JSmith
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The montage...
JSmith
JSmith
Movie trailers which begin with "In a world where..."
Brings to mind Kill Bill vol 2 (both parts of which I hate even though I generally like Tarantino). The sword maker, Hattori Hanzo says:Tarantino definitely does it on purpose, there are tropes he likes and tropes he doesn't like, and he isn't very subtle about it!
Oh, yes - I'd forgotten that one.The annoying movie sounds computers make in movies!
Why do computers in movies still make super annoying sounds?
You know what I'm talking about: the bleeps, the bloops, the whirrs, the buzzes.mashable.com
Similarly anyone who can do the same after taking a bullet (in anything other than a graze.)Back on topic...
I can't stand it when when someone gets punched in the face five time, jumps out of second story window and falls on ground, gets right up, then gets hit by a car, slides off the roof, gets up again and runs after and catches the bad guy like nothing has happened.
Absolutely formulaic, but, nevertheless, we've come to expect it.firefight in which hero's pal gets shot, hero runs out to him, go through the whole extended 'Tell my wife I love her' routine whilst kneeling beside him making no effort to take cover, does not get hit despite the fact the buddy got hit the second he broke cover.
Yes, I always hit 'Fast Forward'. As you say it has subsided but has been replaced by the 'initmate dialogue' scence which I suppose is to try and develop a bit of depth to the hero's life and character, but just slows the pace to a standstill. Again, fast forward, you don't need to watch the scene to know what's being said and it's always irrelevant to the plot.This has subsided, but in the 80's / 90's, the perfunctory sex scene. Basically always the same: blue neon light in the background, slow music, rivulets of sweat …