Things you're tired of seeing in movies

[Ron]

It's so funny how after you get into firearms then you start noticing EVERY mistake.

My favorite is how many times someone points a 1911 with an 'uncocked' hammer.

 

[Bigdaddy]

It's so funny how after you get into firearms then you start noticing EVERY mistake.

My favorite is how many times someone points a 1911 with an 'uncocked' hammer.

Yeah, it's really just a small bludgeoning tool at that point. Another that irks me is when someone is held at gunpoint but refuses to comply, THEN the gunman decides to chamber a round to emphasize the threat.

 

[mattycsi]

When the bad guy orders the henchman to execute the hero. Leaves the room in full confidence that nothing will go wrong. Regardless of the gun the henchman has, he will step right up to point blank range, allowing the hero to wrestle the gun from them and escape.

Just shoot the guy from 10 yards away.

 

[Richard Baker]

It's so funny how after you get into firearms then you start noticing EVERY mistake.

My favorite is how many times someone points a 1911 with an 'uncocked' hammer.

Dated a Hunter-Jumper Showrider for a while. She knew everything about horses and continually pointed out errors in tack. A couple were so badly done that if the horse was to move suddenly the rider would go flying off, saddle and all

 

[Riceball]

It's so funny how after you get into firearms then you start noticing EVERY mistake.

My favorite is how many times someone points a 1911 with an 'uncocked' hammer.

I like how indexing your finger on a gun is now very common in Hollywood, so much so to the point where someone is holding a gun and threatening someone with it still has their finger off of the trigger. It's really bad when they're doing it with pistol either at point blank range or practically right up against someone's head.

 

[Treadwell]

Dated a Hunter-Jumper Showrider for a while. She knew everything about horses and continually pointed out errors in tack.

OH, my mom and sister right there!!
They're also always noticing when lookalike horses are swapped out from shot to shot. "That one has a wider blaze on his forehead."

See also: "Quit yanking his mouth around!"

 

[PumpkinKing]

Happy Endings, it’s ok to let the bad guy win.

 

[Captain Dunsel]

When the hero can be knocked out cold by being struck in the face with the butt of a rifle or pistol and gets up, 5 minutes later, without their teeth being knocked out of their mouth, a fractured jaw, permanent brain damage, or a caved-in skull.

“I ain’t yet begun ta fight...”

 

[AJK001]

It's so funny how after you get into firearms then you start noticing EVERY mistake.

My favorite is how many times someone points a 1911 with an 'uncocked' hammer.

I'm pretty sure I mentioned this one before. I cringe everytime someone pulls out a Glock and you here a hammer being ******. What I also find rather irksome is I've actually seen movies where someone is firing a revolver and you here spent brass hitting the ground like you would with an automatic.

 

[DARTH ANIBAL]

It's so funny how after you get into firearms then you start noticing EVERY mistake.

My favorite is how many times someone points a 1911 with an 'uncocked' hammer.

Same goes for anything relating to the military. I know they have advisers on some of these films, and those tend to be closer to reality, but you can tell when they don't. A REALLY common one is all the instances of AR 670-1 going right out the window.

 

[Strikerkc]

Same goes for anything relating to the military. I know they have advisers on some of these films, and those tend to be closer to reality, but you can tell when they don't...

Rough age-to-rank match ups are funny to see when they're not done right too. I saw a new movie that came out this year, with Neal McDonough playing a Major (I'm also pretty sure they had the Lt. Col oak leaf on his hat too).

 

[DARTH ANIBAL]

Rough age-to-rank match ups are funny to see when they're not done right too. I saw a new movie that came out this year, with Neal McDonough playing a Major (I'm also pretty sure they had the Lt. Col oak leaf on his hat too).

YES! That one irks me, too. People WAAAY too young for their ranks.

 

[PumpkinKing]

Also, particularly in horror movies, the lack of a firearm. Countless horror movies’ entire plot would be unraveled if the main character had a firearm and could defend themselves. Next time you watch a horror movie ask yourself “ if they had a gun, would this____still be a threat to them?” Usually not

 

[Richard Baker]

Also, particularly in horror movies, the lack of a firearm. Countless horror movies’ entire plot would be unraveled if the main character had a firearm and could defend themselves. Next time you watch a horror movie ask yourself “ if they had a gun, would this____still be a threat to them?” Usually not

Or just leave the house the instant you find the kitchen chairs stacking themselves...

 

[Richard Baker]

 

[PumpkinKing]

Or just leave the house the instant you find the kitchen chairs stacking themselves...

Any level of common sense in horror movies would be great really...

 

[DARTH ANIBAL]

Any level of common sense in horror movies would be great really...

At least for slashers, I feel like common sense would end those movies pretty quickly.

 

[Cephus]

When the hero can be knocked out cold by being struck in the face with the butt of a rifle or pistol and gets up, 5 minutes later, without their teeth being knocked out of their mouth, a fractured jaw, permanent brain damage, or a caved-in skull.

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“I ain’t yet begun ta fight...”

Or usually, even a bruise.

 

[Cephus]

At least for slashers, I feel like common sense would end those movies pretty quickly.

Which is why most slashers suck. Granted, the purpose of a slasher is the biggest body count they can get with the most creative kills they can dream up, which is why everyone is an idiot. Most of the people who die deserve to. It just gets very stale after a while.

 

[DARTH ANIBAL]

Which is why most slashers suck. Granted, the purpose of a slasher is the biggest body count they can get with the most creative kills they can dream up, which is why everyone is an idiot. Most of the people who die deserve to. It just gets very stale after a while.

Yeah, I'm not personally a fan of the genre. I think Scream is the last movie I watched that would qualify as such, and even with that what I most enjoyed about it was the intentional riff on all the common tropes.