15 Movie Mistakes You Might Have Missed
13. Pulp Fiction
At the beginning of the movie, we hear robbers “Pumpkin” and “Honey Bunny” savagely threaten the patrons of a diner that they’re about to steal from.
Later on in the movie, thanks to Tarantino’s trademark chronology-bending style, we see the same sequence again.
This time, however, the dialog spoken and the line delivery given by the actress are completely different from what we heard at the beginning of the movie, even though it’s supposed to be the exact same moment in time.
During the famous scene where Uma Thurman’s character overdoses, the characters draw a dot on her chest in magic marker to indicate her heart. After John Travolta plunges a needle into her heart, she violently awakens to the sight of syringe sticking out of her chest. The dot, however, has mysteriously vanished.
Continuity errors hit even the most talented filmmakers. In order to make it look as though Travolta uses a large amount of force when stabbing the syringe into Uma Thurman’s chest, Travolta was instructed to pull the syringe away from her chest. The director then played the scene in reverse to give the illusion of extreme force.
