Things you're tired of seeing in movies

[p51]

I don't know if I've written this before, but on military posts, they always have to show groups of soldiers doing one of every type task there is, all at the same time. You'll have one squad sized element doing PT, another marching close order drill with rifles (which never occurs outside a basic training post or a unit getting ready for a change of command ceremony), another doing police call on a field, and so on. In real life, they're all pretty much doing the same thing at the same time of day. And VER RARELY do soldiers march in formation on a daily basis, again outside of a basic training post.
Drives me nuts, as it does to anyone who's served.

 

[Fenris]

How about people in movies (or TV) not locking their cars once they get out or leaving the windows open? In real life, their car would've been gone in just a few seconds!

 

[Zombie_61]

How about people in movies (or TV) not locking their cars once they get out or leaving the windows open? In real life, their car would've been gone in just a few seconds!

Or when they get into a car without first retrieving the keys from whichever pocket they keep them in, then start it so quickly that it becomes obvious the keys were left in the ignition. I know they do this to save two or three seconds and to keep the story moving along, but it's far from realistic.

Come to think of it, that probably falls into the category of things you're tired of not seeing in movies.

 

[Laspector]

The over use of convertables. They are not fun to take road trips in.

 

[p51]

O how about people who never seem to lock or unlock their home's front doors, except for comedic effect?
In sitcoms, people often walk in and out of other people's houses and apartments all the time, without even knocking when they're not even expected. Does anyone here know of someone who'd allow that?

 

[NormanF]

Monsters usually kill and leave the bodies. They don't eat the people, they just go on a killing spree.

 

[p51]

True, and they ALWAYS have to attack well-known landmarks. No monster ever attacked, say, Lombard, Montana and instead always makes a beeline for New York, London or Paris...

 

[Zombie_61]

True, and they ALWAYS have to attack well-known landmarks. No monster ever attacked, say, Lombard, Montana and instead always makes a beeline for New York, London or Paris...

Clearly this is because they're drawn to the big cities just like tourists.

 

[Michael Bergeron]

O how about people who never seem to lock or unlock their home's front doors, except for comedic effect?
In sitcoms, people often walk in and out of other people's houses and apartments all the time, without even knocking when they're not even expected. Does anyone here know of someone who'd allow that?

Our front door is almost always unlocked when we're home, and there are a few friends and family who will indeed just walk in although they're always expected. When I was a kid my friends and I used to do this all the time too. A few of my son's friends are the same way, the kids bounce from house to house on the street as they see fit.

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True, and they ALWAYS have to attack well-known landmarks. No monster ever attacked, say, Lombard, Montana and instead always makes a beeline for New York, London or Paris...

Well, to be fair, population centres are the ideal starting point for a sneak attack. Although why they'd hit, say, the Eiffel Tower as opposed to government building I'll never know! :lol

 

[Megamicrofish]

Silencers that screw into the barrel of a gun. I'm talking to you, Mr Bond!

 

[SofaKing01]

Or when they get into a car without first retrieving the keys from whichever pocket they keep them in, then start it so quickly that it becomes obvious the keys were left in the ignition. I know they do this to save two or three seconds and to keep the story moving along, but it's far from realistic.

Come to think of it, that probably falls into the category of things you're tired of not seeing in movies.

Or... how the car NEVER starts when they are being chased! It constantly turns over and over and over until

1) The car start and they get away JUST in the nick of time

2) They are pulled from the car and thrown into a black van with the traditional "blacked out" plates

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True, and they ALWAYS have to attack well-known landmarks. No monster ever attacked, say, Lombard, Montana and instead always makes a beeline for New York, London or Paris...

Why hasn't a creature ever attacked Delaware?

 

[Helpful Nerd]

I went through some Army EOD training when I was still active duty. I was told by some of the instructors at Aberdeen Proving Ground that sometime in the 80s, there was a civilian EOD guy disarming a classic stereotype 'hollywood timer' bomb and it turned out through either an error on the bomb maker's part or by design (they never found out who made the thing), it went off at about 5 minutes and seemingly random seconds on the clock.
I never got specific details, but they said they looked at what little was left and determined there was no alternate firing meachanism and someone apparently was watching through optics. You never use a radio when doing work like that for reasons that'd take too long to type here. Just shy of five minutes, that was that. EOD guy never knew what happened.

That's crazy. When I was in the Air Force (Civil Engineering Squadron) I would chat with the EOD guys and they had some crazy stories. They where a special bunch, hats off to the EOD folks. I couldn't do it.

 

[dascoyne]

True, and they ALWAYS have to attack well-known landmarks. No monster ever attacked, say, Lombard, Montana and instead always makes a beeline for New York, London or Paris...

not always

 

[p51]

Hilarious, look at the skyscraper the tail is knocking over. I don't think there's a building that tall in that town!

 

[Philly]

Stan Lee...

 

[Zombie_61]

...Well, to be fair, population centres are the ideal starting point for a sneak attack. Although why they'd hit, say, the Eiffel Tower as opposed to government building I'll never know! :lol

What, like giant monsters would know the difference? :lol

 

[crabra comander]

Kids fighting off savage monsters with a stick when the monsters have just annihilated a group of grown ass adults...

 

[NormanF]

Silencers that screw into the barrel of a gun. I'm talking to you, Mr Bond!

Silencers on revolvers, although you almost never see revolvers in movies anymore.

 

[Oddjobkia]

Okay so my list is this.

Apolitical movies where everything still works (within 10 days every nuclear power station would go BANG)

How bad guys all dress the same ( Ie mad max)

Group of baddies on one person fights Only one person at a time attacks...

nobody has to eat and has unlimited energy...

on that subject why I don't want to see anybody pee they never seem to, unless its integral to the part of the movie.

Where the AK47 is depicted as a pea shooter,.....I have seen one clip destroy a huge tree!!

the hero always lives..

small engine cars keeping up with high power cars...

I don't live in America so I am not sure but if there is a chase is there always around 40 cars chasing??

the impossible physics in space ( GRAVITY)

how in restaurants they all sit around one side of the table..

How in alien attack the earth movies...after they have traveled billions of miles and have space ships that are huge they can be analysed within hours from a computer, taken down by a simple weapon and how they are always linked to the mother ship...

if the FBI/NSA/CIA/ ETC ETC are good guys they never get spotted but if they are the Bad guys they always get spotted...

travelling huge distances in impossible time frames..

Shaky camera when not needed...

baddies giving massive dialogue when about to kill someone..then not being able to kill them...

the inevitable....'lets go into that dark house/alley/room and see what that strange noise is?

never seeing anyone wearing a top with a logo on....( family movies are the worst for this...every child has a different colour top on yet no-one has a branded top)

Does every teenage boy live in the Basement in America ???

constant re-makes of films Superman--Spider man...Batman..

Steven Segal.....(just him, cant stand him...apparently he can disarm 20 people in a room from 40 feet away with one hit but he can take hit after hit after hit and not even flinch)

Perfect make up and hair at all times...

Any American playing a British person AND any British person playing an American...its just not right...

Costumed super heroes..WHY DO SUPER HEROES NEED A COSTUME AARRGGHHH.... flying, stoping bullets,massive strength, super power eye sight, is not enough they have to wear a spangly cloak and clothing that would only be seen at WALMART...

 

[Laspector]

You know what I hate in movies? All that make believe stuff.