Words Ria Rivera
Not all movies are made the same. There are movies that become box office hits. And then there are those which never even made it to the cinemas. However, there's a website that goes out to prove that even a million-dollar earner can turn out to be a movie riddled with booboos that may or may not change the way you feel about a film. Whoops! Movie Goofs (http://www.jonhs.com/moviegoofs/) is a site dedicated "to those mistakes, which are also known as goofs, gaffes, glitches, flaws, flubs, bloopers, blunders, errors, slip-ups, mishaps, etc."
In other words, it is an online portal to the biggest movie booboos ever made. The site has an extensive list of 20th century movies that contain mistakes that have caught the eye of viewers. You can opt to browse the list by going through the Movie Index, which lists the movies in alphabetical order. Another option is to jump into the Top Goofy Movies list, which enumerates the most interesting movies to ever goof up. A page is also devoted to Debated Goofs where readers literally debate over a particular flaw by agreeing or disagreeing with the points raised by someone else.
Whoops! Movie Goofs is the perfect stop for movie buffs who like dissecting their films. It lists obvious and not-so obvious loopholes, inconsistencies, and plain weirdness that viewers have noticed. It's also the best place to voice out one's uncertainties pertaining to a scene or any other element in a movie because others will most likely confirm or negate his or her theories. The site includes a Goof Glossary to help people better understand words and phrases used throughout the website.
Visitors are free to submit movie goofs, although the webmaster encourages them to hop over the discussion board where they can even more freely discuss the blunders and mishaps that they feel strongly about. Examples include inconsistencies in reaction shots where an actor can be wearing a tie in one shot and none in the other within the same scene.
For instance, in The Matrix, someone noted that there were two scenes in the movie when the boom mics reflected on Neo's sunglasses. Another person who claims to be a good Latin and Roman history student pointed out that in Gladiator, all the saddles of the Romans have stirrups: "Look closely, you'll see them. Romans didn't have stirrups!!!! Stirrups were invented somewhere in the medieval period or later." These are things other people have noticed and you should see for yourself. The site encourages people to look closely and to be observant at all times when watching their favorite flicks.
When you get tired of reading about the countless flubs and flaws in Hollywood, you can lighten the mood with some movie trivia also listed in the site. This section is a database of hard-to-find information on movies, artists, and directors. It also gives an inside look on hidden jokes, tidbits, nitpicks, puns, cameos, and other behind-the-scene information you might not have known before. Apart from that, Whoops! Movie Goofs offers .wav files of sounds from a wide range of movies, TV shows, and cartoons. You can look through the alphabetical list or type in the specific title you are looking for in its built-in search engine.
And if you just can't get enough of your favorite movies, the site also sells movie DVDs and posters. Whoops! Movie Goofs is definitely one of the most extensive sites around that provides interesting information on thousands of movies. And there's nothing goofy about that!
