearly visible in several scenes… I mean that HAD to be a mistake, right?
3> Fight Club: Half the people in the movie talked about the damn Fight Club.
2> The Matrix: Keanu Reeves’s stunt-typist clearly looks nothing like him.
and the Number 1 Biggest Movie Goof…
1> Neverending Story: Finished in a tidy 92 minutes.
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Credits:
Selected from 55 submissions from 13 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:
Jennifer A. Ford, Ft. Wayne, IN — 1, 4
Leon Dekelbaum, Washington, DC — 2
Wade Kwon, Birmingham, AL — 3, 5, 6 (Hat Trick!)
Bill Strider, Gaithersburg, MD — 4
Dawson Rambo, Santa Rosa, CA — 5, 9
Aimee Spanier, Oakland, CA — 5
Douglas Jones, Santa Cruz, CA — 6
Marko Peric, Prince Edward Island, Canada — 7
Zachary Brewster-Geisz, Greenbelt, MD — 8
Jude Benlab, Swarthmore, PA — Runners Up list name
Eric F. Lipton, Washington, DC — Topic, Script Doctor