Little things in movies which annoy you! (no serious posts allowed)

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countdown timers that always bleep very loudly with every passing second, but only when we are shown a close up of the timer... like arnies watch in commando.. everytime he looks at it there is this loud BLEEP, BLEEP, but we dont hear it all through the film...

and always hearing the engine noise, laser fire and explosions of vehicles in space is another that annoys me!!
soundwaves need a medium to travel through and space is a vacuum, so there would be no noise in space (hence the tagline of the original alien film).... i know it would probably not have the same effect watching a space battle in silence would it, but still it annoys me....
 
Only kidding about the serious posts but this thread is meant to be lighthearted.

Are the any little details in a movie you've seen which, for no reason, really annoys you?

The one that get me is in the Matrix movies. When otside the Matrix everybody's clothes are all tatty and full of holes - no problem with that at all - organic fibres would be hard to find in a world dominated by machines. But why (oh why oh why) is there no evidence whatsoever that anybody has tried to mend their clothes? :eek: no darning! No patches! They are VERY SLOPPY!

Any others you can think of? Don't worry - they don't need to have a rational argument behind them but do try to avoid just slagging off a film or an actor 'cause you just don't like them.
 
That narked me in 'Serenity'. Joss Whedon had to give in to Hollywood pressures and include some space ka-booms. In the original TV show 'Firefly' it quite rightly had soundless space-set scenes.
 
I love Jurrasic Park 1 and 2 but there is a certain scene that I cringe at.
It's in Jurrasic Park 2 where Jeff Goldblum's daughter say's that she's frightened and wants to go 'somewhere high'.

It's the first time I've ever heard the expression used by anybody in any movie ever and would you know it? they happen to have a 'high hide' onboard. :D
 
In horror films where the scary hooded figure WALKS in pursuit of our hero/ine, who is running away as fast as their little legs can carry them. And to top it off, scary hooded figure still remains just a few steps behind.
 
She may have been looking to get off her face on class A drugs....

A scene that always annoys me is from one of the most perfect films ever made - The Good, The Bad & The Ugly. It's when Van Cleef is eating that stew in the opening scenes. It looks so damned delicious and he's blatantly loving every spoonful I always get hungry and want some of it! But I can't! Coz it's a film from the 60s! I don't even like stew wich makes it all the more annoying!!! ARRGH!!!! *Pops a diazepam*
 
This is a bit of a cheat because it's not exclusive to one movie.:D

People riding horses when they obviously can't ride.
I don't mean them looking a bit awkward, but when they look like they don't even know which way the head is.
I mean how hard can it be for an actor to have a few lessons?
 
In action films, the way that men make all the decisions and any female characters just hang around waiting to be dragged by the arm 'this way, quick'...
 
People kissing just after they wake up really annoys me. I don't care if you've been in love with each other forever and last night was the best sex you've ever had, think of the morning breath :eek:.

Baddies who take the time to explain their elaborate evil plan to the hero, thus giving him chance to think up an escape route.

This one's weird:
I hate watching people 'write' in movies. Whenever they're supposed to be signing something or noting something down, it's usually obvious they're just scribbling on the paper and it irritates me :mad:.
 
Not sure if anyone has said this but, phone numbers in American films always begin with '555....'. Why?

There are some parts of specific films I hate, like for example in Avatar just after Jake has learnt to fly his banshee and He and Netiri are discussing it with supposed passion...cringe! Although I do love the film as a whole.
 
How can you say that? I've said many a time that if I ever win the lottery the first thing I'll do is employ Morgan Freeman to follow me around and narrate my life:p Could easily listen to him all day!
 
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