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What movie plots instantly turn you on? (Spin-off thread)
Posted on 5/21/25 at 10:19 am
Posted on 5/21/25 at 10:19 am
1) Submarines.
Das Boot, Red October, Operation Petticoat, The Land that Time Forgot... if they're in a submarine, I'm there.
2) Spiraling into defeat until the Cavalry coming to the rescue.
Avengers: Endgame, the Millennium Falcon's return at the end of Star Wars, the T-Rex at the end of Jurassic Park... It's a tired trope but I love it.
Das Boot, Red October, Operation Petticoat, The Land that Time Forgot... if they're in a submarine, I'm there.
2) Spiraling into defeat until the Cavalry coming to the rescue.
Avengers: Endgame, the Millennium Falcon's return at the end of Star Wars, the T-Rex at the end of Jurassic Park... It's a tired trope but I love it.
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Posted on 5/21/25 at 10:21 am to Fewer Kilometers
Movies were the bad guys lose and good guys win. Especially if the bad guys are Nazis. And the good guys are good, not conflicted.
Posted on 5/21/25 at 10:23 am to cypresstiger
quote:
Movies were the bad guys lose and good guys win.
So almost every movie ever?
Posted on 5/21/25 at 10:27 am to cypresstiger
quote:
Movies were the bad guys lose and good guys win. Especially if the bad guys are Nazis. And the good guys are good, not conflicted.
But the real bad guys were the Soviets. Ask Patton (before they killed him)
This post was edited on 5/21/25 at 10:28 am
Posted on 5/21/25 at 10:28 am to Fewer Kilometers
quote:
What movie plots instantly turn you on?
Two chicks.
Seriously... really well made fantasy movies, like LOTR.
Posted on 5/21/25 at 10:31 am to Fewer Kilometers
Prison escapes
Bank robberies
Bank robberies
Posted on 5/21/25 at 10:32 am to Fewer Kilometers
Fantasy
Medieval (although there are some real clunkers)
Sci-fi
Whodunnit
Medieval (although there are some real clunkers)
Sci-fi
Whodunnit
This post was edited on 5/21/25 at 12:31 pm
Posted on 5/21/25 at 10:34 am to Draco Malfoy
quote:There was a time when that was an American truth. By the time the Patton film came out, he was seen as a prophet. Now it's a political grey area.
But the real bad guys were the Soviets. Ask Patton
This post was edited on 5/21/25 at 11:00 am
Posted on 5/21/25 at 10:36 am to Carson123987
quote:I'll up that with Prisoner of War Escapes. The Great Escape, Victory, Von Ryan's Express...
Prison escapes
Posted on 5/21/25 at 10:45 am to Fewer Kilometers
Time Travel, Courtroom drama, Heist movies, sports drama,
Posted on 5/21/25 at 10:49 am to Fewer Kilometers
Heist
Solo/rogue assassin-type characters who never miss a shot and no one ever sees them coming
Really well crafted murder mystery
Solo/rogue assassin-type characters who never miss a shot and no one ever sees them coming
Really well crafted murder mystery
Posted on 5/21/25 at 10:49 am to Fewer Kilometers
Espionage especially when it focusses on trade-craft over action.
Posted on 5/21/25 at 10:53 am to Fewer Kilometers
I always seem to like old movies that take place on a train or an ocean liner. They just almost always seem to work for me, regardless of genre. Comedy, mystery, adventure, melodrama, whatever.
Of course, that's more of a backdrop than a 'plot,' so maybe it's not really addressing the question.
Of course, that's more of a backdrop than a 'plot,' so maybe it's not really addressing the question.
Posted on 5/21/25 at 11:23 am to Aeolian Vocalion
quote:I'd say that if a setting has a direct and ongoing impact on the film, it becomes a part of the plot. There's a difference between a Western and a Western that takes place on a train.
Of course, that's more of a backdrop than a 'plot,' so maybe it's not really addressing the question.
Posted on 5/21/25 at 11:25 am to Fewer Kilometers
I love a good mystery and I’m a sucker for apocalypse type shows. Sci-Fi is up there also.
Posted on 5/21/25 at 11:30 am to Fewer Kilometers
Time Loops (Happy Death Day, Palm Springs, etc)
Posted on 5/21/25 at 11:31 am to Fewer Kilometers
Group of friends going to a cabin the woods (or some sort of remote mansion):
Cabin Fever
Cabin in the Woods
Evil Dead (1, 2, and remake)
Mine Games
You're Next
Etc.
Cabin Fever
Cabin in the Woods
Evil Dead (1, 2, and remake)
Mine Games
You're Next
Etc.
This post was edited on 5/21/25 at 11:35 am
Posted on 5/21/25 at 11:31 am to VoxDawg
quote:
Time Loops
Love these.
Posted on 5/21/25 at 12:06 pm to Fewer Kilometers
1) Almost anything WW2-related
2) Time Travel
2) Time Travel
Posted on 5/21/25 at 12:15 pm to Fewer Kilometers
A good historical plot, even if there's some fiction woven in. The anglophile in me loves that shite.
Love a good hate to romance plot if it's done well.
Love a good hate to romance plot if it's done well.
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