Silly or Annoying Things Done in Films or TV

[Babb'sBurstNad]

25 minutes ago, manwiththestick said:

Nobody sharing the same first name.

 

Only film I can think of in which there are characters with the same name is Heathers, of course I'm sure there are more.

 

 

Reminds me of the moment in Die Hard when the two feds turn up, one black and one white: "I'm Agent Johnson, this is Special Agent Johnson... no relation"

 

It's such a great line, and totally unnecessary. Good films have those idiosyncrasies, the small peculiarities of everyday life sprinkled in.

[Trumo]

2 hours ago, manwiththestick said:

Nobody sharing the same first name.

 

Only film I can think of in which there are characters with the same name is Heathers, of course I'm sure there are more.

 

Mistaken identity is central to the plot of The Big Lewbowski.

[Carvalho Diablo]

On 14/07/2022 at 14:15, VladimirIlyich said:

Like in a recent episode of Better Call Saul,the perpetrator has a gun and threatens to shoot his rival for ages before getting killed themselves because they didnt kill them off straight away.

When you've gotta shoot, shoot - don't talk.

[Captain Willard]

People in war films who are shot in the torso dying instantly and without much blood or noise. I’m watching Von Ryan’s express for the umpteenth time and it’s a classic for this. At one point a women in a pristine white blouse is shot and there’s not a drop of blood. 

[johnsusername]

Watching the Haunting of Bly Manor and even though it's clearly a haunted house the au pair tells the (creepy) kids to have a game of hide and seek at nighttime. Fucking stupid. 

[Bjornebye]

In The Irishman De Niro fills that Grover in outside his shop but it’s the worst acted fight ever. Fuck sake the kicks are miles off 

[manwiththestick]

39 minutes ago, johnsusername said:

Watching the Haunting of Bly Manor and even though it's clearly a haunted house the au pair tells the (creepy) kids to have a game of hide and seek at nighttime. Fucking stupid. 

Bly Manor was such a downgrade from Hill House.

[Mudface]

52 minutes ago, johnsusername said:

Watching the Haunting of Bly Manor and even though it's clearly a haunted house the au pair tells the (creepy) kids to have a game of hide and seek at nighttime. Fucking stupid. 

Could've saved yourself some typing.

[sir roger]

I know you have to have artistic licence, but every single action film has a sequence where the MI5, CIA or similar hero has a massive firefight in a public square with scores of baddies, with passers-by being machine-gunned in their droves. Has this ever happened even once in real life.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

Preoccupied people lighting a cigarette, only to take a couple of draws, then pointedly stubbing it out in a way that destroys the fag, mashing it into the ash tray. Tokyo Vice has loads of this. 

[Clem H Fandango]

Having perfect hair after a fight or jumping out of a plane.

[Jarvinja Ilnow]

On 27/06/2021 at 10:04, YorkshireRed said:

Nobody ever has to drive around for three hours looking for a parking space. 

Aprt from Manny in Modern Family.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

Searching a room and making a right mess of it. Throwing shit on the floor won't help.

[VladimirIlyich]

When somebody is running down a street being chased by a vehicle or trying to avoid a large boulder rolling down a hill they never run onto the pavement or to the side to avoid the object. Inspired by currently watching Planet of The Apes.

[Bobby Hundreds]

On 02/10/2022 at 20:24, manwiththestick said:

Bly Manor was such a downgrade from Hill House.

Hill House scene in the car nearly gave me 3rd degree burns as I backflipped off the couch with a cup of tea.

[Bjornebye]

1 hour ago, Bobby Hundreds said:

Hill House scene in the car nearly gave me 3rd degree burns as I backflipped off the couch with a cup of tea.

 

She did some mid-air somersault and I ran at the telly with my fists clenched. A real fight or flight moment. I fucking shit myself. 

 

Another one was the scene in the film Unbroken when the shark jumps out the water. I don't remember doing it but knew I'd reacted but according to her I scrambled up the corner of the couch and left her to die. 

[No2]

On 02/10/2022 at 23:14, sir roger said:

I know you have to have artistic licence, but every single action film has a sequence where the MI5, CIA or similar hero has a massive firefight in a public square with scores of baddies, with passers-by being machine-gunned in their droves. Has this ever happened even once in real life.

I watched Heat the other night and that annoyed me. Surely the police have a duty of care to civilians to avoid indiscriminate gunfire in public places and if they do then public enquiries should happen? The ease they entered the airport with weapons was also annoying. The film itself was much worse than I remembered.

[Reckoner]

On 14/07/2022 at 17:11, Captain Willard said:

People who have been shot anywhere bit in the head die quickly and silently rather than slowly, loudly and in pain. Saving Private Ryan and Reservoir Dogs are rare examples of a film showing the messy reality of being shot in the stomach. I sound like Gareth from the Office. 

When I got shot everyone was like ‘he’s definitely dead’ yeah, but I just backflipped and landed on my feet and was like, ‘don’t know what you were worried about.’

[Bjornebye]

10 hours ago, Harrison Booth said:

I watched Heat the other night and that annoyed me. Surely the police have a duty of care to civilians to avoid indiscriminate gunfire in public places and if they do then public enquiries should happen? The ease they entered the airport with weapons was also annoying. The film itself was much worse than I remembered.

You forget, it was set in America. Half the bystanders were locked and loaded before it even kicked off. 

[John102]

On 27/06/2021 at 22:01, Carvalho Diablo said:

When 2 people have been shagging all night, when the bird finally gets out of bed she suddenly becomes all bashful and wraps the sheets around her to hide her naked body.

 

Why? 30 seconds earlier she was being rimmed, pile-driven and wolf-bagged.

 

Perhaps one for the getting older thread. I had to google this. Thankfully the 3rd result was a thread from the GF explaining exactly what this was. Sounds delightful.

[VladimirIlyich]

18 hours ago, VladimirIlyich said:

When somebody is running down a street being chased by a vehicle or trying to avoid a large boulder rolling down a hill they never run onto the pavement or to the side to avoid the object. Inspired by currently watching Planet of The Apes.

I watched an episode of series called The Tourist and the fella is in a nippy little Datsun/Nissan,being chased around the Aussie Outback by a massive Articulated Lorry and trailer attached and not once did he do a sharp turn to escape and continued in a straight line. 

[Remmie]

On 31/07/2022 at 12:25, manwiththestick said:

Nobody sharing the same first name.

 

Only film I can think of in which there are characters with the same name is Heathers, of course I'm sure there are more.

 

 

I think there a few same or similar names in game of thrones and house of Dragon, at least George RR Martin says there are. Cant think of too many examples off the top of my head, but Viserys (Targaryen) and Lianna Mormont/Stark are 2, plus how many bloody Aegon Targaryens are there? I guess there was Robb Stark/ Robert Baratheon, does that count? If so then there is Bran & Brandon Stark as well I think.

[Carvalho Diablo]

5 hours ago, John102 said:

 

Perhaps one for the getting older thread. I had to google this. Thankfully the 3rd result was a thread from the GF explaining exactly what this was. Sounds delightful.

Google? My arse.

 

You were down in Cuba with Freddo and Johnny Ola.

[Pete]

Any cunt driving & using a phone that’s not hands free. 

[Bjornebye]

On 27/06/2021 at 22:01, Carvalho Diablo said:

When 2 people have been shagging all night, when the bird finally gets out of bed she suddenly becomes all bashful and wraps the sheets around her to hide her naked body.

 

Why? 30 seconds earlier she was being rimmed, pile-driven and wolf-bagged.

 

They normally have a bra on as well. Selfish as fuck.