Originally Posted by MinLShaw

But this is my point--people in real life do think of a wedding as some kind of event that locks in their happy relationship forever, etc., when in fact, it does not. Look at the way you yourself have phrased it: "finding your soulmate...logically it makes sense to wrap things up with a wedding." This is the very definition of the "Checklist Approach to Life!" What irks me about this trend is that it frequently happens after the guy has had his epiphany about how, out of all the girls he's slept with, this one is special. That might be sufficient reason for him to feel so excited he proposes, but just once I want the girl to say, "Let's see how special you think I am next week. And the week after that." Instead, it's always presented that the wedding is his reward for realizing that she's special.

Originally Posted by bluetoast

When someone gives a location to get to and the other person immediately knows how to get there with no questions asked, even if it seems to be a completely out of the way place. Good counter-example to this is in American Graffiti when Harrison Ford challenges the guys to a race. They give him the location, he accepts. Then asks the girl in his car how to get there.

Originally Posted by calhoun07

That reminds me of a sci-fi movie pet peeve...

When somebody lands on a new planet to find somebody, they ALWAYS land relatively close to the person they are looking for and find them pretty darn quick. I don't think I could even find somebody that quickly in a city if I didn't know where they were let alone on a whole planet.

Originally Posted by Geddlo

Good to know we are peeved by the same things.

The one I'll throw in that I haven't seen is there are never any screens in windows, especially bedroom windows.

If I left my windows open with no screen on in the middle of summer, there'd be bugs everywhere.

Originally Posted by milo bloom

I gotta defend the scifi one. If you're to the point of interplanetary travel, you're likely to the point of scanners on the ship that can pinpoint a settlement, and then a tricorder like device on the surface that can pinpoint the person's lifesigns.

Originally Posted by KillerCannibal

I'm sure it's been mentioned already, but I hate seeing people drink from a cup when it's obvious there's nothing inside of it.

Originally Posted by MinLShaw

What did you gamers think of Grandma's Boy? It seemed like those guys knew what they were doing to me. I especially liked Doris Roberts. She was awkward, but she didn't overdo it.

Originally Posted by d2cheer

Same with the endless bullets in someones gun, endless amounts of cash when it appears they can't even afford to live are others.

Originally Posted by Ralph Jenkins

Also, people who live by themselves in huge apartments or lavish houses and are shown working at Starbucks or some other minimum wage job. 40 YO Virgin comes to mind. How does he afford his place and buying all that stuff when he basically works at the equivalent of a Best Buy?

Originally Posted by Ralph Jenkins

Phone numbers that begin with "555" annoy me because they remind me that I'm watching a movie.

Originally Posted by Ralph Jenkins

Also, people who live by themselves in huge apartments or lavish houses and are shown working at Starbucks or some other minimum wage job. 40 YO Virgin comes to mind. How does he afford his place and buying all that stuff when he basically works at the equivalent of a Best Buy?

Originally Posted by Abob Teff

?????

Originally Posted by Ralph Jenkins

Also, people who live by themselves in huge apartments or lavish houses and are shown working at Starbucks or some other minimum wage job. 40 YO Virgin comes to mind. How does he afford his place and buying all that stuff when he basically works at the equivalent of a Best Buy?

Originally Posted by DieselsDen

Even worse, when amidst a group of people, someone smiles and says, "I've got a plan...here's what we're going to do..." And the the group huddles together and we hear unintelligible whispers and see heads nodding in excitement.

Originally Posted by Geddlo

Have all combinations of the 555-xxxx been used by now? I've always wondered this.

Originally Posted by caligulathegod

I have the exact opposite pet peeve. 555 numbers don't bother me because I KNOW I'm watching a movie. It's a movie convention. When I see a movie or TV show and they have a non-555 number, I'm like, "Whoa, that's a real number," then I start wondering about the poor folks that really have that number and the hell they are going to go through with prank callers, and what made the filmmakers decide to use a real number instead of a fictional number and the fact I'm now thinking about that rather than the movie actually does take me out of the movie. I even get that with 555 numbers that aren't 555-01xx, since those are the only fictional numbers now.

Originally Posted by stingermck

A lifetime of collecting (for the toys) and not spending money dating and trying to get laid. We could all buy more stuff like that...think about it

Originally Posted by MoviePage

That's definitely one of mine too. The race to continually up the gross-out factor and outdo what's already been done. Before long I expect to see a movie that features nothing but characters in a room throwing feces at each other for the entire running time. Or maybe that's already been done..