Annoying conventions on the screen

wiccanpony

Official Freak Bar Witch
Originally posted by Roger Bunting
What I want to know is why Mod keeps calling him Blonde.

:rolleyes: wishful thinking


Why would someone go down into a dark basement upon hearing strange noises, when your pals are dying in nasty ways around you..I would be out the door hitting speed dial 911.
 

Gilvan Blight

New member
I hate the lowest common denominator factor of way too many movies. Seems to be getting worse with more modern ones.

It used to be a subtle clue hidden here and there and only explained at the very end of the movie. Those that caught it sit there smugly thinking, I caught that! The rest go, wow, I didn\'t see that coming and everyone enjoys.

Now a days it seem more like, hey look there’s a clue. 50% of normal people catch it and feel just a bit smug about it. Then a couple scenes later they have hint at the clue, a pan of the camera, a wink, something. Now 90% of people get it, those first 50% are starting to think, omg did they really need to point that out. Then a few minutes later they have one of the characters blatantly mention the clue. Now the 50, previously impressed with themselves people are slapping their heads at the stupidity and ready to walk out, the other 40% who had gotten it are now getting bored and thinking did they really have to spell it out. By the end of the movie there are maybe 3% of the audience that could possibly be suppressed at the now obvious twist.
 

Fizl

Secret Crocodile
It may have been mentioned on page 1 (haven\'t read it in a while and the whisky is working ownders...)

but the girl tripping over whilst running away from teh baddy, scary monster, rabid animal or other of your choice.

Women for some reason are completely incapable of running in films

Shaz
 

wiccanpony

Official Freak Bar Witch
Originally posted by Fizl
It may have been mentioned on page 1 (haven\'t read it in a while and the whisky is working ownders...)

but the girl tripping over whilst running away from teh baddy, scary monster, rabid animal or other of your choice.

Women for some reason are completely incapable of running in films

Shaz

:eek: yes, Why the heck are they not only running like a drunken sailor, but running in for “crying out loud” High Heels!!!:cussing:
 

Fizl

Secret Crocodile
Originally posted by wiccanpony
Originally posted by Fizl
It may have been mentioned on page 1 (haven\'t read it in a while and the whisky is working ownders...)

but the girl tripping over whilst running away from teh baddy, scary monster, rabid animal or other of your choice.

Women for some reason are completely incapable of running in films

Shaz

:eek: yes, Why the heck are they not only running like a drunken sailor, but running in for “crying out loud” High Heels!!!:cussing:

And of course never looking in the direction they are actually running. I\'m surprised more of them don\'t brain themselves on trees etc seeing as it happens so often in woods.

Shaz
 

Sand Rat

New member
Originally posted by Friar
the whole good guy always wins thing gets old, wish they made movies without plain as day good and bad and instead focus on characters acting in occordance with their motives making choices right and wrong,done in shades of grey where you could root for either side and not be a wacko and also not know who will come out on top if anyone....

Try Film Noir -
 

Sand Rat

New member
Originally posted by Ritual
On thing that bothers me is how someone falling freely can catch up with an object that was dropped earlier. Take Gandalf, for instance, when he has fallen of the bridge of Khazad Dûm, and catches up with the sword he dropped while hanging on to the bridge for a moment. Or, James Bond jumping after a plane, that has fallen off cliff high up in the mountains and is falling freely towards the ground, and he catches up with the plane and manage to start it!

How does that work? Is it another gravitation working on Gandalf than what is working on his sword? Surely, neither the sword or an airplane diving nose-first towards the ground have so much bigger aerodynamic resistance that Gandalf or James Bond can achieve a higher speed?

Sorry for the double post -

Mythbusters actually showed this one is possible guys -
 
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