10 Mind-Blowing Movie Details You Totally Missed
These subtle but crucial details were wrongfully overlooked by audiences for the most part.
It would not be uninformed to state that filmmaking is a dynamic craft with multiple layers to its planning and execution. The creative teams in charge of bringing a film to life have a lot to say with their stories, themes and characters, and sometimes this form of expression is not limited to the film's more overtly presented segments.
A good number of movies have minuscule details in their scenes, and these details often flesh out the narrative in an unexpected yet welcome fashion. The advent of modern-day digital platforms have given cinephiles everywhere a chance to peer over each scene in an attempt to find intriguing storytelling tidbits that they missed the first time.
Franchise entries are especially prone to the hunt for these cinematic Easter eggs as these details are likely to flesh out related movies and reveal key plot points for future instalments. That said, standalone efforts are just as ripe for plucking in regards to finding background details such as shout-outs to thematically related films, the director's past work and other relevant forms of media.
From visual-oriented humor in beloved superhero sequels and crime classics, to heart-wrenching depictions of ageing and how subjective memory can be, these seemingly throwaway details hold more narrative weight and/or entertainment than their fleeting appearances would suggest.
10. Someone New Is In Charge - Children Of Men
Alfonso Cuaron’s 2006 dystopian thriller is a bleak and powerful exploration of a world without children and features impressive performances, sharp directing from Cuaron and sublime visual work from maestro cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki.
Its thematic content is just as palpable as its technical accomplishments, as its exploration of ideas such as finding hope in a despair-ridden world and being compassionate in a world that literally has no future to look to takes on a new and more somber meaning with every year since its release.
The film also excels at world building and demonstrating that the future of 2027 is very different (and worse for wear) compared to its year of release. An example of this difference was noticed by viewers on a police officer's helmet early on in the film. Instead of having the royal engrams ER (Elizabeth Regina) on it, instead the letters CR (Charles Rex) are on full display.
This indicates that Queen Elizabeth has passed on and that Charles has taken on monarchial duties in this timeline, a fact that is supported on later in the film when audiences are treated to a news headline that reads "Charles must be throne out" on one of many newspapers surrounding Theo (Clive Owen).