Most annoying cliche in movies

[UBERfionn]

Also "It's showtime!"

 

[JohanGasMask]

The most annoying cliché in movies has to be stupid villains.
Like in the James bond movies when Shaun Bean has a loaded gun pointing at James Bond and instead of shooting him , he says something stupid enough for James Bond to escape.

 

[The Afrodactyl]

Henchmen that can't shoot straight, unless the person being shot is an anonymous good guy/bystander.

A tiny group of people fighting and defeating an army of men that are equally trained, if not moreso.

Unnecessary love plots.

Essentially, the entirety of The Expendables.

 

[Lionsfan]

Deus ex machina. For those unfamiliar, its when the main character is deep into so much shit that it is impossible he will go out of that whole, alive, or happily... Unless god itself (or the writer through a contrived and so far unmenctioned twist) literaly decend and make everything fine again in the blink of an eye. Think about the ending of the new Planet of the Apes.

Or virtually any Harry Potter movie and book. That's one of my personal things I hate in the movie industry.

On topic though, probably the Air Vent Escape. Or when a villain monologue's, or when they design some elaborate death trap instead of capturing them and shooting them

 

[Michael Logan]

The REAL villain is the PROTAGONIST! Betcha didn't see THAT one comin'! HAHAHAHA!

Acctually Id like to see that, I cant think of any movies that does that on the top of my head.

OT: Kids cant die.

 

[Casimir_Effect]

Two things:
1. Taking away the hero's powers, whether he/she was a superhero or just fighter-extraordinaire. This kind of shit is responsible for killing the second half of Hancock.

2. Not finishing off the bad guy, or taking the chance to finish him when you have it. So few things are immune to this - I was watching The Boondock Saints 2 the other day and even this film fell foul of that.

 

[Prince Regent]

The good looking girl that is only around so she can be amazed by the hero with whom she kisses at the end.

 

[CarlsonAndPeeters]

Every romantic comedy ever:
1) Guy meets girl
2) Guy tells small lie to get girl to like him
3) Guy and girl fall in love; lie escalates
4) Girl finds out about lie; big fight and break up
5) Sad montage
6) Guy tells the girl how much he loves her at a dramatic moment in an usual place and they get back together

The gender roles can be reversed, and it works for almost any movie, including good ones like Wedding Crashers.

 

[cefm]

Everybody dies nice and clean from one shot. Except if they have a 10-minute monologue prepared.

1-punch knockout (seriously this is how humankind will dominate the galaxy)

Cars always squeal tires when they accelerate, and always blow up when shot/crashed.

 

[Michailov]

I have a bad feeling about this thread.

 

[drummond13]

Half of you don't seem to understand what a "cliche" is.

 

[wooty]

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/]

Sorry, but Fixed


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

 

[-Samurai-]

So, I, the evil guy, have finally captured you, the good guy. Now I'll tie you up and explain my plans for world domination! The only one that can stop me is you, and you're tied up, so there's no reason I shouldn't explain my plans in great detail! There's no way you're getting out of this to foil my evil plans!

Also:

Bad guy: Join me and we'll blow shit up and be generally evil together.
Good guy: No.

I just want one to shrug his shoulders and say "Meh. Ok.", Then start killing innocents.

 

[Capt. Crankypants]

When the good guy has the bad guy at his mercy, unarmed, but just can't bring himself to pull the trigger.

(Which of course gives the bad guy one last chance to grab a nearby gun (or other) and then the hero avoids the attack and kills them anyway.)

So...so......so terrible

 

[Enemy Of The State]

"Oh look, it's the creepy house where all the sexy girls got murdered! Let's go in, wearing as little clothes as possible, at night, with a flashlight with two minutes of battery left! How could this POSSIBLY go wrong?"

 

[Yeslek Ssomllur]

Sweet Jesus. I didn't even have to think about mine. Super-impervious bullet-deflecting surfaces. It's always the same: Dude rounds corner with machine gun, hero whirls around behind door, bullet holes riddle door, hero peeks out and shoots machine gunner. NO HE DOESN'T!!! HE'S DEAD BECAUSE BULLETS GO THROUGH DOORS! ARGH!

Or... Oh man, this one really sticks in my craw... Using the inside of a car for defense against bullets! "Oh no! There's a sniper! *ducks in car, bullet hole appears on side of car*" Oh shit, you think, he's dead! *peeks up over side of car door* "Good thing I thought to duck!" NO, BECAUSE YOU'RE DEAD!!! I KNOW THAT GUN! It goes through TANKS!!! YOU'RE PEA SOUP! I'VE SEEN BULLETS HITTING REAL CARS!!! THEY GO THROUGH THEM!!!!!! AAARRRGHHH!!!

Maybe a minor gripe, but you think SOMEONE making a movie would have fired an actual gun before.

 

[Cheery Lunatic]

Acctually Id like to see that, I cant think of any movies that does that on the top of my head.

Whhaaaaat.

I can think of at least 5 on the top of MY head. I'd name 'em, but I'm afraid of spoiling the movies for people (even though you can see the twist comin' for miles).

 

[Ciler]

The ending to almost every sports-related film ever.

"OMG we're losing... it's hopeless..."

"Yay!"

 

[rescuer86]

1: The protangonist(s) always get to have the last say. I realized this just last night while watching "Criminal Minds." They arrested a cop for obstructing justice, he said something that was fairly poignant, for tv anyway, and then Joe Mantegna's character ruined with some stupid comeback. Why do the protagonists always have to be right? Sometimes, they're not. Deal with it.

2: Bullet wounds causing a Peter Griffin reaction.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlBJt6huQ4g&feature=related

Getting shot is like getting kicked by a horse. Even if it isn't in a vital area, you will be in tremendous pain, knocked off your feet, and the blood loss from even a minor wound will make you weak and dizzy and cause you to go into shock. I have seen grizzly bears knocked off their feet by a bullet to the shoulder. What makes anyone think a 200 pound man can withstand something an 800 pound animal can't?

 

[Quaxar]

When something bad happens and the right guy is there just out of pure incidence. Also known as the Seagal-effect.

"You are the best virologist in the world, why are you working as a physician in this remote town? Oh shit, terrorists released a deadly virus! Save us!"
"You are the best ex-Marine in the world, why are you working as a cook on this old aircraft carrier? Oh shit, terrorists captured the ship! Save us!"
Want me to go on?

My personal hate is for people who run away from fireballs in movies. BECAUSE YOU CAN'T DO THAT. I don't mind when cheesy action films do it, but when every film with a gunfight has the protagonist outrunning an explosion, it's just annoying.

Then you will love the film I saw two weeks ago about big insects from the jurassic era murdering people in the subway tunnel. The protagonists never run despite blowing up a huge ton of TNT. They duck. Ducking is the key to surviving!