• Things You Hate In Movies
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I hate when a character gets injured but they just shrug it off and it doesn't have any further consequences. I guess the intent is to make the hero appear vulnerable and the situation desperate but it kinda has the opposite effect as it makes the hero look like an invincible superhuman.
[QUOTE=Novangel;49019647]Terrible service, why would one shoot a man before throwing him out of a plane?[/QUOTE] If you want them to lose consciousness and/or die before falling to the ground, then why wouldn't you? [editline]3rd November 2015[/editline] Should have asked them to be honest.
[QUOTE=Kljunas;49035514]I hate when a character gets injured but they just shrug it off and it doesn't have any further consequences. I guess the intent is to make the hero appear vulnerable and the situation desperate but it kinda has the opposite effect as it makes the hero look like an invincible superhuman.[/QUOTE] [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqDwqdSF6Ec[/media]
Whenever there's a bomb/timer that the protagonist has to beat, it ALWAYS stops with 1 or 0 seconds remaining. And in most cases the timer seems to be a lot slower than it should be. It shows 10 seconds left, then it cuts to 10 seconds of action, then it cuts back to the timer with 6 seconds. I want to see a movie where they don't make it in time. Come to think of it, why are the villains so forgiving when it comes to timer length? They're usually long gone from the area with plenty of time to spare.
I don't [I]think[/I] this was said already. You know what breaks immersion more than [I]anything[/I] else? A character saying "It seems like fiction, but it's not. It's real." or "This is just like something you see in movies, but it's actually happening!" No, fuck you, it's clearly fictional. If you're in disbelief of something, just say "Oh my god, is this actually happening?" or something along those lines. If you absolutely [I]must[/I] mention that it's like a piece of fiction, mention a [I]different medium[/I]. Preferably books, they're multiversal. Bonus points for "This isn't a game!" in a video game.
Any special edition that fucks the original film/s up. In other words, the Star Wars trilogy for example. There's no need to fuck with something that doesn't need fucking with.
[QUOTE=matt000024;49037443][media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqDwqdSF6Ec[/media][/QUOTE] I dunno, I feel that scene was like that on purpose, so you are like "Wow these guys are hardcore" and then feel desperate when the Predator starts fuckin' them up
When character constantly drives without watching the road, like when they are talking to passenger sitting next to him. That could easily end with a car accident in real life. Or bottomless gun magazines.
When someone's fake-playing a video game by just button mashing a current-gen console controller, but the sound effects "coming from" the TV sound like an Atari game.
[QUOTE=xZippy;49048344]When someone's fake-playing a video game by just button mashing a current-gen console controller, but the sound effects "coming from" the TV sound like an Atari game.[/QUOTE] I wish they included movie examples but this is good too [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZboyfaVLM4[/media]
When the fight scenes get pretty hollywood (by that I mean something like a main character is able to dodge 5 machine guns at once and beats them all with only a knife)
[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;49039498]I dunno, I feel that scene was like that on purpose, so you are like "Wow these guys are hardcore" and then feel desperate when the Predator starts fuckin' them up[/QUOTE] I agree, it just fit perfectly with what the guy I quoted said. Predator is a legit great movie.
[QUOTE=McTbone;49048411]I wish they included movie examples but this is good too [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZboyfaVLM4[/media][/QUOTE] "if you overclock your rig, it kicks" *second life* It hurts, it physically hurts
When someone is being choked out and it takes like 2 minutes, even though the person being choked is kicking around and struggling, while the choker has a perfect grip/garrote around their neck. You do not last that long. It's not even a, like, "hey man he didn't do that wangdangly thing with his shotgun" or whatever like most people do, it's just a legit complaint that makes sense.
When the song that plays during the credits has absolutely no form of relation to the plot or theme of the movie. It reminds me of youtubers that play an unfitting song during their poorly edited videos just because the uploader likes that song and nothing more. I love the song "Don't Bring Me Down" by ELO, but that doesn't I'd have it during the credits of a movie that was about gang wars and street racing.
This one also kinda applies to games (Especially the prologue of Fallout 4). I hate flashbacks of any sorts which take you out of the current scene in order to show some important past event while in worst cases somebody narrates it. I personally prefer when such events are only told through dialogue or a small background events. It leaves most of it to your own imagination and builds up a much stronger atmosphere than to just plain out show those events on screen.
[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;49050793]When someone is being choked out and it takes like 2 minutes, even though the person being choked is kicking around and struggling, while the choker has a perfect grip/garrote around their neck. You do not last that long. It's not even a, like, "hey man he didn't do that wangdangly thing with his shotgun" or whatever like most people do, it's just a legit complaint that makes sense.[/QUOTE] It actually depends on who is being choked. Choking a random guard ? Just put your hands around his neck for 3 seconds and he's dead. Choking a main character ? Just put a bullet in his head. He's immune to choking.
When someone is having a conversation via webcam and they recorded the skype footage with a high quality studio camera but then they just give it a super choppy framerate to make it look like it's a webcam Like no macbook camera looks that good
[QUOTE=BigJoeyLemons;49077390]When someone is having a conversation via webcam and they recorded the skype footage with a high quality studio camera but then they just give it a super choppy framerate to make it look like it's a webcam Like no macbook camera looks that good[/QUOTE] that applies to most other effects. it's just cringy when they're showing what's supposed to be 80's or 90's footage but is clearly a high definition video with a cheap filter thrown over it [editline]9th November 2015[/editline] and while we're at it, found footage films are just as guilty
I dislike when a charachter dies and he appears in the flesh "to inspire the protagonist" and stuff. Just makes me the main charachter look insane to me lol.
[QUOTE=diobono;49082927]I dislike when a charachter dies and he appears in the flesh "to inspire the protagonist" and stuff. Just makes me the main charachter look insane to me lol.[/QUOTE] The only movie I can think of that did this was Gravity.
[QUOTE=Sharker;49087880]The only movie I can think of that did this was Gravity.[/QUOTE] I was thinking of "The Way"
When there is a kickass song playing during a montage where.....literally nothing of worth is shown. Best example is in Battleship, before they attack the alien ship No I did not watch the whole movie, I didn't want to break my sanity completely
The shaky camera technique does nothing more than make me dizzy.
haha lol just kidding i didnt die
When blatant, idiotic weapon mistakes are made. Now, I know that I'm going to sound super hanky and nitpicky, but bear with me. I was watching this miniseries, called "Our War", if I remember correctly, which was about the British involvement in the Great War. Ignoring the fact that all of the men were using slang and phrases that didn't really show up until the 60s, I noticed something during a ~tacticool~ internal showing of the Lee Enfield. It was the back of a .223 cartridge, or the bullet used in AR-15s. Not only that, but it fires the entire cartridge as they ~tactically~ track it down the battlefield. It would take literally 10 seconds of google searching to see what cartridge is used in the Lee Enfield. I mean for fucks sake guys, if you want me to give a shit about this story, at least show that [I]you[/I] gave a shit. Come on, it's your goddamn conflict! The war that defined British foreign policy for the next 100 years! Show some effort!
When a protagonist "gets the girl" or multiple girls by just doing absolutely nothing.
Maybe late, haven't checked thread, but it's annoying when the bad guyz resemble nazis in order to get the point across that they are evil
Very rare but... movies that are too artsy and caught up in themselves. Like Tree of Life. [editline]22nd November 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;49159648]Although I don't agree with Nazis, I hate when WWII movies portray them all as bloodthirsty maniacs frothing at the mouth. It's part of why I like Inglourious Basterds so much, it just shows them being...people. It doesn't glorify them or anything, but I guess in short, I hate unrealistic villains. There's nothing better than a villain where you can see where they're coming from. It makes them feel more human, even if you don't like them. It's part of why I hate the whole "I WANT TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD BECAUSE I'M EVIL" trope in movies, there's no human element there. When a villain or hero is flawed, it makes them more interesting and by the end of the movie, they usually go through a big change. This is called an arc. It blows my mind how many movies just straight up forget what a character arc is.[/QUOTE] Conversely, good guys who are too good without a reason to be good feels detached and uninteresting.
[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;49159648]Although I don't agree with Nazis, I hate when WWII movies portray them all as bloodthirsty maniacs frothing at the mouth. It's part of why I like Inglourious Basterds so much, it just shows them being...people. It doesn't glorify them or anything, but I guess in short, I hate unrealistic villains. There's nothing better than a villain where you can see where they're coming from. It makes them feel more human, even if you don't like them. It's part of why I hate the whole "I WANT TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD BECAUSE I'M EVIL" trope in movies, there's no human element there. When a villain or hero is flawed, it makes them more interesting and by the end of the movie, they usually go through a big change. This is called an arc. It blows my mind how many movies just straight up forget what a character arc is.[/QUOTE] Lol you used Inglorious Bastards as an example. It's the epitome of screaming Nazi stereotypes. I have yet to see an American production that protrays the Germans in an even slightly sympathetic or humanistic way. Even Fury, which started out that way, ends with a big "fuck yeah murica" tank shootout against hordes of generic evil Nazis.
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