Cowboys and Aliens Wrist Blaster Lighting Effect Blooper

Cowboys and Aliens: Light that's supposed to have come from the ray gun actually came from a different source.

Cowboys and Aliens is a movie based on a graphic novel in which cowboys are pitted against aliens. The cowboys, primarily Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford's characters, must do with simple guns and their horses most of the time. But there's an advanced weapon attached to Craig's character's wrist which, in one scene, is used to take down an alien ship.

The weapon blasts away creating bright light and hits the alien ship, causing it to explode in mid air before crashing. More explosive light is created in the scene. Nothing appears amiss in the lighting, but if you look closely at the shadows, the sources of the illumination are not the objects concerned in the scene. The light that's supposed to have come from Craig's wrist weapon actually comes from the right side of the scene (note the shadows of the debris on the ground in the top picture) and the light that's supposed to come from the exploding ship originates from a visual effect that doesn't appear to create shadows (below).

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Camera Reflection Seen in Trucker Movie Starring Michelle Monaghan

Trucker is a drama about a single mother who's reluctant to become one after he estranged kid suddenly comes into her life and turns things upside down.

Trucker is a movie where there aren't any special effects or the usual bloopers associated with them, but there's this one scene where Monaghan pulls away in her truck that reveals the reflection of the camera on the truck's side (top picture).

It's really a brief exposure and the blooper would not really be noticed if you're not looking, but it's there. For a fraction of a second, you can see the camera and a few other unrecognizable "production" things reflected on the side as the truck moves along.

Trucker has garnered acclaim in independent film circles and Monaghan's unforgettable heartfelt performance has also been praised. It stars Nathan Fillion who we all know from Serenity.

Drag Me to Hell Stunt Switch

Alison Lohman is a good actress, but like all good actresses, she also has a double for scenes that are too physical or demanding in terms of action and body punishment. In her movie Drag Me to Hell, she has a scene (movie still at the bottom) where a witch pulls her out of her car by the legs through the door.

The scene is a quick one, and viewers aren't able to tell if it is indeed Lohman or a stunt woman who got dragged. But if you slow down the scene and freeze one frame, you'd see that it's not Lohman doing the stunt but some other girl. It's obvious even with the face contorted on purpose (still warranted in the scene, of course) to avoid recognition. It's definitely a stunt woman who has a much longer face than Alison's.

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