Spider-Man Movie Mistakes That Are Hard To Ignore

Everyone's favorite neighborhood Spider-Man has been a fixture on the big screen since Tobey Maguire made his debut as the classic Marvel character in director Sam Raimi's 2002 Spider-Man. With a running total of seven solo live-action movies, one computer-animated film, and appearances in three Marvel Cinematic Universe films, Spider-Man has become much more than a household name. 

Of course, as with most superhero blockbusters, some big money was spent in the production of these films, but that doesn't mean they're perfect. In fact, when you look closely, it's sometimes impossible to ignore that the Spider-Man movies are sprinkled with some movie magic mishaps, poorly researched references, bad displays of science, and even some continuity catastrophes. Sometimes a favorite movie scene can be ruined after the discovery of a simple glaring mistake. Read ahead at your own risk — these are Spider-Man movie mistakes that are hard to ignore.

During an encounter with the Green Goblin in Spider-Man, Peter Parker is faced with the choice of rescuing his beloved Mary Jane Watson or the Roosevelt Island tram full of screaming children. Being a true hero, Parker is able to thwart the Green Goblin's plan and rescue everyone involved. During the rescue, however, it's hard not to notice that the only adult inside the tram is calm and collected as they all begin to fall to their presumed death. It's possible that he was hoping to lead by example and that the screaming children would be encouraged to follow suit. Maybe the craft services table ran out of coffee that day. Or we can chalk it up to a case of bad acting by an extra, you can decide for yourself.

In Spider-Man 2, after Dr. Otto Octavius' animatronic arms leave a high body count inside the hospital, they continue their murderous journey out into the streets. The death toll increases as Dr. Octavius finally seems to take control of his wayward appendages. He picks up a taxi that nearly barrels into him in the middle of the street, and in a reflex-like response, he quickly drops it onto another taxi, whose occupant seems unbothered by this deadly crash. It's clear that a rigid dummy was used in this scene as moviegoers watch the victim's unrealistic response.

After ditching his classmates at the opera in Spider-Man: Far from Home, our young hero sets out to save the day during Prague's annual October Carnival of Lights festival. This timestamp conflicts with a subsequent scene, when Happy is seen rescuing Peter from a field of fully bloomed tulips in the Netherlands. Tulips only bloom during the spring, and though these scenes create appealing settings for the film, they're not practical when it boils down to creating a factual timeline of events.

You would think that a high school that takes the time to print and distribute posters for the national decathlon would take the time to proofread them. The poster appears twice in Spider-Man: Homecoming, and each time the date is different. The poster displayed in Parker's room clearly states that the event is in September, while the poster hanging on the wall right after the school cafeteria scene says it's in October. We will leave it to you to decide whether this is a classic display of shoddy fact-checking by the high school students or mistakes missed by the usually eagle-eyed professional production crew.

As Parker mourns the death of his first love in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, the background changes from a sunny summer day to leaves falling, and finally to a snowy winter scene. When Spider-Man finally reappears on the NYC streets for his last fight with Rhino, a reporter remarks that he has been MIA for only five months — but five months after Gwen's death in the summer would put the movie's timeline in October, when autumn and winter weather should just be beginning.

When Dr. Curt Connors transforms into the Lizard in an Incredible Hulk-like fashion during a scene in The Amazing Spider-Man, it's hard to ignore one glaring detail: The doctor's normal human-sized lab coat grows at the same rate he does into a much larger exaggerated size. The coat quickly falls off the Lizard as he crawls out of the school toilet, but the costuming blunder immediately preceding it hasn't been forgotten by fans who noticed. Perhaps the producers or costume designers thought this reptile deserved to keep an air of modesty for this specific scene?

In a daring display of teamwork, a group of citizens decides to assist Spider-Man during the final moments of the tram rescue scene during Spider-Man. As the Green Goblin closes in on our hero, a gas can is hurled under the bridge at the perfect moment, knocking the Goblin off his course. The moment brings up the big issue of how a normal citizen could possibly throw this can with enough strength and accuracy to perfectly impact the Goblin while he and Spider-Man were completely sheltered by the bridge. It would have had to have been a super-powered curveball thrown blindly by one of the bystanders — apparently, miracles do exist on the silver screen.

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 ends with the dramatic return of Spider-Man after months of mourning. During a glass-shattering scene, the Rhino is seen confronting a little boy dressed as Spider-Man out in the middle of the street moments before our hero's triumphant return. While the ground outside the shattered police car windows is coated with glass, the carseat on the inside is somehow free of any glass or debris. Basic physics would show the majority of the glass inside the car after the windows were struck by flying bullets and the impact of other vehicles.

The death scene of Spider-Man's beloved Gwen Stacy in The Amazing Spider-Man 2  is so heart-shattering that some viewers might miss the continuity mistake involving the CGI clock pieces. As Gwen plummets down the clock tower and Spider-Man desperately flings his hand-shaped web after her, detailed clock gears and pieces surround them both. However, as the pair reach the ground, they're only surrounded by broken glass and leaves. Why spend time and money creating detailed clock pieces only to have them disappear so quickly? Perhaps the producers thought our focus should be on Spider-Man and his breaking heart and less on pieces of metal.

Peter Parker has a run-in with the Lizard in The Amazing Spider-Man at Midtown Science High School. During these scenes, Parker gets thrown through a wall into the science lab, a room full of desks with chairs. The Lizard knocks a stool that appears out of thin air next to Parker on the ground, only to have Parker boomerang it back at him with his webs. This stool not only wasn't in the original shot setup, but it is also very out of place considering the surrounding classroom setting.

True movie fans know that all scenes from a movie aren't filmed in sequence, but it's the filmmakers duty to make it appear as though each shot is happening in the moment — and the work it takes to maintain the illusion of continuity is often harder than one might think. During a scene in Spider-Man 3, bank bags full of money are being transferred using an armored truck. At the beginning of the scene the license plate displayed near the bottom of the truck clearly shows "13022." Throughout the rest of the same scene the plate reads "48321."

Tobey Maguire was no stranger to costume changes in Spider-Man 3, but fans of the franchise haven't been able to help noticing some glaring errors in the continuity of the famous spider emblem placement throughout the film. When Spidey is fully suited up, he wears the large emblem front and center on his chest. However, when he's dressed as Peter Parker, a much smaller version of the emblem is seen peeking out near his neckline.  This could be done on purpose for a dramatic effect, but it's strange to see it multiple times with both his regular suit and the black symbiote outfit.