Movies that would fall apart if the characters used logic?

[MegaHiro91]

Topic is self explanatory I think, so hit me, and feel free to elaborate your pick :3

 

[Stingy Perry]

The first Superman movie starring Christopher Reeve, well I don’t mean to disrespect this film but can you really time travel to the past by flying super fast backwards. This ‘’logic’’ still baffles and haunts up to this day.

 

[DunkeyKong]

Almost every horror movie that includes going to the really OBVIOUSLY haunted house and satanic ritual basically. I don't mind if they actually gave a good reason why, but sometimes there's just no reason why

 

[dropsmegamega]

Almost every horror movie that includes going to the really OBVIOUSLY haunted house and satanic ritual basically. I don't mind if they actually gave a good reason why, but sometimes there's just no reason why

was just going to say this lol or when people can't use basic communication to get help or solve a problem

 

[DanVzare]

Almost every horror movie that includes going to the really OBVIOUSLY haunted house and satanic ritual basically. I don't mind if they actually gave a good reason why, but sometimes there's just no reason why

You ever notice how the best horror movies, are the ones where the characters make perfectly sound and logical decisions every step of the way. Decisions you yourself would make if you were in the same situation. Only for the movie to show why that decision wouldn't work.

I always find those types of horror movies to be the scariest, because they make you realize just how hopeless of a situation the characters find themselves in.
They also highlight how lazy the majority of writers are. It turns out you only need stupid characters to make the plot happen, if you're incapable of making a decent plot.

 

[DunkeyKong]

You ever notice how the best horror movies, are the ones where the characters make perfectly sound and logical decisions every step of the way. Decisions you yourself would make if you were in the same situation. Only for the movie to show why that decision wouldn't work.

I always find those types of horror movies to be the scariest, because they make you realize just how hopeless of a situation the characters find themselves in.
They also highlight how lazy the majority of writers are. It turns out you only need stupid characters to make the plot happen, if you're incapable of making a decent plot.

This is really true, especially when we know that it's just impossible for them to get out of that kind of situation. I really appreciate horror movies that are at least realistic and not having those characters that does random bullshit

 

[Yousef]

If Shrek realized “wait a minute, this farquaad guy can’t invade my private property and dump a bunch of loiters, that’s illegal!” The movie would be over in 5 minutes tops.

 

[MasterEn]

If Shrek realized “wait a minute, this farquaad guy can’t invade my private property and dump a bunch of loiters, that’s illegal!” The movie would be over in 5 minutes tops.

shrek did have that thought; it's why he traveled to see farquaad in the first place.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Back To The Future 3 simply doesn't exist because there's a perfectly good DeLorean stored somewhere in there, and they just don't acknowledge it.

 

[MegaHiro91]

Back To The Future 3 simply doesn't exist because there's a perfectly good DeLorean stored somewhere in there, and they just don't acknowledge it.

Come again?

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You ever notice how the best horror movies, are the ones where the characters make perfectly sound and logical decisions every step of the way. Decisions you yourself would make if you were in the same situation. Only for the movie to show why that decision wouldn't work.

I always find those types of horror movies to be the scariest, because they make you realize just how hopeless of a situation the characters find themselves in.
They also highlight how lazy the majority of writers are. It turns out you only need stupid characters to make the plot happen, if you're incapable of making a decent plot.

Omg my words exactly!! Lazy writers hide behind stupid/illogical characters, because they aren't skilled enough at writing a clever plot to drive said plot forward without the characters being morons. Because like you said, there are great movies out there, horror or otherwise, where the characters make perfectly well-thought out decisions, which makes the story that much more relatable and believable, only for the characters to get outsmarted anyway.

That's also why, in my books, while I do come up with some ridiculous "anime bullshit" to write myself out of a corner now and then, I will never make my characters dumber as an excuse to add drama/conflict.

 

[bielv1]

The first Superman movie starring Christopher Reeve, well I don’t mean to disrespect this film but can you really time travel to the past by flying super fast backwards. This ‘’logic’’ still baffles and haunts up to this day.

what if i tell you that's not what's happening on that scene

 

[MasterEn]

what if i tell you that's not what's happening on that scene

then what is happening? i've also heard of that scene being related to time travel.

 

[bielv1]

then what is happening? i've also heard of that scene being related to time travel.

he s time travelling, but not by making the planet spin backwards, that's just a repesentation of time turning back, what he's doing is somethin that the flash had been doing for over a decade in the comics wich is using inmensurable speed to " break the barrier of time" and thus time travel

not that makes any more sense but a least in super-hero logic it works

 

[MasterEn]

he s time travelling, but not by making the planet spin backwards, that's just a repesentation of time turning back, what he's doing is somethin that the flash had been doing for over a decade in the comics wich is using inmensurable speed to " break the barrier of time" and thus time travel

not that makes any more sense but a least in super-hero logic it works

i think introducing a time lord or wizard might have been a better idea. i'm somewhat familiar with superman, and i would still think that he is just flying backwards very fast to rewind time if i was watching that scene.

 

[Bakuma1997]

Curse of the Were Rabbit: As much as i love the movie, it could be 20-30 minutes long if Wallace didn't tried to brainwash the rabbits, not only no curse would be place, but i actually (Over)thinked it and...¿What the rabbits would eat if they reject their MAIN DIET?

 

[miguk]

The first Superman movie starring Christopher Reeve, well I don’t mean to disrespect this film but can you really time travel to the past by flying super fast backwards. This ‘’logic’’ still baffles and haunts up to this day.

There is an explanation, just not in-film. The Reeves movies were made before DC published Crisis on Infinite Earths, the crossover series that rebooted the entire DC timeline for the first time. After that series, Superman had a fixed set of defined powers. But before CoIE, he simply didn't have a fixed set. Instead, he had whatever powers the writer wanted him to have at that moment. By the time they were getting ready to reboot, Superman had numerous powers that were never seen again, some of which existed for a single issue.

So Reeves' Superman can turn back time because he is a (surprisingly accurate) adaptation of a specific Superman that was published at that time, which is out of date enough that it doesn't make sense to modern Superman fans. It's part of the reason I'm sick of DC constantly playing with the idea of bringing that version into film continuity again (other than, you know, the guy being dead). We haven't once got an accurate adaptation of modern Superman in live action, and they keep on toying with the dead one. If they have to use any pre-Crisis Superman, I'd rather it be the early version who beat up crooked businessmen and the KKK, but we all know WB won't allow that.

 

[Ian Naxieas]

28 Weeks Later. The film didn't really need to be made in the first place (though the intro with the dad was excellent) and the events didn't need to happen either. Don't kiss your infected wife. She may have been asymptomatic, but she was still infected.

28 Days Later probably would have still happened, but there's a chance it wouldn't have if the scientist at the beginning did a better job of explaining the virus. He starts babbling about "to cure you must understand" and then just says "rage" when pressed further. He did say before that the chimps were infected, but he should have not just said "rage". Rage means something to him because that's the name of the virus, but just think of how fucking dumb it sounds to the activists. THE BLOODY CHIMPS HAVE RAGE MATE. I wouldn't be convinced either. So maybe, just maybe, he could have said something more and the activists might not have released the chimpanzee. Not likely though.

 

[Num]

funny games is kind of an interesting one because while the characters dont act logically sound reality would probably end up close to how the movie goes anyways. the whole conflict revolves around the fact that the family was simply being civil. yes logically they could just be more direct to the guys and kick them off their property but people are too considerate for that. not exactly considerate of other peoples feelings but considerate of how they appear in the face of the public the need to follow in line like a well meaning citizen and follow the rules. a lot the film is practically just challenging that mindset seeing how far you can push that line. the progression of the familys tolerance/passiveness might seem slow to the viewer but i think realistically a lot of people would have around the same level of threshold before they do anything severe. in order for most people to act extremely they have to experience something just as or even more extreme. otherwise they "fall out of line" with society