Movie Cliches that need to be Retired.

Yeah, or with the help of tabasco sauce, cayenne pepper, chili peppers, onion, and mustard seed! :lol

Go Doc!

+ The idea that this part can only be accomplished by some insanely limber, shapely woman, dressed in skin-tight clothing while performing this slow-motion kata combination of ballet, Tai-Chi and erotic dancing in order to bend herself around the beams... despite the fact that the 18" above the floor is probably devoid of any lasers at all!!

Entrapment, yeah... Not sure I've seen it elsewhere though.

24) In sitcoms, all male protagonists are 40-something guys, obsessed by old cars, sports and beer. They have a mental age of about 15. They are well-meaning, but completely obtuse and oblivious to the obvious. No matter what they do, they always end up being wrong. Their wives are hot, highly intelligent, perfect in every way and are never wrong or make mistakes.

Home improvement? Wizards of waverly Place? Just for starters...

Dialogue 'wit' derived from Ian Malcolm in JP. E.g Avatar's 'Run, definitely run,' line, paraphrase of Goldblum's 'Must go faster' etc. etc. Goldblum was amusing; the imitators just smell.

Independence Day - is Goldblum allowed to rip Goldblum?

Tyre squeal at gravel or sand or dirt or grass......

That's more of a mistake than a cliche'...

This thread's a cliché.

Totally
 
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Action heroes seem to always be part of either LAPD, Chicago PD or NYPD.
Is there no Police force in Delaware, or Atlanta?
 
Not really a cliche, but more of a complaint...

Not wearing the military uniforms and headgear correctly. I want to scream when I see someone wearing a beret (especially a green one) that looks like Pepi Lepue.

If you are going to be spending millions of dollars and have people in uniform, at least do some research. It isn't hard.
 
Not all of 'em.

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- College has rigid distinctions between jocks and nerds, and the jocks regularly pick on the nerds. (This might have been true in high school, although I never saw it, but in college?!)

- Guys in war movies who talk about their plans after the war MUST DIE.

- During the Cold War, the Soviets had both the capacity and the desire to actually invade the United States.

- Eventually, computers will become so intelligent that they will decide to eradicate humanity or at the very least take over the world. They will never ever choose to live in harmony with humans, or work for the betterment of humanity. (Geez, talk about a Hobbesian view of the universe...)

- In courtroom dramas, attorneys are allowed to testify on both direct and cross examination, as opposed to being limited to only asking questions and the other side only occasionally objects, and then only when dramatically appropriate.

- There will always be a "surprise witness," even though witness lists generally are shared between both sides.

- Witnesses are regularly manipulated by clever trial attorneys into making violent outbursts and/or confessions on the stand.

- All professionals who hail from major metropolitan areas will inevitably fall for the charm of the small town in which they are stranded, and decide to give up a lucrative career and the amenities of urban life to spend the rest of their lives with the person they've fallen madly in love with in a time period between two weeks and one month.

- Marriage is always the end of the story, and it is always a happy ending.

- Women who have a male friend and confidant and who date jackasses will eventually have a moment when they suddenly realize that they've been in love with the male confidant all along. Unless he's gay.

- When the male protagonist is not the best friend, the best male friend WILL be gay.

- Private investigators routinely are involved in grand conspiracies involving femme fatales, shootouts, and car chases, instead of simply spending most of their time digging through financial records and photographing/videotaping cheating spouses.

- Doctors and lawyers are all smart, if not brilliant.

- Time bombs can always be defused by cutting a uniquely colored wire, and will be defused with only seconds remaining on the fully-visible clock.

- All cops are men who are divorced or estranged from their wives, but their wives still love them.
 
All big drug buys will always end up with either the buyer or seller trying to cheat or rob the other party and an inevitable gunfight ensues, makes you wonder how druglords ever make any money.
 
That's a funny thread! Well, let's see, we have now covered: CSI Miami - Horatio Caine colly walking off the explosion, Terminator 2: evil supercomputer gets sentient and wants to kill all humans/can't live in harmony with humanity, Cyborgs with ONE metal arm and One red glowing eye thingy: the Borg, Spy Kids, Mercury puzzle... any other movies?

Oh: computers can be easily turned off, without losing any data and rebooting normal at any time since X-Files.

And lets not forget the plain looking girl who nobody takes any notice of who transforms into a sexbomb with the aid of some lipgloss,hairspray and the removal of spectacles.

You really want the ugly truth? THIS NEVER EVER HAPPENS. I had an unfortunate, unwanted meeting with a mousy girl in a bus. Constantly talking, complaining, how people are rude and not realizing, that this conversation doesn't interest me a bit. Cliche but true: glasses, low volume talking, low self-esteem, practical, but unfitting haircut.

Now that you uncovered some buried memories I rather forget, I'll get me some raunchy porn. I'll be in my bunk....
 
- In courtroom dramas, attorneys are allowed to testify on both direct and cross examination, as opposed to being limited to only asking questions and the other side only occasionally objects, and then only when dramatically appropriate.

- There will always be a "surprise witness," even though witness lists generally are shared between both sides.

- Witnesses are regularly manipulated by clever trial attorneys into making violent outbursts and/or confessions on the stand.


Oh definitely. These ones drive me nuts, especially that first one. I watch several cop dramas and that one is violated on every single show.
 
Just saw "Murder at 1600" The police/fbi/cia Helicopter that are on persuit of the suspect is flying really really low and are easy to hit with bullits and could hit powerlines and the suspects can easy hide from the searchlights .
 
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