What’s something that happens in movies that always makes you roll your eyes?

[Nole Lou]

This is going to sound really right wing of me but movies are a traditionally left wing industry so here goes.

1. The addition of token LGBTQ characters. So often they put in a character who is not the main character and makes sure to make it clear that character is LGBTQ. Usually the character's sexual orientation has no impact on the plot of the movie.

2. Any religious Christian is quite often guaranteed to be a bad person.

I'm in favor of diverse casts. The problem is how frequently those choices then inform the narrative. As you said, an even vaguely religious person is 100% always either the bad guy, or a bad guy, that's a red herring for the real bad guy. It's just an immediate giveaway to the story.

Most of the time, in a drama/thriller, the bad guy can't be the minority, the LGBTQ character, non-wealthy person, etc. The villain will be the white guy, rich white woman, someone religious, someone rich or corporate. It saps all the mystery and drama out of the thing from the first episode.

That said, it does seem like some shows are finally coming out of this in the past year, to a realization that a real casting diversity means that anyone can be a villain, can be cowardly, can be whatever. But the last 5-6 years have been a rough period with this stuff handled ham-fistedly.

It is kind of funny how with LGBTQ token characters, that are not otherwise main players, they always drop in that extra little hint about "going home to Vanessa/Brandon" or whatever. There will be like 6 nobody characters in an office, none of which you are told anything about their relationships (because why would you need to know), but just one character that they make sure to reference a same sex relationship. That makes me laugh, because I'm always like "literally all these other people could be gay too."

 

[Nole Lou]

High speed chases in Manhattan or Chicago. Anyone who’s driven in either would understand.

Just went to see the most recent Mission Impossible, after going to Rome earlier this summer (and renting a car and driving in Rome), and the scenes in Rome are hilarious. There's a couple bits of them driving through narrow alley streets which does leverage what its really like, but then vast chase scenes on roads that would in reality be 100% choked with cars. And portions of the chase on roads that simply don't exist in Rome, because of how wide they are, like American streets/roads. And the scenes around the coliseum, with just a few people milling about, instead of the thousands of tourists all around it.

And for that matter in Venice, where they just hop in a boat in an otherwise empty canal, instead of the canals being choked with gondolas everywhere.

They film some of the most tourist and pedestrian-choked locations in the world like its Sunday morning in Altoona, PA.

 

[Hoosierhawkeye]

I'm in favor of diverse casts. The problem is how frequently those choices then inform the narrative. As you said, an even vaguely religious person is 100% always either the bad guy, or a bad guy, that's a red herring for the real bad guy. It's just an immediate giveaway to the story.

Most of the time, in a drama/thriller, the bad guy can't be the minority, the LGBTQ character, non-wealthy person, etc. The villain will be the white guy, rich white woman, someone religious, someone rich or corporate. It saps all the mystery and drama out of the thing from the first episode.

That said, it does seem like some shows are finally coming out of this in the past year, to a realization that a real casting diversity means that anyone can be a villain, can be cowardly, can be whatever. But the last 5-6 years have been a rough period with this stuff handled ham-fistedly.

It is kind of funny how with LGBTQ token characters, that are not otherwise main players, they always drop in that extra little hint about "going home to Vanessa/Brandon" or whatever. There will be like 6 nobody characters in an office, none of which you are told anything about their relationships (because why would you need to know), but just one character that they make sure to reference a same sex relationship. That makes me laugh, because I'm always like "literally all these other people could be gay too."

I fully support having diverse casts as long as it makes some sense to the story. Some of the stupidest shit I ever seen however is people bitching that a movie like 1917 didn't have any women in it.

Although I did find it kind of stupid that for the newest Snow White movie Disney decided to take out the dwarves and make them into "magical creatures" or something like that. There arn't that many roles for dwarf actors out there and here you have a story which when it was originally written 60 to 70 years ago had 7 dwarves in it and for some reason Disney couldn't let them have that.

Diversity does include gender and racial diversity. But it goes way beyond that too.

 

[onlyTheObvious]

Hired mercenaries that can’t seem to hit anything with guns.

 

[Hoosierhawkeye]

Just went to see the most recent Mission Impossible, after going to Rome earlier this summer (and renting a car and driving in Rome), and the scenes in Rome are hilarious. There's a couple bits of them driving through narrow alley streets which does leverage what its really like, but then vast chase scenes on roads that would in reality be 100% choked with cars. And portions of the chase on roads that simply don't exist in Rome, because of how wide they are, like American streets/roads. And the scenes around the coliseum, with just a few people milling about, instead of the thousands of tourists all around it.

And for that matter in Venice, where they just hop in a boat in an otherwise empty canal, instead of the canals being choked with gondolas everywhere.

They film some of the most tourist and pedestrian-choked locations in the world like its Sunday morning in Altoona, PA.

If a movie is set in Paris it always has the Eiffel tower featured in the back ground. But even though the Eiffel tower is the tallest structure in Paris, because of the narrow streets and the buildings on both sides usually being 4 to 5 stories tall, you can't usually see the Eiffel tower unless you start getting relatively close to it.

 

[alaskanseminole]

That definitely ruined the realism of Armageddon!

Other than that, Mrs. Kennedy, how was your trip to Dallas?

 

[alaskanseminole]

Movies must be really hard to watch for a lot of people that think they are going to be realistic. The over dramatics of real life is something I enjoy in movies.

Enter the Fast and the Furious series. I turn my brain off and enjoy.

 

[unsubstantiated]

Didn’t read the thread, but when the smoking hot woman decides she really doesn’t want the rich, buff, asshole dude, but would rather have the short, stocky, poor, nice guy.

 

[IowaPackFan]

Tires peeling out on gravel or dirt roads.

 

[IowaPackFan]

When the sharks get sucked up by the tornado then fall a few hundred feet and don’t splatter on the ground and act like nothing happened. So unrealistic.

 

[h-hawk]

Fireball explosions even when what was hit had nothing that could contain fuels. Often when supposedly depicting artillery shells, missiles or bombs (not napalm) hitting the terrain. I've even seen them in pirate movies! To me they are the sign of lazy special effects people or a producer who does not give a damn about realism.

Spielberg would not have been that tacky but I remember his story about filming Saving Private Ryan and how his military expert would not allow him (Spielberg) to exaggerate the size of the explosions of the different munitions depicted. Bless him!

 

[FAUlty Gator]

No one ever says "Hello" or "Goodbye" on the phone to start or end calls. Ever.

 

[FAUlty Gator]

Teenage girls and wives fighting with their Navy Seal dad/ husband when he says "We need to leave now".

 

[FAUlty Gator]

I've met ZERO men in my lifetime that wear pajamas to bed.

 

[FAUlty Gator]

Everyone in the movies make their eggs sunny side up. Rarely happens in real life.

 

[Bro D]

they always eat HUGE breakfasts

I feel like people in movies always order a big breakfast but something always comes up and they leave without ever touching it

 

[Bro D]

Everyone in the movies make their eggs sunny side up. Rarely happens in real life.

Pssh speak for yourself. Best eggs for dipping your toast

 

[jamesvanderwulf]

Gravity defying scenes. Guy falls 100 feet and grabs an I-beam, a root, or a part of a building by his fingertips, then catches a falling woman in the other hand, pulling both up to safety. I wrecked my arm falling 6 feet from a step ladder…

 

[lucas80]

Almost anything medical. Especially CPR.

Next you are going to tell us being a doctor isn’t all about hot, sexy people having hot sexy time as well as being an experienced kayaker on weekends.
The same with lawyers and cops shows and movies. I loved NYPD Blue and LA Law, but people that hot aren’t cops and lawyers. Or, Law & Order. NYC must have the hottest collection of lady prosecutors ever.

 

[Thunderlips71]

When a scene is reaching its climax and, instead of showing the broad taking a big load, they choose to zoom in on the guy’s scrunched face while he makes a bunch of monkey calls.

 

[Bro D]

Whenever one character calls another to tell them something has happened.. and they say "turn on the news!" and when they turn on the tv, its always on the right channel and starts in the most perfect spot. --- "Breaking news, so and so has been arrested"

Just once I'd love to see them fiddle around with the remote, changing channels and not be able to find it, and finally say "JUST TELL ME"

 

[SSG T]

When people take pills in movies, 95% of the time they don't take them with water. I know it can be done, but if you just watched movies you'd think everyone just slammed aspirin dry.

You don't? I've been taking pills sans water since my Germany days in the Army.

 

[HawkBall23]

Yep...that body is pretty nice. I realize this pic is old but she's still holding up IMO

 

[lucas80]

Whenever one character calls another to tell them something has happened.. and they say "turn on the news!" and when they turn on the tv, its always on the right channel and starts in the most perfect spot. --- "Breaking news, so and so has been arrested"

Just once I'd love to see them fiddle around with the remote, changing channels and not be able to find it, and finally say "JUST TELL ME"

On a related note, when an action movie features a scene where the hero must make an urgent call and the call doesn't drop, or the phone doesn't stay locked because the POS iPhone didn't read his facial scan.

 

[Chewback]

This is going to sound really right wing of me but movies are a traditionally left wing industry so here goes.

1. The addition of token LGBTQ characters. So often they put in a character who is not the main character and makes sure to make it clear that character is LGBTQ. Usually the character's sexual orientation has no impact on the plot of the movie.

2. Any religious Christian is quite often guaranteed to be a bad person.

"

Any religious Christian is quite often guaranteed to be a bad person."

So, just like real life then.

 

[lucas80]

I like a good conspiracy theory, but I do give the eye roll at times to the shadow government with lots of moving parts, and secret bases, and nobody talks. Nothing ever happens in our government without a leak, but somehow a person with evil intent can fund, build, staff and equip a base in a mountain hideaway without anyone noticing.

 

[Tom Paris]

Over Meryl Streep and Cate Blanchett. Doesn’t make sense to me. Obviously, it’s subjective….I get that you think she’s a good actress. I’m probably in the minority.

She was great playing a Brit in Emma and Shakespeare in Love. She’s not my favorite but I’ve never had an issue with her acting. Her parents were very good also.

 

[Tom Paris]

Other than that, Mrs. Kennedy, how was your trip to Dallas?

From my all time favorite movie…great gif.

 

[unsubstantiated]

Whenever one character calls another to tell them something has happened.. and they say "turn on the news!" and when they turn on the tv, its always on the right channel and starts in the most perfect spot. --- "Breaking news, so and so has been arrested"

Just once I'd love to see them fiddle around with the remote, changing channels and not be able to find it, and finally say "JUST TELL ME"

Seinfeld did a bit where George left a meeting and left behind a brief case with a running tape recorder, just to see what people were saying about him.

When they opened it, they took about 7 seconds to wait for it to rewind. It was so damn awkward it was hilarious. Mostly because you NEVER see such a thing in TV or movies.

 

[ping72]

When people take pills in movies, 95% of the time they don't take them with water. I know it can be done, but if you just watched movies you'd think everyone just slammed aspirin dry.

WTF… who over the age of 12 drinks water to take an aspirin??

 

[fezzador]

No one ever says "Hello" or "Goodbye" on the phone to start or end calls. Ever.

 

[ZachJump]

Where they are driving around and pass casinos on Freemont Street and Las Vegas Boulevard are one after another in some weird shuffled order.

 

[cfbfan23]

She was great playing a Brit in Emma and Shakespeare in Love. She’s not my favorite but I’ve never had an issue with her acting. Her parents were very good also.

I agree with you on the parents (at least Blythe Danner....I don't think I ever saw Bruce Paltrow in a movie/tv show).

 

[binsfeldcyhawk2]

Sexy time scene and the chick has her bra and panties on.

 

[Flie]

I’ve got two - the first is when someone shoots a gun forever without reloading. Come on.

The other is it seems everyone can hold their breath for a minute or two, while swimming wildly or fighting underwater. I’m lucky if I get 30 seconds sitting in my chair.

Whatcha got?

Almost any representation of computers/technology.

 

[Tenacious E]

Almost any representation of computers/technology.

Like the first mission impossible where you can just get in the internet and find/access anything in the world you want.

 

[FAUlty Gator]

I’m bringing this one back because I’ve noticed that movies that take place during the revolution always have the best fireworks. Way better than much of the modern ones.

I have trouble believing we’ve made no advancements in the fireworks department in the last 250 years.

 

[seminole97]

I’m bringing this one back because I’ve noticed that movies that take place during the revolution always have the best fireworks. Way better than much of the modern ones.

I have trouble believing we’ve made no advancements in the fireworks department in the last 250 years.

We have, but ATF prefers to call them ‘destructive devices’ and make everything a pain in the ass.

Just make sure you emphasize with finger quotes that it’s a 37mm “flare launcher.”

 

[JupiterHawk]

The one vs 3 or 5 fight scenes. Cmon

 

[TennNole17]

When they portray women as intelligent. Worse yet- strong