The doorbell makes no sense


We see Ed Rooney ring the doorbell by just HOLDING HIS FINGER in it for a long time.

However, the sound does not conform to this movement - again the 'visuals don't match audio'-syndrome, that's so common.

We hear two separate 'ding dong'-sounds, which would still be almost fine (although usually, that's not how doorbells work - the FIRST sound, 'ding', usually happens when you push your finger into the doorbell button, and the SECOND sound, 'dong', is heard when you release your finger from the doorbell button, so you can pace and rhythm it in any way you like), but..

BUT!!

.. he just KEEPS that finger pressed (or is it depressed? Do fingers have mental health problems?), and during the duration of the push, we hear FOUR sounds.

Even that would be fine (sort of), but there's inconsistency with the rhythm. First 'ding dong' is faster, then we hear a pause between the second 'ding' and the second 'dong'.

It's like.. 'dingdong dinnnngg........... donnnnng'.

WHY would this happen just by KEEPING THE FINGER (de)PRESSED?!

WHY?!

(To add, that's all we hear although he keeps the finger there a bit longer - we should KEEP HEARING CONSISTENT DINDONGS THE VERY LEAST, BUT WE DON'T!! It's like the doorbell is programmed to give you exactly FOUR sounds and no more, there's NO WAY a doorbell would EVER work this way!)

It makes no god damn sense unless some idiot made a mistake in the movie!

Whose doorbell works like that? Hands up? Bueller? Not even Bueller's doorbell should work that way, this is movie-cheating and destroys the immersion immediately!

I hate when people ruin good movies this way. Why can't it be a normal doorbell, where the 'ding'-sound happens when you PUSH the button and 'dong'-sound when you release, and why can't Ed Rooney keep PUSHING and releasing and the sound happen accordingly?

It wouldn't have been THAT DIFFICULT to make considering all the things done in the movie!

What a NONSENSICAL DOORBELL!

Just to add - there's NO WAY that Ferris' taped reply would happen so quickly and instantly - the system would have to know to rewind the tape, and start playing it again, as well as activate the door microphone immediately after Ed releases the button. HOW can it be this fast and immediate with THIS technology?? There'd be at least SOME kind of pause.

I hope I don't have to make the typical disclaimers about how I love this movie anyway due to its marvellous 1980s energy, great musics, charismatic performances, their amazing house (well, from poor entity's perspective anyway), and the rebellious, quirky theme of making ditching school seem like a HEROIC ACT in the world of dull adults and businesslike corporate institutions and robotic students.

A bit of freedom is what we all want and need, many of have just forgotten it, and this movie reminds us of that.

BTW, why didn't Ferris just use the dog flap to get in the house? It's clearly big enough for Rooney, so Ferris should have no problems. Why would you even need or HAVE a key for the backdoor, with such an ENORMOUS, huge dog flap?

Ed rooney clearly doesn't understand dog psychology at all - imagine what Cesar Millan could've done with their labrador...it would be just laying in the corner, all relaxed, while the principal freely explores the house... unlawfully.

I can't imagine how a principal is willing to break the law and enter someone's house without the owner's consent, and then attack and injure their dog as well, and no one even tries to get him fired for that or press charges or whatnot. This guy should be in prison instead of eating yummy gummybears in a school bus.

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jeekers christmas!!! You need a new hobby dude.

MOVIES ARN'T PERFECT.

walk away

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To be fair, I didn't read your whole post, but old time electro-mechanical door bells would often "ding" on the push, and "dong" on the release. This happened because they used a solenoid that would push out when energized (like all solenoids) and strike the "ding" chime, but would "backfire" when the button was released because the momentum of the solenoid pole piece when de-energized would push out the back side of the solenoid would momentarily strike the "dong" chime. You could sustain the "ding" by holding the button, but the dong only happened when the solenoid was de-energized.

Later, electronic modules and a speaker replaced the mechanical chimes, but pretty much replicated the sound and feel of the mechanical door chimes. But, depending on who designed the circuit, the chime may or *may not* have sustained while the button was pushed and held in.


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To add some more questions;

The principal sees Jeanie arrive and enter the house. Why doesn't he ring the doorbell NOW? Surely Jeanie would come to the door and answer it.

Instead, he just enters the house unlawfully? This makes absolutely no sense, what respectable (or even disrespectable) adult would do this? Adult people in this world, at least law-abiding ones, always go for the 'proper channels' before they get desperate enough to even THINK of breaking the law.

Instead of attacking the dog and entering unlawfully, he should have, at least realistically speaking, have sat in the front of the house and waited - then he could've talked to Jeanie and all.

WHY DOES HE NOT USE THE DOORBELL WHEN SOMEONE CLEARLY ARRIVES?? WHY?!!

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Cut down on your coffee, Dude! 🙄

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