Things that bother you in movies and shows

[Antepli Ejderha]

Suitcases that are obviously empty but the actor pretends they are heavy.

Drinking from empty cups.

[Sean of the Shed]

Fucking lights on in the house during the day.

[3 Colours Red]

The depiction of playing video games.

Pressing random buttons, sound effects ripped straight from the 70s even if they're playing on an Xbox One/PS4/Switch, empty cartridge slots (the kid playing the Game Gear in Rumble In The Bronx is the best example of this), wrong controllers supposedly hooked up to consoles.

[Satchmo Distel]

Shoot-outs are almost always shit due to someone being hit in the torso or shoulder but still being able to sprint, pick up a weapon, shoot, etc.

Bombs - someone is thrown several yards but is uninjured by the blast or the landing.

Fat middle aged guy chases after teenager and catches him.

Guy gets into car without needing to unlock it. It drives off straight away without the time necessary to put the key in and get into drive mode or gear.

Person shoots after an escaping car at point blank range and misses anything, or blasts out a window but the driver is unhurt and still gets away

People shagging standing up as soon as they walk through the door even though a bed is available (because their passion is so great that comfort is no issue, see?)

[Pietro Paolo Virdis]

30,000 soldiers lined up ahead of battle, commander riding back and forth on a horse doing some speech in front of the first line, everybody from front to back can hear him and release a massive cheer.

[adams house cat]

In "NCIS" and "Criminal Minds" Abby or Garcia have access to everything anybody would want to know about anybody. Everything. Kinda scary.

[Toby Gymshorts]

Fucking lights on in the house during the day.

Where's the fun in fucking in the dark?

[ian.64]

When people have to get out of a place very, very quickly, there's always someone who's got to stick around to say the kind of goodbye that takes a long fucking time.

[WOM]

In US cop shows, nobody pulls away in a car - from anywhere, at any speed - without making that tire-screeching noise.

For the record, I spent most of my misspent youth driving a rear-wheel drive Pontiac like a reckless fucking idiot, and it's surprisingly difficult to make that tire-screeching noise even at the best of times.



That and "two beers"...when two guys walk into a corner bar.

[WOM]

In "NCIS" and "Criminal Minds" Abby or Garcia have access to everything anybody would want to know about anybody. Everything. Kinda scary.

This, and also when two detectives, who are processing a crime scene, describe to each other what they're doing and why. You'd think one of them would go "Yeah, I fucking know. I do this for a living, too."

[Jah Womble]

That and "two beers"...when two guys walk into a corner bar.

Just once, the bartender needs to say "Sure - which beer? We have Bud, Miller and Lowenbrau on tap, or Schaeffer, Molson, Miller Lite, Becks, Coors, St Pauli Girl and Shiner Bock in the bottle. Or, if you prefer a darker beer, we can do you draught Molson Dark or Guinness. As for pale ales, we only have Sierra Nevada at the moment, but next week we're getting a bunch of new ones in - Colorado Pale Sage, Firestone Easy Jack, Widmer Drifter and Goose Island IPA - which we're quite excited about. And which, frankly, are a damn sight more flavoursome than those pissy lagers that you guys always seem to want."

[Eggchaser]

30,000 soldiers lined up ahead of battle, commander riding back and forth on a horse doing some speech in front of the first line, everybody from front to back can hear him and release a massive cheer.

Averted in Waterloo, where De Lancey is asked by Wellington to "announce" him to the troops, and De Lancey just starts the chant and the soldiers take it up as Wellington rides past.

Although Theoden's sword clattering on spears shouty bit in The Return of The King is pretty epic.

[Toby Gymshorts]

Just once, the bartender needs to say "Sure - which beer? We have Bud, Miller and Lowenbrau on tap

Upon hearing which they walk out, tutting.

[San Bernardhinault]

It's less common now, but there was a long tendency for US TV and film to suggest that a bar or club was scary or dodgy because it was full of long haired, often overweight, metalheads. My experience has always been that these are the people least likely to ever fight anyone, anywhere.

[ursus arctos]

In many cases, such people were supposed to be read as members of biker gangs, who have a history of acting differently

[ursus arctos]

When I tended bar, anyone who asked for “beer” got either a) whatever we were trying to get rid of at the time or b) whatever had the highest markup. Oftimes, these were the same.

[WOM]

With us (and I won't enlarge on 'us' or the location) you got whatever contest/promo was offering the best prize. Imma just say that a lot of people have drank a lot of Carlsberg Lite who'd never suspected they had.

[3 Colours Red]

...long haired - CHECK

often overweight - CHECK

metalheads - CHECK

My experience has always been that these are the people least likely to ever fight anyone, anywhere. - CHECK

My excuse is that I'm too broken.

[EIM]

When I tended bar, anyone who asked for “beer” got either a) whatever we were trying to get rid of at the time or b) whatever had the highest markup. Oftimes, these were the same.

My man

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

This, and also when two detectives, who are processing a crime scene, describe to each other what they're doing and why. You'd think one of them would go "Yeah, I fucking know. I do this for a living, too."

you mean like This?

I once saw an episode of NCIS where two people were simultaneously typing on the same fucking keypad. I'm not sure that technical accuracy is their strong suit.

[Various Artist]

30,000 soldiers lined up ahead of battle, commander riding back and forth on a horse doing some speech in front of the first line, everybody from front to back can hear him and release a massive cheer.

Although Theoden's sword clattering on spears shouty bit in The Return of The King is pretty epic.

I do like the idea that three or four rows back from Theoden or a hundred yards down the line there's Rohirrim whispering to each other, "What did he say?" "I dunno, something about 'blessed are the cheesemakers' I think." "Oh, right. Fuck it, let's just cheer and wave our weapons like we understood."