Originally posted by: scauffiel
Not so much a goof as just something that bothers me to no end along the line of the "neverending magazine" is the way certain characters in a movie will cock a weapon repeatedly; yet you never see a live round fly out of the gun, you never hear it hit the deck, they just cock it to be cool and appear "deadly". Be it a pistol or shotgun there is never a reason to pass up a chance to make the cool scary noises of cocking a weapon.
Super duper cop cool guy with bad attitude pulls pistol and cocks it menacingly while walking toward bad guy. Super duper cop cool guy with bad attitude threatens bad guy for information while cocking gun again menacingly in bad guys face. Bad guy tells super duper cop with bad attitude "You'll never get anything from me copper!" Super duper cop with bad attitude again cocks gun and places barrel in bad guys mouth while saying something pithy like "You wanna talk now?" Bad guy gets scared look in eyes and motions that yes, he'd LIKE to say something BUT there's a gun in his mouth. Super duper cop cool guy with bad attitude removes gun from said bad guys mouth. Bad guy tells super duper cop cool guy with bad attitude "I can't tell you or he'll (ostensibly the bad guy's REALLY bad boss) kill me!" Super duper cop cool guy with bad attitude cocks gun YET AGAIN and says more suave dialog along the lines of "What do you think I'LL DO???"
Not to go off on a minor rant or anything, but... damn.
S.