Monday 7 February 2011
Those mistakes that sink a film! Mega shark vs Giant Octopus
I'm all for suspension of disbelief. Besides I have so little attention to details that I never, ever notice continuity mistakes and goofs in films. But don't you find it annoying when a mistake is so bleeding obvious in a film that it ruins it all for you, ruin the dramatic intensity... I won't go on about the most recent crime against realism in films because it's been well documented (I'm talking to you Kathryn Bigelow! A soldier in Irak in a story set in 2004... playing Gears of wars on an xbox360! And they gave you an Oscar!)
But there has been worse. There I was, enjoying Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus... and like I said, I am all for suspension of diesbelief, I am all willing to accept that gigantic beasts can wake up from their frozen , prehistoric slumber within seconds, swim half way around the world within minutes, eat an oil rig, jump out of the ocean and catch a plane in mid-air, I mean it COULD happen.
But let's go back to that "shark jumps out of the water and catch a plane in mid air", watch it carefully and see if you notice something wrong...
Notice the plane from the outside, a Boeing 747, easily recognisable thanks to its bubble with an upper deck. These planes are twin aisled however once inside the plane, what do you notice? One aisle!! I mean how are you supposed to take the rest of the film seriously after such an obvious mistake? It ruined everything for me and I just could not get into the multi-layered and complex storyline after that!
Movie nut, born in France, living in London, holding the enviable title of the only person ever to have been suspended from school for skipping class to attend the Cannes Film Festival...
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