Quote Originally Posted by Bartrim View Post
But seriously Gok let it slide man. I could bitch and moan about the errors in "The Perfect Storm" until your ears bleed but it's a movie so I let it slide.
I already suspend a LOT of disbelief in terms of the so-called "martial arts" that they use in movies - because most of the time, the "martial arts" in martial arts movies are anything but. Most of the more realistic martial arts are often seen in non-martial arts movies like The Last of the Mohicans and even The Lord of the Rings (ignoring stuff like magic and super-human moves like Legolas jumping all over Oliphants ). So I never watch a 'martial arts' movie expecting to see any remotely realistic martial arts. But I accept that it's part of the genre -- the objective is entertainment, and acrobatic and gymnastic over-stylised moves are more interesting to watch to the Joe-average movie goer I guess.

But even with that... one would expect a movie called "Karate Kid" to feature Karate. I haven't seen The Perfect Storm -- but I assume there's a storm in it somewhere right? Imagine if the movie didn't feature a storm and instead focused on some other meteorological phenomenon like... spooky overcast skies or clear fine weather.

It's the misleading nature of the title that bothers me. Again, the Michael Bay TF films may not be cinematic masterpieces, but at least they feature Transformers in them (Autobots, Decepticons - warring etc.). Some people might not like the way the films portray the Transformers, but at least they're there! Imagine if they made movies called "Transformers" and all they featured were My Little Pony... imagine the fan rage!