But when they find it, they always rip the page out of the phonebook. Who does that???
Totally agree! That’s driven me nuts for as long as I can remember!!!
Being pregnant! Unless the pregnancy/birth is a major plot point. Not only is the leading lady not pregnant, but nobody she encounters–friends, coworkers, neighbors–just happens to be visibly pregnant.
Fargo is notable for violating this convention.
Are you sure about that? I know that movie pretty well and I can’t recall that scene. I remember him walking back to bed from the bathroom when he sees Mr. Deltoid in another room, but I don’t remember a sandwich being in the bathroom with him. I also recall later when he’s in the bathroom but he’s in the tub, and there’s no sandwich in that scene.
There is a pissing scene in Panic Room. I remember thinking “Huh. Jodie Foster pissing.”
Of course, most everything in this thread I’ll accept in a movie rather than waste my time seeing it. Who wants to watch a character get out his wallet, pay for the cab, wait for his change, etc? Or wait for the bus? Or look for parking? Or light a cigarette, shake his lighter, walk to the store, buy another one, then light the cigarette? If you leave all that in, you’ve got Brown Bunny.
Yes, but in the Brown Bunny you’ve also got an oral sex scene as well.
I’ll save you the price of admission:
:o “Oh-ahhhh!” :eek:
Not in Four Rooms.
You have but to Google, my child, and it is so. (Home page is work-safe but mentions adult content.)
When people in movies finish a phone call, they never say goodbye. I didn’t believe it when someone told me about it years ago, but it’s true. Keep an eye out next time you watch a movie.
Nobody ever turns on the TV or the radio while it’s in the middle of another program or in the middle of the program or program segment they actually want to see or listen to. For example, the exact news story they want to see or hear will always start at the exact moment the TV or radio is turned on.
That period thing drives me nuts, especially in movies where a woman is in some kind of situation where she’s on the run with no purse, etc. All those survival movies make me nervous. Not only is she miles from the nearest tampax, she’s got a hot guy hanging around all the time. Next thing you know they’re going to be having sex and ??? Even if she is lucky enough to not be menstruating, surely she wishes for a little rinse before joe handsome makes his move. I always figure that’s why there’s so much sexual tension and she resists him for so long.
Another thing about the movies is that in any group of people in a movie everyone will have a unique first and last name. You virtually never run across a situation where two characters are both coincidentally named Tom for example.
50 First Dates, Maya Rudolph’s character is only in one scene, and she’s pregnant.
iirc, Lost in Translation has the first two.
When Alex comes back from his night of ultraviolence early in the movie, there’s a brief shot of him peeing before he settles into his bedroom. I don’t remember a sammitch being present though. (In the scene you’re thinking of, he’s walking from his bedroom, not the bathroom.)
Oh yeah … forgot to reply to thread.
Just for once, I’d like to see a movie character using a computer make a typing error. You never, ever, ever see it!
Everyone, apparently. I can say that I honestly have not seen a phone book at a pay phone that has had the pages for Taxi left intact, since perhaps the 1960s. Gee, it’s not like anybody else would wonder what the number for a taxi is.
I knew this would be the reply. As soon as I read the other post I was thinking of Back to the Future, where Marty rips the page out and he’s reading it in front of the cafe owner. Isn’t the owner bothered that someone just defaced their property!
Stuff computers never do in films… be quiet.
Why oh why do filmmakers insist on portraying computers as beep-happy? Even stealth devices beep! What is going on? A computer needs to make stupid noises otherwise it doesn’t work???
People in movies never finish restaurant meals. They take a couple of bites, and then it’s time to go. When they go, if it’s in a diner or café, they leave money on the table that they assume will cover the bill (and hopefully the tip), and walk out.