Over-used movie clichés that make you cringe.

[chozo_hybrid]

CGI specaial effects.

3D animation.

I get most of your others, but what's the deal with these two?

3D Animation is a sub-genre and CGI can sometimes be the only way to do things, whether it be Blue Screen or otherwise.

I don't even get how they can be cliché to be honest.

I like 2D cell animation, claymation, & old-fashioned special effects with props.

I gathered that much, but what makes them a cliché?

 

[SilkySkyKitten]

--Romantic comedies (if you've seen one, you've seen every single one ever made and that ever will be made)
--The recent resurgence of 3D movies (just because Avatar and Disney did it doesn't mean you have to do it too, dammit!)
--All weapons sounding like pump-action shotguns when they're cocked (I'm pretty sure an M1911 doesn't make that kind of noise when you pull the slide back...)

Outside of those, I actually get a kick out of most cliches in movies.

 

[Enigma6667]

Another cliche that I absolutely despise is the arbitrary love-interest character. This goes for rom-coms, action films, dramas, horrors, you name it. We all know that they're gonna get together the minute they lay eyes on each other, so unless you kill him/her off near the end, your argument is futile.

3D is gonna be next, simply because, although it hasn't been used too much, it will be soon ever since fucking Avatar came out and made billions with 3D without even having a good storyline. Not only does 3D make for more expensive tickets, and annoying glasses, but it also ALWAYS leads to the gimmick of things popping out of the screen to show off. I'll be damned for saying this, but the only movie to do 3D right is, surprisingly, Avatar, because nothing popped out of the screen ever, and was used more as a means to immerse the viewer into its epic visual effects rather than as a gimmick. Just a shame the rest of the movie was rubbish.

 

[Mr.logic]

Boy meets girl. Boy and girl bond strongly. Hidden secret comes out which seperates boy and girl temporarily. Boy/girl (usually boy) makes some large gesture in public to prove how he/she really feels. Boy and girl live happily ever after.

HOW many times has this played out with only very minor variations?

Or the "manly" movie version:

Opening of fight scene with protagonist kicking ass. Gradual filling in with weak plot. More fight scenes and pointless explosions (one liners optional). A woman takes off her clothes. Protagonist suffers large defeat (possibly involving a betrayal and/or a father figure getting killed). Protagonist gets angry and defeats all enemies.


Very little in terms of cinema or television entertains me in even the slightest way anymore.

This is 70 percent of all movies good or bad in a nutshell(sadly).

 

[wax88]

villians talking too much instead of finishing the guy off.

" if you need to shoot, shoot, dont talk"

 

[Mr.logic]

"It's quiet. Too quiet."

That, or "That idea is crazy... So crazy it might work!"

Neither of these are ever used seriously anymore. They became so overused that Hollywood jokes about it.

I saw a film once where they used that line twice in the same scene.
"It's dark in here" "Yeah, a little too dark"
"It's quiet in here" "Yeah, a little too quiet"
Then I started it ...
"There's a lot of cars in here" "Yeah, a little too a lot of cars in here"
"This door is locked" "Yeah, a little too locked"
"He's behind you!" "Yeah, a little too behind me"

I find that to be extremely annoying...a little too annoying...

I find this redundant... a little too redundant......!
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[clipped crow]

When a suspense is built, it is dropped from normal source of sound (most likely a cat) and then the actual source kills the person after letting guard down.

When zombie movies just don't make sense in any fashion! Dawn of the dead: "let's leave this well secured mall with lot's of food for a place that might not exist! While I know it was a movie made as a fun comedy, I hate Zombieland because they didn't kill the women! They conned them twice! I wanted them to gut them like fishes! and the main character also had no spine to speak of. Land of the dead: The whole damn thing...

Lastly, the standard sci-fi plot line in which the best person of the evil group/company/government thing realizes he's a bad guy he helps the people trying to take the evil group/company/government down. (equilibrium, Fahrenheit 451, avatar, repo men, daybreakers, ferngully, and probably a lot more...)

 

[quiet_samurai]

The yelp when some random goon dies in an action movie scene. You know the one I mean.

The Wilhelm scream, yeah pretty prevalent.

I've notice that the "yeeeeaaaaaaghh..." agonized scream they use in the Starcraft Marine biolabs has been catching up to the Wilhelm. It seems to be used in slightly more srious action pics. Have no idea wher it originated.

I was really surprised when they used the Wilhelm scream in Mel Gibson's The Passion.

That's actually like a secret handshake type thing in the movie business. Editors and directors just put it in for fun. And the sound clip was actually recorded sometime in the 40's or something. There are loads and loads of movies, games, and TV shows that use it. It's even in LOTR. I think it's funny.


OT: When either the sidekick or badass supporting character at some point says "You keep going... I got this" to the hero or main character/s

 

[Brad Shepard]

The "It was all a dream" one has always hit a nerve in me. Although, I can't remember the last time it was used. Maybe it's gone for good?

I heard Dexter or whatever it was was all a dream, it made me glad i dident watch any of it.

 

[tehweave]

One word:

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

And it happened in the first 5 minutes of Iron Man 2. Oi.

Otherwise, not a bad movie.

 

[Marmooset]

I've notice that the "yeeeeaaaaaaghh..." agonized scream they use in the Starcraft Marine biolabs has been catching up to the Wilhelm. It seems to be used in slightly more srious action pics. Have no idea wher it originated.

I was really surprised when they used the Wilhelm scream in Mel Gibson's The Passion.

That's actually like a secret handshake type thing in the movie business. Editors and directors just put it in for fun. And the sound clip was actually recorded sometime in the 40's or something. There are loads and loads of movies, games, and TV shows that use it. It's even in LOTR. I think it's funny.

Are you talking about the Wilhelm, or the other one?
This is the one I'm talking about. I'm sure it didn't originate with SC, but that's where I recognize it from. And my apologies, it's from the academy, not the biolabs.

 

[quiet_samurai]

I've notice that the "yeeeeaaaaaaghh..." agonized scream they use in the Starcraft Marine biolabs has been catching up to the Wilhelm. It seems to be used in slightly more srious action pics. Have no idea wher it originated.

I was really surprised when they used the Wilhelm scream in Mel Gibson's The Passion.

That's actually like a secret handshake type thing in the movie business. Editors and directors just put it in for fun. And the sound clip was actually recorded sometime in the 40's or something. There are loads and loads of movies, games, and TV shows that use it. It's even in LOTR. I think it's funny.

Are you talking about the Wilhelm, or the other one?
This is the one I'm talking about. I'm sure it didn't originate with SC, but that's where I recognize it from. And my apologies, it's from the academy, not the biolabs.

Yeah the Willhelm.

 

[Aerodynamic]

I really get tired of romance getting involved in some movies, I don't know why but it has always been annoying.

 

[Invader_Protos]

Second that. It would be virtually impossible for that to be employed as a tension-building device with any effectiveness ever again.

 

[Invader_Protos]

I've said it before and I'll say it again, the last second disarming of a bomb.

Just once, I'd like to see a bomb be disarmed with a reasonable amount of time left.

Second that. Scenes like that are completely ineffectual at building tension now, and have been for years.

 

[kamisama302]

This is starting to bother me in movies: I understand why we have to get into the action and all, but the reason I'm watching the movie is to see the entire fight scene as if I wasn't involved. If I want to be involved in the fight I can go pick one. Every action movie attaches the camera to the main character's belt or the main villian's shoes or something and it's impossible to get a grip on what's really happening

 

[WanderingBiscuits]

In horror movies ,when the girl walks into the deserted haunted house and hears creepy noises her first response is "Hey [Insert name], quit fooling around."
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Characters that have crucial information for the main protagonist get shot and die just before they can say the one sentence needed to save the orphanage or some BS like that.

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Character 1 "Are you thinking what i'm thinking?" "

Character 2 "I sure am [Something Completely Wacky] with Icecream and Bacon"

Character 1 "Oh....i meant we should do this"

HAHAHA What a hilarious joke movie. I haven't seen that a thousand billion times before.

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Oh yeah and If a character ever says "I am the last of my race". That character is wrong. SHOCKER

 

[Casual Shinji]

The girl with glasses and her hair in a bun becomes a hottie after letting her hair down and removing said glasses, but no-one saw it before.

This is what ruined The Breakfast Club for me. Throughout the entire movie there is the recurring message that it doesn't matter if you're a nerd or a jock, because in the end we're all screwed up. And THEN they go and give that Ally Sheedy a make-over just so she's presentable enough to hook up with Emilio Estevez. Way to piss all over your own message Hughes.

 

[likalaruku]

CGI specaial effects.

3D animation.

I get most of your others, but what's the deal with these two?

3D Animation is a sub-genre and CGI can sometimes be the only way to do things, whether it be Blue Screen or otherwise.

I don't even get how they can be cliché to be honest.

I like 2D cell animation, claymation, & old-fashioned special effects with props.

I gathered that much, but what makes them a cliché?

Because every guy & his grandmother is using them. No one mizes it up or goes old fashioned anymore.

 

[chozo_hybrid]

CGI specaial effects.

3D animation.

I get most of your others, but what's the deal with these two?

3D Animation is a sub-genre and CGI can sometimes be the only way to do things, whether it be Blue Screen or otherwise.

I don't even get how they can be cliché to be honest.

I like 2D cell animation, claymation, & old-fashioned special effects with props.

I gathered that much, but what makes them a cliché?

Because every guy & his grandmother is using them. No one mizes it up or goes old fashioned anymore.

So because they use technology that helps make something easier to present, it makes them cliché?

Sounds to me like you just have an animation preference, and while I like the stuff you say you prefer, they have their faults too.

Try making Iron Man without CG, I doubt it would be anywhere near as good.