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Things that piss me off about this movie.....

posted 15 years ago by ryncecil
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Now, I know that a certain suspension of disbelieve that comes with the entire movie watching experience, but there are some things about this movie that defy all manners of reality, space and time. Don't get me wrong, this is a great time waster of a film. But some things are just inexcusable. For example:

1. When the Korean neighbors are first introduced during the boyfriend/alarm mishap near the begining of the film, they are speaking in their native tongue. Yet, when Shane responds to them in Korean, the neighbor states, "We speak english, buddy." So, then why didn't the neighbors begin the conversation in English to begin with? It's the tired old "foreign looking man/woman says something in proper English when everyone thought they didn't know the language" gag.

2.Another cliche'-Shane treats everyone and every situation with a Militaristic state of mind, whether it be the Firefly Troop, musical cast, children, nanny, etc. "Do YOU copy?!" "Do we UNDERSTAND each other?!" "Company FORWARD!" bleh...

3.Since when do Girl Scout/Firefly cookies come loose in the package, not wrapped in plastic?

4.Who in their right mind would leave kids alone in front of a busy retail outlet to sell cookies-BY THEMSELVES?

5. Why does every teenage restaurant worker in the movies always have braces/exaggerated head gear? Yet another cliche' THAT IS NOT THE SLIGHTEST BIT FUNNY!

6.For their father/husband dying recently, the family is holding up pretty well, don't you think?

7.The Vice Principle character/characature is absolutely *beep* ridiculous...yet another tired cliche'. Nevermind that he would be suspended and brought before the Board of Education for review for 90% of his statements and actions towards Seth in the film.

8. How could ANYONE, no matter how ingenious of a scientist they may be, concoct, build, and hide the massive room below the garage that holds the Ghost chip from his family, especially his wife? The room alone would cost several million dollars to construct. And why would he go to such extreme measures like false floors, slime filled glowing pits (yet anoher tired sight gag), and lasers? Ever heard of a safety deposit box/ADT?

9.Who in the *beep*, besides a farmer, woud have a duck for a pet?

10.I didn't know that boxed fruit juice is powerful enough to blind someone AND propel them backwards several feet.

11.WHO would leave two small children with a school principle? And what principle would take on that responsibiity and be held accountable?

12.Why would Shane walk around a house that isn't his, around young children, in his *beep* bath towel? Which leads me to...

13.An average shower takes about fifteen minutes, tops. How did LuLu get dressed in her uniform, put her hair in pigtails, invite the rest of her troop over, make them a snack, and all be siiting down by the time Shane was finished with the shower?

14.There is NO school on earth that would allow an improptu fight/wrestling match between a vice principle and a complete stranger, and let the ENTIRE school attend as if it was a rock concert, complete with handmade signs/cheering/screaming.

15.I love the Switzerland streotypes portrayed in the fim, especially the accents, which sound French. (I didn't even know they existed!)

16.It would seem to me that a flight back from Switzerland to the US would take a lot longer than an afternoon!

17.What kind of nanny would just up and leave five kids behind wth a complete stranger?

18.When Shane inserts the Ghost disc into his laptop, I love how it starts in the MIDDLE of the film automatically, without first prompting a menu screen, previews, FBI warning screen, etc...

19.When Shane is fighting the two ninjas in the childrens bedroom and sends one of them flying into the tent, how does that ninja escape from the tent and make it out the window to the front lawn that quickly without being noticed by Shane?

20. LuLu is playing a video game in the begining of the film. What kind of video game has that kind of audio? (generic robotic talking, usually a sign that the producers did not want to shell out that kind of money to secure real audio clips/screen shots from an existing game)

And finally...

21.Why am I wasting my time on this list? There's a recession at hand!!!!

[–] adamschwindt 15 years ago

Also, that kid looked a little old to be wearing a diaper. :(

[–] giantrock6 15 years ago

BOY YOU ARE JUST A BUNDLE OF POSITIVE THINKING!!!! THIS IS JUST A MOVIE!!

[–] Blue_Spirit61 15 years ago

what pisses me off is why the director got pissed off at Seth for dropping that lady during rehearsal! I mean COME ON! She had to be in her forties, and she looked like she had to be 170+ pounds! of course he's gonna accidently drop her!

And I will get him back even as he gloats. In the meantime I'll practice on less honorable throats!

[–] Ernest_Hero 15 years ago

Great post, I agree, though I found quite a few of the things that you mentioned to be rather hilarious.

[–] CaptainSexMachine 15 years ago

And korean military spies would not attack a target carrying batons, they would carry guns. What's the deal with that silly scene where they charge in through the window and try to take out Shane with sticks? They should have just shot him from outside the window when they saw him put the disc in his pocket.

But it's just a family movie, and we would prefer to see silly slapstick fights instead of "realistic" Rambo-style action.

[–] DonutRvB 15 years ago

If you know anyone who speaks English perfectly but as a second language, they will almost always use their own language with each other. I speak perfect English as a second language, and so does my father, but we speak to each other in Chinese in public and private. Saying that all foreigners should speak English in public just makes you look like a bigot.

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[–] cdon 15 years ago

1. There are several languages that they speak in Switzerland, French is one of them so it is not out of the realm of possibility that the guy at the bank would speak French as his native language

2. Shane had just been in sewage. If it were me I would probably take longer than 15 min to get myself clean after that.

[–] madman_salv 15 years ago

Umm its a family movie, there not meant to be the most realistic of movies.

[–] Dphoadley 13 years ago

15 minutes to shower? Tell that to my daughter who as an average takes up to 45 to complete her ablutions!

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[–] baran_erik 8 years ago

Ablutions? Aaaaactuuuuallly, she's probably doing more than that.

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[–] jaffinar 15 years ago

In response to your number 8...... In real life, Joseph Fritzel constructed a dundeon under his house and held his daughter prisoner for about 24 years without his wife knowing. So in that sense it is plausible to constuct a secret room under your house. As for the cost and false floors, i don't know, he's a scientist so I'm guessing he could do these things.

[–] baran_erik 8 years ago

So scientists are construction engineers, too?

Life is pain. Anyone who says differently is selling something.

[–] District9 15 years ago

I'll give these a go...

1. When the Korean neighbors are first introduced during the boyfriend/alarm mishap near the begining of the film, they are speaking in their native tongue. Yet, when Shane responds to them in Korean, the neighbor states, "We speak english, buddy." So, then why didn't the neighbors begin the conversation in English to begin with? It's the tired old "foreign looking man/woman says something in proper English when everyone thought they didn't know the language" gag.

The Koreans did that because they were saying rude things about him, and normally people say rude things in a different language if they know it.

2.Another cliche'-Shane treats everyone and every situation with a Militaristic state of mind, whether it be the Firefly Troop, musical cast, children, nanny, etc. "Do YOU copy?!" "Do we UNDERSTAND each other?!" "Company FORWARD!" bleh...

Since age 8, he'd either been in military school, or a Special Op in the military itself. So his only view of the world is a militaristic one.

3.Since when do Girl Scout/Firefly cookies come loose in the package, not wrapped in plastic?

Perhaps they unwrapped them without us seeing.

4.Who in their right mind would leave kids alone in front of a busy retail outlet to sell cookies-BY THEMSELVES?

Someone who's trained them in martial arts.

5. Why does every teenage restaurant worker in the movies always have braces/exaggerated head gear? Yet another cliche' THAT IS NOT THE SLIGHTEST BIT FUNNY!

Teenage years are the most appropriate time to fix teeth.

6.For their father/husband dying recently, the family is holding up pretty well, don't you think?

Yes they are. Although they show that 2 months passes between his death and Shane arriving. Plus the mother explains that he would be gone for 6 or 7 months at a time, implying he wasn't very close to the children.

7.The Vice Principle character/characature is absolutely *beep* ridiculous...yet another tired cliche'. Nevermind that he would be suspended and brought before the Board of Education for review for 90% of his statements and actions towards Seth in the film.

It's a PG rated Disney movie. How did you expect a vice principal to act?

8. How could ANYONE, no matter how ingenious of a scientist they may be, concoct, build, and hide the massive room below the garage that holds the Ghost chip from his family, especially his wife? The room alone would cost several million dollars to construct. And why would he go to such extreme measures like false floors, slime filled glowing pits (yet anoher tired sight gag), and lasers? Ever heard of a safety deposit box/ADT?

He had developed the most advanced technological debilitating device known to mankind. That basement was a breeze to build for him to build compared to the chip it contained. It was all underground, so he could build it without interruption.

9.Who in the *beep*, besides a farmer, woud have a duck for a pet?

I know of 3 people, all in suburbs, who have a pet duck.

10.I didn't know that boxed fruit juice is powerful enough to blind someone AND propel them backwards several feet.

It stings the eyes, and the shock of it is enough to make them jump backwards.

11.WHO would leave two small children with a school principle? And what principle would take on that responsibiity and be held accountable?

One who really cares. Most people trust the school administrators.

12.Why would Shane walk around a house that isn't his, around young children, in his *beep* bath towel? Which leads me to...

It was his first time living with a family and young kids. He made a mistake.

13.An average shower takes about fifteen minutes, tops. How did LuLu get dressed in her uniform, put her hair in pigtails, invite the rest of her troop over, make them a snack, and all be siiting down by the time Shane was finished with the shower?

Invite troop over (call one girl, tell her to spread the word): 1 minute
Get dressed: 2 minutes
Pig tails: 5 minutes
Make snack: 5 minutes
The troop would have arrived quickly, since girl scouts get put into troops based on how close they live to each other. They all surely lived in the same subdivision. Less than 15 minutes.

14.There is NO school on earth that would allow an improptu fight/wrestling match between a vice principle and a complete stranger, and let the ENTIRE school attend as if it was a rock concert, complete with handmade signs/cheering/screaming.

Because most principals and vice-principals wouldn't allow it. If the vice-principal decides to allow it, it would be very easy to pull off.

15.I love the Switzerland streotypes portrayed in the fim, especially the accents, which sound French. (I didn't even know they existed!)

That's nice.

16.It would seem to me that a flight back from Switzerland to the US would take a lot longer than an afternoon!

Indeed it does, but with the time zone changes, the 15 hour flight would be going back 5 times zones, which amounts to a 4 hour flight.

17.What kind of nanny would just up and leave five kids behind wth a complete stranger?

An exasperated one who knows he was hired by the government, and assumes he can handle himself.

18.When Shane inserts the Ghost disc into his laptop, I love how it starts in the MIDDLE of the film automatically, without first prompting a menu screen, previews, FBI warning screen, etc...

Surely for such a highly classified device, FBI warnings would be useless, since there is only one, and it is expected to be handled by top level people anyway.

19.When Shane is fighting the two ninjas in the childrens bedroom and sends one of them flying into the tent, how does that ninja escape from the tent and make it out the window to the front lawn that quickly without being noticed by Shane?

Because Shane's attention was diverted on the other ninja.

20. LuLu is playing a video game in the begining of the film. What kind of video game has that kind of audio? (generic robotic talking, usually a sign that the producers did not want to shell out that kind of money to secure real audio clips/screen shots from an existing game)

Mortal Kombat. And the game appeared to be very similar to that.

And finally...

21.Why am I wasting my time on this list? There's a recession at hand!!!!

You wrote your post at 10:27 at night. If you have a job, you most likely work during the daytime. What you do with your free time is up to you, and your time on Imdb won't change how the recession affects you.

Good day to you.

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[–] cursedpanther 15 years ago

Indeed it does, but with the time zone changes, the 15 hour flight would be going back 5 times zones, which amounts to a 4 hour flight.

Since when did a single time zone have double hours?

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[–] Plague2005 14 years ago

18.When Shane inserts the Ghost disc into his laptop, I love how it starts in the MIDDLE of the film automatically, without first prompting a menu screen, previews, FBI warning screen, etc...

That DVD or CD looked burnt as in NOT ORIGINAL. So it could be a downloaded copy of the ghost movie (pirated which means copyrights, menu and other stuff won't be there) and therefore the computer could have played the movie automatically which Shane could have forwarded. Very possible indeed.

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[–] offdatsub 14 years ago

you've never burnt a dvd you've hired have you?

fbi warnings, trailers and menu's get carried over, unless you specifically take the time to edit them out.

[–] Plague2005 14 years ago

fbi warnings, trailers and menu's get carried over, unless you specifically take the time to edit them out.

Which is why I called it as NOT ORIGINAL. It looked like it was ripped or downloaded (as in edited).

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[–] critterdhs05 14 years ago

1. i agree with one though this is Disney right?

2. this is easy one to explain that how he grew up that how he gets the respect and order to get people doing things right away.

3. since when do people care about small items? (your just getting picky here)

4. i don't know why don't you ask millions of mom and dad's that let there kids go around and its not like they don't have people watching them. its a movie....

5. not sure what your talking about.... so i just ignore this

6. maybe the fact they don't want to deal with it? people handling motions different ways. He as the stated in the movies he was gone for long period of time. so its not out of the normal for them to react like that.

7. would got to agree with you here

8. why are you getting picky its a movie.. this is not a normal house never was... there hidden things in older houses you know... stop getting so picky.

9. why i want a duck why do you care people who have pet and what animal it is? maybe it was the dad who gave it to someone...

10. when something gets into your eyes your are going to close them he was not blind.

11. cause the fact she already knew what was going on and since he had to do something it was emergency and he was on school grounds. she took repsobility for it.

12. maybe the fact its a movie and he trying to protect the family from danger?

13. again being way to picky and showers can take long or short depending on a person

14. he was not complete stranger and he was asking for it..

15. more blah blah from you

16. maybe they went speed of light just to piss you off.

17. cause she couldn't stand the kids anymore... why else do you think she left?

18. why does everything that happen in so called reality need to be reality in a movie?

19. movie magic

20. cause you suck