29 Small Movie Details You Probably Missed The First Time

Were you eagle-eyed enough to notice these yourself? I definitely wasn't.

Published 5 years ago in Wow

Were you eagle-eyed enough to notice these yourself? I definitely wasn't.

1
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) Robert Patrick trained to fire a gun without blinking.

2
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015) Tom Cruise hits his knee on the road during this motorcycle chase scene.

3
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002) As a nod to the Stormtrooper who nailed his head on a door in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Jango Fett also hit his head on a door while boarding Slave 1 in Episode II.
4
Toy Story 3 (2010) The batteries in Buzz Lightyear are made by Buy N Large, the same company that created Wall-E.

5
Rocky II (1979) Bet you never noticed these kids falling.
6
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) Brian Fantana has a 2×2 Rubik’s cube on his desk, a subtle implication of his intelligence.
7
Thor: Ragnarok (2017) The Gauntlet that Hella says is a fake is right-handed, which makes sense because Thanos wears his Gauntlet on his left hand.

8
Ratatouille (2007) Chef Linguine has Incredibles underwear on.
9
Inglourious Basterds (2009) In the opening scene when Col. Landa enters the farmers home, his three daughters are lined up to greet him. He walks right past the first two, who have dark hair and eyes, and only greets the one with blond hair and blue eyes, Aryan features.
10
Batman Returns (1992) Tim Burton’s got a creative eye when it comes to visual foreshadowing.

11
Clerks (1994) When Dante says, “You ever notice that all the prices end in 9?”, none of the prices in the background end in 9.
12
Watchmen (2009) During the opening credits, the Nite Owl rescues Thomas and Martha Wayne from a mugger outside the Gotham Opera House.
13
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) Jessica tells Roger, “I’ve loved you more than any woman’s ever loved a rabbit.” This is a reference to the popular vibrator.

14
Halloween (1978) On the poster for the film, there’s a hidden image of a screaming face on the knife-wielding hand.
15
Lion King (1994) Zazu makes a comment that Scar “would make a very handsome throw rug.” A few years later, he does in Hercules.
16
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) The Vulture, played by Michael Keaton, is briefly seen in silhouette over the moon.

17
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) Whenever Jordan Belfort is high on ludes, director Martin Scorsese purposely shot the scenes with continuity errors to signify his deteriorated memory.
18
Spider-Man 2 (2004) Bruce Campbell has a cameo as a snooty usher and says, “it helps maintain the illusion.” He was supposed to play Mysterio, the master of illusions, in the unreleased Spider-Man 4.
19
Wayne’s World (1992) During the Bohemian Rhapsody scene, Mike Myers and Dana Carvey are actually both grimacing in pain while headbanging because it took five hours to shoot.

20
Pulp Fiction (1994) In the opening scene, you can see Vincent Vega walking to the bathroom before Honey Bunny and Pumpkin rob the diner.
21
Cars (2006) An Apple car can be seen in the race at the beginning of the movie. This was a tribute to Steve Jobs.
22
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) Seth Rogen?

23
Tropic Thunder (2008) At the end of the movie, when Tugg is walking up to the stage to accept his Oscar, you can see Cody already holding his own Oscar.
24
Ready Player One (2018) The logo is a maze, and the prize is an egg.
25
Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (2019) Tim gets tricked into thinking someone’s home by a scene from the movie Angels With Filthy Souls, which is actually the fake movie created for Home Alone.

26
Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003) Uma Thurman’s character’s name is never revealed in the film, but if you look closely, you’ll see it printed on her boarding pass when she goes to Okinawa.
27
Incredibles 2 (2018) Elastigirl’s new super-suit, which was designed by Devtech, is the only one that gets damaged, showing how superior Edna Mode’s designing ability is.
28
Moana (2016) The writers poked some fun at Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.

29
Shawshank Redemption (1994) Early on in the film, Red calls Andy’s plan a “shitty pipe dream,” and as it turned out that’s exactly what it was. Part of Andy’s escape required him to crawl through a sewage pipe.