The movie "Searching" did a really good job of integrating the messaging on screen - since it was integral to the plot of the movie. Really good movie but, if you're a parent of daughters, this one will keep you up at night.

I like movies, and I understand why these things happen, but I still focus on it more than I should.

1. In the old square tv days, the actors would stand unnaturally close to each other during dialog. I get it, they had to stay in the 4:3 frame. But if I got that close to talk to any of my friends, they wouldn't be my friends for long.

2. When a group has a conversation in any show or movie, they have to account for the 4th wall / camera. I've noticed that in real life, my pals and I never stand in line together shoullder to shoulder facing the same direction to have a conversation while looking sideways at each other. I'm like.... Ross, just take a step foward and then turn around and face Chandler. Why are you having this conversation standing shoulder to shoulder?

It was handled just fine in Top Gun Maverick.

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2. When someone falls a long way, they don't miraculously catch hold of some ledge somewhere, and if they do, it immediately breaks every bone in their wrists / hands, and then they fall to their death.

3. The instances in situation 2, where someone is going over the edge and is caught by someone else, the second person either falls over with them, or immediately gives up and lets them go because they don't have the arm strength or the person weighs too much.

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Yeah the miraculous feats of strength by common people in action movies always throw me off.

Also how everyone in a movie can take numerous punches, kicks, chairs broken over their heads, etc., etc., without getting knocked out cold.

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CharleyKerfeld said:

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2. When someone falls a long way, they don't miraculously catch hold of some ledge somewhere, and if they do, it immediately breaks every bone in their wrists / hands, and then they fall to their death.

3. The instances in situation 2, where someone is going over the edge and is caught by someone else, the second person either falls over with them, or immediately gives up and lets them go because they don't have the arm strength or the person weighs too much.

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Yeah the miraculous feats of strength by common people in action movies always throw me off.

Also how everyone in a movie can take numerous punches, kicks, chairs broken over their heads, etc., etc., without getting knocked out cold.

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And usually without much blood and no swelling. People on the business end of a few punches to the face usually look like a bloody meatloaf afterward.

1. Nobody speaks the same language nor has a translator. I would love a movie where different alien races go to war because they don't understand each other. Galaxy Quest touched on this somewhat.

Operation Hail Mary will be out soon. We will see how they handle this.

OP raises a very good point.

Everyone else lists pet peeves of movies.

Gotta love Texags.

"We gotta go!!! Move!! Move!!! Now!!!"

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CharleyKerfeld said:

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2. When someone falls a long way, they don't miraculously catch hold of some ledge somewhere, and if they do, it immediately breaks every bone in their wrists / hands, and then they fall to their death.

3. The instances in situation 2, where someone is going over the edge and is caught by someone else, the second person either falls over with them, or immediately gives up and lets them go because they don't have the arm strength or the person weighs too much.

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Yeah the miraculous feats of strength by common people in action movies always throw me off.

Also how everyone in a movie can take numerous punches, kicks, chairs broken over their heads, etc., etc., without getting knocked out cold.

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My kids and I were rewatching Stranger Things last week when Chief Hopper (David Harbour) gets the bejesus kicked out of him by this Russian military assassin like times in 24 hours, totally fine though.

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OP raises a very good point.

Everyone else lists pet peeves of movies.

Gotta love Texags.

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Can we add thread police to the list.

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I don't care, I just thought it was funny.

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Or telling a bartender, "give me a beer" when in real life they would ask you what kind or maybe just ignore you.

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I always love when people just ask for cigarettes in a convenience store.

At some point, Hollywood decided to show when someone is vomiting. There was a time when they would always cut away. Then one idiot director decided to be risqu and show an actor imitating it. And usually poorly.

So now we are always going to see the one mouthful of fake vomit. So stupid. You wanna impress me? Let someone unleash in epic projectile fashion.

Man, that was awesome. Well worth the watch.

Thanks for sharing.

That was way too technical for me, but I still liked it and agreed with a few of his key points. I never realized that even some movies that I enjoyed recently (say the last 15 yrs) are guilty of the medium shots with the bland backgrounds. Crazy how I never picked up on that and now I'm convinced I'll see it regularly on rewatches. It may even diminish my enjoyment of some former faves.

Otoh, I was recently rewatching Black Hawk Down and actually watched the extra commentary bits from the actors. Almost to a man, they were blown away by Ridley Scott's genius and vision. Essentially, that guy always had a working vision for what he wanted in a very complex shot with explosions and thousands of rounds going off and hundreds of actors on set. Utter confidence in knowing what he wanted to capture and how to tell the story visually. Anyway, that seems to be the polar opposite of the more modern techniques that over leverage post production.

It actually really makes me appreciate my favorite directors, like Michael Mann.

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Everyone hangs up the phone without saying, "Good-bye."

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I saw an article somewhere where they tried to explain why that is. It had to do with every single second being critical and expensive, so they "don't waste time" with the unnecessary goodbyes.

But that makes no sense to me. It literally takes a split second to say "bye". They'll leave in awkwardly long pauses, but it's a bridge too far to say "bye" before hanging up a phone?

No more magically guessing what someone's computer password is.

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Stop insisting that anybody with mind-reading powers has to touch their temples to use them. We're not stupid, you don't have to give us a silly cliche'd physical sign that the psychic guy is now using his powers.

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I agree in a drama. When they do it in a comedy like Anchorman 2, it's pretty funny.

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Rex Racer said:

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Everyone hangs up the phone without saying, "Good-bye."

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I saw an article somewhere where they tried to explain why that is. It had to do with every single second being critical and expensive, so they "don't waste time" with the unnecessary goodbyes.

But that makes no sense to me. It literally takes a split second to say "bye". They'll leave in awkwardly long pauses, but it's a bridge too far to say "bye" before hanging up a phone?

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Definitely not. But that is why you make AD's and UPM's producers. So they have a check on the director for the schedule and budget. Unless it is an A list director. Then all bets are off.

I need to finish this, started it and was immediately hooked but it was late and I haven't gotten back to finishing it yet.

I agree in general but that image is a bad example because Professor X puts his hand to his temple in the comics as well.

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The Wilhelm scream. Even in serious/dramatic movies it's still used.

Why?

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The sound editors work the scream in as a joke at this point. It's tradition.

I stumbled onto this guy's channel a few months ago. Great content!

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Guys asks girl out on date, she says yes, but they don't set the time or where they are going.

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And by "says yes" what she really says is "I'd like that" which literally no one says ever.

Add also semi auto guns clicking over and over when out of ammo, the sound effect of a hammer being pulled back every time someone raises a gun, and the trusty old "pumping of the shotgun" after thirty seconds or more of pointing it at them to let someone know you REALLY mean business.

Reminds ... recently finished watching all of Better Call Saul (I think that was the show this happened)... a scene with text on a mobile device or computer screen... thankfully, I could pause... get up off the couch and read it.

Either have the character read the text or sub-title it.