History FailedASpotCheck / LiveActionFilms

* ''Film/TheHungerGames'': Katniss destroys the Careers' supplies from much closer than she did in the book, and is quite visible in the composition of shots focusing on Cato in the middle of his VillainousBreakdown.

* A particularly JustForFun/{{egregious}} example in Creator/MichaelBay's ''Film/{{Transformers}}'', wherein a hobbit-sized (and glaringly product-placed) Decepticon sneaks around in an incredibly obvious manner, yet somehow manages to avoid being caught by the security guards standing only a few feet away. Appropriately mocked in the Podcast/RiffTrax. "How's your [[NoPeripheralVision peripheral vision]], Frank?" "Terrible. Yours?"

* The plot for ''Film/IStillKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer'' is Julie winning a radio contest by saying the capital of Brazil is Rio de Janeiro. What looks like a case of CriticalResearchFailure turns into a key plot point as in the final act, while trapped on an island resort with a killer on the loose, Julie takes a look at a globe and kicks herself that in all the preparation for the trip, it never occurred to her or any of her friends to find out that the capitol of Brazil is Brasilia. This means the entire "contest" was all faked as a trap for Julie.

** With his attention of picking up the newspaper on his lawn and avoiding the kids toys strewn about there, it takes Captain Hillier a while to notice that his neighbors are packing their cars and fleeing their homes, and after that, the gigantic alien spaceship looming over Los Angeles.

** At the climax of the movie, the humans are cornered by the two velociraptors, when [[spoiler:[[VillainousRescue the Tyrannosaurus rex appears out of nowhere to save them]], meaning [[BehindTheBlack it was in the room with them]] and neither the humans not the raptors noticed.

* As noted by "[[http://www.ufomind.com/area51/event/ethighway/id4/lessons.html 40 Things I Learned From]] ''Film/IndependenceDay''", regarding Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum [[StormingTheCastle storming the mothership]]:

** A ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' (which up until then had been heralded by the ground shaking as they approach) [[spoiler:[[VillainousRescue appears out of nowhere to save the heroes]] by getting into a fight with some Velociraptors at the end]]. Somewhat mitigated by the fact that they are now inside, and on presumably a more stable foundation; and by the fact that they are at that point too busy running for their lives to notice.

* In ''Film/{{Alaska}}'' a search and rescue plane goes right past the bright yellow crashed plane they are specifically looking for. ''[[EpicFail While the pilot is launching flares specifically to get their attention.]]'' While there's no excuse for the first detail, the pilots at least have an excuse for missing the flare, as their search and rescue chopper turned away [[DiabolusExMachina just seconds before the crashed pilot can fire his flare]].

** 2014 Nebula takes out 2023 Nebula's golden face-plate so as to blend amongst the Avengers and not arouse suspicion. Her utterly different body language would be a dead giveaway... though, in fairness, she avoids the heroes immediately, and they ignore her in favor of undoing the snap. Before that, they didn't pay attention to her because they were busy mourning Natasha's untimely death.

* ''Film/NotOkay'' has writer Danni trying to boost attention by faking a trip to Paris via photoshop and faking posts from the city. When a terrorist attack happens right in that area, Danni [[MaintainTheLie goes along with the idea]] she survived this disaster. This makes her a star writer and pushing her in interviews and even a book/movie deal. At which point, coworker Harper confronts Danni on how [[SpottingTheThread her story doesn't add up]]. Not only did she talk of a sunny day when it was rainy or touring a shut-down/half-burned Notre Dame Catherdral, but the writing group and scores of "friends" there didn't exist. Harper lampshades how anyone should have seen through this from the start.

* ''Film/ThePrincess'': Before they're all actively trying to take down the Princess, Julius's men are so preoccupied with having fun plundering the castle that she's able to slink away without them noticing.

* In ''Film/WarOfTheWorlds'', the family tries to steal a car to get away from the tripods. A mechanic sees them and orders them to stop. They frantically try to warn him to come with them or else he will die, and when he won't listen, drive away. He chases them on foot, ordering them to stop, and doesn't notice the tripods even though they are ''very loud'' and destroying everything, and ultimately gets blown up.

** As a meta-example there is the case of 3-[=CPOs=] silver leg: all throughout the original trilogy his right leg from the knee down is silver instead of gold. ''Most'' viewers seem to completely miss this, and are shocked when someone points it out ([[http://www.theshiznit.co.uk/feature/fuck-off-did-c3po-have-a-silver-leg.php here]] is a prime example). That said, it's not as far fetched as it seems as in the vast majority of scenes he is either shown from the waist up, and even when his silver lower leg is on screen it's often surprisingly hard to tell. [[WordOfGod Anthony Daniels himself said]] that at one point the stills photographer (i.e the ''person who was taking pictures of him every day'') one day suddenly asked him why he was wearing a silver leg that day, meaning even he overlooked it until then.

** As a meta-example there is the case of 3-CPOs silver leg: all throughout the original trilogy his right leg from the knee down is silver instead of gold. ''Most'' viewers seem to completely miss this, and are shocked when someone points it out ([[http://www.theshiznit.co.uk/feature/fuck-off-did-c3po-have-a-silver-leg.php here]] is a prime example). That said, it's not as far fetched as it seems as in the vast majority of scenes he is either shown from the waist up, and even when his silver lower leg is on screen it's often surprisingly hard to tell. [[WordOfGod Anthony Daniels himself said]] that at one point the stills photographer (i.e the ''person who was taking pictures of him every day'') one day suddenly asked him why he was wearing a silver leg that day, meaning even he overlooked it until then.

*** Averted after the fact when Sam asks why Danny did not react to the fight that broke out in front of him. Danny calmly replies that the fight did not involve him and thus was not worth reacting to.

* The entire first third of ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'' is one giant failed spot check, with the protagonists not noticing a ZombieApocalypse unfolding around them even when they run into actual zombies ("Hey! We're [[NotUsingTheZWord not using the "Z" word]]!"). In Shaun's defence, it's mostly blink-and-you-miss it things for the most part (people behaving oddly but not massively different than if they were drunk or on drugs, an increase in emergency vehicles on the streets, ominous news broadcasts, etc.) which would be easy to shrug off, and at times he seems almost on the verge of noticing something's wrong before getting distracted. But this trope really kicks in during a famous [[TheOner one-shot]] where a hungover Shaun walks to his local store (which we've already seen in its "normal" form at the beginning of the movie) to buy some snacks then walks back home, all the while utterly failing to notice the walking dead staggering around, bodies lining the streets, smashed windows and cars, and general apocalyptic chaos. He even pays for his groceries and conducts a short conversation with the shop owner completely oblivious to the fact that the owner is both dead and staggering towards him from the back of the shop.

* The entire first third of ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'' is one giant failed spot check, with the protagonists not noticing a ZombieApocalypse unfolding around them even when they run into actual zombies ("Hey! We're [[NotUsingTheZWord not using the "Z" word]]!"). In Shaun's defence, it's mostly blink-and-you-miss it things for the most part (people behaving oddly, an increase in emergency vehicles on the streets, ominous news broadcasts, etc.) which would be easy to shrug off, and at times he seems almost on the verge of noticing something's wrong before getting distracted. But this trope really kicks in during a famous [[TheOner one-shot]] where a hungover Shaun walks to his local store (which we've already seen in its "normal" form at the beginning of the movie) to buy some snacks then walks back home, all the while utterly failing to notice the walking dead staggering around, bodies lining the streets, smashed windows and cars, and general apocalyptic chaos. He even pays for his groceries and conducts a short conversation with the shop owner completely oblivious to the fact that the owner is both dead and staggering towards him from the back of the shop.

* In ''Film/MichaelClayton'' there is a villainous example. At the beginning Karen Crowder, the main antagonist, has a background check carried out on the eponimous character. But it is very superficial and barely verifies his employment history and official job description. Karen is amazed that the law firm he works for has sent a guy who is apparently not particularly qualified to deal with a serious situation that could derail a multimillionaire civil action. But she does not bother to order a more in-depth search or speak with other lawyers of the firm to discover more on Michael. She therefore fails to discover that he is the firm’s highly skilled fixer and his (obvious) ties with law enforcement until the very end.

* The entire first third of ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'' is one giant failed spot check, with the protagonists not noticing a ZombieApocalypse unfolding around them even when they run into actual zombies ("Hey! We're [[NotUsingTheZWord not using the "Z" word]]!"). It's mostly blink-and-you-miss it things for the most part (people behaving oddly, an increase in emergency vehicles on the streets, ominous news broadcasts, etc.) which would be easy to shrug off, but it becomes particularly apparent in a famous [[TheOner one-shot]] where a hungover Shaun walks to his local store (which we've already seen in its "normal" form at the beginning of the movie) to buy some snacks then walks back home, all the while utterly failing to notice the walking dead staggering around, bodies lining the streets, smashed windows and cars, and general apocalyptic chaos. He even pays for his groceries and conducts a short conversation with the shop owner completely oblivious to the fact that the owner is both dead and staggering towards him from the back of the shop.

* The entire first third of ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'' is one giant failed spot check, with the protagonists not noticing a ZombieApocalypse unfolding around them even when they run into actual zombies -- "Hey! We're [[NotUsingTheZWord not using the "Z" word]]!" In particular, the long scene where a hungover Shaun goes through his morning shopping routine (which we've already seen in its "normal" form at the beginning of the movie), utterly failing to spot things like some blood in a glaringly obvious place (then slipping on said blood before shrugging it off), or actually paying for what he gets from the store.