Goofs In Films / Movies I've Discovered

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If you need information on a film, you go to the site IMDb. There you learn about the cast, the storyline, details, the box office, company credits and specs. After this comes the section trivia and goofs which may give examples or not depending if there are interesting trivia to tell and/or if goofs were committed. I find the goof part fascinating. Some are really incredible. Do some directors have tomatoes on their eyes (as the Germans say)? Don't they have assistants who can watch out if everything makes sense and is in order? I'm not a great watcher of films compared to other people but I'm proud of being able to say that I've discovered some goofs which appear regularly, no matter in which country and by which director a film has been made. - If a character carries a suitcase, you can bet the content of your piggy-bank that it is empty. You can notice this because the character walks upright and doesn't bend over to one side as they'd do if they carried some weight. I once watched a series of films about a teacher who always walked around with a briefcase which was completely empty. You can believe me. Being a teacher I know what a full briefcase looks like and how it is carried! - If a character falls or jumps into water, they nearly always climb out completely dry. Neither the clothes nor the hair are wet. - You see characters dressed in a certain way and after a cut, they wear different clothes. It's clear that a film isn't shot in one day, but someone should write down what someone wears in a scene so that they can put on the same clothes when the rest of the scene is shot on a different day. - Things lying on tables move position mysteriously from one shot to the next. I remember a scene in which a desperate man sits on the floor of a toilet. A glass of whisky is standing on the seat. A second later the glass isn't there anymore. I don't remember in which film I noticed this. It could have been 'Death of a Salesman'. Maybe someone can help. - Doors are opened but hardly ever closed. Maybe my small collection of goofs has given you the idea of watching out for some yourselves and write about them. If I find more, I'm going to write a follow-up. --- P.S. I've found the photo on the net but couldn't find out the source so I can't mention it.