10 Film Secrets That Were Hiding In Plain Sight

9. Loki's Scepter Causes The Avengers To Argue - The Avengers

One of The Avengers' most memorable scenes is the sequence where the heroes start arguing amongst themselves in Bruce Banner's (Mark Ruffalo) lab, but what isn't made immediately obvious is that this squabbling is in fact caused by the presence of Loki's scepter, which houses the Mind Stone.

Granted, it wasn't known at the time of the film's release that the scepter contained the Mind Stone, and it possibly wasn't even conceived yet, but re-watching the scene today, it's a plot point quite literally hiding in plain sight.

For starters, Joss Whedon briefly focuses on the scepter when the argument breaks out, and the camera even flips upside down to indicate that something untoward is happening, along with a high-pitched sound being emitted.

This sound rings out again later in the scene as Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) appears to have a headache, suggesting the scepter is affecting the heroes' minds.

Elsewhere, you've got that distinctly off-kilter, dutch angle shot of Thor that feels totally at odds with the rest of the scene, and also Banner instinctively grabbing the scepter at the end of the confrontation.

It's easy to take the scene on its own terms, especially if you haven't watched the movie in quite some time, but all the evidence is quite blatantly laid out for viewers.