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I'm catching a plot hole/impossibility of physics every two minutes

posted 13 years ago by LamontSmith
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I grew up watching G.I. Joe cartoons as a kid and I appreciate the attempt but damn, this was horrible.

I mean, if an Escalade gets broadsided by a speeding train (a speeding train that runs right through the center of Paris, apparently), it's probably not going to fly straight up into the air.

Awww, forget it. This is the ultimate 'turn your brain off' action flick.

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[–] Siel_O 12 years ago

i don't think that just because it does not answer the reality laws of physics it's a "turn your brain off" movie, it's more like "turn your brain on" and understand that it's a fantasy movie which happens to have some great character background and development.

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[–] dudemonkeydan 12 years ago

Holy jeezus, gabriel knight, stop sucking this movie's metaphorical dong. It's terrible.

[–] TheSolarSailor 12 years ago

Since when did the term fantasy start meaning that the things happening can do whatever they want and be as unbelievably stupid as they want. What an ignorant cop out, Fantasies have their own in-universe laws, but that doesn't mean they should start jumping the shark and doing things that takes you right out of the film. Superman can do unbelievable things that are impossible, but he adheres to in-universe laws of being an alien given enhanced fantasy powers by our sun. You won't see Jimmy Olden lifting cars in Superman, unless the plot has a reason for it such as his gaining some special power for an issue or two. Star Wars doesn't have people breathing in outer space. The Matrix didn't have slow-motion and bullet time effects in the real world, but only in the matrix itself. Lord of the Rings didn't have Sam suddenly able to perform magic. Stop abusing the term "fantasy" just to excuse the silly misuse of effects and stunt work in this film, dummy.

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[–] Siel_O 12 years ago

what i meant is that this scene may be explained as an exaggeration, the direction concentrates more on the feeling the chase makes rather than the actual happening. the scene is directed as over-the-top and i don't see a problem with it or a justification to call it "turn your brain off" because of it.

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[–] palmercin 12 years ago

stop looking for real world explanations in works of Fantastic
Fiction, What's with this lack of imagination and need for spoon fed explanations these days?

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