I forgot about Toronto being a stand-in for New York City. The first couple of Christopher Reeve Superman movies were filmed in and around the city while the last was filmed in Toronto standing in for New York.
Funny you'd mention Tallahassee. They filmed, "Something Wild" there (Ray Liotta's first big movie and it holds up well, not to mention my Dad had a walk on role as a civil war re-enactor) and it takes place in New Jersey and Virginia!
What was it, Mission: Impossible III? Or Ghost Protocol? The coda where they meet on the "Seattle Waterfront" and it so very is Vancouver. I mean... Why not just have them meeting in Vancouver in the script?Any movie or TV show taking place in Seattle just as an excuse to film it in Vancouver, BC. You'll see a dozen 'B roll' shots of Pike's Place and the Space Needle, then the characters with the Vancouver skyline, which looks nothing like Seattle and is at an angle where there are no docks or beachfronts in Seattle.
As someone who has spent a lot of time in Seattle, it drives me nuts.
Yeah, that makes no sense to me. Movies love showing people going places that aren't connected if you are familiar with the area as well. You'll see someone heading the opposite direction on the 'b roll' to where the characters show up.What was it, Mission: Impossible III? Or Ghost Protocol? The coda where they meet on the "Seattle Waterfront" and it so very is Vancouver. I mean... Why not just have them meeting in Vancouver in the script?
The worst one I've seen, though, was Rose Red. Good story, good cast, good mansion... But it's in Tacoma. The place they put it in Seattle doesn't look like that or work like that. They have it at 9th Avenue and Spring Street, with shots from the gate looking down Spring toward the bay... Except Spring goes right on through -- doesn't end at 9th, and certainly not at a mansion's gated driveway. There's a church on one corner and a parking lot on the other. And while there were several mansions in Seattle (and a few are still there), they are/were 19th-century mansions. I.e., modest houses by todays standards. Some take up a city block, but none take up two, as the mansion in Rose Red does.
Then there's the egregious establishing shot looking West out over the bay... Except it isn't the bay, it's Lake Union, with the entirety of Queen Anne Hill and Magnolia digitally removed and replaced with water... and Mount Rainer. Majestically off on the Western horizon, somehow magically not South of Seattle as it is in real life. I mean, why?
It's simple, the script is written first, then once it has a greenlight to be shot the director will then send out a location scout to look for filming locations. As to why they don't change the lines to reflect the fact that the filming location doesn't match where it's supposed to be in the script, there are probably union rules about changing the script and who can do it and the rules probably make it so that it costs a lot to get the script writer to change even one word in the script. That and there's probably also fines if someone makes changes (outside of improving lines) without the knowledge/permission of the script writer.What was it, Mission: Impossible III? Or Ghost Protocol? The coda where they meet on the "Seattle Waterfront" and it so very is Vancouver. I mean... Why not just have them meeting in Vancouver in the script?
The worst one I've seen, though, was Rose Red. Good story, good cast, good mansion... But it's in Tacoma. The place they put it in Seattle doesn't look like that or work like that. They have it at 9th Avenue and Spring Street, with shots from the gate looking down Spring toward the bay... Except Spring goes right on through -- doesn't end at 9th, and certainly not at a mansion's gated driveway. There's a church on one corner and a parking lot on the other. And while there were several mansions in Seattle (and a few are still there), they are/were 19th-century mansions. I.e., modest houses by todays standards. Some take up a city block, but none take up two, as the mansion in Rose Red does.
Then there's the egregious establishing shot looking West out over the bay... Except it isn't the bay, it's Lake Union, with the entirety of Queen Anne Hill and Magnolia digitally removed and replaced with water... and Mount Rainer. Majestically off on the Western horizon, somehow magically not South of Seattle as it is in real life. I mean, why?
I think the problem is more present when you live in North America.Yes, the typical geographical issue gets noticed by about 1% of viewers.
Yes to Charlize and her fight scene. Best in my book featuring a female character Anyone wanting to see that movie would want to see the behind-the-scene of those fight choreographiesFight scenes: How about the female lead action star jumps and wraps her legs around the bad guy's neck, spins around thereby twisting his neck, and dropping him to the ground. Yes, I realize this is an actual move that can be effective. But it seems to be a modern crutch, a "cool shot", to help the 120 pound female protagonist drop the 250 pound male baddie. Every. Single. Movie.
For a more "realistic" hand to hand fight scene involving a female lead, see Charlise Theron in Atomic Blonde.
Fight scenes: How about the female lead action star jumps and wraps her legs around the bad guy's neck, spins around thereby twisting his neck, and dropping him to the ground. Yes, I realize this is an actual move that can be effective. But it seems to be a modern crutch, a "cool shot", to help the 120 pound female protagonist drop the 250 pound male baddie. Every. Single. Movie.
For a more "realistic" hand to hand fight scene involving a female lead, see Charlise Theron in Atomic Blonde.
I see your TNG+ Star Trek and raise you, The Walking Dead.Yeah... I'm pretty sure Idiot Plot was mentioned early in the thread, but it bears repeating. I lost track of how many episodes of TNG+ Star Trek would have been over by the end of the teaser if the main characters hadn't been temporarily stupid at just the wrong time.
I see your Walking dead and raise you... every Final Destination movie...saying that though the kitchen scene with the teacher and the knives ironing board kettle etc was pretty well executed literally!I see your TNG+ Star Trek and raise you, The Walking Dead.
I fold.I see your Walking dead and raise you... every Final Destination movie...saying that though the kitchen scene with the teacher and the knives ironing board kettle etc was pretty well executed literally!