Lord Of The Rings: 10 Movie Mistakes They Hoped You Missed

10. Éomer's Sword Falls Out

One reason this movie felt so authentic was was that many of the props looked real. And that's because in many cases they were real. Although many of the actors used safety swords for the fight scenes, each major character was given a version dubbed the 'Hero Sword'. These were real steel weapons forged by a master armourer. It would take about a week to craft just one, and if you think about how many significant characters have swords, that's a lot of hammer striking steel...

Viggo Mortenson would try to use his 'Hero Sword' as often as possible, knowing the feel and the weight of the weapon would cause him to tire overtime and therefore sell his performance. And it certainly worked, any close ups of those weapons were flawless.

Well, all except one. In the scene when Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas meet Éomer, it's painfully obvious that something odd is happening with Éomer's weapon. As he mounts his horse, the camera pans up catching his sword sliding from its sheath. What's worse the camera seems to linger on the error, almost rubbing it in your face.