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Goof

posted 16 years ago by dreamcop25
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I must have seen this movie a million times, but never noticed this goof till tonight and had to zoom in to see it. Ok, When the kids first enter the waxwork and they stop to look at the guy with the axe leaning over the kid with the glasses (one who looks like older brother in Napoleon dynamite. They are not supposed to move but if you watch closely during the close up of the axe wielder
you'll notice the guy's arm moves slightly and tried to correct itself. It's minor but funny as hell.

[–] akroagate 16 years ago

Actually, many of the figures seem to move just slightly when the kids first observe them--I think it was done intentionally.

Time of your life, huh, kid?

[–] brianm-21 16 years ago

i can hear the director now "okay when the camera is on you i want you to pretend to be a wax figure . . . but move a little bit"

[–] bluecastlesky 16 years ago

LOL

[–] akroagate 16 years ago

Exactly.

Time of your life, huh, kid?

[–] brianm-21 16 years ago

you do realize my reply was meant to make fun of you don't you?

[–] akroagate 16 years ago

Yes, not being a complete idiot I realized that. I also knew you'd reply just as you did.

My intial point was that, if you watch the film closely, you'll observe that many of the figures do appear to move--just enough to make the main characters in the movie pause and sense that something is not quite as it appears in the museum.

Time of your life, huh, kid?

[–] akroagate 16 years ago

brianm--watch the scene again--I'd be interested to know what you think.

Time of your life, huh, kid?

[–] toddjones-1 16 years ago

I actually always noticed the witch doctor moving when they do a close up of his knife

[–] andie-redhead 16 years ago

No I think the actors were just tired of standing there. Even when I watch Law and Order SVU, the 'dead' people move or twitch. It's difficult acting pretending to be dead and not move.

I think the movement was by accident, from being tired.

[–] sarahmichelleheide 11 years ago

Intentional or not it makes the movie more entertaining either way!

[–] vinnieavenue 16 years ago

Its IMPOSSIBLE to stand completely still without moving the slightest fraction.

They probably shouldn't have gone so close with the cameras.

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[–] Buzz-Duh 13 years ago

Yeah, I noticed the "wax figures" move the first time I watched this on tv as a little kid. Some of them move so much you would think it was intentional, but I highly doubt that's the case at all. It's a low budget film and I doubt they would have the money to make realistic wax replicas of the characters in the actual wax figure displays. They just had to settle for wiggling humans pretending to be wax dummies.

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[–] Dream_Demon 12 years ago

I think the movements were on purpose. Considering the true nature of the wax figures as explained later on in the movie, it makes sense within the story.

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[–] sarahmichelleheide 11 years ago

I think so too.