6 Terrible Plans in Movies That Just Sort of Work Out. #3.
Children of Men -- The Activists Shoot Up a Car With Their Last Hope Inside In 2027, women can no longer have children, England is a militarized police state and humanity is royally fucked. Daniel Day-Lewis: The Butcher, Oil Taker, 13th Amendment Maker. Daniel Day-Lewis , an actor who usually portrays his characters with bombastic furor, finds a softer voice as Lincoln, in Steven Spielberg’s new period film, now in theaters. Yes, it’s ironic that the character he played in Gangs of New York hated President Lincoln but it is far more interesting to take a deeper look at how the Oscar winner prepares for such epic roles, through his mind, body and now, most notably, his voice. 10 years ago, Martin Scorsese’s period drama brought us the violent Bill the Butcher, played by Day-Lewis.
Bill led the Know Nothing party, which opposed immigration to America and despised President Lincoln for his efforts to unite the people. President Lincoln loathed the Know Nothing movement and shared his thoughts in a letter dated August 24, 1855. 6 Iconic Movie Scenes That Happened by Accident. When filmmakers talk about "the magic of cinema," we assume that they're talking about the medium's ability to transport us into fantastical worlds of wonder and imagination, or some sappy shit like that.
What they really mean is that, like in any job, accidents tend to happen when they're shooting a movie ... and sometimes those accidents turn out to be far better than what the director originally had in mind and are left in the film. #6. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy -- Viggo Mortensen's Pain Was Real What Was Supposed to Happen: Viggo Mortensen was a last-minute replacement to play Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, which is kind of amazing considering that it's arguably the most important role. 5 Awesome Movie Robots with Inexcusable Design Flaws. Fictional technology is fascinating in the sense that on one hand, it's pure wish fulfillment -- the writers can create the most awesome devices imaginable and don't have to worry about technical limitations or feasibility.
But on the other hand, so much of it is almost laughably flawed. Take movie robots, for instance. 6 Insane Stereotypes That Movies Can't Seem to Get Over. 7 Movies That Put Insane Detail into Stuff You Never Noticed. We've mentioned before how film directors occasionally go a little bit crazy when it comes to certain minor details, including ones that 99 percent of the audience are never even going to see.
A horrifying amount of time and work go into things that will be forever unnoticed by everyone except a few members of the crew. So let's again take a moment to appreciate the awesomely obsessive ... #7. 6 Crucial Movie Scenes That Never Made it Out of the Script. There's a saying in Hollywood: "Cut what you love.
" No, it's not about cocaine. It means that it doesn't matter how expensive, beautiful or awesome a scene is -- if you can cut it and still have the movie make sense, then cut it. It's actually pretty common for perfectly good scenes to end up on the cutting room floor simply to shave a few minutes off the total running time or speed up the pace of the movie. Of course, sometimes the movie doesn't make sense without that crucial deleted scene, but we just didn't notice it.
5 True Stories Cut from Movies for Being Too Unrealistic. As we've repeatedly pointed out, in Hollywood the words "Based on a True Story" are usually just a code for "Vaguely Resembling a True Story, but Mostly Bullshit.
" 6 Absurd Movie Plots You Won't Believe Are Based on Reality. We spend so much time here debunking silly things we see in fiction that it's easy to forget how truly ridiculous real life is in comparison.
Even the silliest, most implausible characters or plots from action movies have come true. Not often, mind you, but they do happen. 6 Stupid Gun Myths Everyone Believes (Thanks to Movies) Hollywood wants you dead.
We said it. We don't know why. 6 Mind Blowing Special Effects You Won't Believe Aren't CGI. Computer generated images are like the foam sets of the present era: 20 years from now, people are going to laugh their asses off at the fact that this stuff looked even remotely real to us.
5 Great Movie Scenes Made Possible by Reckless Endangerment. Sometimes, the only way to capture a truly horrifying and brutal moment on film is to horrify and brutalize the actors, as happens surprisingly often.
Yes, even in the age of computer effects and entire sequences shot in front of a green screen with tennis balls, there is still no substitute for gross neglect of human safety. #5. Inglourious Basterds: The Actors Almost Burn in the Theater Fire. 7 Movie Plot Holes You Didn't Notice Due to Editing (Pt. 2) The magic of editing means that in just seconds, a movie character can go from attending a party in a tuxedo to being fully dressed in Batman gear by merely cutting from one shot to the next.
Movies would suck without this -- nobody wants films to waste time showing Bruce Wayne tediously lacing up his boots and applying the talcum powder that lets him get the rubber mask over his cheeks. 6 Movie Plots Made Possible By Ridiculous Understaffing. "Now, wait a minute Cracked.com," you're probably saying out loud to yourself as you read this, in between sips of your chai mocha latte, "you've really fucked up this time.
We all saw the inside of the Death Star, and that thing was crammed full of storm troopers, Imperial bureaucrats, janitors and lunchroom workers. In fact, there were so many people in there that anyone who blew it up would probably be tormented with a paralyzing guilt for the rest of their life, rendering them a vegetable. " The thing is, the Death Star was full of ground troops, which would be extremely handy if the Death Star came equipped with landing gear. Unfortunately, the Rebellion decided to launch an attack in outer space. 6 Happy Movie Endings That Actually Ruin the Hero's Life. 5 Movies Made Possible by Characters Who Suck at Their Job. Hollywood movies often show us people who are ridiculously good at their jobs, like cops trained to avoid massive explosions, doctors who catch serial killers or IT guys who single-handedly stop alien invasions.
8 Movies Made Possible by Incompetent Background Characters. 6 Movie Mysteries the Characters Should've Solved Way Sooner. Secrets drive the plots of some of the best movies. 5 Film Franchises Based on One Character's Stupid Decision. Remember that flashback scene in The Lord of the Rings when Elrond and Isildur are right at the center of Mount Doom, and all Elrond needs to do to save Middle-earth from centuries of war is elf-kick that dipshit and his ring-coveting ass into the boiling lava of oblivion? Had he just done what everyone in the audience was screaming at him to do, the movies would have just been 10 hours of hobbits getting drunk. Well, this kind of thing happens all the time -- one poor decision leads to an entire film series worth of conflict.
For instance ... #5. Batman Exists Because Ra's al Ghul Doesn't Screen His Applicants.