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General => Movies and TV => Topic started by: Kotowboy on February 27, 2014, 03:48:41 AM
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What things in movies drive you up the wall every time they happen ?
For a kick off -
When someone is driving and listening to music and their favourite song comes on and they go f---ing mental. Air guitar - air drums singing really loud - headbanging - miming the words...
People don't do that !! It's just a song ! Calm down ! :lol
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Or - the very first girl the single, male protagonist meets in the movie - is the person he's destined to be with forever :lol
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The bomb countdown. Pisses me off more when it ends on two or three, because they think they're being clever not having the bomb be deactivated with only one second remaining. :angry:
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When I see a bomb countdown in a movie and you observe it at say 22 seconds to go, I carry the countdown on in my head. So if it's a really naff movie where there's a guy trying to defuse the bomb which is conveniently strapped to the love of his life, I love how they can basically sort out their entire relationship in 22 seconds, which isn't actually 22 seconds but somehow works out less because he defuses the bomb with one or two seconds to go......yet I'm still counting and the scene is already 3 minutes long!
You get the gist right?
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I always do that. Just carry on counting when it's off screen and it never matches up ever . .
Oh I thought of another one.
When it's a big intense loud action scene and characters have to shout at the top of their voice to be heard..
..when it's a really important moment - they suddenly can hear each other talking really softly to each other.
Then as soon as the important poignant moment is over - they have to go back to shouting to be heard :lol
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I always wonder about scenes when they say we have 5 minutes or whatever and it's always way way more...
Just film the scene and have the actor say we've got x minutes as a scratch take then ADR the actual time later when the film is done.
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The comedic pause - when the music stops to emphasize a bad joke, sometimes accompanied with a scratching record sound effect - is by far the most annoying movie cliché I can think of. It's insulting, like the audience is so dumb, you have to give them a cue to laugh. It plagues movie trailers even more, watch any comedy trailer and it's bound to happen 3-4 times. It always manages to piss me off right before the movie starts.
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I agree but when it's done right it can be hilarious.
Especially when there's a pause for an intentionally awful joke - or when "the hero" is supposed to say something motivating or profound - and then says something really lame and everyone just stares at him.
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3-4 times
Make that 9-10 times, I just watched five comedy trailers from the last couple of years to test it and apparently I was way too generous the first time around. Even The Wolf of Wall Street is a five-time felon.
I agree but when it's done right it can be hilarious.
Especially when there's a pause for an intentionally awful joke - or when "the hero" is supposed to say something motivating or profound - and then says something really lame and everyone just stares at him.
Show me one instance where it actually works and it's genuinely funny, because I can't recall ever seeing a single one of those. It always comes off as forced and just plain dumb. The scenario you just described sounds pretty cringeworthy.
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The slow motion walk away from an explosion with their back turned like it's second nature to have bombs going off behind and all around you. I'd jump a mile if that happened.
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3-4 times
Make that 9-10 times, I just watched five comedy trailers from the last couple of years to test it and apparently I was way too generous the first time around. Even The Wolf of Wall Street is a five-time felon.
I agree but when it's done right it can be hilarious.
Especially when there's a pause for an intentionally awful joke - or when "the hero" is supposed to say something motivating or profound - and then says something really lame and everyone just stares at him.
Show me one instance where it actually works and it's genuinely funny, because I can't recall ever seeing a single one of those. It always comes off as forced and just plain dumb. The scenario you just described sounds pretty cringeworthy.
I agre it's usually awful in trailers but if done right can be good in actual comedy films where it's satirising the technique you mentioned.
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Ben Stiller
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The slow motion walk away from an explosion with their back turned like it's second nature to have bombs going off behind and all around you. I'd jump a mile if that happened.
Just any characters doing anything stupidly macho for no reason.
I've seen a few films where people will be at a rock concert - at the front of the crowd - literally by the stage and they can quite happily chat away at normal volume.
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Ben Stiller
Ben Stiller > Adam Sandler.
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Ben Stiller
Ben Stiller > Adam Sandler.
No fuckin way. :lol Especially Sandler's older movies. His newer ones aren't so great.
Every movie in which I've seen Ben Stiller he was least funny character.
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I have despised ever Ben Stiller movie I have seen, so I'll take Adam Sandler's 3 decent movies over Stiller's 0.
Or - the very first girl the single, male protagonist meets in the movie - is the person he's destined to be with forever :lol
That covers about 99% of big Hollywood movies, and is one of my most hated cliches. As if they think people can only enjoy a movie if there's some flimsy love story shoehorned in, or that it will make it appeal to more people.
I also hate that they think some average relateable human story is needed in movies where the humans shouldn't even be the focus (mostly scifi). I have never once seen a movie and thought "gee this movie needs more humans doing human stuff" (well except maybe 2001: A Space Odyssey, but that was far from the biggest problem with that one :biggrin: )
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:lol trailers are so predictable now - i was watching one for the first time once with my bro * and I was like
" millisecond clip of people kissing...NOW. " just as it happened. :lol
Was that .05 of a second for the girls that may be watching to show them there's a romantic element involved ?
* first time seeing that trailer - not any trailer ;D
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What things in movies drive you up the wall every time they happen ?
For a kick off -
When someone is driving and listening to music and their favourite song comes on and they go f---ing mental. Air guitar - air drums singing really loud - headbanging - miming the words...
People don't do that !! It's just a song ! Calm down ! :lol
I do that at least 3 times a day...
(https://cdn.carthrottle.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Waynes-World.gif)
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- In car sequences when a car jumps and goes nose down into the ground. The next time they show the front of the vehicle, it's perfectly in tact.
- Lights flickering in a hospital.
- Mid evil people looking poor and disgusting but having amazing teeth.
- Bad guys walking after people running for their lives.
- Humans never lose.
- The head rests in cars are always (9/10 times) missing.
- The pot smokers are always portrayed as retarded.
- A woman puking is always the give away that she's pregnant.
- There's always a douche bag in charge of a prison.
- When someone goes to a front door, they have to knock like seven times before someone answers the door.
- All apartments in Paris have a view of the Eiffel Tower.
- Helicopters can take a lot of bullets.
- The storm is always directly over head (thunder immediately follows lightening).
- Knocking someone unconscious by hitting them in the head with any object.
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The slow motion walk away from an explosion with their back turned like it's second nature to have bombs going off behind and all around you. I'd jump a mile if that happened.
Well, cool guys don't look at explosions. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqz5dbs5zmo)
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- Mid evil people looking poor and disgusting but having amazing teeth.
Medieval people having decent teeth isn't a complete fraud though. Sugar was a luxury resource, and the poor had little access to it, so they wouldn't damage their teeth as badly as the nobles would.
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- Mid evil people looking poor and disgusting but having amazing teeth.
Medieval people having decent teeth isn't a complete fraud though. Sugar was a luxury resource, and the poor had little access to it, so they wouldn't damage their teeth as badly as the nobles would.
I don't buy that. I get it, but with lack of any real dental care, and diets consisting of mostly nuts and dirt covered food, I can't see sugar being the main cause of bad teeth. Even if that was the case, sugar doesn't make your teeth grow in straight.
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- When someone goes to a front door, they have to knock like seven times before someone answers the door.
I'm actually more annoyed by the opposite - when someone instantly answers the door after the first knock.
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- When someone goes to a front door, they have to knock like seven times before someone answers the door.
I'm actually more annoyed by the opposite - when someone instantly answers the door after the first knock.
Both are equally annoying and don't reflect real life. Everyone knows that you knock/ring, and then get awkwardly close to the door while you listen for someone walking around.
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And why are people in movies and TV shows so impolite on the phone? Always hanging up without saying bye. Bastards.
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- When someone goes to a front door, they have to knock like seven times before someone answers the door.
I'm actually more annoyed by the opposite - when someone instantly answers the door after the first knock.
yeah, that always bugged the shit out of me too. Like they have a chair by the door and they're just waiting for someone to knock.
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The first Indiana Jones and Pirates of the Caribbean films both feature extremely highly in my least favourite films I've ever seen because it felt like the writers were trying to cram as many lame cliches from family adventure films as they could into one movie. (In case anyone asks, I've never felt the need to try the sequels for either, why would I, considering I've heard they're even worse, and the first installments were already unbearable.)
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The slow motion walk away from an explosion with their back turned like it's second nature to have bombs going off behind and all around you. I'd jump a mile if that happened.
The Other Guys had a nice take on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNZZhTXw72M (I almost linked the trailer version, but it has the comedic pause. Phew!)
And why are people in movies and TV shows so impolite on the phone? Always hanging up without saying bye. Bastards.
That one always befuddled me. I can perfectly understand Tony Soprano never saying bye before hanging up, but in most other situations it feels weird. I guess they value their screentime too much to bloat it up with mundane politeness.
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- Knocking someone unconscious by hitting them in the head with any object.
Along the lines of this. The single punch knock out.....just doesn't happen like that. It'd take a perfect shot really.
- Hot chicks biting thier lip in a flirty fashion
- Aloof / Absent parenting that allows kids to do whatever they want inevitably leading to mischief or the plot 'problem'
- Expert marksmanship from every main character who hasn't specifically trained with weaponry yet the 'bad' guys or element of the show can shoot hundreds of rounds that never come close to hitting anyone.
- Any 'love' scene is pretty much BS.
- 95% of the time the casting of couples is questionable as to if that hot of a chic would be with that guy
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I rock out in my car all the time :blush
I have despised ever Ben Stiller movie I have seen, so I'll take Adam Sandler's 3 decent movies over Stiller's 0.
Aw come on, Meet the Parents and Permanent Midnight?!
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a giant plane of glass will always be broken.
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Whenever something falls off a cliff, it explodes.
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PG sex scenes where they are doing it under the covers (obviously done that way so as to not show any nudity and keep it PG). I am always like, who does it under the covers?? :lol :lol
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Movie cliches don't bother me. It's when they're done without any sense of taste or timing.
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a giant plane of glass will always be broken.
Unless you're in one of the Stiller movies I just mentioned :lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlMUswe8wY8
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Sex scenes rarely add anything of value to a movie. I've always said it should be a nod to it - i.e. the bedroom door closes after she walks in or whateverand that should be it. We get it - they bump uglies - move on!
I mean think about it - now you're going to watch these two actors simulate sex (often against the grain of where the movie was going) and you're probably going to feel uncomfortable doing it. If you're with anyone watching the movie then you'll likely just feel uncomfortable; if you're on your own then you'll probably either skip it or let it ride in case you see boobage - which will also just be for titillation and not add anything to the story or plot.
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Another one:
-Otherwise clean films that feel the need to drop one or two f-bombs in it, just for shock value. I mean, what's the point? The movie Big is a good example. That is a fun movie, not much language at all, and one kids could totally enjoy, but then they had to throw one f-bomb in near the end. And for what? It's stupid.
Don't get me wrong, I still love that film, but throwing that one f-bomb in was so pointless and stupid.
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Another one:
-Otherwise clean films that feel the need to drop one or two f-bombs in it, just for shock value. I mean, what's the point? The movie Big is a good example. That is a fun movie, not much language at all, and one kids could totally enjoy, but then they had to throw one f-bomb in near the end. And for what? It's stupid.
Don't get me wrong, I still love that film, but throwing that one f-bomb in was so pointless and stupid.
Armageddon had one F-bomb in it, and it was perfectly placed. It really hammered home just how serious of a situation is was "This is one order you shouldn't follow and you fucking know it!!"... simple, but effective.
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I would love for an action/thriller type movie to figure out a way to get you emotionally invested in a character or two and then just have them perish horribly right in the middle of it. You know, right about the time the main characters are usually facing that perilous situation and they miraculously escape. Well, I'd like them to bite it then. Just have a major shift.....focus on some character that hasn't been in the forefront or whatever.....
That's why I loved the ending to 'Somersby'....the one with Richard Gere and Jodi Foster. At the end, when he's about to hang....she comes walking through the crowd and you get this feeling someones going to step in and pardon him or something, but nope.....you hear the floor drop and his body swing. It's great.
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I have despised ever Ben Stiller movie I have seen, so I'll take Adam Sandler's 3 decent movies over Stiller's 0.
Aw come on, Meet the Parents and Permanent Midnight?!
Robert DeNiro was the best part of MTP. Robert DeNiro and Dustin Hoffman together were the best part of MTF.
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Ben Stiller is awful whenever he plays an everyman.
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I would love for an action/thriller type movie to figure out a way to get you emotionally invested in a character or two and then just have them perish horribly right in the middle of it. You know, right about the time the main characters are usually facing that perilous situation and they miraculously escape.
(https://www.bastardgentlemen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Top-Gun-Goose.jpg)
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The slow motion walk away from an explosion with their back turned like it's second nature to have bombs going off behind and all around you. I'd jump a mile if that happened.
...or more annoyingly the "cool dude slow-mo walk". This is the moment in every buddy flick when the group of guys (sometimes girls) walk in slow motion towards the camera to some pop song about being cool. This happens in every Hangover movie and any movie with Owen Wilson in it.
It doesn't actually bother me, but it's awful
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What things in movies drive you up the wall every time they happen ?
For a kick off -
When someone is driving and listening to music and their favourite song comes on and they go f---ing mental. Air guitar - air drums singing really loud - headbanging - miming the words...
People don't do that !! It's just a song ! Calm down ! :lol
Not going to lie, I do that for my favorite metal songs, especially when I'm not the one driving, then I go nuts with the air drums. :blush
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I'm in the crowd that absolutely goes bananas behind the wheel when I love what's playing.
It's really the only place that get "total immersion" in the music...I get told to turn it down everywhere else.
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I would love for an action/thriller type movie to figure out a way to get you emotionally invested in a character or two and then just have them perish horribly right in the middle of it. You know, right about the time the main characters are usually facing that perilous situation and they miraculously escape.
(https://www.bastardgentlemen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Top-Gun-Goose.jpg)
Exactly! That's just one more factor why that movie Rocks!
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I'm in the crowd that absolutely goes bananas behind the wheel when I love what's playing.
It's really the only place that get "total immersion" in the music...I get told to turn it down everywhere else.
Same here. I listen to CD mixes I put together and when a song comes on that I really love, the volume goes up, and I start rockin out.
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What things in movies drive you up the wall every time they happen ?
For a kick off -
When someone is driving and listening to music and their favourite song comes on and they go f---ing mental. Air guitar - air drums singing really loud - headbanging - miming the words...
People don't do that !! It's just a song ! Calm down ! :lol
I do that at least 3 times a day...
(https://cdn.carthrottle.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Waynes-World.gif)
I thought most people would do this too if it was a song they really like. I know I do every day. Especially air drum.
- Main guy always gets the good looking girl no matter what.
- Bad guys in action movies can't hit anything they aim at.
- Most sex scenes.
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- Mid evil people looking poor and disgusting but having amazing teeth.
Medieval ?
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People never using the spacebar when typing - or when they get the password first time. [As seen elsewhere in the forum].
Oh and computer text always fills the screen so you can read it.
ACCESS GRANTED
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- Mid evil people looking poor and disgusting but having amazing teeth.
Medieval ?
My sincere apologies.
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- The side character in an action movie who has to divulge his past to garner sympathy from the audience. We know he's gonna die, you don't have to beat around the bush.
- When a main character (mostly in action adventure or animated films) is seemingly on the verge of death and there's this whole build up of him passing away. I don't think Hollywood has the balls to legitimately do that anymore, so it's just one more futile attempt to try and build empty suspense.
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I'd love to have a movie where they really build up the main character, and slaughter him mercilessly halfway through.
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I'd love to have a movie where they really build up the main character, and slaughter him mercilessly halfway through.
Then the TV show Game Of Thrones is not for you. :lol
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I'd love to have a movie where they really build up the main character, and slaughter him mercilessly halfway through.
Go watch Psycho.
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Spock was originally planned to be killed off half-way through Wrath of Khan (an idea Leonard loved), but it kept getting pushed back and pushed back to the end.
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Ben Stiller
Ben Stiller > Adam Sandler.
Wtf, no.
Dodgeball, Tropical Thunder, and dude, Simple Jack is nothing short of brilliant.
On my last flight back from Germany they had some Adam Sandler movie in the collection. About 30 seconds in some CGI elk was pissing into Sandler's mouth, at which point I stopped the movie.
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Yes which Is what I was saying.
Stiller > Sandler.
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I think he meant to quote just me. He went to throw the ball before he had it in his glove. ;)
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Oops yeah, misquote. This was in response to the Sandler lovers.
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Ben Stiller
Ben Stiller > Adam Sandler.
No fuckin way. :lol Especially Sandler's older movies. His newer ones aren't so great.
Every movie in which I've seen Ben Stiller he was least funny character.
Sandler is basically riding on the coattails of two movies and his SNL stint for the past 20 years. That being said he has been decent on some of the dramas he has done.
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Another one:
-Otherwise clean films that feel the need to drop one or two f-bombs in it, just for shock value. I mean, what's the point? The movie Big is a good example. That is a fun movie, not much language at all, and one kids could totally enjoy, but then they had to throw one f-bomb in near the end. And for what? It's stupid.
Don't get me wrong, I still love that film, but throwing that one f-bomb in was so pointless and stupid.
Armageddon had one F-bomb in it, and it was perfectly placed. It really hammered home just how serious of a situation is was "This is one order you shouldn't follow and you fucking know it!!"... simple, but effective.
Sorry, but, the only thing that Armageddon did perfectly was suck.
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I have despised ever Ben Stiller movie I have seen, so I'll take Adam Sandler's 3 decent movies over Stiller's 0.
Aw come on, Meet the Parents and Permanent Midnight?!
Meet the Parents was an awful movie. I hate awkward comedy. Never even heard of the other one.
Another one:
-Otherwise clean films that feel the need to drop one or two f-bombs in it, just for shock value. I mean, what's the point? The movie Big is a good example. That is a fun movie, not much language at all, and one kids could totally enjoy, but then they had to throw one f-bomb in near the end. And for what? It's stupid.
Don't get me wrong, I still love that film, but throwing that one f-bomb in was so pointless and stupid.
If a movie would otherwise be fully suitable for kids/all ages, I agree there's no need to throw it in there at all. If the movie is only suitable for older audiences anyway, I actually really appreciate when a movie uses swearing sparingly and realistically when necessary to accent a certain scene, rather than movies that use it every second word just because they can, to make it seem adult and cool, and it always sounds really contrived and stupid to me.
I don't have a problem with swearing one bit in principle, but I just can't watch movies or shows where they swear constantly. It just comes across as really forced and lame to me.
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I just can't watch movies or shows where they swear constantly. It just comes across as really forced and lame to me.
Many classics (Scorsese's crime dramas, Tarantino's flicks, Scarface, The Big Lebowski, American History X, A Bronx Tale, Good Will Hunting, Boogie Nights) are pretty high on the all-time "fuck" list, but I assume you weren't talking about those. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_that_most_frequently_use_the_word_%22fuck%22
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What things in movies drive you up the wall every time they happen ?
For a kick off -
When someone is driving and listening to music and their favourite song comes on and they go f---ing mental. Air guitar - air drums singing really loud - headbanging - miming the words...
People don't do that !! It's just a song ! Calm down ! :lol
Stoned drivers do.
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What things in movies drive you up the wall every time they happen ?
For a kick off -
When someone is driving and listening to music and their favourite song comes on and they go f---ing mental. Air guitar - air drums singing really loud - headbanging - miming the words...
People don't do that !! It's just a song ! Calm down ! :lol
Stoned drivers do.
So...Anyone who rocks out while listening to music in a car is a stoned? A bit harsh considering I know many people who do it and don't smoke pot.
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Another one that occurred to me:
When a trained professional does something completely illogical in a dangerous situation.
For example, the movie Face/Off. At the beginning, an undercover FBI agent is on the plane with Caster and Pollux, posing as a stewardess. When shit hits the fan and Castor sees that Archer and his team have flooded the runway to try and catch them, he runs to the front of the plane next to the pilot to see them. At this point, the undercover agent whips out her gun, points it at Castor, and yells, "FBI!" Meanwhile, Pollux, who is completely in her blind spot, naturally then clocks her from behind with the briefcase, subdues her, and then moments later, Castor kills her. I am always like, uh, I am pretty sure a trained undercover agent who was considered good enough to be put on a plane with a dangerous, highly-known criminal like Castor would know better than to pull a gun on him, while leaving herself open to a blindside by the other dangerous criminal on board.
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Oops yeah, misquote. This was in response to the Sandler lovers.
Well I'm not really a Sandler lover. I thought the first couple of movies he did were funny. After that, it's the same predictable nonsense. However, Stiller was never funny to me at all.
I agree with what Orcus said about Sandler.
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Another one that occurred to me:
When a trained professional does something completely illogical in a dangerous situation.
Just like Colonel Quaritch repeatedly exposing himself to the atmosphere of Pandora.
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Another one that occurred to me:
When a trained professional does something completely illogical in a dangerous situation.
For example, the movie Face/Off. At the beginning, an undercover FBI agent is on the plane with Caster and Pollux, posing as a stewardess. When shit hits the fan and Castor sees that Archer and his team have flooded the runway to try and catch them, he runs to the front of the plane next to the pilot to see them. At this point, the undercover agent whips out her gun, points it at Castor, and yells, "FBI!" Meanwhile, Pollux, who is completely in her blind spot, naturally then clocks her from behind with the briefcase, subdues her, and then moments later, Castor kills her. I am always like, uh, I am pretty sure a trained undercover agent who was considered good enough to be put on a plane with a dangerous, highly-known criminal like Castor would know better than to pull a gun on him, while leaving herself open to a blindside by the other dangerous criminal on board.
Good point, but bad example. Everything about that movie required suspension of belief at an absurd level. It's over-the-top ridiculousness is one of the primary reasons that movie works.
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True. Those kind of action movies always those kind of "no one would act like that" moments, but they are still occasionally worthy of a :facepalm:, when they are glaringly bad as the one I listed.
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Face/Off is gloriously stupid but it works because it's kinda on purpose.
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I could eat a peach for hours
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Along the lines of what Kev said, stupid LEOs are everywhere in movies. Whether or not they are everywhere in reality is a different issue. But in movies, LEOs always seem like the most ineffective, bumbling people, who do nothing more than be a mild nuisance for those they are trying to apprehend.
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What is an LEO? ???
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What is an LEO? ???
Leprechauns Engaging Orally.
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Pink hearts and yellow moons, indeed!
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Law Enforcement Officer. Thought that was a commonly used acronym. My bad.
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What is an LEO? ???
Someone who never wins an Academy Award ®
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He's ridiculous in Gilbert Grape. He's even better than Johnny Depp. And has made far better films in his career too.
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Another one:
-Otherwise clean films that feel the need to drop one or two f-bombs in it, just for shock value. I mean, what's the point? The movie Big is a good example. That is a fun movie, not much language at all, and one kids could totally enjoy, but then they had to throw one f-bomb in near the end. And for what? It's stupid.
Don't get me wrong, I still love that film, but throwing that one f-bomb in was so pointless and stupid.
Friend and I recently went to see the Robocop remake and I wasn't sure why they put Samuel L Jackson in the movie until later on in the movie when he got mad and swore. It was like being around a bunch of 5 year olds at that point when the theater busted out laughing just because this guy swore. Someone actually clapped. It was as if it was the highlight of the movie.
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He's ridiculous in Gilbert Grape. He's even better than Johnny Depp. And has made far better films in his career too.
He'll get one. It's inevitable.
Don't forget how awesome he was in Basketball Diaries, too.
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Another one:
-Otherwise clean films that feel the need to drop one or two f-bombs in it, just for shock value. I mean, what's the point? The movie Big is a good example. That is a fun movie, not much language at all, and one kids could totally enjoy, but then they had to throw one f-bomb in near the end. And for what? It's stupid.
Don't get me wrong, I still love that film, but throwing that one f-bomb in was so pointless and stupid.
Friend and I recently went to see the Robocop remake and I wasn't sure why they put Samuel L Jackson in the movie until later on in the movie when he got mad and swore. It was like being around a bunch of 5 year olds at that point when the theater busted out laughing just because this guy swore. Someone actually clapped. It was as if it was the highlight of the movie.
For me it was the fact that he's a news anchor who's so obviously pro-OCP that when an employee blows the whistle on immoral practice within the company that gets the bill which prevents robotic law enforcement droids on the street upheld - he loses his shit live on TV.
Obviously I have no idea because i've never seen FOX News - but he's a parody of Rush Limbaugh.
But I get his character. OCP probably pay his wage so of course he's going to be passionate about robots.
:dunno: I thought it was a funny scene because a news anchor loses his shit on air - not primarily because he swore.
Anyway - it was bleeped out - and that's always funnier than actually hearing it.
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When you explain it that way, it does fit the scene and reflecting I chuckled at that scene, too. Just didn't laugh my ass off solely because Sam dropped the F bomb. I'm curious if it did well enough to make a sequel.
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I want a sequel too and so far it's made just under $150m on a $100m budget and it's only been out 2 weeks.
I expect they'll keep it in cinemas for as long as they can.
Plus Home cinema sales go into account too.
I only want a sequel if Padilha directs because he did a great job in my opinion.
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I just can't watch movies or shows where they swear constantly. It just comes across as really forced and lame to me.
Many classics (Scorsese's crime dramas, Tarantino's flicks, Scarface, The Big Lebowski, American History X, A Bronx Tale, Good Will Hunting, Boogie Nights) are pretty high on the all-time "fuck" list, but I assume you weren't talking about those. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_that_most_frequently_use_the_word_%22fuck%22
You can assume that if you want to, but you know what happens when you assume. :P There's only one movie on that list I like at all of the ones I've seen. Those kinds of movies just don't appeal to me.
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WTF Blob. :biggrin:
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I just can't watch movies or shows where they swear constantly. It just comes across as really forced and lame to me.
Many classics (Scorsese's crime dramas, Tarantino's flicks, Scarface, The Big Lebowski, American History X, A Bronx Tale, Good Will Hunting, Boogie Nights) are pretty high on the all-time "fuck" list, but I assume you weren't talking about those. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_that_most_frequently_use_the_word_%22fuck%22
You can assume that if you want to, but you know what happens when you assume. :P There's only one movie on that list I like at all of the ones I've seen. Those kinds of movies just don't appeal to me.
"Those kinds"? What's the common denominator these movies have? 'Cause they're a pretty versatile bunch. Don't tell me you dismiss them just because of the foul language. :P Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
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I just can't watch movies or shows where they swear constantly. It just comes across as really forced and lame to me.
Many classics (Scorsese's crime dramas, Tarantino's flicks, Scarface, The Big Lebowski, American History X, A Bronx Tale, Good Will Hunting, Boogie Nights) are pretty high on the all-time "fuck" list, but I assume you weren't talking about those. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_that_most_frequently_use_the_word_%22fuck%22
You can assume that if you want to, but you know what happens when you assume. :P There's only one movie on that list I like at all of the ones I've seen. Those kinds of movies just don't appeal to me.
"Those kinds"? What's the common denominator these movies have? 'Cause they're a pretty versatile bunch. Don't tell me you dismiss them just because of the foul language. :P Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
I didn't mean "those kinds of movies" as one big lumped together group, I meant the major genres of movies covered there, where excessive language is a feature. I'm not into any kind of crime movie, or gritty serious dramas, or those kinds of comedies. None of that appeals to me one bit. Different strokes, that's all!
As I said, I don't have a problem with language in principle, so some swearing doesn't bother me one bit, I just find that it always feels really contrived to me when they do it that much. The language is not the primary reason I'm not into those movies, but it feels forced to try and be gritty and edgy, which are attributes I don't enjoy in movies. Related to the root cause, but not directly the reason itself, if that makes sense.
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What things in movies drive you up the wall every time they happen ?
For a kick off -
When someone is driving and listening to music and their favourite song comes on and they go f---ing mental. Air guitar - air drums singing really loud - headbanging - miming the words...
People don't do that !! It's just a song ! Calm down ! :lol
Stoned drivers do.
So...Anyone who rocks out while listening to music in a car is a stoned? A bit harsh considering I know many people who do it and don't smoke pot.
OK ENOUGH! I am fucking sick of being pounced on for just saying something tongue and cheek! I was kidding! What the fuck??? This is what Kev did to me yesterday in the tipping thread. Its like I was on trail! I'm sick of that kind of bullshit.
Its like I have a stigma that won't go away because of some perception of what SOME people think I am and all about. You don't know a damn thing about me! If someone else made the same comment its very likely it was have been seen in a different manor.
If I'm overreacting oh well, but I'm tired of feeling attacked.
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Okay, someone rub Tick's belly until he calms down. ;)
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That's your dirty work no thank you. That would lead to something I couldn't take back.
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That's your dirty work no thank you. That would lead to something I couldn't take back.
So you admit then that you would be strangely aroused. ;)
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No but he would. My hands are amazing. Ask myself.
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No but he would. My hands are amazing. Ask myself.
*waits for a belly rub*
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This ho is retired in front of his own computer.
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What things in movies drive you up the wall every time they happen ?
For a kick off -
When someone is driving and listening to music and their favourite song comes on and they go f---ing mental. Air guitar - air drums singing really loud - headbanging - miming the words...
People don't do that !! It's just a song ! Calm down ! :lol
People absolutely do that. I do it most days.
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Maybe people in the UK don't do it :p
p.s. I always sing along to songs and bang my desk in time to the drums - but i'm talking about when people go absolutely ballistic when a song comes on.
Like having a conniption fit.
Like what Jack Black does every time he does anything.
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Yeah, that's what I do :lol
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What things in movies drive you up the wall every time they happen ?
For a kick off -
When someone is driving and listening to music and their favourite song comes on and they go f---ing mental. Air guitar - air drums singing really loud - headbanging - miming the words...
People don't do that !! It's just a song ! Calm down ! :lol
Stoned drivers do.
So...Anyone who rocks out while listening to music in a car is a stoned? A bit harsh considering I know many people who do it and don't smoke pot.
OK ENOUGH! I am fucking sick of being pounced on for just saying something tongue and cheek! I was kidding! What the fuck??? This is what Kev did to me yesterday in the tipping thread. Its like I was on trail! I'm sick of that kind of bullshit.
Its like I have a stigma that won't go away because of some perception of what SOME people think I am and all about. You don't know a damn thing about me! If someone else made the same comment its very likely it was have been seen in a different manor.
If I'm overreacting oh well, but I'm tired of feeling attacked.
You know, if I reacted this way, people would just continue believing the misconception that I'm a psychopath.
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What things in movies drive you up the wall every time they happen ?
For a kick off -
When someone is driving and listening to music and their favourite song comes on and they go f---ing mental. Air guitar - air drums singing really loud - headbanging - miming the words...
People don't do that !! It's just a song ! Calm down ! :lol
Stoned drivers do.
So...Anyone who rocks out while listening to music in a car is a stoned? A bit harsh considering I know many people who do it and don't smoke pot.
OK ENOUGH! I am fucking sick of being pounced on for just saying something tongue and cheek! I was kidding! What the fuck??? This is what Kev did to me yesterday in the tipping thread. Its like I was on trail! I'm sick of that kind of bullshit.
Its like I have a stigma that won't go away because of some perception of what SOME people think I am and all about. You don't know a damn thing about me! If someone else made the same comment its very likely it was have been seen in a different manor.
If I'm overreacting oh well, but I'm tired of feeling attacked.
Could've just used sarcastic green or :p
- where they go on a long trip, somehow they acquired a lot of cash tp stay that long.
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What things in movies drive you up the wall every time they happen ?
For a kick off -
When someone is driving and listening to music and their favourite song comes on and they go f---ing mental. Air guitar - air drums singing really loud - headbanging - miming the words...
People don't do that !! It's just a song ! Calm down ! :lol
People absolutely do that. I do it most days.
I saw a guy doing 'air DJ' in his car yesterday. Yes, he was pretending to scratch with an imaginary turntable...and he was really into it!
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I air-drum in my office quite a bit.
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People in films having gargantuan homes despite having minimum wage jobs.
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People in films having gargantuan homes despite having minimum wage jobs.
Welcome to America...
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Welcome to government assistance.
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Welcome to government assistance.
This probably belongs in the politics and religion section but...
Welcome to the 2008/2007 financial meltdown ;)
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Welcome to bank bailouts
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To get off the political tangent...
People in films having gargantuan homes despite having minimum wage jobs.
Actually, at least in America, that's not that uncommon. There seems to be this perception that you MUST own a home. At least before 2007, they were also seen as a great investment. It's more than a status symbol, it's... expected. Most of the people I work with were pretty shocked when I expressed little interest in ever buying or owning a home. I can certainly see the benefits and even the joy of owning a home, but at this time in my life, I have absolutely no desire to do so for various reasons.
So I don't think its an unrealistic movie cliche to see otherwise lower income or even people of any income living beyond their means vis a vis the home they own. Part of the American dream was that whole 'suburban two-cars, garage, home and a lawn'-thing and media reflects that, for better or worse.
What bugs me more than this is when people living in cities have gigantic and opulent apartments while working arguably shit-paying jobs (think Friends). I find that much more annoyingly cliche than the house thing to be honest.
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Totally agree with that whole post. I also have very little interest in a house... and I fucking hate when people in movies/TV live in Manhattan and somehow manage to have these giant apartments.
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To get off the political tangent...
People in films having gargantuan homes despite having minimum wage jobs.
Actually, at least in America, that's not that uncommon. There seems to be this perception that you MUST own a home. At least before 2007, they were also seen as a great investment. It's more than a status symbol, it's... expected. Most of the people I work with were pretty shocked when I expressed little interest in ever buying or owning a home. I can certainly see the benefits and even the joy of owning a home, but at this time in my life, I have absolutely no desire to do so for various reasons.
So I don't think its an unrealistic movie cliche to see otherwise lower income or even people of any income living beyond their means vis a vis the home they own. Part of the American dream was that whole 'suburban two-cars, garage, home and a lawn'-thing and media reflects that, for better or worse.
What bugs me more than this is when people living in cities have gigantic and opulent apartments while working arguably shit-paying jobs (think Friends). I find that much more annoyingly cliche than the house thing to be honest.
And they're always moving back and forth with no mention of tenancy contracts.
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Well, to be fair, they do have a couple mentions of tenancy contract issues on Friends. But I do get your point.
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People in films having gargantuan homes despite having minimum wage jobs.
They need to fit the cameras in there somehow! There's only so much even a wide lens can show. :P
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People in films having gargantuan homes despite having minimum wage jobs.
For the life of me, I've seen so many movies that I'm drawing a blank. I know there are plenty examples but non come to mind.
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Well, to be fair, they do have a couple mentions of tenancy contract issues on Friends. But I do get your point.
Yep, the girls' apartment was rent controlled and IIRC was actually technically still under lease to Monica's grandmother.
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Whenever something falls off a cliff, it explodes.
It's hilarious in cartoons or comedies where something falls down and explodes but has no explosive properties.
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Came here to post this :
Movie posters where someone has a shadow that tells you who they're ultimately going to become.
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Came here to post this :
Movie posters where someone has a shadow that tells you who they're ultimately going to become.
You mean like the Star Wars ep 1 poster? I don't actually know of any other examples, so I didn't know that was a thing. Movie posters have a lot of bad cliches of their own.
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The obligatory sex scene. I saw The Rise of An Empire and laughed when the obvious sexual encounter occured, which wasn't necessary.
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The obligatory sex scene. I saw The Rise of An Empire and laughed when the obvious sexual encounter occured, which wasn't necessary.
I'll take it a step further and add the obligatory kiss scene.
Kisses. Kisses and sex everywhere.
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The obligatory sex scene. I saw The Rise of An Empire and laughed when the obvious sexual encounter occured, which wasn't necessary.
I'll take it a step further and add the obligatory kiss scene.
Kisses. Kisses and sex everywhere.
Especially in trailers. Is that half a second for the girls watching the trailer - to let them know there's a bit of romance in it ?
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The obligatory sex scene. I saw The Rise of An Empire and laughed when the obvious sexual encounter occured, which wasn't necessary.
I'll take it a step further and add the obligatory kiss scene.
Kisses. Kisses and sex everywhere.
It was funny because theirs like only 2 women the entire movie, one is good and the other bad, guess who the main character sleeps with.
But Its the draw for the ladies to see his sexy bod in action and all sweaty.
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Watching Robocop 2 and thought of another one :
When people fire guns at something coming towards them which is obviously impervious to bullets.
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50's Superman TV show.
He takes bullets of the chest but when a bullet throw the empty gun at him he ducks. :lol
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Was watching The Matrix and thought of another one :
When people wake up to their alarms going off and they're like " Shit, i'm late ! "
Well you set your alarm, doofus ! :lol
If your alarm goes off and you're already late then maybe set it earlier ?!
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I've slept through my alarm several times. In fact, I've set 3 different alarms and slept through all of them. It happens.
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Yeah, but he's saying if the alarm DID wake the person, why are they late? Unless it shows them hitting the snooze button a bunch of times, it doesn't make any sense.
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Yeah, but he's saying if the alarm DID wake the person, why are they late? Unless it shows them hitting the snooze button a bunch of times, it doesn't make any sense.
Yeah - the alarm goes off and they instantly wake up and go Oh Shit.
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Is that alarm in The Matrix only just going off? I thought the scenes cuts into it while it's going off and right before he wakes, but that doesn't mean he set it that late. If I recall, they even showed it at an 'odd' time to emphasize it wasn't just going off. It might be an abrupt transition for the viewer, but that doesn't mean it was in the character's world.
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But it's not the only film i've seen it in...
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Yeah, but he's saying if the alarm DID wake the person, why are they late? Unless it shows them hitting the snooze button a bunch of times, it doesn't make any sense.
Hitting the snooze is such common practice that it isn't neccesary to show the person doing it. ;)
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Eh, but not for everyone. And why should I assume something there's no evidence of?
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:-X
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???
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That's what we call " using sarcasm to a well thought out argument because you can't argue your case "...
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Call it what you want. I call it "not getting banned".
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:lol oh please don't ban me for having an opinion !!
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It's happened before. *shrugs*
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It's happened before. *shrugs*
Not really. What normally happens is people getting banned for expressing their opinion in ways that are not conducive to maintaining a great discussion forum.
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I got another one:
When the boss comes along and butts into the coworkers' conversation making all sense and shit. So annoying.
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When people sit bolt upright in bed after a nightmare.
Whenever i've had a nightmare - i've just opened my eyes still lying down.
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I got another one:
When the boss comes along and butts into the coworkers' conversation making all sense and shit. So annoying.
I need examples :p
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When people sit bolt upright in bed after a nightmare.
Whenever i've had a nightmare - i've just opened my eyes still lying down.
Same for me, 99% of the time. I actually have had a nightmare that was bad enough and felt real enough that I sat straight up after waking.
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My buddy and I were talking, and he pointed out something to me that I never really noticed: people don't finish their meals or drinks. Now that I think about it, 95% of the time where characters are talking in at home or in a restaurant that as soon as the expository dialogue is completed, they will get up and leave without finishing their meal. And in some situations, a character leaves another character just sitting. What, is it expected that they pay the bill?
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Sometimes they place an order and then get up and leave before the waiter comes back.
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People crawling through air ducts to get around secretly in a building is one of my biggest pet peeves. Rarely would vents be large enough to fit a person and even if they were, they would be unlikely to hold the weight of a person. And they would probably be really dusty and dirty instead of spotless.
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Well, John McClane went into an air duct with a white wife beater on, and came out with a brown one.
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People crawling through air ducts to get around secretly in a building is one of my biggest pet peeves. Rarely would vents be large enough to fit a person and even if they were, they would be unlikely to hold the weight of a person. And they would probably be really dusty and dirty instead of spotless.
They did that on mythbusters - you basically make an ungodly noise clambering around inside those and you would simply alert everyone to your presence.
And RE : eating in films & TV.
The one I hate is when people have a full plate of food and it's like a ten minute scene and they're arranging their food for the entire ten minutes -
- with no food ever being forked or ever getting anywhere near mouth. That drives me crazy.
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Probably because the food they serve there is old and nasty by the time they get done wrapping the scene with multiple takes and such.
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When people sit bolt upright in bed after a nightmare.
Whenever i've had a nightmare - i've just opened my eyes still lying down.
A few times I actually have woken up with a scream and sat upright. I think it was probably more medically related than dream related though, as I don't even recall dreaming at the time. But since then, it hasn't seemed quite as cliche.
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When people sit bolt upright in bed after a nightmare.
Whenever i've had a nightmare - i've just opened my eyes still lying down.
I've seen it. With some people it's actually pretty common, whether they're having a nightmare or not.
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As far as I remember, I've only jumped out of my bed once from an unpleasant dream. And by jumped I do literally mean jumped, flipping over onto the floor. It was weird.
For the most part, my eyes just pop open if it's really that bad. The most I see happen with other people is them jolting their bodies in place a bit.
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I once woke up to me punching my pillow because I had a dream of something crawling over my face and that I had it trapped on my pillow. I was really confused once my sleep-addled mind finally caught on to what I was doing. Easily the weirdest sleep-related phenomenon that's ever happened to me.
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I'm trying to recall a scary-ass dream I had that caused my to bolt up like in a movie, but I don't remember what it was. :\
Thunder generally makes me get up if it's loud enough, though I normally sleep through it. It has to be really loud.
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Came here to post this :
Movie posters where someone has a shadow that tells you who they're ultimately going to become.
You mean like the Star Wars ep 1 poster? I don't actually know of any other examples, so I didn't know that was a thing. Movie posters have a lot of bad cliches of their own.
https://www.agonybooth.com/video1161_All_Movie_Posters_Are_the_Same.aspx
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1. That technology is bad;
2. That ordinary Joes are always the good guys;
3. Smart people are evil;
4. People with British accents are evil;
5. "Drop your weapons or I'll shoot her." *Hero drops his weapon*
I could go on.
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I don't mind #4, tbh ::)
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The one I hate is when people have a full plate of food and it's like a ten minute scene and they're arranging their food for the entire ten minutes -
- with no food ever being forked or ever getting anywhere near mouth. That drives me crazy.
I agree! 10 minutes of forkplay with no actual forking... that drives me crazy too.
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The one I hate is when people have a full plate of food and it's like a ten minute scene and they're arranging their food for the entire ten minutes -
- with no food ever being forked or ever getting anywhere near mouth. That drives me crazy.
I agree! 10 minutes of forkplay with no actual forking... that drives me crazy too.
:lol
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Slow motion when it's not necessary.
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Slow motion when it's not necessary. Peter Jackson and Zack Snyder
FIFY ;)
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Yeah I was just about to mention Zack Snyder :rollin
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hey now, zack snyder is the visual mastermind and creative genius who brought us such masterpieces as sucker punch and man of steel...
i almost made it through that sentence with a straight face :lol
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The one I hate is when people have a full plate of food and it's like a ten minute scene and they're arranging their food for the entire ten minutes -
- with no food ever being forked or ever getting anywhere near mouth. That drives me crazy.
It's called continuity! If they were eating too much throughout the scene, then the complaint would be that food is magically appearing and disappearing throughout the scene. :lol Unless they can do it in one take, it just makes editing harder.
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I know WHY they do it. But in the scene it almost looks as bad when nobody eats *anything*. Just set a massive dialogue heavy scene somewhere other than a dinner table. 😝
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hey now, zack snyder is the visual mastermind and creative genius who brought us such masterpieces as sucker punch and man of steel...
i almost made it through that sentence with a straight face :lol
I like Man of Steel :shrug:
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It's just Transformers with Superman characters dumped in it.
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I thought Man Of Steel was reasonably entertaining for the most part, but it was a bit too long.
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I love Watchmen. It's one of my favorite movies, but I agree I don't like anything else he's done.
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What things in movies drive you up the wall every time they happen ?
For a kick off -
When someone is driving and listening to music and their favourite song comes on and they go f---ing mental. Air guitar - air drums singing really loud - headbanging - miming the words...
People don't do that !! It's just a song ! Calm down ! :lol
I do that at least 3 times a day...
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I thought Man Of Steel was reasonably entertaining for the most part, but it was a bit too long.
It started off so well but the last 40 minutes just blew it.
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I thought Man Of Steel was reasonably entertaining for the most part, but it was a bit too long.
It started off so well but the last 40 minutes just blew it.
The last 40 minutes was my favorite part.
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I don't think Man of Steel was as bad as a lot of people were saying, but it does get really, mind-numbingly monotonous after a while.
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Yeah, that was my problem with it. The characters and story weren't interesting enough to hold up the rest of the film for so long.
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I liked everything up until the ending.
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Man of Steel does have quite a few problems and I acknowledge those fully, yet for me its one of those things I can't explain. I love that movie and have the Blu-ray of it as well. The extras are really worth it IMO if you're into all those kind of things.
There are other movies that are full of cliches and predictable endings yet I really enjoy watching them like Independence Day and Oblivion to name a few.
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I'll go on record as being a fan of Man of Steel...except that it didn't have enough cliches for my old-fashioned taste. There I said it.
I like my Superman being the defender of people and property not the catalyst for wholesale, careless and wanton destruction. I like my Lois Lane frighteningly dense where Supe's identity is concerned. Oh, and the villain should be so over-the-top melodramatic that they should come with a handlebar moustache!
Phew, I feel better now.
The chest hair nearly makes up for all these problems though.
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I'll say this again. We all have "our" perception of Superman from the comics of our youth, there are so many versions that we pigeonhole him whenwe read the comics as a kid. I really like Man Of Steel. I can't stop watching it on HBO even though I have the Blu Ray.
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BUUUMMMPPPP
When a film is revealed to be " just a dream " but it has scenes that aren't from the dreamer's perspective that they didn't see going on.
That's annoying.
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I'll say this again. We all have "our" perception of Superman from the comics of our youth, there are so many versions that we pigeonhole him whenwe read the comics as a kid. I really like Man Of Steel. I can't stop watching it on HBO even though I have the Blu Ray.
Yeah, this reviewer does a nice job of explaining how this new Superman is far removed from the classic idea:
https://www.agonybooth.com/why-batman-v-superman-never-even-had-a-chance-to-be-good-52099
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Except there are different era's of Superman. Sometimes they don't use the storylines we grew up with and its "Not my Superman."
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I don't give a fuck if Man Of Steel wasn't the Donner Superman...
He was just a shit Superman all round. All super and no hero.
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I don't give a fuck if Man Of Steel wasn't the Donner Superman...
He was just a shit Superman all round. All super and no hero.
I'm talking comic book story lines. Easy fella.
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When there's a group of bad guys invading a place and some good guys are hiding...
Good guys come up with an elaborate plan...
..Which ends up with one of them just coming up behind one bad guy and getting in a fight... Great plan....
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Two that have been bugging the crap out of me lately:
1) "Regular" People Without Powers Fighting Like They *Do* Have Powers
Hawkeye and Black Widow are these "regular" people. Hawkeye NEVER misses and Widow bounces around like a Yoda.
Another one is Wade Wilson from X-Men Origins: Wolverine. It's never explained how he can deflect bullets with is swords. As far as we know he has no powers at all at this point but we *do* know the others have powers and what they are. I'm not familiar with the entire history of Wade Wilson/Deadpool and as a movie fan I shouldn't have to be. At least in the new Deadpool it's explained how he got his powers but up until then he was just a regular guy.
2) When <X> Hero Arrives it's Over
You know when <X> Hero arrives that they'll wipe everyone up and it'll be over so there's no more tension in the story. These "perfect" heroes need to miss once in a while to keep it "real". I'm looking directly at Legolas for this one. Yes, he's an Elf and lives long and is a great warrior, but he also NEVER misses so it's like "oh, here's Legolas, we can all just sit down ad watch now". This kind of crap takes me right out of the story.
It's pretty much guaranteed that the main hero will win but at least make them not so perfect. A good example of what I think is a good hero is Optimus Prime cuz at least he gets hurt pretty badly before he wins.
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- The "peekaboo" effect. Just because you don't see it, it doesn't mean you can't HEAR it, especially when it's a goddamn T-Rex in Jurassic Park. That's the most blatant example, but movies are full of situations where not seeing someone or something equals to never ever hear it just like it would appear out of thin air.
- Sex scenes with sheets. I completely understand that not all movies can show naked bodies, but in 80 years or so of sex scenes in movies, why nobody has come up with something different to cover the woman than "She's a wild fire of desire but she suddenly becomes prude and keeps the sheets up"? it's not mandatory to show people having sex, you can imply they go to bed without showing them in the act. If you have to make a sex scenes that screams "Not unrated movie, actress didn't consent to nudity", just stop the scene when they start to make out.
- Dramatic entrance with the perfect quip or remark at the very right moment. How many times in your life did you even had the chance or the occasion to say something just as you arrive or anyway when nobody else saw you around yet? I bet never. That perfectly timed kind of coincidence happens only in the movies.
- Protagonists not dying but knocked out and seemingly deaad. Maybe the first time it was ever done, it worked. But when you see the hero lying down and fearing he's dead... 100% of the times he's not.
- Arbitrary use of a foreign, "exotic" language, between people speaking also english. The Lord of the Rings movies are filled of examples of elves speaking english and then saying a dramatic and poignant sentence in the elven language. And if there's a movie set in Japan or China, you can bet to hear those people starting to speak the language and then switching to english for the rest of the conversation (or the other way around).
Who the hell does that in real life? I'm italian, the translation of "let's go home" is "andiamo a casa". It's like I would say "Hey buddies, it was great hanging out all together. The dinner was delicious. The hour is late however... andiamo a casa". Who the hell ever spoke like that?
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- Man has to seduce Woman for plot reasons. Typically man is a spy, women is someone who 'needs' protecting and probably doesn't know it.
- Man seduces Women, and Man really falls for Women.
- Women finds out Man is Spy.
- Argument, and Women runs off.
- and is Kidnapped.
- Man rescues Women.
- Women forgives Man.
- Happy ever after.
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1 good guy v 5 or more bad guys.
1 bad guy attacks at a time whilst other stand around and watch.
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Except there are different era's of Superman. Sometimes they don't use the storylines we grew up with and its "Not my Superman."
I get what you're saying, but the depiction of Superman in the comics has been remarkably consistent when it comes to character. Details may change, yes, but you could always read two Superman comics published 10 years apart and see that they were still the same character, acting more or less the same way.
I don't ever remember an era of Superman that would have acted/reacted like he did in Man of Steel. That was Zach Snyder's version of Superman, not any from the comics.
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When the good guys have a plan to infiltrate a base to obtain a thing..
They have a plan which doesn't go to plan..but not that...When things just keep on happening they have to solve...And it just keeps going and going.
It's supposed to be tense but I just find it irritating.
Because you know they win in the end so to have so many obstacles you just have to sit there and watch - can be tedious.
Especially if it comes down to an elongated fist fight.
:yawn: I know the good guys will win. This is just dragging it out.
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Yeah, it can become annoying when it's done really step by step, like, we have to this but there's ONLY one obstacle... so we have to solve it in this ONLY way... and that way is achieavable ONLY by doing this certain thing... it's annoying, the same kind of annoyance that you get, dunno, when you play Tetris and you need only one piece but that piece never arrives and so you stall :D
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We need to get past the guards.
Oh there's more guards.
We need to disable the alarm.
Oh there's back up alarms.
We need to defuse the booby trap.
Oh there's more than we thought.
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And the whole 'pointing the gun directly at the villain, pausing
for no reason. Villain knocks gun from your hand. Extended fist fight. '
:( this. Is. Boring.
Also : "we have 3 minutes "
Task takes easily 20 minutes.
Cut to countdown : 1 minute left.
its meaningless. It's just trying to add more tension by having a countdown
But then completely ignoring it anyway.
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Except there are different era's of Superman. Sometimes they don't use the storylines we grew up with and its "Not my Superman."
I get what you're saying, but the depiction of Superman in the comics has been remarkably consistent when it comes to character. Details may change, yes, but you could always read two Superman comics published 10 years apart and see that they were still the same character, acting more or less the same way.
I don't ever remember an era of Superman that would have acted/reacted like he did in Man of Steel. That was Zach Snyder's version of Superman, not any from the comics.
No argument about Zach at all. It still doesn't bother me. I know the carnage was one that you pointed out. Like I said before Superman in this movie never had to fight someone his strength and who knew how to fight. he was in a battle for his life at that point. I think Snyder poorly flushed that out. I liked that premise, it just wasn't executed well.
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Another cliche I remembered: someone lurking in the backseat of the car.
How can you just NOT notice someone hidden there. It's once again the peekaboo effect, if you don't see it, you don't hear it. As distracted and unassuming as you may be, even in a dark night you just can't NOT see even with the farthest corner of your field of vision someone all huddled in the back of your car, nor hearing, if only for a split second before, the movement made to take out the gun or strangle you or whatever.
This falls in with people not realizing the killer or the assailant is right behind the door, there's a field of vision, I don't believe anyone would ever not notice someone (even though I change my mind when I'm standing right behind people on the subway and they don't even realize I'm trying to surpass their slow asses).
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How about the one where there's 30 things that have to go EXACTLY right for the plan to work with no margin for error and somehow it all works out?
I'm looking at you, Oceans 11/12/13 and practically every heist movie ever.
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Another cliche I remembered: someone lurking in the backseat of the car.
How can you just NOT notice someone hidden there. It's once again the peekaboo effect, if you don't see it, you don't hear it. As distracted and unassuming as you may be, even in a dark night you just can't NOT see even with the farthest corner of your field of vision someone all huddled in the back of your car, nor hearing, if only for a split second before, the movement made to take out the gun or strangle you or whatever.
This falls in with people not realizing the killer or the assailant is right behind the door, there's a field of vision, I don't believe anyone would ever not notice someone (even though I change my mind when I'm standing right behind people on the subway and they don't even realize I'm trying to surpass their slow asses).
Everyone in movies seems to have tunnel vision, and a range of hearing of about 5ft.
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How about the one where there's 30 things that have to go EXACTLY right for the plan to work with no margin for error and somehow it all works out?
I'm looking at you, Oceans 11/12/13 and practically every heist movie ever.
Or anything the Joker does in The Dark Knight, only the awesomeness of the movie keeps you from really thinking about how insanely complicated his plan is.
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This may have been mentioned already, but...
Girl getting chased through the forest by monster/scary attacker guy. Trips and falls. Every single time.. ::)
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This may have been mentioned already, but...
Girl getting chased through the forest by monster/scary attacker guy. Trips and falls. Every single time.. ::)
And doesn't IMMEDIATELY get up. Just sort of turns over on her back and has a look around before
gradually getting back up - having another look around. Turns to walk away - BAM - he's right there.
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Guy accidentally gets involved with mafia money, and someone close does, so he slowly gets revenge and kills each one of the bosses. Plus saves the girl. Drive in a nutshell, except mafia were his boss' bosses, and they could have just asked him to give them the money back and try to explain it was the wrong guy in the wrong place. Ofc mafia people aren't logic human beings and always send armed guys first because it's more viable.
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Slightly off topic, but I'm annoyed at:
- Pilot episodes not being retroactively renamed with a proper title
- Series episodes named just Episode 01, 02, 03 etc
For all the creativity it goes into devising, writing, scripting and filming a TV series, conjuring up some titles shouldn't be THAT much of an issue, even the most bland one. Veep for example has many one-word titles, that describe the main theme of the episode: Midterms, D.C., Conventions etc... still better than Episode 1 2 3.
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Yeah Star Wars episode IV A New Hope was just Star Wars in 1977
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Everyone able to hold their breathe underwater for ages. The amount of times I've seen people holding their breathe underwater for minutes is huge. I'm a good swimmer and I can hold my breathe for about a minute tops - but that's preparing myself, and also not actually swimming - that's just me underwater in a swimming pool of a good temperature. If I actually had to swim underwater in the sea and was being chased, or panic'ed then I'd probably struggle for 30 seconds.
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When movies intentionally embellish or mock said cliches.
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Yeah Star Wars episode IV A New Hope was just Star Wars in 1977
That's what I was thinking of, if such a landmark movie can be retroactively renamed into A New Hope, why don't pilots get a title once the series is greenlit? I know, it's such a trivial thing to be annoyed of, but it still bugs me a bit. Like intro songs on albums that are actually named "Intro" :P
At this pont I appreciate what Helloween did on their Better than Raw album, going for the obviously exagerated and bloated title "Deliberately Limited Preliminary Prelude Period in Z".
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Everyone able to hold their breathe underwater for ages. The amount of times I've seen people holding their breathe underwater for minutes is huge. I'm a good swimmer and I can hold my breathe for about a minute tops - but that's preparing myself, and also not actually swimming - that's just me underwater in a swimming pool of a good temperature. If I actually had to swim underwater in the sea and was being chased, or panic'ed then I'd probably struggle for 30 seconds.
Everyone in Alien Resurrection would have drown before the aliens got them.
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Everyone able to hold their breathe underwater for ages. The amount of times I've seen people holding their breathe underwater for minutes is huge. I'm a good swimmer and I can hold my breathe for about a minute tops - but that's preparing myself, and also not actually swimming - that's just me underwater in a swimming pool of a good temperature. If I actually had to swim underwater in the sea and was being chased, or panic'ed then I'd probably struggle for 30 seconds.
Everyone in Alien Resurrection would have drown before the aliens got them.
They could survive forever because they're so MACHO. Everyone in that film is so MACHO and TOUGH and dont give NO FUCKS because they're so TOUGH.
" They grew you in a FUCKING lab ! "
:lolpalm: Man I hate that film so much.
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Here's a couple...
1. When bad guys have plan that is going 100% as planned and the police don't suspect a thing or can even get close...Then bad guys do one stupid thing and everything unravels.
Of course you want the bad guys to ultimately lose but when they're so clever for much of the film then do one stupid thing it's a bit like oh... :/
2. When our main cast are at a heavy metal or rock concert - right down the front no less - have plenty of room to move around and can hold a conversation at normal speaking volume.
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Like intro songs on albums that are actually named "Intro" :P
I do that - but mainly because they're little 30 second pieces which are the last thing I record...
I try to give them titles which are germane to the album theme..
I made an album called Juggernaut and the intro track was called Intro-naut and the fade out track was called Outro-naut.
Soon after I found out there is actually a band called Intronaut :P what are the chances...
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Any movie with scenes on a plane. The interior of the plane always seems absolutely massive - not like any plane I've ever been on.
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Any action film with a helicopter rescue in it, the helicopter will be blown up (or eaten by a shark).
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Everyone in Alien Resurrection would have drown before the aliens got them.
I also immediately thought of this scene.
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Any action film with a helicopter rescue in it, the helicopter will be blown up (or eaten by a shark).
In The Perfect Storm, the rescue chopper got taken out by a rogue wave!
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Just thought of another one: when the hero realizes how the bad guy will carry on its plan, especially when it's a conspiracy, and when he tries to explain it to whoever is naturally and professionally inclined to stop him, such as policemen or secret services, he says just some catchphrases as "you don't understand" or "please, this is gonna happen now, let me in".
Geez, the truth is on your side, if I were in such a situation, I'd do a fast exposition dump to explain *exactly* what I'm talking about. But no, he/she has to act and sound crazy and of course be stopped because there has to be drama until the last second!
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Just thought of another one: when the hero realizes how the bad guy will carry on its plan, especially when it's a conspiracy, and when he tries to explain it to whoever is naturally and professionally inclined to stop him, such as policemen or secret services, he says just some catchphrases as "you don't understand" or "please, this is gonna happen now, let me in".
Geez, the truth is on your side, if I were in such a situation, I'd do a fast exposition dump to explain *exactly* what I'm talking about. But no, he/she has to act and sound crazy and of course be stopped because there has to be drama until the last second!
I hate when you have the bad guys and their plan is going flawlessly. Then for whatever reason - one of them does something really stupid and their plan falls to bits...
I might have said this already.
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Good guy fools bad guy into admitting to, even boasting about his crimes. Bad guy is unaware that good guy has been secretly recording the whole thing with a hidden device. Good guy gives the recording to the authorities and bad guy goes to jail.
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I do like when the good guys manipulates the bad guy into accidentally admitting to the crime.
I saw an episode of Poirot once and he goes " we know it was you as we found your fingerprints all over the gun "
And he'd already gotten the guy all wound up beforehand and he goes
" :angry: Impossible - I was wearing gloves........... :eek "
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:lol
It's a bit like Columbo, where the perp thinks he's gotten away with the murder, but then Columbo gives him the whole "just one more thing" treatment. Five minutes of that, and the dude is practically begging for a jail cell!
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David Baddiel said something funny once - Peter Falk had a fake eye - but in Columbo - did the character have two normal eyes or did Columbo also have a fake eye ?
:lol haha
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.. and if he did, was it the same eye?? :lol
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It's an existential metaphysical Brechtian puzzle for the ages !!!