8 Dumbest Mistakes in Marvel Movies Nobody Talks About
It's no secret that Marvel movies are known for their action-packed plotlines and impressive special effects, but even the most beloved superhero flicks aren't immune to a few blunders.
From continuity errors to ridiculous plot points, we're counting down the eight dumbest mistakes in Marvel movies that nobody seems to want to talk about.
Get ready to cringe at some of these head-scratching moments that somehow made it into the final cut.
Two birth years of Bucky Barnes
This might be one of the silliest mistakes in the MCU because it happened in one shot. In The First Avenger: Another War, when Steve arrives at the Smithsonian Institution exhibit celebrating his exploits in World War II, he looks thoughtfully at the booth dedicated to Bucky. This would be fine, except that at the beginning of the little historical note about Barnes, his year of birth is listed as 1916, but at the end it says 1917.
It is not entirely clear when Bucky was born, but in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, set in 2023, Barnes states that he is 106. So his birth year should be 1917. Marvel never clears this up.
Captain America's self-repairing shield
Only the most attentive Marvel fans will notice this blunder. In Avengers: Endgame, when Captain America, Thor, and Iron Man have to fight Thanos, the latter manages to break off half of Captain America's shield. Rogers is shown standing with only a remnant of his shield in close-up, but as the camera moves away from him while the portals are opening and other avengers are returning, we can see his shield is intact again.
The mixtape from Peter Quill's future
James Gunn made sure everything about Guardians of the Galaxy is good: the style, the soundtrack, and the light touch of silliness. Still, one detail can be mistaken for either a plot hole (if you want to think better of the crew) or just a mistake.
Kidnapped from Earth in 1988, Peter Quill is left with a Walkman and a cassette tape (or two, to be exact) as a reminder of his former life. Except that the TDK CDing-II cassettes that he has were not manufactured until 1993. The only way he could have got his hands on them is if his father Ego brought them back from the future and gave them to Quill's mother. A more plausible explanation is that the props crew didn't do their homework.
Two messages to Peter Quill from his mother
Another blunder in Guardians of the Galaxy has to do with the note from Peter's mother that comes with his gift. The note and the voiceover that is supposed to just be reading it out loud do not match. This could have happened if the script was changed at the last moment, and it was too late to do anything about the note.
Spider-Man's time travel
When you're trying to make something as big as the MCU, you're bound to make a mistake or two somewhere, given the scale of the project.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe's kryptonite is time. Spider-Man: Homecoming begins in 2012, almost immediately after the battle of New York in The Avengers. After that, the movie jumps eight years forward to the year 2020. The only problem is that it's supposed to be set right after Captain America: Civil War, which took place in 2016. So it would have made a lot more sense if Homecoming was set in 2017, at the latest.
Peter Parker remade Civil War for his vlog
When Peter Parker first appears in Captain America: Civil War, he rants incessantly, salutes the Captain and says hello to everyone. However, in Homecoming, we see Peter's vlog about his impromptu trip to Berlin, where Civil War took place, in which all he does before the showdown is say "hello folks" to everyone. Spiderman actually only uses this phrase in Civil War's trailer. We can only assume that Civil War's finale would have been too dull without Peter's inarticulate ranting.
Dr. Strange's Medical Error
An odd, if not particularly noteworthy (at least to non-medical viewers) blunder at the beginning of Doctor Strange looks like an honest mistake. As Stephen Strange is prepping for surgery, he washes his hands and then puts on his mask. Real surgeons do it the other way around, as they're not supposed to touch any non-sterile objects after they have washed their hands to minimise the risk of infecting the patient. Could a renowned surgeon with numerous professional awards have forgotten how to prep for surgery? It's unclear whether the error originated in the script, but the fact remains Stephen Strange was clearly running the risk of a malpractice suit in this one.
Fury's wandering eye
The MCU got so carried away with various timelines that Nick Fury's eye disappears and reappears seemingly at random. After years of waiting, fans finally got to see how Fury lost his eye in Captain Marvel: he gets scratched by an alien Flerken that looks like a cat. That happened in 1995. But in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, when Steve is talking with Pierce after Nick's death, he shows him a photo of Fury being sworn in as director of S.H.I.E.L.D and both his eyes are intact in that one. But if he started wearing his eyepatch in 1995, he should already have been wearing it in that photo.