Alright, my little bunnies, it's time for a new challenge. I present to you
CinemaPerplex, a round about movies.
People make mistakes. It's human nature. Sometimes, people make mistakes that everyone sees, though not everyone catches. You're about to read about three movies in which a goof by the cast or crew made it past the editing room and onto the big screen. Your job is to choose the real explanation.
A: The 2000 film
Gladiator starring Russell Crowe was a big blockbuster hit with audiences, however for some folks, it may have felt like ages before the epic movie finally ended. With all the slashing and killing of big burly men, some movie goers were probably looking at their watches. But for those viewers who had no timepiece to gaze at, all they needed to do was to gaze upon Commodus, a.k.a. Joaquin Phoenix, for in one scene you can see him wearing a digital watch. Rome wasn't built in a day, but I guess the building started in 1972, when the first digital watch was invented and mass produced. And it looks like they had the capability to time how long the construction took. It vexes me, Commodus. I'm terribly vexed.
B: With modern guns replacing traditional swords, the 1996 movie
Romeo + Juliet was another chance for Shakespeare to hit the big screen. Leonardo "Romeo" DiCaprio and Claire "Juliet" Danes were the star-crossed lovers in this classic tragedy. One can be pretty sure that if Romeo & Juliet were real people, nobody back in Shakespeare's day would have actually cared about either of them (like we care about Jason & Lauren from
The Hills). But if they
did treat them like celebrities like we do with the hotties from
The Hills, then I'm sure that video cameras would be following R & J. And since the 1996 movie is an accurate representation of Shakespeare's time, then it's no problem that during the movie, one can clearly see a microphone boom in a shot (the first microphone was invented in 1876). Gotta love reality.
C: Even serious movies can slip up. The 1993 movie
Schindler's List was critically acclaimed as a riveting look into a piece, albeit small, of the Holocaust. While there is nothing remotely funny about the subject matter, there is something a bit funny about possessing certain technology before everyone else. Granted, Schindler (played wonderfully by Laim Neeson) did have the ability to garner certain material from his supervisors when needed, even the Nazi Party should have had a little trouble getting him an umbrella with a Velcro fastener on it. So unless the Third Reich had access to a time machine and could fast forward to 1948, which was when Velcro was invented, Schindler would probably have to cross that item of of his shopping list.
ANSWER TIME: Time to clear the smoke screen and find out with is the true story. The IMDb page of the correct answer has been linked for you...
SHOWTIME!
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