17 Incredible Details In Popular Movies You Probably Never Noticed

Movie fans know that the one thing more exciting than watching a much-awaited movie or rewatching your old favourites is finding the hidden easter eggs in them. No matter how many times you may have seen a movie, there’ll always be some tiny detail that’ll blow your mind all over again. That’s the beauty of movies, the sheer amount of work and details that go into it is just amazing.

And I for one, love discovering new details in movies that I may have previously missed. It’s like the creators have hidden little gifts for us fans and we hunt them down.

Which is why this Twitter thread by David Amador is pure fan-gold. David has compiled details from 17 movies that you and I previously missed. Let’s take a look:

1. The Matrix (1999).

In The Matrix they couldn't hide the camera in doorknob reflection, so the camera still shows but they tried to disguise it with a coat to match Morpheus tie. pic.twitter.com/LB6V8aNT2i

— David Amador 🐙 (@DJ_Link) May 15, 2018

You didn’t notice that did you? Yeah, me neither.

2. Unthinkable (2010).

In Unthinkable (2010) there's a scene where someone defuses a Nuclear Bomb using Excel, and it's just random letters!!! pic.twitter.com/0gexK5gGUh

— David Amador 🐙 (@DJ_Link) May 15, 2018

Very advanced tech here people. Who knew Excel could defuse nuclear bombs?

3. Toy Story 3 (2010).

Sid returns in Toy Story 3 as the garbage man pic.twitter.com/dhbqxsKyfy

— David Amador 🐙 (@DJ_Link) May 15, 2018

The Toy Story franchise is the gift that keeps on giving. The number of easter eggs in these movies is insane!

4. Resident Evil (2002).

The 2002 Resident Evil movie final scene is made by copy-pasting one chunk and flipping it along the street, pay attention to the firetrucks pic.twitter.com/AZ9JXtAo6v

— David Amador 🐙 (@DJ_Link) May 15, 2018

School assignment habits die hard right?

5. Jurassic Park (1993).

Left: Jurassic Park
Right: The Goonies pic.twitter.com/gvF1jfdafP

— David Amador 🐙 (@DJ_Link) May 15, 2018

Dennis Nedry took some serious fashion inspiration from the kids in The Goonies. Worked out well for him though.

6. Hercules (1997).

Zazu in Lion King (1994) said Scar would make a handsome throw rug, in Hercules (1997) you can see him throwing a pelt that looks exactly like Scar pic.twitter.com/ss8OPyVUv7

— David Amador 🐙 (@DJ_Link) May 16, 2018

Scar finally got what he deserved.

7. Jurassic Park (1993).

In Jurassic Park (1993) for the famous water cup scene, Steven Spielberg wanted timed concentric rings, starting from the center, moving its way out. For this they placed a guitar string through the car and had someone lay under it and pluck the string pic.twitter.com/YiUuC2482b

— David Amador 🐙 (@DJ_Link) May 16, 2018

Dinosaur levels jugaad.

8. Fight Club (1999).

In Fight Club (1999) according to director David Fincher every scene in the movie has a coffee cup, usually from Starbucks pic.twitter.com/C2ROkQUr3Z

— David Amador 🐙 (@DJ_Link) May 16, 2018

The unofficial rule of Fight club: Coffee is bae.

9. John Wick 1 and 2.

In John Wick 1 and JW 2 there are two instances where John enters the Continental from a similar angle. They were filmed with a ~3y interval but timeline in movie is only few days. Notice the cars in both are in same position, attention to detail by scene composite? pic.twitter.com/8rfTNvUHwS

— David Amador 🐙 (@DJ_Link) May 16, 2018

Even the shadow falling on the cars haven’t changed.

10. Back To The Future (1985).

Back to the Future (1985) foreshadows Doc hanging from the hands of the clock tower, around 1m into the movie you can see a photo that illustrates that scene. pic.twitter.com/aAzop44XpW

— David Amador 🐙 (@DJ_Link) May 16, 2018

Woah, it was all meant to be.

11. Lord Of The Rings (2001).

In The Lord of the Rings (2001), Hobbits being smaller was achieved via practical effects. For example the scene where Frodo and Gandalf are on the cart sitting side by side, to simulate it cart was built in a way that Frodo was further from the camera, so he looks smaller. pic.twitter.com/MobeuFHnZ2

— David Amador 🐙 (@DJ_Link) May 16, 2018

Who would’ve known, right?

12. Terminator 2 (1991).

Terminator 2 (1991) had some practical effects with the help of Linda Hamilton's twin sister. When Sarah cuts a hole in T-800 head it's a model of Schwarzenegger’s head in the foreground, the real Schwarzenegger plays his own reflection, and Linda’s twin sister mimics her moves pic.twitter.com/RcTrCDsW6P

— David Amador 🐙 (@DJ_Link) May 16, 2018

Perks of having a handy twin.

13. Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015).

In Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) the bread scene is a practical effect that took the team 3 months to come up with. They molded an inflatable bread, it was deflated underneath the liquid and then slowly inflated it and sucked out the liquid with vacuum pumps pic.twitter.com/SVKt4zC9WY

— David Amador 🐙 (@DJ_Link) May 17, 2018

The smartest things have often the simplest solutions.

14. Star Wars (IV-V-VI).

For the famous Star Wars (IV-V-VI) opening crawl they used a camera moving along a physical model slightly tilted. It was difficult and time-consuming to get a smooth scrolling effect, and they needed one for each language (German, French, Spanish etc). pic.twitter.com/Vd6O2BSqsv

— David Amador 🐙 (@DJ_Link) May 17, 2018

So that’s how they made it work before the tech today existed.

15. Escape From New York (1981).

Escape from New York (1981) 3D wireframe city flyby was a crazy-expensive effect to pull off in CGI back then. James Cameron was part of the effects team, they applied reflective tape to a matte-black model of the city, used ultraviolet lights, and flew a camera over the model pic.twitter.com/wTM7Vnbum5

— David Amador 🐙 (@DJ_Link) May 17, 2018

This one literally blew my mind.

16. Tron (1982).

Tron (1982) was shot in black and white, sets were made of black fabric with white duct-tape for markers, the glow was later hand-painted onto every frame, imagine the work!! In this video we can see a test using a white suit with black markers for the glows pic.twitter.com/fl9U87bsBu

— David Amador 🐙 (@DJ_Link) May 17, 2018

The amount of work put into it is amazing!

17. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).

In 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) the floating pen sequence was made by gluing the pen with transparent duct tape to a giant glass and just moving it around, camera focused on center so you can't see the edges. pic.twitter.com/1BYwRkmJOl

— David Amador 🐙 (@DJ_Link) May 17, 2018

Woah! Whoever came up with this is a genius!

This Twitter thread is making me want to just rewatch all these movies right now! But alas, duty calls. Kudos to David for spending God knows how many hours to find all of these details. I think I have my weekend plans sorted, movie marathon!