Movie Cliches that need to be Retired.

[wuher da brewer]

I'm so sick of the drop to one knee and hand after a large fall, head down, then slowly raising the head. Nobody ever shatters their knee, breaks their wrist, strains their neck or anything. I've seen it in so many action movies. I hate it. It's so unrealistic. I think during the club scene in the new Tron, almost every character does it at least once and those are just the most gratuitous uses in that movie. I don't know when it started, but it needs to go away.

I'm also sick of the Photoshopped poster of the star's back, weapon held down by his side, looking over his shoulder. It's cliche, but not as cliche as the photoshopped heads poster. I see that one and I wonder if their intent is to bore us to death.

 

[Solo4114]

Oh, man that has always bugged me too. Lois Lane's apartment in Superman the movie. The one that really topped it all off was in the 80's a movie came out called Stone Cold or something like that, starring the football player inboy at the time and he was supposed to be playing a cop - when they showed his place it was an enormous artist loft with neon and a coke machine and if that wasn't enough- he had a kimono dragon as a pet.

I just watched that on Netflix recently. It cracked me up and is indeed a PERFECT example of what I'm talking about. This guy's basically a redneck state trooper, right? But he can somehow afford a friggin' neon-decorated warehouse?! What the hell?!!

 

[metrosonus]

Here's mine, apologies for dupes:

1. Going along with the old car loving, dumb as a door knob husband partnered with a too good for him hot wife, half of them will be in bands. it will be a blues band.

2. TOO MANY TWINS!!!!!!!!!!!

3. Whenever money is discussed, it's written down on a piece of paper and passed between people. Even couples in bed.

4. Especially in commercials that involve food, over emphasized and loud pouring, chewing, gulping, lip smacking sounds. gross.

5. Any new, surprise character to save a sitcom from a ratings slump will be an 8 year old boy with a bowl cut.

6. Crime shows that pin the crime on some bad guy with an usual and distinguishing feature after hours of gruesome investigative work. "he must have a wooden leg! bring up the number of people in the city with a wooden leg! enhance!".

7. Crimeshows where the bad guy is the one the detectives talk to the most. "he was in the room the whole time!!!!"

I'm so sick of the drop to one knee and hand after a large fall, head down, then slowly raising the head.

I call that the speedskater pose, with an arm out to one side. I HATE IT. Seriously, and speaking of..

#9. Movies that feature a "matrix lady" for no reason other than to tweak the eyeballs of fanboys. Someone has a hot assistant that runs into another room, changes into a skin tight latex body suit and then starts running on walls and shooting people to end up in the speed skater pose.

 

[Solo4114]

--EDIT--

I just realize I should've posted this in the thread about things in movies/TV that make you wonder. Doh!

 

[metrosonus]

You always know who the bad guy is when a famous actor plays a role like a janitor or waiter or something.

 

[Solo4114]

The cat scare. Or anything like it. The "false surprise" in horror movies, basically. Just don't do it. Unless you're making a true slasher film, in which case I expect to see boobies, kids getting killed for having sex and smoking pot, and a slow, shambling killer who always seems to have some sort of teleportation device to get him from 100 yards BEHIND the girl to OMG RIGHT IN FRONT OF HER!!

 

[Bobtherocker]

Reluctant hero with dormant skills requires inpatient master to release said skills to save the world.

 

[0neiros]

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[cinematical]

I'm so sick of the drop to one knee and hand after a large fall, head down, then slowly raising the head. Nobody ever shatters their knee, breaks their wrist, strains their neck or anything. I've seen it in so many action movies. I hate it. It's so unrealistic. I think during the club scene in the new Tron, almost every character does it at least once and those are just the most gratuitous uses in that movie. I don't know when it started, but it needs to go away.

Most blatant example I can think of is from Underworld. But she's a vampire, so it's okay.

 

[Jedi2016]

I've been to two military funerals. They were that close. I did jump... For the first shot... Both times.

Agreed. At my grandfather's funeral, they were about twenty feet behind us. Yes, we jumped. All of us.

 

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lol

 

[Tremas]

--Grocery bags that always have a baguette sticking out of it.

--When some guy's shaving, and the phone rings or someone's at the door, they wipe the shaving cream off of their face (usually with a towel), and they have no whiskers under the cream at all.

--The bad guy's underling outfit ALWAYS fits the hero, no matter what.

--No matter how bad the wound, just wrap it up in a torn shirt. Stops bleeding instantly!

--A gun found by the hero usually has one last shot in it, no matter where it's found.

--The (dead) villain/monster, no matter how fast you run or how slow they move, always manages to catch the sacrificial teen who trips.

--People running from the bad guy(s), who trip. No matter where they are.

--A group accidentally kills a vagrant walking by the road while driving; instead of calling the police (even anonymously), they decide to leave them laying there. You know what happens then...

--Vampires who know Ninja moves (Yes, I'm looking at YOU, Buffy!).

--Just when you thought the monster was dead....BOO! They jump out. Again. Especially when it happens more than once.

--After the killings in the secluded area/campground start, no one thinks to get the Hell out and get the police. They *have* to stay and "find out what's going on!" You're not Team Scooby-Doo, you're a bunch of horney teens getting offed, one at a time! GET AWAY AND GET HELP!


By the way, this site might make you chuckle a bit: Peter's Evil Overlord List:
Peter's Evil Overlord List

 

[rodneyfaile]

52.) Punching through the rolled up side window of a car with a bare fist.

Im so tired of seeing that. Do you realize how hard that is? Go find a car in a junkyard and test how strong that side window is.

 

[dbuck]

I've been to two military funerals. They were that close. I did jump... For the first shot... Both times.

I just did a Memorial Day service and I watched as people WATCHING the rifles firing jumped, three times. You can imagine how they jumped when the cannon went off, waaaay over there.

 

[PHArchivist]

52.) Punching through the rolled up side window of a car with a bare fist.

Im so tired of seeing that. Do you realize how hard that is? Go find a car in a junkyard and test how strong that side window is.

Didn't Arnie do that for real in T1? Or was the car rigged?

 

[Solo4114]

He probably did and then once Cameron called "Cut!" he said "Auw. Dat huhrt!"

 

[Contec]

Werewolfs ONLY change when they SEE the fullmoon . They always turn back in the human form in the morning, but i have seen full moons during the morning as well so it seem odd.

 

[ecl]

Every movie seems to be a cliche hah

 

[rodneyfaile]

Didn't Arnie do that for real in T1? Or was the car rigged?

found this video on YouTube.

The guy has a hard time breaking the side window with a hammer. Fast forward to the 4:00 minute mark to see him attempt another window with his hand.

YouTube - ‪Indestructible car window and punching through window‬‏

 

[seven]

One of the main characters drives a Classic Mustang (usually a convertible)

All monsters, large animals, or beasts have to roar when they first appear on screen

Fish-out-of-water jokes

The We-are-awesome money shot of the main character(s) walking next to each other towards the camera, head angled down slightly, eyes up, and usually with an explosion behind them

The lines "With great power comes great responsibility" and "Can’t we all just get along?" or
"The world that you once knew, is about to change, forever"