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Any film using the shaky camera. The human eye does NOT make things shake like that while you are moving:
Cloverfield
Blair Witch Project
The Bourne Supremacy
Bourne Ultimatum
Quantum of Solace
Captain Phillips
The Hunger Games
A tribute to Fred Willard on the late Roger Ebert's continuing movie review site: https://www.rogerebert.com/tributes/fred-willard-1933-2020
<blockquote>If you and I were to make individual lists of our favorite example of comedic entertainment from the last half-century or so—television, film, stage, whatever— ...I predict that each of those lists would probably contain at least a couple of things featuring the great Fred Willard.
...[He] got his first big break in 1977 when he was cast in “Fernwood 2 Night,” a parody of low-rent talk shows... He played Jerry Hubbard, the cheerfully buffoonish sidekick to pseudo-suave host Barth Gimble (Martin Mull) and it would prove to be the first of his classic characters...
...he turned up in “Waiting for Guffman,” the first of a series of projects that he did with Christopher Guest that made beautiful use of his improv comedy skills that would include “Best in Show” (2000), “A Mighty Wind” (2003), “For Your Consideration” (2006), “Family Tree” (2013) and “Mascots” (2016). In all of these projects, he scored huge laughs but in the best of them—“Waiting for Guffman” and “Best in Show”—he got those laughs while quietly and effectively suggesting the essential humanity of characters as well.
...in “Best in Show,” he plays a dopey commentator at a dog show—someone who is clearly not meant to suggest Joe Garagiola in any way—and his stabs at bantering with his co-commentator, who is a dog expert, are absolutely hysterical in their cluelessness. (“And to think that in some countries, these dogs are eaten”). At one point, however, one of his comments turns out, much to his colleague’s shock, to be perfectly sensible and it slowly begins to dawn on you that maybe his character is not as dumb as he seems and is keenly aware of what goes over better.
Posthumously, he will be seen in the eagerly awaited Netflix comedy series “Space Force” as Steve Carell’s father...</blockquote>
When Harry Met Sally (1989)
The Freshman (1990)
City Slickers (1991)
Forever Fernwood/Fernwood 2 Night (1976-1977)
Just Shoot Me! (1999) Episode: "Hostess to Murder" <i>(one of the funniest episodes that show ever made.)</i>
Best in Show (2000)
If you saw him in anything, you knew you would get a perfect guest or cast member. Dry wit, perfect delivery.
As someone posted above, you can do an Internet search to see if the number is reported as a spammer/scammer. But those people spoof numbers, so it could be a real person's residence, who does not know that a spammer is using it as a spoof.
If you answer a call from a spammer/scammer, they are likely to sell your number to other telemarketers/scammers/scammers, as someone who answers their phone. You will get a LOT more calls. So don't answer.
If you cannot help yourself, answer and say, "POLICE department, dispatch desk."
Catch-22 (1970)
Rosewood (1996)
The Five People You Meet In Heaven (2004)
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
Superman II (1980)
Hoosiers (1986)
<b>King Edward II was not a gay stereotype</b>
...People were more riled up at Edward's tendency to give titles to non-noble people. Whether he was romantically involved with any of those people is conjecture. Nor is it likely Edward was disgusted by his wife. The film portrays him as unable to conceive, but in reality he fathered four children with her...
<b>The [Supposed] Lover of Edward II Was Not Thrown Out Of A Window By Edward I</b>
...No close friend of Edward II is ever said to have died in this manner.
<b>The Scots Never Sacked York</b>
...Wallace and his men never sacked York, they looted and destroyed the city of Carlisle.
<b>The English Soldiers Did Not Wear Matching Uniforms</b>
The immaculate, matching uniforms of the English in the film is not a failure only on Braveheart's part. To be fair, almost every movie about medieval Europe gets this wrong. The reality would be visually confusing to most movie watchers. In the thirteenth century, soldiers were not wearing matching standards over their chain mail, they were wearing whatever tunics they could find or afford...
<b>William's Father Did Not Die During His Childhood</b>
William Wallace's father, Sir Malcom Wallace, did not die when William was a young boy, orphaning him and leaving him with a hatred of violence and the English. Malcolm Wallace died in 1291 after being involved in several skirmishes with the English over the years and his son William was a full-fledged adult rebel at the time of his death.
<b>There Was No Uncle Argyle</b>
In Braveheart, young William Wallace is taken in by his badass Uncle Argyle, who teaches him Latin and shows him how to be a cultured Scot. This just didn't happen,
<b>William Wallace Was No Commoner</b>
Throughout Braveheart, the viewer is reminded that William Wallace comes from humble means. The nobles refer to him as a commoner, his burlap outfits are covered in dirt, and the roof of his house is made of straw. This... is fiction. The Wallaces were a longstanding and noble family and William's father, Malcolm, was a knight. William would have had an excellent education and military training. Oh, and he wasn't a Highlander, either. He was from the Lowlands, of the same Anglo-Norman descent as his English rivals.
<b>Bagpipes Were Not Banned</b>
... Lie: the supposedly banned use of bagpipes pointed out by scary [and fictional] Uncle Argyle (Brian Cox) after the funeral of William's brother and father [who did not die then]. Bagpipes have been banned in Scotland's history, but [not] in the thirteenth century.
<b>King William I Was Not A Pagan</b>
The opening monologue in Braveheart... "Edward the Longshanks," ...is called a "pagan." ... He was a Christian who was dedicated to the Anglo-Saxon king and Saint Edward the Confessor. He had even been on several Crusades.
To add to the inaccuracies noted by the Original Poster
<b>Braveheart Might Be The Most Historically Inaccurate Movie Ever Made</b>
https://www.ranker.com/list/historical-mistakes-errors-and-inaccuracies-in-braveheart/machk
"...William Wallace was an actual Scottish rebel... during the reign of King William I until his execution in 1305. The bad news is, pretty much everything else in Braveheart is wrong."
<b>William Wallace Was Not 'Braveheart'</b>
It was the name given to Robert the Bruce, a Scottish hero who is portrayed as a traitor in the film. He was given the name posthumously when, according to his wishes, his heart was removed and taken to be buried in Scotland.
<b>The Timeline Of The Movie Is Completely Wrong</b>
...The film opens in 1276, at which point in reality King Alexander III of Scotland was still alive and the English weren't yet making much of a fuss over Scotland. The rebellion began in 1296. Additionally, in reality King Edward I did not die at the same time as William Wallace as the film suggests, he died several years later. King Edward II did not marry Isabella until after Wallace's death, at which time she was 13, considerably younger than the 29-year-old Sophie Marceau who played her in the film.
<b>There Is No Evidence Of A Fake Scottish Summit</b>
In the film, the trouble in William Wallace's life begins when the men of his Scottish village are called to a meeting with the English that ends up being a trap. All the Scots at the meeting are brutally murdered... This atrocity provokes Wallace's father and the other patriarchs in his village to fight back, resulting in his father's death. There is no historical evidence, however, that this treacherous meeting ever happened. Scottish nobles did swear fealty to the king of England, but they weren't killed afterwards...
Carrie (1976)
The Competition (1980)
Crossing Delancey (1988)
<blockquote>The last musical that MGM or any major studio made in the 20th century.</blockquote>
<b>20th century musicals (excluding animated films) after 1981 include:</b>
<b>1982:</b>
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
<spoiler>Grease 2</spoiler>
One from the Heart (Francis Ford Coppola, beautiful but bombed)
Victor Victoria
<b>1983:</b>
Eddie and the Cruisers
The Pirates of Penzance
Yentl (Deadpool hilariously sings a clip from this in Deadpool II)
<b>1984:</b>
Footloose
The Muppets Take Manhattan
Purple Rain
Streets of Fire
<b>1985</b> - A Chorus Line
<b>1986:</b>
Labyrinth
Little Shop of Horrors (yes, <b>Steve Martin</b> sings a song, as a biker-dentist!)
<b>1987:</b>
Dirty Dancing
La Bamba
<b>1990</b> - Cry-Baby
<b>1991</b> - For the Boys
<b>1992:</b>
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Newsies
<b>1996:</b>
Everyone Says I Love You (a Woody Allen musical)
Evita
Muppet Treasure Island
<b>1997</b> - Selena (biographical)
<b>1998</b> - <spoiler>Blues Brothers 2000</spoiler>
There were many more, but these seemed to be the most notable non-animated musical films. Oh, and I HATED Pennies from Heaven (1981).
1941 (1979)
Airplane! (1980)
Unsolved Mysteries (1987–2002) as Host
You can watch it for free on YouTube. Many considered the car chase to be the best ever filmed at the time. It was set up by the same guy who did the car chases for Bullitt and The French Connection.
S3 Ep 20 Digital Estate Planning – The group plays a video game that was developed over the course of thirty years, in response to a request made by Pierce in 1979 to get his father to invest in video games.
S3 Ep 3 Remedial Chaos Theory - When Jeff (Joel McHale) throws a die to determine who will go to collect the pizza delivery from downstairs, seven different timelines unfold, showing each of the group leaving to collect it depending on the outcome of the die.
S3 Ep 10 Regional Holiday Music - Through a series of events performed as songs, the members of the group are lured into joining the Glee club one by one.
S2 Ep 23-24 "A Fistful of Paintballs" and "For a Few Paintballs More."
S2 Ep 11 Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas – Stop motion animation.
Jaws (1975)
2010 (1984)
The Seven Ups (1973)
"The altering of the Phyllis Schlafly debate against Brenda Feigen-Fasteau in Episode 5 is one of the most egregious rewritings of history that we've seen in the near two decades we've been fact-checking true story movies and TV shows. "
The Hulu series is another example of producers and a director lying through their teeth about an actual public person, to advance their liberal agenda.
BlacKkKlansman
Green Book
Driving Miss Daisy
Riverdale's preview ad said that Wednesday May 6, 2020 is the season finale for Season 4. The series was renewed.
https://www.thewrap.com/fall-tv-2020-canceled-shows-renewed-ordered-new-series-abc-cbs-fox-nbc-cw/
It sounds like they will pick up where they end up, during the senior year. When they graduate, it might be hard to continue the series, unless most of the cast somehow stays in town.
Veronica's dad converts part of the town into a new college? Maybe the mean principal of the high school makes them all repeat senior year, again and again, until the cast members all hit 40 years old, or the CW network can't afford to pay them anymore.
The Rocketeer (1991)
The Cutting Edge (1992)
Lost (TV, 2004-2010)