Worn out scenes

[mojo1701]

Of course sometimes we need pure escapism, definitely. Heroism, glory and victory for the good guys. I'm all for it. But please please please don't say your "protecting innocent minds" by not allowing adolescents to be educated as to the reality of loss, suffering and grief. They are all parts of human existance, and everyone has to face them eventually. Movies that addressed these issues well (and played in something other than small/independant theaters) would potentially help people coming to grips with these things for the first time- as well as entertain.

I, still technically a teenager, agree. I had the misfortune of having a good friend pass away as I was still in the 8th grade. I dealt with it. I didn't hide it. Sure, I was sad, and all the rest that comes with the territory, but I wasn't shielded from it.

If something happens, you SHOULD be told, and then be allowed to express whatever you need. Not like in the movies, "Your... uh... your dog got... oh, jeez, how do I tell you... your dog... went to live on a farm."

Okay, so the dog went to live on a farm is a cliche, but still... Emotional drama is a powerful thing.

 

[Hypersmurf]

Friend of mine gets annoyed when the hero/heroes enter a building and proceed to search the place using tiny flashlights, instead of simply turning on the lights.

Your friend PvP?

Someone responded to that strip:
"They use flashlights to concentrate thier attention as much as shedding light on the subject. The beam limits their field of view, increasing their chances of spotting the hairs or chunk of skin etc. It's a proven technique. It's part psychology and part physiology, but it works."

-Hyp.

 

[Warrior Poet]

If I ever get the chance to make a parody movie, I will include a scene where the protagonists are running from an explosion, one trips over his shoelace and falls. The explosion will stop in place while the protagonist gets up, ties his shoelace and starts running again. Then the explosion will start back up and the scene will continue as normal.

You rock.

Not in Lock, Stock and two smoking Barrels.

The game's rigged -- different movie paradigm.

Thankfully, a refreshing change of pace from the usual. I have a friend who gets really worked up because of the final hand of poker in the amusing-but-forgettable Maverick with Mel Gibson, and how it works out that he has this incredible hand that somehow validates his whole philosophy for the movie or somesuch.

More: Sports Movies seem to always have the obligatory slow-motion agonized waiting scene. Will the basketball drop through the hoop? Will the wide receiver catch the football? Will the base runner slide into home safely? Will I care long enough to sit and watch?

Warrior Poet

 

[Lord Pendragon]

Your friend PvP?

HA. No, though I couldn't say whether that's where she got the idea.

Someone responded to that strip:
"They use flashlights to concentrate thier attention as much as shedding light on the subject. The beam limits their field of view, increasing their chances of spotting the hairs or chunk of skin etc. It's a proven technique. It's part psychology and part physiology, but it works."

Interesting, though I find that hard to believe. Perhaps if they were finished looking over the crime scene and then wanted to reexamine a particular spot, in order to find hairs on the carpet, for example, they might turn the lights back off. But when first entering?

I think I'd have to be convinced by an actual accredited psychiatrist or behavioral psychologist (or actual CSI person) that it is indeed more effective to keep the lights off. Interesting idea, though.

 

[Kast]

So far we've seen mostly action movie hackneys.

How about the morning after any love-scene, one character (usually the main character) will invariably wake up to find his or her partner missing.

Also, if the movie starts with the main character in bed with someone, that character (usually partially nude) will never be seen again.

My Cousin Vinny reminded me of this one. If a character is put in Jail, or is visiting someone in Jail, the destination jail cell is always the last one on the end and all the other prisoners are in lock down, allowing them to whistle, make noise and comment from behind their cell bars.

 

[Look_a_Unicorn]

I, still technically a teenager, agree. I had the misfortune of having a good friend pass away as I was still in the 8th grade. I dealt with it. I didn't hide it. Sure, I was sad, and all the rest that comes with the territory, but I wasn't shielded from it.

If something happens, you SHOULD be told, and then be allowed to express whatever you need. Not like in the movies, "Your... uh... your dog got... oh, jeez, how do I tell you... your dog... went to live on a farm."

Okay, so the dog went to live on a farm is a cliche, but still... Emotional drama is a powerful thing.

Sorry if it seemed I was talking down to anyone who was a teenager

My beef was with those who would have fully grown adults with no notion of how to express loss or grief because their prime educator (entertainment media) didn't help them out.
But then I have an entirely seperate rant ready to go on the subject of education via media

 

[mojo1701]

Sorry if it seemed I was talking down to anyone who was a teenager

It didn't. I just happened to be reminded of this.

My beef was with those who would have fully grown adults with no notion of how to express loss or grief because their prime educator (entertainment media) didn't help them out.
But then I have an entirely seperate rant ready to go on the subject of education via media

Yeah. Absolutely.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

HA. No, though I couldn't say whether that's where she got the idea.Interesting, though I find that hard to believe. Perhaps if they were finished looking over the crime scene and then wanted to reexamine a particular spot, in order to find hairs on the carpet, for example, they might turn the lights back off. But when first entering?

I think I'd have to be convinced by an actual accredited psychiatrist or behavioral psychologist (or actual CSI person) that it is indeed more effective to keep the lights off. Interesting idea, though.

Maybe it´s time for a "self-experiment" -
Get a flashlight, turn off the light, drop a needle (preferably so that you don´t know or see where it will land ), leave the room, reenter room and search.
You might want to set a stop watch to measure the time needed.
Repeat this with the light on.

And if you only find it 4 days laters by stepping barefoot on it, I am very sorry, but the risk of these self-experiments is always on the experimentator...

 

[mmadsen]

It's really annoying how Hollywood seems to think that they have to "protect" us by only showing positive outcomes in movies. I don't mean that all elements of escapism should be removed from movies- it's just that there can be beauty in showing how, in real life, your loved ones can die or leave you or that sometimes people can make mistakes and have to live with them rather than it always being whitewashed into a fairytale ending.

Hollywood isn't trying to protect us; Hollywood is trying to sell movie tickets.

 

[Azlan]

My personal pet peeve is the "I've just hit the villain in the genitals, and I've got him rolling on the ground in pain, so NOW I'm going to run away from him."

Tell me about it!

In a recent movie, the main character - who, up until this point, I thought was such a smart guy - shoots the villain, stunning him and dropping him to the floor, and then the main character grabs the girl and runs away with her. Then the villain gets up - of course! - and chases them, and a big, drawn-out chase through the subway ensues; all because the main character was not smart enough to check see if the villain was dead, or at least to fire a couple more rounds into him, point-blank, while he was stunned and prone on the floor.



That was yet another one of those movies where the last 10 minutes ruined it for me.