Not to get political but i really think that's hollywood's plan given how most of them feel about some subjects. If they can brainwash the masses into believing the crap they spout the better for their personal agendas. It's why i love the movie American Carol even though it didn't do well.
Things you're tired of seeing in movies
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Not to get political but i really think that's hollywood's plan given how most of them feel about some subjects. If they can brainwash the masses into believing the crap they spout the better for their personal agendas. It's why i love the movie American Carol even though it didn't do well.
MFP 2020
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I love the scene in Haywire when, after Carano takes the just-fired pistol from Tatum, she racks the slide and a live round ejects and bounces off the floor. I thought that was tactically sound; it's faster and safer than taking your eyes off your opponent to do a press check.
Put me down for shaky/zoom-in/zoom-out cam. I just watched something the other night and the zoom was not only overused, but completely out of place. (It wasn't The Heat, was it?)
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Interesting. Is that movie worth watching?
Another alternative to press checking is racking overhand with your hand cupping over the port (and simultaneously rotating the pistol quickly) so that you catch the round in your support hand. It's the same maneuver I learned for unloading a semiauto pistol so I have the muscle memory to do it fast.
Solo4114
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I remember an episode of CSI that featured a guy who executed another dude using a side-shooting one-handed grip, and he caught the ejected brass on his cheek. The CSI crew used the melted flesh on the brass to get DNA and catch him (which brings up its own set of reality-breaking stuff, but at least they got the flying hot brass right).
My favorite are katana being drawn from BAMBOO sheaths doing that "sssszzzhhhhhiing!" sound.
"Working as intended."
I accept a certain degree of plasticity in my action heroes, but this is one of the reasons I so appreciate early (and Daniel Craig-era) Bond films, and Raiders of the Lost Ark. I love when the heroes are actually kinda bruised and battered. They also do a good job of this with Sons of Anarchy, where a guy who got a shiner in last week's episode is still gonna have a bit of a bruise this week, and it may even take another episode or two for it to fade completely.
While I can accept that some women are physically strong enough, and well trained enough to actually cause some damage, particularly when they're up against a guy who's 6' and solid muscle....no, just......no. Physics, people. Physics counts. She can hit him as hard as she wants -- and that may be PLENTY hard -- but the force applied simply won't be enough to really mess him up at least before he can close with her enough to take her out some other way.
Oh, this. Soooo much this. Like, when they go around a corner and aim and it's all "Clack!" What the hell is clicking?! I guess maybe if they have a shoulder strap on or a really loose telescoping stock or something?
You forgot the underlying rule: there is no shrapnel in Hollywood.
Don't forget James Horner. Although at least he's "consistent." In that he's consistently been using the last two movies' score and just tweaking them for his entire career...
thequackdealer
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Okay I have a cliche that annoys me to death. It's a firearms mistake, when the actor is about to shoot someone with a pistol suddenly you hear the noise of a pump shotgun being cycled, now that's bad enough, but oh no they have to have the indecency to show the pistol with its hammer still firmly pressed against the slide. So this would be marginally acceptable if this was with a m9, or a sig p226 a gun that has a double action trigger, but no never it's always a 1911 which doesn't have a double action trigger so the gun is basically impossible to fire. You could pull the trigger with a round in the chamber, and nothing would happen. This is ridiculous to me why not just pull the damn hammer back, and whenever someone even touches a gun in movies or tv suddenly you hear a cocking sound. Almost as if the sheer force of touching said firearm caused the slide to rack itself!!! It makes scenes in movies seem like that scene in hot fuzz when they go to confront Simon skinner, and all you hear is a pump shotgun being cycled, and that was done for parody. This cliche pisses me off.
rodneyfaile
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Cars in movies would never survive any crash tests. They explode upon impact.
MFP 2020
Sr Member
But can you do it under stress?
I love Haywire. I recommend it with this caveat: It's not an action movie; it's a Soderbergh movie.
http://www.ifc.com/videos/haywire-dvdblu-ray-exclusive-clip-gina-carano-in-training
A bunch of guys bust into a room and shoot up everything indiscriminately for a full minute before they realize the guy they want isn't even there. Another variation is when the target is clearly behind cover (e.g. a bus) and they shoot up the bus ... why? Are they hoping a miracle bullet will penetrate an engine block and hit their target?
Or when a bunch of shooters surround one fella 360 degrees around pointing their weapons inward at him ... and naturally at the friendly on the other side of the circle.
Or when a bunch of shooters surround one fella 360 degrees around pointing their weapons inward at him ... and naturally at the friendly on the other side of the circle.
Murdock
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Though I haven't listened to what Horner is composing nowadays, I'd give Horner a pass just for his Star Trek and Honey I Shrunk the Kids soundtracks.
that wasn't done in a lull? If it's in the midst of action that's a different story. Actually sounds pretty cool. I'll check it out.
I'd also recommend Way of the Gun if you haven't already seen it. The gun handling alone makes it worth watching. It takes a gun guy to appreciate it, though.
MFP 2020
Sr Member
Dude, seriously? "To tell you the truth, I don't think this is a 'brains' kind of operation."
rodneyfaile
Sr Member
A bomb can never be disarmed until there are only 5 seconds remaining.
Lol. OK, it's a good (and underappreciated) movie for a number of reasons - (including Sarah Silverman getting punched in the pie hole ...).Dude, seriously? "To tell you the truth, I don't think this is a 'brains' kind of operation."
But it's even better if you like guns: Del Toro's one handed press check.
Clearing rooms with a Galil and an 870 was nice up until the director had Del Toro shoot out a mag making a linear pattern of holes in the wall.
CB2001
Master Member
"Video not available" I'll look for it elsewhere.
Which reminds me... Isn't it the Israelis who carry hammer down on an empty chamber and rack the weapon on presentation? What you describe kinda reminds me of that.
joshvanrad
Sr Member
I'm super sick of message-movies! Do we have to keep having all these agendas and messages crammed down our throats in movies? Can we just get a bunch of cool kick-ass movies without all the messages? What ever happened to just cool action and sci-fi movies without all the BS?
binkleywalker
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Man, I wish.
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