Episode 8 Great Movie Mistakes

-I'm not into this modern metrosexual stuff.

-You surprise me, Ben.

The last time you washed this dressing gown, it was pre-Avatar.

I'm talking about blokey films, Matthew! Macho stuff.

I don't like these girly films with things like feelings,

and love, and three-dimensional female characterisation.

A shining example of modern manhood.

Speaking of which, close your dressing gown.

Look! I want films with explosions, cars, blood!

My ideal film would be about an exploding car made of blood.

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Here, for Ben's enjoyment

and for your viewing pleasure are some macho movie mistakes.

Eurgh!

Oh! That was harsh.

It's my day off.

Should be quite a weekend.

What The Last Stand lacks in plot, acting and script,

it makes up for in movie mistakes.

Here's Arnie with a bit of a drink problem.

Look at the way he's holding the cup with the handle to the side.

-But now he's holding it with a handle!

-What a mug.

This bearded baddie's a talented driver!

Yeah, he can somehow speed along,

despite the handbrake clearly being up!

Death is waiting in the kitchen

when you get up at night for a glass of milk.

-WOMAN:

-BLEEP.

And there he goes, turning his car into a ramp.

The man's amazing.

The boys must be making a crop circle in a corn field.

Check out Arnie,

shooting out from his open window like a boss.

BLEEP.

But wait! That window is definitely closed.

And either they're tinted, or there's no-one inside.

Crop circles are mysterious things.

It's the other fork, darling.

Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone?

What could go wrong!

Quite a lot, sadly.

Gangster Squad is a bit undercooked.

There's even an uninspiring performance from Sean Penn's

napkin, which goes off for a Screen Actor's Guild-mandated break

halfway through the scene.

-I heard it was having an affair with Emma Stone's fork.

-Get out!

I think I'll just have a cigarette.

In the cheesy and juvenile The Man With The Iron Fists, MMA

no longer stands for Mixed Martial Arts,

but Movie Mistake Alert.

Ah yes, here's former pro-wrestler Batista off to the Lion's Temple.

But somehow his chin facial hair doesn't go with him.

That's a heavy-weight clanger.

Aaargh!

Action heroes never die!

Their sagging cadavers just

limp along into the increasingly silly The Expendables franchise.

Now, check the level of sloppiness on this dub. Watch this!

Watch your head!

Literally no idea what Lundgren is mouthing, but then I rarely do.

Hold on, wasn't that battering ram down a second ago?

Yes! Good spot. As the saying goes,

"It's up and down more than a battering ram in The Expendables 2."

Ah, so that's where that saying comes from!

Arnie's reportedly accused

of having wandering hands.

So much so, that even when they're tied to a chair, they come free.

Look at that.

Get him up!

They're back, though, in time for Stallone

to slur something incomprehensible.

-Trench?

-TRENCH:

-Oh, this is embarrassing.

Nice meeting you.

Explain this, my fellow movie mistakers.

Sly's bike makes a revving noise before he even lays

a hand on the throttle.

ENGINE REVS

Maybe the bike, just like I feel compelled to do right now,

is throttling itself?

Like this?

-Aargh! Aargh!

-Oh, my God! Oh!

This scene focuses on helicopter number 711,

named after the popular chain of American shops.

They're an old favourite.

What are you doing here?

-MAN:

-Moving on. You killed all my business.

But here, it's been replaced by helicopter number 712,

named after the combined age of the lead cast.

We're almost at the end, guys.

You've stayed with us for the entire show!

-Or alternatively, they've just tuned in.

-Equally plausible.

We've seen a lot of movies, and a lot of mistakes,

but which movie is the mistakiest?

When it comes to movie mistakes, which film takes the cake?

Yeah. And then switches the hand that's holding the cake...

And then the cake disappears...

And then when it reappears it's a completely different cake?

Let's find out!

It's Les Mis, both a mesmerising and tear-jerking adaptation

of the musical, and a clanger-fest.

# It's win-win! #

Here these officials take off their hats

as Valjean is being captured, as ever.

So how come THIS fellow happens to still be wearing his?

As Mr Miyagi once said, "Hats on, hats off." Almost.

Ah, the "Fantine teleports around a group of disgruntled factory workers" scene,

that's rarely performed in the West End.

Look! She's got different neighbours in every shot.

Jowly Mc-Scowl-a-Lot's on Hathaway's right...

and then she's at the end of the line!

Poor Fantine has been convinced to be a prostitute.

In order to win some business from this captain,

she's hidden her shawl somewhere about her person

and then made it...come back again.

I think it's fair to say Anne "Hathaway" with continuity errors.

Incredible.

Heck of a blooper now. Here's Enjolras, pamphlets in hand.

-But wait, pause that! Where have the pamphlets gone?

-No, Matthew!

He's clearly thrown them in the air, and a few moments later

-caught them.

-There's no better way to rouse a crowd

than with a bit of juggling.

The boys are up to their old tricks here.

Chivalrous Enjorlas, in his splendid red coat, is picking up Eponine.

He's not chivalrous enough to carry her away, though.

He's clearly chucked her to his mate.

-Shut up, that's teamwork.

-Implausible, badly-edited teamwork.

Ah, young Gavroche. So tragically killed.

Such a young talent. What a waste.

Don't worry, Ben, they didn't really kill him.

-Oh.

-Look. Do you see his wide-open eyes?

Now they're closed.

-And now they're open.

-It's a miracle.

-Huzzah!

This scene is great and all, but you know what it could do with?

A bit of furniture.

What? Like this?

Where did that wardrobe come from?

-Much better. Thank you, Tom.

-"Mon pleasure."

With seven classic clangers,

Les Mis takes the crown for most mistakes this year!

-And that's your lot.

-See you soon for some more...

ALL: Great Movie Mistakes!