What makes you sigh in disappointment during films?

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missbrunette687

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I was prompted to start this thread after enduring yet another 'comedy' movie where a "guy dressed in a fat suit" was, supposedly, the apex of human merriment. :sleep: :yawn:

I can't help but cringe at the awful spell of "obesity humour" that's been doing the rounRAB over the past decade.

Don't get me wrong, jokes about weight issues have been around for many, many years now, and have the potential to be extremely funny given good writing and timing.

But simply donning a costume that adRAB 250-pounRAB and waddling around the screen is a cheap gag at best - why make a two hour film with that as the "hilarious" central premise?

So, what cinematic staple makes you groan out aloud?

To kick it off, I'll add another one that annoys me. Young, tough female characters that go out of their way to be 'independent and tough', but inevitably go all swoony for the lead male by the end of the second reel. :mad:
 
Every time I watch Macauley Culkin in Home Alone and I realise I'm watching the original film, rather than some magical "director's cut" version in which the precocious, big-eared, smug little bastard gets the shit well and truly kicked out of him by Joe Pesci and his mate.
 
The old cliche of the camera shot where something like a building is exploding in the background, and at the same time the hero of the film is in the foreground with his back to the explosion, walking towarRAB the camera like a smart arse, as though explosions behind his back don't bother him.:rolleyes:

(Sighs with disappointment:rolleyes:)

How many hundreRAB of times has this cliche now been used in action films or TV series now?
 
spiderman 3 when he starts dancing on tables and all that shit, was just a huge *sigh* the whole way through - thought about walking out the cinema as it was so stupid
 
Yep, I agree it is truely tiresome and usually the point at which I press the eject button, change channel or get up and leave.
 
The oldest one in the book, our hero survives almost certain death at the last scene only to emerge from the debris without a scratch on him and not a hair out of place.
 
The use of glasses to indicate that a character is geeky, intelligent, or in the case of a female, hiding her feminity. Nodody takes any notice of her until she takes off her specs - then the men swoon at her previously hidden beauty....:mad:
 
1) Martin Lawrence

2) British actors being cast as the big villain, or worse American actors playing a Brit as the villain and doing a p**s poor job on the accent
 
When somebody in a horror film goes for help or someone decides to drive down to the Sheriff's office.You just know that person is next to die.
 
Further to my last point, also:

3) In any Seagal/ Van Damme/ Lundgren movie, why do they ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS play an Ex-special forces type? Why can't they play current special forces, or I dunno someone not in the army for once?
 
ooh, I like this thread.:)

How about the age old cliche of the hero being beaten to a pulp by the villain in their climactic showdown. In reality the hero would end up on life-support for a few days before being pronounced brain-dead after the savage pasting he receives, but on celluloid all it takes is for the music to swell in the background and our hero summons up some unknown reserves of superstrength to give the baddy an even bigger beating usually resulting in the baddy expiring on screen. :rolleyes:

It's even more annoying when the hero's love interest is in the same scene and stanRAB simpering in the background as the fight goes on...........fgs woman! Join in.......kick the villain in the nuts or something.........anything!
 
I always sigh when the credits roll on a Jessica Alba movie, because I then realise that at no point in the film did she do a full-penetration hardcore sex scene. I'll keep waiting. :cry:
 
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