TV & Film Stuff in movies and on TV that bothers you

[ledboots]

I agree. They did do that in some movies, such as Amadeus and A League of Their Own, to very nice effect, so find an older actor and pay the damn union wage.

I loved Amadeus so much. I need to watch that again.

 

[Music Platter]

I've found watching more world cinema resulted in more movies without happy, everything wrapped up at the end, endings. Which I really like. It's more interesting, less predictable. Hollywood/American films in particular seem to always wrap up in a happy way, even in some cases if the book they're based on doesn't.

The last movie that I remember that had a really sad ending was some French film.

It was very sad, and it made me cry. Although, I did like the fact that it was done without hardly any dialogue. Overall, I think I liked it.

I've heard that French movies often have more melancholy endings. Do they?

Edited to get rid of the title. Now I feel stupid.

 

[Moll Flanders]

One thing I've noticed recently in a lot of US TV shows is that they will have a generic scene when they show two female friends walking along in a park wearing exercise clothes, they are usually holding bottles of water and talking about their love lives.

 

[Clueless Git]

Too much Saxon violence on the History Channel, imho.

 

[yakherder]

The magical movie defibrillator, in some cases just an extension cord or something, being used to restart the heart of someone who is dead or flatlined. A defibrillator can correct an irregular heartbeat in certain circumstances, but it cannot restart a heart with no beat. I swear this one pops up in like every other movie or show.

 

[ledboots]

The magical movie defibrillator, in some cases just an extension cord or something, being used to restart the heart of someone who is dead or flatlined. A defibrillator can correct an irregular heartbeat in certain circumstances, but it cannot restart a heart with no beat. I swear this one pops up in like every other movie or show.

That is a good one. My family is used to my pointing out annoying inaccuracies in medical scenes, like empty iv pumps, suction hooked up to nothing, etc.

 

[Amy SF]

On a related note, it's really starting to bug me how a character with no apparent medical training can barely touch or just quickly look at an unconscious person and instantly decide that the person is dead. (And in many cases, because they instantly decide that the person is dead, they also decide no further action is needed and don't bother to call 911. At least we don't see them make the call.)

 

[ledboots]

On a related note, it's really starting to bug me how a character with no apparent medical training can barely touch or just quickly look at an unconscious person and instantly decide that the person is dead. (And in many cases, because they instantly decide that the person is dead, they also decide no further action is needed and don't bother to call 911. At least we don't see them make the call.)

And these people are so fragile! Young man gets hit on the upper back and boom, unconscious. Yet a fist or sword fight can go on forever!

 

[FortyTwo]

And these people are so fragile! Young man gets hit on the upper back and boom, unconscious. Yet a fist or sword fight can go on forever!

I like to call this "selective damage."

 

[Moll Flanders]

One thing that irritates me so much is when two police/ detectives go to interview a potential suspect and they call out to the suspect before they walk up to him and he sees them and runs off and they have to chase him down. They do that in so many shows.

And these people are so fragile! Young man gets hit on the upper back and boom, unconscious. Yet a fist or sword fight can go on forever!

Haha, I hate it when someone needs to knock someone unconscious so they hit them over the head with something and the person wakes up a few hours later with no lasting damage.

 

[Amy SF]

This has bothered me for such a long time: I hate it when a TV episode or movie is so darkly lit that I can't tell what the hell is going on in a scene, especially when it's at night, in a dark room, the actors are wearing dark clothing so there's no contrast at all. I can't see who it is, what they're holding, what they're looking at, what's going on at all. How are we supposed to follow anything when we can't SEE anything?

 

[Mr Crunchy]

This has bothered me for such a long time: I hate it when a TV episode or movie is so darkly lit that I can't tell what the hell is going on in a scene, especially when it's at night, in a dark room, the actors are wearing dark clothing so there's no contrast at all. I can't see who it is, what they're holding, what they're looking at, what's going on at all. How are we supposed to follow anything when we can't SEE anything?

Oh yeah, likewise I hate it when the audio is so poorly done that I can't hear the dialog.

(I'm looking at you, British mystery shows)

 

[Fyvel]

Misogyny in otherwise good shows. Especially in shows with characters with otherwise admirable traits. :/

 

[SummerRain]

Oh oh, on cookery shows, when somebody eats off of a spoon and puts it back in the pan (or in a serving dish others are going to eat from). This happens all the time on Come Dine With Me, but also occasionally on proper cookery shows too.

 

[FortyTwo]

Misogyny in otherwise good shows. Especially in shows with characters with otherwise admirable traits. :/

 

[Mikkel]

Dogs that are looking at their trainer all the times, and have a trainer/handler that doesn't understand it's not that hard to move yourself a bit, so the dog look in a different direction and seem a bit more natural. I've been a dog handler at a movie myself, and it the hardest part was to make the director to understand that the dog could not read the script...

 

[Amy SF]

Dogs that are looking at their trainer all the times, and have a trainer/handler that doesn't understand it's not that hard to move yourself a bit, so the dog look in a different direction and seem a bit more natural. I've been a dog handler at a movie myself, and it the hardest part was to make the director to understand that the dog could not read the script...

That's funny! That's something I never noticed because it's not something I'd pay any attention to. I guess now whenever I see a dog in a movie or on TV I'll have to watch for that.

 

[Mikkel]

That's funny! That's something I never noticed because it's not something I'd pay any attention to. I guess now whenever I see a dog in a movie or on TV I'll have to watch for that.

I started to notice that a lot after I worked at the movie. And then it started to be quite annoying!

 

[peacefulveglady]

People that talks over each other.

 

[Pirate]

Oh oh, on cookery shows, when somebody eats off of a spoon and puts it back in the pan (or in a serving dish others are going to eat from). This happens all the time on Come Dine With Me, but also occasionally on proper cookery shows too.

Even reading that made me twitch. True story: I had to teach my 26 year old sister what double dipping was, she'd never heard of it before. It was just us 2 eating something so I dont care but I had to explain not to do it in other company, oh dear. Just shows that not everyone is aware!

Someone mentioned cop shows - I hate in CSI and similar the way that they seem to do everything. You are a forensic scientist, get back to the lab. stop interviewing suspects and chasing them - why would you be interviewing suspects?! The show would work just as well as if they had another character who did all the interviewing.