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Things in movies that don’t make sense...

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MrsWhites · 21/09/2020 14:30

I was watching Ghost last night, Sam can’t touch/pick up anything but he can sit on a chair?? Took up far too much of my time today thinking about that!

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Graphista · 25/09/2020 13:42

But what about Chandler & Joey? Central
Park!

Chandler is a fairly high earner but still needs a roommate, plus that apartment is much smaller than Monica’s though I agree that falls down when chandler moves out and in with Monica.

Grandma’s place. yep!

They all rely on the premise that cynical, jaded adults no longer believe in Father Christmas, but Father Christmas is real in the world of the film.

Where the fuck do these people think the presents are coming from?

I have the same problem with the treatment of Russell (randy Quaid) in Independence Day - people take piss out of him for saying he was abducted by aliens AFTER the whole world knows there are fucking aliens!

Love “medium” for all the reasons stated plus her still grieving over mc many years earlier, that’s my personal pregnancy bug bear ESPECIALLY in soaps (which I no longer watch but still) character has a mc, perhaps even a late one or stillbirth... within 6 months often much less it’s completely forgotten! They never are shown struggling with the due date or anniversary of the loss! Totally unrealistic! Even to the point where they are shown “comforting” another character going through such a loss without empathising in any way! Plus mc etc almost ALWAYS have an obvious “cause” like a fall or being assaulted! Gives me rage!

American airports, or at least some of them, used to be like this before 9/11 but the friends finale happened after 9/11. There’s a whole load of deleted scenes from the episode that was due to screen just after it happened when Monica and Chandler were going on honeymoon and chandler says the word “bomb” as a joke and it causes trouble for them which was changed and re-filmed as a result into what was screened which was the “we need the upgrades” storyline.

There's a series, I forget the name, which has an American female coroner who wears flimsy dresses that obviously have no pockets. She carries no bag. She travels around to different sites to interview people and look at bodies - where does she keep her keys? I’m thinking you mean either “body of proof” or “rizzoli and isles” both of which feature coroners/pathologists who are noted for wearing stupidly fashionable/impractical clothes to crime scenes. In “rizzoli and isles” the cop character mocks her slightly for it. Personally I think how stupid to wear such expensive/difficult to clean clothes in situations where you could easily get blood, bodily fluids, the stench of decomp on the clothes and probably have to throw them away!

I ruined a favourite film of my own by overthinking. The bone collector (MASSIVE SPOILER ALERT) - the premise is that Rhyme and Donaghy are SO intelligent and so naturally talented at the cerebral part of detective work...yet they actually don’t solve the case! Not even close! The killer reveals himself when he attacks Rhyme! Even when Amelia etc arrive to rescue him (which is largely unnecessary as despite being a quadriplegic he holds his own) they still haven’t yet sussed who the culprit is! Just that he has a vendetta against Rhyme! It also kinda blows my mind that Roma Downey and Jeanne Tripplehorn were both married to Leland Orser would not put those 3 together at all!

somewhereovertherainbutt · 25/09/2020 13:46

@AlaskaBird

Oh yes and horses 'neigh' when running/approaching in films. They really don't in RL

THIS!!!!

And dogs always whine, bark, snarl, whimper ALL the time. Basically canine verbal diarrhoea!
ReeseWitherfork · 25/09/2020 13:52

My dog hates barking on the TV so it drives me bonkers! But also lots of barking in the background of suburban towns.

52andblue · 25/09/2020 14:49

@SageMist

Anything with computers and set in the 'present day' is always wrong. I cringed at The Net -1995, Sandra Bullock film - when it came out. Most movies with any kind of email or search engine use are painful for IT workers (like me).
@SageMist

My ds and I have been watching 'Designated Survivor' on Netflix.

The tech guy who always taps 3 keys and finds anything / one drives him crazy !

Russellbrandshair · 25/09/2020 15:31

The tech thing annoys me too. It’s always some teenager with a floppy haircut who breaks into a computer system set up by the FBI or whatever in between bites of monster munch. As if it’s just that easy to do! And they always guess the password on the third try!

KitKatastrophe · 25/09/2020 18:15

Peoples memory for names.
"Good morning miss, my name is DCI Johnson, please can I ask you some questions..."
(Ten minute conversation)
"Bye DCI Johnson"
I would never remember someone's name who I had never met and wasnt expecting introduced like that. And if I did I wouldnt be confident enough to use their name in case I was wrong!

KitKatastrophe · 25/09/2020 18:18

Criminal Minds where they make educated guesses about the "unsub", usually very specific like "he is probably an only child because..." or "his mummy issues mean he would have never been married" etc. The lady plugs the information into the computer and it comes up with ONE guy who is ALWAYS the right guy. What are the chances? I mean statistically maybe people with those personality traits may be more or less likely to do/be certain things but there must be exceptions.

ZoeTurtle · 25/09/2020 18:33

Just watched Everest and they were all wandering around at 29,000ft with nothing protecting their faces. Okay I get it's a movie and we need to hear them speak but it just looked ridiculous.

WinterAndRoughWeather · 26/09/2020 01:34

In The Thomas Crown Affair (Pierce Brosnan version), why don’t they rewind the museum security tape to see who left the briefcase under the bench? They’d have known it was Crown right from day one.

Impatiens · 26/09/2020 01:49

Hope no-one's already said this as I haven't rtft - The Shining has always irritated me for two things -

  1. When Jack gets locked in the store room by Wendy, the evil spirit talks to him through the door and then unbolts it to release him. If the spirit can unbolt heavy doors it could pick up a weapon and destroy anyone - why does it need Jack to carry out it's evil??
  1. Hallorann and Danny have a psychic connection so strong that, even all the way over in Florida, he gets an overwhelming feeling of fear and danger and has terrifying visions of what Danny can see. He has to fly all the way back to Colorado or wherever it is, then has to hire a snow plough to fight his way through a blizzard at night all the way up to the hotel. Then - despite knowing something terrible is happening - he walks in through the front door shouting out HELLO! HELLOOO! And straightaway gets an axe in the chest! I mean..REALLY?? Confused
Scattyhattie · 26/09/2020 03:09

Crime detectives that go to apprehend the suspect whose unaware who they are so could easily grab & arrest them but instead choose to announce it from good distance away so the suspect runs off & they have to chase them down. In a series they repeatedly make this error of judgement.

NellyJames · 26/09/2020 14:42

@Graphista, interestingly, both Jeanne Tripplehorn and Roma Downey have been cast as Jackie Kennedy Onassis. So maybe they do give off a similar vibe.

JesusInTheCabbageVan · 26/09/2020 14:48

@00100001 Titanic is the world's looooooooooongest movie , and they couldn't have a tiny scene where they try and share that plank, but it sinks,so Jack gives it up for her???

They do though!! Don't they? I tried to find it on YouTube but everything Titanic related is blocked in UK.

I am certain though that Jack tried to climb on and it tipped him off.

ReplacementPlasticUterus · 26/09/2020 15:47

Actors just aren't scared enough in a lot of movies - faced with an alien or a fucking Tyrannosaurus Rex or something, and they're all resourceful or making a well-timed quip. No-one immediately loses control of their bowels and just collapses from fright.

Alternatively, they're screaming like a banshee when running from something terrifying. If you manage not to soil yourself/have a heart attack and can run faster than a bloody 20ft dinosaur, or axe-wielding murderer, why waste your energy screaming?

ReplacementPlasticUterus · 26/09/2020 15:56

Oh, and why can henchmen with semi-automatic weapons or machine guns never actually shoot anyone? I'm pretty sure if you gave a blindfolded chimp a weapon like that, it could kill someone 20 feet away without trying.

When my underground lair in the side of a volcano is finally finished, I shall ensure that my henchmen have some pretty robust target practice as part of their induction training. Wasting bullets in the field will find them on a performance contract sharpish..

DuesToTheDirt · 26/09/2020 19:03

No-one immediately loses control of their bowels and just collapses from fright.

There is a scene in Gladiator where one of the slaves waiting to go into the arena in front of Russell Crowe wets himself. I was terrified too, just sitting in my living room! Grin

Graphista · 26/09/2020 23:08

@NellyJames really? How interesting I don't see the similarities at all

TheRattleBag · 27/09/2020 02:38

This might have already been mentioned, but the virus upload to the alien mother ship in Independence Day........ amazingly easy to do!

What if the mother ship had been running MAC OS? And the virus was for Windows?!

I can ignore a lot of IT related inaccuracies but that one really winds me up.

PeriPeriMenosauce · 27/09/2020 04:08

Every single thief required to hack in to a computer system can just log-in and their devices are immediately compatible.

Detectives have CCTV can be zoomed in and cropped and the image is crystal clear.

howsoonisnow85 · 27/09/2020 05:20

In fight scenes where theres 4 or 5 baddies & 1 good guy & they all stand around whilst he fights them one at a time! Why dont they all pile on him at once 🙄

walksen · 27/09/2020 05:36

The way anyone shot with a shotgun goes flying back at least 5 feet when shot. If there was that much momentum in the shot, the person firing would go flying back the same distance.

Wellthatsit · 27/09/2020 08:10

People never wearing a warm jumper indoors even when it's cold and miserable outside and the character would be too skint to have their heating on during the day. They just swan around in t shirts in the depths of winter.

EyesOfABlueDog · 27/09/2020 08:30

I love Downton Abbey, but the interactions between upstairs & downstairs wouldn’t have happened. (lived Upstairs, Downstairs too) I also realise without such interactions, it wouldn’t be the same show lol
In films, often when someone gets out of bed & they’re naked, they wrap themselves in the whole sheet or duvet & start walking around with it on. Who actually does this?

CarrieMoonbeams · 27/09/2020 08:35

When people are instantly ready to do something spontaneous when their friends turn up at the door or phone. I'd be running around putting the dogs out for a pee, getting changed out of my comfies, going for a pee and then another little pee, putting a washing out and putting the dishwasher on first!

Or when someone is deep in thought, standing beside the window looking out (looking but not seeing because they are SO DEEP IN THOUGHT) - and their partner comes up behind them completely silently and says "hey" whilst touching them on the shoulder. No-one ever goes "aaaaaaaargh" and jumps, like most normal people would.

briebuiltthiscity · 27/09/2020 10:03

Eastenders - those houses must be worth a good couple of million yet are all inhabited by people who work in cafes, pubs etc.

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