Great movies let down or ruined by one scene or sequence.

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Yeah, there are literally millions of planets without liquid water. How would you know you're allergic to it if your atmosphere is ammonia-based, for example?

Most of these things that people say ruin movies are a lack of imagination/attention to the actual details of the film.
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Orpheus wrote:Yeah, there are literally millions of planets without liquid water. How would you know you're allergic to it if your atmosphere is ammonia-based, for example?

Most of these things that people say ruin movies are a lack of imagination/attention to the actual details of the film.

You should watch Star Wars again. And check out its latest films and the criticisms levelled against it.
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no, dime.. that's different... The SW universe introduces its sets of rules and then breaks them
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Your other account is less annoying. Only slightly.

I might be liking it
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durdencommatyler wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
VinylGuy wrote:In Signs there is a scene where they found a book and everyone is outside sans the brother. And it doesnt happen that way in the end. I hated that.
Wait what?
Yeah, what's all this?
I want to pull it back around to this. What book?
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Now I need to know, too. Come back, VG to clear this up
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bune wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
VinylGuy wrote:In Signs there is a scene where they found a book and everyone is outside sans the brother. And it doesnt happen that way in the end. I hated that.
Wait what?
Yeah, what's all this?
I want to pull it back around to this. What book?
Is this the book Morgan buys in town and is reading that shows the alien invasion with the house (that looks like theirs) burning etc......?
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Rangi Guy wrote:
bune wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
VinylGuy wrote:In Signs there is a scene where they found a book and everyone is outside sans the brother. And it doesnt happen that way in the end. I hated that.
Wait what?
Yeah, what's all this?
I want to pull it back around to this. What book?
Is this the book Morgan buys in town and is reading that shows the alien invasion with the house (that looks like theirs) burning etc......?
That's what I was thinking but I have no idea what the rest of TVG's post means!
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Rangi Guy wrote:
bune wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
VinylGuy wrote:In Signs there is a scene where they found a book and everyone is outside sans the brother. And it doesnt happen that way in the end. I hated that.
Wait what?
Yeah, what's all this?
I want to pull it back around to this. What book?
Is this the book Morgan buys in town and is reading that shows the alien invasion with the house (that looks like theirs) burning etc......?
Oh my god, did VG take this as a literal prophecy or something?
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LoathedVermin72 wrote:
Rangi Guy wrote:
bune wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
VinylGuy wrote:In Signs there is a scene where they found a book and everyone is outside sans the brother. And it doesnt happen that way in the end. I hated that.
Wait what?
Yeah, what's all this?
I want to pull it back around to this. What book?
Is this the book Morgan buys in town and is reading that shows the alien invasion with the house (that looks like theirs) burning etc......?
Oh my god, did VG take this as a literal prophecy or something?
Oooooooooh. Wow. Okay. Is that it? That at least makes the post make sense to me.
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durdencommatyler wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
Rangi Guy wrote:
bune wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
VinylGuy wrote:In Signs there is a scene where they found a book and everyone is outside sans the brother. And it doesnt happen that way in the end. I hated that.
Wait what?
Yeah, what's all this?
I want to pull it back around to this. What book?
Is this the book Morgan buys in town and is reading that shows the alien invasion with the house (that looks like theirs) burning etc......?
Oh my god, did VG take this as a literal prophecy or something?
Oooooooooh. Wow. Okay. Is that it? That at least makes the post make sense to me.
That's all I could pin it down to - I could be wrong though.
Also - if the aliens arrived on a stupidly humid day - would that fuck them up?
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There is one movie that perfectly fits in this thread but I can't think of it and it's driving me crazy for days.
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bune wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
VinylGuy wrote:In Signs there is a scene where they found a book and everyone is outside sans the brother. And it doesnt happen that way in the end. I hated that.
Wait what?
Yeah, what's all this?
I want to pull it back around to this. What book?
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theplatypus wrote:
bune wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
VinylGuy wrote:In Signs there is a scene where they found a book and everyone is outside sans the brother. And it doesnt happen that way in the end. I hated that.
Wait what?
Yeah, what's all this?
I want to pull it back around to this. What book?
Ridley Boyega are gone and no Kenobi film so

Don’t make me come over there
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the whole "what's in the box" scene in Seven
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bodysnatcher wrote:the whole "what's in the box" scene in Seven
You are out of your mind.
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bodysnatcher wrote:the whole "what's in the box" scene in Seven
Completely agreed, I cringe so fucking hard every time I watch that. Brad Pitt is comically awful in that scene
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