Classic film moments ruined by logic

[TwistedEllipses]

One of the curses of being an overthinker is finding yourself watching a movie and suddenly thinking 'yes, this is an awesome sounding space battle but space is a vacuum there shouldn't be any noise at all' or watching the Bourne Identity and thinking 'the assassin in Paris killed the landlady in the lobby so he obviously came in that way, so why did he go to the trouble of swinging through a window with a machine gun?'

Basically what I'm trying to ask in a rambling way is do you end up sabotaging films for yourself too? if so what moments have been ruined?

 

[Adam Jenson]

OK I got one.
In Die Hard where John first gets into the air vents and he uses the light from his lighter to see whats going on.

THERES NO WAY A TINY FLAME COULD CREATE SO MUCH LIGHT!

 

[ThePoodonkis]

In Pearl Harbor (Not a classic movie, but still)
While the USS Oklahoma was capsizing, one of the sailors on deck yelled "I can't swim!".
Why on earth would you join the Navy if you can't swim, you ninny?

 

[matrix3509]

One of the curses of being an overthinking is finding yourself watching a movie and suddenly thinking 'yes, this is an awesome sounding space battle but space is a vacuum there shouldn't be any noise at all' or watching the Bourne Identity and thinking 'the assassin in Paris killed the landlady in the lobby so he obviously came in that way, so why did he go to the trouble of swinging through a window with a machine gun?'

Basically what I'm trying to ask in a rambling way is do you end up sabotaging films for yourself too? if so what moments have been ruined?

Um the sound in space thing is fine. Its been done since space battles found their way to film. Even a physics enthusiast like myself is willing to let it slide because watching things pass by in space without sound is boring. About the only movie that has done no sound well was 2001: A Space Odyessy. Even then, the had the silence covered up with the Blue Danube and surprisingly poinant breathing.

Though I guess for me, I usually can't go to a movie where computer wizardry is taking place or is central to the plot. When I see those God awful UIs, I just go into hysterics.

EDIT: Also, if I wanted to be really picky, I would be pissed that in LOTR: Return of the King (The event I'm referencing actually took place in The Two Towers) when Frodo is in Shelob's Lair, its supposed to be pitch black in the cave. Yet there Frodo is, just running around like the cave is prefectly lit.

 

[Adam Jenson]

In Pearl Harbor (Not a classic movie, but still)
While the USS Oklahoma was capsizing, one of the sailors on deck yelled "I can't swim!".
Why on earth would you join the Navy if you can't swim, you ninny?

My grandfather was in the navy and he couldn't swim.

 

[Flying-Emu]

Lightsabers...

Dammit, why do those beams of light not just pass THROUGH each other?

 

[ThePoodonkis]

In Pearl Harbor (Not a classic movie, but still)
While the USS Oklahoma was capsizing, one of the sailors on deck yelled "I can't swim!".
Why on earth would you join the Navy if you can't swim, you ninny?

My grandfather was in the navy and he couldn't swim.

I don't get it, though. My father was in the Navy, and they trained him to swim. How does one join that part of the military without swimming?

 

[ellimist337]

The Shawshank Redemption

Spoiler

So, you've just reached the climax of the movie. Andy has broken out of prison, where he didn't belong, and the warden and Hadley are getting what they deserve. It's an ultimate moment in film. He "crawls through shit-smelling foulness and comes out clean on the other side." But there's always a nagging thought in the back of my head: how did Andy, a man at least 2 or 3 inches taller and 20 pounds heavier than the warden fit into a suit fitted for the warden? Even if you ignore the fact that Andy fit in the smaller man's shoes with no problem (some people do have small feet; Andy could be one of them) the suit doesn't make any sense. So, I choose just to ignore this.

 

[captain awesome 12]

Like how Eagle Eye had such a godawfully complicated plot to deliver a bomb into the Capitol Building when the computer could have just hijacked a jet and blew the place up.

 

[Actual Charlie Nash]

when superman makes time go backwards... it cant happen!

 

[matrix3509]

Lightsabers...

Dammit, why do those beams of light not just pass THROUGH each other?

Sorry I can't resist. Nerd-mode activated:

Lightsabre beams are of essentially the same composition as blasterbolt. That is, plasma. The difference is how the sabre beam is actually tied to a power source continually, and as such will immedialy die when the power is cut.

[Disengaging Nerd-mode]

 

[Flying-Emu]

Lightsabers...

Dammit, why do those beams of light not just pass THROUGH each other?

Sorry I can't resist. Nerd-mode activated:

Lightsabre beams are of essentially the same composition as blasterbolt. That is, plasma. The difference is how the sabre beam is actually tied to a power source continually, and as such will immedialy die when the power is cut.

[Disengaging Nerd-mode]

But unless the plasma is contained, as it is a higher form of matter than gas, it would either dissipate into the surrounding area, or continue on forever. Also, the intense heat needed to create plasma would fry anything within a huge radius.

Blasterbolts are more logical, however.

 

[Haddi]

LoTR, end scene. Also, part of the beginning.

SPOILER LALALALA. *Seriously, if this is actually a spoiler for you, I hope you die in a ditch cold and unloved. KIDDING. Wait, actually I'm not.


When Frodo is whining about needing the ring when he should toss it into the lava, why doesn't Sam just tackle him or something and just throw it in himself?

And when Elrond and that human F*G who wouldn't throw it in the beginning, why doesn't he Elrond just knock the ***** into the fire?

Wait. If I thought too much about LoTR, I would have an implosion from all the little things that could have been done so much better.


Also, why do spies in ANY film keep fitting perfectly into the clothes of people they knocked out? I mean, like with the Stormtroopers in the original star wars! WTF!? (Yes, I know that isn't a spy movie, I'm dumb but not THAT dumb.

 

[Zildjin81]

The entire Wanted movie

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

On the Star Wars storm trooper note, Luke apparently didn't fit into the suit well because Leia asserts he seems a bit short to be a storm trooper.

My picks are often anything to do with the intelligence community, especially Enemy of the State (I would like to think if such technology existed, we wouldn't find it terribly difficult to prosecute the war on terror).

Also, things that seemingly defy physics - of recent note, the movie Wanted. I'm willing to admit that there are levels of badass that I rarely encounter, but I assert that it's fairly unlikely that even a true badass can whip a firearm fast enough to offer much of a course change.

 

[Helmet]

LoTR, end scene. Also, part of the beginning.

SPOILER LALALALA. *Seriously, if this is actually a spoiler for you, I hope you die in a ditch cold and unloved. KIDDING. Wait, actually I'm not.


When Frodo is whining about needing the ring when he should toss it into the lava, why doesn't Sam just tackle him or something and just throw it in himself?

And when Elrond and that human F*G who wouldn't throw it in the beginning, why doesn't he Elrond just knock the ***** into the fire?

Wait. If I thought too much about LoTR, I would have an implosion from all the little things that could have been done so much better.


Also, why do spies in ANY film keep fitting perfectly into the clothes of people they knocked out? I mean, like with the Stormtroopers in the original star wars! WTF!? (Yes, I know that isn't a spy movie, I'm dumb but not THAT dumb.

I would youtube "Gandalf" by the Whitest Kids U Know. Yes, it's supposed to be "U" not "you."

I was watching the Mummy Returns and at one point the Desert Warrior Emperor Protector guy mentions something along the lines of how the main character, his wife, and the bad guy make the three sides of a pyramid.

...Pyramids have 4 sides.

 

[LesIsMore]

Three words: nuking the fridge.

Not a classic movie to be sure, but that moment pretty much ruined any chance of taking it seriously. The worst part for me was thinking "Well, it's lead-lined, so that might actually..." and then having to pinch myself for giving it more credit than it deserved.

 

[Noamuth]

I was watching the Mummy Returns and at one point the Desert Warrior Emperor Protector guy mentions something along the lines of how the main character, his wife, and the bad guy make the three sides of a pyramid.

...Pyramids have 4 sides.

Depends on what sort of pyramid. o.o

But I think most of the ones in Egypt (heh, not really sure) are square-based pyramids? Eh.

 

[Haddi]

Yeah, ALL the Egypt pyramids are 4 sided.