The title pretty much sets up this clip nicely, so let’s just discuss it after you’ve given it a look-see.
I personally love the Home Alone bit the most, since that could have actually been done with regular land-line phones too. Of course, there are so many other movies whose whole plots would have to change had they been set in a cell phone world, like, say, Benjamin Braddock just texting the hotel room number to Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate — which, actually, I’m a bit surprised the College Humor folks didn’t include. What other movies, PopWatchers, do you think would go through major changes if the characters just had themselves a Razr or iPhone?
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I can’t believe I’m answering this stupid question, but here goes…if Lt. John J. Dunbar (Kevin Costner) had text messaging capabilities at the close of the Civil War, then his journey to the abandoned fort would not have been necessary and the entire story of DANCES WITH WOLVES would never have taken place.
I thoroughly enjoyed the Romeo and Juliet bit, as well as the Fight Club one. So funny!
Well, assuming Juliet had a cell phone, then I’ll assume Chuck Noland’s blackberry would have still been functional after his plane crashed, and he could have just called Helen Hunt, and been rescued…along with Jack, Kate and Sawyer.
Never mind movies, if cell phones had become popular earlier there would have been almost no storylines for Seinfeld…the horror!!
Did anyone else think the Fight Club bit was going to end with another cell phone ringing in the guy’s pocket?
Vacation — “Um Dad, I just logged in to reserve some tickets at Walley World and it says they’re going to be closed.”
Friday the 13th — “Camp Crystal Lake sucks. Can you come get me?”
Waiting for Godot — Text: “Where r u?”
Reply: “Sry, cant make it”
The “Romeo and Juliet” one was my favorite. Mikey’s “Waiting for Godot” texts had me laughing out loud. How about “The English Patient”? Ralph Fiennes could’ve just called for Medevac service instead of trudging across the desert and leaving Kristen Scott Thomas in that cave…
The Rocky Horror Picture Show would not have been. Brad and Janet would not have gone to the house to use the phone, and the world would have missed out on the prize that is Tim Curry.
Just to nitpick: In Home Alone, the landline phones were down. The storm that knocked out the power also knocked out the phone lines and they were going to “take a few days to fix.”
John Hughes is flawless, let’s never forget.
I always thought things would be easily solved if the characters in Harry Potter had cell phones. Harry could have called Sirius. You know, just to check in.
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