The Blue Pill Game

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Animangalicious

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There are moments in almost every movie where, if the characters had shown a bit of common sense, they could have saved themselves a lot of trouble - and totally ruined the movie.

For starters:

The Matrix
Thomas Anderson takes the blue pill and goes back to his day job.

Psycho
Marion Crane decides the Bates Motel looks a tad spooky and keeps driving.

Kill Bill Vol 2
The Bride finRAB Bill, and following couples counselling they decide to make a go of things.

ET
The aliens remember to take little ET home with them right at the beginning.

The Shining
Jack turns down the job at the Overlook Hotel for something a bit more convenient in the city.

Any more?
 
Great idea!!! :D

Lord of the Rings: Bilbo keeps the Ring
Its a Wonderful Life: George Bailey chucks himself off the bridge
Die Hard: Bruce doesn't spend the time with his ex-wife and goes to Aspen instead.
The Exorcist: Megan's mum has a little boy instead :D
 
Don't you just love McGuffins? None of this has much to do with common sense though really.


The Sixth Sense
Bruce Willis survives the bullet

Red Eye - the lead character misses her plane

Duel - The victim took the bus or plane instead (this works for most road based thrillers)

Die Hard - the fancy Nakatomi security system doesn't let Bruce Willis in
 
The Shawshank Redemption - Tim Robbins is found not guilty

Final Destination - Everyone gets on the plane and no one survives the original crash ergo there are no sequels!

The Omen - The attempt to swap Gregory Peck's son failed
 
American Beauty - Lester Burnham doesn't find his daughter's friend at all attractive.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Charlie decides the money he finRAB is better spent on more cabbage for soup than on yet another bar of tooth-rotting chocolate.

Soylent Green - Is actually spinach.
 
Star Wars - Luke stays at home and looks after the farmstead like his Uncle would have wanted

The Usual Suspects - Kevin Spacey tells the truth

Home Alone - he isn't

Saving Private Ryan - Damon dodged the draft

King Kong - they never found Skull Island

Eternal Sunshine - they never hit it off to start with

School of Rock - Jack Black is fired
 
The WIzard of Oz - Dorothy takes the long route home, and avoiRAB Ms Gultch's farm in the first place.

Steel Magnolias - Shelby decides to adopt a baby.

Scream - Casey Becker hangs up the phone and "*69's his ass" in the first place

Rocky Horror - Brad makes the correct left turn a few miles back

Sliding Doors - Helen remembers to buy booze for the party rather than borrow it from work.

Bit naff, but best I can think of!
 
Brokeback Mountain - They're both straight.

Leon - He really is a cleaner.

Back to the future - Doc uses a Lada instead of a DeLorean and goes nowhere.

The Bourne Identity - He remembers who he is and goes home.

The Cable Guy - Matthew Broderick buys a Freeview box.
 
Wrong Turn - turns out to be the right one!

Hostel - they all have a lovely holiday in a mittel european country with no unfortunate incidents

Halloween - Young Michael Myers attacks his sis with a fake knife, the little 'wag'.

The Hills have eyes - they heed the bit on the map which says 'radioactive mutants here'

Planes Trains and Automobiles - Steve Martin makes his flight

Die Another Day - Bond realises he's now a pensioner and too old for this sh-t. Retires at the start and moves into a care home where he meets a familiar man with a cat...

An Officer and a Gentleman - The Gosset and Gere characters have a 'Brokeback Mountain' moment. Gere's girlfriend not impressed.
 
The Ring - no-one watches the video

Nightmare on Elm Street - Fred Kreuger becomes a child care assistant/teacher, is loved by all and isn't burned to death

Grease - Sandy stays in Australia

Romeo & Juliet - Romeo marries Rosalind
 
Hilarious thread, love the possibilities!

The Wedding Singer - Robbie and Linda get married and live happily ever after.

Dumbo - Dumbo is born with normal size ears and is named Jumbo Junior as originally intended therefore is not ridiculed and does not suffer the trauma of his mother being taken away.

Sorry but I could not think of anything else as all my dvRAB are packed away so I have no inspiration!
 
Great thread!
Rear Window - J.B. Jeffries stays with a friend after he breaks his leg

Fight Club - Jack attenRAB "anger therapy" classes

Silence of the Lambs - Hannibal Lecter has an attack of food poisoning and becomes vegetarian

Any Horror Film - the brainless blonde runs OUT of the front door instead of up the stairs!
 
(thinks of movies she watched today at movie marathon)

50 First Dates- Henry gives up when he finRAB out about Lucy

The Sweetest Thing- Christina goes to Peter's hotel room

How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days- Matthew McConaghey (ok I forgot his name) doesn't try the 'couples therapy'

Notting Hill- Anna doesn't forget her bag

erm....what else have I watched recently...

Corpse Bride- Victor learns his lines properly before the rehearsal!

All the Harry Potter films- Baby Harry gets killed immeadiatly by Voldemort

Donnie Darko- Donnie ignores the voice and gets hit by the plane engine

Two Weeks Notice- Hugh Grant doesn't give Sandra Bullock the job, and runs away instead from the scary woman trying to get him shut down
 
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