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Register General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board Search Terms:  Search Within:  topics posts since 2019 2018 posts 2017 posts 2016 posts 2015 posts 2014 posts 2013 posts 2012 posts 2011 posts 2010 posts 2009 posts 2008 posts 2007 posts 2006 posts 2005 posts 2004 posts 2003 posts 2002 posts 2001 posts 2000 posts users  search tips  You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100      Non-Film Score Discussion: In films, don't you just hate it when....    FIRST   PRIOR   84 85 86 87 88    NEXT   LAST   Last Post   Posted:   Dec 1, 2020 - 3:53 PM     By:   Bill Carson, Earl of Poncey   (Member) Whenever two cops are searching a disused warehouse or hospital with torches - usually with a serial killer on the loose - they never stay together for protection, they always, always, stupidly split up. And 1 gets predictably picked off.    Posted:   Dec 1, 2020 - 4:12 PM     By:   Viscount Bark   (Member) Whenever two cops are searching a disused warehouse or hospital with torches - usually with a serial killer on the loose - they never stay together for protection, they always, always, stupidly split up. And 1 gets predictably picked off. Or they surprise each other by meeting back up unexpectedly.    Posted:   Dec 1, 2020 - 11:56 PM     By:   Bill Carson, Earl of Poncey   (Member) Yes, always. And never warn the other they are coming, they always creep up, like a killer would and touch them on the shoulder or whatever. Pathetic.    Posted:   Dec 4, 2020 - 7:48 AM     By:   Solium   (Member) When two people are talking and the shot constantly switches back and forth to a close up of the person talking. It also gives the impression the actors weren't on set performing off one another, instead they're scenes were shot separately and they were acting to the camera or an off camera stand-in. It takes me out of the film every time.    Posted:   Dec 4, 2020 - 8:47 AM     By:   Mr. Jack   (Member) When two people are talking and the shot constantly switches back and forth to a close up of the person talking. It also gives the impression the actors weren't on set performing off one another, instead they're scenes were shot separately and they were acting to the camera or an off camera stand-in. It takes me out of the film every time. Also, if they're doing an over-the-shoulder shot of the person who's being spoken to, you can usually tell their mouth movements aren't matching what they're saying by how the side of their jaw is moving.    Posted:   Dec 4, 2020 - 9:13 AM     By:   steffromuk   (Member) Something I used to like as a teenager and I Hate as an adult is when the character speaks directly to the audience. It often feels like a lame attempt to make the viewer feel special and bait him or her to be in on bad jokes and weak writing and pretend we're all so cool. Most recent examples: Deadpool, Enola Holmes. There are exceptions of course, were it makes total sense (Fight Club, Last Action Hero, Rubber, etc...)    Posted:   Dec 4, 2020 - 9:18 AM     By:   Thomas   (Member) Breaking The Fourth Wall as it's known in Theatre and Cinema, when an actor or cast directly refers to the audience. One of the first films where I noticed it as a kid was the end credit sequence of The Railway Children.    Posted:   Dec 4, 2020 - 9:42 AM     By:   SBD   (Member) Breaking The Fourth Wall as it's known in Theatre and Cinema, when an actor or cast directly refers to the audience. One of the first films where I noticed it as a kid was the end credit sequence of The Railway Children. Not to speak ill of the dead, but Jonathan Demme movies are loaded with characters looking right at the camera and that shit’s distracting. Really strange when you consider that I don’t usually mind characters breaking the fourth wall, as long as there’s a good gag or expression that comes with it (cf. Eddie Murphy in Trading Places).    Posted:   Dec 4, 2020 - 10:12 AM     By:   Bill Carson, Earl of Poncey   (Member) Breaking The Fourth Wall as it's known in Theatre and Cinema, when an actor or cast directly refers to the audience. One of the first films where I noticed it as a kid was the end credit sequence of The Railway Children. My favourite example of this working perfectly is Alastair Sim at the end of the razor-sharp comedy School for Scoundrels. "Orchestra leader, stop that infernal din..!"    Posted:   Dec 4, 2020 - 12:57 PM     By:   Bob DiMucci   (Member) Whenever two cops are searching a disused warehouse or hospital with torches - usually with a serial killer on the loose - they never stay together for protection, they always, always, stupidly split up. And 1 gets predictably picked off. In a similar vein, when cops go into a darkened house or building, they always explore it using their flashlights. They never flick on the light switch. Is there some actual procedural reason for this, or is it just done to heighten the drama?    Posted:   Dec 5, 2020 - 7:52 PM     By:   Xebec   (Member) Night time building establishing shots just being a still clearly shot in daytime and then coloured badly. A person sat on or working on a bike or car and some other person impresses them by rattling off the make, model and details of the vehicle.    Posted:   Dec 6, 2020 - 1:31 AM     By:   Rick15   (Member) I don’t usually mind characters breaking the fourth wall, as long as there’s a good gag or expression that comes with it (cf. Eddie Murphy in Trading Places). One of my favourites is in Top Secret!.......    Posted:   Dec 6, 2020 - 2:15 AM     By:   Rick15   (Member) Maybe I need to start an “In movies, don’t you just love it when.....” thread    Posted:   Dec 6, 2020 - 2:43 AM     By:   Bill Carson, Earl of Poncey   (Member) You might have something there Rick. Have we ever done a "best moments in movies?"    Posted:   Dec 12, 2020 - 8:56 PM     By:   Viscount Bark   (Member) Just once I want to see a Frankenstein movie in which a normal, proper brain is inserted into the creature (no dropping it on the ground right before the operation or any of that nonsense) (I've been watching a lot of Hammer horror lately) - and after the creature is revived he says something along the lines of, "Well, thanks, Dr. Frankenstein. I feel great! I think I'm ready to rejoin society." Oh, also the Veronica Carlson of the late -60s/early-70s needs to be inserted somehow into every other film of that era.    Posted:   Dec 13, 2020 - 1:30 AM     By:   Xebec   (Member) The Mandalorian has spaceships in orbit in two scenes that do odd things. One: Spaceship goes into a tailspin to evade baddies. Everything in the hold hasn't moved an inch. Even though it wasn't tied down. Two: Spaceship is flying up at a steep angle. They mention it in the cockpit and you can see it. Back in the bowels of the ship out heroes are fighting stormtroopers with no angle change. Moments later the script has them mention the steep angle as it is put into a nosedive. One hero runs in a corridor downwards towards the enemy and flings grenades at them. Me and my friends said aloud: "Why didn't he just roll them?" They made a point of mentioning the angle. It just seemed logical. Unlike the kamikaze run the hero made. Which didn't.    Posted:   Dec 13, 2020 - 8:21 AM     By:   Solium   (Member) The Mandalorian has spaceships in orbit in two scenes that do odd things. One: Spaceship goes into a tailspin to evade baddies. Everything in the hold hasn't moved an inch. Even though it wasn't tied down. Two: Spaceship is flying up at a steep angle. They mention it in the cockpit and you can see it. Back in the bowels of the ship out heroes are fighting stormtroopers with no angle change. Moments later the script has them mention the steep angle as it is put into a nosedive. One hero runs in a corridor downwards towards the enemy and flings grenades at them. Me and my friends said aloud: "Why didn't he just roll them?" They made a point of mentioning the angle. It just seemed logical. Unlike the kamikaze run the hero made. Which didn't. It's STAR WARS man! Remember Empire? A small asteroid hits the side of the Falcon and the momentum causes a tool box to fall over into the mechanical bay. Very next scene Han is flying the Falcon, doing rolls, spins and extreme nose dives yet from inside the cockpit it appears they're flying on a parallel path.    Posted:   Dec 13, 2020 - 10:15 AM     By:   Michael Scorefan   (Member) It's STAR WARS man! Remember Empire? A small asteroid hits the side of the Falcon and the momentum causes a tool box to fall over into the mechanical bay. Very next scene Han is flying the Falcon, doing rolls, spins and extreme nose dives yet from inside the cockpit it appears they're flying on a parallel path. While the Falcon is in space I always chalked up the passengers not impacted by all of the rolls, spins, etc. to an effective artificial gravity system. There is no up or down in space, so the artificial gravity keeps everything grounded for the passengers so to speak. The asteroid, on the other hand was a hard enough hit to disrupt the system a bit to knock over the tool box. When the Falcon is in a place with gravity, the passengers are impacted by the gravity, such as in Empire when the space slug shifted a bit, and Leia fell into Han's arms, or the slug reacting to Han shooting it when they are investigating the mynocks.    Posted:   Dec 13, 2020 - 10:59 AM     By:   Xebec   (Member) Oh flip I wrote in orbit when I meant in atmosphere.    Posted:   Dec 21, 2020 - 4:34 AM     By:   Rameau   (Member) The man takes the woman's glasses off & lets her hair down & says, my, you're beautiful. A/a beautiful woman will look just as beautiful wearing glasses & with her hair up in a bun & B/is it just her looks he's concerned about?     Non-Film Score Discussion: In films, don't you just hate it when....    << < 84 85 86 87 88  > >>  Go to page:  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100   First Post    General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100

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