Bits of films that break the suspension of disbelief

[anon30627475]

remember when parkour was in every film ever for a bit? and when the hero chased the parkour villain we were all, just fucking shoot the prancing cunt while he backflips up that fire escape.

[yuggy]

they still make iPod touch, nano and shuffle

[ZooKeepersBoy]

In perks of being a wallflower when none of them can identify Bowie’s heroes.

[shucks]

https://consequenceofsound.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/independence-day-gif.gif?w=701&h=289

[anon35600300]

Mick Jagger?

[Kallgeese]

@anon30627475

that’s like when venice is mentioned in dark knight rises and it made me suddenly think, wait so this is set in our world? so that means leeds and colchester presumably exist in the same world as a batman? after that i couldn’t focus on the film. tadcaster and bristol…bane and the league of shadows…wtf.

Absolutely loved this post.

[Kallgeese]

@anon30627475

i kept picturing my old-skool yorkshire dad watching the takeover of gotham live on sky news with a mug of tea and some biscuits and his slippers on being like, “bloody ell, look at this. that bane’s a bit of a bad shit isn’t he. this is worappens when you don’t have a strong labour movement.”

also EVERYBODY would know bruce wayne was batman after a quick google. can imagine glenn greenwald exposing it on the intercept and being like, “this is what happens when we cede democratic rule of law to private interests.”

i’ve gone off on a slight tangent here.

And this one too. Great work blueturtle.

[anon30627475]

@hexagram

What actually happened in that film?

Can’t imagine the simpsons “wait, the cops knew internal affairs…?” quote was ever more appropriate than when i saw skyfall.

[1101010]

it’s weird, though: I didn’t feel like the villain getting captured thing was anything but a cliché when The Dark Knight did it. I don’t have examples to hand, though, I just feel like it’s not a big deal to use this idea and really it’s more about whether your film had a good enough pace to deal with it e.g. Avengers, which is hard not to enjoy massively. Skyfall had the usual slump there (usual for a Bond film - they tend to be very uneven) but I forgave it for having a really fun final sequence in Scotland.

[anon30627475]

i was really swept up in the carnage and spectacle of tdk initially so i didn’t really start thinking about the plot mechanics until 3rd viewing. i think the getting captured thing is okayish, it’s the whole, convoluted, the joker knew bruce wayne would be in the apartment at that exact moment so the snipers would fire in sync with the honour guard and he could shoot the mayor, but gordon knew the joker would attempt that so he meant to pretend to be dead so the joker could attack the motorcade and be drawn into the open, but ah, the joker meant to get captured so he could kill the triad guy, and also he maybe knew dent wasn’t batman so he had his goons kidnap them both.

audience reaction goes:

[Raanraals]

The princesses’ accents in Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure.

[1101010]

I keep meaning to read Long Halloween to see how much is in it and maybe is fleshed out more. I don’t mind this sort of plot mechanic though.

[hibster2000]

I’m glad we have agreed that it is an awful plot contrivance with nothing to justify it

[shucks]

[Parsefone]

Film is worth rewatching just for this bit.