15 Easter eggs and interesting details hidden in popular films (16 photos)

Category: Movie, PEGI 16
2 March 2023

Some directors just love to put in their films like this called easter eggs - hidden messages and details that only real moviegoers and just very attentive viewers. But if you don't from among them, it doesn’t matter: they are not greedy guys, and are always ready to share their findings with the entire Internet.





1. "Spider-Man" (2002)



In one scene, Tobey Maguire's character considers how look like his superhero costume and company emblem. One of options that Peter Parker refused - the sign of the Black Widow, another Marvel comics character. He is red hourglass, and although in other Marvel films the sign looks a bit otherwise, the watch is still recognizable. Speaking of which, fans have a theory Why Spider-Man's suit is red: the superhero chose this one color because it is associated with his lover, Mary Jane.

2. "Avatar" (2009)



The film "Avatar" on a par with "Titanic" is one of the most brilliant works of director James Cameron. According to the plot, people go to the planet Pandora, inhabited by Navi - huge blue creatures. For that so that the members of the expedition look no different from the locals, each the participant prepared his avatar - a controlled body similar to a navi. AND although all blue-skinned characters are similar to each other, the viewer can still notice 2 differences between the real inhabitants of Pandora and people, arrived on the planet. First, the engineers created avatars with the usual for people 5 fingers, and Navi has 4. Also, real Navi do not have eyebrows. The stripes on the skin resemble them in shape, but there are no hairs. However, they have avatars. The same rule works for the characters of the 2nd part.

3. "Miss Congeniality" (2000)



The colorful dress of the heroine is sure to be remembered by everyone viewers. It's hard not to pay attention to it - it's so ridiculous looked like Gracie Hart. But few people noticed where it came from idea to dress an FBI agent in such an outfit. There were too few characters time to come up with a talent contest costume, so they just borrowed the outfit of the girl who handed out flyers at the entrance to event.

4. "Menu" (2022)



Margo's clothes hint to the audience at the fate of the heroine from the very beginning. the beginning of the movie. Leather jacket and black rough boots that she wears show her desire to be strong and stand firmly on her feet. But when Margo takes off her jacket in a restaurant, her lilac silk dress conveys feeling of insecurity and vulnerability. However, the key detail revealing the fate of Margot, are her earrings with English (safe) pin. This symbol literally implies that she is safe and will be the only character who can escape the island.

5. "The Matrix: Resurrection" (2021)



This detail can be noticed only by pausing the film and after looking closely, it is about the reward on Neo's table. In the 4th part "Matrix" camera passes over the table of the protagonist and shows figurine. It says it's an award for work on a video game "Matrix". And this game was created by Deus Machina, owned by character Keanu Reeves. Interestingly, the award dates back to 1999, when the first part of the franchise came out. So the filmmakers encourage viewers to ask the question: what is true and what is fiction in all this story?

6. "Encanto" (2021)



The clothes of the cartoon characters "Encanto" reflect their essence. For example, the dress of Louise, the most powerful character in history, is decorated with dumbbell drawings. Dolores has sound waves on her skirt since the heroine has super hearing, and Peppa has symbols of the weather, since the weather in the city depends on her mood. And if you look closely, details can be found in each character's clothing.

7. "Don't Look Up" (2021)



In the film "Don't Look Up" from time to time in the frame hits a book written by Meryl Streep's character, President Orleans. But while most of the copies are in the office of Orlin herself. According to spectators,thus the filmmakers decided to show arrogance character, as this is classic narcissistic behavior.

8. "Puzzle" (2015)



Pixar just loves to add to their cartoons hidden details, which happened in the case of the Oscar-winning tape "Puzzle". Attentive viewers noticed in her a long-familiar item. We are talking about the shoe, which is in the head of the heroine. Same the item can also be seen in an earlier WALL-E film. Exactly at a small robot has grown a plant in it.

9. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)



Another inexhaustible source of Easter eggs is the Marvel movies. It is believed that Nick Fury from the Marvel Universe and Jules Winfield from "Pulp Fiction" - the same person. The characters are not connected only the actor who played them, Samuel L. Jackson: the words that Jules says in the Tarantino film, also inscribed on Nick's tombstone Fury in the sequel to The First Avenger.

10. Polar Express (2004)



In one of the frames of the film "Polar Express" appears a newspaper with a photograph showing the name of the trade Center: Lone Pine Mall. If you think you've seen this somewhere before combination of words, then memory does not fail you. That was the name of the mall 1985 film Back to the Future. Viewers even found an explanation such a coincidence: the action in the Polar Express took place on Christmas 1956, and the events of the Zemeckis tape - in 1955. That is the heroes both films lived at about the same time, which means they could go to the same malls.

11. "Knight's Story" (2001)



In the "Knight's Story" viewers could notice the well-known logo - Nike. Nike founder, Phil Knight, endorsed use of the logo in the film. His last name appears literally in The original title of the film is A Knight's Tale.

12. Life of Pi (2012)



The film "Life of Pi" is imbued with the spirit of the unity of man and nature. This is noted by both critics and viewers. However, some scenes in the film much more symbolic than it might seem at first glance. Some viewers, for example, made out a human silhouette among green mountains and hills.

13. "Spider-Man: No Way Home"



According to fans of Marvel movies, the creators often hide easter eggs in license plates. For example, this one is a reference to the release "To the Incredible Spider-Man #3 (1963)", in which he first appears Doctor Octopus.

14. "The Secret of Coco" (2017)



For most of the cartoon, Hector walks barefoot and only in at the end of the story appears in shoes. This showed the audience that relatives accepted the hero and allowed him the most sacred thing - shoes, since the entire Rivera family is in the shoe business.

15. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay. Part I" (2014)



In one scene, Peeta addresses Katniss on TV. All those in front of the screen are listening attentively to the winner of the Hunger Games, but only Katniss realizes that he is being forced to make this speech. But the filmmakers left a hint for the viewer: pay attention to Pete's collar, they literally put a knife to his throat.

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