10 Movie “Mistakes” That Were Put There Intentionally

1. Lighting The Way (Titanic)

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There's no denying that Titanic was a painstakingly crafted movie, with the utmost attention to detail given to each and every frame.

And though historical accuracy is always going to matter in movies like this, the crew's primary goal is to make an entertaining movie, and anything else comes second to that.

So, when the time came to shoot one of the movie's final scenes - featuring the lifeboats returning to the ship's wreckage in search of survivors - director James Cameron was forced to give one of the boats a bulky, lantern-style electric torch, in order for the scene to be adequately lit.

But in reality, the lifeboat would have no such device, since only oil-based lamps were provided - a fact Cameron was well aware of.

He also knew that an oil-based lamp simply wouldn't have provided enough light, and given the fact that this is a dark scene, a lot of light was needed.

And so, the director switched things up, resulting in the chilling, devastatingly-effective scene we see today.

Know of any other intentional movie mistakes? Let us know in the comments section!

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