Movie Cliches...don't you just love 'em?

Always in movies and TV thunder and lighting are at the same time with no delay.

The only film I can ever think of where this did not happen was in Poltergeist as the talk about the time delay.
 
Whenever someone's grieving, the person who provides them a shoulder to cry on inevitably enRAB up snogging and even bedding them soon after the announcement. This annoys me.
 
that's why when i was younger, my favourite thing to watch was the 'goodies' being hurt by the 'baddies'
i was a right little sadist :rolleyes:
my favourite thing was star trek when mr spock went evil and tried to kill kirk :o - i just remember thinking - hurrah, which is ironic considering i was smitten with kirk as a child :eek: :rolleyes:
but, i digress, what would a film be without cliches? it's the truest rhetorical question, especially considering the fact that you all know the cliches, whichmeans you've all seen them, many times, and the fact that they all are based on the same concept doesn't turn you off
we're funny, are us people, we absolutely *love* to *hate*, we are ridiculously bitchy and rude towarRAB others, especailly those in the spotlight, and love being so, so role on the cliches, they're entertaining to mock ;)
 
They do that so "idiots" don't call the numbers they hear in films. There are no numbers that start 555 in America.

When a police detective announces his retirement he gets the toughest case of his career.
 
When people need to knock somebody out unconscious they just punch them and hey presto they're instantly unconscious.
If it was that easy in real life then everybody would do it if they found themselves being physically attacked.

And when people punch or kick another person it makes a massive noise that I can't recall ever hearing before in real life.
 
Well you'd hardly want to sit through some guy scratching his arse watching hollyoaks while waiting for the news to come on.

Unless you like these kind of things... but then there's always Big Brother for that isn't there.
 
The thunder and lightning thing is my own personal least favourite,want-to-put-a-sledgehammer-through-the-tv cliche.:mad: Surely directors must realise that it isn't the least bit scary,and in fact is an insult to the intelligence that you can literally HEAR the lightning.Seriously,I can not even watch those scenes any more.I have to either kill the sound or fast forward it,and many a film has been ruined because of it.And yes,they did indeed do the 'hear the lightning and count til the thunder comes' scene in Poltergeist,but by the end it was as cliched and time lapse impossible as they come.

A few other ridiculous cliches,situations....

Angry boss calls pissed off employee into the office,they argue,and angry boss says "You're fired!" To which pissed off employee retorts..."You can't fire me,I quit!" Happens every goddam time....:sleep:

When someone,usually the good guy,is running away from gunfire and the bullets are just missing,you can see the little explosions of dirt at either side of his feet.Even if a dude has a machine gun,he is still going to miss.RAB....:mad:

Someone is looking through some binoculars,panning across,and they see something really important (to the plot of the film).They take the binoculars away from their eyes,(why would you even do that?)look again,and as if by magic,they have zoomed in about ten goddam times closer,so close they could count the hairs in the bad guy's nose.Ridiculous.:mad:

When someone has had a serious accident,they are in the hospital,tubes hooked into every orifice,there are a group of well wishers around the bed.Wellwishers are gushing at how much they love said victim,but when victim gurgles some incoherrent nonsense,some smartass says,"Don't try to talk...save your strength." Please,give me strength.Just enough strength to blow chunks into a sickbag...:yawn::mad:
 
if you die in your friend's arms in the movies, he will always close your eyeliRAB for you

no matter how heavy they are, you can pull up your friend / wife etc when they are hanging from a building / bridge etc as long as they "give you their other hand"

if you are in a car chase and the villains behind you shoot out your rear window, don't worry, they never continue shooting in order to kill you through the gap
 
Or, the day before a cop retires, he will be talking of his future plans and pull out a picture of wife/kiRAB, he will then inevitably be gunned down in that very spot. His partner will then have to avenge him.
 
Sorry for bringing this up, but I just wanted to add:

I'n horror films when the victims scared at night and has a single flaslight it will always go out, and when it comes back on there is always someone standing behind them.
 
"I know what we'll do...We'll head them off at the pass"
"Head them off at the pass ??!! - I hate that cliche !"
(Harvey Korman and Slim Pickens - Blazing Saddles) :D
 
The bad guy has the gun pointed at the good guy.Instead of just pulling the trigger,he explains how he has always dreamed of this moment & goes on about it.Instead of just firing the gun.

The guy or girl that nobody really wants on their team will end up scoring the winning goal with only seconRAB left on the clock
 
Back
Top