sometimes the tiny stuff makes all the
difference welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
another top 10 amazing small details and
movies tomorrow sure will you do that
Walter
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content for this list we’re
looking at little movie details that
made all the difference in helping to
craft believable textured cinematic
worlds as some of these details are plot
related a spoiler alert is in order
if you don’t spot a detail you thought
should be on here be sure to check out
our first video of the top 10 amazing
small details and movies I do wish we
could chat longer but
I’m having an old friend for dinner
number 10 zero gravity toilet
instructions 2001 a Space Odyssey speak
to Rachel please Stanley Kubrick’s
sci-fi masterpiece was so rigorously
planned
even the toilet humor is precise at one
point we see instructions for a space
toilet but the text is virtually
illegible at its on-screen size however
since it’s part of a Kubrick production
you can bet that these instructions are
thorough and detail-oriented
clearly shown in the making of Stanley
Kubrick’s 2001 a Space Odyssey companion
book the document consists of ten steps
as brutal as any real-world instruction
guide the crazy thing is the fictional
toilet for which these were made never
even appears on screen but hey this is
Kubrick we’re talking about a man known
for his obsessive attention to detail
should certainly indicate his integrity
and self-confidence number nine now it’s
name the conjuring – who’s the head we
catch a few on-screen glimpses of the
demon non-valid before the end of this
horror sequel but it’s actually hiding
in plain sight during the rest of the
film in fact its name appears in their
home multiple times silently haunting
the family subtly creeping into their
kitchen
the name looms and crafts behind both
Edie and Lorraine the letters show up
again in the family’s bookshelf and even
on the handmade wrist bands even more
chilling is the fact that the name isn’t
even stated until much later in the film
meaning the demon is teasing the family
throughout the movie this simple touch
added layers to the horror and amped up
the scares on repeat viewings number 8
Rorschach unmasked Watchmen I told you
this once
a scintilla hasn’t arrived it despite
being known for his mask Rorschach
appears on screen without it more than a
couple times throughout Watchmen
particularly in extended editions early
on his scowling self can be seen trying
to buy magazines from a street vendor in
another instance he’s staring down down
when he passes him on the street and his
steely demeanor leaves people spoofed
masks on or off subtle and seemingly
benign though his presence might be it’s
a reminder that Rorschach is vigilant
he’s always out there roaming the
streets of his city locked in here with
number 7
Czech soldiers Saving Private Ryan
unable to understand – surrendering
German soldiers Allied forces shoot them
mercilessly the two soldiers then make
jokes about what the victims said having
clearly become numb to the violence due
to the lack of subtitles most audience
members didn’t catch what the two men
were saying either but they weren’t
German at all
they were chat and if you understand
Czech you would have heard them say
something like please don’t shoot me
I am Czech I didn’t kill anyone so you
see when properly translated this scene
becomes much darker it’s a moment that
highlights the horrors of war both the
disconnect felt between the nations and
the evils each side is capable of number
6 the ring inception the dream has
become the reality though innocuous at
first glance
Cobb’s wedding ring adds further depth
to this dream thriller its prevalence
throughout the film has actually led
some to hypothesize that it’s his real
totem upon further review however you’ll
notice that the ring only appears in
dream sequences armed with that
information many fans have come to
interpret it as a construct of his
subconscious another projection of his
grief and inability to let go of that
which he’s lost before you rush to
rewatch the ending though you should
know that his ring finger has been
cleverly blocked in the scene mr. Noland
you are one sneaky filmmaker that sticks
right in there somewhere
number five window to know where the
shining adding to the supernatural
scares of the Overlook Hotel is the fact
that it’s layout doesn’t always make
sense not one to make mistakes
Stanley Kubrick created these spatial
inconsistencies intentionally to
heighten the feelings of distress for
example there’s a window in the office
where Jack is first interviewed for the
job but later scenes clearly show a
hallway running behind the office this
along with the unexplainable doors have
led many to point out that the hotel’s
layout is impossible according to the
executive producer Yann Harlan the
filmmaker did this on purpose
wanting the hotel to be just as much of
a labyrinth as the hedge maze outside
look – yes something matters like number
four deadly oranges The Godfather with
this design choice Francis Ford Coppola
stumbled upon subtle but serious
foreshadowing most deaths in this crime
film come with oranges from small fry to
mob bosses just about anyone on screen
near and orange bites the dust
Don Corleone himself is both shot and
suffer
a heart attack around the fruit while
most people have viewed it as subtle
genius production designers admitted
orange was just a nice contrasting color
for their muted visuals while they
weren’t initially narrative tools
Coppola confessed to using oranges
intentionally in the sequels but this is
one favor I can’t get he never asked a
second favor when he even refused the
first number three Mao eyes and Chianti
The Silence of the Lambs a census taken
once tried to test me I ate his liver
with some fava beans and a nice Chianti
Hannibal Lecter’s taste for human meat
made his choice of side dishes seem more
classy than important as a mentally
unstable criminal however fava beans
Canty and liver would not actually bode
well for his medication diligently noted
by reddit user MRC Chapman
antidepressants known as Mao is are
often used to treat personality
disorders to avoid complications takers
of monoamine oxidase inhibitors have to
avoid high tyramine foods like red wines
fava beans and of course liver more than
just a scary story then his tale of
mixing these foods would seem to imply
that Lecter is not taking his medication
powerfully subtle this touch made
Hannibal simultaneously elegant and
horrific while also giving more insight
into his character you fly back to
school now it was Donnie
number 2 Tyler splices Fight Club let me
tell you a little bit about Tyler Durden
when we learn about Tyler Durden job as
a projectionist we also learned that he
likes splicing frames of porn into kids
movies funnily enough this is a not so
subtle hint that some similarly
subliminal splicing has been going on
before our eyes as well Tyler actually
appears multiple times before he meet up
with his secret identity foreshadowed in
some quick shots if you watch closely
enough during the narrator’s worst bouts
of insomnia
Tyler flashes almost unnoticeably on
screen for a single frame at a time
whether he’s at work the doctors and
even his group meetings Tyler makes
himself known albeit subliminally but to
great effect nonetheless even a
hummingbird can catch Tyler at work
before we get to our top picks here are
a few honorable mentions but I will
never forget the man
and what he meant me I don’t want to die
that was the first post the old familiar
the famous cock the Cross Hands the good
companions the trusty servant the two
headed dog the mermaid the Beehive the
king’s head the hole in the wall all
before reaching our destiny the World’s
End number one x marks the spot that’s
departed you actually want me dead first
time around many of the deaths in Martin
Scorsese’s crime drama are pretty
surprising if you pay very close
attention however you’ll notice that
each death is telegraphed to the
audience sometimes repeatedly using X’s
hidden in the background or foreground
of the film Scorsese Mars cops and gang
members to die sometimes the X’s show up
moments before death sometimes the
characters end up laid out in an X shape
themselves by using this motif Scorsese
was honoring one of his favorite pills
1932 Scarface similarly used X’s and
it’s details like these that turn repeat
viewings into a visual hunt and retro
actively make a movie more fun to watch
do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from watch mojo
and subscribe for new videos every day
difference welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
another top 10 amazing small details and
movies tomorrow sure will you do that
Walter
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content for this list we’re
looking at little movie details that
made all the difference in helping to
craft believable textured cinematic
worlds as some of these details are plot
related a spoiler alert is in order
if you don’t spot a detail you thought
should be on here be sure to check out
our first video of the top 10 amazing
small details and movies I do wish we
could chat longer but
I’m having an old friend for dinner
number 10 zero gravity toilet
instructions 2001 a Space Odyssey speak
to Rachel please Stanley Kubrick’s
sci-fi masterpiece was so rigorously
planned
even the toilet humor is precise at one
point we see instructions for a space
toilet but the text is virtually
illegible at its on-screen size however
since it’s part of a Kubrick production
you can bet that these instructions are
thorough and detail-oriented
clearly shown in the making of Stanley
Kubrick’s 2001 a Space Odyssey companion
book the document consists of ten steps
as brutal as any real-world instruction
guide the crazy thing is the fictional
toilet for which these were made never
even appears on screen but hey this is
Kubrick we’re talking about a man known
for his obsessive attention to detail
should certainly indicate his integrity
and self-confidence number nine now it’s
name the conjuring – who’s the head we
catch a few on-screen glimpses of the
demon non-valid before the end of this
horror sequel but it’s actually hiding
in plain sight during the rest of the
film in fact its name appears in their
home multiple times silently haunting
the family subtly creeping into their
kitchen
the name looms and crafts behind both
Edie and Lorraine the letters show up
again in the family’s bookshelf and even
on the handmade wrist bands even more
chilling is the fact that the name isn’t
even stated until much later in the film
meaning the demon is teasing the family
throughout the movie this simple touch
added layers to the horror and amped up
the scares on repeat viewings number 8
Rorschach unmasked Watchmen I told you
this once
a scintilla hasn’t arrived it despite
being known for his mask Rorschach
appears on screen without it more than a
couple times throughout Watchmen
particularly in extended editions early
on his scowling self can be seen trying
to buy magazines from a street vendor in
another instance he’s staring down down
when he passes him on the street and his
steely demeanor leaves people spoofed
masks on or off subtle and seemingly
benign though his presence might be it’s
a reminder that Rorschach is vigilant
he’s always out there roaming the
streets of his city locked in here with
number 7
Czech soldiers Saving Private Ryan
unable to understand – surrendering
German soldiers Allied forces shoot them
mercilessly the two soldiers then make
jokes about what the victims said having
clearly become numb to the violence due
to the lack of subtitles most audience
members didn’t catch what the two men
were saying either but they weren’t
German at all
they were chat and if you understand
Czech you would have heard them say
something like please don’t shoot me
I am Czech I didn’t kill anyone so you
see when properly translated this scene
becomes much darker it’s a moment that
highlights the horrors of war both the
disconnect felt between the nations and
the evils each side is capable of number
6 the ring inception the dream has
become the reality though innocuous at
first glance
Cobb’s wedding ring adds further depth
to this dream thriller its prevalence
throughout the film has actually led
some to hypothesize that it’s his real
totem upon further review however you’ll
notice that the ring only appears in
dream sequences armed with that
information many fans have come to
interpret it as a construct of his
subconscious another projection of his
grief and inability to let go of that
which he’s lost before you rush to
rewatch the ending though you should
know that his ring finger has been
cleverly blocked in the scene mr. Noland
you are one sneaky filmmaker that sticks
right in there somewhere
number five window to know where the
shining adding to the supernatural
scares of the Overlook Hotel is the fact
that it’s layout doesn’t always make
sense not one to make mistakes
Stanley Kubrick created these spatial
inconsistencies intentionally to
heighten the feelings of distress for
example there’s a window in the office
where Jack is first interviewed for the
job but later scenes clearly show a
hallway running behind the office this
along with the unexplainable doors have
led many to point out that the hotel’s
layout is impossible according to the
executive producer Yann Harlan the
filmmaker did this on purpose
wanting the hotel to be just as much of
a labyrinth as the hedge maze outside
look – yes something matters like number
four deadly oranges The Godfather with
this design choice Francis Ford Coppola
stumbled upon subtle but serious
foreshadowing most deaths in this crime
film come with oranges from small fry to
mob bosses just about anyone on screen
near and orange bites the dust
Don Corleone himself is both shot and
suffer
a heart attack around the fruit while
most people have viewed it as subtle
genius production designers admitted
orange was just a nice contrasting color
for their muted visuals while they
weren’t initially narrative tools
Coppola confessed to using oranges
intentionally in the sequels but this is
one favor I can’t get he never asked a
second favor when he even refused the
first number three Mao eyes and Chianti
The Silence of the Lambs a census taken
once tried to test me I ate his liver
with some fava beans and a nice Chianti
Hannibal Lecter’s taste for human meat
made his choice of side dishes seem more
classy than important as a mentally
unstable criminal however fava beans
Canty and liver would not actually bode
well for his medication diligently noted
by reddit user MRC Chapman
antidepressants known as Mao is are
often used to treat personality
disorders to avoid complications takers
of monoamine oxidase inhibitors have to
avoid high tyramine foods like red wines
fava beans and of course liver more than
just a scary story then his tale of
mixing these foods would seem to imply
that Lecter is not taking his medication
powerfully subtle this touch made
Hannibal simultaneously elegant and
horrific while also giving more insight
into his character you fly back to
school now it was Donnie
number 2 Tyler splices Fight Club let me
tell you a little bit about Tyler Durden
when we learn about Tyler Durden job as
a projectionist we also learned that he
likes splicing frames of porn into kids
movies funnily enough this is a not so
subtle hint that some similarly
subliminal splicing has been going on
before our eyes as well Tyler actually
appears multiple times before he meet up
with his secret identity foreshadowed in
some quick shots if you watch closely
enough during the narrator’s worst bouts
of insomnia
Tyler flashes almost unnoticeably on
screen for a single frame at a time
whether he’s at work the doctors and
even his group meetings Tyler makes
himself known albeit subliminally but to
great effect nonetheless even a
hummingbird can catch Tyler at work
before we get to our top picks here are
a few honorable mentions but I will
never forget the man
and what he meant me I don’t want to die
that was the first post the old familiar
the famous cock the Cross Hands the good
companions the trusty servant the two
headed dog the mermaid the Beehive the
king’s head the hole in the wall all
before reaching our destiny the World’s
End number one x marks the spot that’s
departed you actually want me dead first
time around many of the deaths in Martin
Scorsese’s crime drama are pretty
surprising if you pay very close
attention however you’ll notice that
each death is telegraphed to the
audience sometimes repeatedly using X’s
hidden in the background or foreground
of the film Scorsese Mars cops and gang
members to die sometimes the X’s show up
moments before death sometimes the
characters end up laid out in an X shape
themselves by using this motif Scorsese
was honoring one of his favorite pills
1932 Scarface similarly used X’s and
it’s details like these that turn repeat
viewings into a visual hunt and retro
actively make a movie more fun to watch
do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from watch mojo
and subscribe for new videos every day
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