Annoying Movie Cliches/Problems

[ladyheather69]

I am definitely of the mind that can't stand when the chick falls down when she is running away from the bad guy...especially because she is wearing heels or something!!!

Better yet...why doesn't any one wear sneakers????

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Car chases are okay, if you're watching The French Connection.

 

[CorporalClegg]

What about: hopeless romantic is a total dud in all relationships and can't find love no matter how hard he tries.

Then one day two women fortuitously stumble into his life.

Girl A is an uber hottie usually void of any real personality; and, those few times she does present a bit of character, it's 100% incompatible with the protagonist.

Girl B is less attractive--more homely, but usually described as "cute" instead of "hot." She is witty, sharp, kind and all around adorable. She also, by some grace of God shares several quirky personality traits with the protagonist. The keen audience is instantly tuned in and unanimously vote Girl B to be the right choice for the hero. Of course, he's too damn stupid to figure this out.

So, he spends the next 80 or so minutes chasing after Girl A despite the endless rain of anvils dropping on our poor hero's head (sometimes even literally). While all this is going on, Girl B slowly creeps into the "best friend" title.

A series of antics (sometimes even mildly funny ones) continue until the last minute of the film the moron hero realizes that Girl B is his "one true love" ... and they live happily ever after or whatever.

 

[Trekker4747]

Doesn't mean that he only knows how to fly planes or helicopters either. I've known plenty of pilots qualified to fly both. You're right that it's often very convenient for the character to be qualified for both, but it's not some insane notion that the movies are trying to pull over on you. Many pilots are actually able to pilot both. They rarely flash multiple licenses and inform everybody about each license they hold before flight. Much like you might not tell people "In addition to this car, I'm also fully licensed separately and legally with a CDL, motorcycle and hovercraft, too!"

Well, true, but in some cases the pilot is a pretty ever-day person. Getting a Private Pilot's License costs around $4-$5000, a Rotor-craft License costs double that and up.

Not out of realm of possibility for someone to have both but, probably pretty darn rare.

 

[mrcoaster]

And before you even go there...yes, flight attendants are trained to fly and land all planes in emergencies. The crazier the situation, the better. Sometimes we spike the food just to get some stick time.

 

[CorporalClegg]

Sometimes we spike the food just to get some stick time.

Any way you put that, it's just not good...

 

[Kio]

I am definitely of the mind that can't stand when the chick falls down when she is running away from the bad guy...especially because she is wearing heels or something!!!

Better yet...why doesn't any one wear sneakers????

Ditto. You'd think that with all the monsters and mutants Scully fought off in the X-Files, she'd have stopped wearing those 3 inch heels.

As for cliches, how about the pretty young woman falling for a man nearly old enough to be her father?

Computers boot in 2 seconds.

Large person has his ass handed to him by a small person with the right kung fu moves.

The hero and the bad guy are wrestling. The heroine kicks back and watches for an eternity before grabbing the discarded gun and shooting the bad guy.

The heroine has the gun pointed at the bad guy. He walks up and just grabs it from her while she's pondering the moral implications of murder. (Just shoot the bastard already!)

A bare-knuckled, knockout punch to someone's face causes a momentary ache, not a fractured hand bone.

 

[mrcoaster]

Sometimes we spike the food just to get some stick time.

Any way you put that, it's just not good...

Well, some prefer the sticks attached to the aircraft, some the sticks attached to...well, this won't lead anywhere good, will it?

 

[Argus Skyhawk]

If a character coughs with no explanation early in a movie, that character will get sick and die before the end.

When people use telephones, they never dial seven digits, nor do they ever say "Goodbye" before hanging up.

I don't watch slasher movies, but I've heard that the characters who have sex always die early on.

 

[Mistral]

Doesn't mean that he only knows how to fly planes or helicopters either. I've known plenty of pilots qualified to fly both. You're right that it's often very convenient for the character to be qualified for both, but it's not some insane notion that the movies are trying to pull over on you. Many pilots are actually able to pilot both. They rarely flash multiple licenses and inform everybody about each license they hold before flight. Much like you might not tell people "In addition to this car, I'm also fully licensed separately and legally with a CDL, motorcycle and hovercraft, too!"

Well, true, but in some cases the pilot is a pretty ever-day person. Getting a Private Pilot's License costs around $4-$5000, a Rotor-craft License costs double that and up.

Not out of realm of possibility for someone to have both but, probably pretty darn rare.

My late father-in-law flew 727s, Lear jets for celebs and Hueys. If flying is your career and you enjoy it anything that goes up is something you want to learn to fly.

 

[Agent Richard07]

Nope. Thanks for the link. That was a good read.


My favorite two were....

1. If an attractive young couple enters my realm, I will carefully monitor their activities. If I find they are happy and affectionate, I will ignore them. However if circumstance have forced them together against their will and they spend all their time bickering and criticizing each other except during the intermittent occasions when they are saving each others' lives at which point there are hints of sexual tension, I will immediately order their execution.
2. Any data file of crucial importance will be padded to 1.45Mb in size.

Those are actually 98 and 99, resp.

It took me a few seconds to get #2. It's outdated, but it's still pretty good.

 

[Super Grover]

The teleporting serial killer. Also, the non-undead killer who takes so much damage, Goku and Superman roll their eyes. If he/she is not mystic, then have them evade damage, not shrug it off.

Anyone who has seen Behind the Mask the rise of Leslie Vernon knows it's all about preperation, and that goes for why your car won't start.

 

[HRHTheKING]

Bombs have clearly visible "countdown" displays and easily accessible multi-coloured wires ready to be cut.

 

[TheArsenal]

To be a head cheerleader, one must be truly evil.

 

[Ben Sisko3]

Clip the red wire!

Which red wire?

 

[Ben Sisko3]

Car chases are okay, if you're watching The French Connection.

Oh, agreed. However, terrible endings are not, even if you're watching The French Connection.

 

[Cicero]

As for cliches, how about the pretty young woman falling for a man nearly old enough to be her father?

That might be acceptable in a Woody Allen film if Mr. Allen is the older man. Unrealistic as it seems, it's straight from life.

Computers boot in 2 seconds.

My MacBook Pro boots nearly that quickly. (I think it actually takes about four seconds.)

A bare-knuckled, knockout punch to someone's face causes a momentary ache, not a fractured hand bone.

I saw something just the other day in which the person who punched showed up wearing a cast in the next scene. I wish I could remember what it was. (Was it Titan A.E.?)

 

[Meredith]

The Matrix cliche in general killed me (no pun intended). EG. if you unplug a person from the network, they'll die because "the brain can't live without the mind" or somesuch. This is like assuming that unplugging a network cable will cause your computer to self-destruct.

I can accept pulling the plug killing people... maybe it's the shock or something to their brain to have a sudden disconnect that actually kills them. It's the dying in the Matrix kills you in real life that I don't like, with the whole "the mind makes it so". So the mind is causing organ damage and internal bleeding just because it thinks that it's injured? Glad my mind doesn't do that!

Yeah one bad nightmare and you would be toast!

 

[John Picard]

Sci-Fi movies in which a small robot/'droid is dispatched to perform a task, and it giggles/laughs maniacally during the execution of said task. (Think Revenge of the Sith)

 

[Argus Skyhawk]

Why are all romantic comedies about New Yorkers?

That is hardly the only cliche to afflict romantic comedies, but I was wondering that recently.