Unbelieveable Movie Scenes : what were they thinking?

[EyeofSauron]

See, I hear that all the time and I don't think it was that Superman was spinning the Earth backwards. Only that he was flying so fast he was going back in time, and from the viewer's perspective time rolling backwards could only be perceived by seeing the Earth slowing, stopping and going in the opposite direction.

that is quite brilliant, i never thought of it that way

 

[The Mad Professor]

Regardless of what the article says I still don't see a woman in a dress and heels floating in space and being returned getting off with zero damage. Even reentry into our atmosphere would be hazardess. I also think I rememebrr seeng her hair "blowing in the wind" in the vacuum of space. To me this is a blatant disregard the writers had for any common sense for a movie scene.

Well, no she wouldn't be unharmed, but she wouldn't die instantly, and depending on how long she was exposed to a hard vaccuum, she might suffer only temporary damage.

As far as the "hair blowing in the wind," as well as the fact that she was breathing, I think we can chalk it up to craptastic production values more than anything else.

Even Superman the Movie seemed to ignore the laws of physics. When Supes was flying with Lois, she shouldn't have been able to breath at either some of the breakneck speeds they were flying, or when they were above the clouds.

 

[jcoffman99]

Transporter 2 when the car flips upside down and knocks the bomb off the bottom of the car. That was one of the few instances where I actually thought, "Okay. I'm done here."

 

[Contec]

Well, since this happens far too often to name a specific movie, I'll just say that any time someone who is shot is lifted off their feet from the impact and flies back 15 feet. If firing the gun doesn't have the energy to toss the shooter back, it doesn't have the energy to toss the victim back.

This scene from Rambo 4 is unbelieveable:
Rambo 4 Night Sniper - YouTube

 

[The Mad Professor]

Transporter 2 when the car flips upside down and knocks the bomb off the bottom of the car. That was one of the few instances where I actually thought, "Okay. I'm done here."

Oh yeah!

This scene.

That was one of the few times I was glad someone spoiled the movie for me. I have yet to watch the movie, except for this clip.

 

[Dave Porter]

The end sequence of ID4 always got to me, from the "We'll upload a virus" notion (particularly since, at that point, Macs and PCs couldn't even talk to each other, and they're from the same planet)

I seem to recall that human tech like the microchip was based upon the alien tech they found in the crashed ship, and that is why they were able to make a virus that could infect their system.

Can't remember where I read that, though.

 

[tsam]

Die Another Day - Bond para-surfing the melting glacier ice.

 

[CessnaDriver]

Temple of Doom.
A life raft keeping three people from going splat? more then once!
I still cringe at the idiocy of that. Maybe if they started on an almost vertical very sloping
surface and gradually slide down to horizontal.

Pretty much all of Armegeddon.

 

[CessnaDriver]

Also along those lines of going splat.

Iron Man in the Mk I falling into the dune.

Yeah, he would be very dead from that impact.

And also the battles later, I don't care how much fictional inertial dampening he has.
They would be pouring him out that armour.

 

[CessnaDriver]

Oh yeah, the new King Kong. What I could stand watching anyways.
That big ape whipped the woman around so much her neck would have snapped like a Kit Kat.

 

[Lost in Trek]

See, I hear that all the time and I don't think it was that Superman was spinning the Earth backwards. Only that he was flying so fast he was going back in time, and from the viewer's perspective time rolling backwards could only be perceived by seeing the Earth slowing, stopping and going in the opposite direction.

Same here.

 

[Lost in Trek]

Regarding that scene, they had intended to have Spock just standing on some kind of silver disk with no visible controls or propulsion, but for some reason decided to go for a set of ski boots. :facepalm

Probably a budget issue. I LOVE Trek, but I HATE Trek 5. As bad as the SuperSpock scene was Uhura's dance was worse. I was embarrassed for her. Ugh!

 

[CJS]

Crystal skull, Indy in the fridge. I walked, briskly away from the impending cheese that seems to have followed. I never have seen a frame of the movie since then.

 

[crabra comander]

Transporter 2 when the car flips upside down and knocks the bomb off the bottom of the car. That was one of the few instances where I actually thought, "Okay. I'm done here."

I can totally agree with this.

Alot of you sound pretty jaded when basic movie tropes get on your nerves.
If you think a scene is unbelievable because someone flew into outer-space, you wouldn't be able to watch any Sci-fi flicks:facepalm

Action movie: "Someone flew back when they were shot with a .22? OMG! F this movie!"

I'll contribute: When Ang Lee's Hulk transforms. There's no material made in a sweatshop that can withstand his transformation...:rolleyes

 

[CaptainSuperman]

Superman 2 when he throws his symbol at the villains.

It killed that movie for me

 

[hansicle]

That part in Superman Returns, when the movie starts, then it ends... that part.

 

[WarPig]

Crystal skull, Indy in the fridge. I walked, briskly away from the impending cheese that seems to have followed. I never have seen a frame of the movie since then.

I'm one of the few people that actually like Crystal Skull - but the fridge scene is inexcusable.

 

[Lutso]

There are probably a few dozen I could pull from The Dark Knight Rises but I've mostly blocked that horrible movie out of my mind.

Thank you. I feel the same way.

I had to sit and listen yet again to a conversation the other night about how it is the best movie ever made. Literally.

This scene from Rambo 4 is unbelieveable:
Rambo 4 Night Sniper - YouTube

You should read some of the comments under that video. Apparently, it's a realistic scene. :lol

 

[Lutso]

I'm one of the few people that actually like Crystal Skull - but the fridge scene is inexcusable.

Interestingly, I found the fridge scene to be one of the more excusable parts of the film. It was terrible, but it worked.

But once they get to South America? Then the **** starts to hit the fan...
Between snake jokes, bad acting, things chopping trucks in half, plants hitting crotches, bad acting, monkey armies guiding bikers through trees, giant ants eating people, bad acting, waterfall drops at 300 ft, standing there to watch a mountain crumble away from under you, and bad acting, it was a lot of cringe-worthy material.

But in the spirit of this thread, the only thing that actually made me say WTF was the monkeys. That just...didn't make sense. At all.

 

[crabra comander]

Superman 2 when he throws his symbol at the villains.

It killed that movie for me

But....it has alternate dimension powers...just like in the comics

And I watched video effects of a 50 cal:sick...it was actually toned down for the Rambo 4!