The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: The Movie’s Biggest Mistake is Hidden in 2 Hours and 28 Minutes

References, winks, Easter eggs… these little details that filmmakers take care to hide from the viewer’s attention for a whole row in many works of cinema. However, it also happens that other elements, quite independent of the directors’ will, inadvertently invite themselves to the party.

The latter, which belongs to a large family of false connections, is hidden almost everywhere, and even the greatest masterpieces of the seventh art are not protected, as our in-house experts Michelle and Michelle know very well.

• Gladiator: Press Pause At 1 hour 26 minutes, this little detail will take you right out of the movie!

At 2 hours, 28 minutes and 6 seconds…

So Sergio Leone’s The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, rated 4,499 out of 5 stars and rated by AlloCiné viewers as the second best Western of all time, mistakes always come even if they don’t always see each one. other!

A wanted poster taken from another movie, a shadow that moves, or even the firing pin of a revolver, like Tuco’s flipped twice. But all of that is nothing compared to what you can observe if you press pause at the 2 hour, 28 minute and 6 second mark of tonight’s France 3 broadcast.

… Look closely at Clint Eastwood to the right!

In the sequence in which Blondin and Tuco plant the explosives on the suspension bridge, provided you have very good eyes and know exactly where to look – between the fir trees, to the right of Clint Eastwood – you will be able to spot the passage cautiously. … of the car!

You are not dreaming! Although virtually imperceptible to the naked eye and at normal speeds, the motor vehicle does indeed move against a backdrop of the good, the bad and the ugly, which is clearly a colossal anachronism and a mistake of the first order!

It goes to show that even the greatest geniuses of cinema sometimes make small mistakes.

(Re)discover all the wrongs of “the good, the bad and the ugly”…