When suspension of disbelief just wont cut it?

[Monsieur Xavier]

Superman spinning the earth backwards to reverse time & save Lois from getting killed. Even if it were possible to change the rotation of the the earth the least that could happen is that it would just mess up night & day for everyone around the world, or it would cause a tsunami so powerful that it would wipe out most of the planets population.

In fact, Superman didn't make the Earth rotate back, he used the spin of the Earth to increase his own speed thus going faster than light and time travel.

 

[dark_b]

Superman catching Lois when she falls from the helicopter & not killing, breaking or injuring her severely.

Superman spinning the earth backwards to reverse time & save Lois from getting killed. Even if it were possible to change the rotation of the the earth the least that could happen is that it would just mess up night & day for everyone around the world, or it would cause a tsunami so powerful that it would wipe out most of the planets population.

so a superman movie can not have a scene where superman saves lois lane ?

 

[Ipodman]

Not sure if it's been mentioned, but in the famous truck-chase in Raiders of the Lost Ark, when Indy winds up on the hood and slides underneath the truck, all the way to the back and climbs back in behind the Nazi at the wheel, he should actually be ground to a bloody pulp by the desert rocks. And yes, I know he was wearing a leather jacket.

Speaking of indy, the infamous heart digging scene is too bizarre for me. Good movie overall tho t:

 

[SPIDER-MAN-ROX]

so a superman movie can not have a scene where superman saves lois lane ?

Yes they will still continue to have scenes were Superman saves Lois even though he has the potential to unintentionally hurt her or anybody else while trying to save them. Things like physics & such will always be thrown out the window when it comes to superhero movies.

 

[GhostPoet]

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.

No way. The ending was leaps and bounds more over the top than anything else in the entire film.

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

In Star Trek III: The Search For Spock, Kirk (tubby aging William Shatner) not only kicks the Klingon villain "Kruge" (Christopher Loyd) he also does a back flip while doing it. The way it cuts, it's so painfully obvious it's a stand in.

 

[afan]

In Temple of Doom surviving free-fall from a plane on a raft.

Now that's not any more fantastic than surviving the U-Boat ride in Raiders, but by that point we bought Indy's knack for survival, as the difficulty of the stunts progressed thru the film, but in TOD the impossible is presented from the outset. Of course, Raiders somewhat set the precedent, but it still was a bit much for me to swallow.

 

[LOBO3315a]

On the subject of superhero physics, 99% of what they accomplish is impossible. Superman would kill Lois if he tried to catch her in mid-air while she was falling. The only way he could do this would be to match her falling rate, have her grab hold of him, and use his powers of flight to slow them down. Anything else would be likely to break her bones.

Also he would be just as helpless as any human when it comes to stopping a falling plane. His super strength and near invunerability would cause him to punch through a falling plane's fuselage like a knife through hot butter. Try moving hot butter across a plate with a knife. Or better yet try stopping it from hitting the floor with one.

Spiderman has the porportionate strength and durability of a spider. He also enhanced agility, and a near-esp quality that allows him to roll out of the way of most incoming bullets, knives and punches. All that I can believe.

When he saves Aunt May when she is falling, or Mary Jane from falling, he probably would have pulverized them, because regular humans, and in the case of Aunt May a frail human, could not withstand the g-forces he subjects them through during his daring rescues.

Both of the things I see in movies, when it comes to these 2 characters, really peeve me. Make them work to save the ones they love!

 

[Pink Ranger]

In Star Trek III: The Search For Spock, Kirk (tubby aging William Shatner) not only kicks the Klingon villain "Kruge" (Christopher Loyd) he also does a back flip while doing it. The way it cuts, it's so painfully obvious it's a stand in.

Never question the physics of Kirk Fu. Never.

 

[Spider-Fan83]

speaking of spider-man, I'd also say his strength level throughout the first movie is very inconsistent... an I had to more then suspension my disbelief near the end, when he held up a trolley car full of kids one handed well hanging from a web... ok, even if you can believe in can hold that much weight... when he lets go, and then catches it again, seems a abit much... idk maybe that was just me

 

[dark_b]

Rent a porn?! In the internet age? Why buy the cow when you can have the sex for free?

you can have sex with a cow for free

 

[CGHulk]

Batman '89 Vicky Vale and Batman falling off the cathedral and saved by the grappling hook, they should of been ripped into a million pieces.
Joker not being hit by fire when the Batwing shot at him.
The Joker shooting down the Batwing with a pistol with a long neck.
The Joker grabbing vicky Vale and Batman's hands and pulling them over the ledge.

 

[LOBO3315a]

In all fairness that gun the Joker used WAS an .88 Magnum....

 

[dark_b]

Batman '89 Vicky Vale and Batman falling off the cathedral and saved by the grappling hook, they should of been ripped into a million pieces.
Joker not being hit by fire when the Batwing shot at him.
The Joker shooting down the Batwing with a pistol with a long neck.
The Joker grabbing vicky Vale and Batman's hands and pulling them over the ledge.

yet it looked super cool.

 

[Manic]

Superman spinning the earth backwards to reverse time & save Lois from getting killed. Even if it were possible to change the rotation of the the earth the least that could happen is that it would just mess up night & day for everyone around the world, or it would cause a tsunami so powerful that it would wipe out most of the planets population.

Not only does that bother me, but I always wondered why there was no Earthquake when he reversed time. Lois died because the missiles caused an Earthquake that opened the ground and buried her, right? So when Superman reversed time, wouldn't those missiles be flying all over again? Wouldn't he have to stop them a second time?

 

[MadVillainy]

The jumping off motorcycle and someone getting into the helicopter scene in GoldenEye

 

[C. Lee]

Superman spinning the earth backwards to reverse time & save Lois from getting killed. Even if it were possible to change the rotation of the the earth the least that could happen is that it would just mess up night & day for everyone around the world, or it would cause a tsunami so powerful that it would wipe out most of the planets population.

He didn't make the Earth turn backwards. It was an optical illusion.

Superman went so fast he went back in time...his going back in time made it look like the Earth was turning backwards to him. So, the earth didn't go backwards, it just appeared to be doing so because TIME was reversing.

 

[Manic]

Then why did he have to spin around the other way so that the Earth rotated in its normal direction afterward?

 

[C. Lee]

Then why did he have to spin around the other way so that the Earth rotated in its normal direction afterward?

Because he doesn't time travel every day....he went back in time too far....and then had to head back forward in time just a little to get closer to the point he wanted.

 

[Castro]

TDK: Batman and Rachel falling from the penthouse building and landing on a car with no sounds of pain, just relief. Both should have died.

 

[DACrowe]

.To name a few people have already mentioned:

-Goldeneye (though I loved it), Bond jumps off a cliff and falls not only faster than a plane (possible due to lift, but unlikely), but PULLS HIMSELF into said plane (the physics of that are literally impossible) and then steers the plane from crashing nose first!

-Moonraker: Bond goes to Space. 'Nuff said....actually I'll add it was lame that metal tooth guy went off a giant waterfall like he was a Looney Tunes character.

-Superman: Spins the world backwards to reverse time.

-Superman II: Kisses Lois Lane and causes her to forget the entire film! x2

-That despite Batman's costume being "realistic" in TDK, he still can only win fights if his enemies attack him one at a time with no sense of speed....Also how did the Joker get all those explosives wired into that hospital without anybody noticing?

-Law Abiding Citizen: (terrible movie I saw on TV last week) has Gerard Butler dig into prison for ten years into the exact cell he knew he would be placed in...apparently after he killed the FIRST batch of innocent DA staff (nevermind a judge) nobody thought to put him under 24 hour surveillance.

-The Kids Are All Right: Mark Ruffalo sleeping with Julianne Moore. Out of character and terribly contrived.

-Ridley Scott's Robin Hood: Robin Hood's father was a renowned saxon laymen to Norman lords who inspired the philosophy behind the Magna Carta in Ridley Scott's tragically mishandled Robin Hood film. Nevermind the Magna Carta meant jack ___ for anyone who wasn't a lord in the first place. Also, Lady Marian putting on armor and fighting side by side against those dirty FRENCH.

-Inception: I loved this movie, but every time the breakneck plot would stop dead in its track during the third act (plane ride, onwards), so that Ellen Paige could ask a clunky question so that the characters could give clunky exposition to hold the audience's hand. If you're still explaining the ground rules in act 3, there might need to be some script trimming.

-The ending to The Killer Inside Me. Very...out there.

-"Bram Stoker's Dracula:" Mina choosing to drink from Dracula's chest. Still liked the movie, but Stoker's Dracula, it wasn't.

-Vertigo: Kim Novak falling out the window by accident that she had tricked Jimmy Stewart into thinking she had in the first place.

-All the comedic scenes in The Searchers. Amazing movie, but the comic relief from supporting characters would kill the atmosphere every time.

-Dial M for Murder: The police trying to intentionally discredit a conviction they already achieved in Dial M for Murder. But we wouldn't have a happy ending, otherwise.

-The CGI in both Hulk films.

-Rocky Horror Picture Show. All of it. And I wouldn't have it any other way.

 

[carrrnuttt]

In Temple of Doom surviving free-fall from a plane on a raft.

Mythbusters specifically tested for that: http://mythbustersresults.com/episode37

It is possible to jump from a disabled airplane and use an inflatable life raft to safely return to earth (as in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom)

BUSTED

Any attempt to use the raft failed due to the instability of the raft in freefall. It was possible to rig the raft as a parachute and land with minimal injuries, but this would not be possible to perform while jumping from a disabled aircraft.

 

[S.A.A.D.]

.To name a few people have already mentioned:

-Goldeneye (though I loved it), Bond jumps off a cliff and falls not only faster than a plane (possible due to lift, but unlikely), but PULLS HIMSELF into said plane (the physics of that are literally impossible) and then steers the plane from crashing nose first!

-Moonraker: Bond goes to Space. 'Nuff said....actually I'll add it was lame that metal tooth guy went off a giant waterfall like he was a Looney Tunes character.

-Superman: Spins the world backwards to reverse time.

-Superman II: Kisses Lois Lane and causes her to forget the entire film! x2

-That despite Batman's costume being "realistic" in TDK, he still can only win fights if his enemies attack him one at a time with no sense of speed....Also how did the Joker get all those explosives wired into that hospital without anybody noticing?

-Law Abiding Citizen: (terrible movie I saw on TV last week) has Gerard Butler dig into prison for ten years into the exact cell he knew he would be placed in...apparently after he killed the FIRST batch of innocent DA staff (nevermind a judge) nobody thought to put him under 24 hour surveillance.

-The Kids Are All Right: Mark Ruffalo sleeping with Julianne Moore. Out of character and terribly contrived.

-Ridley Scott's Robin Hood: Robin Hood's father was a renowned saxon laymen to Norman lords who inspired the philosophy behind the Magna Carta in Ridley Scott's tragically mishandled Robin Hood film. Nevermind the Magna Carta meant jack ___ for anyone who wasn't a lord in the first place. Also, Lady Marian putting on armor and fighting side by side against those dirty FRENCH.

-Inception: I loved this movie, but every time the breakneck plot would stop dead in its track during the third act (plane ride, onwards), so that Ellen Paige could ask a clunky question so that the characters could give clunky exposition to hold the audience's hand. If you're still explaining the ground rules in act 3, there might need to be some script trimming.

-The ending to The Killer Inside Me. Very...out there.

-"Bram Stoker's Dracula:" Mina choosing to drink from Dracula's chest. Still liked the movie, but Stoker's Dracula, it wasn't.

-Vertigo: Kim Novak falling out the window by accident that she had tricked Jimmy Stewart into thinking she had in the first place.

-All the comedic scenes in The Searchers. Amazing movie, but the comic relief from supporting characters would kill the atmosphere every time.

-Dial M for Murder: The police trying to intentionally discredit a conviction they already achieved in Dial M for Murder. But we wouldn't have a happy ending, otherwise.

-The CGI in both Hulk films.

-Rocky Horror Picture Show. All of it. And I wouldn't have it any other way.

Like many of the critics who panned it,ya don't get it.

 

[Silvermoth]

I remember there's a scene in "The Mummy Returns" when someone throws a snake at Brendan Fraser and Brendan catches it in mid air and throws it back on the guy and I was like

 

[xwolverine2]

any movie where they zoom into noisy security cam footage x1,000 and somehow not lose image resolution

you'd think filmmakers would know more than anyone thats impossible.