Things in films/on TV that REALLY annoy you??

chloexxcxx

I watched Dirty Dancing last night... and once again I almost threw my laptop.

Firstly when Max Kellerman says "If it wasn't for this man I'd be standing here dead". Well NO... if you were dead you wouldn;t be standing there. Twat!
Secondly at the OTT patronising way Baby tells Johnny "No... It's a GREATTTTTT room". Bitch.

Then it got me thinking about other things on TV that piss me off... and adverts came to mind.

That advert that says "Oooh... did you know that harmful germs live on your soap dispenser... Quick everyone, save yourselves and get this hands free dispenser"
Well... Surely you touch the "oh so dirty" dispenser... but then you have soap on your hands and you WASH your hands... thus washing the germs away?
But also it's all a bit redundant without a hands free tap... otherwise once you've used the hands free dispenser you just go back and touch the dirty tap you touched before washing your hands...

And do NOT even get me started on Vanish "OMG... harmful viruses LIVE in your clothes... better get this anti germy washign powder". F**K OFF!

What gets to you?

Acacia

When they show a couple in the sack after doing the bold thing, and the woman always has the duvet tucked up around her shoulders, hiding the bewbs, whereas the man always has his chest on show... love to know where they get those half- duvets! :pac:

Jen Pigs Fly

People do not wake up looking perfect (make up, hair done, etc). It seems to be a running trend for couples in movies/TV to wake up, both of them looking perfect, sharing a morning kiss.

Ehhh so not true haha, takes me at least half an hour to wake up, and don't even try to put your mouth near mine, stinky.

Tipsy McSwagger

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Adverts you despise

IsMiseDaithair

Anything with Neville Knot :mad: or that Cillit Bang guy

quietriot

The end of 40 days and 40 nights where the woman in question rapes the protagonist and not a word has been said about it in the mainstream media. That was quite annoying. If it were reversed there would be hell to pay.

There are people who buy into that germ advertisement crap. I don't know what they're trying to achieve though, children with pathetically weak immune systems, who'll face huge later in life as a result?

I also despise Katherine Heigl in anything.

mikemac1

Forrest Gump was a lovely guy, kind and caring

As for that bitch Jenny

She spends a lovely day with Forrest and then leaves with some loser who hits her. Why are ladies attracted to these guys???

Rejects Forrest's marraige proposal. Spends the night with him but disappears the next day

Has a son but never informs Forrest, doesn't he have a right to know?

And only asks for Forrest when she's dying and needs him

Such a user
She deserved the guy who beat her

ukonline

Football.

0066ad

Sup john, sup edward, for tv adds and for movies, don't shoot i'm an american citizen

chloexxcxx

Oh and Loreal hair colour adverts... Yeah multi millionaire Cheryl Cole obviously stays in on a night to colour her own hair with a dye that costs 7 euro.

mikemac1

See that girl running down the street away from the homicial maniac?

Why doesn't run to the busy street with traffic and pedestrians around?

No, no, no she must run down the back alley or to the empty carpark.
Where she gets hacked to pieces, that's the price of stupidity

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Ads - the ads for washing powder that show a sheet getting muddied and then cleaned and a band new sheet on the washing line with the sun shining through it. Yep, same sheet. We believe you. (And for ****'s sake get a new ****ign idea!)

Movies - Nicolas Cage.

cloud493

The way Americans are portrayed as superheroes, and every other nation as backstabbing/ and or cowardly.

ColeTrain

That Drinkaware ad that's on at the moment.

Blah blah..1 unit of alcohol is blah..

Makes you think about driving in the morning. DOESN'T IT.

Fcuk up

Most things on TV piss me off actually.

Celly Smunt

cloud493 wrote: »

The way Americans are portrayed as superheroes, and every other nation as backstabbing/ and or cowardly.

where is hollywood?

ixoy

The way computers are constantly beeping no matter what the user is doing. I'd have driven a hammer through the casing of any PC I had to use that did that.

Then the way the computers don't need human input either and can zoom, open files etc, just by staring at it because the character never uses a mouse but instead randomly presses some keys.

Oh and passwords are always easy to guess and the characters always displayed. Even in a high-security facility.

Bowlardo

Matthew McConaughey has a lot to answer for

stampydmonkey

chloexxcxx wrote: »

Oh and Loreal hair colour adverts... Yeah multi millionaire Cheryl Cole obviously stays in on a night to colour her own hair with a dye that costs 7 euro.

The stupid sciencey bull in all women's adverts wrecks my head. "Why volumeise when you can millionise" springs to mind. And those sure ads, like the one with the girl who wears the bells on her wrist to show how much she moves...no sh1t Sherlock! And i don't care how much fires you jump over or roofs you fall through, sure or no sure for men, your gona smell like a pigs crotch! And also those stupid colgate ads with the woman in the shopping centre and the magic bacteria revealing pen..come on!

Sky King

The fact that some poor ole 3d designer has to go and do really ace rotating 3D designs of guns and bullets and buildings and stuff just so the cops' analysis software looks futuristic

AeoNGriM

I wintered in London, Ontario in '04 and was stuck in a ****ty motel on the edge of town for Christmas. One channel was showing random movies back to back so I threw on the fat pants and merrily sat back to watch me some Bladerunner........except that I only saw about 3/4 of it since they would go to commercial without stopping the movie, so when it came back you'ld missed a couple of minutes.

They did this for every movie too. Cnuts.

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-

Also, InjuryLawyers4U but who doesn't hate those twats!

mikemac1

You came home from the funeral and are sobbing on the couch. A family friend put their arm around you to comfort you. You must go to bed with them right away, it's the rules

Impossible to get away with an affair in a film or TV show
You are guranteed to get caught
But it still goes on

Nobody owns a washing machine, the launderette is busy every day and that's where you get the gossip.

You spend all day in the pub yet you never hold a job, where are you getting this money from??

You do not make your own sandwiches or tea or coffee. You go to to the "caf" for this

If you leave the street or Walford or whereever in a taxi you are never ever coming back.
If you leave in a bus or tube you'll be back later that evening.

A crashed car will always explode

If you are one week from retirement and they bring in a rookie to work with you then you are fooked :eek:

You are also fooked and going to die a horrible death if you carry around a photo of your loved ones in your wallet which you show to others.

If you are in prison or a prisoner of war or in the military abroad your best friend will be riding your wife :mad:

chloexxcxx

Adverts for quick cash loans etc. The interest rates are written at the bottom, 1295769604736252739484638% interest... its crazy!

That quickquid advert that says "no money left on payday after all your bills? TRY QUICK QUID" no no no no no, don't! If you don't have the money this month, you won't next month! Its a viscous circle with CRAZY INTEREST RATES! Borrow 20 pound, don't pay it back? WE'LL JUST TAKE YOUR HOUSE NO WORRIES! They shouldn't be allowed to advertize!

When a womans water's break then she goes into labour straight away and has a nice clean 2 month old baby with in the next hour!

ejmaztec

chloexxcxx wrote: »

Adverts for quick cash loans etc. The interest rates are written at the bottom, 1295769604736252739484638% interest... its crazy!

That quickquid advert that says "no money left on payday after all your bills? TRY QUICK QUID" no no no no no, don't! If you don't have the money this month, you won't next month! Its a viscous circle with CRAZY INTEREST RATES! Borrow 20 pound, don't pay it back? WE'LL JUST TAKE YOUR HOUSE NO WORRIES! They shouldn't be allowed to advertize!

When a womans water's break then she goes into labour straight away and has a nice clean 2 month old baby with in the next hour!

And a week later it brings on the apocalypse as it's a demon from hell.

Logical Fallacy

ixoy wrote: »

The way computers are constantly beeping no matter what the user is doing. I'd have driven a hammer through the casing of any PC I had to use that did that.

Then the way the computers don't need human input either and can zoom, open files etc, just by staring at it because the character never uses a mouse but instead randomly presses some keys.

Oh and passwords are always easy to guess and the characters always displayed. Even in a high-security facility.

Also, computer screens manage to cast light projector style...which i always found weird.

Oh yeah, and never having to reload his gun just makes whoever is doing the shooting look like a ****.

Seachmall

Procedural Cop Shows should not, under any circumstances, be allowed to demonstrate their interpretation of what hacking or computer forensic examinations are or look like.

Nor should they be allowed to explain or use technical or geeky terms.

I'm looking at you CSI, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, NCIS, Bones and Castle!

Chuck Stone

IsMiseDaithair wrote: »

that Cillit Bang guy

BARRY SCOTT

yeahimhere

chloexxcxx wrote: »

Oh and Loreal hair colour adverts... Yeah multi millionaire Cheryl Cole obviously stays in on a night to colour her own hair with a dye that costs 7 euro.

And the fact Beyonce has done those ads, that's not even her hair!! She has a weave

mikemac1

American TV shows and then people learn from them

That gangland criminal in Dublin, charge them with first degree murder

No such thing in Ireland....

Ah it's not a big deal, just see it on boards now and again

Sky King

Chuck Stone wrote: »

BARRY SCOTT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dT2iE1OBGk

Chuck Stone

What a hedfuk of a tune ^^

kowloon

I love it when people open the door to be surprised by the host of whatever programme. The shot is taken from inside the person's hallway.

Same thing goes for documentaries where the journalist/host is travelling to the next destination intheir journey of discovery. The shots move between inside the vehicle, the vehicle speeding past or moving alongside the vehicle. Takes ages to stop everything and set up these shots. It all reeks of dishonesty.

Anything with canned laughter arghh its ****e especially those funny tv clip shows really harry hill muppet . No wonder no one watches the ****e tv churns out.

Mance Rayder

ixoy wrote: »

The way computers are constantly beeping no matter what the user is doing. I'd have driven a hammer through the casing of any PC I had to use that did that.

Then the way the computers don't need human input either and can zoom, open files etc, just by staring at it because the character never uses a mouse but instead randomly presses some keys.

Oh and passwords are always easy to guess and the characters always displayed. Even in a high-security facility.

NERD RAGE!!!

Mance Rayder

pmcmahon wrote: »

where is hollywood?

West Wicklow

mikemac1

If there's one thing I've learned from TV it's the best police detectives are bitter old men and raging alcoholics

Drink on gardaí, drink on

Mance Rayder

How I met your mother and 2 and a half men

NOT EVEN REMOTELY FUNNY

Nervous Wreck

People are always cocking guns. All the time. They point a gun at someone and then, to show they're serious, they cock it. Anyone who has the slightest idea of the mechanics of a firearm would be pissed off about this.

HeidiHeidi

Acacia wrote: »

When they show a couple in the sack after doing the bold thing, and the woman always has the duvet tucked up around her shoulders, hiding the bewbs, whereas the man always has his chest on show... love to know where they get those half- duvets! :pac:

Never mind the half-duvets - when they show a couple in the sack after doing the bold thing, and the woman gets up to get a drink of water/go to the loo/whatever - and has all her (sexy) underwear back on. Oh yeah, really?

bloopy

The first scene of "The Da-Vinci Code" movie - 2 french people, in france, speaking broken english to each other.

x43r0

The 'Go Compare' ads :mad:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aejccri4P0

Shy_Dave!

Most action movies/shows where the main hero kills some baddies and leaves their guns on them even though he only has a pistol, TAKE SOME AMMO OR ONE MACHINE GUN AT LEAST!"£

Seomra Mushie

A small, silly thing but I hate when people don't seem even a little bit happy when their food arrives in restaurants. It's hard to believe in it when normal human reactions are forgone.

Also sex is always so glossy. No sheet stains, no gakkiness. Sex is a great but messy experience, God bless it! :pac:

mikemac1 wrote: »

Forrest Gump was a lovely guy, kind and caring

As for that bitch Jenny

She spends a lovely day with Forrest and then leaves with some loser who hits her. Why are ladies attracted to these guys???

Rejects Forrest's marraige proposal. Spends the night with him but disappears the next day

Has a son but never informs Forrest, doesn't he have a right to know?

And only asks for Forrest when she's dying and needs him

Such a user
She deserved the guy who beat her

Forrest was a simpleton. Would you want to go out with a simpleton? Granted she should've told him about the kid.

Seomra Mushie

mikemac1 wrote: »

If there's one thing I've learned from TV it's the best police detectives are bitter old men and raging alcoholics

Drink on gardaí, drink on

I wish I was Sipowicz. *sulks*

languagenerd

That ad with Elle McPherson talking about her hair in a tone you'd usually reserve for talking about very sick children.
"I tried eeeeverything I could, but my hair just wasn't right" *sad face*
Piss off! It came on after one of those charity ads the other day... priorities!


Really obvious errors - like in the last Harry Potter film, Snape tells Harry he has his mother's eyes, but in the very next scene there's a flashback showing his mother with brown eyes, when Harry's are blue. How did nobody pick up on that when they shot those scenes?!

The way everyone in films has one of those answering machines that plays the message live, and that you can still pick up the phone midway through the message ("Johnny? I know you're there, pick up!") - do those even exist?!

bloopy wrote: »

The first scene of "The Da-Vinci Code" movie - 2 french people, in france, speaking broken english to each other.

Same as the first scene of Pirates of the Carribean 4, five Spaniards chatting away in English, no other people around.

dark crystal

chloexxcxx wrote: »

I watched Dirty Dancing last night... and once again I almost threw my laptop.

Firstly when Max Kellerman says "If it wasn't for this man I'd be standing here dead". Well NO... if you were dead you wouldn;t be standing there. Twat!
Secondly at the OTT patronising way Baby tells Johnny "No... It's a GREATTTTTT room". Bitch.

First off, Max was making a joke there... a bad one, but a joke all the same. The Houseman family even laugh at it.

Secondly, she never came off as patronising at all. She was nervous as f*ck in that scene and said it to be polite in reply to his mentioning the state of the room. She wasn't being a bitch at all!

(God, I've seen this film waaaay too many times )


As for things that annoy me, I'd have to say TV channels (in most cases ITV), who schedule a film for 9 p.m, only to break for the news at 10 p.m and return to the film 30-40 minutes later. What's the point?? Either move up the news or schedule the film for a time when the news won't interrupt it!

cian68

When dexter receives calls/texts. His phone is ridiculous

Marcus_Crassus

The way people hang up the phone without even saying goodbye. It's just good manners ffs.

Shryke

bloopy wrote: »

The first scene of "The Da-Vinci Code" movie - 2 french people, in france, speaking broken english to each other.

Loled. But be fair. That whole film/book was hilariously bad.

A lot of blockbusters really annoy me for their sheer stupidity. I can imagine people sitting around writing the next Transformers or some terrible crap like that, they turn and look at each other. One of them sweeps his hand over his face, his hand slightly shaking. Sweat beads his brow as he grits his teeth. "We need to go dumber..." right before he has a stroke and they wheel in a new guy with a pencil up his nose.

I hate car adds. They tell you absolutely nothing about the product. No specs. Most adds don't tell you anything about their product for that matter.

Trailers for things really piss me off. Pick any random film trailer and you're gaurenteed that at least one snippet from the ****ing ending is in it. If you actually pay attention to most film trailers then you don't need to watch the films. They've just shown you the whole film in 30 seconds, or at least done their best to.

Obligatory love interests when they're only there to shoehorn as many people into seeing it as possible. I mean look at the Hitman movie that came out ffs.

Chuck Norris being in the new Expendables. He was never a quality action movie star. He's in this film because of an utterly painful and ancient internet meme. No one can really argue otherwise. Walker Texas Ranger. ****ing seriously? It sickens me.

Any reality TV is poison. It's socially and culturally degrading sludge pumped into peoples brains.

Ryan Tubridy. Almost anything RTE put their hand to disagrees with me. The entire organisation seems to only cater to people 40+. 1 or 2 shows that try to be painfully hip made by people totally out of touch.
I might be wrong since I don't watch RTE much but the last half decent thing I saw them make was Pure Mule and that was a few years back now at least.

dazzlemoo

In a film when a man and woman (just friends) are sitting on the sofa laughing and then the laughing stops, their smiles fade and they lean in for the kiss..We all know it's coming!!

When someone dials a number, they're connected INSTANTLY and how when they're listening, they seem to hear a lot in a matter of seconds.
I.E "Hello? Oh hi...what? You say there's been a heist at the mall and I have to go down there right now?"
YOU HEARD THAT ALL IN A MATTER OF TEN SECONDS?!!!

And in TV soaps, when someone pays for something in a shop, they have the exact change all the time!
You never see people handing over notes!

Da Shins Kelly

When they show couples having sex and there isn't a bead of sweat between them.

gcgirl

Shryke you've obvisously have never seen Chuck Norris in Delta Force 1&2