Things your tired of in movies
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It seems like something done in recent horror movies...probably not very good ones...wasn't there a ghost show on MTV that did that a few years back?
Where do we stand on "lens flare"?
It seems like something done in recent horror movies...probably not very good ones...wasn't there a ghost show on MTV that did that a few years back?
Where do we stand on "lens flare"?
Re: Things you're tired of in movies
My best friend and I end phone conversations that way all the time. Okay, so our talks typically consists of him calling to say he's down the street and will be at my house in two minutes, and me saying "okay", then we hang up without saying goodbye. What's the point? We will be face to face two minutes later, after all.
Now, OT: I can't think of anything that I'm tired of in movies, except sometimes I think the stories move too fast.
My best friend and I end phone conversations that way all the time. Okay, so our talks typically consists of him calling to say he's down the street and will be at my house in two minutes, and me saying "okay", then we hang up without saying goodbye. What's the point? We will be face to face two minutes later, after all.
Now, OT: I can't think of anything that I'm tired of in movies, except sometimes I think the stories move too fast.
Motion capture is a tool that can be used well or misused like any other tool. It was put to excellent use in Peter Jackson's King Kong remake, with Andy Serkis performing the actions of the computer-generated Kong. It would have been impossible for CG artists to create the subtleties of Kong's movements any other way -- except by putting a real gorilla in a mo-cap suit.
Yeah, it shows up everywhere it seems. from movies to tv with a very high usage on "reality" tv like that ghost stuff on syfy (which I don't watch so don't jump me if it hasn't been used there)
Definitely. If I wanted to be interrupted by people's names... I watch that instead of the movie
.One thing that gets on my nerves... is when they use too much of the 'shaky' camera technique. I heard that they used that in 'Cloverfield'... and I haven't watched it due to it...
The last Harry Potter movie used it somewhat, but at least they didn't overdo it O_O. They use it too much in CSI: Miami now and I can't watch it... O_o.
The small town sheriff who either has a horrible secret or is a racist. Or both.
The dad who needs to learn to "follow his dream," get fired/quit his job and have fun instead of actually bringing home a paycheck for his family.
The uptight dude who meets a zany free spirited woman.
The uptight "have it all" career chick who meets a slob with a heart of gold.
The dad who needs to learn to "follow his dream," get fired/quit his job and have fun instead of actually bringing home a paycheck for his family.
The uptight dude who meets a zany free spirited woman.
The uptight "have it all" career chick who meets a slob with a heart of gold.
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I'm tired of overly used lens flares and overly used shaky cam.
Romantic comedies where the main character is past his/her early thirties and is still looking for their true love. You should have either been married before or had some sort of serious relationship or two.
The "chosen one", I'm sick this and have been for a long time.
The retired or semi-retired cop who has to solve one last crime. I do like this sometimes, it still is played out.
Romantic comedies where the main character is past his/her early thirties and is still looking for their true love. You should have either been married before or had some sort of serious relationship or two.
The "chosen one", I'm sick this and have been for a long time.
The retired or semi-retired cop who has to solve one last crime. I do like this sometimes, it still is played out.
Fight scenes where the camera is so bloody close to the fighting I can't tell who is doing what. It's just a close up blur of arms and legs moving about and then someone's on their back. I want to SEE the fight dangit!
When people use cellphones and they work everywhere, even before roaming was introduced. Suddenly, people are able to contact anyone, even in the desert, and I'm not talking satellite phones, but regular cellphones.
Mostly zombie things but other movies/tv shows as well. The main characters being able to get head shots at will, regardless if they are running or laying on the ground or on a horse or using a pistol at long range or the big one, having never fired a weapon before. That one really irks me.
- Highlander sequels
- Pretty much all zombie flicks. Their very nature demands that they all end badly, with all characters either dead, in hiding, or zombified. Then again, all horror movies have downer endings anyway, so that's not unique...
- Pretty much all zombie flicks. Their very nature demands that they all end badly, with all characters either dead, in hiding, or zombified. Then again, all horror movies have downer endings anyway, so that's not unique...
Only 10? It's been more like 15 for me, hell I'd go as far as to say 20 which extends back into his SNL days where I never found him funny. Oh, he put a piece of tin-foil on his head, talked with a Cajun accent and said he was "Satellite Man." Sorry, you're right Junior Year peers Sandler IS hilarious!
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How about when a man and woman are finished having sex and laying in bed, the blanket is exposing the mans chest while the blanket is up to the woman's neck. I have never seen a L-shaped blanket before.
Or when a character calls a character and tells them to turn the News on, then when the character does turn on the tv, it's at the exact point to get all the important information. They never turn it on when the story is over, or even in the middle of it.
Or when a character calls a character and tells them to turn the News on, then when the character does turn on the tv, it's at the exact point to get all the important information. They never turn it on when the story is over, or even in the middle of it.
In a related note, in the movie Doom when the camera switches to the guy's point of view for a few minutes, that took me out of the movie completely. Hated it, ruined the movie for me. And even then, it was only a rip off of Aliens...
Behind Enemy Lines, with Owen Wilson, I thought it was a good use of that type of shot, showed how scared he was moving through a perfectly empty forest.Off the top of my head, I honestly can't think of any.
I've gotten those calls, you ask which channel ... and you friend says "Any Channel."
Off the top of my head, I honestly can't think of any.
I think it tends to be used a lot more in TV, but I know I've seen it quite a few times.
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The first time I saw it was in pi. Darren Aronofsky seems to be a big fan of it.
It was also used in Malcolm X.A list of films using the technique can be found here.
Personally, I like it.
A character racking the slide of a gun every single time they draw it, especially if it happens multiple times in a single scene. You rack the side once, and the gun is loaded. You don't have to do it again. If you rack it again, it ejects an unfired cartridge.
The slide-racking sound effect overdubbed when someone has simply drawn the gun. Even if it's a revolver. Guns don't make noises just because you've pulled them out of their holster.
The slide-racking sound effect overdubbed when someone has simply drawn the gun. Even if it's a revolver. Guns don't make noises just because you've pulled them out of their holster.
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