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Things you wish movies would stop doing
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Maklershed
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My Soul to Take is a movie with the most examples of everything I hate in movies. The number one offense however is when a character looks one direction and looks back and someone is suddenly there. This probably happens 15 times in this movie.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
Danne-Danger said:
What the fuck was Nolan thinking with this guy? Terrible.
Count Dookkake
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Monocle said:
Do you have a standard definiton of torture porn?
Torture porn is a boogey man.
Someone mentioned the inability for trained killers to hit their target....
but the ultimate extreme where it has no justification is in the Terminator movies and even moreso in Terminator SCC.
Seriously - an advanced machine, sole purpose is to kill - Terminate - can' reliability kill the target (ie John Conner) from sometimes 20 feet away with a gun?
Random human off the street, yes, may take a few shots to hit...but an incredibly advanced cyborg can't even wing him?
but the ultimate extreme where it has no justification is in the Terminator movies and even moreso in Terminator SCC.
Seriously - an advanced machine, sole purpose is to kill - Terminate - can' reliability kill the target (ie John Conner) from sometimes 20 feet away with a gun?
Random human off the street, yes, may take a few shots to hit...but an incredibly advanced cyborg can't even wing him?
crazy monkey
Banned
As said before 3D.
Gareth Bale
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Any movie that uses Sympathy for the Devil in its trailer is immediately blacklisted by me. It's a good song, but movie trailers have ruined it for me.
Also, I hate when a young guy meets a shady older guy who's an expert at exploiting some system (usually to make money), and the whole movie is about how the older guy teaches the younger guy his tricks. This is usually followed by some disagreement between the two of them etc etc... watch 21 for more details.
Also, I hate when a young guy meets a shady older guy who's an expert at exploiting some system (usually to make money), and the whole movie is about how the older guy teaches the younger guy his tricks. This is usually followed by some disagreement between the two of them etc etc... watch 21 for more details.
Flying_Phoenix
Banned
Mine:
#1 Females: Incompetent, Unimportant, Uninteresting
Who's going to be captured? The female. If there is a heroine you better bet your ass that she is going to get into peril and show a share of weak emotions. Actresses are almost always limited to three characters: Mom, daughter, love interest to the protagonist. Oh and don't forget that if they are between the ages of 17 and 41 they have to hot, sexy, and at times show some skin. Seriously I'm sick of this shit. Hollywood shoves these tropes down in almost every film ever. It's 2010 for fuck's sake. And if they do break these tropes studios will get up to their neck about it. Kickass was so close to not happening solely due to Hitgirl being a young girl and not a young boy.
#2 Badasses: Born with a silverspoon up their asses
I don't care if you were in the military or a CIA agent. You aren't going to be able to dodge a wave of bullets shot by thirteen thugs in a completely open area. I can understand if the film isn't suppose to be realistic, but when it is, it just makes me cringe. Even with the few real-life badasses in world history who really could infiltrate a base of 30 enemies did it through observing their surrounding and careful planning, not just heading in their blindly and playing it all by ear.
#3 Black people act black. Brown people act brown. Foreigners are Fez.
Seriously stop this shit. We get it you want to appeal to the black audience, but I'm sorry not all black people use slang as much as you wish they would. And yes people enjoy you poking fun at foreign exchange students but not everybody who is Asian has families who speak broken English, not everybody with Indian or Middle Eastern background is culturally retarded.
#4 Broken Romance
How and why people fall in love in a vast majority of films is utterly retarded. On the male side you have girls/women falling in love with guys/men who are often average looking and have hardly even made a "move" on them. On the female side boys/men fall in love with the female protagonist despite her acting crazy and like a buffoon.
No guys, if you have no "game" and aren't a celebrity girls aren't going to be at your feet. No girls, if you embarrass yourself in front of us and stalk us, we aren't going to want to have sex with you unless you look like Megan Fox (and even then I'd question...I mean the way some protagonist act in these films screams "psycho killer").
#1 Females: Incompetent, Unimportant, Uninteresting
Who's going to be captured? The female. If there is a heroine you better bet your ass that she is going to get into peril and show a share of weak emotions. Actresses are almost always limited to three characters: Mom, daughter, love interest to the protagonist. Oh and don't forget that if they are between the ages of 17 and 41 they have to hot, sexy, and at times show some skin. Seriously I'm sick of this shit. Hollywood shoves these tropes down in almost every film ever. It's 2010 for fuck's sake. And if they do break these tropes studios will get up to their neck about it. Kickass was so close to not happening solely due to Hitgirl being a young girl and not a young boy.
#2 Badasses: Born with a silverspoon up their asses
I don't care if you were in the military or a CIA agent. You aren't going to be able to dodge a wave of bullets shot by thirteen thugs in a completely open area. I can understand if the film isn't suppose to be realistic, but when it is, it just makes me cringe. Even with the few real-life badasses in world history who really could infiltrate a base of 30 enemies did it through observing their surrounding and careful planning, not just heading in their blindly and playing it all by ear.
#3 Black people act black. Brown people act brown. Foreigners are Fez.
Seriously stop this shit. We get it you want to appeal to the black audience, but I'm sorry not all black people use slang as much as you wish they would. And yes people enjoy you poking fun at foreign exchange students but not everybody who is Asian has families who speak broken English, not everybody with Indian or Middle Eastern background is culturally retarded.
#4 Broken Romance
How and why people fall in love in a vast majority of films is utterly retarded. On the male side you have girls/women falling in love with guys/men who are often average looking and have hardly even made a "move" on them. On the female side boys/men fall in love with the female protagonist despite her acting crazy and like a buffoon.
No guys, if you have no "game" and aren't a celebrity girls aren't going to be at your feet. No girls, if you embarrass yourself in front of us and stalk us, we aren't going to want to have sex with you unless you look like Megan Fox (and even then I'd question...I mean the way some protagonist act in these films screams "psycho killer").
-Fast forwarding/rewinding video also distorts the audio, as if people won't understand what's happening otherwise.
-Gratuitous and totally unnecessary camera movements during CG scenes that would not have been done otherwise. It's doesn't make the scene cooler or more exciting; it just makes it painfully obvious that absolutely nothing onscreen is actually real.
-Gratuitous and totally unnecessary camera movements during CG scenes that would not have been done otherwise. It's doesn't make the scene cooler or more exciting; it just makes it painfully obvious that absolutely nothing onscreen is actually real.
Schmattakopf
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Everything.
1) "It's All A Big Misunderstanding": Basically when one character misunderstands a situation because they walked in at the wrong moment or leave before getting the full story. The most used one being a boyfriend/husband character getting approached by a female that's not his girlfriend/wife and the female steals a kiss or does some sort of other inappropriate action and then the girlfriend character walks into the room at that very moment and then runs off crying/pissed off without getting the full story.
Or when character A walks in on a group of other characters talking about him/her but the group of characters don't notice and character A only hears the portion of the conversation that sounds horrible but in full context isn't as bad as he or she thinks it is.
2) "Your suggestion is good, but we're not going to listen to you until the very last moment:" This is when character A warns another group of characters about an action they are about to take that could cause a disaster or that Armageddon is just around the corner and that they need to do something about it. The group of characters NEVER listen to character A no matter how much logical sense character A is making. Forget all the charts and graphs and studies character A has done, the group of characters will never listen until they fuck up/disaster strikes. Only then will they listen to character A, if there's a chance to rectify their mistake.
3) "We interrupt this broadcast for this important announcement": Usually when a group of characters are watching TV, at some point during the show they will be interrupted by a news cast/breaking news bulletin about some major event in the story. It doesn't matter if the characters were watching cartoons or music videos, this news bulletin will show up. Usually one of the characters will let us know it's important by telling everyone to shut up or asking for the volume to be turned up.
More recently movies and tv shows have gotten more "realistic" and started having random characters walk into the room and turning the channel/asking the other characters to change the channel to a local news station. But they always turn the channel to see the news cast at the right moment. They never have to sit through sports highlights or entertainment/music news before getting to the important news event and they always catch it at the beginning/near the beginning vs the end of the broadcast.
4) "Pull my finger": Gross out humor. Basically when characters fart or throw up or some other bodily function and it's presented in a comedic situation. This is fine in children's films/shows since they find that sort of thing funny at that age but I don't think it has a place in grown up films/shows.
5) "We're DEFINED by our non traditional relationship": This is when movies/TV shows have relationships involving characters with different ethnic backgrounds or gay/lesbian relationships and that's the only thing that defines the character's relationship with each other. In many cases that's the only reason these characters are in the movie/TV show.
Rarely do we see these characters just having a good time and enjoying themselves. Most of their interaction in the film involves "Your people walk like this, while my people walk like THIS" or the "struggles" they have to deal with being in a non traditional relationship from other people.
6) "One man show": One person saving the day and making a difference. Unless it's a super hero/fantasy film, this should not happen as often as it does in film/television. And I don't just mean the one guy with a gun killing hundreds of bad guys. I'm also talking about the one brilliant scientists/computer expert who comes up with the cure/code needed to save the day. Even when these characters have teammates, one member of the group always goes above and beyond and does something incredible with little to no help from the others in the group.
7) "The planet of the same damn creatures": Usually in science fiction films/shows when a new race/alien species is encountered the entire race is exactly the same. Other than sex and maybe height/weight, there is little to no variation to the species. You will rarely see different eye/hair/skin colors or major body differences even if this species covers the entire planet.
Also when it comes to female/male aliens with "human like" features, the female aliens always get the most "human" features. The male alien can be a fat slug monster, but it's perfectly fine for the female alien of the species to have an hour glass figure.
8) "Every protagonist death is significant": Any time a character in a major group of characters is killed or critically injured it's always in some incredible fashion. For example character A driving the plane full of dynamite into the ocean while the other characters parachute to safety. Character A will never die in some "lame" fashion like choking on his lunch or from getting shot by grunt soldier #1020.
And the protagonists deaths/injuries are always mourned/given attention to by the other protagonists. But not one of the 50 soldiers who died while allowing the main protagonists to get to their next destination get even a single tear. This also goes for the main antagonist. The villain may get angry over his right hand man/woman biting the bullet but he won't even blink at the sight of hundreds of his loyal troops getting slaughtered.
9) "I was born evil": Evil characters with no motivation for their evil actions other than to be evil. Movies and TV shows have gotten better at coming up with motives over the years but usually the only motivation the evil characters have is money. And they usually have no redeeming qualities. If they see a baby they'll gladly kill it if it means one step further to their goal. They only care about themselves and their goal and will do what ever it takes to achieve it with no regrets.
It's even worse in a group/an evil organization because it's rare for even one character to chime in and say "Hey, what we're doing is wrong" or to realize that their evil leader is so evil he'll kill every single one of them when given the opportunity.
Or when character A walks in on a group of other characters talking about him/her but the group of characters don't notice and character A only hears the portion of the conversation that sounds horrible but in full context isn't as bad as he or she thinks it is.
2) "Your suggestion is good, but we're not going to listen to you until the very last moment:" This is when character A warns another group of characters about an action they are about to take that could cause a disaster or that Armageddon is just around the corner and that they need to do something about it. The group of characters NEVER listen to character A no matter how much logical sense character A is making. Forget all the charts and graphs and studies character A has done, the group of characters will never listen until they fuck up/disaster strikes. Only then will they listen to character A, if there's a chance to rectify their mistake.
3) "We interrupt this broadcast for this important announcement": Usually when a group of characters are watching TV, at some point during the show they will be interrupted by a news cast/breaking news bulletin about some major event in the story. It doesn't matter if the characters were watching cartoons or music videos, this news bulletin will show up. Usually one of the characters will let us know it's important by telling everyone to shut up or asking for the volume to be turned up.
More recently movies and tv shows have gotten more "realistic" and started having random characters walk into the room and turning the channel/asking the other characters to change the channel to a local news station. But they always turn the channel to see the news cast at the right moment. They never have to sit through sports highlights or entertainment/music news before getting to the important news event and they always catch it at the beginning/near the beginning vs the end of the broadcast.
4) "Pull my finger": Gross out humor. Basically when characters fart or throw up or some other bodily function and it's presented in a comedic situation. This is fine in children's films/shows since they find that sort of thing funny at that age but I don't think it has a place in grown up films/shows.
5) "We're DEFINED by our non traditional relationship": This is when movies/TV shows have relationships involving characters with different ethnic backgrounds or gay/lesbian relationships and that's the only thing that defines the character's relationship with each other. In many cases that's the only reason these characters are in the movie/TV show.
Rarely do we see these characters just having a good time and enjoying themselves. Most of their interaction in the film involves "Your people walk like this, while my people walk like THIS" or the "struggles" they have to deal with being in a non traditional relationship from other people.
6) "One man show": One person saving the day and making a difference. Unless it's a super hero/fantasy film, this should not happen as often as it does in film/television. And I don't just mean the one guy with a gun killing hundreds of bad guys. I'm also talking about the one brilliant scientists/computer expert who comes up with the cure/code needed to save the day. Even when these characters have teammates, one member of the group always goes above and beyond and does something incredible with little to no help from the others in the group.
7) "The planet of the same damn creatures": Usually in science fiction films/shows when a new race/alien species is encountered the entire race is exactly the same. Other than sex and maybe height/weight, there is little to no variation to the species. You will rarely see different eye/hair/skin colors or major body differences even if this species covers the entire planet.
Also when it comes to female/male aliens with "human like" features, the female aliens always get the most "human" features. The male alien can be a fat slug monster, but it's perfectly fine for the female alien of the species to have an hour glass figure.
8) "Every protagonist death is significant": Any time a character in a major group of characters is killed or critically injured it's always in some incredible fashion. For example character A driving the plane full of dynamite into the ocean while the other characters parachute to safety. Character A will never die in some "lame" fashion like choking on his lunch or from getting shot by grunt soldier #1020.
And the protagonists deaths/injuries are always mourned/given attention to by the other protagonists. But not one of the 50 soldiers who died while allowing the main protagonists to get to their next destination get even a single tear. This also goes for the main antagonist. The villain may get angry over his right hand man/woman biting the bullet but he won't even blink at the sight of hundreds of his loyal troops getting slaughtered.
9) "I was born evil": Evil characters with no motivation for their evil actions other than to be evil. Movies and TV shows have gotten better at coming up with motives over the years but usually the only motivation the evil characters have is money. And they usually have no redeeming qualities. If they see a baby they'll gladly kill it if it means one step further to their goal. They only care about themselves and their goal and will do what ever it takes to achieve it with no regrets.
It's even worse in a group/an evil organization because it's rare for even one character to chime in and say "Hey, what we're doing is wrong" or to realize that their evil leader is so evil he'll kill every single one of them when given the opportunity.
1) Companion of a group or person ends up dying and the protagonist leans over the body, raises his/her head to the sky and shouts "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"
2) Bad guys in droves are chasing the male and female heroes who have hated each other the entire film, but just when things are blowing up around them, bullets are flying and they have an ample escape route, the find the time to lay a passionate kiss on one another for a good 3 minutes, and then escape through said hole. Seriously? There's time for that shit later, get the fuck out of there.
2) Bad guys in droves are chasing the male and female heroes who have hated each other the entire film, but just when things are blowing up around them, bullets are flying and they have an ample escape route, the find the time to lay a passionate kiss on one another for a good 3 minutes, and then escape through said hole. Seriously? There's time for that shit later, get the fuck out of there.
bggrthnjsus
Member
depending on what part of the brain gets destroyed and what caliber bullet, some shots to the head will more or less kill you instantly, or at least knock you unconscious instantly and you would die shortly thereafter.TacticalFox88 said:
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Kreed said:
All of these, but especially the bolded.
RustyNails
Member
Anyone else greatly bothered by beeping computer noises? So far I've seen only ONE movie that got computers right, without any beeping shit. That movie is Kevin Costner's No way out (RT rating 100%)
RustyNails
Member
Oh right, I remember now.sn00zer said:
Zeouterlimits
Member
This. A million times this. God I hate it.Kreed said:
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Its not so much a problem with the movies I watch, but its one of the biggest things I hate about "normal" anime (read: a bunch of adolescents in school and/or saving the world while learning lessons about friendship and love)Zeouterlimits said:
Nappuccino
Member
Cafeman said:
Short attention span?
When the protagonist calls up his buddy on the police force to run a search on a name, and the guy types in the name and brings it up no problem despite not asking for a spelling even though it's a crazy-ass name. Just ask how to spell it, smartass.
ClosingADoor
Member
Probably already mentioned but please, shoot the hero when you have a gun to his head. You are planning on taking over the world, blowing up a country or some other huge thing. Why spent time explaining your whole plan to some stupid guy who gets in the way. Pull that trigger and be done with it.
MetalAlien
Banned
Stop with the misleading trailers! Predators was the worst in recent memory. It is NOT cool. (how many predators are in your film?)
Also, have some balls and make your movie rated R. Stop with the PG-13 horror/action movies.
Also, have some balls and make your movie rated R. Stop with the PG-13 horror/action movies.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Computer displays in general always have ridiculously specialized GUI.elwes said:
Frank the Great
Banned
everything kreed listed.
FleckSplat
Member
Arthrus said:
See: young hero-old wizard archetype.
E.G., Luke and Obi-Wan.
In your examples, though, the wizard is an asshole :lol .
Kuramu
Member
Oh, I've been meaning to mention this for years.
When someone is talking, and the camera switches to behind the talker so you can see the listener's reactions. However, the talkers motions no longer match the words being spoken. It's so plainly obvious he isn't saying the words you are hearing.
This is more embarrassingly common in TV interviews so we can watch the interviewer nod his head with empathy.
When someone is talking, and the camera switches to behind the talker so you can see the listener's reactions. However, the talkers motions no longer match the words being spoken. It's so plainly obvious he isn't saying the words you are hearing.
This is more embarrassingly common in TV interviews so we can watch the interviewer nod his head with empathy.
The part that always gets me is when when the main characters have been sprinting, shooting, dodging, jumping out of helicopters, snowmobiling etc. for 2 day without sleep, killed maybe a hundred people, lost their best friends in battle and after it's over all they want is sex.
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
Member
This is so bad in old TV shows and movies that are being released in HD now.Kuramu said:
Even the Sopranos does this about a million times and you can tell even in the DVDs. They just assumed everyone had a shitty TV, because everyone did in 2003. They'll show a character talking as he walks down the street and the movements of his mouth aren't anywhere close to the actual words.
deadmuffin
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Hiring Nic Cage
Fimbulvetr
Member
Secks4Food said:
Great, now reverse those polarities.
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