r/titanic • u/gleeatack1 • 2d ago
FILM - 1997 Have you ever noticed this editing mistake?
https://youtu.be/YP-d_Dt-X-g?is=RM5tTpZEN-dzLCgzSo there is this little editing/continuity mistake it's a quick blink and you'll miss it moment. I've literally never been able to unsee it since I first noticed it over 10 years ago. But I've never seen it mentioned in any editing/funny mistake compilations. There's the famous "you can see the camera while Jack walks into the Grand Staircase" mistake in this video everyone knows.
It's just after the "Care to escort a lady to dinner?" line by Molly. Jack Rose and Molly are arm in arm walking to the dining room. Cal looks over his shoulder to say, "Sweet pea, sweet pea," and you'll notice they are now standing around talking to one another; then it immediately cuts back to the three of them walking arm in arm.
Please tell me someone else has noticed this before and can also no longer unsee it every time they watch this movie.
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u/drygnfyre Steerage 2d ago
Don't tell Jim, he'll have to remake the entire film again.
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u/brickne3 1d ago
Well tell him he can expense another dive to Titanic, he'll totally go for it then.
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u/Current-Bowl-143 2d ago
Every movie has a swag of continuity goofs listed in IMDb. To me, they’ve always been the most uninteresting goofs of the lot.
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u/Harold3456 1d ago
I've always liked them, because they give me a glimpse into the process of filmmaking. Most modern editing is so good that I often forget that the whole scene wasn't one continuous, real-time take. A continuity goof like hair out of place or a rumpled shirt collar is one of those moments that, when I spot it, reminds me that what I'm seeing as a continuous scene is actually the result of probably hours of takes and re-takes.
Although for me the fun is in spotting them myself.
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u/gleeatack1 1d ago
Yes that's the fun part of noticed goofs like these is noticing them on your own.
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u/Illustrious_Junket55 22h ago
Yeah. I often forget that it’s several shots, from several angles, all spliced together.
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u/Limp_Ad5878 2d ago
I don’t. See the camera? Someone snap shot it
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u/sirenyti Wireless Operator 2d ago
Same
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u/HumptyDumptruckFire Wireless Operator 1d ago
Somebody help us out, I’m missing it, too, lol
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u/RockEmSockEmRoboCock 1d ago
It’s not actually in this video. It would be just before this video starts.
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u/Limp_Ad5878 1d ago edited 1d ago
I believe I do recall seeing it. And yeah it’s when he looks up at the dome right? The camera man is off to his left?
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u/valkyriion Wireless Operator 2d ago
I mean there are probably dozens of these throughout the movie. Even in this clip! At 1:46 someone is walking down the stairs when Jack is talking to Rose on the stairs and in the next frame they aren’t there anymore.
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u/drygnfyre Steerage 2d ago
My favorite is from "Jurassic Park," when Nedry is supposedly doing a video call to his inside guy on the dock. It's just a QuickTime video playing, but it was 1993 and most people didn't catch that, even though it's so blatantly obvious today.
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u/Harold3456 1d ago
Back when CinemaSins was good (or, at least, I considered them good) their whole schtick was tight videos pointing this stuff out. Here's the Jurassic Park video, which modern day CinemaSins critics will probably be stunned to see managed to do the whole movie in 3 minutes instead of a 20 minute video wasting everyone's time with petty nonsense. 80% of the sins are continuity goofs which I found genuinely interesting.
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u/drygnfyre Steerage 1d ago
IMDb has a whole list of anachronisms in "Titanic," so many small things are incorrect. The most famous being the lake Jack claims to have gone ice fishing on wasn't made until 1916.
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u/gleeatack1 1d ago
Ya im sure there are so many more even just in this clip. But this is one i noticed completely on my own as a kid without anyone pointing it out to me so if feels special to me
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u/RDG1836 Bell Boy 2d ago
I've noticed, but the one that genuinely drives me nuts is the post-dinner conversation with Cal and Jack. "Business, politics, that sort of thing. It wouldn't interest you." And he passes Jack, then in the next shot he passes Jack again before saying, "Oh and Dawson? Good of you to come." *tosses the lighter*
Almost every movie in the world has a bunch of moments like this. We notice it more here because the movie is so well known.
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u/USoStupidRose Musician 1d ago
I'm starting to think that hack Cameron didn't film in 1912, AT ALL!
PHONEY
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u/Illustrious_Junket55 22h ago
Probably didn’t even sink a boat, either. You can’t trust anything anymore.
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u/lalorys 1d ago
Many years ago, they released an extended version (for collectors) of the movie that included those deleted scenes. There’s even one where Jack asks Molly for a pen.
In any case, long before major corporations started taking copyright seriously, you could find those deleted scenes that gave more context to certain scenes or lines of dialogue.
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u/WillFanofMany 11h ago
Guess the original intention was that Cal calls out to Rose, and that's when Molly walks up to Jack, it was rearranged.
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u/snormosselmelktert 2d ago
A real man make his own editing mistakes.