Movie cliches that you find hilarious . . . or annoying.

[Cab00se206]

Anyone got any horror stories about cliched movie gimmicks? Things that just made you say "oh that would never happen" or "Totally haven't seen that before (/sarcasm)" Feel free to throw them up here.

A few of my favourites:

Any character with a German sounding name is evil. The more syllables in his name, the more evil he is. If he has a prefix to his name, like 'von', he is the devil incarnate.

If a hero sees a bomb, there is 30 minutes on the timer for him to escape by. If a villain sees a bomb, it is seconds before it goes off, killing him. (see: Fifth Element)

An army of (apparently) highly trained shock troopers aremed with state-of-the-art automatic weaponry is powerless before a single pissed-off her with a rusty revolver.

All other characters and all action freeze while a hero is mourning the loss of a friend/love interest.

Also, especially apparent to us, any teenagers who are depicted playing videogames are just sitting there randomly mashing buttons constantly, making wierd facial expressions and moving their body left and right. If they turn around to talk to somebody, the game will be seen still playing behind him.

Post your own!

 

[Baby Eater]

i hate how in horror movies people always make the black guy die first

 

[pantsoffdanceoff]

Star Wars three was ruined when....

"ANNAKIN! (sp?) YOU'RE BRAKING MY HEART!"

The cheesiness... my goodness I love cheese fondue and all but that takes the cake.

 

[Griphphin]

If you have a goatee, you are invariably evil.

The more actioney a scene gets, the worse the bad guys' aims are.

Don't be an "I'm looking out for me and only me in this mess!" kind of guy.

Nothing evil is ever there the first time the camera passes over a dark room; the second time it does, you've got two options: Become a main character, or die.

 

[Samurai Goomba]

Chaps with English accents are always evil.

 

[Rigs83]

My pet peeve is what I call the "Butt crack of infinite ammo". Look at "Way of the Gun" for the most offensive use of this movie mechanic.
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[The Rockerfly]

I love how the slut always dies first in horror films

Oh and how vampires are always wonderfully sexy creatures but in reality they would probably make you shit yourself

[sub][sub]Damn Twilight[/sub][/sub]

 

[Cab00se206]

i hate how in horror movies people always make the black guy die first

Word. Either thar, or in an action movie, the black guy is always a bullet-magnet tank who keeps going and going and going.

 

[The King of Rock and Roll]

The '7 bullet revolver' or 'triple barrel shotgun' are both pretty major continuity errors.

 

[The Salty Vulcan]

When characters woken by the phone at the middle of the night have almost no problem finding the phone in the dark

 

[Anarchemitis]

Star Wars three was ruined when....

"ANNAKIN! (sp?) YOU'RE BRAKING MY HEART!"

The cheesiness... my goodness I love cheese fondue and all but that takes the cake.

 

[Vuljatar]

When characters woken by the phone at the middle of the night have almost no problem finding the phone in the dark

To expand on this, they also have no problem getting to the phone (in any situation) before it stops ringing. And yet if they choose to not answer the phone, it only rings twice before going to the answering machine.

 

[irishdelinquent]

1). If you encounter an old friend, who you used to work with but haven't seen in a while, he has invariably gone evil and will betray you.

2). The accuracy of anyone in a movie is invariably linked to how many men are on his side, and how much armor they are wearing; the higher either number is, the worse their aim.

3). A femme Fatale always has another weapon hidden somewhere, regardless of how naked they are.

4). A pet will inevitably die before the end of the movie, ususally in an elaborate act of saving it's owner.

5). The main villain is always killed off-screen, usually while being crushed by something.

6). When a building/lair is about to explode, there is always a convenient escape transport fully gassed and located nearby.

 

[Kaboose the Moose]

Action movies where one guy with one gun can seamlessly dodge bullets fired by multiple enemies from multiple guns. Happens all the time.

 

[Cab00se206]

Chaps with English accents are always evil.

That or a southern accent.

 

[QuirkyTambourine]

Chaps with English accents are always evil.

That or a southern accent.

Unless it's a movie based in Southern America, then it's the opposite. The city slicker with no accent comes in to try to ruin things in town

It's a very specific goof but I always liked the one in the original Star Wars where the Stormtrooper hits his head on the walkway

 

[Baby Eater]

i hate how in horror movies people always make the black guy die first

Word. Either thar, or in an action movie, the black guy is always a bullet-magnet tank who keeps going and going and going.

i find it odd that even though im white those annoy me