911 Operator voice over ruined the last 15 minutes of the movie. - Zero Day (2004) Discussion

[–] entej 17 years ago

ohhhh you so damn right!!
I just watched this movie, for me EVERYTHING was ruined with this stupid POINTLESS and annoying telephone talk and beeping! Why they put it there? It would be so much more scarier and realistic if we heard only what's going on there. This was such a mess, i sit through all this talk and talk to see the ending, and what the hell was that.

btw, i came here to creat the same topic :)

Andre can you pick up??

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[–] entej 16 years ago

i watched ending second time, at first i didnt even noticed that, we could hear guys talking only because andre had cell phone in his hands.. Maybe that was logical for operator to keep on trying, but still it was very annoying :)

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[–] Leader_Of_The_Sandbox 16 years ago

lol! It irritated me too!

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[–] Can_a_bitch_get_a_donut 16 years ago

Agreed, but the beeping every 3.4 seconds was a thousand times more annoying.

I can kill you with my brain.

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[–] TheBeardedWonder 16 years ago

Nobody caught this? IT'S THE ONLY WAY TO HAVE HAD AUDIO. The security cameras were VIDEO only, so to be able to hear anything we needed a phone on, most logically the police would be on the other line (probably the first number most people would call)...

"Look, it's not that i'm lazy, it's that I just don't care..." - Peter Gibbons

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[–] Can_a_bitch_get_a_donut 16 years ago

Yeah... we understood that. It was just irritating to have to listen to, and detracted from the movie. I would have been, shall we say, more emotionally jarred from the scene if it had been completely silent.

Ev'lyone's a ritter bit lacist.

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[–] VidProGuy 13 years ago

TheBeardedWonder is right, here. The 911 call was the only source of audio, and since it's presented in the "documentary" style, I think it's effective. The dispatcher repeats Andre's name because she's trying to talk him down and get him to surrender.

And if you want it silent, you're TV remote does have a mute button, or at least some way of controlling the volume...

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[–] ladydesdemonna 16 years ago

I also didn't get the beeping. I've never heard beeping on 911 calls before.

I understand having the operator on the line. But I could've dealt without the friggin beeping every 2 seconds!

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[–] cheeriopc13-554-454754 14 years ago

I am with you guys.
I could have done with NO audio for the last part.
There are many movies other than this that could have been cured by that.
And the only viewpoint we get is that small area.
I don't care how it was in reality, I watched it expecting more in the end.

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[–] noveltylibrary 14 years ago

completely agree. too bad, everyone else was a great actor.

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[–] noose_and_nail 14 years ago

That is a 911 operators job to stay on the line until there is a disconnect. Wow, you people are dumb. How the hell did it make it less realistic? It added a haunting new level of worrying realism to an already terrifying situation. If I would change anything, it would've just been to take out that beep ever 4 seconds.

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[–] noveltylibrary 14 years ago

you may be the dumb one. you're not picking up on the complaints. the actor was lousy. 911 operators are supposed to be non-emotional, but she was just silly.

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[–] sub_text749 14 years ago

From what i understand, the beeps indicate that a phone call is being recorded.

"Don't say coke or freebase either, unless you got some"

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[–] nick2124 14 years ago

agreed, very annoying.

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[–] annseton 14 years ago

Annoyed me too.

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[–] InsanelySane 14 years ago

I thought "Perpetrators may be down" was humourous.

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[–] Crumbledore 14 years ago

Yup, I watched the entire movie. But then when that annoying *beep* beeping started, I turned it off after about five minutes. Terrible idea for the end, made it completely unwatchable.

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