15 Clever Movie Details That Require Eagle Eyes to Be Spotted

Every once in a while, movie directors add hints about the ending or references to other films in their own works. These tend to be very subtle, which makes it almost impossible to notice the first time you watch the movie. Luckily, die-hard fans have no problem with re-watching them multiple times until every single secret is uncovered.

Little Italy

In Little Italy, actress Emma Roberts wore the same shirt as her aunt Julia Roberts in Mystic Pizza (1988). In addition, both films were directed by the same director: Donald Petrie.

Twilight

At the beginning of the movie, Bella has a boyish style and wears baggy jackets and shirts. But after Bella falls for Edward, she begins to wear more feminine outfits. It was the idea of costume designers to show the character development this way.

And there is another interesting fact. It’s about the scene where Edward is holding an apple in his palms. The moviemakers decided to refer to the Twilight book cover in this way.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Did you ever wonder where Ginny got Tom Riddle’s diary from? You can find the answer by looking closely at the scene where the Malfoy family meets the main heroes in the bookstore. Lucius Malfoy grabs the textbook from Ginny’s cauldron, condemns its look, then puts it back. But in reality, he put 2 books in instead of one, and no one noticed this.

Pride and Prejudice

If you take a closer look at one of the movie’s first scenes, you can see the protagonist walking and reading the last chapter of the book on which the story is based. However, the characters and places in the book have different names. So in a way, Elizabeth’s character was reading her own ending at the beginning of the film.

Titanic

In one of the scenes, we can see an ordinary man walking on the deck with his wife. In reality, it’s not just a background actor but Edward Kamuda, a historian who devoted much of his life to the preservation of the Titanic’s legacy. When James Cameron started the production of the movie, Kamuda helped him as a consultant. As a thank you, the film director cast Kamuda and his wife as extras in the film.

Goodfellas

In this scene, Robert De Niro is counting real money. The actor didn’t like the way fake money felt in his hands, so the prop master gave him his own money. As a safety measure, no one was allowed to leave the set until all the money was returned and counted.

Inception

The girl who led the movie characters through the labyrinth of dreams and brought them back to reality was named Ariadne after the character of the same name in Greek mythology. At the beginning of the movie, Ariadne wears inconspicuous gray clothes in the real world, and inside dreams, she’s dressed in red. Perhaps this refers to the red thread that was given to Theseus by Ariadne and that helped him to find his way out of the labyrinth of Minotaur.

The Truman Show

Jim Carrey’s character in The Truman Show takes vitamin D for breakfast. Usually people take it when they have sunlight deficiency. And, as we know, Truman didn’t have sunshine because his city was just a movie set. This is one of the keys to solving this riddle.

It Chapter Two

Pay attention to the back side of the skateboard, it has quite a familiar pattern which we know from the movie The Shining. It’s not difficult to guess the reason for why this was done. Both movies are based on Stephen King’s novels.

Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

At the beginning of the movie, the ice crown of the White Witch is quite big and has long and sharp icicles. But closer to the movie finale, her symbol of power begins to melt and reduce in size. Perhaps the moviemakers wanted to show that the queen was becoming less powerful.

X-Men: First Class

In X-Men: First Class, you meet a young Magneto before he becomes the evil enemy of Professor X. There’s a scene in the movie where he is forced to use his powers to move a 5 Reichsmark coin but he can’t move it. This part of the movie is very confusing because it’s not very likely that what is supposed to be a super-strong character can’t move a small coin. However, it’s important to remember that Reichmarks were made of silver, a very non-magnetic material. Considering that silver has this property, suddenly everything makes more sense, especially since he was just starting to discover his true potential.

Captain America: Civil War

Those who follow the adventures of the Marvel Cinematic Universe heroes know that Captain America’s shield is made of vibranium and nearly indestructible. But after the fight with Black Panther, we can see big scratches left on the shield that are shown to us in a close-up. The answer is simple. Black Panther is also armed with vibranium which can damage the shield made of the same material.

No Time to Die

The streets of the Italian town where James Bond and his followers raced were covered with Coca-Cola. This was done to make cobblestone streets less slippery. 8,400 gallons of Coca-Cola were sprayed on the streets which cost approximately $70,000. However, this was almost nothing compared to the movie budget of $250 million.

La La Land

The famous dance in the midst of a traffic jam at the beginning of the movie was shot in 48 hours at temperatures above 100°F. But the actors also had to rehearse for 6+ hours. Dance choreographer Mandy Moore even had to hide under one of the cars from where she shouted instructions to the dancers. This was done to prevent the choreographer from being caught on the overhead camera.

John Wick

There are a few scenes in John Wick where you can clearly see that the protagonist is wearing a watch just like any other person normally would. However, upon closer inspection, you’ll notice that during the action scenes, or right after them, the watch has changed position. Instead of wearing it outward, John Wick wears it facing his own body. Some people believe that soldiers wear their watches this way because it allows them to be more discreet and prevents light from reflecting off the glass of the device, which would automatically give away their location.

Will you watch these movies again to fully understand the ideas of the film directors? Tell us in the comments below.