Most over-done cliche in cinema.

Except in Fight Club, where the narrator phones Tyler Durden just after he comes back from a plane trip to find that his flat has blown up, hoping to get to stay with Tyler. Tyler doesn't answer after several rings, but rings back when the narrator finally puts the phone on the hook.

Still, saying that, I'd rather have quick answers than endless silent moments waiting for the story to carry on (except for that one I mentioned above in Fight Club, which worked and was appropriate for the story). So, I'm a little thankful for that cliche. ;)
 
A character saying to another character that he/she loves her/him and then walking out of the scene and then a zoom in close up of the recipient of the "I love you" looking pensieve because they don't really love them back/love someone else etc.
 
"I got 3 more days then I retire."
He`s going to die......

Old vet talking to new guy before gun fight etc...
"You be careful out there and stick with me kid...."
New guys gonna die

"You hear that?"
"Hear what?"
"In the cellar, somethings down there, hand me that flashlight and I`ll go look."
Dead guy.
 
My most hated movie cliche - police/ FBI/CIA questioning person at their place of work (ie, restaurant, garage, factory line) and the person carries on doing their work whilst halfheartedly answering questions about some crime, instead of stopping whatever they are doing and giving them their full attention, like any normal person would.
 
in a War film where they pick some condemned criminal to go behind enemy lines - he always German perfectly (obviously everyone speaks English......)

in a scene in a mortuary, the attendant is always eating

in a British police thing, the main copper never gets to eat his breakfast (usually stubs out his fag in the fried egg) - bit out of date that one

in a film with an ageing star and a younger sidekick, there's always a running scene where the young guy can't keep up with the old guy (Eastwood, Shatner eg)
 
Ah missed another classic, when some one who isnt a lead charactor suddenly gives a whole back story about his girl back home, how they met and how many dogs and cats he has.......IS GONNA DIE.
 
Mel Brookes has the answer to that http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6dm9rN6oTs

:)
 
In the final act the villain stops whatever they're doing to explain in great detail their motivation, how they've been successful so far, and what dastardly deed they're going to perform next, and to maybe taunt the hero a bit as well.

Therefore allowing the hero time to recover from their should-be-life-threatening injuries and defeat the villain, usually with a quip or pun.
 
I have an English accent.......I must be a baddie

I'm a non-white guy/girl......I'll die before the end of the movie (but in a very noble way)

Women that give birth in 2 seconRAB flat.....scream scream scream, then out pops the baby newly washed and in a towel.
 
in a War film where they pick some condemned criminal to go behind enemy lines - he always speaks German perfectly (obviously everyone speaks English......)

in a scene in a mortuary, the attendant is always eating

in a British police thing, the main copper never gets to eat his breakfast (usually stubs out his fag in the fried egg) - bit out of date that one

in a film with an ageing star and a younger sidekick, there's always a running scene where the young guy can't keep up with the old guy (Eastwood, Shatner eg)
 
I'm a big fan of the comic book character Judge Dredd. The screenplay for the new Dredd film was leaked onto the net. The screenplay features slo-mo, a drug that slows down time.

Sigh.

The rest of the screenplay is just Die Hard in a block too. The entire screenplay is one big clich
 
You go into a basement or garage.It's all dark so you shine a torch around.Something moves in the shadows....
It's a cat.And to prove it, it does a stupid 'meow' noise, which no real cat would ever do, especially when caught skulking in a basement or garage.
 
Cars involved in high speed chases never run of of petrol. They survive the most outrageous crashes without damage to the tyres, suspension or steering. And the drivers never suffer from any whiplash from collisions.

In the Star Wars films all the Stormtroopers wear this cool looking white body armour yet anytime one of them is shot they always die. What is the point of their body armour. IT DOESN'T DO ANYTHING
 
When the obnoxious teen brat storms off and the parent just calls their name but doesn't follow them as if they are suddenly glued to the ground.


My mother has awful trouble understanding how/why people in movies always have sex in their clothes.
 
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