Things you're tired of seeing in movies

[salinium]

I find it funny how many people still leave Marvel movies before the end credits scene. I just wonder "have these people missed out on every post credits scene so far?"

 

[Curmudgeon]

Kind of morbid.. but I always notice when people die instantly from getting their throat slit. I understand that movies do this for ratings, etc. but part of me feels like such a violent action should either be shown accurately or not included. Just something I tend to notice

 

[Solo4114]

In general, people tend to die -- regardless of the wound -- either quickly or slowly as dictated by the needs of the script and whether the character's death needs to be quick or lingering. I do find that people are, in some ways, less "resilient" than you'd expect someone to be, though. Like, when someone gets their throat cut, they drop like a marionette with their strings cut. No stumbling, no clutching at the wound, no choking, just, boom, down. Like they took a headshot or something.

 

[p51]

People don't die quickly, generally. I know that firsthand and that's all I'll ever say on that point.

Knowing this my brother still doesn't stay because he doesn't have the patience.

When I was in my 20s, I hung with a small group of guys into sci-fi and we often saw the big movies together. But one guy had what we'd now call ADD and would spring out of his seat at the very second he knew the plot of the movie was done, as if his chair was spring-loaded. Had to leave that very second. I'm very much reminded of Sheldon Cooper in regards to how he had to leave immediately once a film was over. We put up with it a couple of times, then started telling him to wait into the lobby, where we'd find him hopping around like a toddler who has to go to the bathroom but won't do so. After a few times of this, we stopped inviting him to movies. He got even stranger after that and we just quit inviting him to anything. I'm sure that if he's still around, he's either gotten therapy or makes Sheldon from BBT look well adjusted in comparison.

 

[Riceball]

Watching Agents of SHIELD last night reminded how silly movies & TV shows are about people communicating via hidden comms like a Secret Service agent or something, most of the time they don't have anything in their ears but they almost always press a finger or two against their ears when they talk like the earpiece has the push to talk button. Then to make matters worse they never seem to talk into anything resembling a mic, they just talk out into air as opposed to their wrist, a jacket lapel, a shirt collar, or anywhere else that a mic might be hidden.

 

[p51]

Watching Agents of SHIELD last night reminded how silly movies & TV shows are about people communicating via hidden comms like a Secret Service agent or something, most of the time they don't have anything in their ears but they almost always press a finger or two against their ears when they talk like the earpiece has the push to talk button. Then to make matters worse they never seem to talk into anything resembling a mic, they just talk out into air as opposed to their wrist, a jacket lapel, a shirt collar, or anywhere else that a mic might be hidden.

Blame ST Next Generation for that.

 

[MFP 2020]

I think I already mentioned excess Foley (every flashing light must have a beep!), but it's really getting out of hand. In every other movie now there's the traveling overhead shot of the city with the obligatory flyover of some massive antenna, and of course there has to be a whooshing sound as we pass the structure. Well, I was watching A Single Shot and there's a driving shot of the road and they inserted whoosh-whoosh-whoosh noises for the painted lines in the middle of the road! :facepalm

 

[glunark]

The beeps and flashing lights I hate the most are on trackers.

Your hero plants one under someone's car, and not only is it flashing, but beeping too, how do the bad guys never notice it?

 

[Bear]

The beeps and flashing lights I hate the most are on trackers.

Your hero plants one under someone's car, and not only is it flashing, but beeping too, how do the bad guys never notice it?

That's easy, the bad guys are dumb, remember. The good guys are always smarter than the bad guys The bad guys would never think of checking there vehicle or switching cars, can't have them look smarter than the heroes now can we..

 

[CB2001]

TV shows that were serious at the time and fun for their time turned into complete farces. Example includes Starsky and Hutch (it was a serious cop show for its time which had its occasional fun moments, turned into a stupid comedy).

 

[Wes R]

Melissa Mccarthy, really hollywood she's not funny just crass. Halfassed remakes of anime/manga/japanese movies. Just give the Japanese the money and access to hollywood resources and let them write and film the stuff. Also the two guys who wrote Bayformers, they went on to write the craptastic newest Transformers cartoon too.

 

[batguy]

That's easy, the bad guys are dumb, remember. The good guys are always smarter than the bad guys The bad guys would never think of checking there vehicle or switching cars, can't have them look smarter than the heroes now can we

I get annoyed when someone searches a car/room/etc for a tracker and finds it after about 6-8 seconds of looking.

 

[Zombie_61]

I get annoyed when someone searches a car/room/etc for a tracker and finds it after about 6-8 seconds of looking.

Yeah, but do you really want to sit through a 60-minute sequence of someone thoroughly searching a car, a house, or a business office looking for a tracker or listening device?

 

[Darth Lars]

The beeps and flashing lights I hate the most are on trackers.

Your hero plants one under someone's car, and not only is it flashing, but beeping too, how do the bad guys never notice it?

I think the '80s revival of Mission: Impossible was the worst.

Each device (tracker, scrambler, secret microphone...) had a red light when it was off but when it was switched on the red light dimmed, the device beeped and a green light next to it lit up.

 

[Marv]

Credits

 

[p51]

TV shows that were serious at the time and fun for their time turned into complete farces. Example includes Starsky and Hutch (it was a serious cop show for its time which had its occasional fun moments, turned into a stupid comedy).

How about Buffy the Vampire Slayer? A comedy turned into a serious TV show. I loved the movie and hated the TV show, mostly because I couldn't get past the idea of turning what was a joke about vampire movies into a serious series...

 

[CB2001]

How about Buffy the Vampire Slayer? A comedy turned into a serious TV show. I loved the movie and hated the TV show, mostly because I couldn't get past the idea of turning what was a joke about vampire movies into a serious series...

Doesn't really count, since Whedon sold it as an original script to the studios and they turned the film into a comedy. It was after a while he was able to buy the rights to the script back and turned it back into the story that he had originally written. So, basically, the show's tone is how the original script played out, and he just took it from the comedy they changed it to and took it back to his original concept.

 

[Riceball]

Doesn't really count, since Whedon sold it as an original script to the studios and they turned the film into a comedy. It was after a while he was able to buy the rights to the script back and turned it back into the story that he had originally written. So, basically, the show's tone is how the original script played out, and he just took it from the comedy they changed it to and took it back to his original concept.

Also, if you watched the show you'd know that there plenty of light hearted moments in the show throughout its entire run and in Angel too. I'd say that the show bordered on a dramedy more than being an outright drama show, somewhere between Doctor Who and The Walking Dead.

 

[Zombie_61]

Credits

I don't have a problem with giving credit when and where it's due but, yeah, it's getting to the point where they're crediting the podiatrist for the guy who walks the caterer's dog.

 

[p51]

How about the 'They lived happily ever after' ending where the male main character is seen leaving for work and says goobye to his loving and very pregnant wife? GAWD, how cliche'd is that?