The Perfect Movie
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bud7h4
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My cousin Vinny!
beatdat
Senior Member
Do people enjoy watching TV shows and movies that are based around what they do for work?
For example, do doctors enjoy watching shows and movies that are based around the medical profession. Or do LEOs like watching cop shows and movies.
I know that, whenever I watch a courtroom drama, I find myself screaming at the screen, "What?! No, you can't cross-examine your own witness!". It takes my right out of whatever it is that I'm watching because they rarely get it right.
For example, do doctors enjoy watching shows and movies that are based around the medical profession. Or do LEOs like watching cop shows and movies.
I know that, whenever I watch a courtroom drama, I find myself screaming at the screen, "What?! No, you can't cross-examine your own witness!". It takes my right out of whatever it is that I'm watching because they rarely get it right.
MrInsanePolack
Platinum Member
I've never watched a movie about what I did specifically, but I can apply the movie Office Space to every non-restaurant job I've ever had.
I've never heard of a movie or TV show about metrology - the study of measurement. It would surely fall into the category of what my wife calls "snoovies" - a perfect movie to put you to sleep - a snooze movie! I've been a metrologist in some form or fashion since 1983. Maybe that explains why I'm tired all the time. 
Over50drumguy
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Not sure how accurate it was because I watched it ages ago and it wasn’t any kind of documentary or anything , but I enjoyed the mini series North and South with Patrick Swayze.
Over50drumguy
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I can forgive a lot of some stuff in most movies because I know it’s entertainment. Where I get in trouble and start screaming at the screen is when you know its attempting to put some realism in and they get it wrong . You can almost tell every single time if something is your profession what their intent is . If I KNOW they are intending realism but F it all up it’s infuriating. Not so much when they intend for pure entertainment. Movies for the most part intend entertainment in my profession and I can let stuff slide. It’s the tv series for my profession ( LEO) that many times intend realism but F it all up. There’s a fine line to walk to make something entertaining AND keep a lot of realism in it . Most times I just shake my head a bit in disbelief but sometimes I’m hooked into voicing my frustrations in disbelief lol . All depends on the movie and or series and what I think their intent was . It’s difficult thing to pull off .
Benthedrummer
Junior Member
Being in the medical profession.......I can say absolutely NO!!
Medical dramas absolutely saturate TV land.
They are all absolute garbage in terms of realism.
I simply can't watch anything medical on TV
A few reasons why.......
1) THERE IS NO FLATLINE! If the patient has a genuine flatline on the monitor......the leads have come off!
2) Rubbing the paddles together before shocking a patient is complete rubbish
3) I love how the most intelligent and well educated medical specialist in the team is some 20 year old drop dead gorgeous female who knows the answer to every single problem in life and medical situation.
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Benthedrummer
Junior Member
I had absolutely NO idea that the ACW is such a delicate subject in the U.S.A.
I will now drop this topic, my apologies if I have offended anyone.
MrInsanePolack
Platinum Member
No offense taken here, Ben.
It's actually a quite interesting period of history leading up to the war. Different views from different backgrounds compound all of it. I'll leave it at that.
timmdrum
Silver Member
Even Nurse Jackie?
timmdrum
Silver Member
I find it both admirable and disappointing that no one else followed up with other satire titles.
larryace
"Uncle Larry"
Oh for sure. I love watching other electricians do their thing on the home improvement shows.
And if they do something that I know I CLEARLY do better, well I make darn sure the whole room knows about it lol.
Goes the other way too. If there's a better way to do something, I want to know about it.
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Over50drumguy
Member
Well if we’re talking reality tv here then yeah yeah , ....and reality police shows have me saying WTF did he / she / they just do ??. I’ll call out bad tactics every single time .
But it goes the other way too. I’ve seen better ways to do things and learned new tactics and gained info all the time . If it’s really a reality show there’s always something new to learn no matter the profession or hobby or what have you ??
Benthedrummer
Junior Member
ESPECIALLY Nurse Jackie (but I haven't actually seen it).
But you have reminded me of something......
SCRUBS is probably my fave TV show of all time. Apart from it's amazing humour, it kinda is more accurate than anything else.
toddbishop
Platinum Member
It's a pretty big note. Like you don't make a WW2 movie and not have anything in it about Nazism.
beatdat
Senior Member
And here I was thinking that was how you got the shock going.
I find it both admirable and disappointing that no one else followed up with other satire titles.
I was going to say, it may be a modern classic, but it's no On Golden Blonde.
Darn right!
I see Clint Eastwood and some of his movies have been mentioned. Rightfully so. I take it some of you are Western fans, but I haven't seen any of you mention "The Proposition". Fair enough, I don't think too many people have seen it, but it's one of my top 3 favourite westerns, and one of my top 10 favourite movies. It stars Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, and Emily Watson - all at their best; is directed by John Hillcoat (The Road); and is written by Nick Cave of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds. If you like your westerns ugly and dark, I can't recommend it enough.
Benthedrummer
Junior Member
Those paddles you see have not been in use for YEARS.
We now use adhesive pads.
However..... when you see people say "CLEAR"! before they shock the patient, that's accurate.
Medical staff have been killed by having contact with the bed and patient when the shock is delivered.
Resuscitation situations are very high stress scenarios.
beatdat
Senior Member
I have no doubt. I see why movies and shows getting it wrong is not enjoyable.