Things Movies get Wrong

[QUOTE="vadicta"]I know, I would've been way more into Home Alone if Macaulay Culkin just hid under his bed and cried the whole time.Overlord93

Most movies now have political agendas because they feel they must "educate us."

VisigothSaxon

When police need time on the phone to locate where the call is from, "60 seconds to trace" lol. It happens right away. Just adding suspense.

Sometimes cool guys do look at explosions:o

[QUOTE="VisigothSaxon"]

Most movies now have political agendas because they feel they must "educate us."

sonicare

Books.

Books.

ChiSoxBombers

Most people don't notice the stupid details unless they are looking for them.

Most people don't notice the stupid details unless they are looking for them.

MagnumPI

Seriously guys.. the whole point of a film is to take you away from reality kind of.

CBR600-RR

The purpose of (most) films is to entertain. There are many different ways films accomplish this, but some films do it be attempting to portray a plausible reality. When these films are inconsistent with their own rules, that ****s this up and annoys people.

[QUOTE="VisigothSaxon"]

Most movies now have political agendas because they feel they must "educate us."

sonicare

Of course, the reason I created this thread was to entertain people with the different things movies get wrong in their diteails, not to damn them for their inconsistancies :P

Glasses that are obviously non-functional, because you can tell, from the way light is reflecting off them, that they're flat.

Anachronisms always bug me. The movie 'Ray' had a really bad one. It was the late '40s, and they were driving a vintage car, but the car passed under a freight-train made up of modern, double-stack container cars. I guess they figured most people wouldn't notice, but to anyone who's interested in trains they may as well been driving a Prius or using cellphones.

You forgot to mention that an automatic rifle will go through a clip in about 30 seconds. In movies, people are firing almost endlessly without reloading.Rikardur

A lot faster than that. The rate of fire on most assault rifles means guys in movieswould be reloading constantly; they'd spend as much time reloading as firing. Why don't guys (hardly) ever reload in movies? I dunno. Seems like it would be a way to occasionally add tension.

[QUOTE="CBR600-RR"]

Seriously guys.. the whole point of a film is to take you away from reality kind of.

Palantas

The purpose of (most) films is to entertain. There are many different ways films accomplish this, but some films do it be attempting to portray a plausible reality. When these films are inconsistent with their own rules, that ****s this up and annoys people.

If I wanted to watch an action movie and a grenade didn't blow up a house I'd be like "wat". Being less realistic adds more effect.

Anachronisms always bug me. The movie 'Ray' had a really bad one. It was the late '40s, and they were driving a vintage car, but the car passed under a freight-train made up of modern, double-stack container cars. I guess they figured most people wouldn't notice, but to anyone who's interested in trains they may as well been driving a Prius or using cellphones.

aransom

Hehe, I'm into watches, so I notice watch-related snafus. Examples:

• In Broken Arrow, John Travolta sets off an EMP blast that knocks out all the electronics in the area (which crashes a helicopter, amongst other things). Then he immediately checks his watch--a Breitling Aerospace, which is electronic--and it's still working.
• Opposite of the above, in War of the Worlds, at the beginning the aliens send out something that stops electronics. Tom Cruise is wearing an Omega, which stops, even though it's mechanical.
• In The Taking of Pelham 123, the watch Travolta (again) is wearing constantly changes. It goes back and forth between a plain white Breitling and a blue Breitling chronograph. It happens about a dozen times.

I can think of any other specific incidents, but this sort of stuff happens frequently. Mechanical watches will beep when someone presses a button, diving watches will stop working after someone gets a tiny bit of water on them, watches that should sweep (second hand moves smoothly) don't, and vice-versa. None of this stuff really bothers me; it's just kinda amusing when I catch it.

You forgot to mention that an automatic rifle will go through a clip in about 30 seconds. In movies, people are firing almost endlessly without reloading.Rikardur

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The purpose of (most) films is to entertain. There are many different ways films accomplish this, but some films do it be attempting to portray a plausible reality. When these films are inconsistent with their own rules, that ****s this up and annoys people.

CBR600-RR

If I wanted to watch an action movie and a grenade didn't blow up a house I'd be like "wat". Being less realistic adds more effect.

You've mentioned your opinion on a single incident in a single genre of film. I hope this isn't supposed to be a rebuttal to the general principles I mentioned above, because it's not.

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The purpose of (most) films is to entertain. There are many different ways films accomplish this, but some films do it be attempting to portray a plausible reality. When these films are inconsistent with their own rules, that ****s this up and annoys people.

Palantas

If I wanted to watch an action movie and a grenade didn't blow up a house I'd be like "wat". Being less realistic adds more effect.

You've mentioned your opinion on a single incident in a single genre of film. I hope this isn't supposed to be a rebuttal to the general principles I mentioned above, because it's not.

It was just an example. These things do not really bother me to be honest unless it's just really silly. I don't sit and try to find these flaws, kinda sad.

Sex.Dylan_11

The interior of a submarine. In movies like Crimson Tide, it's huge. You could have a block party in there. In real life, a submarine doesn't even have enough room inside of it for two guys to stand up in the same room.

Metal_Mario99

What about two guys standing up and one laying down?

[QUOTE="Dylan_11"]Sex.IcyToasters

It's kind of boring not hearing anything in space, 2001 for example. Like I said, adds effect being unrealistic.

Sound only travels through solid, liquids and gases I think.

[QUOTE="Rikardur"]You forgot to mention that an automatic rifle will go through a clip in about 30 seconds. In movies, people are firing almost endlessly without reloading.Palantas

A lot faster than that. The rate of fire on most assault rifles means guys in movieswould be reloading constantly; they'd spend as much time reloading as firing. Why don't guys (hardly) ever reload in movies? I dunno. Seems like it would be a way to occasionally add tension.

hacking, love stories, women getting upset for the dumbest reasons in love stories just for the sake of checking off "boy loses girl", virtually everything in sci-fi.

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[QUOTE="ferrari2001"]Sound in Space!!!! That is all.CBR600-RR

It's kind of boring not hearing anything in space, 2001 for example. Like I said, adds effect being unrealistic.

Sound only travels through solid, liquids and gases I think.

It's kind of boring not hearing anything in space, 2001 for example. Like I said, adds effect being unrealistic.

Sound only travels through solid, liquids and gases I think.

CBR600-RR

Yes, I believe sound only travels through something and not nothing. I thought those scenes in total silence in 2001, where the astronaut tries to rescue the other astronaut,were kind of interesting (unlike most of the film, which bored me to tears). In general, though, space is way more exciting with sound. Luke Skywalker's attack on the Death Star would not have been nearly as exciting without the sounds.

Shooting a propane tank with a pistol makes it explode.:x

Global warming.

This thread is win. :)

GAMING in movies! People allways smash the freaking buttons like there was no tomorrow, it annoys the hell out of me. But i get it, if the actor played it like he should, non gamers would think "what the hell, is not even pressing the buttons". It's just like driving, in movies, even if the car is going down a straight road, the actor is allways steering the wheel to make us believe he is actually driving.

Like someone said before, i hated the Hurt Locker for all the things they got wrong, then again, I'm no expert.

virtually everything in sci-fi.

ChrisSpartan117

The nerd takes off her glasses and shakes her hair...instant babe! People actually say "according to my calculations". So long as there is 80s montage music going on in the background, you can run halfway across a city without breaking a sweat or running out of breath. You can run through post-9/11 airport security as long as your true love is just about to board a plane (bonus points if it's bound for Paris). Bullet wounds and knife wounds don't hurt half as much as when the love interest is treating you afterwards. Typing reeeeeeally fast into DOS will make you hack multiple mainframes and protocols and internets. So long as you do an epic roll, falling from 10+ feet won't hurt you at all. Wielding dual pistols/machine guns is both more convenient and highly accurate. Violently shaking and crying over the corpse of your loved one will be more effective than CPR.AirGuitarist87

Cop cars in movies are often being opened from the inside (when bad guy or good guy jumps out) which is bs.

If the actor blinks when he shoots a gun means he doesn't have any experience shooting. Seen it a few times but not very often (they send actors to learn to shoot often).

The nerd takes off her glasses and shakes her hair...instant babe! People actually say "according to my calculations". So long as there is 80s montage music going on in the background, you can run halfway across a city without breaking a sweat or running out of breath. You can run through post-9/11 airport security as long as your true love is just about to board a plane (bonus points if it's bound for Paris). Bullet wounds and knife wounds don't hurt half as much as when the love interest is treating you afterwards. Typing reeeeeeally fast into DOS will make you hack multiple mainframes and protocols and internets. So long as you do an epic roll, falling from 10+ feet won't hurt you at all. Wielding dual pistols/machine guns is both more convenient and highly accurate. Violently shaking and crying over the corpse of your loved one will be more effective than CPR.AirGuitarist87

I like all of these. :lol:

All computers and electronics make that "computing" sound when being used. If any of my electronics did that constantly, I would be in an insane asylum.

[QUOTE="sonicare"][QUOTE="VisigothSaxon"]

Most movies now have political agendas because they feel they must "educate us."

vadicta

This, as i was watching it i jsut kept thinking how is this considered deep or good and why did it win and Academy award.

-Guns do not have unlimited ammunition

-Shooting the killer in the head means he is dead! He will not wake up and come after you again (being human of course)

-Shooting at a car will not cause it to blow up

-When the doors are all locked in the house and you cant get out that does not mean you are trapped. Unlock the door...

-The killer who walks will not catch you if you run, just don't fall and stop looking over your shoulder!

I could probably go on but this is what I can think of at the moment :D

I'm just curious, have you seen a movie made AFTER the early 90s?vadicta

[QUOTE="vadicta"]I'm just curious, have you seen a movie made AFTER the early 90s?AirGuitarist87

Reminds me of this.

He makes a good argument.