For me, it depends on the kind of movie, if it is a big cartoon like fast and the furious, then I don't care about reality, just make it exciting and dynamic and I am fine with it.  I do think you are right though, if (or should I say when) they were to remake The French Connection, the car chase would be rediculous.

1. Cars hitting each other and instead of crashing one of them jumps & spirals over the other,

A very good example is in The Fast & the Furious towards the end. Vin Diesel & Paul Walker are racing each other and narrowly beats a train and then a semi-truck cuts in front of them. Instead of Diesels car crashing into the semi in a realistic manner it does this huge jump and spirals in the air and Paul drives under it and then the car comes back to Earth and crashes.

While it may look neat and all, it's completely unrealistic.

I would hate to see what The French Connection famous car chase with the train would look like today if it was made today?

2. The use of wires in fight scenes.

It just seems that after the Matrix that just about every action film has to contain some impossible fight sequence with people jumping around, walking on walls, jumping 20 feet into the air.

I can accept it in the Matrix because it was all taken place in a computer world. I can accept it in a Superhero film such as X-Men where they have supernatural powers.

But it's stupid when you see an average man fighting another man and they leap around & jumping 20 feet into the air onto a rooftop. Or that one Martial Arts film (forgot the name) where they are flying from treetop to treetop.

It ruins the film for me because it's unrealistic and obviously done with wire.

There are so many small gems among all the crap that will never get noticed. Every once in a while, there's gonna be a Little Miss Sunshine or Juno that'll capture people's attention, but that doesn't happen remotely often enough.

Money rules the world, and Hollywood even more so.

-TeeJay

Everything is made for fast consumption

Even films are now days.

For instance, a summer blockbuster opens up to $110 million it's first week and then the following week it drops 50-60 percent. And that's likely due to the fact that they release one blockbuster week after week, which forces people to see what they want the first week then move on to the next blockbuster that opens the following week.

They release too many films during the summer now days and films simply are pushed out onto the market to get a quick buck before the next one hits theaters.

Of course the haters of anything will take delight in pointing out the huge box office drop instead of understanding that it's how the movie market works now.

I'm always surprised when I'm able to strike up an intelligent conversation with someone on IMDb, but it does happen often enough, I suppose.  And also, as I said before, IMDb is the sweetest place on earth once you've spent one afternoon reading Talkback at AICN.  What a bunch of cooler-than-thou assclowns and posers that site attracts. 

And, you know, it's easier to say a movie sucks than trying to think about why you thought it sucked. It's this darn fast-lived society we live in. Everything is made for fast consumption, and often made less to be food for thought. I think it's just something we gotta live with, as sad as it is.

-TeeJay

I see quite a few people who are disappointed in a film who automatically call it "the worst film ever". I've lurked on the new Indiana Jones board and I see it quite a bit on there.

I can see some people being disappointed in a film because it didn't meet their expectations or expectations because of hype. But there is a big difference if saying you're disappointed in a film and calling it among the "worst film" ever. I could look at aspects of a film that I'm disappointed in, such as direction, acting, script, art direction, cinematography, sound, special effects and other things and determine from those that it was a well made film.

For example, I was disappointed in Cloverfield, but I can look at the aspects of the film and determine that despite some problems with cinematography, direction and acting that the other aspects including sound, sound effects and special effects slide it in the positive direction. I take all those aspects and determined that it was an average to slightly above average film.

So why is that some can't separate their disappointment in a film and look at a film as a whole and it's different aspects and determine if the film itself was well-made/ good or bad?

1) I do care about the box office.  I don't let it affect what I go see, but it matters as to who gets to keep making films and who doesn't.  So, I want small films by talented filmakers to do well at the box office so that they will get to make more films.  If "Momento" hadn't done surprisingly well at the box office, we wouldn't have "Batman Begins". And that is true of almost every filmaker out there. 

And in the same vein, I always hope that films by hacks who shouldn't be making movies will fail.  Because everytime Renny Harlan gets to make a movie, a more talented filmaker is being kept from making one.

2) pretty much the same as above.

3)picking a film apart is pointless, just read the goofs on IMDB.  I will say that sometimes a small detail can ruin a film for a viewer, and I don't consider that to be picking a film apart.

4) & 5)  that is why I find the discussions here to be sooo much better.

I think what's even worse is when girls on IMDB talk about wanting to be Chris's gf and having his "beautiful" babies.

There's nothing wrong with wanting to meet your favorite celebrity. There's also nothing wrong with daydreaming about that if it ever happens, he'll really like you and fall in love with you and maybe even marry you. But the truth is, in a very high percentage of all cases, that won't happen. No one says it can't happen, it's just not very likely. And when people expect it to happen and live their lives with with only the thought in mind that that dream is going to come true, that's when it gets scary.

The hard truth is, Chris lives and works in Hollywood. He is surrounded by beautiful women every day. Why would he want to or have to look elsewhere? I certainly hope that he's gonna find the woman of his dreams some time in the near future. (And I know it ain't me.) All I care about is that he's happy. And of course it'd be cool if we liked his woman too (whatever we can base "liking her" on).

Gee, how is that for a rant?

-TeeJay

4. No one's remotely interested in the fact that Chris is doing really well, has new projects lined up and that things are good in the Marquette camp. Instead they prefer posting meaningless crap like the hundredth comparison of Chris to other actors, which are often a REAL stretch (I mean, Paul Dano????). You know, or people posting that he's so horrible at acting, he should find another profession. Hello?? Trash-talk much? Harrr, I need to stop talking about this, otherwise I'm gonna get all riled up. -TeeJay

I think what's even worse is when girls on IMDB talk about wanting to be Chris's gf and having his "beautiful" babies. Does anyone on here remember that girl Waanief? She is like an obsessed stalker.

4. People who think that their "opinion" is the only correct one and puts down others with opposing opinions.

This is mostly found on IMDB, but I just hate when people think that their opinion is the only correct one and think those with opposing opinions are idiots/morons or a favorite term used on IMDB "retard". What in the hell is wrong with these people?

I definitely agree with you. I find 95% + of the users on IMDB jerks. The moderators don't even try to do anything about it and stop the people being obscene. People on IMDB don't think and don't understand what the word "opinion" means.

-TeeJay