You could also include any movie involving a cop at any point.
Seriously, can anyone in Hollywood try spending a dime on someone who knows something about the subject your movie covers?
Oh, and ladies, no millionaire is going to marry a hooker.
Oh, and guys, no hooker looks like Julia Roberts. (Escorts in Vegas are not hookers.)
Most realistic movie evar?
What about Speed? That buss jump alone made Isaac Newton spin in his grave.
I mean, it was a good movie and all. But you'd think they could include some reason for the bus to jump *up* when clearing the gap in the freeway.
In my film classes they talked about the unsigned agreement between the movie and the audience. The audience has a "willful suspension of disbelief." That basically means that a movie can do extra-ordinary, near impossible things (how extreme depends on the films genre) without insulting the audience.
A romantic film's audience would accept a beautiful street hooker with a heart of gold marrying a millionaire and converting him into a nice guy, but probably wouldn't accept it if Richard Gere got pissed beat up a pimp and his three body guards. One small guy beating up several badasses would be fine in an action film though. Heck, the small guy could be a woman tied to a chair (a la Charlie's Angels).
On occasion, films will press the limits, like that unpossible bus jump in Speed. That's a violation of trust in the film.
But as for really realistic films, there are plenty of boring art and independant films out there. Andy "The Shoe Sucking" Warhol's Sleep comes to mind, which is an 8 hour film of him sleeping.
I mean, it was a good movie and all. But you'd think they could include some reason for the bus to jump *up* when clearing the gap in the freeway.
In my film classes they talked about the unsigned agreement between the movie and the audience. The audience has a "willful suspension of disbelief." That basically means that a movie can do extra-ordinary, near impossible things (how extreme depends on the films genre) without insulting the audience.
A romantic film's audience would accept a beautiful street hooker with a heart of gold marrying a millionaire and converting him into a nice guy, but probably wouldn't accept it if Richard Gere got pissed beat up a pimp and his three body guards. One small guy beating up several badasses would be fine in an action film though. Heck, the small guy could be a woman tied to a chair (a la Charlie's Angels).
On occasion, films will press the limits, like that unpossible bus jump in Speed. That's a violation of trust in the film.
But as for really realistic films, there are plenty of boring art and independant films out there. Andy "The Shoe Sucking" Warhol's Sleep comes to mind, which is an 8 hour film of him sleeping.
There's nothing jump-worth at the end.
I really wish there was.
This guy sums it up for me nicely:
I really wish there was.
This guy sums it up for me nicely:
Just watch the scene: First the bus somehow has to jump this gap in the highway that is unavoidable... even though the movie shows three separate branches that the highway splits into. Okay, well, they digitally erase a section of the highway from the other branch, too, and block off the third one. Couldn't the police have moved the barricade or something? Then, the bus gets to the gap going, tops, 70mph, and suddenly lurches up on its hind legs, like a horse rearing. I'm not exactly sure why it would have done this, seeing as how the highway didn't quickly ramp up or anything right before the gap, but suddenly the bus is doing a wheelie. And then it makes the jump, in several slow-mo cuts, and all of them show the same two second event: a bus flying through the air, quite noticeably dropping like the two-ton stone it is. But you're given another cut, and it's still in the air! And another! And another! And finally, through the miracle of editing, it makes it to the other side. Without blowing any tires, I might add (something we were educated about in Road Trip).
Still, we nitpick those we love. And Speed is still a terrific action flick that manages to still make your butt muscles clench mightily as bus number 2525 roars down the streets of L.A.
There's a pile of 2x4s at the end of the road. I equate it to, when I was little, we would get some air off a 2x4 or stick or whatever if you hit it right with your bike. You didn't always need a ramp to get like 3 feet of air. If you watch monster trucks, they get air by hitting the line of cars just right, with no ramp. Was there enough to cause the bus to jump? Of course not. But, it helps me get through the moment.