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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2018 21:39:29 GMT
Can I throw some out that fit for many, many movies? 1. The parking spot. How can a main character always find a parking spot right in front of a busy building in a big city? I know, who wants to see a star park three blocks away and waddle down the sidewalk. Just once can it happen? 2. Telephone conversation timing. Character receives a phone call. Listens for three seconds, then repeats a three minute message that he heard to another character. I know, who want to see a star hold a telephone to his ear with a dopey look on his face for three minutes. Just once can it happen? 3. Drivers not keeping their eyes on the road enough while talking to passengers. |
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Feb 11, 2018 21:54:16 GMT
Can I throw some out that fit for many, many movies? 1. The parking spot. How can a main character always find a parking spot right in front of a busy building in a big city? I know, who wants to see a star park three blocks away and waddle down the sidewalk. Just once can it happen? 2. Telephone conversation timing. Character receives a phone call. Listens for three seconds, then repeats a three minute message that he heard to another character. I know, who want to see a star hold a telephone to his ear with a dopey look on his face for three minutes. Just once can it happen? 3. Drivers not keeping their eyes on the road enough while talking to passengers. 4. Bars/Taverns/Pubs in movies. Try going into a bar and ordering a "beer". Are you going to get a beer shoved at you, no. You are going to get "what kind of beer?". Brand, draft, bottle? And, of course, all drinks in movie bars are free! |
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Feb 11, 2018 22:05:07 GMT
Ghostbusters (1984) - You're telling me no one immediately thought of J. Edgar Hoover as The Destructor? On that note, it's oddly accomodating for an evil entity like Gozer to allow someone to choose how they're gonna die. I'd choose Christina Hendricks as my apocalypse.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2018 22:34:34 GMT
3. Drivers not keeping their eyes on the road enough while talking to passengers. 4. Bars/Taverns/Pubs in movies. Try going into a bar and ordering a "beer". Are you going to get a beer shoved at you, no. You are going to get "what kind of beer?". Brand, draft, bottle? And, of course, all drinks in movie bars are free! 5. Characters can hear each other - and we can hear them - perfectly well in very noisy bars or at rock concerts. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2018 22:35:35 GMT
Ghostbusters (1984) - You're telling me no one immediately thought of J. Edgar Hoover as The Destructor? On that note, it's oddly accomodating for an evil entity like Gozer to allow someone to choose how they're gonna die. I'd choose Christina Hendricks as my apocalypse.
I'd choose an A4 size piece of paper and then burn it. That was easy. |
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Post by hi224 on Feb 11, 2018 23:50:39 GMT
In The Take apparently he had grenades to throw at the baddies but instead runs out of cover to risk getting shot in a massive gunfight yeah....
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Post by HumanFundRecipient on Feb 12, 2018 0:30:46 GMT
- The Columbia logo with the "A Sony Pictures Entertainment Company" byline that is clearly off center
- In Pulp Fiction, there's the bullet holes in the wall behind John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson before they get shot at
- It's clearly spring or summer in Haddonfield, Illinois, not Halloween in the titular movie- no fallen leaves anywhere
- Numerous movies, including the cheap Lifetime channel movies, have scenes on road that show a single solid yellow line on the pavement. Unless I'm wrong, that's a dead giveaway of a movie filmed in Canada.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Feb 12, 2018 0:39:33 GMT
- The Columbia logo with the "A Sony Pictures Entertainment Company" byline that is clearly off center - In Pulp Fiction, there's the bullet holes in the wall behind John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson before they get shot at - It's clearly spring or summer in Haddonfield, Illinois, not Halloween in the titular movie- no fallen leaves anywhere - Numerous movies, including the cheap Lifetime channel movies, have scenes on road that show a single solid yellow line on the pavement. Unless I'm wrong, that's a dead giveaway of a movie filmed in Canada. That falls in the category of continuity. My all-time favorite is from "They Saved Hitler's Brain". A German staff car with New York State license plates. Even in quality films. The hunting scenes in The Deer Hunter. Clearly not the wooded hills of western Pennsylvania. I always like looking at clocks in the background of movies. You can see the time jump hours during a single scene or the time stay the same throughout the whole scene. Another is to see palm trees in a movie which was filmed in southern California but not set in So Cal. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2018 1:48:46 GMT
In The Take apparently he had grenades to throw at the baddies but instead runs out of cover to risk getting shot in a massive gunfight yeah.... There's some movie where the bad guy throws away a gun and picks up a sword to make it a "fair fight." |
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Post by fangirl1975 on Feb 12, 2018 2:04:53 GMT
Ghostbusters (1984) - You're telling me no one immediately thought of J. Edgar Hoover as The Destructor? On that note, it's oddly accomodating for an evil entity like Gozer to allow someone to choose how they're gonna die. I'd choose Christina Hendricks as my apocalypse.
I'd choose Chris Hemsworth as my apocalypse. |
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Post by Vegas on Feb 12, 2018 3:20:25 GMT
Kong: Skull Island -- Why do they keep flying the friggin' helicopters directly at Kong? It makes for a great action sequence but come on. Also, no one who survived a helicopter crash has a serious injury, even a broken bone? Reminds of the helicopter scene in the Mathew Broderick Godzilla movie, when it is being chased by Godzilla... You do realize that helicopters can go up, don'tcha? |
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Feb 12, 2018 5:44:20 GMT
In the Narrow Margin, a 1950s film, a cop is taking a mafia witness on a train--but it turns out she is actually an Internal Affairs cop investigating corruption in the police department.
Yet, despite the fact that she is supposed to be hiding, she was playing a record player loud enough that it could be heard outside-something the cop had already warned her about. In doing so she gets discovered by the mafia hitmen. I would expect that from a dumb mafia wife, but an Infernal Affairs cop? Seemed out of character.
Back to the Future's idea of changing people's personalities from a single act is what bugs me the most.
Biff turns effeminate by a single punch and knock out--and George becomes a he-man just from pushing that skinny guy in the dance.
I don't think this is an accurate depiction of human psychology.
Though old Biff of 2015 in Back to the Future 2 seemed to be reverting back to the way he was at the start of BTTF.
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Post by Marv on Feb 12, 2018 5:52:38 GMT
The sequence that really throws me off is when Biff comes in with the package of George’s new novel and it’s almost like he’s the love able old friend of the family. I could buy him putting on a false face to keep McFlys business, as he was detailing his cars, but that goofy overly joyous demeanor went beyond false friendship.
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Feb 12, 2018 6:27:50 GMT
The sequence that really throws me off is when Biff comes in with the package of George’s new novel and it’s almost like he’s the love able old friend of the family. I could buy him putting on a false face to keep McFlys business, as he was detailing his cars, but that goofy overly joyous demeanor went beyond false friendship. They forgot Biff also tried to rape Lorraine? |
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Post by Vegas on Feb 12, 2018 13:28:31 GMT
Biff turns effeminate by a single punch and knock out--and George becomes a he-man just from pushing that skinny guy in the dance. I don't think this is an accurate depiction of human psychology. Though old Biff of 2015 in Back to the Future 2 seemed to be reverting back to the way he was at the start of BTTF. I guess that the point is that George gains confidence in himself... and so changes his future... Biff only was confidant because he had an easy target to boost his own ego... once he loses that target, he loses his confidence... Plus.. George becomes a dick in that new present.
Why else would you continue to hire the guy who tried to rape your wife in high school to wash your car?
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Feb 12, 2018 16:02:40 GMT
The sequence that really throws me off is when Biff comes in with the package of George’s new novel and it’s almost like he’s the love able old friend of the family. I could buy him putting on a false face to keep McFlys business, as he was detailing his cars, but that goofy overly joyous demeanor went beyond false friendship. Yeah -"Hey Mr McFly, it's your new book!!" He was putting on an an act outside when doing the car, but that indoor scene behavior made no sense. |
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Feb 12, 2018 19:26:49 GMT
SCREAM 1996--How did Sydney get her father, tied by the hands and feet, to the closet?
When we see him fall out, he is still tied up. Why she didnt untie him in the kitchen is another question, but I think it probably had to do with a desire to keep her apotheosis untarnished by a fatherly intervention (even though it makes more sense given she was fighting two people).
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2018 1:49:08 GMT
In the Narrow Margin, a 1950s film, a cop is taking a mafia witness on a train--but it turns out she is actually an Internal Affairs cop investigating corruption in the police department. Yet, despite the fact that she is supposed to be hiding, she was playing a record player loud enough that it could be heard outside-something the cop had already warned her about. In doing so she gets discovered by the mafia hitmen. I would expect that from a dumb mafia wife, but an Infernal Affairs cop? Seemed out of character Even worse than that, she's carrying her cop ID with her. |
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Feb 23, 2018 19:39:03 GMT
Why did Anthony Hopkins stay in jail for 20 years in the Mask of Zorro?
He could have escaped at any time.
He couldn't have been overcome with grief since he kept in shape.
Why was he waiting? Wouldn't it have made more sense to escape early to rescue his daughter?
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Post by BATouttaheck on Feb 23, 2018 19:45:35 GMT
Back to Back to the Future Part II
Marty throws a hissy fit when called CHICKEN as if it was a standard reaction we know all about and should find amusing to see again
BUT
it never came up as a trigger in Part ! ... ever !
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