Good Movie, Bad Cars

[DrEntropy]

I think the roof readers left the building along with the tele foam operators.

"Press five for more options."

Here's one:

Smartarse... :smirk:

 

[coldplugs]

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Some stuff you just see but doesn't detract from the story.

True. I'm often amazed at how hard some move makers work at getting things accurate when most folks won't notice anyway. For years, it seemed like every AT-6 left flying was painted up like a Zero for some movie but, given the difficulty of getting a bunch of serviceable Zeros together this seemed a reasonable alternative.

One area where I think many movie makers mess up, though, is with regional accents. Even experienced actors usually can't fake an accent for long. Some of the northern New England accents that have been attempted in movies are laughable and I'm sure people in other areas of the country (or world) notice this as well. It's far better to let a good actor just talk with their normal accent (or lack of same) than to force them to fake it.

We all have our hot buttons....

 

[waltesefalcon]

"One area where I think many movie makers mess up, though, is with regional accents."

I seldom see anyone do a passable Oklahoman accent, they typically do a poor Texas one for Oklahomans.

 

[PAUL161]

True. I'm often amazed at how hard some move makers work at getting things accurate when most folks won't notice anyway. For years, it seemed like every AT-6 left flying was painted up like a Zero for some movie but, given the difficulty of getting a bunch of serviceable Zeros together this seemed a reasonable alternative.

One area where I think many movie makers mess up, though, is with regional accents. Even experienced actors usually can't fake an accent for long. Some of the northern New England accents that have been attempted in movies are laughable and I'm sure people in other areas of the country (or world) notice this as well. It's far better to let a good actor just talk with their normal accent (or lack of same) than to force them to fake it.

We all have our hot buttons....

I also have a tendency to pick apart films that use aircraft not applicable to the period. Unless your an aircraft nut, most people don't know the difference, such as using an AT-6 converted to look like a zero. There are still a few Japanese war planes around of different models, but not as plentiful as AT-6s.

 

[Silverghost]

The thing that always catches my eye is when cars in movies have unfortunate incidents and you can clearly see there is no engine, drive train and most unexplainedly rather large holes in the chassis......how did that happen? LoL

 

[GTP1960]

Now that y'all have brought these minor movie discrepancies to my attention, & I happen to be watching an HD version of "The Good, The Bad & The Ugly", I noticed in the hotel scene, when the ugly(Eli Wallach) get's the drop on the Good (Clint Eastwood), the scene view in the window completely changes from one moment to the next. Perhaps Watching in HD has something to do with it, but I've never noticed it before. Actually in HD it's easy to tell the whole window scene is painted. Oh well, it's the drama & acting that counts.

 

[HealeyRick]

The thing that always catches my eye is when cars in movies have unfortunate incidents and you can clearly see there is no engine, drive train and most unexplainedly rather large holes in the chassis......how did that happen? LoL

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