When suspension of disbelief just wont cut it?

[SatEL]

What films or movie scenes have made you drop the thought process of suspension of disbelief?

Just saw Salt a few hours ago and boy oh boy did that keep pulling me out of the movie. There you have fragile looking Angelina Jolie dropping grown men with a single punch and on the odd occasion kicks. Dont get me wrong I enjoyed the movie but come on, I mean really.

 

[CGHulk]

Anakin's drop on Sam Wesell's speeder in Attack of the Clones.
Palpatine dropping into the elevator door with the Jedi in Revenge of the Sith.
Sam Witwicky's fall off buildings with Optimus Prime in Transformers.
In The Island a big sign falls off a skyscraper with the two characters attached and neither of them don't even get a scratch!
Indy surviving a nuclear explosion while hiding in a refrigerator.

 

[Alex_Spider]

The majority of the action movies in the 80's t: But you got to lov' em anyways.

 

[Metamorpho1977]

I loved the movie Wanted, but even with the "abilities" I was drawn away from most of it.

 

[Octoberist]

I think the suspense of disbelief is a process that works if you set up the rules of the movie from the get-go. If a movie's realistic and all of sudden, he's jumps from a skyscraper onto the pavement without a scratch, then you have to wonder.

To me, my suspension was broken with Indy 4 when Shia was swing vines with monkeys.

Let me tell you why. Sure the past movies had some outrageous stunts, but they fit in with the pulpy nature of the franchise. Indiana, you can assume, is experienced and somewhat trained for this.

Now with the monkey swing scene, it came off as very cartoony and it didn't fit the character at all. It just came out of nowhere nor does it fit Mudd's background.

 

[GhostPoet]

The Prince of Persia...the sandfall scene. Come on...it's freaking SAND...have you ever tried to run in sand???

 

[Doctor Jones]

Come on, it's based on a freaking VIDEO GAME... have you ever played a video game? It has crazy **** like that all the time.

I mean really, what's the deal with building a city in the sky for Bioshock Infinite... in 1912, could they really build cities that floated?

 

[Octoberist]

The Prince of Persia...the sandfall scene. Come on...it's freaking SAND...have you ever tried to run in sand???

To be fair, the whole movie's physics were consistent enough where I was okay with the scene. I just had a major issue with the greenscreen; it felt like he was....against greenscreen and the sand was just super-imposed.

 

[Motown Marvel]

batman's ridiculous cell phone radar toy at the end of TDK.

 

[Project862006]

so because jolie is thin she cant beat people up

you must hate alot of asian films

 

[CGHulk]

I think the suspense of disbelief is a process that works if you set up the rules of the movie from the get-go. If a movie's realistic and all of sudden, he's jumps from a skyscraper onto the pavement without a scratch, then you have to wonder.

To me, my suspension was broken with Indy 4 when Shia was swing vines with monkeys.

Let me tell you why. Sure the past movies had some outrageous stunts, but they fit in with the pulpy nature of the franchise. Indiana, you can assume, is experienced and somewhat trained for this.

Now with the monkey swing scene, it came off as very cartoony and it didn't fit the character at all. It just came out of nowhere nor does it fit Mudd's background.

Yeah because a person can't swing on vines like all those actors did in the 30's!

 

[Slushy]

When the supposedly human version of Jason Voorhees survives getting his neck broken in F13 Part 3

Batman's really heavy Bat SUV going over various building rooftops without going through any of them in Batman Begins

In SAW IV when it turns out that

Spoiler

SAW III and SAW IV are happening at THE SAME TIME because Jigsaw is soooo smart he can plan two major games happening at once.

It was too much, even for a SAW film.

Nuke The Fridge in Indiana Jones 4

 

[Octoberist]

Yeah because a person can't swing on vines like all those actors did in the 30's!

Because I specifically point out monkeys. Now if you are trying to bring up Tarzan, it won't fly because he was raised by apes. Mutt is suppose to be a fish out of water here (not an Errol Flynn adventurer), and now he's swinging around. With monkeys. I love pulpy action but there's always a limit.

Either that or you just miss understood my entire post.

 

[CGHulk]

Because I specifically point out monkeys. Now if you are trying to bring up Tarzan, it won't fly because he was raised by apes. Mutt is suppose to be a fish out of water here (not an Errol Flynn adventurer), and now he's swinging around. With monkeys. I love pulpy action but there's always a limit.

Either that or you just miss understood my entire post.

Not exactly, the actors who played Tarzan in those 30's films didn't grow up with apes, I've swung on vines in my youth, I'm not an action star. What's wrong with monkeys swinging next to a guy swinging on vines? Monkeys swing on vines, no suspension of belief there!

 

[Octoberist]

It just seems like you're going off tangent with this discussion. Or being facetious.

 

[Octoberist]

If Jason Bourne fell off a tall building and extend his arms to 'glide' down to safety, I'm sure weird fans would defend it. haha.

 

[Boom]

Dr. Loomis being completely engulfed in flames in Halloween 2, only turn return in Halloween 4 with a partially scarred face.

 

[Tacit Ronin]

so because jolie is thin she cant beat people up

you must hate alot of asian films

A 90 pound chick can't beat up a 180 pound man no matter how "skilled" she is.

 

[Octoberist]

Unless that person was Signornary Weaver or 90s' Linda Hamilton. Well, both had meat on them. ;0

 

[dodgers2213]

Batman and Rachel free falling off his skyscraper penthouse, smashing into a car, and only a minor spurt of blood and a bad joke as a result

Spider-Man is getting crushed by Dr. Octopus and brilliantly webs two desks to get away....Ock destroys one and is hit by the other that sends him FLYING 50feet accross the bank, through a window and crashing into a car....pulverizing half of the car in the process

Harry survives a point blank pumpkin bomb while chasing Peter early in the movie, doesn't get a scratch and is mildly annoyed. Later, gets hit with another point blank explosion and it messes up his face real good. Eddie Brock gets hit by a point blank pumpkin bomb that VAPORIZES him and the symbiote...wtf?

 

[redhawk23]

Yeah because a person can't swing on vines like all those actors did in the 30's!

nah try the crap cg monkeys following along with him.

 

[bullets]

XXX with Vin Diesel ... scene with the motorcycle and then every scene following that.

The Marine with John Cena, every action sequence.

Paranormal Activity 2 .. Wonder Woman scene.

Indy 4 .. the nuke fridge scene.. I thought it was hilarious but I'm finding a lot of people didn't find it funny.

 

[bullets]

If Jason Bourne fell off a tall building and extend his arms to 'glide' down to safety, I'm sure weird fans would defend it. haha.

I think he landed in water that time , also he did use someone to break his fall in Bourne Identity

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

Live Or Free Or Die hard.
The whole jet sequence with the truck.

 

[Manic]

Southland Tales.
Look, I was fine with the time travel, two versions of a single character running around at the same time, massive government conspiracy that felt it necessary to manipulate the life of an action film star, cars that ran on ocean waves from miles away, the mega-zeppelin, John Lovitz as a cop, and the psychic porno star...

...but the flying ice cream truck was going too far!