Movie flaws that Grind your Gears?

[Indy62]

When a movie is set in the past, say, 1965...but a '56 chevy looks like its 60 yers old.

Or..everything about the movie Battleship (2012). I dont think the producers talked to anyone from the Navy..at all.

Lastly, any movie Hollywood released that had to be vetted by the Chinese Communist Party first...lots of those.

 

[Knobgoblin]

View: https://youtu.be/3e1gkynGXXM?si=8gzR-yI4xx2_HxZF

Oh sh!+
I gotta find that CD now, probably been 15 years since I last heard that one.

 

[ilikegunspdx]

I want one of those 9mm's that when you shoot a Caddy in the grill the hood blows clean off and the motor locks up.

Spas 15 is pretty good at that too.

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• ilikegunspdx
• Feb 26, 2022

 

[nwslopoke]

This! That's one of my earliest gripes. That and cars flipping over the car they just hit, with no damage to the now visible undercarriage. Although that one's probably been mentioned already.

Have you never watched CHiPs? That was every opening scene. I laughed at all the classic muscle cars they wrecked that were worthless in the 80s.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Palate cleanser!

Don't you just love when someone does it right and gets the details CORRECT?

Road to Perdition, Public enemies , 1917 , The Revenant , Apocalypto.

Cars , fabric, buttons, cigarettes, food, stemware , furniture, building materials.
This is dedication to the craft.

Can't say for the other movies...But The Revenant ....had a lot wrong with it.

Wrong :
Season...
Geography / Locations...
Real historic people dying when they didn't...
Multiple firings of single shot muzzle loaders....without reloading...
Modern loading techniques with a few characters....
And the pushing of a misguided at best , totally wrong , as it was done historically agenda ,of how the fur trade actually was...
And what we actually know and can prove about Hugh Glass and his life.

Other than that it was a fine movie...

With that said..
I understand that it is a movie and not a documentary....but way too much deviation from facts for me .
Andy

 

[Lazyfaire]

Spas 15 is pretty good at that too.

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• ilikegunspdx
• Feb 26, 2022

Be careful with that 9mm. I have it on Biden's authority that it'll blow your arm off!

 

[Bobbygun]

Multiple firings of single shot muzzle loaders....without reloading...

Good catch. I believe the assault muzzleloaders weren't invented until the 1920's.

I can see how that would be somewhat painful to watch for you. Fortunately, I was ignorant enough to watch and enjoy that movie without noticing too much that annoyed me. The episode of CSI that I mentioned yesterday however, now that was painful.

 

[Lazyfaire]

Good catch. I believe the assault muzzleloaders weren't invented until the 1920's.

I can see how that would be somewhat painful to watch for you. Fortunately, I was ignorant enough to watch and enjoy that movie without noticing too much that annoyed me. The episode of CSI that I mentioned yesterday however, now that was painful.

Thats why the fighting at the Alamo only lasted 90 minutes. Had to reload

(yes I know, the seige lasted 13 days but most was cannon fire. And the the assault was 90 min)

 

[Bobbygun]

Thats why the fighting at the Alamo only lasted 90 minutes. Had to reload

(yes I know, the seige lasted 13 days but most was cannon fire. And the the assault was 90 min)

Do you ever ponder how long they could have held out if they had had 180 AR-15's and a ton of ammo? Those scenes in the movies where the unarmed Mexican drummers are marching forward in a line... Man, that's not a job I would have wanted. I can see the recruiting ad now: "Bullet catchers needed. Top pay."

 

[Knobgoblin]

Can't say for the other movies...But The Revenant ....had a lot wrong with it.

Wrong :
Season...
Geography / Locations...
Real historic people dying when they didn't...
Multiple firings of single shot muzzle loaders....without reloading...
Modern loading techniques with a few characters....
And the pushing of a misguided at best , totally wrong , as it was done historically agenda ,of how the fur trade actually was...
And what we actually know and can prove about Hugh Glass and his life.

Other than that it was a fine movie...

With that said..
I understand that it is a movie and not a documentary....but way too much deviation from facts for me .
Andy

I honestly had " legends of the fall " down and went back to change it to " the revenant".
Admittedly, I have no knowledge of the historical figures in play ( didn't really know if Glass was a realperson ), but the poor firearms handling I would have to re-watch and pay attention to.

2 more for the weapons accuracy pile as penance, i offer you "Way of the gun" and "The last duel" . The latter was was hideously depressing, but that finale felt like it would be about spot on for dying in dirt for sake of honor.

Now , I gotta go be a grandad for a while

 

[Lazyfaire]

Do you ever ponder how long they could have held out if they had had 180 AR-15's and a ton of ammo? Those scenes in the movies where the unarmed Mexican drummers are marching forward in a line... Man, that's not a job I would have wanted. I can see the recruiting ad now: "Bullet catchers needed. Top pay."

Well they would have gotten paid AFTER the battle

 

[The Heretic]

a woman's shark week is a week of feasting without suspicions and death for vampires

So if a shark makes a meal of a vampire, do they turn into a vampire shark? If so, can the shark sprout bat wings and fly? Are they invisible in a mirror?

 

[The Heretic]

Or..everything about the movie Battleship (2012). I dont think the producers talked to anyone from the Navy..at all.

Yeah, the whole thing with dropping the anchor? Fantasy. I could go on for an hour about how that would not work.

 

[raftman]

Not sure if it's been mentioned, but always get a bit annoyed with the old trope that just about any seedy pawn shop owner or anti-gubmint gun store clerk will casually ignore any and all gun laws for enough cash. Creates (probably intentionally) the public perception that that's how guns "end up on the streets,"

 

[Capn Jack]

Now I know why I don't go to, or watch movies anymore. I think I'll just stick to the Wild Life and Nature Series on YouTube and Discovery

 

[Xaevian]

So if a shark makes a meal of a vampire, do they turn into a vampire shark? If so, can the shark sprout bat wings and fly? Are they invisible in a mirror?

Ooh, sharkula. That's why I use garlic scent for fishing.

 

[Flopsweat]

I remember seeing this on some Cops type show. Honestly surprised how well it went in the real world.

It didn't go perfectly. The driver of the car that jumped the rollback was airlifted from the scene.

Have you never watched CHiPs? That was every opening scene. I laughed at all the classic muscle cars they wrecked that were worthless in the 80s.

Every single bike wreck in that show was done so poorly I almost turned it off. Then that hot lady cop would walk up or a cool car would drive by.

 

[Indy62]

It didn't go perfectly. The driver of the car that jumped the rollback was airlifted from the scene.




Every single bike wreck in that show was done so poorly I almost turned it off. Then that hot lady cop would walk up or a cool car would drive by.

 

[solv3nt]

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I suddenly feel compelled to break a law so I can be arrested.

 

[nammac]

Be careful with that 9mm. I have it on Biden's authority that it'll blow your arm off!

Lungs…. It'll blow your lungs out…