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Do you have any pet peeves in movies?

My professor told me that if you where in a major that analyzes things a lot watching movies is bad because you start analyzing more than usual movie watcher. I studied Spanish Lit and Graphic Design, so I overly analyze the talking and the scenery. Hence why I can't bear myself to see 300, just soooo fake to me I might as well play a blody game.

I like movies that are out of the box, Suicide Club and Tale of Two Sisters are examples of Asian films, Devils Backbone is a good spanish film.

I hate films like the Sign, I was like yes there is a god and the point was?

To me American films are very like to structured as in what they do story wise, its like to make a blockbuster film you need to do this and that, nothing of Hey lets try a new way of showing our idea.

Maybe its just me who likes seeing things out of the ordinary.
 
max_altitude said:
While on the topic of Armageddon.

I hate movies that are nothing more than noise and explosions (Armageddon being the perfect example - I couldn't even the watch the whole thing it was that annoying!).
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Adding to what you wrote, the sure recipe for disappointment, and an early evening; big stars, huge budget, and described as a 'blockbuster'. However, the most nauseating thing for me is actually on TV. It's these CSI lab technicians running around, and portraying themselves as detective investigators. It is so contrived, and yet people eat it up. Small minds are so easily entertained.
 
When titles appear on the screen and they either/both (1) tell you something completely bloody obvious, or (2) appear one letter at a time, accompanied by that ticka-ticka sound, e.g.:

MILAN, ITALY (So I don't confuse it with Milan, Ohio?)

The worst recent example of this was in Soderbergh's "Traffic." One scene begins with a close-up shot of the marker between the border between Mexico and the U.S. The marker clearly says "United States/Mexico" on it. Yup, ticka-ticka, on the screen at the corner, Soderbergh gives us the title "U.S. Mexico Border." Doh! And he's supposed to be a good director?
 
Lousy screenwriting takes the cake as the most annoying – especially when the plot depends on a character acting way stupider than usual, or someone just happens to show up at the right time.

To the person who doesn't like anything Nicolas Cage, you obviously haven't seen Adaptation and Matchstick Men.

:)
 
spicyapple said:
Lousy screenwriting takes the cake as the most annoying – especially when the plot depends on a character acting way stupider than usual, or someone just happens to show up at the right time.

To the person who doesn't like anything Nicolas Cage, you obviously haven't seen Adaptation and Matchstick Men.

:)
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Yeah, Deus Ex Machina can get ridiculous sometimes.

I also am annoyed by basically any horror movie lately. First of all, the people are complete morons. Secondly, these movies lately aren't even scary. They rely on shock value more than psychological horror to make the movie "scary".
 
I hate it when some who has never fired a gun shoots 10 enemy soldiers with pinpoint accuracy. Then they get shot in the shoulder, squint and pick off another 5.
 
CEAbiscuit said:
I hate it when some who has never fired a gun shoots 10 enemy soldiers with pinpoint accuracy. Then they get shot in the shoulder, squint and pick off another 5.
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That reminds of that Ben Kenobi line in Star Wars. "These shots are too accurate for Sand people. This is the work of Imperial Stormtroopers."

STORMTROOPERS, ACCURATE??!?!??! For the rest of the movie they have the worst case of Badguyitis* I've ever seen.


*Badguyitis : Loss of hand/eye co-ordination whilst aiming weapons at Goodguys.


And you can chalk Badguyitis up as another pet peeve of mine :)
 
spicyapple said:
To the person who doesn't like anything Nicolas Cage, you obviously haven't seen Adaptation and Matchstick Men.
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adaptation bored me to tears.

haven't seen matchstick men.

raising arizona was good. i even liked con air. leaving las vegas? wow. what a piece of ****.

the comedy with nick cage, dana carvey and jon lovitz about the brothers of thieves was good funny though. ahh yes, trapped in paradise
 
When during a fight scene, while one bad guy is getting his ass handed to him, the others just crowd around and wait their turn to be PWNed.

Also, when guys get roundhouse kicked or punched, and they do the wiggly bobblehead thing while standing still while waiting to be hit again.

I also concur with the Stormtrooper bit stated up above. As a Star Wars fan, I also found many inconsistencies in the films.


Also, Steven Seagal.
 
spicyapple said:
To the person who doesn't like anything Nicolas Cage, you obviously haven't seen Adaptation and Matchstick Men.
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I haven't seen Adaptation, but I LOVED Matchstick Men.

Pet Peeve, I don't know, I guess I'll go with momentary bad acting. Like when the character speaks a line (it is usually only one line, anything more is just bad acting) and it just feels/sounds wrong and out of character. It really takes me out of the moment.
 
max_altitude said:
While on the topic of Armageddon.
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Armageddon is funny! :)

MacboobsPro said:
What about Commando?
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Another good comedy flick! :)

kitki83 said:
My professor told me that if you where in a major that analyzes things a lot watching movies is bad because you start analyzing more than usual movie watcher.
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Basically, if you are knowledgeable about the movie topic, most are not very accurate -- even those that try to be.

I finally figured out that if you want to enjoy a movie these days, it is best to check your brain at the door, and just watch it and forget about reality.
 
How girls' hair covers their boobs. I mean, really, how many chicks have hair that long that can cover their boobs?

I don't like how scary movies try to resort to things or monsters jumping out at you. That's cheating, and anybody can do that.
 
Oh yea!! I also hate stupid weak characters! Like in Back to the Future part III... when Clara had to climb out of the train and along the side of it before the train go to the end of the track...

Well, she got out of the train and started saying, "I don't know Emmit, I'm scared. I don't think i can do it..." I say, shut up, stop crying, and do it!


I also don't like how guns never seem to run out of ammo.
 
I've seen this list before, and think it's pretty funny

THINGS YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW WITHOUT THE MOVIES

During all police investigations, it will be necessary to visit a strip club at least once.

When they are alone, all foreigners prefer to speak English to each other.

If being chased through town, you can usually take cover in a passing St. -
Patrick's Day parade - at any time of year.

All beds have special L-shaped cover sheets which reach up to the armpit level on a woman but only to the waist level on the man lying beside her.

The Chief of Police will almost always suspend his star detective - or give him 48 hours to finish the job.

All grocery bags contain at least one stick of French Bread.

It's easy for anyone to land a plane providing there is someone to talk you down.

The ventilation system of any building is the perfect hiding place - noone will ever think of looking for you in there and you can travel to any other part of the building undetected.

Police departments give their officers personality tests to make sure they are deliberately assigned to a partner who is their polar opposite.

The Eiffel Tower can be seen from any window in Paris.

All bombs are fitted with electronic timing devices with large red readouts so you know exactly when they are going to go off.

If you need to reload your gun, you will always have more ammunition, even if you haven't been carrying any before now.

You are very likely to survive any battle in any war unless you make the mistake of showing someone a picture of your sweetheart back home.

Should you wish to pass yourself off as a German officer, it will not be necessary to speak the language - a German accent will do.

If your town is threatened by an imminent natural disaster or killer beast, the mayor's first concern will be the tourist trade or his forthcoming art exhibition.

A man will show no pain while taking the most ferocious beating but will wince when a woman tries to clean his wounds.

When paying for a taxi, don't look at your wallet as you take out a bill - just grab one at random and hand it over. It will always be the exact fare.

Kitchens don't have light switches. When entering a kitchen at night, you should open the fridge door and use that light instead.

If staying in a haunted house, women should investigate any strange noises in their most revealing underwear.

Mothers routinely cook eggs, bacon and waffles for their family every morning even though their husband and children never have time to eat it.

Cars that crash will almost always burst into flames.

All telephone numbers in America begin with the digits 555.

A single match will be sufficient to light up a room the size of RFK stadium.

Medieval peasants had perfect teeth.

Any person waking from a nightmare will sit bolt upright and pant.

It is not necessary to hello or goodbye when beginning or ending phone
conversations.

Even when driving down a perfectly straight road, it is necessary to turn the wheel vigorously from left to right every few moments.

It is always possible to park directly outside the building you are visiting.

A detective can only solve a case once he has been suspended from duty.

It does not matter if you are heavily outnumbered in a fight involving martial arts - your enemies will patiently attack you one by one by dancing around in
a threatening manner until you have knocked out their predecessors.

When a person is knocked unconscious by a blow to the head, they will never suffer a concussion or brain damage.

No-one ever involved in a car chase, hijacking, explosion, volcanic eruption or alien invasion will ever go into shock.

Once applied, lipstick will never rub off - even while scuba diving.

You can always find a chainsaw when you need one.

Any lock can be picked by a credit card or a paper clip in seconds - unless it's the door to a burning building with a child trapped inside.

Television news bulletins usually contain a story that affects you personally at the precise moment that it is aired.
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oh god Commando.. thta's perhaps the movie with some of the best one-liners ever... it's so bad that it actually turns into a good movie

arnie (holding bad guy over cliff): "remember when i told you that i would kill you last ?"
bad guy: "yeah, you promised that"
arnie: "i lied" (let him fall down)
...
arnie (going back to the girl waiting at car)
girl: "what happened to badguysname ?"
arnie: "i had to let him go"


on the other side armageddon is so bad that it actually goes from being "good again" to "bad again" ... do you hear me Bruce Willis ? Armageddon requires another 3 Die Hard sequels to make up for it
 
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