What Automotive-Related Movie Mistake Bothers You Most?

Here at Jalopnik we’ve loads of opinions concerning the use of cars in cinema, most of them unimpeachable. As automobile enthusiasts our eyes are at all times a little bit bit more vigilant than the common moviegoer when a two- or four-wheeled vehicle hits the screen. We sit up and concentrate, because we care about how a automobile matches a personality and the way the automobile is utilized in the movie. We’re more more likely to notice that the Weyland Yutani Corporation uses Sherp UTVs in “Alien: Romulus,” for instance. Today’s Jalop-to-Jalop film-used automobile criticism got here in the shape of Oz Perkins’ 2024 Nicolas Cage vehicle “Longlegs” and the 1966 Chevrolet Caprice Custom Wagon with gorgeous wood paneling he drives within the film. As identified by my colleague Rob Emslie, Cage is sitting behind the wheel of the automobile screaming as he meanders down the road, but unfortunately no person on the production ever shifted the automobile out of park. 

Obviously we all know that Cage is not actually driving the automobile for this shot, they’re either shooting the scene static in a studio and adding within the background motion, or the automobile is mounted on a flatbed hauler while it drives with the shoot crew pointing their camera in through the passenger window. In either case, the automobile is not on, the wheels aren’t turning, and the automobile is not moving under its own power. Most individuals would probably never notice such a thing, but we do, because we’re nerds. 

This got us desirous about the little details in movies that drive us automobile folks nuts. Perhaps you hate the variety of times drivers shift within the Fast & Furious franchise, the Dodge Charger losing greater than 4 hubcaps within the “Bullitt” chase scene, or the open wheel race automobile picking up quarters with its tires in “Driven.” There are literally thousands of great options on the market from the annals of film history, but that is your likelihood to inform us concerning the one that actually bothers you. What shows up in your screen and causes you to have a minor automobile enthusiast freak out? Pontificate within the comments below along with your favorite terrible automobile scene in cinema history. Bonus points in the event you can discover a YouTube clip of the scene so everyone knows what you are talking about. The more obscure the higher, naturally.