Your movie/TV pet peeves

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4,976]

15 hours ago, 52-80 said:

ive been known to count rounds fired from hand guns (esp revolvers) and guesstimate the magazine capacity of rifles.  apparently some are 100+

Cocking a sticker fired gun

Racking the slide or pumping a shotgun after they've already shown a round put in the chamber.

In addition to unlimited magazine size, stopping to reload again when they just reloaded like three or four shots ago.

Rifles can't hit crap, but the good guy makes a one handed pistol shot on a moving target fifty yards away.

Complete disregard for the four rules.

Completely misidentifying guns.

I can live with them using a submachine gun that looks similar to what the character would have had and stuff like that since they can't always get the real thing easily, but cartridge revolvers in civil war films? And shooting smokeless powder? You gotta pour powder and ram a ball into each chamber and then put caps on each chamber to reload that puppy. And it puts out a ton of smoke every time you pull the trigger.

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4,976]

A few more...

Firing a gun indoors or in a car. Yeah, you can't hear anything for a while there bud.

Suppressors making pew pew noises. That's gonna sound like a nail gun or something. Maybe no sound at all except a click with the right type of gun.

A box of bullets getting set on fire does not typically send bullets flying every which way. The brass might fly out, but the bullet itself won't move much.

[52-80 19,150]

23 minutes ago, NotActuallyALonghorn said:

You gotta pour powder and ram a ball into each chamber

woah there...

15 minutes ago, NotActuallyALonghorn said:

 

Firing a gun indoors or in a car. Yeah, you can't hear anything for a while there bud..

one of my favorites

[Bateshorn 9,927]

Along the gun theme, mine is a screen writing fail:  Don't introduce a chekov's gun, then fail to use it, unless you are going to incorporate/acknowldege that failure as part of the plot.  It drives me insane to the point of distraction.  The final season of GOT, which was rife with flaws, did it over and over and over again.  It was fucking maddening.  What was the point of this conversation or that lingering shot if you weren't going to circle back to it later.  Just edit that shit out and move on. 

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4,976]

[UTPhil2006 3,807]

Typing.  Drives me nuts.

[tantric superman 4,667]

19 hours ago, former alkie said:

Talking with mouth full of food.......chewing food with mouth open / smacking.......slurping food/beverage.......scraping utensils on teeth.......eating with fork times pointing down

 

[EvilCaseMcCoy 691]

When someone orders a beer at the bar.  Nobody just orders a beer without specifying the brand.

When they drink beer and its clearly water in the bottle.  The sound is much different that a carbonated beer.  Irritates me a bit. 

[Longhornfan1024 1,707]

The person running from the bad guy in the woods always keeps looking behind themselves then they run into a tree or trip and hurt themselves allowing the bad guy to catch up.  

Plots involving legal issues/the legal system that are completely and totally wrong.  

[wild_turkey 3,159]

Movie sex scenes are the worst. Guy is instantly hard with no foreplay or contact, penetration occurs within the first 5 seconds, both people get off within 30 seconds, immediately fall asleep, then fade to the next scene. I really appreciate the rare occasion when there are cuts during the middle of it to at least suggest it lasted longer than 5 minutes.

[retread 2,951]

Eating and talking for sure. Trying to base a plot line or a joke around a phone/social media/texts.

NBCSN poker show mic'ing up the chips to the sound level of the hosts. I like the two young commentators, and I don't mind a little chip-clicking in the background.

[aggie08 21,497]

23 hours ago, RomaVicta said:

Crucial conversation comes to a head. One person storms off and the other person is too paralyzed to continue the conversation or pursue the one who left. "But, Harvey, why are you so mad?" "I saw you with another man." Her mouth goes agape. He storms off. She recovers but can neither yell or chase him down to say, "It was my brother."

This is one of mine too, but, when you think about it, how could Hollywood ever make another RomCom if you take away the 2nd act minor misunderstanding that escalates into the presumed end of the relationship because neither party takes the time to explain said misunderstanding?

[Red Five 40,854]

Movie sex scenes are the worst. Guy is instantly hard with no foreplay or contact, penetration occurs within the first 5 seconds, both people get off within 30 seconds, immediately fall asleep, then fade to the next scene. I really appreciate the rare occasion when there are cuts during the middle of it to at least suggest it lasted longer than 5 minutes.

This all sounds perfectly normal to me.

[aggie08 21,497]

17 hours ago, McCroskey said:

Absolute pitiful continuity when using countdown clocks

Dark Knight Rises is my favorite example of this. Evil lady stabs Batman, says it's too late to save Gotham, the nuke will detonate in minutes. Cut to bomb timer:

11 minutes.

Evil lady walks outside, gets in tank, kills police commissioner, drives away to meet semi-truck carrying bomb. Catwoman drives motorcycle into courthouse, kills Bane, rescues Batman. Batman boards nearby Batplane, chases down convoy, and fires an opening missile salvo. Cut to timer again:

9 minutes and some change.

 

I don't understand it in the slightest. How hard is it to keep time-flow somewhat realistic? Nolan obviously isn't a hack. Would the audience be any less captivated if the timer started at 15 minutes?

[RomaVicta 29,906]

27 minutes ago, wild_turkey said:

Movie sex scenes are the worst. Guy is instantly hard with no foreplay or contact, penetration occurs within the first 5 seconds, both people get off within 30 seconds, immediately fall asleep, then fade to the next scene. I really appreciate the rare occasion when there are cuts during the middle of it to at least suggest it lasted longer than 5 minutes.

Also, every encounter the couple is breathlessly tearing off clothes and crashing around the room in the throes of their ardor. Every time. Does no one like to take a little time to unwrap the package? Maybe become acquainted a little more with the person? Maybe dramatic interaction instead of a pat intro to sex which is always wildly synchronized and satisfying.

Plus, I'm bored with make-out and sex scenes. If they go on for more than a few seconds, I start wondering what the actors felt like doing it as I await the story to move on. I sort of wonder if our sexual attitudes and worry about performance make writers shy about taking chances with a sex scene in the way a new lover must take chances with his/her partner.

[Bateshorn 9,927]

Also, fucking on tables and floors is hideously uncomfortable.

[Sweetnsourpoke 167]

Hate seeing classic cars getting destroyed needlessly in film and TV. Granted, some are backup cars but still. Is that really necessary? 

[Underdog 28,614]

22 minutes ago, Bateshorn said:

Also, fucking on tables and floors is hideously uncomfortable.

You tell your husband that? 

[Bateshorn 9,927]

2 minutes ago, Underdog said:

You tell your husband that? 

communication is the key to a successful relationship

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4,976]

1 hour ago, EvilCaseMcCoy said:

When someone orders a beer at the bar.  Nobody just orders a beer without specifying the brand.

When they drink beer and its clearly water in the bottle.  The sound is much different that a carbonated beer.  Irritates me a bit. 

If your a regular at a bar and the bartender knows your preferences you do. At least that used to be the case in my single days.

[TwiceHorn 31,452]

1 hour ago, wild_turkey said:

Movie sex scenes are the worst. Guy is instantly hard with no foreplay or contact, penetration occurs within the first 5 seconds, both people get off within 30 seconds, immediately fall asleep, then fade to the next scene. I really appreciate the rare occasion when there are cuts during the middle of it to at least suggest it lasted longer than 5 minutes.

Also total lack of penetration close ups and cumshots.  ::mad:: ::mad::

[Red Five 40,854]

Also total lack of penetration close ups and cumshots.  ::mad:: ::mad::

I tend to notice the absence of this in Jessica Alba movies. It’s really noticeable.

[Red Five 40,854]

Dp

[Vic Mackey 47,027]

On 7/29/2019 at 11:39 AM, LarryTT said:

Along with all of the above, just hanging up after a phone call.. no I'm done, cya, g'bye

I thought it was just me who was bothered by this and noticed it in every single show. They just abruptly hang up. Got me thinking "am I a dumbass for actually ending a conversation with some sort of conclusion like bye or goodbye". 

[Vic Mackey 47,027]

1 hour ago, wild_turkey said:

Movie sex scenes are the worst. Guy is instantly hard with no foreplay or contact, penetration occurs within the first 5 seconds, both people get off within 30 seconds, immediately fall asleep, then fade to the next scene. I really appreciate the rare occasion when there are cuts during the middle of it to at least suggest it lasted longer than 5 minutes.

Sex scenes if not in porn are absolutely useless in movies/tv. I don't care if it is showing tits and ass. It stops the movie/show down and is awkward to watch. You can show the build up of what is about to happen and then cut to either the next scene or them lying in bed together after they are done. Even a 10 year old can infer what went down. No need to see it. 

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4,976]

The 10 year old begs to differ. 13 year old more so.

[Underdog 28,614]

Regarding sex scenes, got to love how the woman just got fucked but has to pull the blanket up to her chin to hide her nakedness to her partner. 

 

Hanging up like a boss...

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4,976]

7 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said:

I thought it was just me who was bothered by this and noticed it in every single show. They just abruptly hang up. Got me thinking "am I a dumbass for actually ending a conversation with some sort of conclusion like bye or goodbye". 

I think it's a time thing. Especially for TV shows that have limited time. It probably became a thing in TV and then got carried over to movies.

[utee94 15,813]

21 hours ago, former alkie said:

Talking with mouth full of food.......chewing food with mouth open / smacking.......slurping food/beverage.......scraping utensils on teeth.......eating with fork times pointing down

 

 

2 hours ago, tantric superman said:

 

[tantric superman 4,667]

3 hours ago, wild_turkey said:

Guy is instantly hard with no foreplay or contact,

[Upgrayedd 5,810]

Laugh tracks.  Fucking hate them.  

[Vic Mackey 47,027]

The 10 year old begs to differ. 13 year old more so.

I mean all these kids have access to porn at their fingertips these days. I get it when I was growing up and seeing sex scenes in movies or softcore stuff on Cinemax was a big deal. I had no internet at that age in my home. It's a much different world now than it was back then.

 

Also, is it required that every show these days have a gay character? I feel it's like shows back in the day feeling the need to have a black character just to show diversity and no other reason.

 

Gay characters don't bother me at all. It's the writers feeling the need to remind us that they are gay pretty much every time they are on the screen. It's overkill after awhile.

 

[wild_turkey 3,159]

It bothers me when actors or actresses are cast to play characters that don’t match their age. People in their 20s playing high school kids, people in their 30s with late teens or early 20s children, etc.

It would be ok if the plot included a history of teenage pregnancy or something to justify the casting choice, but just to casually have a 36 year old actress playing a mom with a 20 year old kid is kinda stupid.

[SuingToGetAMessageBoard? 3,861]

On 7/29/2019 at 1:14 PM, Goo Punch said:

i'm that guy who never goes to the movies. couldn't tell you the last movie i saw in theaters. maybe horrible bosses. the reason for that is my "pet peeve" if you want to call it that- the typically dumbed-down, beat-you-over-the-head-with-what's-happening dialogue/script that's in damn near everything i see.

latest example: i saw an ad on TV last night for a movie, and i'm pretty sure it was jada pinkett smith who essentially screamed the line, "You are being charged with the attempted murder of the president of the United States!" That is so goddamn theatrical and overt it's stupid. I don't need you to explain to me what's happening, and i don't want or need the characters in your film to speak and behave like characters in a film. how about they act like real people? ever think of that? 

Yeah.  Poor expository dialogue is my pet peeve.  Saw How to Lose a Guy in 10 days with my wife. 

This is the first scene:

 

You know that editor
from Sports lllustrated
that you have been
shamelessly flirting with
on the phone for... whoo,
a month now?

[SuingToGetAMessageBoard? 3,861]

Also hate th cliche of a Washington DC thriller always having establishing shot of someone exercising in front of some iconic monument or something. 

[Eskimohorn 5,635]

Instant death from gunshots to minor characters

Instant unconsciousness from punches to minor characters

Multiple haymakers landed to major characters, very little damage

[Spoetzl 181]

The scenes where the phone rings, the person answers, gets unexpected news, and drops the glass/bowl/whatever and it crashes to the floor.  Bugs me every time.

[Ogie Ogilthorpe 639]

Screeching tires on gravel roads

[TrashMaster G 17,551]

21 hours ago, Red Five said:

Dp

Lack of that as well.

[TrashMaster G 17,551]

11 hours ago, SuingToGetAMessageBoard? said:

Also hate th cliche of a Washington DC thriller always having establishing shot of someone exercising in front of some iconic monument or something. 

Cap says, "On your left."

Edited July 31, 2019 by TrashMaster G

[Pokoloco 1,281]

It always bothers me when there's a foot chase scene and they just knock over people in the way. The people just accept getting knocked down and do nothing. Wouldn't happen.

[llanoflash 151]

How come it gets dark in 4 seconds after the sun was in the middle of the Fuckin sky?

[RPM 26,318]

Car chase. Driver needs to do an amazing skid turn and tells the passenger to rip out the wires for the anti-lock brakes. Passenger rips a fist full of wires and magically nothing is affected except the anti-lock system.

[T’Boo Ted Marshall 2,732]

Streets are generally wet.

[Paper_jam 831]

When TV shows begin with a brief teaser clip of some dramatic event, and then flash back to "Three Days Ago..." or whatever to fill in the backstory to explain how things developed. Pulp Fiction was 25 years ago; being gratuitously non-linear isn't all that clever anymore.

 

 

 

[HornsOverIthaca 2,333]

1 hour ago, RPM said:

Car chase. Driver needs to do an amazing skid turn and tells the passenger to rip out the wires for the anti-lock brakes. Passenger rips a fist full of wires and magically nothing is affected except the anti-lock system.

You never see them turn off the dynamic stability control either.

[wild_turkey 3,159]

Someone drowns or otherwise receives a death blow. People try to resuscitate them and finally give up. After a dramatic pause, the dead person coughs up water (or a big gasp of air), sits up quickly and gasps a few more times, then they are fine as if they were just napping and nothing happened.

[aggie08 21,497]

5 hours ago, RPM said:

Car chase. Driver needs to do an amazing skid turn and tells the passenger to rip out the wires for the anti-lock brakes. Passenger rips a fist full of wires and magically nothing is affected except the anti-lock system.

Literally never seen that.

[aggie08 21,497]

5 hours ago, Paper_jam said:

When TV shows begin with a brief teaser clip of some dramatic event, and then flash back to "Three Days Ago..." or whatever to fill in the backstory to explain how things developed. Pulp Fiction was 25 years ago; being gratuitously non-linear isn't all that clever anymore.

 

 

 

Yeah, I'm pretty sick of narrative framing devices. Every fucking movie seems to start in the middle or near the end these days. What's wrong with telling things as they happen in sequential order every now and then? It was cool/clever in Memento, but time jumping just for the point of time jumping is lame. Lately, it just feels like a blatant shortcut to try to get the audience's attention with an action scene or dramatic moment that otherwise they wouldn't have been able to show in the beginning of the movie.

Edited August 1, 2019 by aggie08

[Jersey Man10 3,528]

A scene in a crowded city street or block that you know is crowded af in real life but in the movie its practically empty and so easy to get around. Fuck off.