# And my #1 biggest over sight in movies is.....
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**Created:** [February 28, 2008, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-my-1-biggest-over-sight-in-movies-is/439541 "2008-02-28T19:19:21Z")
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### Author:  [@ChrisBooth12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisBooth12)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2008, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-my-1-biggest-over-sight-in-movies-is/439541/1 "2008-02-28T19:19:21Z")
Boners! how many times have you seen a couple having sex or the guy getting a BJ and suddenly something happens like a knock on the door or he has to go shoot or kill someone so he puts on his pants and what do you see? NOTHING! no big bulge no little one no nothing! This bothers more quite a great deal acutally
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### Author:  [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2008, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-my-1-biggest-over-sight-in-movies-is/439541/2 "2008-02-28T19:32:46Z")
You know what bothers me? Back in the 60’s and 70’s couples would have sex naked. Nowadays they always wear underwear. It’s a wonder anybody has children.
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### Author:  [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2008, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-my-1-biggest-over-sight-in-movies-is/439541/3 "2008-02-28T19:35:14Z")
The OP should see _Angels and Insects_, where the interrupted tryst depicted will not leave you disappointed…
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### Author:  [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2008, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-my-1-biggest-over-sight-in-movies-is/439541/4 "2008-02-28T19:38:15Z")
[QUOTE=furryman]
You know what bothers me? Back in the 60’s and 70’s couples would have sex naked. Nowadays they always wear underwear. It’s a wonder anybody has children.
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One thing in _Knocked Up_ that really took me out of the movie is that Katherine Heigl _always_ wears a bra during sex. I think this is the case both during the first drunken hookup and when she and Ben have sex while she’s pregnant.
I can understand why she wouldn’t want to go topless, but sheesh, did it look weird.
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### Author:  [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2008, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-my-1-biggest-over-sight-in-movies-is/439541/5 "2008-02-28T19:57:21Z")
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Boners!!
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That’s the best answer I wasn’t expecting. I’m cracking up!
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### Author:  [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)
#### Post date: [February 29, 2008, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-my-1-biggest-over-sight-in-movies-is/439541/6 "2008-02-29T03:40:24Z")
[QUOTE=ChrisBooth12]
Boners! how many times have you seen a couple having sex or the guy getting a BJ and suddenly something happens like a knock on the door or he has to go shoot or kill someone so he puts on his pants and what do you see? NOTHING! no big bulge no little one no nothing! This bothers more quite a great deal acutally
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Thank God!
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### Author:  [@Crocodiles\_And\_Boulevards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crocodiles_And_Boulevards)
#### Post date: [February 29, 2008, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-my-1-biggest-over-sight-in-movies-is/439541/7 "2008-02-29T04:58:55Z")
[QUOTE=shy guy]
One thing in _Knocked Up_ that really took me out of the movie is that Katherine Heigl _always_ wears a bra during sex. I think this is the case both during the first drunken hookup and when she and Ben have sex while she’s pregnant.
I can understand why she wouldn’t want to go topless, but sheesh, did it look weird.
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Not to get too personal or anything, but in your experience does the top always come off?
Because in my experience, that’s not always the case 😉 Sometimes you just don’t have… uh.. time!
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### Author:  [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)
#### Post date: [February 29, 2008, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-my-1-biggest-over-sight-in-movies-is/439541/8 "2008-02-29T05:02:59Z")
[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy]
The OP should see _Angels and Insects_, where the interrupted tryst depicted will not leave you disappointed…
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And _Red Road_ . . .
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### Author:  [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)
#### Post date: [February 29, 2008, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-my-1-biggest-over-sight-in-movies-is/439541/9 "2008-02-29T05:12:13Z")
[QUOTE=shy guy]
One thing in _Knocked Up_ that really took me out of the movie is that Katherine Heigl _always_ wears a bra during sex. I think this is the case both during the first drunken hookup and when she and Ben have sex while she’s pregnant.
I can understand why she wouldn’t want to go topless, but sheesh, did it look weird.
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One thing in _Knocked Up_ that really took \*me \*out of the movie was that Katherine Heigl was so far out of Seth Rogan’s class that NONE of the rest of the movie, after the drunk-sex, made any sense at all. She would’ve changed her phone number on the way to the abortion clinic. It reminded me of the scene in _Barf-ly_, where Mickey Rourke, blood and vomit drying in his hair, watches as Faye Dunaway and Alice Krige fight over him, teeth and nails, in a bar. Both movies struck as bullshit male fantasies.
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### Author:  [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)
#### Post date: [February 29, 2008, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-my-1-biggest-over-sight-in-movies-is/439541/10 "2008-02-29T06:06:56Z")
[QUOTE=lissener]
One thing in _Knocked Up_ that really took \*me \*out of the movie was that Katherine Heigl was so far out of Seth Rogan’s class that NONE of the rest of the movie, after the drunk-sex, made any sense at all.
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This is why I’ve never watched the movie. I can’t imagine her being _that_ drunk and still able to leave with him.
The oversight that gets me is that one’s body often loses control over various sphincters after death. Yet people are always inches away from a body and asking “Is he dead?!” You’d think their noses might be one up on the situation, but they never are.
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### Author:  [@Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martin_Hyde)
#### Post date: [February 29, 2008, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-my-1-biggest-over-sight-in-movies-is/439541/11 "2008-02-29T06:13:10Z")
I dunno how much I buy into the concept of a woman being “out of a guy’s league.” I’ve seen a few fat, drunk slobs with really attractive girlfriends in my lifetime. One couple in particular I know of is a fat, middle class High School driver’s ed teacher. He’s not terribly bright, but he’s not a bad guy. He’s a regular at a bar a friend of mine owns and that I hang out in as often as possible…his wife is very attractive. If anything this guy’s personality is actually a net negative, so I’m not sure what the attraction is. He’s not wealthy either (note: public school teacher.)
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### Author:  [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)
#### Post date: [February 29, 2008, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-my-1-biggest-over-sight-in-movies-is/439541/12 "2008-02-29T14:57:11Z")
[QUOTE=Martin Hyde]
I dunno how much I buy into the concept of a woman being “out of a guy’s league.”
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Me neither.
Or, I either underestimate my own “hotness” or overestimate the “hotness” of some of the chicks I’ve banged. Yeah!!! Chick-banging
I think that guys who think she’s out of his league might say that because they think, _I’m in his league and I couldn’t get a girl like that_. These guys overestimate some combination of
1. their looks (because Rogan ain’t that bad)
and
1. their personality. (because Rogan was cool and funny)
Anyway, the OP would not be disappointed by the opening scene of “40 Year Old Virgin” or pehaps even “Me, Myself & Irene” where Jim Carrey says, “why am I pissing like I’ve been having sex all night?”
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### Author:  [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)
#### Post date: [February 29, 2008, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-my-1-biggest-over-sight-in-movies-is/439541/13 "2008-02-29T15:04:56Z")
[QUOTE=lissener]
One thing in _Knocked Up_ that really took \*me \*out of the movie was that Katherine Heigl was so far out of Seth Rogan’s class that NONE of the rest of the movie, after the drunk-sex, made any sense at all. She would’ve changed her phone number on the way to the abortion clinic. It reminded me of the scene in _Barf-ly_, where Mickey Rourke, blood and vomit drying in his hair, watches as Faye Dunaway and Alice Krige fight over him, teeth and nails, in a bar. Both movies struck as bullshit male fantasies.
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You should avoid Woody Allen films then 🙂
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### Author:  [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)
#### Post date: [February 29, 2008, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-my-1-biggest-over-sight-in-movies-is/439541/14 "2008-02-29T15:39:56Z")
One of my peeves is the way movie characters kiss even when it would be fairly disgusting… first thing in the morning (no one in the movies ever has “morning breath,” even after a night of heavy drinking or when you know they didn’t brush their teeth before turning in), while eating, and even shortly after one of the characters has just vomited (and hasn’t been able to wash her mouth out). I mean, come on!
And I’ve been spotting what seems like an increasing number of scenes where people meet in a restaurant or bar, order drinks and/or food, and then at least one person splits either before the stuff has arrived at the table, or after the drink has – but doesn’t take the time to drink up or even to flag down their waiter to cancel the order. In real life, if you’re paying, say, $5 or $10 for that drink that’s just been poured, I think you’re likely to gulp it down before you hurry off in a rush. (Movie people don’t worry much about being pulled over for DUI, either.)
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### Author:  [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)
#### Post date: [February 29, 2008, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-my-1-biggest-over-sight-in-movies-is/439541/15 "2008-02-29T16:19:48Z")
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> And my #1 biggest over sight in movies is…
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> Boners!
It’s not just the movies that are reticent about showing erections. You’ll find a general avoidance of this, even in places where you’d think it would be appropriate (such as in **Playboy**. Erections show up in explicit pormno, of course, and they’re _suggested_ (but not shown) in many comedies. But they are rarely shown directly. Public decorum and self-censorship keeps them out of most of our viewing in illuistrations, TV, movies, videos, videogames, comics, and the like, but my impression is that publishers of these media shy away from them even when you’d think that they ARE appropriate.(You’d think that at least a fleeting shot would show up at the end of **The Full Monty** , for instance. But it doesn’t. Yet isn’t that really the point of the film?) You’re a lot more likely to see female nudity and female genitalia than you are full-frontal male.
I’ve got a theory about this, but this margin is too narrow to hold my thoughts.
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### Author:  [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)
#### Post date: [February 29, 2008, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-my-1-biggest-over-sight-in-movies-is/439541/16 "2008-02-29T16:56:16Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham]
It’s not just the movies that are reticent about showing erections. You’ll find a general avoidance of this, even in places where you’d think it would be appropriate (such as in **Playboy**. Erections show up in explicit pormno, of course, and they’re _suggested_ (but not shown) in many comedies. But they are rarely shown directly. Public decorum and self-censorship keeps them out of most of our viewing in illuistrations, TV, movies, videos, videogames, comics, and the like, but my impression is that publishers of these media shy away from them even when you’d think that they ARE appropriate.(You’d think that at least a fleeting shot would show up at the end of **The Full Monty** , for instance. But it doesn’t. Yet isn’t that really the point of the film?) You’re a lot more likely to see female nudity and female genitalia than you are full-frontal male.
I’ve got a theory about this, but this margin is too narrow to hold my thoughts.
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The OP wasn’t asking for a direct shot of the boner just why don’t we ever see a tell tale bulge or the guy attempting to disguise it? They pull on their pants and it’s magically gone. Apparently, they’ve got magic erection concealing pants.
Actually, we do see guys cover themselves in some comedies but rarely in other types of films.
For me it’s the restaurant thing mentioned by The Scrivener.
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### Author:  [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)
#### Post date: [February 29, 2008, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-my-1-biggest-over-sight-in-movies-is/439541/17 "2008-02-29T17:19:12Z")
This old movie cliche bugs me for so many reasons:
The main character and enemy are in a battle to the death with punches, falls, hits with object, etc. when suddenly the enemy lays still like they have just been dealt the death blow. The main character then checks to see if they are really dead when the enemy suddenly springs back to life after playing possum to give one last attack.
Dumb for the following reasons:
- What enemy would ever really use the strategy of playing dead to trick someone while in the heat of battle?
- After being involved in a knock down drag out fight and then laying totally motionless shouldn’t they still be panting like a dog chest heaving and all?
- How dumb does someone have to be after fighting for their life to “check” if the enemy is dead. Either decapitate them, shoot them in the head, or get the hell out of there. Don’t go looking for a pulse idiot.
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### Author:  [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)
#### Post date: [February 29, 2008, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-my-1-biggest-over-sight-in-movies-is/439541/18 "2008-02-29T17:32:55Z")
[QUOTE=lissener]
It reminded me of the scene in _Barf-ly_, where Mickey Rourke, blood and vomit drying in his hair, watches as Faye Dunaway and Alice Krige fight over him, teeth and nails, in a bar. Both movies struck as bullshit male fantasies.
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Bullshit male fantasies? _In a Mickey Rourke movie??_ **Never.** 😉
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### Author:  [@flex727](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flex727)
#### Post date: [February 29, 2008, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-my-1-biggest-over-sight-in-movies-is/439541/19 "2008-02-29T20:04:10Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham]
I’ve got a theory about this, but this margin is too narrow to hold my thoughts.
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Okay, Fermat, spill it! 😃
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### Author:  [@AdmiralCrunch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AdmiralCrunch)
#### Post date: [February 29, 2008, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-my-1-biggest-over-sight-in-movies-is/439541/20 "2008-02-29T21:39:51Z")
Atonement actually did a decent job with this. James McAvoy and Kiera Knightly are going at it in the library. Saoirse Ronan walks in on them, and there few uncomfortable moments facing the wall, zipping up, etc. James McAvoy backs out and turns so as not to face the young Ms. Ronan.
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