10 Movie Mistakes That Made Characters Look Like Idiots

10. Ian Malcolm Holds Binoculars Backwards - The Lost World: Jurassic Park

God bless Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum), who despite being a genius mathematician proves himself incapable of correctly operating a mere pair of binoculars in Jurassic Park sequel The Lost World.

Shortly after arriving on Isla Sorna (aka "Site B"), Malcolm grabs a pair of binoculars from Eddie Carr (Richard Schiff) to observe the incoming InGen fleet. However, look closely and you might notice that Malcolm actually holds the binoculars to his face backwards, which would of course make the InGen choppers appear further away.

More than that, it would make it impossible for Malcolm to see the InGen logo on them at all.

Even though the film itself implies that Malcolm uses the binoculars properly, the proof is in the visual pudding. For all of his smarts as both a mathematician and a philosopher, the guy fumbled something so basic.

Then again, one would certainly like to believe that Jeff Goldblum, the quirky so-and-so, just did it on purpose for kicks and managed to sneak it past director Steven Spielberg.