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Post by JHA Durant on Jul 16, 2020 8:50:48 GMT
The bad guy/s gets killed at the end, and the protagonist/s have a happy ending and there's no consequences for their actions, no matter how reprehensible. (think Breakdown, Collateral, Django Unchained, Revenge (2017), It Follows, Kill Bill Volume 2 etc etc) Yeah, that's not how it works... What did Jamie Foxx do that was reprehensible in Collateral?
Well not so much reprehensible with that one, but the consequences of his actions means that the drug kingpin that ordered the killings in the first place now has a reason to kill him. The reason being that he's a witness to the hitman's murders is enough of a reason for him to die, plus the kingpin knows what Jamie Foxx's character looks like, having met him during the course of the movie. Oh yeah, and he attacks a police officer and steals his gun, which is an indictable offence in itself, and kills someone with it.
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Jul 16, 2020 8:54:45 GMT
The action movie rules:
Bad guys have the worst shooting aim. They seem to enjoy targeting floors and walls.
When outnumbered in a fight, don’t panic, the very patient bad guys will take turns attacking you.
All bombs are fitted with a large red LED display which counts down the time of explosion.
Hitting a guy with a glass vase over the head won’t cause any brain damage. Instead, the poor fellow will just lie unconscious for a few moments.
Movie elevators are always ready on that floor. But if the hero/heroine is being chased, the elevator won’t come.
If it’s a martial arts film, they will fight in perfect one-two rhythm and form, hit-block-hit-block.
A single bullet can cause a car to explode if you simply hit the fuel tank.
Tough guys become hopeless romantics just before the final showdown fight. Having a woman around to smooch during a gunfight is good luck.
If you leap into a cab and shout, “Follow that car!” the driver will oblige.
Just about anyone can render almost any human being totally unconscious with a single punch.
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Post by SciFive on Jul 16, 2020 9:03:44 GMT
What did Jamie Foxx do that was reprehensible in Collateral?
Well not so much reprehensible with that one, but the consequences of his actions means that the drug kingpin that ordered the killings in the first place now has a reason to kill him. The reason being that he's a witness to the hitman's murders is enough of a reason for him to die, plus the kingpin knows what Jamie Foxx's character looks like, having met him during the course of the movie. Oh yeah, and he attacks a police officer and steals his gun, which is an indictable offence in itself, and kills someone with it. Ok.
I was thinking that "The Negotiator" ... had a lot of things that Samuel L. Jackson did (such as wreck sections of a Federal building and shoot in the directions of cops, plus smack a cop badly on his forehead) - but he seemed to be getting a pass for these things.
In "Absolute Power"... Clint Eastwood... killed a Secret Service Agent. The guy had tried to kill his daughter twice, but he was helpless on the floor when Clint Eastwood killed him.
It was a "feel good" moment, though, because Clint was protecting his little girl who was suddenly calling him "Daddy" instead of "Luther" or "Father".
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Post by deembastille on Jul 16, 2020 14:34:57 GMT
They mention today's date within the movie or show and it's getting close to a celebrated holiday. Not one decoration is up around town. Back to the Future... October 26. Not one Halloween decoration.
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Post by SciFive on Jul 16, 2020 15:28:51 GMT
Movies love to show men running and then getting over a hip- or waist-high fence by swinging their lower body over it (next to their hands which hold onto the fence) as if they do it every day of their lives. I love how it looks, so I don’t mind - it looks so graceful. It’s just not something I can imagine in real life (even if a man is running to or away from something). They just swing their bodies over the obstacle as if they are track athletes who practice this sort of thing all the time. This happens a lot in Bourne movies.
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Post by SciFive on Jul 16, 2020 15:32:10 GMT
Also, men like to walk up stairs two steps at a time in movies. I have seen this in real life, so they get a pass for this one.
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Post by Prime etc. on Jul 16, 2020 15:43:52 GMT
Has finding a parking space on a busy street without a problem been mentioned? Do they ever have to circle the block for a parking space?
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Post by SciFive on Jul 16, 2020 15:45:47 GMT
In one of my own stories that I wrote, one of the main characters couldn’t find a parking place on a busy street. He had to go around to a side street - in the rain.
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Post by deembastille on Jul 20, 2020 13:17:42 GMT
It's supposed to be in Florida or hot as balls and everyone is in flannel or long assed sleeves.
Kleenex wads on the floor surrounding the trash can means the person is sick. That's the only way someone is sick.
Someone gets engaged and the ring is massive, despite the fact that the buyer of the ring is a lowly blue collar worker.
There's no such thing as someone from a cultural background to NOT eat anything out of their culture. (Can you believe I tried having a cultural family in a college story of mine eat a non cultural meal and was ripped a new asshole because of it???). Sopranos and Everybody Loves Raymond were notorious for this.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jul 20, 2020 13:24:06 GMT
Can you believe I tried having a cultural family in a college story of mine eat a non cultural meal and was ripped a new asshole because of it Nope. Not for one nano-second is that to be believed. Either literally or figuratively!
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Post by dirtypillows on Jul 20, 2020 15:55:57 GMT
Happy endings
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Post by CrepedCrusader on Jul 20, 2020 16:34:37 GMT
A schlub dating or married to a supermodel. This is especially egregious in Adam Sandler movies. You'll have big-ass Kevin James playing a plumber married to a chick who looks like a Victoria's Secret model.
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Post by CrepedCrusader on Jul 20, 2020 16:36:23 GMT
When 37 bad guys are shooting at the one good guy and keep missing, then said good guy kills all 37 bad guys with a gun that holds 6 bullets. Makes me think of this funny scene in Harlem Nights:
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Post by Catman on Jul 20, 2020 16:39:24 GMT
They even have a song about that in Anna and the Apocalypse. You have to open YouTube to see the video play for some reason.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jul 20, 2020 16:40:44 GMT
They even have a song about that in Anna and the Apocalypse. You have to open YouTube to see the video play for some reason. Lagomorphs at work again !
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Post by MCDemuth on Jul 20, 2020 16:45:06 GMT
It's supposed to be in Florida or hot as balls and everyone is in flannel or long assed sleeves.But, the setting of the movie may not take place during the summer... I lived in Florida for a few years while growing up, and during the winter months, temperatures were colder than during the Summer months... In fact, one winter temperatures reached freezing, and a puddle on our driveway froze. On the other hand, the director may just have been a dumb ass, and didn't think of that.
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Post by Catman on Jul 20, 2020 16:49:53 GMT
It's supposed to be in Florida or hot as balls and everyone is in flannel or long assed sleeves.But, the setting of the movie may not take place during the summer... I lived in Florida for a few years while growing up, and during the winter months, temperatures were colder than during the Summer months... In fact, one winter temperatures reached freezing, and a puddle on our driveway froze. On the other hand, the director may just have been a dumb ass, and didn't think of that. Catman has noticed when visiting Arizona that people bundle up like it's well below freezing during winter when it would be just another comfortably cool day in Montana.
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Post by MCDemuth on Jul 20, 2020 17:03:04 GMT
But, the setting of the movie may not take place during the summer... I lived in Florida for a few years while growing up, and during the winter months, temperatures were colder than during the Summer months... In fact, one winter temperatures reached freezing, and a puddle on our driveway froze. On the other hand, the director may just have been a dumb ass, and didn't think of that. Catman has noticed when visiting Arizona that people bundle up like it's well below freezing during winter when it would be just another comfortably cool day in Montana. My Dad worked with a guy liked that... When we had that cold snap in Florida, He wore a Arctic Winter Parka to work, and my Dad just wore a Jacket. LOL!
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jul 20, 2020 17:06:58 GMT
Similar .. was returning from a trip to New Orleans Mardi Gras and the people at the motel apologized for the cold snap somewhere in Missouri.
It was in the low40somethingdegrees. WARM for that time of year back home. Tee-shirt and no jacket weather !
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Post by Catman on Jul 20, 2020 17:13:34 GMT
Similar .. was returning from a trip to New Orleans Mardi Gras and the people at the motel apologized for the cold snap somewhere in Missouri. It was in the low40somethingdegrees. WARM for that time of year back home. Tee-shirt and no jacket weather ! One of Catman's students grew up in Fairbanks, Alaska. When Iowans were bundled up barely staying warm, she was happy wearing a light jacket and no hat.
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