I don’t go into any movie looking to find fault. In fact, I think I’m pretty good at checking my preconceptions at the door and even suspending disbelief when necessary. That said, everyone has their tipping point.
Which is why I felt it necessary to comprise these 10+ unrealistic movie moments that fans can’t get over.
I’m sorry but no one, no matter how determined or ignorant could possibly forgive these grievances.
Eleanor flying through the air in *Gone In 60 Seconds*.
I really did use to love this movie growing up and I stand by my assertion that it is in fact a great film.
However, watching a Ford Mustang fly through the air as if it had magical unicorn wings beneath the chassis is more than I can forgive.
The car chase scene in *Bad Boys II*.
What really hurts is that Bad Boys II is actually a half-decent movie but this scene is pure fantasy.
The audience is forced to watch for what feels like hours as car after car is thrown from a transport truck, while Will Smith and Martin Lawrence chase in hot pursuit.
When Connor MacManus dives off of the roof in *The Boondock Saints*.
This is unquestionably an incredibly amazing moment in the movie, although to really appreciate it you do have to forget pretty much everything you know about gravity.
There’s no way that Connor could survive jumping off of a three-story building.
Tom Cruise fighting on top of a motorcycle in *MI: 2*.
I know Tom Cruise is a wild man. All I’m saying is that if you’re going to fight someone, why not just pull over to the side of the road?
This motorcycle ballet goes from 0-100mph on the absurdity scale, real quick.
Rocky Balboa’s training regime in *Rocky*.
Why does Rocky choose to do everything the hard way? He doesn’t have to punch slabs of meat when there’s a perfectly good heavy bag just hanging in the gym.
I understand the first time he did it was to prove a point but to continue on with it is silly.
The flying car in *Chitty Chitty Bang Bang*.
OK — so the film is a victim of technological times. I get it. Still, watching as Chitty plummets off a cliff is borderline ridiculous.
It’s so clearly fake that you can’t help but laugh.
Why do championships have to be won on their own in *Angels In The Outfield*?
A group of angels helps a baseball team for pretty-well the entire 162 game season and all of a sudden they get cold feet when it counts?
Also, the team was only any good because the angels were helping them. So how could they possibly win the game in that case?
Every single second that Vin Diesel is behind the wheel in any given *Fast And The Furious* film.
This kind of goes back to what I was talking about earlier with the Die Hard franchise.
I’m sorry, but I can’t even begin to list all of the egregious errors this franchise has made over the years.
The chest explosion scene in *Alien*.
I’m not saying that the movie isn’t scary, because it is. But what gives Alien it’s staying power is the film’s brilliant use of suspense.
I’m not normally one who calls for a reboot but this is one I’d get behind.
When Bruce Wayne asks The Joker if he wants to “get nuts” in *Batman*.
As Bruce is visiting with Vicky Vale, The Joker decides to crash the party. Bruce, arming himself with a fire poker, smashes a vase and proclaims “You wanna get nuts? Come on! Let’s get nuts.”
Why on earth would he do that?
The entire premise of *Chasing Amy*.
You have to admit, it’s borderline insulting and a titch on the misogynistic side to assume that any man could have the power to sway a woman’s sexual preference.
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It also not-so-subtly implies that homosexuality is a choice
The introduction to *Scream 2*.
How many times have you been to the movie theater in your life?
Has it ever once been so rambunctious or out of hand that you wouldn’t be able to tell if someone was literally being stabbed multiple times before your eyes?
I didn’t think so.
The fact that the human race hasn’t been eradicated in *A Quiet Place*.
Ok, I don’t mean to go around poking holes in movies but if these alien monster creatures have such sensitive hearing, wouldn’t it stand to reason that the first time anyone happened to accidentally pass gas they’d be a goner?
The flying car in *Grease*.
Was Sandy dead all along? Is the flying car scene meant to symbolize her and Danny ascending into heaven together or could it just be nothing more than random happenstance?
Either way, I have to know.
When John McClain takes on a fighter jet in *Live Free Or Die Hard*.
Michael Scott explained it best: in the first Die Hard movie, John McClane is just a normal everyday cop. But by the fourth film, he’s literally hanging off the side of a fighter jet, impervious to bullets.
No thanks, you can take it back.
