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Things you've taken from films that weren't the point

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DoDoDoooooo · 11/06/2022 18:10

Elsa and Anna's parents were shockingly awful...

Any others?

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Momicrone · 11/06/2022 18:11

All the massive age gaps between the male and female leads

honeylulu · 11/06/2022 18:16

Mary Poppins is a bossy, supercilious, gaslighting bitch.

DoDoDoooooo · 11/06/2022 18:18

If you care about your child's safety at all, Hogwarts is a terrible choice of school.

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JustFrustrated · 11/06/2022 18:27

It's not a film, but Stranger Things.

I love it, and think it's massively underrated for its actual quality.

But the parents, oh my god the parents, they're awful.

MsJuniper · 11/06/2022 18:30

How was the koala ever going to make enough money to save his theatre by organising a talent contest that happened behind closed doors? One concert featuring unknowns? Even if it sold out, the numbers don't stack up.

FriendlyPineapple · 11/06/2022 18:38

Tom Holland in real life, seems nice but a bit of a drip.

Tom Holland as Spiderman - surprisingly buff.

RorschachPest · 11/06/2022 18:43

Stiff-necked military top brass will bang on and on and on about risks and safety of pilots when you're planning a secret mission to blow up an unspecific uranium plant, but they won't tell you to wear a motorcycle helmet when you're riding your bike at dangerous speeds to get to work and back.

BanjoVio · 11/06/2022 18:45

“The wise man goes when he can. The fool goes when he must” - Billy Connolly’s character talking about peeing in the incredibly boring ‘Quartet’. The only thing I took from this movie, but I’ll never forget it 🤣

DeepSeededUrbanDecay · 11/06/2022 18:46

The Grandmother in Encanto was a judgemental bully.

DoDoDoooooo · 11/06/2022 18:47

DeepSeededUrbanDecay · 11/06/2022 18:46

The Grandmother in Encanto was a judgemental bully.

Yes don't get me started on her.

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squashyhat · 11/06/2022 18:48

New Zealand makes a good go of passing for Montana

Changechangychange · 11/06/2022 18:51

DoDoDoooooo · 11/06/2022 18:47

Yes don't get me started on her.

I thought that was the point of Encanto?

Fritilleries · 11/06/2022 18:53

DoDoDoooooo · 11/06/2022 18:47

Yes don't get me started on her.

Encanto was a film, the Grandmother was a horrible piece of work.

Changechangychange · 11/06/2022 18:54

Madagascar: “I like to move it” is filthier than I remember from my teens.

PuppyMonkey · 11/06/2022 18:55

I always bang on about the school buses in American films and wish we had them for our schools. They seem to drop everyone off right outside their houses, even if the house is in the middle of nowhere.

suckingonchillidogs · 11/06/2022 18:57

If you're going to fake your own death do not flush your wedding ring down your own toilet (Sleeping with the Enemy).

JamesMartinsWaistcoat · 11/06/2022 18:58

'Grandpa Joe' was a lazy, entitled prick.

Shannith · 11/06/2022 18:59

Never trust overly friendly but sad rabbits.

Obviously Watership Down's main message.

Soubriquet · 11/06/2022 18:59

Instead of setting up a camp near the waterfall where they could eat, sleep and talk in peace, they chose to try and say silent in their home during the quiet place

Mosaic123 · 11/06/2022 19:01

The huge cactus in Kramer versus Kramer. I still want one.

Tothemoonandbackx · 11/06/2022 19:02

Not from specific films, but how every woman wakes up in the morning with a face full of fresh make up and their hair done 🙄🙄 and after pretty much any sex scene (unless the male characters are supposed to be wearing condoms) the woman never does the towel between the left waddle to the toilet!!! Or at least puts a sheet under. Oh oh oh.......and how every family wakes up to a full breakfast with pancakes, fruit, cereal etc and the kid always leaves with one slice of toast straight popped out of the toaster!!!!!

sueelleker · 11/06/2022 19:02

honeylulu · 11/06/2022 18:16

Mary Poppins is a bossy, supercilious, gaslighting bitch.

And that's just the film-she's even worse in the books!

MyBottomDecides · 11/06/2022 19:02

If you're going to do blood splatters on faces use a stencil or get it right on the first take (every film with blood and continuity issues)

Grease: you have no hope of getting your man by being your genuine self

anon12345anon · 11/06/2022 19:03

Soubriquet · 11/06/2022 18:59

Instead of setting up a camp near the waterfall where they could eat, sleep and talk in peace, they chose to try and say silent in their home during the quiet place

GrinGrin brilliant!

londonlass71 · 11/06/2022 19:04

The karate kid was actually a dick and was a bully with an attitude problem. The kid who lost to him in the last fight was actually ok and hard done by.