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In reply to a.froman • 11:06a, 1/23/26
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a.froman said:
Watching sports movies in which the actor or actresses are not athletes. Also the same thing in regard to referees or umpires.

It never really annoyed me but watching 70's and 80's car chase scenes and they always have wet roads

In the first and 3rd Indiana Jones films you never see him with luggage yet he does change outfits

Regarding luggage. When actors do carry suitcases you can tell they're empty! Similar to the comment about coffee cups earlier in this thread at least fill them with a bunch of towels or something. Sheesh.

And another thing. When a character buys groceries in New York there is ALWAYS a loaf of french bread sticking up out of the bag.
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In reply to Charlie Conway • 11:08a, 1/23/26
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Charlie Conway said:
shifting gears because they need to drive faster

YES! They even do it in car race scenes. You mean the only thing that has kept you from making the pass is a gear shift?!?!
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In reply to cajunaggie08 • 11:17a, 1/23/26
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cajunaggie08 said:
Charlie Conway said:
shifting gears because they need to drive faster

YES! They even do it in car race scenes. You mean the only thing that has kept you from making the pass is a gear shift?!?!

And do drivers really glare and sneer at each other as they pass? Watched Ford v Ferrari the other day and they were constantly doing this.
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11:18a, 1/23/26
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Four Stroke dirt bikes on screen with two stroke dirt bike sounds dubbed in and vice versa. This is not difficult and any professional sound guy at that level should be able to tell the difference. Just sloppy and cheesy.
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In reply to 1981 Monte Carlo • 11:23a, 1/23/26
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1981 Monte Carlo said:
I was rewatching "Heat" the other night for probably the 4th time in the past year, and it got me thinkin...who the hell signed off on Al Pacino constantly chewing and smacking his gum like that? Does it annoy anyone else? It's almost like it was meant to be a device to make him look cool or something, but it just grinds my gears. It is probably my only complaint about the movie. On top of that, I can't stand his delivery when he yells some of his lines, and imo it's one of his poorer acting performances...But I don't want to pick on him TOO much.

But the gum chewing is up there with this kid touching his nose constantly in "Dazed and Confused"...to the point where I'm like, how did the director (or someone) not address this? It's truly distracting once you notice it.



Anyone got any other examples from different movies? Ha, this may be one of the dumbest topics on the Ent board, but I just had to get that off my chest.

I read Al Pacino's autobiography. He said he played his cop character in Heat as if he had a cocaine addiction and there was supposed to be an early scene that showed him sniffing. It makes a lot more sense in that connotation.
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11:24a, 1/23/26
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Every gun scene shows a shotgun because it has a larger barrel, but its always a rifle bullet hole they show. Must be some special shotgun slugs
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11:25a, 1/23/26
Gum chewing is the worst, ruins the scene.
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In reply to DG-Ag • 11:26a, 1/23/26
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DG-Ag said:
a.froman said:
Watching sports movies in which the actor or actresses are not athletes. Also the same thing in regard to referees or umpires.

It never really annoyed me but watching 70's and 80's car chase scenes and they always have wet roads

In the first and 3rd Indiana Jones films you never see him with luggage yet he does change outfits

Regarding luggage. When actors do carry suitcases you can tell they're empty! Similar to the comment about coffee cups earlier in this thread at least fill them with a bunch of towels or something. Sheesh.

And another thing. When a character buys groceries in New York there is ALWAYS a loaf of french bread sticking up out of the bag.


And celery!
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In reply to Peter Piper • 11:26a, 1/23/26
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When they text and you have to pause the movie to read what was written.

Yeah I have never understood why don't directors either have a narrator or a character say the words? It's such an easy fix
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11:30a, 1/23/26
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Growing up:

I thought about a third of the planet was quicksand.

Everyone experienced Amnesia at least once a week. One correct answer corrects this, so not too scary.

Hitting the back of the neck instantly knocked anyone out and it lasted for as long as you needed.

Minions could be shot at will but main characters were there to talk to - at length.
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11:31a, 1/23/26
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Another gripe: foreign language. Come on its a fake movie in english - can I have it all in english. Switching to Chinese or German is just incredibly pretentious.
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In reply to 2ndGen87 • 11:44a, 1/23/26
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1981 Monte Carlo said:
I was rewatching "Heat" the other night for probably the 4th time in the past year, and it got me thinkin...who the hell signed off on Al Pacino constantly chewing and smacking his gum like that? Does it annoy anyone else? It's almost like it was meant to be a device to make him look cool or something, but it just grinds my gears. It is probably my only complaint about the movie. On top of that, I can't stand his delivery when he yells some of his lines, and imo it's one of his poorer acting performances...But I don't want to pick on him TOO much.

But the gum chewing is up there with this kid touching his nose constantly in "Dazed and Confused"...to the point where I'm like, how did the director (or someone) not address this? It's truly distracting once you notice it.



Anyone got any other examples from different movies? Ha, this may be one of the dumbest topics on the Ent board, but I just had to get that off my chest.

I read Al Pacino's autobiography. He said he played his cop character in Heat as if he had a cocaine addiction and there was supposed to be an early scene that showed him sniffing. It makes a lot more sense in that connotation.


Yup. They cut the scene out where he snorts coke at 3am before going into to the nightclub to meet a few informants. They said they feared showing the audience his addiction would make the audience not cheer for the police at all or something like that. Once I realized he's a coke addict, his character's intensity and mannerisms make total sense.
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In reply to Hogties • 11:56a, 1/23/26
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I get annoyed with incessant cuts and edits. I love long scene shots. Micheal Bay is the worst offender. Armageddon was so bad with this contrivance that I started counting seconds between cuts in the theatre. Never got above 6 seconds. I'm pretty sure most shots were less than 3 seconds between edits. So distracting to me.

Long shots with no edits are so rare these days they stand out. Tarantino does a lot of these types of shots and I love them (the Bride's entrance to the club looking for O-Ren for example).

I remember someone referring to these short cuts as "MTV cuts" or something like that back in the day because music videos were suppposedly where it started. I hate them. I prefer longer scenes every time. "Children of Men" is one of my favorite movies of all time, and long cuts are one of the main reasons why.
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In reply to 2ndGen87 • 11:58a, 1/23/26
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Another gripe: foreign language. Come on its a fake movie in english - can I have it all in english. Switching to Chinese or German is just incredibly pretentious.


Doesn't Hunt For Red October start with the Russians speaking Russian with subtitles before magically transitioning to Russians speaking English with Russian accents, except for one who speaks with a Scottish accent?
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12:08p, 1/23/26
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Actors playing characters that are much younger.

Grease and 90210 were the two most obvious offenders, but it happens all the time in other shows/films as well. I understand that there are labor laws for kids that producers would like to avoid, and I understand that older actors will do a better job than a kid that is the right age, but it really bothers me when it's blatant.
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In reply to et98 • 12:13p, 1/23/26
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et98 said:
Actors playing characters that are much younger.

Grease and 90210 were the two most obvious offenders, but it happens all the time in other shows/films as well. I understand that there are labor laws for kids that producers would like to avoid, and I understand that older actors will do a better job than a kid that is the right age, but it really bothers me when it's blatant.

Stockard Channing WAS a teenager in the 1950s - yet here she is playing one in the late, late 1970s!!!! She looked more like my mother than a teenager
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12:22p, 1/23/26


Cars peeling out/screeching tires on dirt roads, grass, etc.
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Phone calls. There is never any time for the other person to answer or ask questions. It's like they were waiting to answer, knew what it was about, and had no questions or side conversations to bring up at all. The person doing the talking asks a question, waits half a second and goes right into the next question or comment like they answered in no time flat.
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The inability of so many movies to get the most basic aspects of the military correct. From uniforms, to equipment, to tactics….. it can be such an amazing ****.
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In reply to DG-Ag • 12:31p, 1/23/26
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DG-Ag said:
cajunaggie08 said:
Charlie Conway said:
shifting gears because they need to drive faster

YES! They even do it in car race scenes. You mean the only thing that has kept you from making the pass is a gear shift?!?!

And do drivers really glare and sneer at each other as they pass? Watched Ford v Ferrari the other day and they were constantly doing this.

I also noticed a couple of times where he was redlining, downshifts and the RPMs actually go lower. Maybe the gen 1 Ford GT has a magic gearbox, but I am not aware of it.

Absolutely love the movie though.
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In reply to safety guy • 1:21p, 1/23/26
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Timing issues. "10 minutes till it blows" and then 30 minutes later in the movie it shows "1 minute ".


Or they have 15-30 minutes to get across a city like LA, Chicago, or London. MF'er you're screwed because we all know that's not happening. It's at least 5 minutes to get to a car, and another 5 to get past your first stoplight. Also, self-destruct is going off and we have 5 minutes to get to da choppa that's up a few flights of stairs and across some giant complex. Yeah, you're not going too make it.

Also, intercontinental travel without jetlag. It bothers me when people jump between countries or locations like it's no big deal, as if you can just hop on a flight from New York to Prague at the drop off a hat and not feel exhausted after having expository airplane conversations on the way.
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In reply to 2ndGen87 • 1:25p, 1/23/26
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2ndGen87 said:
Peter Piper said:
When they text and you have to pause the movie to read what was written.

Yeah I have never understood why don't directors either have a narrator or a character say the words? It's such an easy fix


Because then the pet peeve would be people reading text messages out loud to themselves.
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et98 said:
Actors playing characters that are much younger.

Grease and 90210 were the two most obvious offenders, but it happens all the time in other shows/films as well. I understand that there are labor laws for kids that producers would like to avoid, and I understand that older actors will do a better job than a kid that is the right age, but it really bothers me when it's blatant.

Was it "The Irishman" where DeNiro played his character when he was a young guy just starting out? I thought that was hilarious.
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In reply to ABATTBQ11 • 1:26p, 1/23/26
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safety guy said:
Timing issues. "10 minutes till it blows" and then 30 minutes later in the movie it shows "1 minute ".


Or they have 15-30 minutes to get across a city like LA, Chicago, or London. MF'er you're screwed because we all know that's not happening. It's at least 5 minutes to get to a car, and another 5 to get past your first stoplight. Also, self-destruct is going off and we have 5 minutes to get to da choppa that's up a few flights of stairs and across some giant complex. Yeah, you're not going too make it.

Also, intercontinental travel without jetlag. It bothers me when people jump between countries or locations like it's no big deal, as if you can just hop on a flight from New York to Prague at the drop off a hat and not feel exhausted after having expository airplane conversations on the way.

In regards to cities I'm also annoyed when routes taken by characters that make zero sense. Such as leaving the WH to go to the Capitol but the person in question ends up walking past the Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, and Iwo Jima Memorial.
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In reply to PanzerAggie06 • 1:28p, 1/23/26
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It really needs to hit home that they're in DC or wherever they are.
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In reply to PanzerAggie06 • 1:29p, 1/23/26
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PanzerAggie06 said:
ABATTBQ11 said:
safety guy said:
Timing issues. "10 minutes till it blows" and then 30 minutes later in the movie it shows "1 minute ".


Or they have 15-30 minutes to get across a city like LA, Chicago, or London. MF'er you're screwed because we all know that's not happening. It's at least 5 minutes to get to a car, and another 5 to get past your first stoplight. Also, self-destruct is going off and we have 5 minutes to get to da choppa that's up a few flights of stairs and across some giant complex. Yeah, you're not going too make it.

Also, intercontinental travel without jetlag. It bothers me when people jump between countries or locations like it's no big deal, as if you can just hop on a flight from New York to Prague at the drop off a hat and not feel exhausted after having expository airplane conversations on the way.

In regards to cities I'm also annoyed when routes taken by characters that make zero sense. Such as leaving the WH to go to the Capitol but the person in question ends up walking past the Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, and Iwo Jima Memorial.

And when people are driving cross country they never use interstates. "Let's drive from Boston to Dallas and use nothing but two-lane highways."
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In reply to tamuags08 • 1:31p, 1/23/26
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Willhelm scream

I said this on another thread a while back, the sound guys will throw it in whenever possible. Not so inside joke. And tradition.
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In reply to maroon barchetta • 1:34p, 1/23/26
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maroon barchetta said:
2ndGen87 said:
Another gripe: foreign language. Come on its a fake movie in english - can I have it all in english. Switching to Chinese or German is just incredibly pretentious.


Doesn't Hunt For Red October start with the Russians speaking Russian with subtitles before magically transitioning to Russians speaking English with Russian accents, except for one who speaks with a Scottish accent?

I actually kinda liked this. I didn't regard it as magical, just a transition.

My specific issue here is when Russian (or whatever language) character supposedly is speaking Russian but on screen it's English but with a Russian accent. That irks me.
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My specific answer is: golf swings. Universally terrible.
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Fight scenes turn me right off. Some guy falls 100 feet to a metal platform and gets up. Then gets knocked off again but grabs the platform with one hand and pulls himself up.

Right.

Or, as someone else said earlier, they get smacked in the face or head with a metal pipe and keep fighting.
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In reply to ABATTBQ11 • 1:53p, 1/23/26
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ABATTBQ11 said:
It really needs to hit home that they're in DC or wherever they are.

That's one way to pull that off. I guess walking out of the WH and over to the Capitol may not be clear enough. I'd hate to think someone watching that route might think the scene takes place in Lubbock.
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1:53p, 1/23/26
The issues with military uniforms and awards have already been mentioned, so I'll note that I get annoyed that professors have to wear glasses. Apparently Indiana Jones can slaughter half the Third Reich without seeing, but he needs those glasses in the classroom.
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In reply to CapCityAg89 • 1:58p, 1/23/26
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maroon barchetta said:
2ndGen87 said:
Another gripe: foreign language. Come on its a fake movie in english - can I have it all in english. Switching to Chinese or German is just incredibly pretentious.


Doesn't Hunt For Red October start with the Russians speaking Russian with subtitles before magically transitioning to Russians speaking English with Russian accents, except for one who speaks with a Scottish accent?

I actually kinda liked this. I didn't regard it as magical, just a transition.

My specific issue here is when Russian (or whatever language) character supposedly is speaking Russian but on screen it's English but with a Russian accent. That irks me.

I was always told by my dad that this was a specific effect... forget the term, but I keep coming back to "dissolve". Probably not right.

Anyway, it was supposed to be as if they are still speaking in their native tongue but when they back away, it's as if the audience can now understand Russian (in the instance of the scene in Hunt for Red October).
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Cars peeling out/screeching tires on dirt roads, grass, etc.

I opened this thread to post this. So dumb! Landman is the most recent offender with this, they are peeling out all over the desert in their big trucks.
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