Minor Mistakes

[Eledhewin Ilanora]

I dont if anyone knew this allready..

In FOTR, after the gate of Moria was shut down behind after the watcher's attack, Gandalf light up his staff to enter into the caves darkness..if you watch closely you can see a wire cable was attached to gandalf's staff and he was dragging it along..probably the power supply for the bulb inside his staff....emmm

[The Saucepan Man]

Originally Posted by mormegil

It wasn't meant as a slander against the movie.

Oh no, I didn't think it was. My point simply was that most films are probably littered with these kinds of mistakes. It's just that most aren't the kind that tend to pored over obsessively by "mistake spotters". It's probably also fair to say that, the more ambitious the project, the more likely it is to give rise to these kinds of mistakes.

[Lalwendë]

I still can't find the bit where Eomer loses his sword!!!

My favourite mistake was in TT when Pippin had his hands bound, then the horse is rearing above him and miraculously he is able to wave his hands freely in the air. When we go back to the scene, his hands are bound again.

I like looking for these kind of things, it's like Where's Wally? for geeks...

[Eruanna]

This isn't a mistake; but on another site I saw a few people claim that in FotR, in the scene between Saruman and Gandalf, inside Orthanc, when Saruman is speaking of the Eye of Sauron's ability to perceive things. He looks directly at Gandalf and we see that Gandalf is wearing a ring. The posters say that this is a clear nod to Tolkienites, as the ring is meant to be Narya, of course.
Now, I have watched this scene a few times, in close up and freeze frame, but I can't see a ring. I just wondered if any of you eagle-eyed mistake spotters had noticed anything?

[Celebuial]

I've not noticed a ring either, Eruanna.

There are so many simple mistakes in the movies... In FOTR you can see Saraman's bandage when The Fellowship are on Caradhras, In TT the Barrells behind Frodo and Sam dissappear at Henth Annun, and in ROTK when Sam is searching Cirith Ungol there are four orcs on the stairs one min and then the next there are only three! There are many more but I just chose the ones that aren't story related.

[Morsul the Dark]

one mistake that uruks me(uruk instead of urk haha anyway) is the inconsistancy of oliphant size I mentioned this another thread can't think of which on though... but Eowyn's horse barley clears the things ankles yet legolas is up to its knee...also it wasn't exactly a mistake but legolas sliding down the trunk anyone else hear the words "Yabbadabba do"? horrible idea for him to do that in my opinion.

[Ainaserkewen]

Maybe the Mamukil come in vastly different sizes? Or is that too convenient?

[Knight of Gondor]

Ha ha, the mistakes get on my nerves, too. Be sure to check out Moviemistakes.com for a complete listing. I knew about that site years ago, and contributed one or two myself.

The big ones which annoy: the wad of Dwarven mucous that slides out Gimli's Dwarven nose while he shouts "I will DIE before I see the Ring in the hands of an ELF!"

It's also MEGA-annoying to see TWO Legolas stunt-riders riding out in the Helm's Deep charge. You may not want to watch it, since it might forever shadow your future viewings. But when Theoden leads the charge out the causeway, there are TWO blond-braided graceful figures that look somewhat like Legolas, riding out the ramp. Plus, if you look carefully, the extras playing the soldiers were obviously told to swing their swords and they'll add the creatures in later. Yet while they are swinging their swords, most of the work is done by the horses, plowing into the Uruks and sending them flying off ere one is cut by a blade.

Same thing with the Warg battle. Right after they're finishing up the fight, you can see some riders in the background, looking strikingly goofy, just swinging their blades in the air as if for fun! AUGH, it drives me NUTS!

[Knight of Gondor]

Originally Posted by Eruanna

This isn't a mistake; but on another site I saw a few people claim that in FotR, in the scene between Saruman and Gandalf, inside Orthanc, when Saruman is speaking of the Eye of Sauron's ability to perceive things. He looks directly at Gandalf and we see that Gandalf is wearing a ring. The posters say that this is a clear nod to Tolkienites, as the ring is meant to be Narya, of course.
Now, I have watched this scene a few times, in close up and freeze frame, but I can't see a ring. I just wondered if any of you eagle-eyed mistake spotters had noticed anything?

Actually, although there is no ring there (you can see Narya at the very end of RotK, when Gandalf has also mysteriously recovered the staff shattered by the Witchking) It is just a string, perhaps something to hold his cloak-sleeve in place, or something attached to his staff. Either way, you CAN see it wrapped around or hanging down on, one of Gandalf's fingers, and then the next shot, it's not there and/or it's shifted.

[dancing spawn of ungoliant]

Actually, this isn't a mistake but just something I got to thinking while watching RotK. Considering Gollum had only six teeth, he must have had really sharp gums in order to bite someone's finger off.

[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

Pippin's hands.....wow.

Here's one that makes me shake my head. It's quite well known. When Grishnakh is crouching over Merry, ready to slice, and Treebeard squashes the Orc with his foot, Merry has somehow moved several feet away from the beast. Enough space to avoid being crushed by the Ent, funnily enough!