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UnrepentantLiberal

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158. What killed that for me was Jodie Foster single handedly
Sun Jul 8, 2012, 11:01 AM
Jul 2012

taking out the serial killer at the end of the movie. Why didn't she call in a SWAT team?

BraveHeart Vanje Jul 2012 #1
And also, portaying the Germanic English-speaking Lowland Scots... Odin2005 Jul 2012 #122
most lowlanders are arely staircase Jul 2012 #206
How about everything from "The Patriot"? Fearless Jul 2012 #128
Braveheart has to have the record for most inaccuracies rightwinghunter666 Jul 2012 #228
return of the king fizzgig Jul 2012 #2
Having never read the books kentauros Jul 2012 #95
I'm glad I read the books AFTER seing the movies Martin Eden Jul 2012 #191
Here's how I see movies that are based on popular books: kentauros Jul 2012 #196
I agree with your observations on the different art forms, but ... Martin Eden Jul 2012 #204
Sorry if it read like I was criticizing your view. kentauros Jul 2012 #205
Prometheus kentauros Jul 2012 #3
Worse zappaman Jul 2012 #7
That entire scene is a monumental WTF sarge43 Jul 2012 #12
The decoration on that turd cake kentauros Jul 2012 #46
Yup. "This scene was badly written." sarge43 Jul 2012 #69
The chestburster from Alien grew instantaneously too Son of Gob Jul 2012 #139
However, you seem to have forgotten the first part of that genre: kentauros Jul 2012 #142
A lot of people confuse 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #165
I'm generally more forgiving of stories that are labeled Science Fiction, kentauros Jul 2012 #170
Exactly 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #178
Yeah kentauros Jul 2012 #180
I think they lean more on the fiction Confusious Jul 2012 #215
If you'll read my posts, kentauros Jul 2012 #225
I read your posts Confusious Jul 2012 #226
Here's what would help the most kentauros Jul 2012 #234
I thought I had Confusious Jul 2012 #239
Here's why I felt you didn't read my posts, kentauros Jul 2012 #241
Well, on some of those points I guess we differ Confusious Jul 2012 #242
Of course, you're "putting words in my mouth" with regards to kentauros Jul 2012 #245
she didn't get a c-section TiberiusB Jul 2012 #160
They saw which way it was falling... Iggo Jul 2012 #10
Definitely another WTF moment. kentauros Jul 2012 #44
I loved the supposedly educated biologist 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #23
He must not have studied snake biology. kentauros Jul 2012 #45
My SO named it Sedona Jul 2012 #163
Everything about that movie made me go WTF. distantearlywarning Jul 2012 #57
How About When The Come Out of Orbit and The Dude Immediately Finds The Place Where The Aliens Yavin4 Jul 2012 #89
Maybe the signal they had received kentauros Jul 2012 #91
Spoken like someone who never actually watched Lost Son of Gob Jul 2012 #140
No, I never did watch Lost. kentauros Jul 2012 #143
That's a legitimate critique Son of Gob Jul 2012 #146
What little I know of it turned me off completely. kentauros Jul 2012 #147
You think something called Alien: Paradise would've made a better movie? Son of Gob Jul 2012 #148
No, kentauros Jul 2012 #149
You are absolutely right zappaman Jul 2012 #162
BSG was a brilliantly written, produced, and acted show. kentauros Jul 2012 #181
Worst show ever. zappaman Jul 2012 #161
I was bothered that they didn't use OnyxCollie Jul 2012 #133
...and then a thousand Stormtroopers all shoot at Luke and they all miss. Bucky Jul 2012 #4
They were ordered to miss. Frank Cannon Jul 2012 #15
+1 on the ewoks NewJeffCT Jul 2012 #21
I sometimes eat Teddy Grahams OriginalGeek Jul 2012 #131
Lasers are notoriously inaccurate 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #24
Well they are clones rightwinghunter666 Jul 2012 #230
Titanic, when Kate Winslet and Leonardo Whatisname go sloshing around NNadir Jul 2012 #5
Hee hee hee . . . HughBeaumont Jul 2012 #33
Well, let's face it. It would have been rather difficult for her if he lived. NNadir Jul 2012 #41
LOL - Definitely a big WTF. n/t Beartracks Jul 2012 #210
Same thing with Leo not being able to fit on the "raft" sakabatou Jul 2012 #200
Cop movies drive me nuts with this Bucky Jul 2012 #6
Wouldn't matter. The patrol car cops will be killed. sarge43 Jul 2012 #17
If there's a girl in the assault team... Bucky Jul 2012 #135
So many examples I can't begin to list them... maddiemom Jul 2012 #80
War Movies With Fraternization Between Ranks SoDesuKa Jul 2012 #8
Damn. And I thought Blackadder was a documentary!!!! nt. SwissTony Jul 2012 #71
Drive. Iggo Jul 2012 #9
Splash lovemydog Jul 2012 #11
Any scene in a Die Hard movie NoGOPZone Jul 2012 #13
ANY scene with Anthony Hopkins as Lecter bugs me. Frank Cannon Jul 2012 #16
Frank, you are my hero for smacking that sacred cow (who prefers chewing scenery to grass) Tom Ripley Jul 2012 #20
Another reason to be so very thankful for TCM: kentauros Jul 2012 #48
From a different film era but this one was good too lunasun Jul 2012 #189
You're thinking of John Wayne Gacy, aren't you? tclambert Jul 2012 #114
Along with Jerome Brudos, John Robinson, Alvin Neely, Roy Norris, William Bonin, Bobby Joe Long... Tom Ripley Jul 2012 #116
I may be off on this but in Red Dragon 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #25
Wow! kentauros Jul 2012 #49
What killed that for me was Jodie Foster single handedly UnrepentantLiberal Jul 2012 #158
I didn't mention this before, kentauros Jul 2012 #173
Kyra Sedgwick's character in The Closer annoys me UnrepentantLiberal Jul 2012 #177
Especially when "bad Irish accents" fail, kentauros Jul 2012 #179
On the flip side, Liam Neeson bugs me with his not so good American accent.. Hassin Bin Sober Jul 2012 #214
That was a perfect West Virginian accent. nt msanthrope Jul 2012 #193
I'll just have to take your word for it. kentauros Jul 2012 #195
Any background Big Explosion when Our Hero (girl friend optional) is slomo walking toward camera. sarge43 Jul 2012 #14
"God Bless America" lampoons this very well. dogknob Jul 2012 #31
Thanks for the tip. I'll check it out. n/t sarge43 Jul 2012 #34
In "The Other Guys" tclambert Jul 2012 #229
Excellent. About time that one got called. n/t sarge43 Jul 2012 #233
Watching "Unstoppable" with Mr. Brickbat took four hours. Brickbat Jul 2012 #18
Oh God, that movie created a new Baltimore-sized city in Pennsylvania charlie and algernon Jul 2012 #22
Right? It was hilarous. Brickbat Jul 2012 #27
The derailed-lashup part was the best one jmowreader Jul 2012 #125
Coppola's Marie Antoinette JustAnotherGen Jul 2012 #19
Any movie where flowers from 3 seasons of the year are all growing and blooming at the same time. dixiegrrrrl Jul 2012 #53
And frog sounds in autumn, crickets in spring n/t sarge43 Jul 2012 #67
Not to mention, chervilant Jul 2012 #108
God, that reminds me of one of my biggest movie pet peeves laundry_queen Jul 2012 #197
Way back to the wildly popular Luke and Laura story on General Hospital: maddiemom Jul 2012 #85
"The Matrix" when they shot the elevator cable and went up the shaft as the elevator went down. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #26
the rules are pretty flexible in the matrix Tunkamerica Jul 2012 #217
Especially if you're "The One". HopeHoops Jul 2012 #232
How about when Neo took out the sentinels when he wasn't connected? Incitatus Jul 2012 #243
Every scene in The Patriot. geardaddy Jul 2012 #28
Every fight scene in every Rocky movie that ever has, or ever will, be made! ohiosmith Jul 2012 #29
Excellent! Auggie Jul 2012 #151
"Untamed Heart," when Marisa Tomei is being chased, the path she takes doesn't exist. Brickbat Jul 2012 #30
Natural Born Killers . . . the entire movie. HughBeaumont Jul 2012 #32
It was satire Tunkamerica Jul 2012 #218
I know this one's kind of nit-picking . . . HughBeaumont Jul 2012 #35
No? When I lived in DC, the steps and house were pointed out to me by a local. Was she... Scuba Jul 2012 #77
(sort of) yanking your chain . . . HughBeaumont Jul 2012 #84
This is the new "walking away from an explosion" that is in every movie... zappaman Jul 2012 #36
Too many anime influences in today's movies. Archae Jul 2012 #37
This one: Initech Jul 2012 #38
Ha ha ha ha ha . . . "A long tradition of existence to it's members and the community at large"??? HughBeaumont Jul 2012 #87
My advice to you is to start drinking heavily. Initech Jul 2012 #88
The entire premise of the movie "Speed". kwassa Jul 2012 #39
I had to be sure someone would mention Speed... rwsanders Jul 2012 #102
The bus should have exploded in midair jmowreader Jul 2012 #207
In "Gun the Man Down" with James Arness Kaleva Jul 2012 #40
Nearly all of them graywarrior Jul 2012 #42
Costello (Nicholson) not being able to figure out Costigan (DiCaprio) was the cop in The Departed. Incitatus Jul 2012 #43
"THIS EPISODE WAS BADLY WRITTEN!" baldguy Jul 2012 #47
"Well, FUCK that!" kentauros Jul 2012 #51
"It exploded." sarge43 Jul 2012 #68
Way under rated movie. progressoid Jul 2012 #166
More movies and TV shows than I can count Lydia Leftcoast Jul 2012 #50
OR kentauros Jul 2012 #52
Damned near everything in the last "Star Trek" movie arcane1 Jul 2012 #54
Well, you gotta remember, kentauros Jul 2012 #174
Let's put the guy who was an ensign and in the academy Confusious Jul 2012 #221
Right! Spock and Uhura making out all over the place longship Jul 2012 #224
Movies where someone takes a pulse and says "S/he is dead". No CPR. It bugs me. mucifer Jul 2012 #55
Or when they shock a flat line... Frank Cannon Jul 2012 #56
The opening scene of "Gladiator", with all those Roman calvarymen Aristus Jul 2012 #58
I can forgive the stirrups. sarge43 Jul 2012 #66
Very true. Aristus Jul 2012 #70
Until the horse shoe, horses couldn't be bred beyond a certain size. sarge43 Jul 2012 #76
I didn't know that about the horse-shoes. Cool! Aristus Jul 2012 #78
The Roman legions set the standard for infantry right into the 20th century sarge43 Jul 2012 #83
That what if is actually the starting point of some alternative history I'm writing. Odin2005 Jul 2012 #124
His assassination was a true butterfly wing moment. sarge43 Jul 2012 #184
Nah, he wasn't a Sulla. Odin2005 Jul 2012 #187
No Night of the Long Knives, only one or two of the leaders sarge43 Jul 2012 #223
I have far more issues with "Gladiator" than the horses. Odin2005 Jul 2012 #123
Blues Brothers bluedigger Jul 2012 #59
"Fix the cigarette lighter." baldguy Jul 2012 #60
So many memorable quotes in this movie. And so many wrecked cop cars!! Harry Monroe Jul 2012 #153
Two words. 'Point Break' RZM Jul 2012 #61
Whole premise of "ffolkes" Kennah Jul 2012 #62
The whole Broken_Hero Jul 2012 #63
Anything with a bird in it ever XemaSab Jul 2012 #64
Like the fake owl in Blade Runner? kentauros Jul 2012 #94
Cockatoos in South America ala Romancing the Stone. sarge43 Jul 2012 #96
Okay. kentauros Jul 2012 #98
Except for that godawful music, Ladyhawke was great. sarge43 Jul 2012 #99
I don't remember the music. kentauros Jul 2012 #105
I've seen High Anxiety and that scene was a hoot. sarge43 Jul 2012 #106
That's understandable. kentauros Jul 2012 #110
Try THE HOST. zappaman Jul 2012 #164
I've seen enough clips to realize it's not for me. kentauros Jul 2012 #172
You can hear the music in the trailer... Beartracks Jul 2012 #211
Wait, here's a better sample: the entire main theme. Beartracks Jul 2012 #213
When Bambi's mother was killed. Kablooie Jul 2012 #65
The Big Chill, grntuscarora Jul 2012 #72
Transporter movies... neeksgeek Jul 2012 #73
Whenever a bad guy has to die by falling from a great height RedStateLiberal Jul 2012 #74
Independence Day Nuh Uh Jul 2012 #75
Three different IT guys have told me the same. Iggo Jul 2012 #79
Another one from ID4... Archae Jul 2012 #92
Maybe he got the Paperclip to make them crazy. n/t sarge43 Jul 2012 #93
Bullshit! eShirl Jul 2012 #121
Nuking the fridge. Alexander Jul 2012 #81
ROFL No, you don't need to. n/t Beartracks Jul 2012 #212
The aliens in 'Signs' are killed/burnt by water on contact... Denninmi Jul 2012 #82
I think they all would have collapsed before they could make three meters from their ship. kentauros Jul 2012 #97
Final scene in reservoir dogs... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2012 #86
It's been awhile Inkfreak Jul 2012 #150
I thought Keitel shot both the old man and Chris Penn sweetloukillbot Jul 2012 #199
I only remember one shot... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2012 #216
"Amistad" yellerpup Jul 2012 #90
Eh... perhaps they were tacking? Robb Jul 2012 #171
You don't have to be a sailor yellerpup Jul 2012 #186
"Pay It Forward" Harry Monroe Jul 2012 #100
Bridge to Terabithia stunk the same way. rwsanders Jul 2012 #185
Thank you! Iggo Jul 2012 #238
Let us not forget "Armageddon" Harry Monroe Jul 2012 #101
"Why do I do this? 'Cause the money's good, the scenery changes and they let me use explosives, ok?" Harry Monroe Jul 2012 #103
My thoughts exactly! WinstonSmith4740 Jul 2012 #120
Bruce Willis' death in Armegeddon tops the list of Most Welcome Movie Deaths LongTomH Jul 2012 #130
Especially given how much "Deep Impact" tried to stick to believability Kennah Jul 2012 #198
Any scene where hypnosis is used to recover repressed memories jmondine Jul 2012 #104
I call that "The Michelle Misremembers Syndrome" and it is fraudulent and dangerous Tom Ripley Jul 2012 #107
Twister. GoCubsGo Jul 2012 #109
Twister also Oldtimeralso Jul 2012 #129
The best part of "Twister" Doc Holliday Jul 2012 #155
In the LAST INDIANA JONES MOVIE.... AsahinaKimi Jul 2012 #111
The Dark Knight n2doc Jul 2012 #112
I loved the "Joker Nurse". Maybe that's because I'm a nurse. mucifer Jul 2012 #126
Godzilla tearing down the high tension lines. n/t 2on2u Jul 2012 #113
But that happened! OriginalGeek Jul 2012 #132
Well, when you weigh over 100 tons at over 100 ft. tall sakabatou Jul 2012 #201
I thought he would do a tazer two step and pass out on the ground. n/t 2on2u Jul 2012 #222
In the early Godzilla films sakabatou Jul 2012 #237
I'm thinking you know way too much about this lizard... but maybe that's a good thing. n/t 2on2u Jul 2012 #240
I watched almost all the films sakabatou Jul 2012 #246
The scene in Serenity with River and the Reavers. Zavulon Jul 2012 #115
The Core. The whole thing is terrible, but the giant geode scene tops everything. tclambert Jul 2012 #117
Backdraft. Arctic Dave Jul 2012 #118
Every scene where Dick Van Dyke opens his mouth in "Mary Poppins." eShirl Jul 2012 #119
Top Gun beach volleyball... just saying. Fearless Jul 2012 #127
Tower Heist. They put a sports car made of solid gold on an elevator. AJTheMan Jul 2012 #134
Apologies.... Godot51 Jul 2012 #136
Independence Day -- Scene very early in the movie just killed the whole thing for me. Systematic Chaos Jul 2012 #137
War of the Worlds - any version, including book gtar100 Jul 2012 #138
That part's forgivable. kentauros Jul 2012 #175
Transformers - Dark of the Moon gtar100 Jul 2012 #141
Maybe there was a copyright issue with Pink Floyd. kentauros Jul 2012 #176
Poetically dark can be a noun Tunkamerica Jul 2012 #219
Every nanosecond of Waiting for "Superman" blkmusclmachine Jul 2012 #144
Oh that one you want to scream Bullshit! not just say it - so wrong lunasun Jul 2012 #188
Love Story.... WCGreen Jul 2012 #145
The entirety of Mr. and Mrs. Smith polemic_realism Jul 2012 #152
SALT was worse in the requirement for suspension of disbelief. Baitball Blogger Jul 2012 #157
Not exactly a movie scene, but this now makes me scream "BULLSH*T!!!" zbdent Jul 2012 #154
SPEED, with Keanu Reeves Martin Eden Jul 2012 #156
Any movie where someone crawls through an UnrepentantLiberal Jul 2012 #159
Heh. I have a cousin that works HVAC progressoid Jul 2012 #167
One of the more ridiculous movie cliches. UnrepentantLiberal Jul 2012 #168
Ducts that size are meant to move ALOT of air. Kaleva Jul 2012 #182
OMG yes Skittles Jul 2012 #194
Any scene where a car skepticscott Jul 2012 #169
Let's just throw in cops standing around joking UnrepentantLiberal Jul 2012 #183
The chase scene in TRUE LIES MrScorpio Jul 2012 #190
in Erin Brockovich Skittles Jul 2012 #192
Star Wars, using parsec as a term for speed. sakabatou Jul 2012 #202
Last scene in Eegah, Kalidurga Jul 2012 #203
"Watch out for snakes!" rightwinghunter666 Jul 2012 #250
Ah ha ha I love that line... Kalidurga Jul 2012 #251
The Great Escape rationalcalgarian Jul 2012 #208
The Newsroom, Aaron Sorkin's new series ... kwassa Jul 2012 #209
Well you guys have done it, you've managed to rip apart pretty much every movie I love. Curtland1015 Jul 2012 #220
Do made-for-TV movies count? "Metorites!" deserves a mention. tclambert Jul 2012 #227
The Karate Kid (1984) - Mr. Miyagi bone healing techinque or whatever you call rightwinghunter666 Jul 2012 #231
GI Jane - Makeup that stays put through Navy Seal training. (nt) ehrnst Jul 2012 #235
Any scene in the movie "Love Story." Amerigo Vespucci Jul 2012 #236
In "An Unfinished Life" (20005) cats watch a gunfight. begin_within Jul 2012 #244
Contact. Frannyfannypack Jul 2012 #247
every scene where guys take multiple blows to the head.... tomp Jul 2012 #248
Anytime something goes wrong with an airplane. Angleae Jul 2012 #249
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