Tuesday 3 May 2011

How To Fall From A Height And Land Like A Bit Of A Tit, By The Movies

Here's hammer-wielding god of thunder "John" Thor in a poster for his film:
He's trying, bless him, but he hasn't quite mastered the art of falling from a height and landing like a bit of a tit, one of Hollywood's favourite go-to stances for action types. But how does he compare to some of the previous exponents of this peculiar trend? Let's take a half-hearted look! 

Toad, X-Men
Toad hasn't quite got the correct angle of elevation on the extended left arm that would become a signature element of falling from a height and landing like a bit of a tit, but he makes up for it with an unconvincing CGI tongue. 6/10.

Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2
Spidey's rocking an impressive stance here: just look
how straight that left arm is. Although with his legs
spread like that I bet that's not the only rip in his suit.
7/10.

Matthew Patel, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
Oh, I say. That's textbook. Though I'll have to
deduct a point for the lack of eye contact.
9/10.

Baby Doll, Sucker Punch
An interesting attempt to triplicate the stance here: sadly the other two aren't trying hard enough. Also it's by far the worst film of the lot.
3/10.

I'm sure there must be more of these, but you try Googling "film characters landing from a height with left leg bent, right leg out at 90 degrees, right hand on the floor and left arm outstretched like a ponce" and see what you get. Chances are you'll get this blog post.

6 comments :

  1. Correct, you do get this blog. But I was hooked by the story from the third hit: the full text of "Mountain Stallion"!

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  2. Sadly there are no real hits --> http://goo.gl/JzAJc

    But these are my two favorites

    http://goo.gl/w3kVd

    http://goo.gl/uBeWX

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  3. Nah! The guy who knows how to do this right is John Travolta in 'Saturday Night Fever'(1977). Best of all is female ace tennis star Caroline Wozniacki in a crouch as she gets ready for a service straight in the box.

    Many novels have Thor type characters. Every one written by an Au-thor that is.

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  4. Dear Incredible Suit, how & where does one vote for your blog for a LAMMY?

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  5. You must win the LAMMY. Failure would be the cause of great lambentation.

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  6. Marge Gunderson8 May 2011 at 18:07

    One word: Brilliant

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