The Birdcage (1996)
As much as I enjoy The Birdcage, there is one single thing that always bothers me. *Spoiler Warning*
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Before the future in-laws come to visit, Armand (Robin Williams) tells Agador (Hank Azaria) to cook dinner even though Agador can't cook. I understand that was done for the sake of hilarity BUT why didn't they just order a fancy gourmet dinner and had it delivered to the back door? They also serve food in their own club downstairs. How easy would it be to just go downstairs and get food? They still could have done the joke with the greek plates. Instead he serves a lousy meal :lookingup:
The fact that they didn't just order or got the food from downstairs always bothers me :bouncegiggle:
When a phone number is given as 555- it takes me right out of the narrative.
I hate the "talking to the camera" moments. I want to watch the movie, not be involved in it.
Like much of Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
I hate it when blood spatters on a camera lens.
When people don't finish their meals or drinks. Like, they get to a restaurant, the plate is coming, and they have to leave immediately. Can't you just have dinner and then leave? Who does that?
Literally the only movie I recall in which the character actually finishes his meal is CHINATOWN.
Quote from: Gabriel Knight on September 13, 2023, 03:29:26 PM
Literally the only movie I recall in which the character actually finishes his meal is CHINATOWN.
What about A BOY AND HIS DOG? :wink:
Do they eat the chicken in ERASERHEAD?
I wouldn't!
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Snakes blinking.
Snakes don't have eyelids.
When they clearly use non-poisonious snakes for deadly snakes.
Example: The Muumy Returns (2001)
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The weird jump cut in Poltergeist (1982) right before they go to their neighbor asking him if he has noticed anything unusual going on.
It is a rather clumsy and noticeable cut, and it has been bothering me every time I watch Poltergeist.
Apparently they make a not so nice comment about Pizza Hut. According to legend, Pizza Hut complained and the studio was forced to remove that scene.
Mel Gibson holding up a sign in Lethal Weapon 2 saying DOWN WITH APARTHIED 🙄
When a movie is set in some ancient time period but they use modern slang like "OK."
Drives me nuts!
Quote from: indianasmith on September 14, 2023, 06:07:43 PM
When a movie is set in some ancient time period but they use modern slang like "OK."
Drives me nuts!
Agh, absolutely. I love
WARCRAFT with every fiber of my being, but when Lothar's son calls him "dad" I get p**sed off. It's fantasy! Call him "father", dammit!
How come no one ever goes to the bathroom?
Quote from: lester1/2jr on September 15, 2023, 01:11:20 AM
How come no one ever goes to the bathroom?
unless its in a slasher, which 100% means they're about to get their chain yanked
Quote from: Rev. Powell on September 13, 2023, 02:51:28 PM
I hate it when blood spatters on a camera lens.
I feel like this should bother me, but somehow doesn't...
when the camera lingers on a 'dead' body... all I can ever do is try and notice any flinching or eyelid movements, even though I don't want to... can't help it
I saw a movie a while back where one character jumped into a military Humvee and then fumbled with the key to get it started.
Military Humvees don't use keys. They put chains and locks on the steering wheel. You can start them up and drive them just fine whoever you are, as long as you don't need to turn for any reason.
There's a long medium wide/wide shot of Keitel and Buscemi early in RESERVOIR DOGS where they light cigarettes. The flame doesn't actually light Keitel's cigarette and really doesn't even come close. Nevertheless Keitel acts like he's smoking it. I don't smoke, hate cigarettes, and am totally anti-smoking IRL, but in a movie about hardcore lifer criminals, this really bothers me every time I watch it. Weird that QT kept it in the film. Only usable take? No coverage/couldn't cut away?
I also remain puzzled about the entire final scene of THERE WILL BE BLOOD... you know, the most famous scene, w/ the "milkshake". Even after 3 viewings, I can't quite track how/why DDL and PD are even having that final conversation. The earlier, pivotal scene where PD baptizes DDL in exchange for land rights seems to render the later scene redundant. I've tried to rationalize the circumstances of that last scene in my mind, but when I watch the scene again, the actual dialogue never supports (and kind of contradicts) my rationalization. Maybe it's just DDL's dream/wish fulfillment...?
Something Wild (1986)
Throughout the film the songs (amazing soundtrack btw) enhance scenes and are well placed. With the Fine Young Cannibals song Ever Fallen in Love, it appears they quickly threw together a couple of grainy outtakes as a reason to play the song. It's a hasty/sloppy 1 minute insert sticking out like a sore thumb. It doesn't gel with the flow of the rest of the movie.
My guess is the FYC song was offered after the film was already finished, so they added what looks like deleted footage to the film for the song.
That's entirely plausible, Claws. Jonathan Demme was not averse to such OT/extraneous/last-minute additions or revisions. (Maybe due to his training under Corman?) The end of MARRIED TO THE MOB used to bug me in the same way you mention: evidently unrelated/disconnected footage of Michelle Pfeiffer and Matthew Modine dancing on some civic (courthouse?) steps, and the sequence concludes on a freeze-frame of Pfeiffer about to have what looks like a serious injury. Weird way to wrap up a snarky crime movie. Eh!
Interesting. I've seen about every Demme movie but I've never seen Married to the Mob. Didn't appeal to me as I can't get into mob movies. Just like some people can't watch musicals or westerns.
Weird on my part because I really enjoyed Something Wild and I liked Pfeiffer very much back then.
on a sidenote, I have seen The Godfather, but it didn't do much for me. That's why I never include it in my favorite movie lists.