Reply With QuoteBen Affleck wearing a Deepsea in Argo, 29 years before launch
We watched "Rise of The Krays" last night and a few things drove me mad.
In 1954, the soundtrack was playing Buddy Holly.
In 1956, Reggie Kray lit his cigarette with a piezo cigarette lighter.
Again in 1956, whilst Ronnie Kray was being interviewed in a police station, there was a tape recorder on the table with a cassette tape in it.
They really didn't try very hard to get things right.
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
Ben Affleck wearing a Deepsea in Argo, 29 years before launch
Richard Gere.
F.T.F.A.
All the extras wearing flared jeans in Quadrophenia. I don't believed they existed in 1965 and were certainly gone by the time it was released in 1979. (Must have been northeners!)
Other than Risky Business and The Outsiders, Tom Cruise has spoilt every other film I've seen him in.
Product placement.
I, Robot was on last night. It was an Audi advert more than a feature film.
Dougray Scott or Ewan McGregor (post trainspotting)
Unnecessary romantic diversion in films that really don't need it.
One of my favourite films is Tora! Tora! Tora! which has no such nonsense in it.
Plot elements that rely on someone DROPPING the gun, using a car that won't START all of a sudden (when it has started perfectly every time throughout the preceding part of the film), FALLING over when running away, SPLITTING up to creep around dangerous dark locations and other similar weak plot hinges.
In fact, I stop watching as soon as they happen in a movie.
The main character walking around an empty house at night without putting the lights on when there is a serial killer on the loose
Re; Eddie's point. I've not seen the film yet, and - though this isn't an excuse for silly and avoidable errors - it probably comes down to budget/time and the average age of the production team.
In the end I suppose the key questions are: was the film good, and did the errors substantially reduce your enjoyment? If yes and no, then not a bad result, really.
It's just tough making period stuff now, which is why my favourite Tom Hardy film is Locke. Made for less than the cost of one explosive setup in (the excellent) Mad Max, I'm sure. Just a great script and acting - despite him channeling Richard Burton for some not immediately apparent reason.
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Popcorn eaters.
People who talk....go to a café or bar if you want a chatOriginally Posted by Kingstepper
Bad accents.
320,000,000 people in America give or take - so why do they insist on finding foreign actors to play American characters?
The only good one I can think of is the Ozzie bloke in The Mentalist.
Even Hugh Laurie as House makes me cringe, though he is one of the passable ones.
The warehouse scene.
There’s gonna be a fight and it’ll probably spill into the container yard...
Very true. It also applies to books too this one.
From a parent's perspective - swearing. Not being a prude but the way US films with their strange certification rules whereby a single swear word is allowed and usually included for a 12A. Why?? Film gets classified as a 12A then promote the merchandise to 5 year olds.
When endings are 'open to interpretation' or basically just don't have an ending...
Any ghastly American remake of a foreign film (or films in general so change that to Crap Remakes; girl with dragon, Oldboy, Robocop etc.).
Directors who decide to produce the whole film in overly-blue hue just to try and make it look gritty/moody...
....and those who downmix dialogue making it hard to tell what anyone is saying unless the volume is high enough to be ear-splitting during action scenes.
Excessively loud background music and actors (or both sexes) who mumble. Russell Crowe is the worst, can never understand a bloody word he is saying.
So many things really. But what about someone spending hours preparing food for another character and when it is finally served, nobody even tries it before and argument ensues.
Without a doubt.....Will Smith,
Michael Bay or Roland Emmerich
^^^ this ^^^
Back on topic: when you like this sort of details in movies, check the ScreenRant YT channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2i...1FCGGqhOUNx-iA Especially the Biggest Movie Mistakes video. One warning: various videos contain spoilers.
Menno
I'd agree with this. I'm probably not too susceptible when it comes to North American accents but English and Irish very much so.
The intro/background scene on a DVD that basically shows all the interesting parts of the film before you can actually press play... more relevant for horror/action films, but some of them are really detailed... I get that a lot of people have DVDs for rewatching but they shouldn't assume you have already seen it...!
The interior shots of MI6 in the more recent Bond movies, where it suddenly turns into Star Trek with all the over-the-top, look-how-technologically-advanced-the-secret-service-is holograms, tracking bad guys etc.
I don't mind the general use of gadgets in the Bond movies--they're good fun and get Bond out of whatever fix he's in--but whenever they show him back at MI6 I now expect to see someone polishing dilithium crystals and Scotty shouting "I'm givin' it all she's got Capt'n."
Colin Farrell does an excellent American accent.
I suspect that the original Tinker Tailor got it right; shabby, smoke-filled rooms. You can be surprised however - a colleague of mine visited our friends in Cheltenham in the month of December a few years back and every second bugger was dressed as santa.
Russell Crowe singing (in Les Mis).
Anything George Lucas directed......after A New Hope.
Many, many things:
Everyone else in the cinema!
Rubbish sound with all the bass filtered off to avoid sound leakage in a multi-screen.
As to the films themselves:
Christopher Nolan films always have sound issues (The last Batman film and Interstellar spring to mind). Can't really speculate why he does it but it must be deliberate.
'Filmed in 3D' - makes the film unwatchable in 2D at times especially when they seem to have a gratuitous 'this will look good in 3D' bit. The start of the last Star Trek film is a good example of that. Take the scene away and you wouldn't miss it.
Cheap CGI. When it is done well it is invisible, but done cheaply it is a constant distraction.
As you may have gathered, I don't get out to the cinema much...
Nicole Kidman.
Cant watch a film with her in it, the face reminds me of a death mask.
[QUOTE=verv;3627891]Nicole Kidman.
Cant watch a film with her in it, the face reminds me of a death mask
I know what you mean but the Botox can't help.
A lack of sex, violence and bad language.
My wife.
I can't properly enjoy a film without her asking "who's he again?" or "what's happened up to now?". Every bloody film and sometimes within minutes of it starting.
The pause and rewind button are worn out.
Ejaculating other than where nature intended.
(I’ll get my coat).
R
Ignorance breeds Fear. Fear breeds Hatred. Hatred breeds Ignorance. Break the chain.
Family saloons, pickup trucks and even delivery vans that sound like NASCAR V8s when in a chase.
You or the actors?
I'm with you
Cameron's Titanic was rendered totally unwatchable for me because of this
Most of my favourites are unencumbered by such lazy film making
Such as
Ice Station Zebra and 2001 A Space Odyssey
Men kissing - vomit.
I hope I never see men, or indeed women, kissing vomit
I have to allow you that one Sean, for all his failings he was actually very good in the recent True Detective.
I'm also adding bad soundtracks to bad accents.
John Woo is a nightmare for putting ill-fitting music over otherwise decent (mainly action) scenes.
Films that are too dark especially when the plot is coming to a head and it is raining too. Fine to watch in a cinema, but try watching during the summer at home when it is light until late evening.
You personally, or a character in the film?
FBI agents who shout "FBI stop" to ensure the villain runs off
Nicholas Cage
Agree with the loud music comment. Sometimes the actual volume of the film at the cinema is far too loud for me, although it can mask the sound of the greedy gits that can't go 2 hours without stuffing their faces.
oh and Fast & Furious gearboxes
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Too much complicated CGI.....
Cheers..
Jase
1. Suitcases that are light and obviously empty
2. People drinking cups of tea/coffee that are also obviously empty.
3. People pushing their food around and not eating anything during the dinner scene.
4. Anything with Hugh Grant in it.
Ah yes, I forgot that.
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