Dont you hate hollywood sometimes

I dont think star trek is a good example, the amount of things that are supposed to be "cannon", and then they just decide to ignore is pretty annoying as well, the same can be said for star wars.
 
drunkenmaster said:
he's got a point, the premise of the film is that there are mutants, we don't have them in reality so you can make up what they can and can't do. But the jets are a real thing, we know what they can and can't do.
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There's plenty of things in films that are meant to be real but aren't though - I'm not going to go watch X2 to point some out from that film, but things like people jumping through plate glass windows, sounds in space, bullet time reactions, cars blowing up on impact when they fall down a canyon, people being "blown away" by shotguns, visible laser beams.... there's hundreds of basic things that are wrong in films, but they look cool so no one cares.
 
Rebelius said:
There's plenty of things in films that are meant to be real but aren't though - I'm not going to go watch X2 to point some out from that film, but things like people jumping through plate glass windows, sounds in space, bullet time reactions, cars blowing up on impact when they fall down a canyon, people being "blown away" by shotguns, visible laser beams.... there's hundreds of basic things that are wrong in films, but they look cool so no one cares.
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I'm not saying everything should be perfect, I was just pointing out he had a point. just because theres extraordinary things going on that are completely made up doesn't mean some things feel ridiculous because we know how they work and are being completely misused.

In Wanted, when a, not even sure what kind of truck the guy used, but the idea that a beaten up massive heavy POS delivery truck probably with lots of stuff in the back could keep up with an incredibly fast sports car is simply not believable, the other guy could simply have stolen a fast car instead and the whole thing would have felt more believable. Its not the most extreme case, but there are loads of points in loads of films where you cringe at how stupid things are.

Hell in Star Wars you can't help but be amazed that a jedi/sith can lift a hundred ton fighter with his power, but lifting his little old self and essentially flying is impossible.

It doesn't ruin Star Wars in any way, and its about the least extreme thing I can come up with, but there are moments in other films where it gets irritating.

Ok in X3, the bridge moving bit miffed me off no end, not least because the bridge didn't fit, wouldn't have stayed upright due to no supports after they put it back down. But this guy can make any metal into any shape and make it fly, somehow they traveled as a group from the middle of nowhere already, and stopped off close to their target to do something completely stupid and give access to support for their enemy, all ridiculous.
 
MrLOL said:
i swear im too OCD about this sort of thing, but it really annoys me. Watching X Men 2 now on ITV2 and they've had the blackbird incident.

I'm not sure what annoys me the most, the thought that your standard jet could even lock onto a blackbird given its radar signature, or the fact they've ignored the fact that your average air to air sidewinder missile can only got mach 2.5 and the blackbird can fly at mach 3. If they wanted to avoid the missiles they could floor it and leave the missiles for dust. And thats before we even get onto the fact the blackbird could fly at 24km up. Not sure they could keep up with that.

I know its only a film, and it would be boring if it were true. Doesnt stop it annoying me though

anybody else feel the same way ?
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I'd understand if you were at all right, its not a blackbird, not even close. The shapes totally wrong and you cant fit 10 people in a blackbird. Also whats to say theyre sidwinders? Didnt check it with sound then but it could easily be an amraam that hits them and that goes at mach4.
 
Anim said:
I'd understand if you were at all right, its not a blackbird, not even close. The shapes totally wrong and you cant fit 10 people in a blackbird. Also whats to say theyre sidwinders? Didnt check it with sound then but it could easily be an amraam that hits them and that goes at mach4.
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I hope the OP feels foolish now.
In a make believe film they've made up a make believe aircraft that has a make believe missile fired at it.

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I get frustrated at films where there's a password and all the computer nerd has to do is type "override" and it bypasses it. I mean wtf is the point of the password then?

Or when a computer works really hard like in war games it just blows up.
 
I honestly think a lot of people miss the point of 'realism' in films. Take something like Firewall starring Harrison Ford. I mean, he uses an iPod to hack into a bank or something stupid, but really, rather than having a heart attack over it, its just a quick mechanism to keep the plot moving, it doesn't matter whether its 'real' or not, it just helps to move things forward in a quick and un-boring manner. Same goes for every genre/subject matter in movies. Imagine if all war movies were just about a guy sitting in a bunker for two hours? Imagine if Saving Private Ryan dealt with the wholly interesting subject matter of type writing a letter in authentic WWII conditions in a house in Frace for two whole hours?

The reason why those missiles move superfast is because it'd be pretty frickin' boring to watch two missiles get launched at a plane and then pathetically fall short. You might as well not write that scene into the film if it has no cause and effect.
 
Yep, sometimes hollywood irritates me. I watched 300 again a while ago and i still don't understand why they have the mutants in it. I guess the traitor is to emphasise how they would kill children born with defects but what's with the fat giant with blades stuck into his arms and the other one, everytime i see that scene just makes me go :confused:
 
Andrew1978 said:
Yep, sometimes hollywood irritates me. I watched 300 again a while ago and i still don't understand why they have the mutants in it. I guess the traitor is to emphasise how they would kill children born with defects but what's with the fat giant with blades stuck into his arms and the other one, everytime i see that scene just makes me go :confused:
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When the film originally came out I think I said similar things until someone told me it was based on a comic book.
I then watched it again in a different frame of mind.
In fact its just starting on SKY.
 
dmpoole said:
When the film originally came out I think I said similar things until someone told me it was based on a comic book.
I then watched it again in a different frame of mind.
In fact its just starting on SKY.
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Looking at it another way, you could argue its demonising the Persians (Iranians)...
 
Watched a film last year (Terrible, Dont even remember the name), and they had a Bentley CGT being chased down by a banger with like 20+ people holding on to it. Really annoying.
 
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