Most annoying cliche in movies
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When the antagonist has the protagonist right where he wants him, and he gives a massive monologue giving protagonist time to kill antagonist.
This is a bit strange: But bad dialogue and unrealistic acting in settings that are supposed to be realistic. How many housewives do you know that still wear fucking aprons? How many people actually refer to wear they live as "suburdia"? Have you ever heard anyone but some pretentious hipster use that word? High schoolers using words that English grad students don't know. It just baffles me, and it's almost as if the writer is trying to sound intelligent by using all this bombastic language, when it's obvious they 1) just sat with a thesaurus while writing and 2) have never had a real conversation with another human being.
Especially in the "Lost in Space" movie.Mitchell Smith said:
"But..." the robot says, "friendship is not logical!"
"Screw logic!" the boy insists, and this convinces our robot friend to give friendship a try. Without ever explaining what was so damn illogical about friendship in the first place.
Police cars (or cars in general) CANNOT catch motorcycles in a straight line, no matter how many times they change gear! Dammit, you wanna catch a 600cc superbike, you'll need a minimum of 600bhp (and very little weight). You wanna catch a 1000cc superbike, you'll need around 1000bhp.
These are simple rules in the real world!
Here's what happens in the movies.
And here's what happens in real life!!
These are simple rules in the real world!
Here's what happens in the movies.
And here's what happens in real life!!
You are correct, those are exceptions, Annie Hall is a classic and When Harry Met Sally is one of my favorite movies of all time. And while I don't care for (500) Days of Summer, it certainly was different.the Dept of Science said:
Car's flipping. Usually followed by the car randomly exploding.
I think Hollywood is secretly the people that killed the Electric Car the first time around, so that they could keep cars that explode from gasoline popular in movies.
I think Hollywood is secretly the people that killed the Electric Car the first time around, so that they could keep cars that explode from gasoline popular in movies.
I take it you were never a fan of the old show? If you were, the movie woulda made more sense. Slightly more, anyway.Queen Michael said:
"This time, its personal!"
"Only this time, its personal!"
"This time, my revenge will be taken, on a personal level!"
and any variations of that.
"Only this time, its personal!"
"This time, my revenge will be taken, on a personal level!"
and any variations of that.
I hate the "suspenseful" build up to the main character getting a reward after a long adventure.
"You disobeyed my orders, endangered everyone, drop kicked me in the face, blew up 2 orphanages, stole our crops and poisoned our water supply."
*hero looks concerned that he'll get punished*
"That's why I'm giving you the highest of honors."
*They both smile*
viewer: oooh, look at that! I didn't expect that at all! It's like, he made it sound like he was in trouble, but turns out he isn't!
"You disobeyed my orders, endangered everyone, drop kicked me in the face, blew up 2 orphanages, stole our crops and poisoned our water supply."
*hero looks concerned that he'll get punished*
"That's why I'm giving you the highest of honors."
*They both smile*
viewer: oooh, look at that! I didn't expect that at all! It's like, he made it sound like he was in trouble, but turns out he isn't!
Not so much fixed but different. I've come to regard Optimus Prime as someone with a thousand faces, a hundred voices but one name.wooty said:Sorry, but FixedGordon_4 said:However nowhere is this pointless addition more glaring than Michael Bay's Transformers series. Here's a tip, I'm not interested whether or not Shia's bumbling cute geekiness wins him the heart of the girl, I'm interested in how the Autobots are going to get their shit in order and help save us from the Decepticons.
I came to see Transformers to see this guy:
[http://img52.imageshack.us/i/cartoonoptimusprimebybe.jpg/]
OT: I guess the biggest cliche I hate is the "And the girl and boy lived happily ever after in love" plot, thats kind of why I liked Casino Royale so much
Oh dear, you've made me think about the scenes where someone falls off a cliff/ledge, but manages to grab it at the last moment and is left hanging there. Someone else has to pull them up, but they're typically just at the end of their reach, making for a very tense scene if you haven't seen it >100 times. Bonus points if they began to slip and fall just before the other party manages to get hold of them. Extra bonus points if the location is collapsing around them, or they haven't very limited time for some other reason.
I'm a big horror movie fan, but I have to agree. These days, the most annoying cliche for me is "The Boo Moment." It's NOT horror, it's a cheap, lame attempt. Something popping on screen after an overly obvious tension moment. Sometimes its a fake boo (zomg, cat!) and sometimes its the fake boo followed by the real boo. But its SO, DAMN, OVERUSED...that its become ridiculously predictable. I watch a "horror" movie these days and I can always go "Boo moment in 5....4" or even "Incoming fake boo moment." And it's sickening me that some of the flicks these days are almost ENTIRELY boo moments. The Nightmare on Elmstreet remake was almost ENTIRELY boo moments.Nannernade said:
Oh, that reminds me. Another annoying rising cliche: "Mediocre Remakes." I understand that they're a very safe profit (Fans of the original WILL go see, out of curiosity) but they're getting sickening. Everything's a remake, and it's never going to be great. They can throw in lil changes, or their crappy assumed extra inside on the character (<.< Freddy wasn't a child "molester" he was a child "murderer"), but its still going to be an easily forgettable waste of money.
And while I'm at it, why not, the "Pointless Crazy Twist." Twists can work if they're clever and not overused...but these days I just see countless pointless, thrown in at the end, usually crazy twists that honestly are unnecessary or actually subtract from the interesting quality of the movie. The majority of M. Night's, The Orphan's, sooo many. The worst ever though belongs to an old movie no one's prolly seen. But those who have'll know it by the name "Sleepaway Camp." ::shudder::
I'll agree with the thousand faces, there were quite a few spin offs of TF before the movies, but at least Bay brough back Peter Cullen do give Prime a voice once again. There will only ever be one voice for me, but I guess thats just my generation.Gordon_4 said: