Factual errors/dumb stuff in movies that really ruin it for you

matadorpoeta · Jun 23, 2009

good thread.

in slumdog millionaire, when the guy is in the hotseat, the host asks him one of the questions, and then they cut to commercial, and they both go to the bathroom. c'mon. they never cut to commercial immediately after asking the question, and the bathroom part was ridiculous.

in knocked up, at the end of the movie they are supposedly on the freeway heading toward their new apartment in east l.a., but the wide shot actually shows them heading north on pch, toward malibu.

any movie in which an american is referred to by a mexican as "seÃ±or (insert first name)".

seÃ±or is like mister, and is followed by the person's surname, as in "mr. smith", or "mr. johnson". no one would say "seÃ±or robert."

also, when when a mexican speaks english and then suddenly throws in a spanish word like pueblo just because it's a spanish word everyone knows. in real life, you say 'town' or 'village'. there is no reason to say pueblo if you are speaking english.

CDFS · Jun 23, 2009

Originally Posted by Rambo

The training sequences alone boggle the mind. Rocky's running up the sides of snow covered mountains and hauling people through the snow like he's a Clydesdale?

Ah, I now see the errors/dumb part. It's dumb allright.

Jekyll · Jun 23, 2009

Originally Posted by matadorpoeta

any movie in which an american is referred to by a mexican as "seÃ±or (insert first name)".

seÃ±or is like mister, and is followed by the person's surname, as in "mr. smith", or "mr. johnson". no one would say "seÃ±or robert."

There are situations in which people say, "mister (first name)."

matadorpoeta · Jun 23, 2009

Originally Posted by Jekyll

There are situations in which people say, "mister (first name)."
like? i do this in english, with my buddies, i might say "mister chris has arrived", but only jokingly. in spanish, if someone were to do this, it would be jokingly as well. american movies portray it as the norm.

Jekyll · Jun 23, 2009

Originally Posted by matadorpoeta

like? i do this in english, with my buddies, i might say "mister chris has arrived", but only jokingly. in spanish, if someone were to do this, it would be jokingly as well. american movies portray it as the norm.
Children sometimes refer to teachers or other adults that way. Also.....non-white people in movies. What movies are you talking about, anyway?

matadorpoeta · Jun 24, 2009

Originally Posted by Jekyll

Children sometimes refer to teachers or other adults that way.

Also.....non-white people in movies.

What movies are you talking about, anyway?

any american movie or t.v. show that has a white dude going to latin america or a mexican restaurant. off the top of my head there was an episode of the original 90210 where dylan was in a bar in mexico and the bartenders says to him, "seÃ±or dylan, you are een no possseeeeshon to be makin' deeeemans." wtf? if the bartender speaks english, then it's "mister", not seÃ±or. and if the bartender does not speak english then it's "seÃ±or (surname)".

it's as if they want him to sound like a black butler in the georgia.

Texasmade · Jun 24, 2009

Originally Posted by Rambo

I can't believe nobody's mentioned Rocky 4.

You mean to tell me you don't think in the middle of the Cold War a Russian crowd will start cheering for an American boxer in Russia and end the Cold War?

matadorpoeta · Jun 24, 2009

i used to hate it when on tv they would show people pour themselves a glass of juice, take one tiny sip during a conversation, then pour the rest down the sink. they did this a lot on the old sitcoms.

also on sitcoms, they would brush their teeth, without water, for about 5 seconds, then go to bed without rinsing.

acidboy · Jun 24, 2009

hey, they're gonna show 10,000 B.C. this saturday in HBO here!

redcaimen · Jun 24, 2009

Originally Posted by acidicboy

hey, they're gonna show 10,000 B.C. this saturday in HBO here!

A truly wretched movie but at least they managed to get the part about the tame saber toothed tigers historically accurate.

bbaquiran · Jun 24, 2009

Originally Posted by Tokyo Slim

Bugs you too huh?

On that note, every "hacker" in any movie has some bling bling bullshit OS that is supposed to look "cool" or whatever, but usually ends up looking like it would be a pain ********** to use, hog resources, and would take twice as long as opening up word and writing the code.

In the movie Real Genius, Val Kilmer and his friends "hack" into a computer using a brute force method, starting with "AAAAAA", "AAAAAB", "AAAAAC" rather than a dictionary attack. Passwords are always visible when typed (rather than obscured with **** etc.). In huge fonts no less. The most sensitive government databases are always connected to the internet, and can be queried with simple english statements. CRT screens are so bright, they project onto the user's face.

rdawson808 · Jun 24, 2009

Originally Posted by Jekyll

There are situations in which people say, "mister (first name)."

I work with a lot of people who do that. Mr. George, Ms. Jill, etc.

I think it is very common in the African American community here (and elsewhere?).

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why · Jun 24, 2009

I've noticed pretty much all horror movies are predicated on the victims being absolutely stupid and having no basic survival instinct whatsoever.

How many times does Nick Nolte wander off on his own, unprotected in Cape Fear?

MetroStyles · Jun 24, 2009

In Honey Wilder's 80s porno classic "Private Teacher", when the guy does not wake up for like 20 seconds after getting a blow job. Also - why was his dick out while he was sleeping in the first place, with his porch door unlocked? Also - why was there a large stuffed clown in the living room - he is too old for that **** and even if he had a strange affection for it, it would have been in the bedroom.

Next - did the lady really thing that she could "slicken his dick up a little" by sucking on it to wedge it back into his pants before he wakes up? One of the least believable parts, though, was when Honey Wilder herself (playing the role of Aunt Diane) fucked her nephew after a simple request by the young lad. I would have thought a little bit of thought would have gone into an unabashed act of incest.

As a kicker, both women orgasm within two minutes of penetration despite zero foreplay. Not unrealistic for me, per se, but for the guy in the video I found it deeply unsettling and fake.

rdawson808 · Jun 24, 2009

Hilarious.

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