It's all very well looking out for the little things in films that you know are there - the wall-wobble in The Matrix rooftop chase, the two-dimensional exploding spitfire in the air raid in The Battle Of Britain, the pastor's erection at the end of Disney's The Little Mermaid. There is another sort of pleasure from spotting the not-so-esoteric in movies.
Krissa and the in-laws went to see Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire earlier.
From one microphone stand swing and one flick of uncharacteristically long hair, a split-second glimpse of an unexpectedly unspectacled face (and the music as it slipped quickly into the background) was enough for me to exclaim in an annoyingly loud cinema voice, "That's Jarvis Cocker!"
I also felt particularly pleased to spot someone's new tagline as it went by.
Sadly a confession must temper this uncontested series of observational triumphs. Until tonight I believed there to be three Fiennes actors - Ralph, Joseph and Ray.
I'd seen Ralph in text and heard 'Ray Fiennes' in speech, but who knew 'Ralph' was pronounced 'Rafe'?
Hmmm?
Who?
*Puts hand up*
But did not know Jarvis was in it, so I think we're even.
Me! Me!
I'd never have recognised Jarvis Cocker, though.