Annoying little things in movies


In the beginning of "Amelie," she mentions that when she's watching a film,
it irritates her when the actor driving a car in the film doesn't keep his/her
eyes on the road, but usually spends more time looking and conversing with the
person in the passenger seat, spoiling the illusion that the actor is really
driving. What little things like that irritate you in movies?

For instance, while I have the same pet peeve about driving actors as Amelie,
I'm also bugged by:

Inappropriate accents in films: In "Gone with the Wind," why does Ashley
Wilkes, the consummate Southern gentleman, have an English accent? In "Mrs.
Miniver," meanwhile, why doesn't Englishman Mr. Miniver have one?

In "Back to the Future," the entire town is meticulously done over in
1950s sets, furniture, cars, fashions, etc. Yet in the present-day finale,
Marty's dad, a highly successful science-fiction author, shows off his latest
book, just released by the publisher. The dust jacket of the book looks
amateurish! This is true of other films, such as "Throw Momma From the Train,"
which depict authors and their books. If the set designers, etc. could spend
so much effort making the sets, costumes, etc. as realistic as possible, couldn't they make the cover of a book look like it was professionally done?

I'm not crying, you fool, I'm laughing!

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As a video game fan, I hate it in movies when someone is playing a video game but the controller doesn't match the system, etc, or it is obvious that the actor is just slamming buttons to make it look like they are playing.

Or when someone does something amazing in a movie on a musical instrument, and the camera is at such an angle that it covers the actor's hands and you know that they really aren't playing it.

Or when a movie takes place over several days, but the main actor always has the same amount of stubble. Lost, one of my favorite TV shows, is a major offender on this front hahah.

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The WORST example of the video game pet peeve EVER has got to be Rumble in the Bronx. Jackie Chan hands his nephew a sega gamegear and the kid just starts playing it as if it was just on pause the whole time. And he's doing his button mash thing through out the whole movie...WHEN THERE'S NO CARTRIDGE IN IT!!!

lol, come on, 30 bucks for any random cartridge could not have hurt the budget much!

here's a great poster to go with that point:

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n187/LAZZOR/Motivational%20Poster%20Parodies/Female_Gamers.jpg

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-When someone types/writes MUCH quicker than it actually takes to do it, so they're not even any putting effort into it.
-Unnecessary comic relief, or any of it really.
-When the script and subtitles (in another language) are not exactly the same once translated (excluding idiomatic expressions etc.)

SMILE! You're at Mr. Smiley's!

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-Also, when you can tell an actor does not know how to smoke.

SMILE! You're at Mr. Smiley's!

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The typing much faster than it takes to do it is an annoyance of mine too. It happens especially a lot when theres a scene to do with hacking. Even if the computer is just scrolling through random numbers, the person in the film has to just type rapidly and make that clanking noise on the keyboard, so it looks like they're doing super intelligent hacking stuff.

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LOL, Antitrust!

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Forget her, she's a predator posing as a house pet.

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Haha, yes! I guess most ppl think hacking requires massive amounts of rapid input while numbers are flying across the screen matrix-style.

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I hate it when in some movies things explode, but it is beyond obvious that they're just using computer graphics.

I hate it when someone uses a gun with like a 100 bullets and never stops to reload.

And I hate it when movies get badly dubbed on TV. On "Me Myself and Irene" for instance there's a lot of swearing, so obviously some dubbing has to be done, but its done in a very shoddy way, it makes me groan when stuff like that happens.

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I agree about the dubbing, especially when the explicit language is replaced
with language that is ridiculously tame. For instance, when "Fast Times at
Ridgemont High" used to be shown on broadcast TV, the scene in which Jeff
Spicoli is thrown out of Mr. Hand's room for calling him a "nerd" (as it was
dubbed) was absurd. Or the original broadcast showings of "Stand By Me,"
where the kids constantly use the dubbed-in "flipping" as an adjective. Does
anyone in real life use the term "flipping?" Of course, you're driven to renting
the video just to figure out what the origianl language was.

I'm not crying, you fool, I'm laughing!

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or in There's Something About Mary "you are a frogging ashpole"

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Frogging ashpole? That actually wins...

I prefer it when they dub it to something completely off-the-wall than something too tame to be believable. Like The Big Lebowski..."Do you see what happens when you have FUN with a STRANGER in the ALPS?!"

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"Does anyone in real life use the term "flipping?"

I take it you've never heard a Mormon swear. All you hear in Utah is Flipping and fetching. Highly annoying. I always want to say: What the F$#k does Flipping mean?



The best dubbed line is in The Big Lebowski, when Walter says: Do you see what happens Larry when you F$#k a stranger in the a$$? Dubbed to be: Do you see what happens Larry when you find a stranger in the alps.

Very funny stuff.





What Jesus fails to appreciate is that it's the meek who are the problem.

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Ha! My ex was a Mormon. People used to flick and pinch him to make him say "Fetch!" so they could laugh about it.

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I'm LDS and I say "Frick" Or "Friggin"

The things I hate in films are:
-exploding cars. Do people really think that cars just explode when they roll over, or if you stuff a rag in the Gas tank and light it?
they don't.

-When they dub in the sounds of a standard transmission over shots of a car with an automatic.

When police/military personel clearly don't know how to handle their firarms.


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yeah and in shaun of the dead for the airline version they change all the "f-words" to funk
if youve seen this film the scene where Pete is swearing ALOT is now called funky-pete cos he has to say funk
its ridiculous

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"Shut, ****!"
"**** You!"

like WOAH did he just say "Shut pickle, peanut-butter you"?!?!?!

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Hahaha, excellent points! I think I saw an episode of Family Guy or something where they joked about the explodiong vehicles, and had a horse and cart explode when it went over the edge of a ravine, brilliant!

Also agree on the ammo thing, people seem to have never-ending clips, except when the villain has the hero at gun point, and after 'monologuing' (surely another addition here!), pulls the trigger, and hey! Guess that last shot used up your 143-bullet clip, huh?

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Yes! How could I have forgotten, The monologuing. That's an annoying thing.
-I have you at gunpoint, If I kill you my plan will be able to go off without a hitch, now I'm going to tell you my plan for no reason and stall for your backup to arrive.

Pixar's The Incredibles made fun of that.
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Haha oh God, here's another one I forgot about - countdowns! First of all, do people actually put LCD timers on their bombs, so the police etc know exactly how much time they have to diffuse it? Surely scarier to have no idea. Also, does it have to tick audibly? But most annoying of all, when the countdown doesn't work. It goes 10, 9, 8, then they cut away for 5 seconds, and its still only on 6! The worst one of these I can remember was in the film 'Speed', where an elevator is descending, and you can actually here the display clicking down like 5 floors, and at the end its only gone down 4!

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Yes! How could I have forgotten, The monologuing. That's an annoying thing.
-I have you at gunpoint, If I kill you my plan will be able to go off without a hitch, now I'm going to tell you my plan for no reason and stall for your backup to arrive.


Yeah, lots of movies get me thinking "WTF are you doing? Shoot the bastard! Man i would have shot him dead right fecking now. Damn i would make an unstoppable villain!"

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Well on tv...

LAUGH TRACKS!

I hate 'em.

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1. i hate how in almost every movie (and tv show) where someone is cooking, they always seem to be making marinara sauce. then another character will waltz into the kitchen and Character A always offers the spoon with which they're stirring the sauce up to Character B's mouth so that they can taste it.

2. i hate those moments when you catch an extra desperately trying to get back into frame if they've been blocked or pushed out. like in "juno" when juno and her best friend are in the cafeteria lunch line, there is a girl behind juno's friend and she keeps swaying from side to side and i think she even stands up on her tip-toes so she can be seen over the actress' head.

3. it bugs me a little when a character's footwear just changes. like, for some ungodly reason i decided to watch "house of the dead" on sci-fi this morning. one of the girl's was wearing sandals while they first start walking through the island, then 2 seconds later she has on these bulky sneakers. it's like the actress had trouble walking on the unlevel ground so she changed shoes and they didn't think about it.

4. i hate it in horror movies when it's prety light outside and a few minutes later it's completely dark when in the film's story that much time hasn't really passed.

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1) I don't like it when actors in comedic movies / series freeze and have a thousand yard stare for a few seconds after every joke they make.

2) Often seen in family / children's movies: a scene where all the main characters come together to make something like a race car or clean up a large room, with happy music playing along and some stupid jokes in between.

3) Use of C.G.I. when conventional methods were probably cheaper and would look better.

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i add to that

when people are drinking and after that they drive as if they hadn't had a drink. i mean i know they haven't been drinking but come on they should make it clear that it's not okay to drive not even after 1 drink

when a religion / race / country is wrongfully depicted. i'm not from the us so i know, the hollywood depiction is sooooooooooooo wrong it makes me vomit, they have a responsibility towards the people they insult and for creating stereotypes,... god damn them!

when things are sooooooo exagerated, especially in action movies.

when things become way to gross for no reason at all, other than make people grossed out.

when the plot intentionally go on the basic of making people go "oooooh aaaah!"

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... when they don't say goodbye hanging up the phone

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or when they leave their cars without closing windows or doors..

If you'll excuse me,am gonna go home'n'have a heart attack!!!Pulp Fiction

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Oh my god I totally agree. I always think to myself, duh someone's going to break in.

I just blue myself. - T (Tobias)

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Jesus, that really annoys me too!!!

"Some drunk writer once said that there are no great second acts in life".

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I ALWAYS leave my car without doing up windows or locking it. Been doing it my whole driving life and never had a thing stolen.

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Or when they jump in a car and start it up instantly and drive away without ever having time to take keys out of their pocket and put them in the ignition.
-j-

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I get annoyed by that too.



Vamos Rafa

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oh my gosh
I hate it when they don't say goodbye when hanging up aswell!

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I know! Who doesnt say goodbye or anything when hanging up the phone. I would be calling back and asking "wtf was that? You hanging up on me, you piece of *beep*

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....and at the other end of the call, they start talking right after dialing

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SIR/MADAM

NOTHING YOU HAVE SAID WARRANTS A ZOMG, SO I FEEL AS THOUGH IT IS SAFE TO ASSUME THAT YOUR CAPS LOCK IS STUCK.

PLEASE FIX THIS.

"The fool looks at a finger that points at the sky. "

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WHEN PEOPLE ARE DRINKING AND AFTER THAT THEY DRIVE AS IF THEY HADN'T HAD A DRINK. I MEAN I KNOW THEY HAVEN'T BEEN DRINKING BUT COME ON THEY SHOULD MAKE IT CLEAR THAT IT'S NOT OKAY TO DRIVE NOT EVEN AFER 1 DRINK


If i only have 1 drink, my general driving-skills actually wont be deteriorated. My reaction-time probably would, but noone's gonna notice that unless i actually get in an accident. You want movies to spread propaganda, that even 1 drink will make you swerve off the road?

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2. i hate those moments when you catch an extra desperately trying to get back into frame if they've been blocked or pushed out.


Really? I live for these moments. Watching extras overact is so....gratifying.

Personally, I think I have too much bloom. Maybe that's the trouble with me.

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Stereotypes. I hate them. I hate the whiny irratating woman, the jerk of a man and how they end up together in an unbelivable way.
I can't stand how modern avant gard independent movies want to be as depressing, depraved and miserable as possible. So there has to be a scene involving bodily fluids or just general despair. I especially hate when I, after a second viewing, decide that I do not like this film, and that I changed my mind, only to have people on IMDB accuse me of being stupid. That isn't something in an actual movie, but it's annoying
I dislike cheesy children's movies where the kids do not act like real kids and the adults are not very clever and everything is too cute in a cloying way.

I'll think of more later. Mostly the marriage movies are the most annoying or stuff like Baby Boom that makes me crazy, because it's NOT THAT HARD TO CHANGE A DIAPER!

He said,
"Just put your feet down child,
'Cause you're all grown up now."

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Another annoyance: Thunderstorms in movies and TV shows almost never
sound like the real thing.

I'm not crying, you fool, I'm laughing!

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I actually thought the cheap looking books were pretty realistic; the first book you publish (like marty's dad and billy crystal's character) tends to be made cheaply and the art will look cheesy because the publisher doesn't want to dump much money into something they don't know will make them more money. Typcially only established authors get lavish covers and campaings. This has changed slightly in the past decade as design has become easier and cheaper...hell you could publish from any typical windows machine ifyou wanted to spend the time later to bind it.

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I can't name any other examples, but specifically in Battlestar Galactica...

I hate that they get massive amounts of cuts and wounds and yet at the beginning of every new episode...it looks as if they were never hurt in the first place.

Also the fact that they've been out in space for about three/four years...and they still drink alcohol by the bottle. I mean, if they were preserving it sure, I'd bite. But at the rate that everyone drinks, you'd think they would run out at some point.

Did you notice that he threw you in the garbage?

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I hate when the characters will enter the front door and never shut it. I don't understand why they always leave the door open. On Full House the other day, the lady entered the house with her 2 kids and said hi to the girl on the couch. She never shut the door. The screen panned away from the door for a second and then a new character is entering through the now closed door. I just hate it how they always leave doors open. I mean how hard is it to close it?

And I have to agree with Amelie's annoyance with how little drivers seem to pay attention to the road. They will be literally staring at their passenger and then just take a glance towards the road. How can you drive like that? Those two are probably my biggest annoyances.

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--I hate when the characters will enter the front door and never shut it. I don't understand why they always leave the door open. On Full House the other day, the lady entered the house with her 2 kids and said hi to the girl on the couch. She never shut the door. The screen panned away from the door for a second and then a new character is entering through the now closed door. I just hate it how they always leave doors open. I mean how hard is it to close it? --

Another thing I ALWAYS do. Been leaving my front door open for years

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WHERE THE HELL DO U LIVE??? THE SAFEST NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE WORLD? CERTAINLY NOWHERE NEAR NYC THATS FOR SURE

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Another thing I ALWAYS do. Been leaving my front door open for years
Do you live in a hippie commune or are you just screwing with us?

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- Voltaire

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