Innaccurate things in movies that annoy you

[aggieAXO]

When almost all cardiac arrest patients live on TV. People come into the emergency clinic expecting their dog that has not been breathing for 10 minutes to come back to life-ain't gonna happen-only on TV. I had one guy last week question why we did not shock his dog-well dogs are not like people, most do not go into V fib which is what people do. Also when you die your eyes stay open they don't close as seen on TV.

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by aggieAXO

When almost all cardiac arrest patients live on TV. People come into the emergency clinic expecting their dog that has not been breathing for 10 minutes to come back to life-ain't gonna happen-only on TV. I had one guy last week question why we did not shock his dog-well dogs are not like people, most do not go into V fib which is what people do. Also when you die your eyes stay open they don't close as seen on TV.

Or that dead bodies are messy and smell, even when fresh. South Park included it in an episode, but it is often not shown that when one ceases to live their ability to hold in waste fluids does as well and dead bodies are likely to smell of and be covered in urine and feces.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel

Or that dead bodies are messy and smell, even when fresh. South Park included it in an episode, but it is often not shown that when one ceases to live their ability to hold in waste fluids does as well and dead bodies are likely to smell of and be covered in urine and feces.

Family Guy pointed this out as well. How amusing is it that the cartoons are more realistic!!

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel

Or that dead bodies are messy and smell, even when fresh. South Park included it in an episode, but it is often not shown that when one ceases to live their ability to hold in waste fluids does as well and dead bodies are likely to smell of and be covered in urine and feces.

That was the reason I even called 911 when I found my mother. She hadn't voided, she smelled lovely, and when I cleared her tongue, there was just even of a sigh to start CPR.

I've heard a LOT of military personnel say that they thought (country) was beautiful, but smelled simply awful.

Oh, and The Other Boleyn Girl. Decent chick flick if you cared absolutely nothing about historical facts.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by honeychile

Oh, and The Other Boleyn Girl. Decent chick flick if you cared absolutely nothing about historical facts.

Ditto the Elizabeth movies that Cate Blanchett was in.

[Leslie Anne]

In the movie Speed, the whole bus drama ends at the airport then a minute later they're at Pershing Square and they've brought Sandra Bullock with them. Pershing Square is about 25 miles from the airport in downtown Los Angeles. Probably a two hour drive in L.A. traffic. It's completely silly.

[ASUADPi]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Ditto the Elizabeth movies that Cate Blanchett was in.

I actually liked the first one, thought the sequel was lame.

[ree-Xi]

Originally Posted by moe.ron

Got this from another website:

My personal pet peeves: people holding their guns sideway.

A friend of mine is an actor and former cop, and now gets hired as a police consultant for films depicting cops in any way. He shows them how to hold their guns, how to stand offensively and defensively, how to enter a building, etc.

Pretty cool business.

Originally Posted by tld221

My biggest one so far:

In The Day After Tomorrow, the lead characters go to the "tallest building" in Manhattan to save themselves, yet end up at the NY Public Library. Umm... its 5 floors. My apartment building has more floors.

I love how the good portion of the country is freezing, yet Mexico is just fine.

IIRC, they got into the library "just in time" as the flash freeze was happening. It was where they happened to be at that moment.

But that movie, along with all disaster movies, are full of inaccuracies.

[LucyKKG]

There are no penguins on the north pole!

I can't think of anything else right now.

[ZXDelt304]

2012- Neutrinos suddenly affecting matter and microwaving the core thus liquefying the Earth. Not to mention, driving into a skyscraper while it is falling and out the other side. The ground falling out EVERYtime anyone took off in an airplane. Oh, and building (without spoiling much) those things in the mountains at the end, but yet not making them mountain proof...

Sorority Row- Ok, First, a sorority being allowed to have a house party in that nice house. Second, I dont know of too many sorority parties where actual pillow fights occur all, "sexily" at least. Third, the house mother could have killed the murderer! She was still alive with the gun in her hands...

Not really in a particular movie but in the news. If you ever read stories of GLO's hazing, most of the time I have read them they state "during a fraternity Ritual, the pledge was forced to..." It makes non-greeks think when we talk about rituals that we are talking about binge drinking, borderline gay acts, and stupid acts in general. That really pisses me off.

[christiangirl]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

Ha! I'm surprised you know Bossier City! I said Shreveport because I figured people would be more likely to know that name (and because after living their for 10 years, I like to pretend that BC doesn't exist!)

Yeah, a lot of people like to pretend BC doesn't exist, don't they? My BIL was stationed at Barksdale so, when my parents would send me to visit my sister twice a year, that's where I went. I miss it a lot, it was such a great place to live...though I'm sure I only get to feel that way because I never lived there for more than 10 weeks at a time.

Originally Posted by ASUADPi

That movie went from "semi" realistic to "silly" the moment they had it "jump" over a 50 foot gap

Hello, just get off the stupid freeway, while it wasn't completed yet, OMG there were exits!

Well, they had to stay over a certain speed and you can't do that on side streets. But the whole jump the gap thing was pretty ridiculous.

ETA: Ok, they aren't movies, but they've always bugged me:
1. How is it that on Grey's, Meredith was "dead" for over 2 hours and yet they revived her with no brain damage? Srsly??
2. Two years ago on Days of Our Lives, Chelsea Brady went from being 15 to 18 in a matter of months and she's now a little older than college-age. I know for a fact she was born 12 years ago, I saw that episode. I swear, soaps run by a calendar that no one else has.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by christiangirl

I swear, soaps run by a calendar that no one else has.

It's called SORAS (Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome). I don't mind spending disbelief because there aren't many stories that can revolve around 11 year olds on soaps. The only time it really pisses me off is when the younger sister suddenly becomes the older sister. Guiding Light did this - Rick & Mel's daughter went from being 2 to being in boarding school. It wouldn't have been so bad if 1) she didn't have an older brother who became her younger brother, so 2) changing the ages made it look like Rick cheated on Mel with Harley, which NEVER happened 3) her aging had nothing pertinent to do with the story. They didn't pair her with anyone, they apparently just wanted her there to whine about her parents' divorce, which could have been accomplished just as well with a 5 year old.

[ASUADPi]

Originally Posted by 33girl

It's called SORAS (Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome).

There are times when SORAS is just so downright stupid that you are like "are you kidding me".

One that I can think of off the top of my head is EJ on Days. I remember the whole Susan/Kristen storyline. It was back in like 97-98. EJ has been on the show for like 3-4 years now. The reality is that EJ should only be 11-12 years old. Nope now he is 30+. It was so lame when it came out that he was Elvis Jr. Now, I really don't mind because they have given him some pretty decent storylines, but I mean come on, he's older than Will, who was born in like 96. At least Will is around the correct age.

I can really only think of one character on soaps that they didn't rapidly age and that is Robin on GH. The actress who plays her, has always played her and she grew up on the show.

[33girl]

I thought that EJ had been given some sort of growth hormone and that's why he aged so quickly. (I'm not being snarky, I thought this was an actual story.)

[DaemonSeid]

Another movie inaccuracy that bugged me was Malcolm X.

Scene in which Malcolm X found the Islam faith as far as I know wasn't depicted accurately. Most of what is known is that his brother wrote to him and showed him the way...the movie showed that he learned it all from another inmate.