25 Details In Comedy Movies That Are As Brilliant As The Movies Are Funny
1. This product placement:
In Free Guy (2021), you can see a bottle of gin labelled "Subtle Product Placement". This is actually a bottle of Aviation Gin…a brand which is partially owned by Ryan Reynolds. fromMovieDetails
2. This hand jewelry:
In The Big Lebowski (1998), Jesus Quintana is wearing rings from the American Bowling Congress that certify his ability to roll a perfect 300 game, a 299 game and an incredibly difficult 800 series. Those rings tell you that creep can roll. fromMovieDetails
3. This callback:
In Step Brothers (2008), Brennan Huff has a Hugalo’s Pizza sign which is the restaurant Will Ferrell’s character Ricky Bobby works at in Talladega Nights fromMovieDetails
4. This imitation:
In Coming to America (1988), Eddie Murphy emulates Elvis Presley when he walks off stage as “Randy Watson”. The video of Elvis is from his last concert. fromMovieDetails
5. This message in the reflection:
In ‘Don’t Look Up’ (2021), astronomers appear on a ‘Morning Joe’-style cable news talk show. Though not explicitly noted as liberal, their logo reflects their slant. A clever detail! fromMovieDetails
6. This casting choice:
In Mr Bean’s Holiday (2007), the girl with the stereo is played by Lily Atkinson, the daughter of Rowan Atkinson. In the movie, she is also named Lily. fromMovieDetails
7. This boat's name:
In The Truman Show (1998) the boat that Truman sails on to escape is named Santa Maria, the same name of one of Christopher Columbus’ ships, signifying that Truman is heading to a “New World” fromMovieDetails
8. This movie rating:
Rewatching Scary Movie (2000) ? never noticed this before ? fromMovieDetails
9. This shovel pricing:
In Don’t Look Up (2021) Shovels are $599.99 as people have panic-bought them to assumingly build bunkers. fromMovieDetails
10. This flawed calendar:
In Free Guy (2021), the calendar in Guy’s apartment is missing the number 4. This was added by the production designer, who wanted Guy’s apartment to reflect his status as a "half-developed character". fromMovieDetails
11. This joke on the boat:
Ryan Reynolds’ boat name in Red Notice (2021) fromMovieDetails
12. This T-shirt:
In Hocus Pocus (1993), Max Dennison’s tie dye shirt features the colors of the Sanderson Sister’s outfits fromMovieDetails
13. This little reference:
In Licorice Pizza (2021), Bradley Cooper portrays real life eccentric movie producer Jon Peters, who tells the main character "they’re both from the streets." This is a reference to a story Kevin Smith told of his encounter with Jon during the early stages of the canceled "Superman Lives" movie fromMovieDetails
14. These hoop earrings:
In Mean Girls (2004), we learn that Regina, leader of the Plastics, told Gretchen that she couldn’t wear hooped earrings because they were her thing. Later in the movie, when Cady becomes leader of the Plastics, we see her wearing hooped earrings, showing that she became just like Regina. fromMovieDetails
15. This last look from Gretchen:
In Mean Girls (2004), Regina forbade Gretchen to wear hoop earrings. Once they broke up, she is seen wearing hoop earrings. fromMovieDetails
16. This incorrect counting:
In Home Alone (1990) when they counted the people for the trip they say there’s 17 people in total. An odd number between two vans means they will be split 8/9. Since Kevin was missing both vans had 8 people instead, making each group assume they were on the 8-people van, not suspecting a thing fromMovieDetails
17. These morning vitamins:
In the Truman Show, we see Truman taking high dose vitamin D at breakfast time. This is to counteract the deficiency he would have becouse there is no real sunlight in the constructed world he inhabits. fromMovieDetails
18. This jersey's subtle joke:
In the movie Semi-Pro (1998) when Rob Corddry’s wife is cheating on him with Monix (Woody Harrelson) his "Kentucky" jersey just says "cuck" fromMovieDetails
19. This hidden message:
In Palm Springs (2020), Nyles is drinking "Akupara" beer. In Sanskrit, Akupara means "unlimited, unbounded" and in Hinduism, it’s the name of a tortoise described as "one who is without death." Confirmed by the director, source in comments. fromMovieDetails
20. This returning character:
Recognise the orderly from the opening of Hubie Halloween? (2020) That’s Ben stiller reprising his role as Hal L. The mean orderly from Happy Gilmore (1996) fromMovieDetails
21. This uncanny resemblance:
In The Sandlot (1993), the actor who plays Benny Rodriguez as an adult is Pablo Vitar, the IRL big brother of young Benny’s actor, Mike Vitar. fromMovieDetails
22. This new jewelry:
23. This kill list:
In Billy Madison (1995), when Danny (Steve Buscemi) crosses off Billy’s name off of his “people to kill” list, the remaining names on the list are the producer of the movie and various other production crew members. fromMovieDetails
24. This name for Wolverine:
In Deadpool 2 there’s a drawing of Wolverine tagged "Prisoner 24601" – that’s Jean Valjean’s prisoner number in Les Miserables, also played by Hugh Jackman. fromMovieDetails
25. And lastly, this shoulder scar:
