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re: Other than the obvious, what clichés really bother you?
Posted on 8/17/16 at 9:17 pm to eddieray
Posted on 8/17/16 at 9:17 pm to eddieray
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Also, protagonist puts on a pair of dark sunglasses/trench coat when they don't want to be recognized
Or in Marvel movies, a hat and dark sunglasses
I'd like to add the mirror double take and the unseen shot/stab that shows their facial expression and then pans out.
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Posted on 8/17/16 at 9:28 pm to eddieray
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The "bad guy" puts too much work into an elaborate torture scheme before he kills them .....it backfires
No, Scott, I have a better idea. I'm going to place him in an easily escapable situation involving an overly elaborate and exotic death.
Posted on 8/17/16 at 9:41 pm to MagillaGuerilla
When the slacker/loser protagonist is actually super brilliant. They are actually just a slacker for a noble reason.
"You had a perfect SAT score and a full ride to Harvard. How did you end up like this?" "My mom was sick"
"You had a perfect SAT score and a full ride to Harvard. How did you end up like this?" "My mom was sick"
Posted on 8/17/16 at 10:08 pm to Displaced
Whenever a movie involves a group of girls there's always at least one scene where they have to have a girl power moment, say something like "Well ladies, lets goooooo show these guys what they're missing.", and then go to a crowded arse club only to find a whole section in the middle of the dance floor completely empty that's just perfect for them to dance the night away until one goes to the bar/bathroom and hilarity insues.
Posted on 8/17/16 at 10:17 pm to Displaced
Nobody ever eats their breakfast. They'll sit down with some food then the plot requires them to rush along and leave the food. Happens a lot with dinner too. I get it, no one wants to watch people eat, but still. Bugs me.
Posted on 8/17/16 at 11:27 pm to Displaced
Marv, Sin City....?...yea it's a waste getting stuck in your molars
ETA: back on topic- pet peeve is women going to sleep with makeup on-- ok maybe the rare night it happens IRL, .....
but how in action movies do damsels get kidnapped, & days later they still have as much or more makeup on?
These savages suddenly had their heart melted "sure I'll untie you, to let you get purdied up".....even though her lip stick will get smeared literally a minute after again when they re-tie her. Nonsense
This post was edited on 8/18/16 at 1:43 am
Posted on 8/17/16 at 11:30 pm to Nado Jenkins83
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water dilutes the potency and chewing them up gets you pain relief faster
If anything chewing them in smaller pieces makes it faster to digest and in bloodstream faster but not worth taste or waste
Posted on 8/18/16 at 3:33 am to Displaced
My biggest pet peeve in movies is when they try to make unoriginal, unfunny people, well funny.
Posted on 8/18/16 at 7:29 am to partywiththelombardi
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Adam Sandler being the best at everything he does....football player, gamer, law school student, plastic fricking surgeon..
Thank you! He's unbearable.
Posted on 8/18/16 at 8:56 am to eddieray
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The "bad guy" puts too much work into an elaborate torture scheme before he kills them .....it backfires
That is a great one. Or where the "bad guy" has a chance to kill the good guy, but sits there and wastes time either explaining why they are doing it or how much they are enjoying doing it.... all the while, either the good guy is getting a defense together or someone else is getting in position to help the good guy.
Such BS. If I wanted someone dead and finally had them in position, I would kill them as fast as I could.
Posted on 8/18/16 at 9:01 am to tiger114
also when the good guy hits the bad guy over the head with a shovel or something and then deems themselves safe instead of fricking killing the shite out of the bad guy only to have the bad guy immediately come back in the next scene
Posted on 8/18/16 at 9:29 am to Salmon
Or knocking the armed bad guy down but neglecting to simply pick up his weapon.
Posted on 8/18/16 at 9:54 am to RegisteredPharmacist
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Never mixing whiskey with anything
I regrettably took about 7-8 Vicodin chased with crown royal one night. Wasn't my brightest day.
Posted on 8/18/16 at 10:00 am to Displaced
Who turns off the tv immediately after seeing their news story?
Posted on 8/18/16 at 10:06 am to Displaced
Was watching Sons of Anarchy and one car pulls up beside another and unloads machine guns into the other one. Hundreds of rounds.
Of course the guys being shot at hit the floor and the shooters pull away.
In the next scene the ones being shot at are at a gathering all fine.
I asked the person I was watching with "they just shot up their van...what happened?"
He said, "they ducked" and rolled his eyes.
Of course the guys being shot at hit the floor and the shooters pull away.
In the next scene the ones being shot at are at a gathering all fine.
I asked the person I was watching with "they just shot up their van...what happened?"
He said, "they ducked" and rolled his eyes.
Posted on 8/18/16 at 10:09 am to Salmon
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also when the good guy hits the bad guy over the head with a shovel or something and then deems themselves safe instead of fricking killing the shite out of the bad guy only to have the bad guy immediately come back in the next scene
Yeah, you can take a take a tire iron to a guy in a movie and he'll be back in the fight if you give him a couple minutes.
Also, it's ridiculously easy to suffocate/choke people in movies. No Country notwithstanding.
Posted on 8/18/16 at 10:48 am to dpd901
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when they wake up in the morning and just start open mouth kissing. No morning breath in movie universe?
continuing with this theme...desert island/stranded shows or movies. I get that it's just a movie but I mean after 2 or 3 days without brushing your teeth I don't think people would be having convos within 5 feet of each other's faces.
Another one is a phone (these are landlines, so don't really see it as much anymore but I see it a lot watching 90s sitcoms) only ringing once then going to the machine.
Posted on 8/18/16 at 10:54 am to WG_Dawg
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Another one is a phone (these are landlines, so don't really see it as much anymore but I see it a lot watching 90s sitcoms) only ringing once then going to the machine.
I see a lot of the opposite too. It rings and rings and rings before the person answers. In today's world we've often hung up by then.
How about this one too. Ringing the doorbell over and over and over without giving the person a chance to get there.
Posted on 8/18/16 at 11:28 am to Displaced
not cliches, but weather related issues, for whatever reason really can take me out of a scene or movie. Ex. using rain towers to show it's raining when it's clearly sunny out, not seeing someone's breath when it's supposedly freezing outside, etc.
Posted on 8/18/16 at 11:31 am to Displaced
this might be obvious, but I hate when the protagonist is just sooooo much smarter than everyone else. He's always seven steps ahead. Law abiding citizen is a good example.
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