Cinematic Secrets: 38 Intricate Details in Popular Films – Part 3

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140-Year-Old Virgin

40-Year-Old Virgin

In The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Paul Rudd wears a shirt with his photo on it. The photo came from the day they shot their work badges. The costumer printed it on a shirt on a whim and left it with the rest of Rudd’s wardrobe. When he saw it, he chose to wear it in this scene.


2. In 1939, Popeye color feature "Aladdin and his wonderful lamp", Popeye mumbles the line: "I don't know what to say, I never made love in technicolor before", referring to the new coloring process used in the production of the film.


3. In Avengers: Endgame when Captain America is going off to return the stones, the rest are expecting him to return. Bucky says his goodbye knowing Steve is not returning to his timeline, a testament to their friendship.


4. In The Usual Suspects (1995) everyone is cracking up in the lineup scene because Benicio del Toro ripped a nasty fart. Director Bryan Singer left it in the movie because he thought it showed a camaraderie between the felons.


5. In Avengers Endgame, during the opening scene with Clint’s Family, many birds can be heard in the background. When his family vanishes, the sound of the birds goes too.


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6What We Do in the Shadows

What We Do in the Shadows

In the movie “What We Do in the Shadows (2014)”, in the chips scene none of the vampires have a reflection on the table.


7. In The Flintstones (1994), during the opening sequence, when the characters go see the drive-in movie, the “Univershell” logo shows the earth as Pangea.


8. In Iron Man 2 when War Machines armor is compromised the language in the suit changes to Russian.


9. In Stranger than Fiction (2006) when Harold is thinking of Ana during his visit to HR, the cloud painting behind him begins to move, indicating his head is in the clouds.


10. In X-Men Apocalypse, the woman that Stan Lee is holding in his arms is his real wife, Joan Lee. It's the scene in which Apocalypse uses his powers to launch all the world's nuclear weapons into space, essentially disarming the entire planet.


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11Avengers: Endgame

Avengers: Endgame

In Avengers: Endgame, in the support group scene, the man wearing the glasses is Jim Starlin aka the creator of Thanos from the Marvel comics.


12. Seth Rogan has somewhat of a cameo appearance in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.


13. In The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013), the wall behind Walter represents his colorful and creative mind, but quickly transitions to dark gray colors representing the dull work life.


14. In Steven Spielberg's Duel (1971), the exterminator car that David Mann mistakes for a police patrol car is called Grebleips Pest Control. Grebleips is Spielberg spelled backward.


15. In Spider-Man: Homecoming, Spidey jumps over a car while chasing the Vulture goons with a license plate of ASM-267. The Amazing Spider-Man 267 comic tells the story of Spider-Man in suburbia, which served as inspiration for this chase.


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16Tron

Tron

In the 1982 Tron movie, in one scene as the ship crosses the light beam path there is a huge Mickey Mouse head below it on the ground.


17. In Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) one of the movies available for Peter in flight is "The Snap" directed by Paul Greengrass. Paul Greengrass is a real-life director responsible for "United 93", "Captain Phillips", "Bloody Sunday" among a few other dramatized films based on real-world events.


18. In Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), titles of the books aren’t visible in the bookstore scene because Joel can’t remember all of those details.


19. There is a Mon Calamari who can't find his monitor in Return of the Jedi.


20. In Frozen, the ice in Olaf’s drink is shaped the same as his body (head, torso, butt, feet).


21Men in Black

Men in Black

In Men in Black (1997), when Will Smith is looking at the two space ships at the MIB headquarters, if you look in the background Zed and K are there typing on the computer. But if you look closer you can tell that they're not even touching the keyboard.


22. In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001), Harry’s scar hurt not because of Snape, but because he was facing the back of Quirrell’s head aka Voldemort.


23. In The Hunger Games (2012) when Katniss is hallucinating/remembering we see all the coal miners have her father's face.


24. In Thor Ragnarok, when Dr. Strange uses Thor's hair strand to find Odin he casts a spell with his hands forming this familiar symbol called Triquetra that was also engraved on Mjolnir and has been a thing of the Asgardian culture. 


25. In Spider-Man 3, a scene when Peter Parker sits in Jameson's chair and Betty is in the background just so clearly into it.

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