Nudity in general annoys me because unless we're watching Schindler's List it's completely unnecessary. But specifically I despise the sudden male butt shot, usually occuring in British period pieces of the Victorian era. You're watching a beautiful drama, exquisitely acted, and suddenly a guy stands up from a bath and you're staring at his wet backside while sitting next to your daughter in the sofa. Bletch. And it's the only nudity in the entire movie. Why?
There was one - A Room With A View maybe - that had a three second sex scene complete with female nudity in the final two minutes before the credits rolled, after an otherwise great film. It's like finding a bug in your dessert after an exquisite three courses of dinner.
Probably controversial, if I'm the only one who's noticed this, but...
People don't actually talk in movies like we do in real life. Even with good dialogue and great acting making it feel real, think about the way you carry on a casual conversation with your friend, coworker, family member, ect, especially when it comes to funny banter, versus the way it's depicted in movies. Every once and a while, I'll see a tidbit of a scene where banter is written well, but those gems are few and brief when they happen.
I broke my own one-vote rule and already heart-ed two answers this week because there's so much to drive us nuts in movies nowadays. I may just end up voting for everyone because I can relate to all of it.
My answer addresses just one thing - digitally remastering films - it's not always a good thing.
I admit, I love a good tough-guy action film, but I don't like hearing profanity, sooo I'm super picky. I despise watching a film that's been remastered only to discover it's been tainted.
One of my top three favorite movies of all time is The Bourne Identity. There is violence, yes, but it refreshingly lacks the gratuitous nudity and/or profanity that's so common in this genre. I chose this movie to watch with my teenage son because it's total awesomeness without the awkwardness... or so I thought. I own it on dvd, but we streamed it on Prime instead (the only paid streaming service I still use). I had some digital credits to use that had accumulated from delaying amazon deliveries. I almost fell out of my recliner when Jason Bourne says "F*** it" in Marie's car. I was like, whaaaaaat?!?! Awkward. Then later in the movie, while on the phone, he says "I don't think she gives a s***, she's dead" and I was like noooooo!!! In the original, the word was much milder (it starts w/a "d" and rhymes w/sam). I told my son that I definitely didn't remember those words being in the movie etc and HE told ME that it's common now to "remaster" movies w/profanity. Gross. I apologized to my son and got my $3.99 refunded from amazon. They can keep their new and improved movies.
That one is news to me. Glad we have the Bourne trilogy on DVD. Since they tried to cancel Gone With The Wind I've been recommending people buy DVD's again to protect against movies getting canceled or altered like this. Then if you want a digital copy there is software you can use to digitize it for your own personal library (just can't distribute it).
Need to do that with books too. The AI is currently cataloging digital books for creative woke editing.
Ohmyword. You just enlightened me. I have rewatched certain movies with my teenagers and had surprises like that. I thought it was my lack of memory/recall.
When an airplane starts up and they put the wrong sound to it. Like in San Andreas, the Rock jumps in a Cessna Caravan with a Turbine engine, and the sound track is a piston engine starting up. JUST WRONG!
What drives me nuts is obvious, non-attention to geographical or other detail. Throwing German Shepherds at a camera to simulate a wolf attack. Rescuing Polar Bears in Denali. I can easily forgive mistakes in say, firearms models depicted in the wrong era from which they were made. It adds to the interesting conversation spurred from the film. But wrong species of animals or trees for the habitat chaps my hide.
Ever seen the pilot episode of Little House on the Prairie? The "wolves" that attack Pa while he's hunting aren't even German Shepherds, they're the most L.A. looking house dogs playing dress up I've ever seen in a movie.
Ok, so that’s not most movies, I can’t think of any others right now. But I know I have seen other movies that the soundtrack doesn’t jive with what’s happening on screen!
I can handle SOME profanity in movies, but the amount of movies with the frequent use (even in PG movies) of “Jesus Christ!” or “god-dammit!” as an expletive is beyond disturbing. Movie makers seem to think such words are less profane or offensive than F-bombs. Personally, I’d rather hear the F-bombs! I can live with that, but I can’t be casual or passive about entertainment that includes the regular use of JC! or GD!
And by the amount of movies I have to abandon half-watched lately, I can tell you it is very rare these days to get through an entire movie without at least one character using God’s name as a curse word, but more often than not, most characters can’t even get through even two sentences without saying it. Apparently Hollywood writers can’t seem to give their characters anything else more creative to express their displeasure except the Lords name used as curse word. And why is this generally more acceptable to use in polite society than an F-bomb anyway??? It seriously disturbs me. I’d rather have any other form of profanity over God’s name used this way.
1) Biggest pet peeve is when folks (at least non bad guys) speak on the phone and hang up without saying goodbye. (Or, I love you in some cases.)
2) Stop killing parents!! Why does this need to be the plot or catalyst or whatever for the younger characters?!?
3) The Nod. What does it mean?!? The same character will nod and it signals, "Let them go," then the next time it signals, "Kill them." Stop with all the head nods!!! It's a lazy move and overdone cliché for the bad guys, especially.
4) This is a two-fer: Women Wearing High Heels While They Run. Insanity. Speaking of insanity... Women with no experience using only their hands and feet to fight one or more really huge bad guys. Please make it stop.
5) Wasted food. It's not a deal breaker, but we marvel how no one in Movie World has time for a breakfast that was prepared for them. Or in a fit a rage someone throws just cooked food in a garbage can. Or they leave a lot of food untouched at a restaurant. Or the worst: a perfectly, beautiful cake that gets smashed.
EDIT TO ADD: People going to the bathroom, people fighting in the bathroom...
Who knows?! I may add more to the list. Goodness knows there are lots to gripe about *smirks*
The economy of action arising from dramatic pacing results in the omission of boring details. Going back to the beginning of film and television, knocking at a door, clearing dishes from a meal, hellos and goodbyes, all manner of uninteresting transitions and chores are ellipsed out of the action to keep things moving.
Nudity in general annoys me because unless we're watching Schindler's List it's completely unnecessary. But specifically I despise the sudden male butt shot, usually occuring in British period pieces of the Victorian era. You're watching a beautiful drama, exquisitely acted, and suddenly a guy stands up from a bath and you're staring at his wet backside while sitting next to your daughter in the sofa. Bletch. And it's the only nudity in the entire movie. Why?
There was one - A Room With A View maybe - that had a three second sex scene complete with female nudity in the final two minutes before the credits rolled, after an otherwise great film. It's like finding a bug in your dessert after an exquisite three courses of dinner.
I felt like that (bug in dessert) in Band of Brothers. All good til the last episode.
Probably controversial, if I'm the only one who's noticed this, but...
People don't actually talk in movies like we do in real life. Even with good dialogue and great acting making it feel real, think about the way you carry on a casual conversation with your friend, coworker, family member, ect, especially when it comes to funny banter, versus the way it's depicted in movies. Every once and a while, I'll see a tidbit of a scene where banter is written well, but those gems are few and brief when they happen.
Yeah….it would be more believable if they went off-script a little!
I broke my own one-vote rule and already heart-ed two answers this week because there's so much to drive us nuts in movies nowadays. I may just end up voting for everyone because I can relate to all of it.
My answer addresses just one thing - digitally remastering films - it's not always a good thing.
I admit, I love a good tough-guy action film, but I don't like hearing profanity, sooo I'm super picky. I despise watching a film that's been remastered only to discover it's been tainted.
One of my top three favorite movies of all time is The Bourne Identity. There is violence, yes, but it refreshingly lacks the gratuitous nudity and/or profanity that's so common in this genre. I chose this movie to watch with my teenage son because it's total awesomeness without the awkwardness... or so I thought. I own it on dvd, but we streamed it on Prime instead (the only paid streaming service I still use). I had some digital credits to use that had accumulated from delaying amazon deliveries. I almost fell out of my recliner when Jason Bourne says "F*** it" in Marie's car. I was like, whaaaaaat?!?! Awkward. Then later in the movie, while on the phone, he says "I don't think she gives a s***, she's dead" and I was like noooooo!!! In the original, the word was much milder (it starts w/a "d" and rhymes w/sam). I told my son that I definitely didn't remember those words being in the movie etc and HE told ME that it's common now to "remaster" movies w/profanity. Gross. I apologized to my son and got my $3.99 refunded from amazon. They can keep their new and improved movies.
That one is news to me. Glad we have the Bourne trilogy on DVD. Since they tried to cancel Gone With The Wind I've been recommending people buy DVD's again to protect against movies getting canceled or altered like this. Then if you want a digital copy there is software you can use to digitize it for your own personal library (just can't distribute it).
Need to do that with books too. The AI is currently cataloging digital books for creative woke editing.
I want to click an angry face on this, but there isn’t one.
Ohmyword. You just enlightened me. I have rewatched certain movies with my teenagers and had surprises like that. I thought it was my lack of memory/recall.
Wow, I had no idea they were doing that. So stupid and wrong!
100%☹️
When an airplane starts up and they put the wrong sound to it. Like in San Andreas, the Rock jumps in a Cessna Caravan with a Turbine engine, and the sound track is a piston engine starting up. JUST WRONG!
Or semi-auto fire sound with a single-shot shotgun😆
What drives me nuts is obvious, non-attention to geographical or other detail. Throwing German Shepherds at a camera to simulate a wolf attack. Rescuing Polar Bears in Denali. I can easily forgive mistakes in say, firearms models depicted in the wrong era from which they were made. It adds to the interesting conversation spurred from the film. But wrong species of animals or trees for the habitat chaps my hide.
Ever seen the pilot episode of Little House on the Prairie? The "wolves" that attack Pa while he's hunting aren't even German Shepherds, they're the most L.A. looking house dogs playing dress up I've ever seen in a movie.
Good movie though.
Mercy. That episode. It’s exciting, though. I have memories of just about every kid raised in this household on the edge of their seat, mouth agape.
Yeah, our little guys watched it just like that earlier this year. 😁
Ok, so that’s not most movies, I can’t think of any others right now. But I know I have seen other movies that the soundtrack doesn’t jive with what’s happening on screen!
I can handle SOME profanity in movies, but the amount of movies with the frequent use (even in PG movies) of “Jesus Christ!” or “god-dammit!” as an expletive is beyond disturbing. Movie makers seem to think such words are less profane or offensive than F-bombs. Personally, I’d rather hear the F-bombs! I can live with that, but I can’t be casual or passive about entertainment that includes the regular use of JC! or GD!
And by the amount of movies I have to abandon half-watched lately, I can tell you it is very rare these days to get through an entire movie without at least one character using God’s name as a curse word, but more often than not, most characters can’t even get through even two sentences without saying it. Apparently Hollywood writers can’t seem to give their characters anything else more creative to express their displeasure except the Lords name used as curse word. And why is this generally more acceptable to use in polite society than an F-bomb anyway??? It seriously disturbs me. I’d rather have any other form of profanity over God’s name used this way.
Oh let me count the ways!!!!
1) Biggest pet peeve is when folks (at least non bad guys) speak on the phone and hang up without saying goodbye. (Or, I love you in some cases.)
2) Stop killing parents!! Why does this need to be the plot or catalyst or whatever for the younger characters?!?
3) The Nod. What does it mean?!? The same character will nod and it signals, "Let them go," then the next time it signals, "Kill them." Stop with all the head nods!!! It's a lazy move and overdone cliché for the bad guys, especially.
4) This is a two-fer: Women Wearing High Heels While They Run. Insanity. Speaking of insanity... Women with no experience using only their hands and feet to fight one or more really huge bad guys. Please make it stop.
5) Wasted food. It's not a deal breaker, but we marvel how no one in Movie World has time for a breakfast that was prepared for them. Or in a fit a rage someone throws just cooked food in a garbage can. Or they leave a lot of food untouched at a restaurant. Or the worst: a perfectly, beautiful cake that gets smashed.
EDIT TO ADD: People going to the bathroom, people fighting in the bathroom...
Who knows?! I may add more to the list. Goodness knows there are lots to gripe about *smirks*
“Liked” because this rant makes me laugh (and nod).🤣
The economy of action arising from dramatic pacing results in the omission of boring details. Going back to the beginning of film and television, knocking at a door, clearing dishes from a meal, hellos and goodbyes, all manner of uninteresting transitions and chores are ellipsed out of the action to keep things moving.