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Post by KGB on Jul 5, 2005 22:21:39 GMT -5
What's your pet peeve about movies, the one thing that shows up again and again but makes no sense or is totally inconsistent with reality?
1) At sporting events, the fans don't just cheer when something exciting happens. No, they simply go bonkers for the entire time, irrespective of the ebb and flow of the game. This can be seen from crap like Boggy Creek II to crap like The Phantom Menace, to a decent movie like Man on the Moon. There's a corollary to this, which is that at sporting events, the play by play and color commentary aren't just for the benefit of fictional TV viewers, they're also broadcast over the PA system at the event, even though I've never seen that happen in real life.
2) When foreigners (well, non-English speakers) talk to each other, they don't use their own language, they talk English to each other with an appropriately heavy accent. Look, trust the audience. Either have them speak their native tongue and give us subtitles, or else just let them speak without the fake accent. Presumably we understand where they are from, you don't have to hit us over the head with it.
3) Whenever there's a thunderstorm, the lightning and thunder happen simultaneously. I can't think of a single movie where this isn't the way lightning is depicted. I suppose some exist, but even in a movie like The Shawshank Redemption, this clumsy device was used at a very important moment in the film.
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Post by Emperor Cupcake on Jul 8, 2005 23:40:41 GMT -5
I agree about the non-English speaking thing. It seems silly that all these people would speak English to each other when it's not their native language. I'd rather read subtitles. On a related note, I hate in crappy sci-fi movies (like a lot of the ones on MST) when the aliens can always speak English because of some "sound vibration" technology or some such horse hockey. Riiiight.
Oh, another thing I hate is when a character coughs at the beginning on the movie, it means they're gonna die at the end. No one can just cough in a movie, like regular, non-dying people do every day. Also, whenever a character has had a screwed-up life that they've just started to turn around, that character may as well have a target painted on his chest (I call this the Boyz in the Hood syndrome).
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Post by dash on Jul 9, 2005 0:16:26 GMT -5
Oh, another thing I hate is when a character coughs at the beginning on the movie, it means they're gonna die at the end. at least that makes sense. i was always told that when you see a fan running backwards, that means the protagonist will die at the end. lol never quite understood that symbolism. i can't really think of any "pet peeves" for overplayed devices in film... i guess just the typical hollywood "happy ending" annoys me. not that i don't appreciate happy endings, but even when the ending is "sad," there is still some form of triumph and jubilation to counteract it. even "indie" films fall into that trap from time to time. i know we go to the movies to escape reality sometimes, but at times i want to see art imitate life more so than life imitate art. but, then again, i may just be in my pessimistic mode tonight.
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Post by Melting Manos on Jul 9, 2005 9:53:54 GMT -5
The one thing I can think of is elevator doors in movies. They act like the minute that door starts closing it will not open no matter how hard a person tries. Every elevator door I've ever seen will open at the slightest motion between the doors. I've always felt this was ridiculous every time I see it done in a movie.
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Post by TarlCabot on Jul 9, 2005 20:54:01 GMT -5
People never pay cab drivers. They just get out and close the door.
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Post by Don Quixote on Jul 9, 2005 20:55:36 GMT -5
People never pay cab drivers. They just get out and close the door. That always bugged me too!
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Post by Mr. Atari on Jul 9, 2005 21:33:28 GMT -5
When people wake up from nightmares, they're screaming and they immediately sit upright.
When has this EVER happened to anyone in real life?
And I love the "L" shaped sheets that couples have in bed. As we know, all women sleep fully under the covers and all men just cover below their waist.
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Post by kayleigh on Jul 10, 2005 1:45:04 GMT -5
I hate all the ones mentioned so far.
I cannot stand how the electricity goes off at anything, including flashlights & candles. If my power went off that easy I would be upset.
I REALLY agree with manos about the elevator doors. My biggest fear is being alone in one, so if they closed that easily I would be a basketcase.
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Post by In_Stereo on Jul 11, 2005 20:45:42 GMT -5
I hate, hate, HATE!!! modern film credits. You know, the ones that roll over a black screen for about half an hour while the entire soundtrack is exhausted for something to listen to. They get down to the most miniscule credits, like 2nd Assistant Guy Who Brought the Director His Coffee. Nobody watches that, so fer cryin' out loud, DO SOMETHING! Show outtakes or deleted scenes or have the star of the film come out and do a tap dance, or SOMETHING! What's the point of putting them in if nobody watches them?
In In Stereo Stereo
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Post by kronos on Jul 12, 2005 9:23:14 GMT -5
I'm a bullet counter/time bomb clock watcher. I hate when they extend the last 10 seconds of a bomb for about 15 minutes (Time Chasers, Anyone?) or when someone shoots 30 rounds out of a revolver (except when it's used as humor, as in the Evil Dead trilogy).
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Post by DC on Jul 12, 2005 16:22:44 GMT -5
When people are typing and the keystrokes are louder than gunshots. I hate all the others that have been mentioned too.
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Post by Emperor Cupcake on Jul 12, 2005 23:48:15 GMT -5
I also hate that in most American movies, the characters always live in houses or apartments that they'd never be able to afford in real life. Like some chick's a waitress and she's got a huge loft in the East Village. I think not. I remember seeing Pretty in Pink (which I liked, by the way), and thinking how Molly Ringwald was supposed to be so poor, but her house was nicer than mine! And she had a phone and an answering machine in her room! And her own car! AND her dad was unemployed!
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Post by losingmydignity on Jul 13, 2005 0:15:54 GMT -5
the heavy blow to the head that happens in nearly every movie. You know, someone gets completly knocked out, but when they get back up they are almost immediately fine, or at the very least, able to drive a car, fire a gun with accuracy, run, etc.
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Post by Don Quixote on Jul 16, 2005 18:10:01 GMT -5
Nazis with English accents , dammit, English isn't THAT Germanic!
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Post by DC on Jul 18, 2005 15:22:40 GMT -5
When all Nazi's are portrayed as evil demons who kill everything. Every German man who could be in the army, was forced to br! It's not like every evil person in Germany said "Let's kill people we don't like" and let the nice Germans sit in their living rooms and drink tea.
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