What are some techniques or film scenes that ruin the sense of realism for you?

I'll start with the obvious and greatest offender:

* Call me back at 555...

Films even go so far as to just show the 555- written on a piece of paper as if that's less pathetic.

* Every "give me the gun" scene in any film ever. Why do they always insist on slowly walking towards the person with a gun pointed at them.

* Someone points a gun at someone within close proximity and waits to later cock the handle to let everyone know he means business? Aren't you supposed to cock the handle before you point the gun at someone 3 feet away from you?

* Unloading an entire clip willy-nilly and then throwing the gun. At least keep it in case you need to pistol-whip an enemy.

* Driver's looking and talking to their passenger and not looking at the road for extended periods of time.

My last example is something I hate which continues to happen even in modern films...

* splattered blood and water droplets on the camera lens

Does the director/cameraman not notice this? Do they think it's ok? This just reeks of sloppy, lazy filmmaking. It's insulting to the audience. This, above all others, rockets me away from suspension of belief land. They might as well have the actors look directly at the camera and wink.

1 shot kills through the heart or head- instant death

sooooo fake

what i hate, is you can get shot 20 times, but still have enough time to give a 5 minute monologue about the meaning of life.

i actually thought this was a nice effect in the beach landing of saving private ryan.

How about where the hero gets caught by the villian and instead of killing the hero immediately, the villian then goes on to reveal his entire plot in a long-ass monologue.

The words "Directed by Michael Bay".

I love the movie, but Connery's character's death in The Untouchables is ridiculous.

LOL

That scene in Spider-Man. How do you kiss someone upside down?

Plus rain had to get in your nostrils. Gross.

To me this was most ridiculous in The Phantom Menace. Qui-Gon Jinn, gets impaled, plays dead until Obi-Wan finishes off Darth Maul, then gives him some advice, and then dies. All timed so perfectly.

Or when the hero is about to be killed after he is captured:

Dr. Evil: All right guard, begin the unnecessarily slow-moving dipping mechanism. Close the tank!
Scott Evil: Wait, aren't you even going to watch them? They could get away!
Dr. Evil: No no no, I'm going to leave them alone and not actually witness them dying, I'm just gonna assume it all went to plan. What?
Scott Evil: I have a gun, in my room, you give me five seconds, I'll get it, I'll come back down here, BOOM, I'll blow their brains out!
Dr. Evil: Scott, you just don't get it, do ya?

Any movie where the bad guy, have it be a monster or just a bad dude, puts the good guys through hell, kicking their ass and taking them to the brink of death only for the good guy to overcome the odds and finally take the bad guy out.

Now, that isn't what bothers me.

What bothers me is when the good guy finally has the bad out on the ground, and just nudges them to see if they are dead, and then instead of making sure they are dead by putting a bullet in their head or some other vital spot, they toss the gun away and takesa deep breath as they turn their back to the bad guy.

When I saw that in a recent flick, I instantly wanted the bad guy to stand up (which he did) and then kill the good guy.

The final act of High Tension?

Actually, that's my favorite way to kiss. No noses in the way, no cocking of the head, and best of all: you both get the bottom lip. It's not an everyday, "Hi babe, I'm home" kiss...but in the right situation it definitely works.

-JP

Anytime a group of bad guys unload fifty clips at a good guy, and he takes down the six bad guys with six bullets.

= J

How I love James Bond.

On the contrary. Connery's death in The Untouchables is far more realistic than the vast majority of film gunshot deaths out there. It may have been a little overcooked but people rarely drop dead from gunshot wounds, even multiple gunshot wounds.

This bugs me too. And they did it in lotr.

I can't stand scenes where the bad guys keep shooting at the good guys and can't get one bullet to hit home, where as the good guys bullets always hit the mark.

This happens in countless movies and really bugs the hell out of me, especially when the good guy is running around in plain view.

When someone gets hit in the head or jaw with a metal pipe or otherwise solid object. Not only does the guy getting hit merely fall over and get up, but keeps on fighting and shows no bruising or swelling.

Sorry, but a lead pipe to the jaw will SHATTER every bone in your face and you will be down and out and look like a pumpkin for six months.

I hate when they fire more bullets than their clip could possibly hold.

Any scene in a movie involving computers. The computers are usually displaying things that aren't even possible.
Or the one where they press a few keystrokes and they've disabled the missle or hacked the firewall, etc.

Anytime they "enhance" a badly pixelated digital photo of someone.

Fistfights that never result in broken & swollen hands.

The Day After Tomorrow.

The scene where the gigantic tidal wave that is about to hit. The girl goes back to the cab to get the lady's passport. She's going towards the tidal wave and the entire city is going in the other direction. And once she gets the passports, she just happens to look up and has a look like "where did that tidal wave come from?" It just pisses me off she's the only one who doesn't realize what's coming. 0 people would run towards a tidal wave to get a passport for someone they don't know.

or when they are throwing away books, which to me is far more important than furniture, to make a fire in the library. or when the group actually thinks it's a better idea to go OUTSIDE in the freezing cold rather than staying indoors.

yep...lots of stuff in that movie.