Oh my God, where is Jack Nicholson's tie? He had it on just a few seconds ago, as he was being forcefully cross-examined in his lovely uniform in 1992's A Few Good Men, written by Aaron Sorkin. But now that he's incriminated himself (and threatened to remove lawyer Tom Cruise's head and urinate in his skull), his tie has gone. Call continuity! Or actually, don't bother. Because it's very unlikely that anyone will notice – not unless they watch the film about 20 times, that is. Like I did.
Watching films that many times – not all films, just ones I really love – invariably throws up moments like this. They give you a smashing little harvest of boring facts no one wants to hear about, but that nevertheless fill you with great excitement as you uncover them. There's a moment in that Indiana Jones movie, the first one I think, when Indy's big pal spits out a prune stone as they're strolling along – right into the face of a man coming in the opposite direction. Right into it!
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