What things featured in movies annoy you the most?

The things that irritate me are:

People who put on crash helmets but NEVER do them up and drive off at the speed of light, straps from the crash helmet waving about frantically!

People who get out of their cars and go into shops of offices and leave the keys in the ignition and NEVER lock the car door - are they not scared someone will nick their vehicle??

People who leave their homes and do not lock the front door first - you can tell this when they get a visitor knocking on the door later on and because nobody answers they just walk right on in - going "Hello, hello? Anybody in?"

People who arrive home late at night and go indoors, walk around WITHOUT first turning on a light!

People who are running away from somebody, crashing through a door or climbing out of a window, BUT never shutting it again after them - prime way for somebody following them to know exactly where they have escaped from!

I HATE stupid endings just to make the movie 'different'. So many times these never work and just ruin the whole thing for me. Like The Breakup-what was the whole point of THAT? Just crap!

What annoys me the most at movies are cell phones, even thought they tell you to turn them off but they still have them on and talk on them! How Rude!!

And Talking during the movies!! Some people just comment on every little secene about the movie.. Oh and when people walk during the movie!!

There is always ample parking space available. The only movie I have seen where there is a typical struggle to find a parking spot was Fried Green Tomatoes.

Running and falling as you are trying to get away from a killer

The actors first scenes. So idiotically dramatic. Like in the Golden Compass when Nicole Kidman is walking in the hallway during her first scene...it pans from her legs up to her face like ohh my godddd, who could this be.

The "faking" scenes. Like in Pirates of the Caribbean when Will noticed that Jack purposely kept one of the pieces of gold and figured out that was the plan the whole time and with the worst acting I've ever seen goes "You've been planning this the whole time haven't you!"

Love scenes...boooo.

In horror movies where the victim ALWAYS goes out to investigate that noise or scream and then ends up dead.

I don't know anyone who would go out on their own in the dark to check out a strange noise.

LOl this is so true!!! I just laugh when they go investigate because you know their going to get killed.. It's ludacris! but funny Oh and that falling when running from a killer is outdated!

I have one major beef with horror movies. Like when a bad guy is chasing someone in a two story house what is the first thing they do? Run up the stairs. Run out the back door you morons.

oh oh oh you all just reminded me of another two things:

When they drop their car keys when trying to escape and when they drop their door keys when trying to get indoors (even though their front door is probably unlocked )

(How come people never close their curtains when there is a killer prowling around their house either? )

And looking behind you when you are running away from someone...duh! YOU DON'T LOOK BACK!!! Good gravy!

That is probably why they always fall over

Lol that reminded me of the movie "Halloween" Everytime Myers walks up the steps it seems as if he walks faster and catches them...

Oh and the scene where the telephone ring is priceless!

I find most characters in films to be despicable.

One of my pet peeves is when you see the boom mike come into shot. So amateurish!

Nothing really gets to me in the actual movie itself...certain actors, yeah...but nothing really in particular.

Sitting in the theater however...women who bring their friggin' newborns...and the little crap-machine WONT. SHUT. UP.

And it's not continuous screaming either...if that were the case she'd be asked to leave by numerous people, not to mention the staff. I'm talking random cries...so you don't know when it'll happen...really breaks immersion and basically destroys my movie-watching experience.

Which is why I download and watch movies/TV streaming. Saves time socializing with the Westie pond-scum I happen to reside with.

In horror movies where everyone SPLITS UP! WTF! Or when they save the fat dood/guy with no legs who is just going to SLOW THEM DOWN!

And in movie theaters where people all are up in my buissness with stuff like, "Hey your not old enough to be in here", or "Can I see your ticket?", or "Hey man, put your pants back on!"

I know EXACTLY what you mean!!!
So where were they planning on going once they run to the top of the building.....
Thats how you get those predictable chase's over the rooftops.
One word.. LAME

I HATE it that every person in a movie that isn't from America speaks with an English accent. Like in Gladiator, it takes place in Germany, Africa, and Rome. The actors are not British, yet almost everyone speaks with an English accent!!!!

those two would be mine. Scary Movie 2 has a scene that always cracks me up - when Cindy is being chased by the skeleton, and she sees her friend hiding around the corner, and she starts screaming for her to help and her friend is like, oh damn! she saw me! and then gets excited when Cindy falls down, thinking the skeleton will get her. I love it because it's so spot on, you just know that if you were being chased by something, you would, deep down, be damn glad if its attention was focused on someone other than you. It's every man for himself. You get the hell out of the house, and you run to where more people are.

You know, I can understand this.

When I was alone for the first time when my parents left me alone in the house for a few days...I could hear scampering footsteps on the otherside of the house...what to do? Do I stay put and pretend everything is dandy? No, I thought...it's better to actually know what's causing the noise than to be left wondering.

So yeah...I'm one of those "I'll go out and investigate" guys.

But don't confuse me with a hero...I'd totally shove an old lady in front of the monster and run for my life. I'd just rather know what I'm running from

Lol!!

Predictability. I hate watching a movie and knowing whats going to happen at the end.

Yeah I agree.. That's very boring

I know! I've always wondered what the idea was behind that..... like no one from any other country could possibly speak English proficiently.........

About pissed my pants laughing when I read this......

one thing ive noticed is the double release of the same movie. Where one studio makes a JFK movie for example then another different studio makes another movie of the same topic. Your stuck then if your interested because sure as christ made little apples one of them will suck in relation ot the other. Yeha im really tired of people running away and eihter looking back or tripping or both. I mean what is the deal, first day with your new feet. And also the shameless rehashing of old ideas, like suburbia-rear window anyone?

Those 555 numbers and how the actors NEVER say bye when hanging up the phone ...

What about if they are speaking to somebody on the phone and the other person hangs up - they always stare at the handset - it's almost as if they fully expect someone to jump out of it

HAHAHA yeah they are such r******s when it comes to phone calls in movies.

They do the same thing when it is ringing as well...Just stare at it like it's going out of style...

.... and what about if they don't want to speak to the ringing phone, why do they sit there and get agitated and then eventually snatch it up? They should do like I do and just ignore it whilst eating popcorn

and that goes for doorbells too - they should just move away from the window and NOT shift the net curtain - as IF the visitor wouldn't see them do that!

Yeah but most of the time it's the camera slowly moving in on the ringing phone in an empty room with no one to answer it...I guess they think it will mystify us ...Always that old school loud ring tone as well...HAHA

Lol.

Pistols or shotguns with four-hundred round magazines are annoying.

I hate people talking during the movies!! Ahh

I hate faulty scenery- Like in Sweet Home Alabama- the tombstone flops a little when they walk by it like ineed a reminder that they BUILD the sets.

I hate moving wounds- like in smoking Aces when Common gets hit with the card and there is a lotta blood, a little blood, and a lotta blood again.

I hate inconsistant hairstyles-like in Lucky number Slevin when Josh is walking down the hallway and it is bed head then smooth then bed head, then smooth.

when people get hurt in movies and have unrealistic reactions like if my leg got blown off....i'd scream for days not 10 seconds.

running upstairs---unless there is a ladder set up for these situations

and on and on

What really ticks me off in movies is that when they are about to be killed or something bad is going to happen, they never ever bother to think Hmmm where is that creepy music coming from and what could it mean.

I totally agree!


Oh yeah, fake scenery......In ''Christmas In My Hometown'', ya could just spot the fake snow. They used cotton batting (quilt batting) for snow, so obvious when they walk across it. In one scene, in the background, ya could see a person walking thru there and stepping over the batting...behind him its a different season.

The leaving the door unlocked thing doesn't bother me much, but the walking in a stranger's house just because the door is open thing does annoy me. I could see if they were family or friends with the people whose house they're walking in unannounced, but I've seen some movies where people just randomly go snooping through stranger's houses. Good way to get your head blown off. Those kinds of people really tick me off.

Another thing that bugs me is in some horror movies, when they call the police they're like, 'There's a monster attacking us!' Obviously, the police are going to think they're pulling a prank and then they won't send anyone out. I think it's kind of obvious that if you tell a cop that a monster or alien or something is trying to attack you, they aren't going to believe you. I'd just say 'someone' or 'something.' I wouldn't give them any details if a monster was attacking me because then they wont come. Well, unless they're coming to arrest me for taking the drugs they think caused me to see a monster in the first place.

if you call 911 make sure you tell them oops before you hang up BTW they do come out if you hang up on them.

I also can't stand dubbing issues..DRIVES ME CRAZY

One thing I don't get is when in a movie women are being chased by crazy nut jobs or aliens they always have to fall over or when they fall over items of clothes have to go missing.

ROFLMAO!!!

I like that

- the same old formulas.

- endings that don't make sense.

- unevolved charecters.

- too much CGI or stunts,crashes , things blowing up to hide the fact the story and acting stinks.

- if it's based on a book = stick to the book

oh god I hate that. and why are they in heels camping ? geesh.

and it always seems the black guy is the first to get killed ( usually) by the 'monster' while the dimwitted blond guy/girl survive ?

Ahh that's because the dimwitted ones scream and scream and scream and scream until I want to punch them in the gob!

No wonder "Airplane" was so funny when they lined up to smack the hysterical woman, I wanted to be in that queue

I hate it when you sit down and you've found the perfect seat, just waiting for the film to start... and then, in the corner of your eye..
you see this massive fat guy come in.
He's a late arriver... . He's moving closer.. gawd!..he's coming over and yep, you know just where he's going to sit!
"That's right.... he sits right on your face!"

I hate that... I mean, what was wrong with the seat in front!?!

Edit: Whoops double post just noticed.

1 - losing the ability to walk and run when trying to escape something trying to kill you

2 - Clothes falling off when trying to run away and falling over

3 - Deciding splitting up is the best course of action when exploring a creepy house that has had murders or mysterious deaths in it.

4 losing the ability to use door handles and open doors when trying to escape being killed.

5 - Spotting a large trail of blood leading somewhere and instead of calling for help you go and investigate it yourself leading to your horrible demise.

6 - Putting on a red shirt then beaming down to a planet only to get killed in a horrible way ( you should have picked any other shirt besides the red one)

7 - While being chased or attacked they run to a car or truck then try and start it yet BEHOLD!!!! it fails to start or fails to start until that last few seconds then it starts up and the hero or heroin manages to escape.

8 - Running up the stairs or Down into a basement to try and escape being killed.

9 - Finally being able to grasp and work simple door handles and locks and locking yourself up in a room for safety but then decide as soon as it has gone quite to unlock the door and peek out.

10 - Having a blond Girlfriend with a large chest who is b****y and is not too bright is a bad idea because she always ends up getting killed.

11 - When trying to escape being killed instead of running towards a town or populated area instead you decide to leg it into the woods.

12 - Standing there screaming hysterically for 5 minutes while you watch your friends be killed instead of trying to help or just leaving them and taking advantage of the moment to escape while you can.

13 - running away from danger down a road that has no trees or bushes within miles of it and tripping over a BRANCH!!!

14 Having the name Mindy....Mindy always dies.

15 -While driving down a dark road always and I mean ALWAYS pay attention and not chat to your friends, because a Deer or Rabbit is obviously going to be standing in the middle of the road causing you to crash off the road near the creepy old house or cave where the beast lives.

Edit to add:

16 - Saying the words ( IT'S OK EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OK ) D'OH you fools you just doomed yourselves those words are cursed.

17 - Male characters not sticking with the sexy Girl running away who is about to get killed because they do not realise she is going to fall over and her clothes are going to fall off.

Shouting out "NNNNNNNNNNNNNoooooooooooooOOOOooooooOOOOOoo!!!!!!"

even the satirists are bored of that one.. and yet it still appears in Films.
No names mentioned- (cough)Lucas(cough)

Yeah I forgot that one.


also....



After being a group of people get attacked and flee and get separated instead of quietly searching for your friends so that you do not reveal your location to whatever it is that attacked you, instead why do you insist on yelling

"HELLO!!!! WHERE ARE YOU???"


Or when after being attacked by a masked mad man or cloaked figure do you feel the need to ask


"WHO ARE YOU???"


Like the mask mad man is going to say " Oh it's me Bob from the electronics store you know the guy you brought that vcr off ".

LOL

Piss poor dialogue kills me

Or when a movie is slowly panning as if it is trying to tell a story in itself.

Or when a person runs out from being damn near decapitated by Jason Vorhees or various other slasher type characters, they try to start their vehicle, guess what...battery is dead. How, how can this be..some unforseen sinisiter force?

Or when a guy tries being a hero and tells the group to go on and stays behind to try to save them. Um dude, obviously this dude is going Friday the 13th part 46, Jason can not be killed. Something should click in your head that when you see a 6'4 275 lb decaying guy with a machete to RUN. You aren't gonna be a hero at a bar and try to fight the biggest man, unless you are a moron.