Things you're tired of seeing in movies

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

Well the only problem I had with ID4 was that at one or multiple points they use the wrong "Fox" missile call. I think they just say "Fox 2" the entire time when they are firing active radar guided missiles which would be a "Fox 3" call. But that's just me.

 

[blewis17]

Nope, I still can't. the ID4 virus thing stood out even for the movie it was in. It was one of those nuke-the-fridge moments where everybody in the theater had the same negative reaction. It's not the severity of the stupid, it's how it affects the viewing experience.

This deleted scene from ID4 somewhat explains that incompatible/compatible tech.

 

[The Goon]

...It's utterly stupid for TIE fighters and X-wings to make noise in space. But that instance of stupidity holds up in the cost/benefit analysis.

I agree. Even silent movies needed musical accompaniment.

 

[Laspector]

People always driving convertibles. Full House, Thelma and Louise, 48 Hours, Interview With The Vampire,etc. The list goes on and on. I realize it lets you see the actors, but these people usually live in a big city. You leave that thing alone on the street and it is going to get trashed. Plus, riding in a convertible is a pain in the butt. You can't hear anything for the wind, and just forget about your hair. It might be fun as a novelty, but after about a half hour you get tired of it really quick.

I've never known anyone who uses a convertible as their only car. Its usually their "play car" for Sunday afternoon drives or something like that.

 

[Bloop]

Whenever movies and TV shows find reasons for hero characters that wear masks or helmets to remove them during battle. I get it - they want the actor's face to be seen, partly for the ability to show emotions and partly just to see their face, but it often makes no sense. Pretty much every superhero franchise is guilty of it, and the recent Star Wars shows have multiple Mandalorians that end up with excuses for showing their faces.
Like I said, I get it, but it partly ruins my "suspension of disbelief" when it happens. Especially when it's a protective helmet and fighting without it is dangerous.
Also related, when superheroes with "secret identities" reveal their faces and identities in public.

 

[Bloop]

Just thought of another: when scenes take place at locations like nightclubs or sporting events where there's constant loud background noise & music, yet the characters in the scene talk to each other in normal conversational volume levels. Some movies/actors get it right, but a lot don't. I understand that when they shoot movies, they don't have any background noise because it ruins the audio of the actor's dialog, so they add it later. That means the actors would have to talk unnaturally loudly when they film their scenes, so it can be hard to get it sounding natural. Also, it can strain actors voices, which jeopardizes their ability to perform going forward. I also imagine some directors want the dialog lower to convey whatever emotions or feeling they want for the scene. But it still seems unnatural whenever I see it.

 

[Ron]

When swordsmen kick and punch rather than use their, you know- swords. The Ahsoka show was especially guilty of this.

 

[pengbuzz]

Superman standing there when the bad guys shoot him, but he ducks when they throw the gun at him.

 

[drusselmeyer]

Glasses. Only people that are playing characters who wear glasses, are wearing glasses... Who rip their glasses off to see things at a distance which they cannot see without glasses. Sigh.

 

[drusselmeyer]

Bad sound design. Explosions are extra loud and conversations are soft or drowned out by music which is too loud to distinctly hear dialogue.

 

[drusselmeyer]

Bad nerf modification. If it still says "nerf" on the side, the blaster prop needs a little tiny bit more work. Silver or black paint is not good enough in a professional film.

 

[Laspector]

Someone on a high mountain or a tower addressing the crowd below without a microphone or whatever. They just speak in a normal voice and assume everyone can hear them.

 

[dascoyne]

When an otherwise A-list film underutilizes or disregards their technical advisors.

The most insipid example that comes to mind is Iron Man 2. There's a lot about this film that makes no logical sense.

I still have no idea why Hammer, a supposed military tech manufacturer, was presenting a bunch of unremarkable firearms that weren't even products of Hammer Industries. He was showing Rhodey a 9mm pistol from the 1990's (Claridge), a cheap TEC-9 knockoff (Kimel), a bolt action 12 ga, and a basic 5.56 bullpup (FN F2000) all with a hip swagger. I mean, I love Sam Rockwell, but these off the shelf (and even cheap) guns really wrecked the scene. The only thing they had in common was that they looked atypical.

What made it worse was Rhodey acting impressed as if these were actually novel weapons. And why the heck was Hammer having to explain a minigun to the friggin military?

If Hammer Industries was going to incorporate small arms into the suit shouldn't they actually design something instead of duct taping existing off the shelf weapons into it?

Worst of all did Rhodey really want a functional War Machine so badly he would present the most proprietary piece of Stark Tech to a rival company? It was very hard to warm up to the recast Rhodey because Cheadle didn't hesitate to stab his friend in the back just for personal gain.

I wandered slightly off topic, but that scene alone was enough to wreck the entire movie for me.

 

[AJK001]

I watched Iron Man 2 and 3 for the first time recently and was not very impressed with them.

 

[Strikerkc]

They were not strong films. I want to say they came out in that period of time where they were already in motion, but marvel hadn't really decided how interwoven they were going to go, so they were kind of vestigial remnants of the "pre avengers" plan; where everyone would be in their separate continuities that didn't interfere with each other, but occasionally cross paths. Once they got out of that left over period (iron man 3, dark world, etc) the events of every movie had implications on the events in every following movie, regardless of who's "movie" it was.

 

[blewis17]

Bad nerf modification. If it still says "nerf" on the side, the blaster prop needs a little tiny bit more work. Silver or black paint is not good enough in a professional film.

To be fair, NERF has such a VARIETY of weapons and are DIRT CHEAP next to renting (or manufacturing) your own weapons for production, that I'm surprised more shows don't mix and match NERF pieces to come up with novel guns!

 

[blewis17]

Someone on a high mountain or a tower addressing the crowd below without a microphone or whatever. They just speak in a normal voice and assume everyone can hear them.

There are formations in hillsides/mountains the have natural amplification properties and act as natural amphitheaters for addressing large crowds.

Why can I hear such long distances in the mountains?

...but I get your point...

 

[drusselmeyer]

Female characters in fistfights never rip their shirts off in a manly way and duke it out, yet male characters seem to always lose their shirts. Odd.

 

[greenmachines]

Female characters in fistfights never rip their shirts off in a manly way and duke it out, yet male characters seem to always lose their shirts. Odd.

But like my wife always points out, the women will have low cut chest armor to show cleavage and will be exposing their most vulnerable stab point while also freezing to death in cold weather. Cleavage armor and drop neck winter gear is so ridiculously unreal as to kill a possible suspension of disbelief.

 

[pengbuzz]

But like my wife always points out, the women will have low cut chest armor to show cleavage and will be exposing their most velnerable stab point while also freezing to death in cold weather. Cleavage armor and drop neck winter gear is so ridiculously unreal as to kill a possible suspension of disbelief.