15 things we wouldn’t know...

[Vixen]

15 things we wouldn’t know if it wasn’t for the movies:

1. The ventilation system of any building is the perfect hiding place. No one will ever think of looking for you in there, and you can travel to any other part of the building you want without difficulty.

2. You're very likely to survive any battle in any war unless you make the mistake of showing someone a picture of your sweetheart back home.

3. Should you wish to pass yourself off as a German officer, it is not necessary to speak the language. A German accent will do.

4. A man will show no pain while taking the most ferocious beating but will wince when a woman tries to clean his wounds.

5. If staying in a haunted house, women must investigate any strange noises in their most diaphaous underwear, which is just what they happened to be carrying with them at the time the car broke down.

6. If a large pane of glass is visible, someone will be thrown through it before long.

7. If someone says, "I'll be right back", they won't.

8. Computer monitors never display a cursor on screen but always say: Enter Password Now.

9. It is not necessary to say hello or goodbye when beginning or ending phone conversations. And none of your friends have to knock when they come for a visit.

10. Even when driving down a perfectly straight road, it is necessary to turn the steering wheel vigorously from left to right every few moments.

11. All bombs are fitted with electronic timing devices with large red readouts so you know exactly when they're going to go off.

12. A detective can only solve a case once he has been suspended from duty.

13. If you decide to start dancing in the street everyone around you will automatically be able to mirror all the steps you come up with and hear the music in your head.

14. Police departments give their officers personality tests to make sure they are deliberately assigned a partner who is their total opposite.

And last but not least

15. When they are alone, all foreigners prefer to speak English to each other.

[mresell]

Who knew how educational movies were?

[dpyers]

5. If staying in a haunted house, women must investigate any strange noises in their most diaphaous underwear, which is just what they happened to be carrying with them at the time the car broke down.

Works for me

[mresell]

I always love it when they show some techie thing in a movie like copying a file to a portable unit etc... that they never have any technical issues whatsoever...just works like magic.
My least favorite thing has been in movies forever, woman just stand there and scream, but do nothing. Can't even watch movies like that anymore. You never see a guy just stand there and scream

[newmem]

Originally Posted by Vixen

15. When they are alone, all foreigners prefer to speak English to each other.

even aliens!

[Silverbug]

i like it when you watch older movies and can pick out all the little things that you would never notice in a movie made today. For example I was watching 'Look Whos Talking' last nite and noticed in one of the scenes, where John T is driving Kirsty A to the hospital in his taxi, you see one of the cameras mounted to the from of his taxi (as plain as day) in the reflection in the windows of a building they are driving past. Little things like that.

[mresell]

The eighties stuff was pretty bad. Effects etc... The worst thing I ever saw was the partial movie they tried of the lord of the rings. It was truely horrific and embarrassing.

[dpyers]

Just saw some movie where 2 guys wer walking away in white socks - no shoes. When the camara showed the faciing shot, they both had shoes on.
My alltime favorite was an old Godzilla movie where you could see a 2z4 pushing his leg.

[sheptech]

You just gotta love stuff like this:
http://www.moviemistakes.com/best.php
(another afternoon waster)

By the way, is it just me or does the entire concept of Sandra Bullock as a hacker make everyone's stomach churn? It's movies like that that annoy my wife - mostly because I'm yelling at the screen (at home only, mind you).

[TheDesigners]

Originally Posted by John Schlosser

(another afternoon waster)

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[sheptech]

Originally Posted by TheDesigners

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