5pints 2.0 Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 Apologies if there is already a thread on this, but what really annoys/frustrates you when you watch a movie? It could be a ridiculous macguffin that presents itself at the most fortunous time, or the hero never runs out of bullets during a shootout. I've just finished watching Tetris, which has a silly car chase involving Ladas (a movie always needs a car chase, right?). The driver of the car being chased manages to get away by changing into a faster gear that magically wasn't there 30 seconds ago! You can drag all Fast and Furious movies into this column as I can imagine the film makers consider the American automatic driving population ill informed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Boycie Posted August 12 Paid Members Share Posted August 12 For some reason I've always disliked dream sequences in films. Even when they make sense. I just find them unnecessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Healys Chutney Spoon Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 When someone uses a mobile and it's immediately answered. I never ring anyone who's sitting there holding a phone that as soon as you press 'call' they answer it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davertfnewman Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 Also on the subject of phones in films, people not saying bye before they hang up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted August 12 Paid Members Share Posted August 12 3 hours ago, 5pints 2.0 said: You can drag all Fast and Furious movies into this column as I can imagine the film makers consider the American automatic driving population ill informed. I don't think they're meant to be instructional videos on driving though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chili Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 Not enough people tying their shoelaces or getting caught on a door knob realism for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lorne Malvo Posted August 12 Paid Members Share Posted August 12 I'm sure I've mentioned this on here before, but those scenes where the American kid comes downstairs in the morning and their Mum had prepared them a huge feast of a breakfast with all the works and they just grab a piece of toast and leave. Boils my blood it does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted August 12 Paid Members Share Posted August 12 Incorrect music. More specifically period set films where they play newer music (for example Dirty Dancing with songs from both the 50’s and 80’s.) There was also an example in Saltburn where they were listening to a song at the bar and it came out a few years after the scene was set. Just lazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Surf Digby Posted August 12 Paid Members Share Posted August 12 POV through a camera viewfinder (either video or photo), that resembles no camera ever known to man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTXRussomark Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 Any movie (or TV) scene that's meant to take place at a rock concert/festival. Can't think of a single one that's ever looked remotely realistic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
textonly Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 Current small bugbear? I hate how often you see police shooting at a suspect fleeing a crime scene. The way I figure it, the only way that's ever acceptable is if the suspect is thought to be an imminent and severe danger to others, but cops in movies will shoot at people for simply trying to evade capture for even non-violent crimes. All the time. And everyone just handwaves the attempted murders. The thing I probably hate most in movies, though - and this is a personal preference thing, I know some people dig it - is the descent into madness, unreliable narrator thing. I watched Robert Altman's Images a little while back and I fucking hated it. I'm struggling to think of other examples at the moment (maybe The Machinist was like that? I can't quite remember), but I almost always detest it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted August 13 Paid Members Share Posted August 13 1 hour ago, textonly said: Current small bugbear? I hate how often you see police shooting at a suspect fleeing a crime scene. The way I figure it, the only way that's ever acceptable is if the suspect is thought to be an imminent and severe danger to others, but cops in movies will shoot at people for simply trying to evade capture for even non-violent crimes. All the time. And everyone just handwaves the attempted murders.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamura Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 9 minutes ago, Hannibal Scorch said: Actually the shooting of fleeing suspects was deemed only permissible in certain circumstances (specifically where "the officer has probable cause to believe that the suspect poses a threat of serious physical harm, either to the officer or to others, it is not constitutionally unreasonable to prevent escape by using deadly force") as a result of the Tennessee v. Garner case in 1985. I really hate people being chased by Jason Voorhees/Michael Myers/whoever falling over. Last time I checked an adrenaline rush doesn't affect balance to the degree that everyday activities like running without tripping over become impossible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted August 13 Paid Members Share Posted August 13 Everyone's houses being so clean all the time. Especially modern films where everyone lives in cold lifeless Pintrest board houses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Scratch Posted August 13 Paid Members Share Posted August 13 My wife has one. When the hero encounters a gang that want to hurt them, they always take it in turns to fight them, whereas if they just piled in they’d likely overwhelm them and win. She always says “One a time, please” when it happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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