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Post by novastar6 on Jul 20, 2017 18:56:54 GMT
There're almost always little things in movies that have absolutely nothing to do with what's going on, and sometimes they work because they give it that real life feeling, like Jaws with the little boy singing on the beach making sandcastles, or that just add something to the scene, like Barbra and the music box in Night of the Living Dead, etc.
But then there are other moments and things put in films that have absolutely nothing to do with what's going on, and add absolutely nothing to it, and you can't figure out why they put it in to begin with, example, Daddy Daycare, introducing Marvin as 'the guy who smells the mail', why? What the %$&@ for? Click, what the hell was the deal with Adam Sandler's secretary becoming a man? 2012, couldn't figure out what the hell they were going for with 'I had a lot of hats when I was a girl too, they made me feel safe', can you get dumber writing if you tried?
Anybody else got some to add?
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Post by Reggie_Stration on Jul 20, 2017 21:09:50 GMT
The hour long wedding scene in The Deer Hunter
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2017 22:56:47 GMT
I know I've seen plenty of these but can't think of any at the moment.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Jul 20, 2017 23:51:39 GMT
The subplot with Jimmy in Peter Jackson's King Kong.
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Post by ck100 on Jul 21, 2017 0:39:32 GMT
The subplot with Jimmy in Peter Jackson's King Kong. Yeah, I agree with that one. I like King Kong '05, but I felt that stuff was just unnecessary. You don't even see the Venture crew once they go back to New York so it seemed pointless to give them character development. |
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Post by marianne48 on Jul 22, 2017 1:24:05 GMT
Those scenes that show up in a lot of recent comedies in which two characters exchange supposedly witty banter that has very little to do with the story line, but is intended to show off the actors' comedic skills (sometimes, it's just one comedian rolling off a long monologue of wisecracks all by himself/herself). The idea is that viewers of the film are frothing at the mouths with laughter as these routines go on and on and on, but too often it's unfunny stuff and just becomes tedious.
It's just a mercifully short bit, but something about those mimes in the party scene of This is Spinal Tap irritates me. It's as if Rob Reiner just had to stick Billy Crystal in there somewhere. They don't have anything to do with the band and their story; they're just there.
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Post by politicidal on Jul 22, 2017 2:43:45 GMT
Those scenes that show up in a lot of recent comedies in which two characters exchange supposedly witty banter that has very little to do with the story line, but is intended to show off the actors' comedic skills (sometimes, it's just one comedian rolling off a long monologue of wisecracks all by himself/herself). The idea is that viewers of the film are frothing at the mouths with laughter as these routines go on and on and on, but too often it's unfunny stuff and just becomes tedious. It's just a mercifully short bit, but something about those mimes in the party scene of This is Spinal Tap irritates me. It's as if Rob Reiner just had to stick Billy Crystal in there somewhere. They don't have anything to do with the band and their story; they're just there. I believe Brad Jones coined the phrase "line-o-rama" for this trend. Heard him use it quite often this year. |
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