#31 to 40 Annoying Trends

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31. Putting Theater on Cinema.
I've never been a fan of plays on film and can spot them right away. The dialogue always sounds artificial while the characters stay in one room and recall the past. The performances are either simulated, stupid, or unrealistic. All of them smack of bad filmmaking. The answer? Get a real screenwriter or, better yet, leave the piece of crap where it belongs: the theater. Some of the examples are The Member of the Wedding, Fences, and Warm Summer Rain.

32. Speaking in a Foreign Language.
That's what I see on screen when the subtitles are turned on. Okay...what's the language? And uh...what are they saying, too? But noooo, this is what I get: "Speaking in a foreign language." That's great. Maybe I should do everybody a favor by turning off the TV.

33. Fake Shaving.
Have you ever seen an actor shaving his face on screen? Let me rephrase this question: have you ever seen an actor actually shaving his face on screen? It's never happened before. Their face is always pre-shaved, and they just have a cream on. When they shave, they're just wiping away the cream with a non-sharp razor.

34. Black Bars.
I start a movie, and there are black bars on top and bottom of the screen. I'm usually unbothered by them, but it's always annoying when at least 40% of the screen is covered by nothing but black. What the heck? Now, I have two choices: be stuck with it or use the format button to stretch the screen unnaturally until I can almost see everything.

35. So They Say.
The movie starts out with the following line: "This is based on a true story." I used to think automatically the whole thing must be real and it happened exactly as shown. Nope...they faked just about everything. Many times, they took great liberties with the truth, going so far that nothing as portrayed did happen for real. Some of the examples are Fargo, The Mothman Prophecies, The Hurricane, and The Blair Witch Project. They had done it for just about every documentary in existence such as Nanook of the North and Waiting for Superman.

36. The Larger the Gross Is, The Worse the Picture Is.
A movie just broke the $50 million...$75 million...$100 million benchmark, and I'm curious to see what the fuss is about. Maybe I'm missing out something good. Then, I go to see it only to find out the movie SUCKS. What the heck is everybody talking about? Some of the examples are Flashdance; Good Morning, Vietnam; Problem Child; Wayne's World; and Ransom.

37. Um, That Didn't Feel Like a Disney Movie.
The trouble with most Disney movies is they don't align with the original values as envisioned by Walt Disney because of the inappropriate language, misleading messages, abnormal behavior, blatant stereotypes, and so on. The best stuff were produced during the 30's through the 50's. It's the company's biggest moneymaker. Afterwards, these movies have grown worse and bizarre with the exception of a film here and there.

38. Too Many White People.
Almost all movies I've seen from the 20th century are nearly 100% white. Once in a while, there are zero to several blacks, Asians, Latinos, or American Indians. I'm tired of it. In old movies, they either played servants or stupid, pointless characters. Many times, the bad guy had to be a foreigner or very dark-looking. While it's been the case for some modern movies, white people, even the famous thespians, pretended to be either black, Asian, Latino, or American Indian, and some were either nominated or winners of the Academy Award. If these people could look back to what they did, they should be ashamed of themselves.

39. Abuse of Physics.
A character is blown up in the air 500 feet high before landing on his back on asphalt. He gets up and keeps running after his man. Hence, Hollywood wants me to think this is all believable. Yeah, sure. The abuse of physics has grown worse in each passing year.

40. Wait a Minute...This Doesn't Make Sense.
A character is shot in the heart. He doesn't need to go to the hospital because putting a band-aid on it should be enough. Then, he's ready to do a full-blown samurai sword battle and has sex with a female afterwards. Therefore, I must conclude everything is logically sound because Hollywood insists on it.