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05-18-2010, 04:27 PM | #161 |
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She definitely has her moments ... I confess I have done internet research on her "filimography" ... or at least certain aspects of it.
The one movie that really streached my ability to suspend disbelief, though, is the one where Tom Cruise, in order to show that he was no wierdo (or gay) ended marrying James Vander Beek's ex-girlfriend, and supposedly fathering a child named after an obsucre biblical reference. I mean the casting on that is just ridiculous - Cruise and Katie Holmes that's just crazy - but, then, the whole plot is crazy; only thing missing is a cameo of Oprah. Fudge Packer - Clips - South Park Studios Tom Cruise Won't Come Out of The Closet - Clips - South Park Studios |
05-18-2010, 04:32 PM | #162 |
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"Street Walkers that have a heart of gold, or look like Elizabeth Shue or Sharon Stone, or have teeth"
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05-18-2010, 04:36 PM | #163 |
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05-18-2010, 04:42 PM | #164 |
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There's a lot of things in the movies, especially in action movies, that are just not plausible and will always bug the hell out of me:
99% of the time, cars don't explode. Shooting at a gas tank doesn't cause an explosion, unless you're using tracer rounds - and then only maybe. Bullets are lead. Lead doesn't spark. And sparks don't always guarantee ignition - you need enough confined vapors to make it ignite. Hitting someone on the head doesn't knock them unconscious. If you hit them hard enough, they can receive a concussion, or even die from blunt force trauma. But how many times do you see someone hit over the head and knocked out, and then just wake up fine? In the movies - all the time. In real life? Never. Likewise, blood doesn't come from a wound the second it is made. And not all bullet wounds would cause a victim to cough up blood. Ordinary fragmentation grenades do not explode in a giant flaming fireball. They explosion is generally small, and only consists of some sparks, flying shrapnel, and any dirt, dust or other debris kicked up by the explsion. Unless there are secondary explosives ready to go off next to the grenade. I hate when there is a big explosion, they show a sequence of the same explosion from different angles. In real life, people usually don't die the instant they're shot or stabbed. Even people who receive head shots live for a while after, albeit they're probably not going to continue to move about much during that time. But in a lot of movies (unless it's relevant to the emotional trajectory of the story), people get shot by random gunfire and drop dead. Okay, maybe they got hit in the heart. You're done then. But how about when someone is stabbed in the gut, and then grimace in pain, and then fall over dead? Not likely. They're going to bleed out long and painfully. Also, a bullet hitting a human does not throw them back off their feet. Maybe if the bullet had a broader impact zone - say, the size of a cinder block - then it might. But a bullet hitting flesh, even a large claiber round, still goes through as best it can, which means there will be evidence of blunt force trauma (such as hitting bone), but a far less display that usaully is shown in cinema. In movies, the "good guys" always have an over emotional scene when one of their own die. The "bad guys" don't even blink as their own are gunned down right in front of them - they just keep coming, charging headlong into the bullets, without a single thought of their own personal safety. It's just not the way it happens. Even the bad guys have internal thoughts, and can loose their cool under fire. I hate over the top villains. But that's just a personal thing. There are enough of those throughout history and into today. Being right next to an explosion scrambles your brain. A lot of studies are being done on veterans who have received concussions from this. Usually, the short term effects go away after a while (blurred vision, tinitus, loss of taste or smell), but nobody really knows what the long term effects are yet. But squatting down as an explosion goes off, and then getting up and walking away perfectly fine is not how it happens. The same with gunfire - without proper hearing protection, and after firing off several clips of ammunition in confined quarters, you won't be able to hear a truck pull up behind you, let alone a stealthy assassin. Also with gunfire, there's no need to randomly shoot on full-auto. Unless you're laying down supressing fire, it's just a waste of ammo. And they never need to reload. And in military films, if you've spent any time around or in the military, you can always point out stuff that is wrong. And it's usually small stuff - like the proper wearing of rank, or the types of weapons used. Do some research. In sci-fi, there is no sound in space. Sure, for fantasy purposes, I'll let it slide and suspend my disbelief. But to keep sci-fi plausible, there is no sound in a vaccuum. Ditto with being able to fly through space like there's an atmosphere and gravity working out there. There isn't. You need to use attitude adjuster nozzles placed all over the ship to have it make any sort of maneuvers. Some people will argue these things are devices to keep the story moving without distraction. I say it robs the film of any credibility, while glamorizing violence, giving it cartoon-like qualities that some people no doubt take at face value. I know a lot of people that think all of the stuff on shows like CSI are the way it's done. Anything I miss? I love that movie and always will. Same with: Predator, Terminator, Termiator 2, True Lies etc. Projects like "Band of Brothers," Black Hawk Down and "Saving Private Ryan" are for realism. Big dumb action movies are different.
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The one exception that I've seen to this: Die Hard. First movie I ever saw where reloading became a real issue - and was done as an integral part of the movie.
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05-18-2010, 05:48 PM | #167 |
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How about when Ace Ventura caught a bullet with his teeth!
I tried that and it worked out very differently. Nah--unless its super assanine, say like every second of Fast & Furious..I don't let it get to me too much. |
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05-18-2010, 07:07 PM | #169 |
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the gi joe remake
the changes in transformers basically any comic book movie |
05-18-2010, 07:17 PM | #170 |
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I also read the first couple of pages. This is funny to read though, so many people with the same hang ups and nothing in movies or TV is done about it.
Piss offs "Bad ass" movies where the Female is the lead bad ass. Every now and then it is ok. No offence to women, I love my wife but even she hates that. Resident Evil can slide she has a problem. But who said making a female supersoldier was the way to go? Unless she was more of the spy, undercover type. Maybe
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