Classic film moments ruined by logic

[Hippobatman]

And when Elrond and that human F*G who wouldn't throw it in the beginning, why doesn't he Elrond just knock the ***** into the fire?

Yes, exactly! I get pissed everytime I watch that bit. I mean, come on! Chop his hand off or something. I'm sure with a bit of hindsight he'd realize it was the right thing to do!

And the bus jump in Speed with Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock is just.. Yeah, not plausible.

 

[RAKais]

In regards to the Aliens being sophisticated. If you read books with them in it, they are higly intelligent, insanly strong and fast etc but only on their own. Under the influence of a Queen, they become "drones" and get that pack mentality and become essentially mindless.
If you read the book adaption of Alien, the reason it doesnt rip them all to pieces all at once (which it could) is because:
A) The crew never stayed all together for very long
B) It has a fear of fire since all (or some) of the crew had flamethrowers and so was cautious
C) it was also concetrating on laying eggs, which aliens can do (very slowly) when out of range from the queen.

I read too much

 

[corporate_gamer]

Taken. Anyone seen it? a group of albanians decide it is less hassle to kidnap girls on gap years and whore them out than kidnap girls from eastern europe and smuggle them to France and whore them out. Because its less effort. Hmm, yes that makes sense, im sure there will be no scrunity on gap year girls going missing.

Oh and from like the phrase 'good luck' on a phone you can unique identify a man, without any other possibilitys. Only he says good luck like that, he was known for his good luck. Its so stupid.

 

[MrGFunk]

Mulholland Drive recent David Lynch

At the middle point of the film when the camera travels into the Blue cube and people all swap places and nothing is explained.

Seriously, what the hell is Lynch on. Even he can't explain it. He says "it means what it means to you". COPOUT!
Just because you wrote Twin Peaks and (IMO) four good films stop releasing senseless drivel.
INLAND EMPIRE is just as bad - less confusing but twice as long. 4 hours for little reward.

Stop it, David.

 

[Zallest]

This isn't really Logic defying but in "The Spirit" a movie that is told in some kind of mid 50's detective style. There is a scene when the doctor and her dad the police chief are talking in and the of course the movie is black and white like Sin City but right in the middle of the damn screen BAM! bright blue bottle of Aquafina on the table! Ruined it...

Also, in spiderman Peter parker is a poor college kid. POOR COLLEGE KID yet whenever his super spandex suit is ruined he always manages to afford more material to make another one.... where does he get this material and who makes it? because his first suit looked like crap (from the wrestling scene) so i doubt he is making it himself...

 

[P1p3s]

Also, why do spies in ANY film keep fitting perfectly into the clothes of people they knocked out? I mean, like with the Stormtroopers in the original star wars! WTF!? (Yes, I know that isn't a spy movie, I'm dumb but not THAT dumb.

EXCEPT: Indiana Jones (also not a spy movie) but there is that brilliant moment in raiders when he knocks out the nazi on patrol and the shirt won't go around him - genius.

Firefly obviously did the whole 'silence in space' justice so no complaints there

I realise this is a post for the CRAP in movies but those 2 things have come up so it's worth congratulating those who share our thoughts...not literally...that would be weird.

OK so a pants thing then....well I don't actually agree with this statement because I can justify it away but my friend asked (after a full back to back LOTR marathon)
"why didn't they just take the eagles the whole trip - just fly the whole way there, drop the ring in from above, fly away laughing"

 

[TwistedEllipses]

I've remembered another one.

In Speed if the bad guy is annoyed that his plot was foiled because it took so much planning, why does he come up with an even more elaborate plot? and why if he can implement such a ridiculously over the top backup plan in such a short space of time is he so annoyed about the first plan failing?

 

[AmishAndroid]

In Quantum of Solace when Bond and Camille jump out of the plane with only one parachute and by the time they actually pull the chute it hardly has time to open but somehow they are both fine. I expect Bond films to be ridiculous but that was too much.

 

[AgentNein]

http://www.cracked.com/article_16625_8-classic-movies-that-got-away-with-gaping-plot-holes.html

Also, The Thing. And Alien. And every sci-fi movie that works on suspense of an unknown terror. Way I see it, it could have attacked all of them within the space of a minute, and yet chooses to play around with them, leading to its own demise. The Thing especially, since it only has to chop itself up to be able to infect them all simultaneously.

I'd argue that we really don't know what sort of intelligence the thing in uhh...The Thing had. I mean, if it had the intelligence of a man, it would probably take care of things as efficiently as possible for fear of it's own discovery and survival. But again, we don't really know what kind of brain it possessed.

And if it was intelligent, maybe it underestimated the humans. Maybe it was indeed acting like a cat, playing around with them.

 

[Liverandbacon]

Why people in movies like star wars use blasters. From what I've seen, blaster bolts move slower than bullets, have a lower rate of fire than normal guns of comparable size/type, and instantly cauterize any wound given, creating a much lower chance of a kill through blood loss. They also seem to be less accurate. The only advantage I can think of for blasters is the apparent lack of any need to reload. The only Star Wars blasters that I've seen behave differently were the ones in Republic Commando, which actually had a decent rate of fire, but they needed reloading. In fact, Star Wars-style blasters do away with the main advantage of energy weapons: Instant, straight-line, hits.

 

[chumpzilla_69]

Its not a classic..... yet.... but Indiana Jones, kingdom of the crystall skull

The whole move was just insane! at the start when theyre in area 51 i joking sujjested that the kingdom would actually be a spaceship, lo and behold it is. Also the scene with the bar fight. Wouldnt you just have smacked the kids face in?

 

[stormcaller]

Lion King,

Seriously one kid?

 

[Trivun]

I usually watch films and can't be emotionally moved by them because I think too much, same goes for theatre. I watched Seven Pounds recently (not a classic yet, but still...), and although I was moved, especially near the end, I couldn't be moved too much becuase I'm too logical. This was a film that a flatmate of mine cried through when watching with his girlfriend. And he never cries at films. Enough said.

 

[Uncompetative]

Lightsabers...

Dammit, why do those beams of light not just pass THROUGH each other?

Sorry I can't resist. Nerd-mode activated:

Lightsabre beams are of essentially the same composition as blasterbolt. That is, plasma. The difference is how the sabre beam is actually tied to a power source continually, and as such will immedialy die when the power is cut.

[Disengaging Nerd-mode]

But unless the plasma is contained, as it is a higher form of matter than gas, it would either dissipate into the surrounding area, or continue on forever. Also, the intense heat needed to create plasma would fry anything within a huge radius.

Blasterbolts are more logical, however.

Everyone knows that Lightsabers beams are held together with The Force...

That's why only Jedi & Sith can wield them, otherwise all the Clone Troopers would have one as a secondary melee weapon.

 

[sneakypenguin]

Most any action film that uses silencers, or has silenced sniper rifles. You can't silence anything but subsonic rounds which are pointless for rifles. Rifles fire 3000+ FPS, speed of sound is down around a 1000 FPS. Plus there is still the slide noise..........ugh can't expect hollywood to get it right I suppose.

I usually watch films and can't be emotionally moved by them because I think too much, same goes for theatre. I watched Seven Pounds recently (not a classic yet, but still...), and although I was moved, especially near the end, I couldn't be moved too much becuase I'm too logical. This was a film that a flatmate of mine cried through when watching with his girlfriend. And he never cries at films. Enough said.

I hated that movie, the plot holes where just too freaking huge. It was just laughable.

 

[Mr.Pandah]

I read through the first page and didn't see it so....Terminator? Why don't they just send a Terminator back another 40 years past what they originally did? It would make killing them so much easier...

 

[maffro]

In Pearl Harbor (Not a classic movie, but still)
While the USS Oklahoma was capsizing, one of the sailors on deck yelled "I can't swim!".
Why on earth would you join the Navy if you can't swim, you ninny?

My grandfather was in the navy and he couldn't swim.

Then your grandfather, my friend, was a ninny.

I find it hard to believe anyone who couldn't swim would join the navy, but to be fair there's a large number of jobs (a majority, even) that don't even require you to touch water. The whole point is floating above it in boats, I've heard.

I guess it's fine to join it and be unable to swim, but I'd still be surprised they didn't train him. It IS a boat, after all.