Fellowship of the Nitpickers

In a movie epic whose combined hours exceed the average workday, it's inevitable that goofs, gaffes, and mistakes are bound to creep in. MSNBC brought up some of commonly seen errors to Peter Jackson to get his side of the story:

From "The Fellowship of the Ring":

Blunder: "During the scene with Sam and Frodo in the field with a scarecrow, you can plainly see a car cruising past in the distance, from left to right."
Jackson: We actually didn't know about the car until we were cutting the movie. The smoke [from the exhaust] and dust wasn't so bad because there was already lots of it around, but the bloody windshield was reflecting the sun back into the camera lens. So we erased it for the DVD. I think some people were upset because they tried to show it to their friends and it was gone.

Blunder: "When Arwen and Frodo are being chased on horseback by the Ringwraiths, the soundtrack to the scene is a cantering horse. A canter is three beats, whereas a gallop-which is what the horses on screen are doing-is four very fast beats that often sound like a single beat."
Jackson: I should've-well, it's too late to fire anyone. The damage has been done.

Blunder: "During the scene in which the hobbits ask Strider where he's taking them, he answers, 'Into the wild.' A second later, as Viggo Mortensen walks past the camera, the bow he carries on his back bumps into the camera, nudging the screen a bit."
Jackson: It does, yeah. But it was the best take. We did three or four takes, and for various reasons his movement past the camera just wasn't as dynamic. So I chose the one that has a little bit of a bump. I was just hoping people wouldn't notice. [ Laughs ] This is fun.

From "The Two Towers":

Blunder: "The Uruk-hai are these huge, ferocious, twisted, unbelievably strong warriors-and yet the hobbits keep laying them out by tossing rocks at them."
Jackson: In the books, hobbits are renowned for stone-throwing, so I guess if you're going to rely on somebody to bring down an Uruk-hai with a stone, it'd be a hobbit.

Blunder: "In shots of Fangorn Forest from a distance, it's an evergreen forest. Seen from up close or inside, it's a deciduous forest."
Jackson: Wow. Well, when you see it from the outside, it's a real beech forest on the South Island of New Zealand. But seen from the inside, it's a miniature forest that we built. [ Pause ] You've got pages and pages there. And those are all mistakes they've spotted?

Source: MSNBC