Wangst! I noticed wangsty stupid drama between a friend and his companion. Not gay in the books, in there it was subtle and justified, but the movie for some reason turned it up to eleven. I hated it. It just wasn't neccessary at all.
Things you wish movies would stop doing
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That is so not what happens in the books. Sam certainly never abandoned Frodo over some stupid food incident. My argument is valid, they added this stupid and unnecessary drama just because Hollywood convention said so.
The constantly shoe-horned in romances that are pretty much in every movie. If you are going to have a romance in your movie, fine, but if it doesn't fit and is simply shoe-horned in for the sake of a cliche then it just pisses me off because it distracts from the more important things...like things blowing up, and epic one on one fights.
Happy endings. Okay, not so much happy endings as the in-built guarantee of a happy ending. That sinking feeling when a film starts and you know, immediately, that the guy's gonna get the girl, the good guy's gonna save the day, (worst of all) the character you just saw isn't really dead. It's a safety net, usually found in family-friendly movies but it's even worse when it you see it in adult movies. I call it the child-catcher.
the obligatory gratuitous sex scene. Don't get me wrong, but I can't stand the absurd sex scenes that add nothing to the movie...Watchmen I have my eye squarely on you my friend.
It just cheapens the whole movie. It can be so much more enticing to not see what happens, than it is to see man-butt and boobs and be like, yup that's what's happening...
I guess it makes easier for the writers/director as you don't have to be subtle, but damn I just can't stand it in movies...it's usually when I take my pee-break to be honest.
It just cheapens the whole movie. It can be so much more enticing to not see what happens, than it is to see man-butt and boobs and be like, yup that's what's happening...
I guess it makes easier for the writers/director as you don't have to be subtle, but damn I just can't stand it in movies...it's usually when I take my pee-break to be honest.
It's a bit odd how no one ever needs to reload or runs out of ammo unless it's dramatically convenient. A machine gun on fully-automatic will use up a clip of ammo in a matter of seconds, but movie characters keep firing away like there's no tomorrow.
Also, you know how in almost every romantic movie ever, someone needs to sprint through airport security to meet their lover and prove their devotion? Doing that will net you several years' prison time.
Also, you know how in almost every romantic movie ever, someone needs to sprint through airport security to meet their lover and prove their devotion? Doing that will net you several years' prison time.
*Kneels next to loved ones corpse, camera pans up and out as they look up* NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO?
Shaky-cam in non-1st Person films. I can understand movies like Cloverfield or, .REC having a shaky cam since that's the main premise of those films. What I dislike is in Deathly Hallows how the camera man seems to be having a seizer as Harry and the gang run through the woods in a vain attempt to dodge some snatchers. I can see why shaky cam was used then since that was a pretty visceral scene but it was also used earlier in the movie (I think it was when they were meeting Bethilda) and it seemed really, really unnecessary.
I also would rather producers and, film companies respect their intellectual properties. Like how Hal Jordan seems to be acting a lot more like Tony Stark than Hal Jordan ever did in the old Justice Friends cartoons. I realize Iron Man sold like topless pancakes but Hal Jordan isn't Iron Man. If this keeps up (by which I mean, companies copying each other for the sake of recognizable characters as opposed to singular entities) then even the most dull of average movie goers will realize they're watching the same movie they've already paid to see earlier in the decade.
I also don't get why Micheal Bay is doing Transformers when he's gone on record to say he doesn't like the franchise to begin with. Why not leave it for someone who is like said series? Although I suppose if film makers only made films about things they liked, there would be way more porn and way more Batman...
I also would rather producers and, film companies respect their intellectual properties. Like how Hal Jordan seems to be acting a lot more like Tony Stark than Hal Jordan ever did in the old Justice Friends cartoons. I realize Iron Man sold like topless pancakes but Hal Jordan isn't Iron Man. If this keeps up (by which I mean, companies copying each other for the sake of recognizable characters as opposed to singular entities) then even the most dull of average movie goers will realize they're watching the same movie they've already paid to see earlier in the decade.
I also don't get why Micheal Bay is doing Transformers when he's gone on record to say he doesn't like the franchise to begin with. Why not leave it for someone who is like said series? Although I suppose if film makers only made films about things they liked, there would be way more porn and way more Batman...
That came to mind for me too. Sometimes it just doesn't fit right yet they toss it in anyway.Ekonk said:
unnecessary or poorly made slow motion scenes, like when the protagonist shoots and the bullets travel almost at the same speed as him/her.
Movies where everything at the end, ends perfectly and there's no repercussions. I mean specifically movies where a hero goes on a wild rampage and at the very end is able to drive off into the sunset with his woman as if he'd not just massacred 60 people. I don't mind it so much when it's explained as a freak coincidence, or when the hero dies... But when they just get to live a normal life or walk off alone in the sunset... Um wth?
Mine is one that most people might not notice, but it drives me crazy. Say there's a character talking to someone. All of a sudden they say, "Oh I got to go I'm late for work". They hardly ever say "I'm GOING to be late for work" or "I'm on my way to work" it's always "I'm late for work". Damn Hollywood must have a lousy work ethic.
This one is older than dirt, but any movie/thing where the antagonist has some person locked up or something, and then goes on a massive rant, explaining his/her plans and how they plan to go about it.
It makes it even more infuriating when the protagonist inevitably escapes and thwarts said plans, which they would know next to nothing about had the antagonist not been so goddamned cocky.
*EDIT* Similarly, if the plans are simply to kill someone, and they go on and on about how they could/will kill said person, leaving them ample opportunity to stab them in the face. I'm looking at you, Van Helsing. [small]Of course that's not the only example, purely the only one I can think of.[/small]
It makes it even more infuriating when the protagonist inevitably escapes and thwarts said plans, which they would know next to nothing about had the antagonist not been so goddamned cocky.
*EDIT* Similarly, if the plans are simply to kill someone, and they go on and on about how they could/will kill said person, leaving them ample opportunity to stab them in the face. I'm looking at you, Van Helsing. [small]Of course that's not the only example, purely the only one I can think of.[/small]
Slow Motion
Yes it was cool in The Matrix that doesnt justify using it the whole damn movie. (See 300)
Yes it was cool in The Matrix that doesnt justify using it the whole damn movie. (See 300)
Shaky-camera. I mean, I get it in Cloverfield. It's meant to be recorded by just some guy. But when the production company thinks "OH SHIT AN ACTION SEQUENCE - QUICK, GIVE THE CAMERAMAN A SEIZURE!" it annoys me. You can make camerawork exciting without shaking it up and down like you've just downed two bottles of whiskey.
