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Mine: Characters arrogantly eating apples: two examples off the top of my head - Damian Lewis in Billions and Chris Pine in Star Trek. I don't know why but I can't stand it.

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This is one of the most awesomely specific answers to this type of question I've ever read. I'm going to go watch those scenes now just to see what you're talking about!

When characters ask a tense question and the scene cuts away with them in silence.

The morning breath thing also bothers me.

"Early" morning starts and it looks like mid-day outside.

Characters only drinking black coffee. Never any cream or sweetener?

How they use radios. Always backwards. Who you're calling, then state who you are.
Not annoying but have always wondered why there are so many Grand Wagoneers in movies.

These actors acting as police officers don't know how to clear a room or house. Uh, are you sure the room is clear......you didn't even check the closet or the bathroom.

Picking a door lock......never knew it was that easy or can be done that quickly. Maybe you can.

When the computer whiz is sitting in front of the computer and someone tells them to pull up some data and rather than grab the mouse and start clicking they furiously tap away on the keyboard for two seconds pulling up some files.

bonfarr said:

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When the computer whiz is sitting in front of the computer and someone tells them to pull up some data and rather than grab the mouse and start clicking they furiously tap away on the keyboard for two seconds pulling up some files.

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They are using the far superior file management system, Norton Commander.

If you're good, yeah it's pretty damn fast. This guy can pick just about anything in under a minute, sometimes just a few seconds.

You don't see it any more, but back in the day a lot of movies would use "day for night" techniques like blue filters to shoot outdoor nighttime scenes in broad daylight.

It was always so obvious.

Well. Lois did win a Pulitzer and probably has a book or two soooo…

Yea. Generally you're right.

torrid said:

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Mountains surrounding Houston.

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Or The Alamo.

Lot already mentioned, but in general, my biggest pet peeve rn is really bad southern accents, especially those presumed to be "Texas accents". It's like, most Texans don't sound like they're from North Carolina, or Alabama.

And a related pet peeve, is when it's obvious the film/series casted a Brit or Aussie, and their "American accent" is to sound like a hillbilly (or from Jersey/Brooklyn). Most recent example I can think of is Masters of the Air on Apple. Seemed like most of the extras and even some of the side characters were all from the backwoods of Mississippi or Arkansas. I've read that southern accents are easier for Brits to learn, but it doesn't make it any less annoying

HEAT was cinematic excellence but it was not Pacino's finest moment. He way overdoes it.

Kaiser von Wilhelm said:

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GIF Reactor said:

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Characters only drinking black coffee. Never any cream or sweetener?

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What's wrong with that...?

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Nothing.. ?

HummingbirdSaltalamacchia said:

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Lot already mentioned, but in general, my biggest pet peeve rn is really bad southern accents, especially those presumed to be "Texas accents". It's like, most Texans don't sound like they're from North Carolina, or Alabama.

And a related pet peeve, is when it's obvious the film/series casted a Brit or Aussie, and their "American accent" is to sound like a hillbilly (or from Jersey/Brooklyn). Most recent example I can think of is Masters of the Air on Apple. Seemed like most of the extras and even some of the side characters were all from the backwoods of Mississippi or Arkansas. I've read that southern accents are easier for Brits to learn, but it doesn't make it any less annoying

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The absolute biggest abomination was Ed Skrein in Midway playing Dick Best with an annoying street thug Jersey accent including plenty of overly enthusiastic gum smacking. Yeah Dick Best was from New Jersey but there are many video interviews of him and he doesn't have an a street hood "Joisey" accent. Really lazy job by Skrein and it makes watching an otherwise good film impossible for me.

We'd be in for a lot of boring movies if some of y'all's pet peeves were corrected.

bonfarr said:

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HummingbirdSaltalamacchia said:

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Lot already mentioned, but in general, my biggest pet peeve rn is really bad southern accents, especially those presumed to be "Texas accents". It's like, most Texans don't sound like they're from North Carolina, or Alabama.

And a related pet peeve, is when it's obvious the film/series casted a Brit or Aussie, and their "American accent" is to sound like a hillbilly (or from Jersey/Brooklyn). Most recent example I can think of is Masters of the Air on Apple. Seemed like most of the extras and even some of the side characters were all from the backwoods of Mississippi or Arkansas. I've read that southern accents are easier for Brits to learn, but it doesn't make it any less annoying

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The absolute biggest abomination was Ed Skrein in Midway playing Dick Best with an annoying street thug Jersey accent including plenty of overly enthusiastic gum smacking. Yeah Dick Best was from New Jersey but there are many video interviews of him and he doesn't have an a street hood "Joisey" accent. Really lazy job by Skrein and it makes watching an otherwise good film impossible for me.

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Yup. Or worse, like I mentioned Masters of the Air, Barry Keoghan gave his character, Lt Curtis Biddick this hard Brooklyn accent. The real Lt Biddick was from Wisconsin. I get BK is Irish so he could probably only do the Brooklyn accent without his Irish accent coming thru, but this is a real pilot that was KIA. Just really annoyed me

bonfarr said:

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HummingbirdSaltalamacchia said:

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Lot already mentioned, but in general, my biggest pet peeve rn is really bad southern accents, especially those presumed to be "Texas accents". It's like, most Texans don't sound like they're from North Carolina, or Alabama.

And a related pet peeve, is when it's obvious the film/series casted a Brit or Aussie, and their "American accent" is to sound like a hillbilly (or from Jersey/Brooklyn). Most recent example I can think of is Masters of the Air on Apple. Seemed like most of the extras and even some of the side characters were all from the backwoods of Mississippi or Arkansas. I've read that southern accents are easier for Brits to learn, but it doesn't make it any less annoying

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The absolute biggest abomination was Ed Skrein in Midway playing Dick Best with an annoying street thug Jersey accent including plenty of overly enthusiastic gum smacking. Yeah Dick Best was from New Jersey but there are many video interviews of him and he doesn't have an a street hood "Joisey" accent. Really lazy job by Skrein and it makes watching an otherwise good film impossible for me.

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This is how I feel about George C. Scott in "Patton". In reality Patton had a very nasally, almost high pitched voice. Whereas Scott played him with the deep, baritone voice. Apparently this was an intentional decision as it was felt that people would not believe that Patton actually sounded somewhat like Mickey Mouse.

This thread is hilarious. Loved the Wilhelm video!

The emotionally manipulative gun shot to the upper left chest, obviously hitting the heart, where in the next scene the victim is recovering from a very mild and survivable wound. BUGS ME!!! Next, is people just randomly guessing passwords. Not one of my passwords would have been 'broken' by the TV/Movie techniques.

Waterski02 said:

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How they use radios. Always backwards. Who you're calling, then state who you are.
Not annoying but have always wondered why there are so many Grand Wagoneers in movies.

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Having been in the Navy for 12 years, so far, this drives me nuts.

Mine would be anytime there is a tense moment, or awkward moment, or sad moment and characters get quite and then breakout into laughter. I have never in my life been a part of, nor witnessed, this occur in real life.

elfurioso92 said:

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When characters are strolling by some New York City landmark like Washington Square Arch and there are no crowds at all, just 20 or so other people in the background.

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Not to mention the 30 aggressive homeless people at each of these locations as well

Silencer portrayal.

Bad guys that can never shoot anyone despite unlimited ammo.

Action scenes moving from room to room, floor to floor, block to block, etc, and nobody in the next room/floor/block heard any of the explosions and machine guns supposedly a few feet away. They always are just meandering about, getting coffee, walking to the store, etc.