Bad/stupid/improbable scenes of other wise good movies

[Gamblor]

ok.

The way I see it, is that the wing shape (aka aerofoil) to coax air OVER the wings when it is standing upright. A plane is also extremely aerodynamic head on. Thus, when it is flying straight down at terminal velocity, the effect at such a high speed is to push the plane so far away from the cliff face that Bond couldn't hope to get close to it.

Thus, your whole argument is moot.

[daryn]

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ok.

The way I see it, is that the wing shape (aka aerofoil) to coax air OVER the wings when it is standing upright. A plane is also extremely aerodynamic head on. Thus, when it is flying straight down at terminal velocity, the effect at such a high speed is to push the plane so far away from the cliff face that Bond couldn't hope to get close to it.

Thus, your whole argument is moot.

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i agree with this. the "lift" would actually work to push the plane away from the mountainside

[Rushmore]

Not to belabor a point, but yes, I agree with your assessment of the themes involved in Magnolia.

But from a personal standpoint (Atlas Shrugged, etc), I don't care for the final message, and I certainly did not care for it aesthetically.

Anyway, uh, there's that.

The Fan was indeed a turd.

[Rushmore]

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The ending of The Abyss, when the big lame spaceship rises from the deep sea all the way to the surface.

The movie should have instead ended with a typed message from Ed Harris' character to the other survivors saying something like, "you're not going to believe this..."; then fade to credits and leave the rest to our imagination. Better than a big fake looking rubber spaceship... imho.

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Good call.

[Rushmore]

1. How many times can Steve Buscemi run past the same stores as the cops are chasing him?

2. Who shoots Nice Guy Eddie at the end? (Think about it).

[samjjones]

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The ending of The Abyss, when the big lame spaceship rises from the deep sea all the way to the surface.

The movie should have instead ended with a typed message from Ed Harris' character to the other survivors saying something like, "you're not going to believe this..."; then fade to credits and leave the rest to our imagination. Better than a big fake looking rubber spaceship... imho.

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Good call. The ending was completely over the top, and degrades an otherwise solid movie.

[HopeydaFish]

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This one bothers me a lot:

Kill Bill I, The bride and Vernita Green are fighting. Vernita Green is a deadly assasin and she fires at Uma through the box of cereal from 5 feet away and misses her??? WTF? Couldn't Quentin have thought of something plausible?

Does stuff like this bother anyone else?

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there was a toy in the cereal box made of metal that the bullet deflected off

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I believe it was a jagged metal Krusty-O.

[swede123]

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2. Who shoots Nice Guy Eddie at the end? (Think about it).

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I always took it as either Mr. White or Mr. Pink. White shoots Joe, Eddie shoots White. White is wounded but still has time to pop Eddie OR Pink shoots Eddie and makes a run for it (and is gunned down outside).

Swede

[InchoateHand]

This thread got a lot better once you guys shut up about movies.

[youtalkfunny]

This is explained in the director's commentary on the DVD.

White was supposed to, but the blood-filled squib in Penn's shirt exploded prematurely. Time and budget constraints are blamed for not re-shooting--I just think QT screwed up.