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« on: January 17, 2011, 08:08:05 AM »

what do you think is the most over used cliche' in action movies? is it;

1. the car chase that runs over yet another fruit stand? ( those poor melons!)

2. the throwing of the gun at the target, after the good guy has expended all his ammo? (yeah, that ALWAYS works)

3. the evil dude with a machete that chases down college students simply by walking after them? ( seriously the kids could get in thier car, go to the airport, fly to france and evil dude would be waiting for them to deplane)

i'm sorry but I have alot of weird thoughts while driving down the road
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« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2011, 08:15:07 AM »

Bad guys' poor aim.
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« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2011, 08:31:09 AM »


The bad guy's car always ends up hitting something, going airborne, and then it spins through the air like
a bullet coming out of a rifled barrel...

I think I blame the A-team  Wink



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« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2011, 08:53:30 AM »

I just love the way every explosion in every movie, TV show, and probably stage play looks exactly like a half a stick of dynamite going off in a 55 gal drum of diesel.
Especially after the hero or villan goes to such great length to explain how this is a "high" explosive.
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« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2011, 08:55:29 AM »

Here's a good site called "moviecilches.com"
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« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2011, 08:57:25 AM »

It used to get me on the old A-Team that they were the best but could not kill anyone.  Unless that was the intention.  The cartoon series G I Joe used to never kill anyone.  The bad guys always just got hurt and that was it.  Yeah, I know, its just a movie.  The new A-Team was better, even though some of the situations were questionable.  Again, its just a movie.  Don't believe everything you see on the tube or screen.  But I will admit, its a lot of fun to watch.   cooldude

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« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2011, 09:09:33 AM »



Hehe... Motorcycle engines in movies can inexplicably change from 4-stroke Otto cycle to 2-stroke cycle operation.

We recently watched Mission Impossible II (blegg)... During one chase scene Tom Cruise's crotch rocket briefly turns into a motocross bike
with knobbies and all...

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« Reply #7 on: January 17, 2011, 09:14:02 AM »

I always look for little things like that in movies.  And yes, I sometimes pay attention, sometimes Grin
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« Reply #8 on: January 17, 2011, 09:59:07 AM »

guns that never run out of ammo.
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« Reply #9 on: January 17, 2011, 10:04:25 AM »

I always look for little things like that in movies.  And yes, I sometimes pay attention, sometimes Grin

Me too. I love it. Like jet contrails in the sky...in a Western.
Or the two-angle alternating shots of two people speaking to each other. Each time the angle changes the person has a different expression on their face, are looking at a different spot, etc. (That one drives me nuts) uglystupid2
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« Reply #10 on: January 17, 2011, 10:13:53 AM »

People that try to outrun a car by running straight down the middle
of the street! Ever hear of ducking down an alley or behind a building? 
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« Reply #11 on: January 17, 2011, 11:13:50 AM »

Exploding cars. Never have I once seen a car explode in real life. I have put out my share of car fires.
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« Reply #12 on: January 17, 2011, 11:44:01 AM »

When the cop car's motor blows up and the hood flies open and blocks the windshield so they can't see then they crash through a billboard..... Yea that one.  
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« Reply #13 on: January 17, 2011, 12:07:51 PM »

When she wears that flimsy nighty to go down the stairs into that nasty dark basement where the strange noises are coming from.............. without a 12 gauge pump, or at least a machete!!

When they are running from the crazed chain saw wielding maniac...and fall down, several times.

When they jump into the car to get away from the crazed chainsaw wielding manic.. and it won't start.

When the good guy is stalking very carefully looking for the bad guy, and they do an extreme closeup to let the bad guy sneak up behind him.

When they have wailing babies with a diaper-full to make it hard to catch the dialogue and just generally irritate the hell out of you (Godfather).

(as above) Every car that ever rolled down a hill blows up like Hiroshima.

And my number one peeve:  When the entire plot is contrived from children who directly disobey their parents clear directives, or doing other stupid things.

When bullets bounce off Superman, but he dodges the thrown gun.

Old westerns, where to be humane, they knock each other over the head with pistol butts all day, and no one dies from a brain hemorrhage or concussion.

 
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« Reply #14 on: January 17, 2011, 01:08:01 PM »

my favorite is the squealing breaks.  every single time a car applies the breaks, there's a squealing noise!!  even if it's a brand new car!!!

my wife watches a certain soap opera, there's been some guy with an eye patch on that show for the last 20 years now!!  my daughter started laughing one day when my wife's "show" was on, they introduced a new guy, younger, and sure as you know what, he had an eye patch!!!

My son watches those stupid Disney shows.  I can’t stand the piped in laughter!!  They have to do that sort of thing, ‘cause the shows aren’t funny!!
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« Reply #15 on: January 17, 2011, 03:31:07 PM »

or tires squeeling on a dirt road
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« Reply #16 on: January 17, 2011, 03:47:48 PM »

I was going to say, tires squealing in dirt!  Embarrassed

Running away from Jason as he's limping toward the teenager... the teen is sprinting and Jason is limping and Jason STILL catches them - who couldn't outrun that!????

Or when they finally "kill" the guy by hitting him over the head - FINISH THE JOB!@!!!! Pump a clip into his head! Borrow his machete and chop his head off!!!  THEN you can hug and comfort the girl!

Another pet peeve - when the good guy escapes his guard and takes his gun... take an extra 3 seconds and grab ALL the ammo he had on him..the good guy MIGHT need it later...  I never understand why the good guy doesn't scavenge all the guns and ammo he can carry from each guy he knocks out or kills.  One clip with 10 shots just might not be enough to take out the whole badguy army guarding the badguy's lair.

Speaking of movie-mistakes... I like the movie, but watch "Smokie and the Bandid".. it's chocked full of mistakes..my fav is when two LEO's chase Bandit in a Dodge and follow him across the river jump...suddenly it's a Pontiac when it's airborne!!
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« Reply #17 on: January 17, 2011, 04:32:39 PM »

Interior shots of the cars clearly show it is an automatic yet in all the chase scenes you hear the shifting of a manual trans!!
Starsky & Hutch {the original TV series} was one of the worst offenders. Grin
But I'm sure there are many more!
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« Reply #18 on: January 17, 2011, 06:28:44 PM »

Bad guys' poor aim.

dude! how did i 'miss' that one 2funny
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« Reply #19 on: January 17, 2011, 06:30:56 PM »

I just love the way every explosion in every movie, TV show, and probably stage play looks exactly like a half a stick of dynamite going off in a 55 gal drum of diesel.
Especially after the hero or villan goes to such great length to explain how this is a "high" explosive.


like a frag grenade that has the explosive ability of 5 lbs of semtex! yep missed another one
'the long kiss goodnight' when Samuel jackson and gina davis were running down the hall
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« Reply #20 on: January 17, 2011, 06:32:34 PM »

guns that never run out of ammo.

bruce willis in 'the last man standing' he had two 1911A1s that NEVER ran out of ammo until all the bad guys were dead
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« Reply #21 on: January 17, 2011, 06:34:53 PM »

When she wears that flimsy nighty to go down the stairs into that nasty dark basement where the strange noises are coming from.............. without a 12 gauge pump, or at least a machete!!

When they are running from the crazed chain saw wielding maniac...and fall down, several times.

When they jump into the car to get away from the crazed chainsaw wielding manic.. and it won't start.

When the good guy is stalking very carefully looking for the bad guy, and they do an extreme closeup to let the bad guy sneak up behind him.

When they have wailing babies with a diaper-full to make it hard to catch the dialogue and just generally irritate the hell out of you (Godfather).

(as above) Every car that ever rolled down a hill blows up like Hiroshima.

And my number one peeve:  When the entire plot is contrived from children who directly disobey their parents clear directives, or doing other stupid things.

When bullets bounce off Superman, but he dodges the thrown gun.

Old westerns, where to be humane, they knock each other over the head with pistol butts all day, and no one dies from a brain hemorrhage or concussion.

 
that was awesome thanks, about died laffing at the superman bit
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« Reply #22 on: January 17, 2011, 06:35:54 PM »

or tires squeeling on a dirt road

I blame the 'dukes of hazard' TV show for that one
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« Reply #23 on: January 17, 2011, 08:28:22 PM »

While many good ones have already been mentioned such as the never ending ammo... etc.  I will add a few more.

- How bullets hit folks and throw them backward.
- How no one with a shotgun or even a semi auto pistol, ever has a round in the chamber already.  The director has to get that sound effect in as someone jacks a round into the chamber.
- How folks carrying a 1911 almost never have it cocked and locked.  They carry them around with the hammer down.   Roll Eyes

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« Reply #24 on: January 17, 2011, 09:09:37 PM »

How every double action revolver with the cylinder out on the crane and spun clicks away like a single action. (double action cylinders spin silently, but never in Hollyweed)

Very few pistol shots have recoil... they don't even move on multiple shots.

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« Reply #25 on: January 18, 2011, 08:52:07 PM »

yesterday. Hawai 5-O.  Chevy Cruse came from behind and passed 6 police cruisers.  When the driver punched the pedal, there was a distinctive big block roar in the background.

Amazing to me that people buy that.

On budget films and tv shows, I always look for the tree stump rolling down the road when a car flips over sideways that apparently never hit anything, just turned too hard. Saw a stunt ramp in Fast and the Furious when a car hit the back of a parked car and did the big flip.
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« Reply #26 on: January 19, 2011, 05:53:00 AM »

guns that run out of ammo is a requirement because bad guys have such bad aim. Smiley
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« Reply #27 on: January 19, 2011, 07:52:23 AM »

I just love the way every space helmet has a set internal of lights shining in the wearers eyes.
Same for people driving around at night. I've never found that "shine in your face," dash light accessory at Auto Zone.
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« Reply #28 on: January 19, 2011, 11:49:40 AM »

Here's another big one.

The hero is being chased all over the world by all known governments, and US CIA.... all public cameras are being monitored,  but Jason Bourne (and every other swinging dick/dickless Hollywoodian) will not so much as wear a hat and/or shades, let alone a disguise, because that would interfere with their Hollywood image. 
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« Reply #29 on: January 20, 2011, 10:08:22 AM »

All them police chase videos shows where they add in the engine sounds, tire squeeling, etc. Esp the ones taped from a chopper.  uglystupid2
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« Reply #30 on: January 21, 2011, 09:43:07 AM »

Hollywood fights. Good example is in the first 10 minutes of "Harley Davidson and the Marlboro man."
Micky Rourke disarms a guy in a convenience store. It's in tight, quick, and anti-climatically over in a realistic fraction of a second.
A few minutes later, we are treated to Don Johnson's ridiculous wind-mill haymakers with bad guys having to carefully line up for the punches. crazy2 uglystupid2
Note to Hollywood producers and directors. Don't show us Don Johnson fighting after letting us see Micky do it.
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« Reply #31 on: January 21, 2011, 07:36:34 PM »

the missing hubcap that keeps reappearing or switching locations on the car during the chase (while squealing on dirt)
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« Reply #32 on: January 21, 2011, 11:52:57 PM »

Car explodes after going off a cliff. Every time. Mythbusters did it, and had to use dynamite to make it go boom.
Any time the cop kills the bad guy with one shot. Ask any real cop, you keep pulling the trigger until it goes 'click'.
Car hits another parked car, jumps into the air spinning, explodes and crashes on it's roof. The hero, of course, gets out and walks away.
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« Reply #33 on: January 22, 2011, 06:02:26 AM »

 The click of a hammer cocking and its a Glock. As mentioned before. They always have to jack the slides to loads there guns before they go it. Also the pump shotgun that has to be jacked three of four times in a row and nothing ever comes out.
One of the worst gun movie was Blue Steel with Ron Silver and Jamie Lee Curtis. The bad guy (Silver) has a Smith model 29. Shows him rooster the hammer. Next shot shows the gun close up and the cylinder is turning as he pulls the trigger.
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