DISQUS

Film School Rejects: Boiling Point: An Inconsistent Force

  • Reebee7 · 4 months ago
    completely and utterly unrelated (sort of) but it bothers me in video-games when doing a melee (hitting with the butt of a gun/a punch/ something else) kills instantly, but grenades and bullets merely take off half of your health...

    Sorry for the tangent...
  • diegofilmfan · 4 months ago
    I personally think the complete and utter lack of any type of shrapnel in movies is hysterical. Take grenades for example, grenades do not create large explosions, they are generally made to create a large enough boom to transform the metal casing around the grenade into hundreds of white hot metal splinters that can really ruin your day.
    High caliber bullet hits a wall next to you, expect to be cut up pretty bad by debris, not just a little superficial on your cheek.
    My biggest pet peeve
  • djjeffhall · 4 months ago
    The one I hate the most is what I call the, "Made-For-TV-In-The-70's-Chase-Scene."

    The victim (Often the hero.) is being chased. The RUN, work, RUN, scamper, go lights out to the wind non stop RUN.

    The bad guy barely breaks a sweat. Often stops and looks through their rifle scope or binoculars and then saunters along.

    Cut to, bad guy is either right behind victim (As victim stops for mere second behind a conveinient tree or boulder.) or in front of victim waiting for them.

    Of course, the bad guy is as fresh as a daisy and ready to go.

    What, the bad guys never have to work for it?
  • LowSlash · 4 months ago
    The inconsistent force of bullets especially bothers me. I want to hear you wail like a little girl when you get shot in the gut, dammit! What's worse than completely ignoring the pain, though, is when they act injured and in pain when the injury first occurs, but once it's been even hastily treated they recover all of their motor skills and feel nothing.

    When I saw Hot Fuzz in the theatre, I groaned "that wouldn't kill him!" when Skinner was impaled on the mini church spire, so you can imagine my glee when, not a minute later, he started whining "Oooowww! It reeeeallly huuuurts!"
  • justadude · 4 months ago
    This one is a little abstract, but I am always surprised by the strength of the human psyche. In horror films you always have the man or woman who first saw the ghost sitting in some mental hospital (usually waiting for the new victims to come ask them for advice). But then you have the main characters of the film who clearly have seen ghosts and monsters before as they are only slightly shocked by a sighting, but not to the point of insanity. In fact, they aren't usually even scared enough to leave the house, they simply run to another room. I tell you now, if a ghost tried to attack me, I'm off the first balcony I can find (likely to my death).
  • tylerdurden1681 · 3 months ago
    A few things that do get to me. 1) TNT or Grenades being thrown and then there being a big ball of fire. Yeahhhhhh 2) Guys who get shot once in the stomach or arm and die instantly even though it would probably take hours to bleed to death unless you hit an artery. 3) When the hero (man or woman) finally takes down the bad guy and immediately drops their weapon or does not take away the villian's weapon. On top of that why would I shoot them in the torso and expect them to be dead. Always have to put on in their heart and one in their head!
    Wow this list is too easy and could go on forever but I won't!