Another Way to Avoid Writing: Pet Peeves On-Screen

[holdouttrout]

abyssinia4077 and I were talking about our on-screen pet peeves. Hers has to do with bad science. Mine is any time it calls for a character to "play" piano. Ninety-eight percent of the time (yes, I'm making that up), the hand movements aren't even in the right SECTION of the piano. Even when they don't show the hands, I can tell by body language whether or not the actor is even making an honest attempt.

And don't get me started on music syncing.

So what's your pet peeve? Something you know so well that any little thing wrong jumps out of you and takes you right out of the story?

Comments

[daisycm83.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't say I'm in any way an expert, but I obsess over bad hair. If someone has a hairstyle I find really, truly obnoxious, it will completely distract me from everything else. Take Kitty Pryde from X-Men 3, for example. I mean, I didn't like the rest of the movie anyway, but I would've had serious troubles even if I had because of that HAIR.

[holdouttrout.livejournal.com]

Hair can be quite distracting. Like if it's Just. Too. Straight. To. Be. Real.

Hmmm...Kitty's hair is awfully in her eyes.

[majorsamfan.livejournal.com]

I think Sam Carter's hair has prompted a LOT of discussion over the years, but especially during the "weed whacker" period...and it has distracted viewers, to a degree, from focus on Amanda's acting ability.