XKCD Isn't Funny - #1509 - Scenery Cheat Sheet

For anyone who wants to loose a little bit of respect for me: Of all the (non-animated) movies on here, I've only ever seen A Christmas Story.

That's my first issue with this, actually. It's captioned "A cheat sheet for figuring out where in the US you are by recognizing the background from movies..." but it contains TV shows like Duck Dynasty and The Truman Show, animated works like Princess And The Frog and All Dogs Go To Heaven and even Oregon Trail, a video game. On top of that, a lot of the movies selected aren't filmed on-location.

If the intent was supposed to be that the information is intentionally incorrect, then it needs to be more obvious. I don't think even the most knowledgeable movie buff would know the filming locations of every movie listed.

It also needs to be more consistent. Most of this has the appearance of being a genuine attempt at an informational comic, but then we take a sudden switch into mocking movie trends with "Every movie with a big budget..." and "[generic city]".

Also, it just doesn't look good to have parts of the oceans, Mexico, and Canada under the circle. It'd look a lot better if the lines ended at the borders (with the possible exception of Jaws).

It's kinda funny that he added The Hunt For Red October, though. Although I suppose the same joke could have been made with the aforementioned Jaws.