DTsWereMe Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 ....the actor hangs up the phone before finishing speaking. I mean, you know...the heist has gone bad and new instructions have to be given over the phone and half way through them the receiver is already back in the cradle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILoveRayMilland Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 I am probably an idiot, but what are you trying to say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laffite Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 ... gee, i hope he's not back in his cups ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTsWereMe Posted March 30, 2008 Author Share Posted March 30, 2008 sorry, it was not clear...I was giving an example of little things you might see in a film that while of little consequence to the story...they still annoy somewhat I have seen many instances in films where the actor hangs up the phone before he finishes speaking into it. better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredCDobbs Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Yes, that's better. I've noticed that a lot of people in films just stop talking and hang up the phone without ever saying "goodbye". I don't know of anyone in real life who does that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineSage_jr Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 am probably an idiot, but what are you trying to say? I'm not sure; he hung up the phone before he finished speaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Film_Fatale Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 > {quote:title=FredCDobbs wrote:}{quote} > Yes, that's better. > > I've noticed that a lot of people in films just stop talking and hang up the phone without ever saying "goodbye". I don't know of anyone in real life who does that. Also, all the times that people close the door of a car or a house or office and don't bother locking it. Or all the times a character never fails to find a parking spot right next to the place they're going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredCDobbs Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 And quite often they order drinks but wind up talking and never drinking them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 The first (and only) time I watched The Pelican Brief, I noticed Denzel Washington had the phone mouthpiece almost under his chin during every phone call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrinceSaliano Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Taking the time to put on a robe when they get out of bed in the middle of the night (this may have been a Code thing). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredCDobbs Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Yeah, it could have been a Code thing, or people just dressed better in the old days. Clyde Barrow, John Dillinger, and Machine Gun Kelly all wore suits when they robbed banks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Or if they do eat, it's just a nibble. Although Tim Holt ate with gusto in "The Magnificent Ambersons" (good for Tim). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainingviolets21 Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 I have a real pet peeve - did anyone ever notice during a thunderstorm the lightning and thunder happen at the same time? I was watching The Spiral Straircase the other night and true to form every flash of lightning was accompanied by a thunderclap ! . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobitz Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 re: Barrow, Dillinger and Kelly...But did they rob banks so they could afford the suits? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laffite Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Also, all the times that people close the door of a car or a house or office and don't bother locking it. Or all the times a character never fails to find a parking spot right next to the place they're going. <<<<<<<<<<<<< And, of course, no one ever fumbles for the keys when getting into a car. I guess they're already in the car. Yeah, everybody does that, leaves their keys in the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzcutter Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Also, all the times that people close the door of a car or a house or office and don't bother locking it.>> But if it's a classic movie wouldn't locking the house, office or car be out of place? Most people back then didn't lock their home or car when leaving. By many accounts it wasn't until the last forty or so years that people began doing that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
movieman1957 Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Maybe it's our modern sensibilities but people who do labor intense jobs dressed up. How many women work their gardens in dresses and stockings? Men digging ditches or working on their cars or playing ball at the picnic with their ties on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory1965 Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Or how about the frequency with which, when the camera angle favors it, characters get into a car on the passenger side and then slide over to the driver's seat. I find it hard to believe that people actually did this even when most cars did have bench seats. And in the parallel universe of films evidently there's no need for a rear view mirror since no cars ever seem to have one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredCDobbs Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 >Or how about the frequency with which, when the camera angle favors it, characters get into a car on the passenger side and then slide over to the driver's seat. I find it hard to believe that people actually did this even when most cars did have bench seats. I can remember real-life as far back as about 1947, and I don't remember anyone ever doing that. And almost nobody ever changed drivers while they were actually driving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poinciana Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 One of the few female characters to be shown in bed in the middle of the night with her make-up off and her hair messed up was Margo Channing. Thanks Bette.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILoveRayMilland Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 > {quote:title=CineSage_jr wrote:}{quote} > am probably an idiot, but what are you trying to say? > > I'm not sure; he hung up the phone before he finished speaking. Thanks for trying! Lol! I always feel a little lost on mondays, because my family has a rule of no computer on sundays. So I get on and I am like "where is everything". Anyways something that always annoys me (someone has probably already listed this, but....) when people leave their house or car unlocked. AND when ladies wake up (especially in old musicals) with perfect make-up on. THAT is REALLY annoying NOTE: Okay, now I am an unoriginal idiot! Both of the things I wrote above were already posted! Message was edited by: ILoveRayMilland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobitz Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 I'm not sure how Don Ameche entered into the conversation, but... Glad you all brought up the question of makeup in the middle of the night...was watching Some Like It Hot last night and got to thinking...wouldn't Jack Lemmon stand out if "she" didn't remove "her" makeup before going to bed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrinceSaliano Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Actresses wearing modern (1930s) hairstyles - or even clothes - when the film was set in the 20s or 'teens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redriver Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 I've often wondered about this. (People getting into cars on the passenger side, then sliding over.) Why would they do that? I'm like Fred. I vaguely remember those big seats. If my father had done that, we would have laughed all day! Off topic, here's a point about modern movies. The character has to go somewhere. He puts on his coat. Walks through the parking lot. Gets in his car. Drives to his destination. JUST GET THERE! We can assume he put on his coat and drove! Old movies were all about getting to the point. That concept seems to have been discarded. Finally, why does Gary Cooper shoot the sidewalk in HIGH NOON? He seeks shelter in a building. On his way in, he draws his gun, BANG! Fires at the ground. If he'd done this as Sergeant York, the Germans would have won the war! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredCDobbs Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 >Finally, why does Gary Cooper shoot the sidewalk in HIGH NOON? He seeks shelter in a building. On his way in, he draws his gun, BANG! Fires at the ground. Ha, being an old timer myself, I know the answer. He is shooting the lock off the door so he can go inside. Apparently that door was locked. They used to do that in old movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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