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re: What are some movie cliches you hate seeing?
Posted on 5/18/16 at 9:54 am to AlxTgr
Posted on 5/18/16 at 9:54 am to AlxTgr
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The call of the Cactus Wren can be heard in almost all westerns
I think this is why I never cared for westerns. Not only do they all look similar, but the sounds are the same. Every scene is either the cactus wren,, or hoofbeats, or the sound of leather boots in sand, or gunshots.
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Posted on 5/18/16 at 9:59 am to xxKylexx
The main movie cliches I hate usually involve the score.
I've really enjoyed the change in musical scores in recent years, where the composer and director realize that sometimes no music in a brutal action scene actually enhances the brutality of the scene more than a dramatic flourish would. The same can be said for the lack of a flourish or crescendo during a reveal.
I've really enjoyed the change in musical scores in recent years, where the composer and director realize that sometimes no music in a brutal action scene actually enhances the brutality of the scene more than a dramatic flourish would. The same can be said for the lack of a flourish or crescendo during a reveal.
Posted on 5/18/16 at 10:06 am to AlxTgr
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The call of the Cactus Wren can be heard in almost all westerns.
Good call; at least they are getting the location right but it's overused. Noticed it last night in Bone Tomahawk. Movies are better about bird calls, they used to be pretty terrible about using the wrong calls for a location.
The scream of a hawk to mean "we are now out in the wilderness" is an overused cliche too. More so on TV than in movies.
Posted on 5/18/16 at 10:09 am to xxKylexx
There's too many to name, but I think one that makes me cringe every time is when a character is trying to steal a car and guess what? The keys are always conveniently in the overhead visor. GTFO of here with that crap. Has anybody in the history of automobile ownership ever kept their keys there???
Also, there's lots of recycled sound effects that have been in movies for 30-40 years. For example, I present to you The Wilhelm Scream that is in every fricking movie ever. Fast forward to 36 second mark for its feature in Star Wars and Indiana Jones which are the movies that made me notice it. There's lots of other sounds too, like fart noises, that are reused a lot. Like can they seriously not afford to record another decent scream?
Also, there's lots of recycled sound effects that have been in movies for 30-40 years. For example, I present to you The Wilhelm Scream that is in every fricking movie ever. Fast forward to 36 second mark for its feature in Star Wars and Indiana Jones which are the movies that made me notice it. There's lots of other sounds too, like fart noises, that are reused a lot. Like can they seriously not afford to record another decent scream?
Posted on 5/18/16 at 10:16 am to GetCocky11
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My favorite response so far.
Nobody ever eats complete meals. The amount of food waste in movie-world must be off the charts.
As a Bond fan, I've noticed this is particularly egregious in the Bond franchise.
Posted on 5/18/16 at 10:34 am to FairhopeTider
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Another cliché: Bad Southern Accents
Amen.
It baffles me as to why Hollywood can't seem to find actors and actresses who can do even a remotely passable southern accent.
They always end up sounding like either a 1950s Georgia plantation aristocrat (think Jimmy Carter's accent) or a caricature of a backwoods redneck.
This post was edited on 5/18/16 at 10:35 am
Posted on 5/18/16 at 10:52 am to Neauxla_Tiger
quote:Why don't they start in horror movies? That commercial re: the running car cracks me up.
There's too many to name, but I think one that makes me cringe every time is when a character is trying to steal a car and guess what? The keys are always conveniently in the overhead visor. GTFO of here with that crap. Has anybody in the history of automobile ownership ever kept their keys there???
Posted on 5/18/16 at 10:56 am to Tigris
quote:Took me a while to identify it. I kept hearing it and thought it was a quail. I've heard it in plenty of movies lately not set in the west though. It must be some standard sound those people can grab at any moment. Like the above mentioned scream.
Good call; at least they are getting the location right but it's overused. Noticed it last night in Bone Tomahawk. Movies are better about bird calls, they used to be pretty terrible about using the wrong calls for a location.
Posted on 5/18/16 at 11:06 am to xxKylexx
Girls kicking guys asses.
The chambering a round thing is a good one, especially shotguns.
There's never any down time in movies. A lot of real life is sitting around waiting for something to happen.
The loose cannon cop who plays by his own rules. Just once I'd like to see a guy who goes strictly by the book.
Related: The hotshot pilot who plays by his own rules. IRL Maverick would be the officer in charge of wardroom coffee somewhere because he washed out of flight school before he got anywhere near a jet.
The chambering a round thing is a good one, especially shotguns.
There's never any down time in movies. A lot of real life is sitting around waiting for something to happen.
The loose cannon cop who plays by his own rules. Just once I'd like to see a guy who goes strictly by the book.
Related: The hotshot pilot who plays by his own rules. IRL Maverick would be the officer in charge of wardroom coffee somewhere because he washed out of flight school before he got anywhere near a jet.
Posted on 5/18/16 at 11:10 am to Neauxla_Tiger
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Also, there's lots of recycled sound effects that have been in movies for 30-40 years
Anytime someone is shown playing video games they always use Atari sound effects, usually Pac Man.
Posted on 5/18/16 at 11:28 am to Neauxla_Tiger
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Also, there's lots of recycled sound effects that have been in movies for 30-40 years. For example, I present to you The Wilhelm Scream that is in every fricking movie ever.
Dude, the Wilhelm Scream is great and is basically Hollywood's longest running gag. I love when I'm watching a movie I've never seen and I notice it.
Posted on 5/18/16 at 11:36 am to Jester
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Dude, the Wilhelm Scream is great and is basically Hollywood's longest running gag. I love when I'm watching a movie I've never seen and I notice it.
Exactly. It's a 50 year old in-joke. It never makes me not smile.
Posted on 5/18/16 at 11:39 am to xxKylexx
My least favorite cliche' is in rom coms, when the main character has to engage in chase scene to catch his love before she leaves town, or gets on a plane or some shite.
Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy runs to the airport really fast, trips over some shite, boy gets girl. That's like 9 out of 10 rom coms right there.
The other one I can't stand is the false death of a character. Iron Man's dead? Oh no! Hulk screams. Whoa... he's alive! Gosh, you totally fooled me, man. I really thought Iron Man was dead. Whew!
Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy runs to the airport really fast, trips over some shite, boy gets girl. That's like 9 out of 10 rom coms right there.
The other one I can't stand is the false death of a character. Iron Man's dead? Oh no! Hulk screams. Whoa... he's alive! Gosh, you totally fooled me, man. I really thought Iron Man was dead. Whew!
Posted on 5/18/16 at 11:51 am to The Quiet One
In movies, especially teenage RomComs, the "ugly" character that we're supposed to believe has no friends and no sex appeal is really an OT 8 that happens to have on some glasses, dorky clothes, and/or "quirky" personality that apparently makes him/her a leper.
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Posted on 5/18/16 at 11:52 am to xxKylexx
baby deliveries
Posted on 5/18/16 at 11:58 am to BluegrassBelle
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In movies, especially teenage RomComs, the "ugly" character that we're supposed to believe has no friends and no sex appeal is really an OT 8 that happens to have on some glasses, dorky clothes, and/or "quirky" personality that apparently makes him/her a leper.
The old Ugly Betty. Like it isn't already hard enough to average to unattractive actresses to find work...
Posted on 5/18/16 at 12:09 pm to Jim Rockford
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There's never any down time in movies. A lot of real life is sitting around waiting for something to happen.
So, you want movies to be more boring?
Posted on 5/18/16 at 12:14 pm to xxKylexx
Guy has revenge as his motivation(bad guy probably killed good guys parents). At the end of the movie, good guy takes moral high ground and doesn't kill bad guy. Thanks for wasting my time, good guy.
Posted on 5/18/16 at 12:18 pm to PeteRose
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good guy takes moral high ground and doesn't kill bad guy.
until bad guy miraculously produces a weapon and tries to kill good guy again.
Posted on 5/18/16 at 12:35 pm to xxKylexx
Broke people living in awesome homes or apartments.
That and romantic scenes with 100s of candles. Ain't nobody got the time or money for that nonsense.
You can hit both at once. Broke people living in awesome apartments getting all romantic with 100s of candles around the apartment / home.
That and romantic scenes with 100s of candles. Ain't nobody got the time or money for that nonsense.
You can hit both at once. Broke people living in awesome apartments getting all romantic with 100s of candles around the apartment / home.
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