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