Things you're tired of seeing in movies
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Amen to that. They've beaten that horse to a pulp.
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Shinobi
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Got a laugh out of this! So true...
Shaky-cam and bad writing. Those are the two biggest problems I have with movies, right now.
Oh, and as popular as "dark, grounded, and gritty" is today, I'm really sick and fracking tired of it. I mean, when you even have to dilute Superman to suit "modern" audiences' taste; that's a real shame.
Oh, and as popular as "dark, grounded, and gritty" is today, I'm really sick and fracking tired of it. I mean, when you even have to dilute Superman to suit "modern" audiences' taste; that's a real shame.
Jon Kelley
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Stories watered down or altered beyond recognition from the original. - I will probably never quite forgive Verhoeven for what he did to Heinlein's _Starship_ _Troopers_. - And just WHAT possessed WHO to turn /The/ /Mask/ from its original comic book story (dark & psychotic) to a vehicle for Jim Carrey, for the love of God?!? That was one of my favourite short-series comics (Dark Horse, ca. 1987) which got HOPELESSLY butchered in translation! There are a couple of other DH properties I'd really like to see put on screen someday - but if they're going to get that treatment? Pass. (/Trekker/, /Black/ /Cross/, /Concrete/, and /Bob/ /the/ /Alien/ all come readily to mind. Hell, I'd just love to see a pretty girl do a good cosplay of Mercy St. Clair from /Trekker/ someday...)
p51
Sr Member
How about when someone is holding a firearm, a person/creature with amazing strength grabs the barrel and bends it while the bad guy is holding the other end?
Firearms are made of metal that probably wouldn't bend very far anyway, and don't they realize that the normal person on the other end would also have to be strong enough to bend the thing as otherwise it'd fly out of their hands?
Firearms are made of metal that probably wouldn't bend very far anyway, and don't they realize that the normal person on the other end would also have to be strong enough to bend the thing as otherwise it'd fly out of their hands?
Monkey67
Sr Member
Its because your always keeping your main focus on the blade / weapon at hand. So in doing so you are not ready for a leg to kick you after a block. Same goes for the punch during a fight.
Nth
Sr Member
I so agree with this. Latest contender for this was World War Z. Phenomenal book turned into a hopeless mess of a movie. Max Brooks must have face palmed hard when this hit theaters.
Jon Kelley
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Concur. Same goes for a knife fight - anyone who knows what they're about knows that you don't do a primary strike with the blade - you slip a punch through their defenses while they're distracted by the knife, to distract them from being stabbed (Saith a veteran of knife fights.) Most people can't keep track of both hands a the the same time - which is what makes the longsword/shortsword combination so effective (all you've got to do is focus on their eyes - see what they're following, use the other to strike.) Doubled knives are subject to the same principle (which is why I usually have at least two blades on me.)
Laspector
Master Member
Hopefully the shaky-cam fad will go away soon. As for bad writing, it's been around forever--it will never go away.
Solo4114
Master Member
"Twist" endings. I am no longer even slightly impressed by them in film or television or really any artistic work. Usually, though, that's because the attempt to craft a twist ending results in a crappy story being told in between the start and the ending.
Plus, it seems really overused now.
Plus, it seems really overused now.
I'm a fan of them when used properly. The end of Dexter season 4 was downright traumatic.
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Zombie_61
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Sadly, it was almost all downhill after that. :facepalm
How about when hero or Group ..ect.. always end up putting entire objective that is far more important than any one person in jeopardy to save one person/kid/love interest...ect... Like nukes will go off or world will end ..ect ... But no we have to go get Timmy ... Really grinds my gears
Who is John Galt...
Who is John Galt...
Solo4114
Master Member
Yeah, but how often are they used properly? That's my point.
Jon Kelley
Active Member
"How about when hero or Group ..ect.. always end up putting entire objective that is far more important than any one person in jeopardy to save one person/kid/love interest...ect... Like nukes will go off or world will end ..ect ... But no we have to go get Timmy ... Really grinds my gears " Spoofed/lampshaded heavily (and humourously!) by Krisfaluci with his "Powdered Toast Man" character on Ren & Stimpy.... 
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