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Are action movies becoming too ridiculous?

posted 4 years ago by juviejay (456)
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I just watched Vin Diesel jump off a tower (about 50 feet?) and ski down a mountain (with no snow on it). He also takes the time to do a couple tricks on the way down. Before that, there was a guy jumping around shooting about 25 other people. None of whom, of course, managed to hit him.

Before that, I was watching a movie with Iridis Elba in which he shot about 100 guys without getting so much as as scratch.

The Transporter, John Wick, James Bond, these are just a few more culprits of the seemingly superhuman ability to take on armies and emerged unscathed. It's all so unrealistic. How can you suspend your disbelief for such lunacy. Might as well have the characters fly.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

they have a video game feel about them

[–] BillHicksFan (10101) 4 years ago

I would say new movies in general are ridiculous. Mostly for lack of imagination and awful writing.

[–] actionkamen (23176) 4 years ago

Many old movies are also ridiculous, with unrealistic dialogs and awful accent.

[–] R_Kane (15828) 4 years ago

I’ve said this before, but I don’t think I can say it too often: One of the many reason why I respect Jackie Chan is for his outtakes at the end of his films. Yes, they’re often funny, but that’s not why he did them. He did them to show impressionable youngsters that this was A MOVIE and NOT REAL LIFE. And I think that is SO enlightened of him. “Hey, kids. That cool 4-minute fight scene took us FOUR WEEKS to shoot and 3 guys went to the hospital. It took so long because we fucked up a lot. NOBODY could have fought like this. You’d DIE.” Jackie Chan deserves every cent he’s earned, just for this. See any outtakes on any John Wick movies? ‘Course not. Not COOOL!

Nor realistic in the slightest. Cynical, on the other hand . . .

[–] juviejay (456) 4 years ago

Interesting take. I remember one out take where he nearly fell off a train. He'd have probably been killed if his costar hadn't caught him.

[–] mikethemartian (6063) 4 years ago

I usually stick to TCM.

[–] AmeriGirl26 (12280) 4 years ago

Well....action movies in general often defy the laws of physics and logic. If you look back to major action flicks of the 80s and 90s, they actually seem very cartoony, and sometimes have things happen that make no sense, whatsoever in the real world. Things like the hero getting dinged on the head, and not having their skull cracked open, or a car flips over, only to land perfectly on its wheels at the end of the flip, or shooting guns in a fashion that would never hit the target if used for real.

The Mythbusters actually tested some of the more well-known cliches from action movies, including "do all cars that land at the bottom of a cliff explode?" Test conclusions: nope. Plus, it turns out some real explosions are even more spectacular than movie ones!