Your single most annoying thing/mistake in a movie!
Discussion
dudleybloke said:
Guvernator said:
Heathen, how dare you speak ill of Bennet? Don't you know he could kill you (click) in the blink of an eye?
Let off some steam!I'm not going to shoot you between the eyes, I'm going to shoot you between the balls....classy
Skii said:
Characters who hold other characters at gunpoint, and after a while just to emphasise the threat they pull the hammer back on the gun to cock it.
Right so all this time up to this point that gun wouldn't have gone off?
Also, pumping a shotgun, or working the slide on a pistol, if it was already loaded, the shell or round would pop out and drop on the floor.Right so all this time up to this point that gun wouldn't have gone off?
Hiding behind cars in gunfights, might as well hide in a paper bag. (Engine block excepted)
Getting thrown through the air by a bullet that only weighs a few grams (or even an arrow!)
andy_s said:
Double action & single action; i.e. you can fire with the hammer down but the trigger is heavy as its first bit of travel pulls the hammer back before releasing it forward. By manually pulling the hammer back and it 'locking' into place the trigger only has to release it forward, therefore the shot is smoother/more accurate.
I know what you mean though - don't look too closely into weapon drills where Hollywood is involved...!
yeah but they do it on BHPs and 1911s all the timeI know what you mean though - don't look too closely into weapon drills where Hollywood is involved...!
Eric Mc said:
Skii said:
The Bell 47 Helicopter in Where Eagles Dare.
As a 12 year old I guffawed mightilly when I saw that.What chopper is used in the book?
RemyMartin said:
dudleybloke said:
Guvernator said:
Heathen, how dare you speak ill of Bennet? Don't you know he could kill you (click) in the blink of an eye?
Let off some steam!I'm not going to shoot you between the eyes, I'm going to shoot you between the balls....classy
Like the above Under Siege 2, he was such an anti-climax. He was mouthing off at every chance about what a badass Matrix was and how he was the only thing protecting them from Arnie.
But I think we're being a bit retroactive with this. Stallone, Arnie and Bruce Lee were the first ubermen to really make it to the big screen. Before that you had westerns where John Wayne could kick someones ass.
The standard appeared to flip in the 80's with the action genre bringing in body builders and martial artists where it had previously been "manly men" with a mean right hook and life experience. Remember that Connery was initially seen as too brutish to play Bond by some!
But I think we're being a bit retroactive with this. Stallone, Arnie and Bruce Lee were the first ubermen to really make it to the big screen. Before that you had westerns where John Wayne could kick someones ass.
The standard appeared to flip in the 80's with the action genre bringing in body builders and martial artists where it had previously been "manly men" with a mean right hook and life experience. Remember that Connery was initially seen as too brutish to play Bond by some!
In Deadpool...
...quick break to admit that pointing out a science error in a not-even-trying-to-be-serious-comic-super-ahem-"hero" film may seem like pointless pickiness, but it takes me out of the film every time, and that's bad.....
... he's in the air-starvation chamber, steals a match, strikes it and flicks it over to the O2 inlet vent. The first time I watched it, I wondered why he wanted the match to burn more quickly. But no, apparently, oxygen is both flammable and explosive in the Marvel universe.
Not to mention, the grille on the vent should have made a fairly effective flame trap anyway
It's quite a major plot point and JUST PLAIN WRONG.
...quick break to admit that pointing out a science error in a not-even-trying-to-be-serious-comic-super-ahem-"hero" film may seem like pointless pickiness, but it takes me out of the film every time, and that's bad.....
... he's in the air-starvation chamber, steals a match, strikes it and flicks it over to the O2 inlet vent. The first time I watched it, I wondered why he wanted the match to burn more quickly. But no, apparently, oxygen is both flammable and explosive in the Marvel universe.
Not to mention, the grille on the vent should have made a fairly effective flame trap anyway
It's quite a major plot point and JUST PLAIN WRONG.
Halmyre said:
Doesn't say. MacLean had given up bothering about authenticity by then. He also makes reference to "Lancasters with 10-ton bombs", in a story set at least a year before the Grand Slam first appeared. He also has a Mosquito capable of carrying 5 passengers.
I never read the book so I assumed it was one of those weird Focke-Achgelis things - ]
On the subject of historical inaccuracies:
Braveheart - the Scots did not wear kilts until hundreds of years after the movie is set, nor did they use blue face paint. Wallace was a minor noble but other than that we know almost nothing of his life, other than poems used as propaganda well after the events took place
The Last Samurai - The Samurai weren't fighting to maintain their way of life because it was noble, but because it exempted them from taxes and made them a protected class. Many Samurai joined the government because they knoew it was the only way Japan could become a world power. They did not wear the armour seen in the film, which at that point would have been as up to date as chain mail, and the only reason they resorted to using bows and arrows was because they ran out of ammunition for the modern rifles and artillery they had been using.
Zulu - although it was defended by a Welsh regiment most of them weren't actually Welsh
Peal Harbour - Japanese planes were the wrong colour, modern ships clearly visible in the harbour, the hospital was never actually bombed, Spitfires used in the Battle of Britain bits were mk.V models that weren't used until around a year after, fighter pilots transferring to bombers because reasons, he's dyslexic so writes the eye chart answers on his hand, which would have actually helped at all and OH GOD I HATE THIS FILM I HATE THIS FILM I HATE THIS FILM
Braveheart - the Scots did not wear kilts until hundreds of years after the movie is set, nor did they use blue face paint. Wallace was a minor noble but other than that we know almost nothing of his life, other than poems used as propaganda well after the events took place
The Last Samurai - The Samurai weren't fighting to maintain their way of life because it was noble, but because it exempted them from taxes and made them a protected class. Many Samurai joined the government because they knoew it was the only way Japan could become a world power. They did not wear the armour seen in the film, which at that point would have been as up to date as chain mail, and the only reason they resorted to using bows and arrows was because they ran out of ammunition for the modern rifles and artillery they had been using.
Zulu - although it was defended by a Welsh regiment most of them weren't actually Welsh
Peal Harbour - Japanese planes were the wrong colour, modern ships clearly visible in the harbour, the hospital was never actually bombed, Spitfires used in the Battle of Britain bits were mk.V models that weren't used until around a year after, fighter pilots transferring to bombers because reasons, he's dyslexic so writes the eye chart answers on his hand, which would have actually helped at all and OH GOD I HATE THIS FILM I HATE THIS FILM I HATE THIS FILM
The Adventures of Robin Hood
There is much to love and cherish in this film. The hidden trampolines in the forrest being a personal favourite. But not to chide it for production values from the 30’s the following has always bugged me.
In order to trap Robin Hood [a sublime performance from Errol Flynn - and surely the source of Rik Mayall’s Lord Flashheart creation] the Sheriff of Nottingham has organised an archery tournament...
At the tournament, having already had the targets moved back ‘another 20 paces’, Robin and the Evil Henchman face off. The baddie puts one right in the middle of the bullseye. Errol rocks up and puts one in exactly the same place.
Somebody shouts out ‘he split the arrow, he wins!’ and Errol is lifted aloft to go and be sarcastic to the Sheriff Of Nottingham.
But he didn’t win. Surely that must be a draw?
Anyway, the scene is here and there is so much to love in it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3hDAaxHNjs
There is much to love and cherish in this film. The hidden trampolines in the forrest being a personal favourite. But not to chide it for production values from the 30’s the following has always bugged me.
In order to trap Robin Hood [a sublime performance from Errol Flynn - and surely the source of Rik Mayall’s Lord Flashheart creation] the Sheriff of Nottingham has organised an archery tournament...
At the tournament, having already had the targets moved back ‘another 20 paces’, Robin and the Evil Henchman face off. The baddie puts one right in the middle of the bullseye. Errol rocks up and puts one in exactly the same place.
Somebody shouts out ‘he split the arrow, he wins!’ and Errol is lifted aloft to go and be sarcastic to the Sheriff Of Nottingham.
But he didn’t win. Surely that must be a draw?
Anyway, the scene is here and there is so much to love in it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3hDAaxHNjs
Mr Snrub said:
Peal Harbour - Japanese planes were the wrong colour, modern ships clearly visible in the harbour, the hospital was never actually bombed, Spitfires used in the Battle of Britain bits were mk.V models that weren't used until around a year after, fighter pilots transferring to bombers because reasons, he's dyslexic so writes the eye chart answers on his hand, which would have actually helped at all and OH GOD I HATE THIS FILM I HATE THIS FILM I HATE THIS FILM
And the Queen Mary in her Cunard colours...Skii said:
On the subject of old war movies,
All 60's / 70's war films that used US / Soviet post war tanks as Panzers.
I appreciate that the original machines had been blown to buggery and melted down but slapping a Balkenkreuz on an M48 Patton really killed the immersion for me as a kid.
On a similar note. Northrop F5's as Migs was popular in the 1980s (top gun) All 60's / 70's war films that used US / Soviet post war tanks as Panzers.
I appreciate that the original machines had been blown to buggery and melted down but slapping a Balkenkreuz on an M48 Patton really killed the immersion for me as a kid.
Tarted up Pumas as Hind Gunships. (Rambo films and others)
RAF flying F16s - Independence Day
I was very much interested in military aircraft in the 1980s and had to come to terms with stand in vehicles on a regular basis. It made it all the more sweet when films tried harder to get it right. (10/10 for effort goes to Red Dawn)
robemcdonald said:
On a similar note. Northrop F5's as Migs was popular in the 1980s (top gun)
Tarted up Pumas as Hind Gunships. (Rambo films and others)
RAF flying F16s - Independence Day
I was very much interested in military aircraft in the 1980s and had to come to terms with stand in vehicles on a regular basis. It made it all the more sweet when films tried harder to get it right. (10/10 for effort goes to Red Dawn)
What aircraft did they have in that? I watched it years ago and can't remember although I vaguely remember a scene with a pilot getting shot down. I bloody loved that film when I was younger. The recent remake is OK but not as good as the original IMO.Tarted up Pumas as Hind Gunships. (Rambo films and others)
RAF flying F16s - Independence Day
I was very much interested in military aircraft in the 1980s and had to come to terms with stand in vehicles on a regular basis. It made it all the more sweet when films tried harder to get it right. (10/10 for effort goes to Red Dawn)
A better looking hind replica and also a yak 38
Both probably done with miniatures I would imagine.
Just googled it and found this website
http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Red_Dawn_(1984)#.22Faux....
That's today's productivity out of the window.
Both probably done with miniatures I would imagine.
Just googled it and found this website
http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Red_Dawn_(1984)#.22Faux....
That's today's productivity out of the window.
Edited by robemcdonald on Thursday 23 June 10:49
When someone lights a match and throws into a puddle of petrol and it works first time. If I light a match at home it either snaps the first time or goes out with the slightest of movements before the candle can be lit.
One thing that always annoys me is that nobody seems to say goodbye in tv or movies, they just hang up.
One thing that always annoys me is that nobody seems to say goodbye in tv or movies, they just hang up.
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