10 Tiny Annoying Details In Movies You Can't Unsee

10. The Missing Engine Block - Dunkirk

In the famous words of Winston Churchill, the evacuation of Dunkirk was a "colossal military disaster", a sentiment captured perfectly in Christopher Nolan's epic. With little way of accommodating the retreat from the French coast en-masse, the British military begins requisitioning civilian boats in order to cross the channel and save the men trapped there. Constantly vulnerable to attack, the film is filled with a quiet suspense, interrupted by exciting dogfights and the consistent sinking of their rescue ships.

RAF pilot Farrier, played by Tom Hardy, plays a vital role in the defence of the ground forces, fighting for as long as he can on his dwindling fuel supply. Fortunately he stays in the fight long enough to see the evacuation through to completion, but has so little fuel that he is forced to set his Spitfire down on the French coast. Straight after landing he ignites his plane with a flare gun before being captured by German forces.

Although a beautiful and iconic scene in the film, viewers couldn't help but notice that the engine block had completely disappeared from the burning aircraft. Due to the heavy-duty nature of the Rolls-Royce engine, it is more likely that the engine would be the last part to disintegrate in the flames, meaning the propeller being connected solely by a pole is particularly inaccurate.