FabSwingers.com forum: Things that don’t make sense in films

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I know we had something similar about endings in films, but are there any classic films you can’t quite understand why it was in a story?

For instance in Krull they capture wild fire horses that are running on the ground And once they capture them they fly them to the iron fortress. Bloody nonsense, but a classic.

Any others?

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By *bi HaiveMan
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over a year ago

Cheeseville, Somerset

Can't recall the title of the film but it was about a woman whose washing machine had broken down, but when the plumber came instead of getting him to fix it she just fucked his brains out.

Then he left.

How the hell was she going to do the laundry?

Made no sense at all.

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By *hePolyMathMan
over a year ago

Walton on Thames

"Can't recall the title of the film but it was about a woman whose washing machine had broken down, but when the plumber came instead of getting him to fix it she just fucked his brains out.

Then he left.

How the hell was she going to do the laundry?

Made no sense at all.

I'm sure I saw the sequel to that. Something about a guy with a dutch accent being there to fix the fridge

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Can't recall the title of the film but it was about a woman whose washing machine had broken down, but when the plumber came instead of getting him to fix it she just fucked his brains out.

Then he left.

How the hell was she going to do the laundry?

Made no sense at all.

I’ve seen a similar one with a pizza delivery guy, a plumber, a joiner, a sparky and a mechanic. Bloody shirkers the lot of them

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Women wake up from comas/spend years in isolation yet still look perfect with a full face of makeup, smooth, shiny hair and waxed legs and eyebrows

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By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago

South Wales

I never understood why the volleyball scene was in Top Gun.

I mean really, put your kit on lads, nobody wants to see buff oiled up men sweating and panting in slow mo with an erotically suggestive song playing in the background.

What were they thinking eh

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By *hePolyMathMan
over a year ago

Walton on Thames

"Women wake up from comas/spend years in isolation yet still look perfect with a full face of makeup, smooth, shiny hair and waxed legs and eyebrows

So that's why American healthcare costs so much!

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By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago

South Wales

And in the Princess Bride, every time Westley said “As you wish” you just know that in real life Buttercup would say “For fucks sake Westley, grow a pair will ya” and would bin him off for nasty sex with Prince Humperdink.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

when one person gets killed in the outing group and the rest hang about waiting to be killed too haha

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By *hePolyMathMan
over a year ago

Walton on Thames

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By *hePolyMathMan
over a year ago

Walton on Thames

"when one person gets killed in the outing group and the rest hang about waiting to be killed too haha"

you literally beat me to that by seconds. FML.

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By *hePolyMathMan
over a year ago

Walton on Thames

Ill have another go - in a fight scene when the 8 bad guys just stand around letting the hero/heroine pick them off one or two at a time. Instead of all just jumping in.

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By *ealitybitesMan
over a year ago

Belfast

Wild Mountain Thyme. Like wtf? The accents, the clothes, the acting.... None of it makes sense. It's just surreal

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By *umstibleMan
over a year ago

Colindale

Still dont get the warp drive.

I mean i understand the science behind it but the way they 'install, fix and upgrade' it is beyond me

I wish it were potrayed as more of a delicate thing

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I think also gunshot wounds are always tiny, when some rounds are designed to exit the target considerably larger than the hole they entered into causing maximum damage.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I get wound up by inauthentic haircuts in period movies.

Spartacus is a good example.

Hey Kirk Douglas, they didn't have flat tops in ancient Rome!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Anything related to theories on Back to the Future and timelines.

And don't get me started on 'Inception'

A dream in a dream in a dream in a dream

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

When an American actor does an English accent. Terrible.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When a woman is running through the woods to get away from the murderer and you wait in anticipation for her to fall over

They always fall over

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By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago

South Wales

When in a horror film some lass goes up to an open window with the curtain billowing like “oh what a numpty I am, I left the window wide open in December ha ha ha” only for a knife welding maniac appear from behind the net and slash her to death.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Why in films when we lighting strike we hear it at same time too? ...did sound get a speed increase all of sudden

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By *aul DeUther-OneMan
over a year ago

Sussex

Any movie where the leading nan gets into a tremendous punch up. After taking and giving out a beating he straightens his hair or tie and carries on without a scratch. Pre Daniel Craig Bond movies are great for this.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"When in a horror film some lass goes up to an open window with the curtain billowing like “oh what a numpty I am, I left the window wide open in December ha ha ha” only for a knife welding maniac appear from behind the net and slash her to death.

Or when they go to investigate strange noises or even just stay in a house that's quite clearly haunted. No! Get the fuck out!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Horror logic = lets split up

Erm why? Folk are already dead and/or you in a creepy place middle of nowhere at night

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Continuing the horror theme, why do they run upstairs and trap themselves in the bathroom?

Why not just run out the back door?

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By *bi HaiveMan
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over a year ago

Cheeseville, Somerset

Fights in most action films.

Hero gets hit over the head by a baseball bat/spanner and either gets straight up or is conscious soon after.

No. You'd most likely be dead from a skull fracture and brain haemorrhage.

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By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago

South Wales

Or when they go to investigate strange noises or even just stay in a house that's quite clearly haunted. No! Get the fuck out!! "

Yeah, and they try the light switch in a house that’s been abandoned for more than a year.

No petal they were with Scottishpower, you got no chance!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Or when they go to investigate strange noises or even just stay in a house that's quite clearly haunted. No! Get the fuck out!! "

And go into basement where there are strange noises possibly a killer..with a torch . Not a baseball bat and axe or even maybe a gun ( its usually America after all) ..no a torch.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Horror logic = lets split up

Erm why? Folk are already dead and/or you in a creepy place middle of nowhere at night "

Horror logic is ridiculous and parodied in scary movie.

Two signs she follows the one to death.

It’s absolutely ridiculous.

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By *100Man
over a year ago

Essex

Jacobs ladder

What was that all about

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By *uHorny1Man
over a year ago

Cannock

In Robin Hood Prince of Theives,

Robin lands at Dover and tells Kasim that they'll be at his father's castle (in Nottingham) by nightfall.

Now that's pushing it for the 12th century, as they're on foot. But even more incredulous when you realise they go via Hadrian's Wall...

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

Bad guys can empty a whole arsenal full of bullets and not hit a thing - good guy fires off a single magazine and every bullet hits it's target

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Bad guys can empty a whole arsenal full of bullets and not hit a thing - good guy fires off a single magazine and every bullet hits it's target"

Similar to this, why is it that in films, like Bond for instance, that Bond has sharp shooter aim when aiming for random bad guys, but when going for one of the main villains, can't shoot for shit?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"And in the Princess Bride, every time Westley said “As you wish” you just know that in real life Buttercup would say “For fucks sake Westley, grow a pair will ya” and would bin him off for nasty sex with Prince Humperdink."

Still one of my favourite films, ever. I love it.

And, god damn, I had SUCH a thing for Robin Wright after that...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Jacobs ladder

What was that all about"

I think it actually supposed to be a future life flashing before him in the moment of his death....but it was made by the guy that made Flashdance so if we can belive Jessica Beals is welder I gonna belive Jacobs Ladder hahaha

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Bad guys can empty a whole arsenal full of bullets and not hit a thing - good guy fires off a single magazine and every bullet hits it's target"

Surely one of the greatest examples of this is the house assault sequence in "Commando"? Holy hell lol

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

Evil masterminds never take the easy option of just shooting the hero when they are (inevitably) captured and stood right in front of them - they have to come up with a fiendish method of killing them that usually involves time elapsing during which the hero escapes (but only just in the nick of time).

You expect Mr Bond to die Goldfinger? Stick a bullet between his eyes straight away, don't fanny around with a laser slowly creeping towards his bollocks!!

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By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago

South Wales

Still one of my favourite films, ever. I love it.

And, god damn, I had SUCH a thing for Robin Wright after that..."

A beauty! And that looooooong hair

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Jacobs ladder

What was that all about

And that film is one of the few that genuinely unsettled me.

"Jacob's Ladder", I mean - not "Flashdance".

Although...

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

"Bad guys can empty a whole arsenal full of bullets and not hit a thing - good guy fires off a single magazine and every bullet hits it's target

Surely one of the greatest examples of this is the house assault sequence in "Commando"? Holy hell lol "

That was exactly the scene I had in mind when I thought of it - but you could apply it to most Arnie movies

Or Die Hard!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Bad guys can empty a whole arsenal full of bullets and not hit a thing - good guy fires off a single magazine and every bullet hits it's target

Surely one of the greatest examples of this is the house assault sequence in "Commando"? Holy hell lol

That was exactly the scene I had in mind when I thought of it - but you could apply it to most Arnie movies

Or Die Hard!!"

"Die Hard" is such a good film! A great example of it's genre!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Physics in Fast and the Furious car chases

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

The lord of the rings...why didn't the eagles take the ring to the mountain and save everyone else especially them hobbits from all the angst and bloodshed?

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By *enuine MikeMan
over a year ago

Guildford

One thing that annoys me about films are the car scenes.

Why does every car make tyre noises when turning?

Why doesn't the ABS or traction control ever work in films either?

Pathetic

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

"Physics in Fast and the Furious car chases "
that's just car porn

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By *aysOfOurLivesCouple
over a year ago

Essex

Thnaks to the Big Bang theory - Radiers of the lost arc has been ruined...

“Indiana Jones plays no role in the outcome of the story. If he weren’t in the film, it would turn out exactly the same… If he weren’t in the movie, the Nazis would still have found the Ark, taken it to the island, opened it up, and all died, just like they did.”

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The lord of the rings...why didn't the eagles take the ring to the mountain and save everyone else especially them hobbits from all the angst and bloodshed?

Lol Peter Jackson actually talks about that very point on Return of King dvd

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

Air Force pilots go through years of training to learn to fly a plane/helicopter etc yet an action film hero can get in one and immediately fly it like a top gun ace.

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

"Thnaks to the Big Bang theory - Radiers of the lost arc has been ruined...

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By *eavenNhellCouple
over a year ago

carrbrook stalybridge

ok I will be the one to ask itv

what the hell was the gimp all about in pulp fiction ?

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By *ockosaurusMan
over a year ago

Warwick

Jupiter Ascending. The entire plot.

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By *eavenNhellCouple
over a year ago

carrbrook stalybridge

"Physics in Fast and the Furious car chases "
along with the 16 speed gearboxes they all seam to be fitted with

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Who stuck down the poster again at the bottom on Andy Dufrense cell wall after he got into the hole/tunnel to escape in The Shawshank Redemption ?

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By *ookingfun82Man
over a year ago

Enniskillen

Oceans 11 (new one) where did the bags of paper that ended up in the van come from?

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By *hilledGuerillaMan
over a year ago

In the monkey house

Police car chases. Drifting round corners, handbrake turns, clouds of smoke from wheel spin and always enough space for both el bantito and feds to weave safely through.

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By *oris and doris wolvesCouple
over a year ago

Wolverhampton

Why do Japanese cars in the fast and furious series have 16 speed gears boxes and mine only has 6?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Thnaks to the Big Bang theory - Radiers of the lost arc has been ruined...

This is in my top 5 favourite films of all time.

And I disagree with the hypothesis.

The Nazi group, under direction of Belloc, were looking in the wrong place and only refocused their attention when Jones and his crew were spotted.

If this had not happened it is impossible to say whether or not they would have found the Ark which, in turn, led to their destruction (which also defeats the rubbish argument that all Jones did was inadvertently 'help' the Nazis).

I fucking love that film.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Why do characters always have the tv news on when the required plot info is revealed on it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

the amount of punishment dished out in fights. and they just keep going.

its crazy

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

In action films, the hero can only ever get shot in the shoulder.

Also, any film starring Jean Claude Van Damme - it is unwise to be either his friend or else his brother as you will invariably die (thus necessitating him to take revenge for you which is mightily honourable of the good man but of little consequence to you in your posthumous state)

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Terminator genesis. Or any terminator film.

Basically John Connor sends back Kyle Reece who is his dad from the past, who if he never sent back into the past would have never enabled John to exist in the first place to send back Kyle.

Kind of the ultimate paradox.

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By *lasterman2000Man
over a year ago

Skipton

Mark Wahlburg...or however the feck you spell his name...being considered a good actor! He's got the range and charisma of a kiwi fruit you've found at the bottom of your fruit bowl and you can't even remember buying bloody kiwi fruits.

Rant over

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

Why host parties at the top of tower blocks? Never ends well!! Towering Inferno and Die Hard take note

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

The Game, starring Michael Douglas.

I loved that film.....until the end.

Suspend ones disbelief? More like piss all over it and chuck it unceremoniously out the window!

How could they predict Douglas would go to the top of that SPECIFIC building? How could they possibly predict not only a) that he would jump off it and b) He would choose to jump off THAT specific side of it?!

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By *ockosaurusMan
over a year ago

Warwick

"Terminator genesis. Or any terminator film.

Basically John Connor sends back Kyle Reece who is his dad from the past, who if he never sent back into the past would have never enabled John to exist in the first place to send back Kyle.

Kind of the ultimate paradox."

You can't change the past as the passage of time is just an illusion.

You can only change what you perceive as the future, so when Kyle travels 'back' he still remembers his past, but he is still in 'his' present and everything that will occur from now is in 'his' future.

So the child Kyle then goes on to have is a version of John in 'his' future and not the same version as the older John in his past. The life for this John may unravel very differently to that of the older John... not may not.

So 'his' son didn't send him back in time, but the son of a version of himself from a different timeline.

This is kinda touching on the principles of the Block Universe theory.

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By *ssex_tomMan
over a year ago

Chelmsford

I cannot understand why that silly greengrocer from San Francisco keeps putting those boxes of fruit outside his shop because in every car chase they seem to get trashed

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The idea that people go flying backwards when shot in movies has always baffled me. A small piece of metal weighing a couple of ounces cannot physically throw a 13 stone man backwards, no matter how fast its muzzle velocity

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

Action movies in general.

Guns have limited clips.....just saying....

Also, have you noticed that if the hero checks his clip, it ALWAYS reveals that he is suddenly down to his last bullet....

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By *ockosaurusMan
over a year ago

Warwick

"I cannot understand why that silly greengrocer from San Francisco keeps putting those boxes of fruit outside his shop because in every car chase they seem to get trashed"

Insurance job!

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By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago

South Wales

"Mark Wahlburg...or however the feck you spell his name...being considered a good actor! He's got the range and charisma of a kiwi fruit you've found at the bottom of your fruit bowl and you can't even remember buying bloody kiwi fruits.

Rant over

Absolutely ruined the Transformers franchise!

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

Also where do these full orchestras pop up from that appear to be playing off-screen in musicals especially in crowded city scenes is it some kind of flash mob thing?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Rant over

Absolutely ruined the Transformers franchise!"

....such high standards of entertainment before lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Any movie where the leading nan gets into a tremendous punch up. After taking and giving out a beating he straightens his hair or tie and carries on without a scratch. Pre Daniel Craig Bond movies are great for this."

There aren’t enough leading nans in films

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When someone in a film is getting chased by someone on foot or in a car and they stand there until they are almost right next to them before they run off

Ffs run as soon as you see them

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By *hysoseriouslyMan
over a year ago

Kent

In any car chase sequence... that point half way through when the hero / heroine suddenly puts their foot all the way down on the accelerator, it’s like they have only just realised it’s a chase! No wonder they are catching you!

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By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago

South Wales

In films why do people always run alongside a train and always successfully leap on to it? How come they never miss and fall down? And how come those that ride along side a train on a horse never have a nervous horse that thinks to itself “sod that!” and gallops off in other direction? Horses aren’t known for being laid back and chill.

And when folk are running along the top of the train why isn’t their balance doddery? When they leap the gap why doesn’t a gust of wind throw them off? And surely you’d only be able to crawl along the top?

So many train related questions...

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By *ockosaurusMan
over a year ago

Warwick

"Also where do these full orchestras pop up from that appear to be playing off-screen in musicals especially in crowded city scenes is it some kind of flash mob thing?"

As a really little kid, I think my mum watched too many musicals, as I honestly thought when grown ups go out they just sporadically burst into song and dance.

I even asked her once how everyone knows the words when they start singing.

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By *aul DeUther-OneMan
over a year ago

Sussex

There aren’t enough leading nans in films

Unless it's a Bollywood movie. Then the entire cast will suddenly do a choreographed song and dance.

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By *agneto.Man
over a year ago

Bham

Cool guys don't look at explosions is one of my favourite YouTube videos.

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

"ok I will be the one to ask itv

what the hell was the gimp all about in pulp fiction ? "

The gimps sleeping

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By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago

South Wales

"Also where do these full orchestras pop up from that appear to be playing off-screen in musicals especially in crowded city scenes is it some kind of flash mob thing?

As a really little kid, I think my mum watched too many musicals, as I honestly thought when grown ups go out they just sporadically burst into song and dance.

I even asked her once how everyone knows the words when they start singing.

Ah that’s cute

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

People having meet-cutes in parks/shops/general public places and not through dating apps.

And then professing their love for each other like a month later, as opposed to "not being exclusive" for like a year so one of them basically has an excuse to still fuck around and not call it cheating.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Can't recall the title of the film but it was about a woman whose washing machine had broken down, but when the plumber came instead of getting him to fix it she just fucked his brains out.

Then he left.

How the hell was she going to do the laundry?

Made no sense at all.

Hilarious! !

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Terminator genesis. Or any terminator film.

Basically John Connor sends back Kyle Reece who is his dad from the past, who if he never sent back into the past would have never enabled John to exist in the first place to send back Kyle.

Kind of the ultimate paradox.

You can't change the past as the passage of time is just an illusion.

So 'his' son didn't send him back in time, but the son of a version of himself from a different timeline.

This is kinda touching on the principles of the Block Universe theory. "

Yep, it's getting in amongst it.

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central

Bad guys, when they have captured the good guys don't expend time explaining the genius workings of your plan and Its execution before killing them, just do it immediately. Gloat after he's dead otherwise you will be before you finish

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When someone is on the phone (older movies ) and they're shouting " hello hello " into the phone while they constantly hit the part where you leave the phone down on which in a real life situation automatically cuts off the phone call .

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By *orksRockerMan
over a year ago

Bradford

Donnie Darko. -

The friend in the rabbit suit wakes him from his sleep to save him from the jet engine falling on him as he sleeps. Then only for him to then have to re-engineer the whole process in another time loop so he doesn't wake up in the original timeline! Why wake him in the first place?!

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By *orksRockerMan
over a year ago

Bradford

Excuse the grammar in the above. It's too early and I've a headache

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By * Plus ECouple
over a year ago

The South

"Jacobs ladder

What was that all about

He's been shot in battle and is on the operating table.

The whole film is him imagining how his life would be.

The chiropractor who fixes his back and takes away the pain is actually the surgeon who's operating on him in the real world.

Every visit to the chiropractor and the relief from pain is the surgeon fighting to save his life, constantly bringing him back from the edge of death.

It's a brilliant film.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When a guy is walking on foot and being followed 'discreetly' from about 40 yards away by a guy in a 5litre v8 chevy. Always makes me chuckle lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Probably 90% of movies that refer to technology, either they use the terminology in completely the wrong way or they mention methods that are decades out of date. (specific to coding)

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By *iss_tressWoman
over a year ago

London

When a woman the size of Victoria Beckham goes toe to toe with a bloke the size of Dwayne Johnson, riding his punches while he crumbles when she hits him.

How a man the size of Dwayne Johnson can be hit, kicked, shot by members of Seal Team 6 and not blink but jumps and say "OUCH!!!!" when a woman dabs a scratch with cleaning agent.

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By *iss_tressWoman
over a year ago

London

And don't get me started on 'Inception'

Not just me then! It's still on my watch list as every now and then I try to make sense of it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Probably 90% of movies that refer to technology, either they use the terminology in completely the wrong way or they mention methods that are decades out of date. (specific to coding) "

Yes, and how code just looks like bunch of confusing Matrix type green text on a black background. A friend of mine was once disappointed that a project I showed them "looked so much like English"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Can't recall the title of the film but it was about a woman whose washing machine had broken down, but when the plumber came instead of getting him to fix it she just fucked his brains out.

Then he left.

How the hell was she going to do the laundry?

Made no sense at all.

She must be a dirty girl

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I know we had something similar about endings in films, but are there any classic films you can’t quite understand why it was in a story?

For instance in Krull they capture wild fire horses that are running on the ground And once they capture them they fly them to the iron fortress. Bloody nonsense, but a classic.

Any others?"

I remember watching a leonardo di caprio movie either shutter island or inception and wondering the hell just happened.

I need to watch those again.

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By *ypnoticEroticMan
over a year ago

Two stars to the left and keep going.

How a scottish gentleman is able to play a russian submarine captain with a thick scottish accent.

RIP Sir Sean Connery. Possibly the only actor to be able to get away with this lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Probably 90% of movies that refer to technology, either they use the terminology in completely the wrong way or they mention methods that are decades out of date. (specific to coding)

Yes, and how code just looks like bunch of confusing Matrix type green text on a black background. A friend of mine was once disappointed that a project I showed them "looked so much like English"

Haha I feel your pain, my entire friendship circle think my work keep me in a basement somewhere with no windows and a Lan cable

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

So there's this shark right, and it's randomly eating people...tell me do you go in the water in the area it's been known to eat them or do you stay the heck out of there?

And then you decide to go hunt it, do you choose the tiny ramshackle boat that's barely equipped or a big secure steel one with all the relevant gear on board?

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over a year ago

"So there's this shark right, and it's randomly eating people...tell me do you go in the water in the area it's been known to eat them or do you stay the heck out of there?

And then you decide to go hunt it, do you choose the tiny ramshackle boat that's barely equipped or a big secure steel one with all the relevant gear on board? "

Close the area, call in the navy, job done!

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By *ampshirehotwifeWoman
over a year ago

Hampshire

In films where a crappy old car catches and keeps up with a high performance motorbike.

In reality the bike would be a dot in the distance.

Also has guzzling American car's yet they rarely run out of fuel unless it's convenient for the story.

Reality they would be stopping every every 20mins to re fuel.

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By *lbinoGorillaMan
over a year ago

Redditch

"How a scottish gentleman is able to play a russian submarine captain with a thick scottish accent.

RIP Sir Sean Connery. Possibly the only actor to be able to get away with this lol"

And win an Oscar for playing an Irish policeman, inexplicably with a Scots accent

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By *lbinoGorillaMan
over a year ago

Redditch

Thanks for ruining one of my favourite movies

I'm choosing to believe that it's you projecting your own desires here, and not maligning the virginal Buttercup....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When the car always seems to tip over, spin mid air and then drive off with no problems.... I tried it once and it didn't work that way at all!!

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By *ichaelangelaCouple
over a year ago

notts

Any musical where the lead does an impromptu dance with a song and the whole

load of high school kids or whoever immediately know the song and every dance step

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By *hunky GentMan
over a year ago

Maldon and Peterborough

When someone sets off a fire sprinkler system with a cigarette lighter and every sprinkler goes off - errrrrm NO.

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By *partharmonyCouple
over a year ago

Ruislip

This sounds like my nan. She was a brilliant fighter. Any trouble down at Woolworth's and she'd get stuck right in.

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

"When someone sets off a fire sprinkler system with a cigarette lighter and every sprinkler goes off - errrrrm NO.

In a similar vein I once tried to flick a lit match into a puddle of petrol to light it - got through half the box before realising it wasn't happening

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

Game Of Thrones Series 1 it took a month to travel from Kings Landing to Winterfell, yet by the last series people were doing it in a day!!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

When every cat that falls off a cliff instantly blows up, sometimes even before hitting the bottom of the ravine it fell into.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"When every cat that falls off a cliff instantly blows up, sometimes even before hitting the bottom of the ravine it fell into. "

*car

Fucking autocorrect

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By *hunky GentMan
over a year ago

Maldon and Peterborough

"Game Of Thrones Series 1 it took a month to travel from Kings Landing to Winterfell, yet by the last series people were doing it in a day!! "

There was amazing improvements in the technology of horsepower. Lol

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

Oh and while I've diversified to TV, why in soaps does no-one own a washing machine (Eastenders) and everyone works locally and even if they lose their job always find another one nearby?

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By *partharmonyCouple
over a year ago

Ruislip

"Probably 90% of movies that refer to technology, either they use the terminology in completely the wrong way or they mention methods that are decades out of date. (specific to coding) "

In Independence Day, Jeff Goldblum decided to attack the alien invaders with a computer virus he quickly knocked up one afternoon after he thought of the idea. Apparently it was that quick and easy.

Given the incompatibility issues between PCs and Macs on Earth, I hardly think that somebody can figure out how an Earth-based coding language can be used to infiltrate an alien system without a shit-load of development and testing.

But don't worry. Jeff will have it done before tea. With a bit of luck the aliens forgot to update their firewalls and anti-virus software.

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By *partharmonyCouple
over a year ago

Ruislip

There are those people with limitless diverse capabilities.

Take the guy who built Iron Man. According to the movie, one person built the iron suit, created the thrusters in his feet so he could fly, created all the software he uses in his helmet and designed all the fancy graphics he sees. So he's a metalwork expert, a costume designer, a rocket scientist, a computer programmer and a graphic designer (and probably more) all in one.

He did this in one room without anybody noticing. When he tried it out, everything worked first time! As somebody who has worked on IT projects, I have to say that is not normally how things go.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Jacobs ladder

What was that all about

He's been shot in battle and is on the operating table.

The whole film is him imagining how his life would be.

The chiropractor who fixes his back and takes away the pain is actually the surgeon who's operating on him in the real world.

Every visit to the chiropractor and the relief from pain is the surgeon fighting to save his life, constantly bringing him back from the edge of death.

It's a brilliant film.

Wasnt there a suggestion that he was under the effects of a powerful hallucinogenic drug too. BZ i think it was called..

Hell of a weird film...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

In Predator, Blaine and Mac use a General Electrics mini gun. This weapon requires a substantial external power source that appears nowhere in the movie.

During filming the power cables were hidden down the trouser legs of the actors.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"When an American actor does an English accent. Terrible. "

Yes I agree with there

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"In Predator, Blaine and Mac use a General Electrics mini gun. This weapon requires a substantial external power source that appears nowhere in the movie.

During filming the power cables were hidden down the trouser legs of the actors. "

I mean also the fact arnie is covered in mud and it stops the predator seeing him. Yet in predator 2 Predator alters how he views things with the flick of a switch. And is mud really going to block a thermal readout that much? Especially when it’s poorly daubed on.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"When an American actor does an English accent. Terrible.

Yes I agree with there "

If you want to see the same cringy effect but in reverse, i challenge you to endure watching Knives Out.. Daniel Craig's accent is special..

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By * Plus ECouple
over a year ago

The South

"Jacobs ladder

What was that all about

He's been shot in battle and is on the operating table.

The whole film is him imagining how his life would be.

The chiropractor who fixes his back and takes away the pain is actually the surgeon who's operating on him in the real world.

Every visit to the chiropractor and the relief from pain is the surgeon fighting to save his life, constantly bringing him back from the edge of death.

It's a brilliant film.

Wasnt there a suggestion that he was under the effects of a powerful hallucinogenic drug too. BZ i think it was called..

Hell of a weird film..."

Yes, hence the hallucinations while he was on the table.

The monsters he saw in his nightmares were bloody frightening.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Jacobs ladder

What was that all about

He's been shot in battle and is on the operating table.

The whole film is him imagining how his life would be.

The chiropractor who fixes his back and takes away the pain is actually the surgeon who's operating on him in the real world.

Every visit to the chiropractor and the relief from pain is the surgeon fighting to save his life, constantly bringing him back from the edge of death.

It's a brilliant film.

Wasnt there a suggestion that he was under the effects of a powerful hallucinogenic drug too. BZ i think it was called..

Hell of a weird film...

Yes, hence the hallucinations while he was on the table.

The monsters he saw in his nightmares were bloody frightening.

Think i watched it in the 90's cant remember all the detail now, but just remember bits and that it caused discussion amongst us that watched it... was weird as fk..

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By * Plus ECouple
over a year ago

The South

"Jacobs ladder

What was that all about

He's been shot in battle and is on the operating table.

The whole film is him imagining how his life would be.

The chiropractor who fixes his back and takes away the pain is actually the surgeon who's operating on him in the real world.

Every visit to the chiropractor and the relief from pain is the surgeon fighting to save his life, constantly bringing him back from the edge of death.

It's a brilliant film.

Wasnt there a suggestion that he was under the effects of a powerful hallucinogenic drug too. BZ i think it was called..

Hell of a weird film...

Yes, hence the hallucinations while he was on the table.

The monsters he saw in his nightmares were bloody frightening.

Think i watched it in the 90's cant remember all the detail now, but just remember bits and that it caused discussion amongst us that watched it... was weird as fk.."

Watch it again, now you know more about the film.

I still think it's one of the best films I've seen.

I like films that go under the radar a bit, like The Name of the Rose. Great film......

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

"When an American actor does an English accent. Terrible.

Yes I agree with there "

To be fair both Gwynneth Paltrow (Sliding Doors) and Rene Zellweger (Bridget Jones) don't do too badly

Dick Van Dyke on the other hand!!

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

"Probably 90% of movies that refer to technology, either they use the terminology in completely the wrong way or they mention methods that are decades out of date. (specific to coding)

In Independence Day, Jeff Goldblum decided to attack the alien invaders with a computer virus he quickly knocked up one afternoon after he thought of the idea. Apparently it was that quick and easy.

But don't worry. Jeff will have it done before tea. With a bit of luck the aliens forgot to update their firewalls and anti-virus software. "

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By *ockosaurusMan
over a year ago

Warwick

"When an American actor does an English accent. Terrible.

Yes I agree with there

If you want to see the same cringy effect but in reverse, i challenge you to endure watching Knives Out.. Daniel Craig's accent is special.."

Great film, but that accent!

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By *ockosaurusMan
over a year ago

Warwick

"When every cat that falls off a cliff instantly blows up, sometimes even before hitting the bottom of the ravine it fell into.

*car

Fucking autocorrect "

Be fucking hilarious if cats exploded when they fell off something badly!

Would explain why the adapted to land on their feet so well.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"When every cat that falls off a cliff instantly blows up, sometimes even before hitting the bottom of the ravine it fell into.

*car

Fucking autocorrect

Be fucking hilarious if cats exploded when they fell off something badly!

Would explain why the adapted to land on their feet so well. "

Haha.

“Here kitty”

“Meow”

Kaboom

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By *otsossieMan
over a year ago

Chesterfield

Why don’t they put the lights on when they go into the darkened room, and instead they mess about with torches?!

And why do people stand with their backs the door when checking a room? Even Jack Reacher ffs.

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

Everyone in films seems to have really big bladders and cast iron bowels which is the only conclusion I can reach for only rarely seeing people use the loo and when they do it's usually for comedy effect

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

That every stealth predator, real or alien, has to roar (or equivalent) at the hero, rather than attacking and eating them.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Jar jar binks

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

Zombie films:

After death, muscular atrophy and general decomposition sets in fast.

How then can these rotting weaklings rip living survivors up as though they were made of tissue paper?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Everyone in films seems to have really big bladders and cast iron bowels which is the only conclusion I can reach for only rarely seeing people use the loo and when they do it's usually for comedy effect "

Not sure how people going to the loo may enrich many storylines..

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By *ookingfun82Man
over a year ago

Enniskillen

Rat Race, Rowan Atkinson jumps in front of or in to a speeding train but is perfectly fine.

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By *lovisMan
over a year ago

Twickenham

People carrying cups of takeaway coffee which are obviously empty and pretending to drink them

Also suitcases which aren't heavy - watched "The Queens Gambit" which is brilliant but it was obvious all the cases were empty.

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

Why is it that bad guys tend to blab out the full details of their previously secret, nefarious plans to the hero after he/she has been captured?

Haven’t they learnt yet that by doing so, the said hero will subsequently always escape and lay waste to said schemes?

The moral here is: Villains - keep schtum! (and kill captives off quick!)

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

Not sure how people going to the loo may enrich many storylines..

It won't but it may make them more realistic

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By *lovisMan
over a year ago

Twickenham

"Why is it that bad guys tend to blab out the full details of their previously secret, nefarious plans to the hero after he/she has been captured?

Haven’t they learnt yet that by doing so, the said hero will subsequently always escape and lay waste to said schemes?

The moral here is: Villains - keep schtum! (and kill captives off quick!) "

This is addressed in "The Incredibles" - check out the monologuing speech!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

In a lot of old Westerns when a cowboy runs out of bullets in a gunfight they'll throw the gun away like it was a disposable lighter or something

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By * Plus ECouple
over a year ago

The South

Whenever a police officer is being investigated the Internal Affairs officer is always an ass.

And the officer being investigated is always being framed.

The officers wild and reckless partner always helps solve the case, prove them innocent and catches the bad guys.

But only after having a hissy fit and handing in his badge and gun.

After solving the case he's reinstated without a single question being asked.

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

Take two protagonists one male, one female, one a fairly small business owner full of good wholesome values, the other part of a big corporate out to put the small business out of business...

...guarantee by the end of the film they'll have fallen in love and the "corporate" will have had a complete change of character and renounce their company (usually finding something to put them out of business).

Because that happens all the time in reality!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

How come in car chases they never get red lights, traffic jams, road works, or the need to nip into Asda to top up on petrol?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"In a lot of old Westerns when a cowboy runs out of bullets in a gunfight they'll throw the gun away like it was a disposable lighter or something "

In old westerns they always make impossible shots like shooting a rope of a noose from 300 meters out with a rifle to save the person being hung.

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By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago

South Wales

I’ve enjoyed this thread

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Young guns was on tv when I was at school a long time ago and the next day my history teacher told me how billy the kid could never pull off the shot at the end of the film. At the time I thought fuck you and I still do.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Anything made by Steven Seagal makes no sense, just do an indiana Jones and shoot him, job done

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Why was Brad Pitt always eating in Ocean's Eleven?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Not sure how people going to the loo may enrich many storylines..

Tom Hanks does it all the time in his films

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