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and i still don't understand why they do that bullshit.
(yeah i know.....to make it cool) but for me some sounds are so fake ffs
Common movie behaviors that never happen in real life
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(yeah i know.....to make it cool) but for me some sounds are so fake ffs
Noodleface
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I'd like to think that those stereotypes are ridiculously close to being 100% accurate of most black people.
Tuco
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Things like exposition are used to clue the audience in. A character reminding another character of important events or people isn't done just for the hell of it. It's done so we as viewers don't get lost.
Also, I don't have a problem with exaggerated sounds (punching, etc.) but the Wilhelm scream needs to go.
Also, I don't have a problem with exaggerated sounds (punching, etc.) but the Wilhelm scream needs to go.
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I know why they do it, but it's lazy writing. If you can't figure out how to tell a story without having completely unrealistic conversations where one person explains something to someone who obviously already knows it then you should probably try harder.
Zaara
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In keeping with the sound- The Inception bong is getting -way- too popular.
Andy Sorkin-ism in movies: Where every conversation consists of rapid-fire, perfectly timed witticisms and one-liners. Nobody talks over each other, everyone's on point, and you just know some asshole is going to have the smug concluding one-liner when he leaves the office/room/scene.
FBI/Police hostage negotiation and phone calls. Isn't a movie, but last night we were watching the Following and got a big dose of this megabullshit. Two strangers, talking on a phone- one is a mass murderer, the other is an FBI agent. The agent starts talking about the murderer's mother and art and....every single time, they fall for that shit and start getting upset, and having an intense back-and-forth conversation about it. What the fuck? It's always the hardened criminals too, the ones that irrationally lose their shit when a stranger on the phone mentions their mother/father/whatever. Knock that shit off.
Andy Sorkin-ism in movies: Where every conversation consists of rapid-fire, perfectly timed witticisms and one-liners. Nobody talks over each other, everyone's on point, and you just know some asshole is going to have the smug concluding one-liner when he leaves the office/room/scene.
FBI/Police hostage negotiation and phone calls. Isn't a movie, but last night we were watching the Following and got a big dose of this megabullshit. Two strangers, talking on a phone- one is a mass murderer, the other is an FBI agent. The agent starts talking about the murderer's mother and art and....every single time, they fall for that shit and start getting upset, and having an intense back-and-forth conversation about it. What the fuck? It's always the hardened criminals too, the ones that irrationally lose their shit when a stranger on the phone mentions their mother/father/whatever. Knock that shit off.
It's a necessary device in most films. It really only becomes a problem when it's poorly delivered or a movie just goes overboard with it like Inception did.
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Chukzombi
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nothing wrong with the wilhelm scream except they they overused the shit out of it. its no longer an inside joke for cinemaphiles (is that a word?) everyone knows it because everyone hears it in every movie and tv show at some point. they need to tone that shit down.
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People taking a elephant stunning whack to the face . With fist or melee weapon and nary a mark is seen .
Grenades again , going off like 155 mm howitzer shell instead of four ounces of c 4
People who look like 200 push ups would put them in a coma. Galloping over hill and dale carrying more gear than an entire platoon on extended patrol.
Computers that never randomly crash despite having 845 windows open .
Women who get angry , stressed , resentful over whatever and still put out that same day.
Grenades again , going off like 155 mm howitzer shell instead of four ounces of c 4
People who look like 200 push ups would put them in a coma. Galloping over hill and dale carrying more gear than an entire platoon on extended patrol.
Computers that never randomly crash despite having 845 windows open .
Women who get angry , stressed , resentful over whatever and still put out that same day.
One thing I always wonder about is the fact that nearly EVERYONE lives in a super nice place with a minimum 2 bedrooms and at least 2500 square feet. Houses usually have at least 4 bedrooms and a game room. They are all also easily affordable so that you can work at a coffee shop and still afford that 2 bedroom condo with luxury furniture in Manhattan by Central Park.
Sometimes the more fake it is the more novel it becomes. Indiana Jones punching sound effects anyone? I actually prefer the loud, fake sounding punches, but only in this case.
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Whenever someone uses a blowpipe, with poison darts. ALWAYS hits target in the side of the neck.
Not the thigh, not in the gut, ass, arm, shoulder anywhere it'd be more likely to go. No, always in the side of the neck. So he can "Grab at it in shock and then eye's roll back and collapse + without being able to call out"
Not the thigh, not in the gut, ass, arm, shoulder anywhere it'd be more likely to go. No, always in the side of the neck. So he can "Grab at it in shock and then eye's roll back and collapse + without being able to call out"
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It sounds like you're mainly referencing Friends here, with your "work at a coffee shop...in Manhattan by Central Park" comment. Monica inherited her apartment from her grandmother and was able to grandfather in her super cheap rent, which is why she and Rachel are able to afford to live there.
While it's not 100% accurate to real life, I think the way modern American living is portrayed in most movies/TV shows is pretty damn true to the real thing. They might exaggerate things slightly, but I can't think of any movies or TV off-hand that have people living in completely unrealistic situations without some sort of explanation for it (see Friends, above).
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Just as an example, but this. A deadbeat and a girl working as a secretary can't afford a Boston brownstone even a quarter this size. It's nitpicky as hell, sure- because Ted's a good movie, no matter your feelings on Seth McFarlane- but most of the time when I see these lovely apartment set-pieces my eyes start rolling.
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I don't believe Mila was a secretary/admin assistant in Ted.
Just as an example, but this. A deadbeat and a girl working as a secretary can't afford a Boston brownstone even a quarter this size. It's nitpicky as hell, sure- because Ted's a good movie, no matter your feelings on Seth McFarlane- but most of the time when I see these lovely apartment set-pieces my eyes start rolling.