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In reply to the discussion: What things in movies bug you? [View all]

birdographer

(2,527 posts)
48. I don't see my pet peeve(s) here yet..
Mon Sep 2, 2024, 04:57 PM
Sep 2024

1. Moviemakers: Women do not wash their hair every single time they get in the shower. They do not stand there, head back, with the water falling on their heads, slicking their hair back with their hands. You may find it sexy, but once in a while a woman takes a shower without having to go through a long hair drying process afterward. I do not believe I have EVER seen a woman shown in a G-rated shower scene where she was not slicking wet hair back with her hands.

2. Casting Directors: Ok, you have a type. You love women with long straight dark hair parted in the middle. Or men with wavy brown hair parted on the side. So, during the lengthy process of casting your movie, you always select the actors auditioning that are your type. Every time. And we, the moviegoers/watchers, are left saying "Is that the wife or the mistress? Or the maid? Is that the mailman or the boss?" Stop hiring people who look identical, even if you like them all best.

3. When a driver is having a conversation, they are typically in a car on a road moving quickly. They are not in a studio in front of a green screen. So they cannot have long conversations with the passenger that involve staring at them for minutes at a time.

empty coffee cups Tetrachloride Sep 2024 #1
Bad scripts, especially in big budget productions. Midnight Writer Sep 2024 #2
Don't get me started TexasBushwhacker Sep 2024 #25
When police do a night search of a residence Sneederbunk Sep 2024 #3
Agree. I always say, 'turn on the lights' for crimmy sakes. Polly Hennessey Sep 2024 #5
When I first read your post, I thought of movie theaters. Polly Hennessey Sep 2024 #4
One of my biggest peeves, as well. Diamond_Dog Sep 2024 #43
Microphone feedback in comedies bcool Sep 2024 #6
Boy is THAT overused!!! oldsoftie Sep 2024 #32
When they order food and drinks but don't eat or drink. LisaM Sep 2024 #7
Background music that clashes with the dialog. nt Shermann Sep 2024 #8
Anytime in a movie when someone arrives at home Xavier Breath Sep 2024 #9
But what if True Dough Sep 2024 #12
I agree bif but would add hand written notes or a typed Bitbit Sep 2024 #10
I'm fussy about most implausible things True Dough Sep 2024 #11
Inability to attain suspension of disbelief EYESORE 9001 Sep 2024 #13
Yes.. This... Streaming shows too. One should not have to stand in front of the monitor or with a magnifyer hlthe2b Sep 2024 #14
Dark, dark, dark, dark, dark, dark cinematography! A single scene, fine but more and more are just unwatchable. hlthe2b Sep 2024 #15
YES! FFS it's not dark everywhere! And LOUD MUSIC. Jeez. CurtEastPoint Sep 2024 #16
Dark everywhere as though electricity hasn't been invented. northoftheborder Sep 2024 #49
Empty suitcases dcbuckeye Sep 2024 #17
No one ever says goodbye to end a phone conversation. Xavier Breath Sep 2024 #18
Just thought of another: when an alarm clock goes off in the morning and it's set to a music station Xavier Breath Sep 2024 #19
They're coming fast and furious now. Xavier Breath Sep 2024 #20
In my previous life I was an X-ray tech... So when they put up a chest X-ray backwards it drives me nutz... mitch96 Sep 2024 #21
When someone runs out of bullets, then throws away a perfectly good gun JoseBalow Sep 2024 #22
It takes so much money to make one and the objective is to make more money. twodogsbarking Sep 2024 #23
profanity, no character development, overly loud, gay bashing, women hating, disney princesses msongs Sep 2024 #24
if anyone coughs it means they are dying Skittles Sep 2024 #26
Hahahahahahahahahaha!!! There is NOTHING wasted in scripts! oldsoftie Sep 2024 #30
The cost snowybirdie Sep 2024 #27
A lot of times we're not meant to read stuff that pops on the screen but I always try. Pause and zoom to see if brewens Sep 2024 #28
Ridiculously impossible feats accomplished. Like leaping or jumping long distances. oldsoftie Sep 2024 #29
All the fire sprinklers going off at once Nittersing Sep 2024 #31
A few things DetroitLegalBeagle Sep 2024 #33
Bad Boston accents. I'm looking at you, Sasha Baron Cohen in The Trial of the Chicago 7. Jaysus. mahina Sep 2024 #34
Did you ever see, thucythucy Sep 2024 #39
OMG it was dreadful! mahina Sep 2024 #58
That was hilarious! thucythucy Sep 2024 #61
Well, he is British. bif Sep 2024 #46
Bad fake Boston Accents. bottomofthehill Sep 2024 #35
Okay... I'll go there FalloutShelter Sep 2024 #36
Impossible timelines, ie hero should have fallen off the tower by now. Gunfire and explosions that never take people out GPV Sep 2024 #37
A character runs to their car, which is always unlocked and they always have their key ready. Ocelot II Sep 2024 #38
Hate that and some you cant follow the plot doc03 Sep 2024 #40
ty all for excellent reasons Tetrachloride Sep 2024 #41
British and Australian actors who are given American parts but MaryMagdaline Sep 2024 #42
There's always a parking space sorcrow Sep 2024 #44
Bad guy shoots and shoots at cop and misses every time Diamond_Dog Sep 2024 #45
When a woman pukes bif Sep 2024 #47
I don't see my pet peeve(s) here yet.. birdographer Sep 2024 #48
#3, #3, #3, bird!!! Leghorn21 Sep 2024 #55
When actors mug to the camera. Gaytano70 Sep 2024 #50
Blowing up cars that are better than mine. marble falls Sep 2024 #51
Car chases and extra long gun fights. Layzeebeaver Sep 2024 #52
Horrible costumes/wardrobe Beatlelvr Sep 2024 #53
The background music that is louder than anything else. Biophilic Sep 2024 #54
Speaking of gun fights ... perfessor Sep 2024 #56
CGI. Bugs me. I prefer movies from the 80's Groundhawg Sep 2024 #57
I thought of another one: Ocelot II Sep 2024 #59
Noise in space. It's a vacuum. GreenWave Sep 2024 #60
At the end of the action flick bif Sep 2024 #62
I thought of another one, too Diamond_Dog Sep 2024 #63
20 minutes of adverts before the movie starts RainCaster Sep 27 #64
Silencers Morbius Oct 19 #65
When a guy is done shaving... bif Oct 19 #66
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