Movie cliches/peeves

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What are the most annoying movies cliches (and other movie peeves)?

Off the top of my head, mine are:
- The 555 number rule - totally reminds you you're watching a movie
- When the character looks up a number in a public phonebook, and instead of just copying it, tears out the entire page. Vandalism! :mad:
- Baaad exposition (e.g., A: "I'm not talking to him anymore" B: "Oh, because he slept with your wife 5 years ago, which ended your marriage?")
- Casting 20 year old females as love interests for 40 year old males

More to come :)
 
I hate action movies where female characters manage to fight many, many ninjas/zombies/mafia members wearing little more than a bra and hot pants and come out completely unscathed. Why don't they even have bruises?

I mean, honestly, you can't go around beating people up in your underwear.
 
Dupree, you can actually beat people up in your underwear, however you should always be prepared for the inevitable bruising. In addition, underwire becomes vitally important to keep "the girls" in place when you're dishing up a heaping serving of whoopass.

I hate bad expositoin, too, Fishy. I also loathe product placement, unnecessary explosions, and deux ex machina endings.
 
Here's another one: unnecessary nudity (always women, of course :rolleyes: ).

I hate action movies where female characters manage to fight many, many ninjas/zombies/mafia members wearing little more than a bra and hot pants and come out completely unscathed. Why don't they even have bruises?

I mean, honestly, you can't go around beating people up in your underwear.
Heh. I love Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but it was always funny when she went patroling in really fancy clothes (at least not skimpy ones :) ).

I hate bad expositoin, too, Fishy. I also loathe product placement, unnecessary explosions, and deux ex machina endings.
Good ones! My boyfriend has this annoying habit of pointing out products placements (so "The Man" won't get into his subconcsious or something :rolleyes: ) so I'm especially sensitive to that :) .
 
i hate it when the women don't swallow and, instead, let it dribble out over their lips and chin, and then rub it into their skin. i guess they're just trying to look dirty but it's obvious that they, either, don't like it or are scared of catching something.

fkn lightweights! :mad:

i may start a campaign: "Real Sluts Swallow"
 
i hate it when the women don't swallow and, instead, let it dribble out over their lips and chin, and then rub it into their skin. i guess they're just trying to look dirty but it's obvious that they, either, don't like it or are scared of catching something.

fkn lightweights! :mad:

i may start a campaign: "Real Sluts Swallow"

Very insightful ;) . I think you'll find the world of porn caters to everyone's, and I mean everyone's needs, so I'm sure it shouldn't be too hard to find Sluts That Swallow 9 - extended version or something.
 
I'll remember more along the way but don't you just hate how they never have proper breakfast in the movies? It's like, mom puts everything on the table and the husband/kids always just rush through on their way to work/school. It drives me nuts.
 
i hate it when the women don't swallow and, instead, let it dribble out over their lips and chin, and then rub it into their skin. i guess they're just trying to look dirty but it's obvious that they, either, don't like it or are scared of catching something.

fkn lightweights! :mad:

i may start a campaign: "Real Sluts Swallow"


We're all really impressed! That pent-up male macho talk is deeply impressive to all of us.
 
maverick cops out to revenge the murder of his partner.

American teen sex comedies.

Michael Wahlberg ( marky mark) in remakes.
(I have just read that he is making a film called the The Brazilian Job I wonder if he going to have one or does he prefer American)

the fact that nobody ever makes a grimacing face when drinking the harshest of liquor

No-one ever needs a Kleenex after sex.

every shopping bag contains at least one baguette (loaf of French bread).

Whichever tree branch the hero has perched on, the villain will invariably pause under.

The bad guy is the foreigner.

The bad guy usually kills his henchman for failing, yet don't seem to run out of loyal henchmen.

The bad guy, instead of simply offing the captured good guy on the spot, will devise some sort of drawn-out, fiendishly clever method of execution that will take enough time to allow the good guy to figure out his escape.

You're very likely to survive any battle in any war, unless you show someone a picture of your sweetheart back home.

If soldiers start to eat/drink/change socks/go to the bathroom, they will get orders to move out immediately.

When the villain runs out of bullets, he'll throw away his gun. When the hero does so, he'll conveniently come across another

A female lead with feminist leanings will always despise a macho hero--until the first time he rescues her from certain death. She will then become totally conventional and dependent. Once she does this, the hero will become vulnerable and tell her about some tragic loss that will explain his belligerent attitude.
 
No offence to any Americans, it's not your fault, but I HATE alternative American endings in films!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Has anyone seen The Butterfly Effect? If so, if outside America, on DVD or on Sky? The endings are TOTALLY different and the American Sky ending RUINS the ENTIRE point of the film!!!!!!!!!! I won't ruin it for those who havn't seen it, please watch it, but ON DVD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
No offence to any Americans, it's not your fault, but I HATE alternative American endings in films!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Has anyone seen The Butterfly Effect? If so, if outside America, on DVD or on Sky? The endings are TOTALLY different and the American Sky ending RUINS the ENTIRE point of the film!!!!!!!!!! I won't ruin it for those who havn't seen it, please watch it, but ON DVD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i heard that a film called The Descent had a different ending from the one originally made, just for the USA market!

the original Dutch film "Spoorloos" was remade into the "The Vanishing" which gives American audiences all the gore that the original lacked and a reasonably happy ending which was nowhere to be found in the original.
(both Directed by George Sluize)
 
This is it, endings don't have to be happy! I'm sure people could cope with a sad ending!
 
maverick cops out to revenge the murder of his partner.
- Cop has one last job before his retirement.
- The cop's boss will always be black. (Judges also tend to be black and women - this is more on TV though).

No-one ever needs a Kleenex after sex.
Girls always know what to do on their first time, and it never hurts.
The bad guy, instead of simply offing the captured good guy on the spot, will devise some sort of drawn-out, fiendishly clever method of execution that will take enough time to allow the good guy to figure out his escape.
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From Austin Powers:
SCOTT EVIL: But what if he escapes? Why don't you just shoot him? What are you waiting for?
DR. EVIL: I have a better idea. I'm going to put him in an easily-escapable situation involving an overly- elaborate and exotic death.
:D
 
brits in american movies are always depicted as weirdos :( :( :(
 
Or fops!(see Hugh Grant in most films he has ever made)
 
My peeve is when they have empty coffee/tea cups! Is is really so hard to put water in it or take a more convimcing fake sip?
Also, my unlce is an actor and he always delights in pointing out when the actresses are holding 'fake' babies incorrectly.
 
- Women can't run properly: whenever bad guys are chasing our heroes, the female lead (however strong and independent she otherwise seemed) is always tripping, falling over, and being led by the hand by the male lead, even though they would run much faster if they didn't hold hands

- Aliens speak English

- Foreigners in American movies speak English to each other - with a foreign accent (!)

- People who order a drink in the bar never finish it - they just get up and leave even though the glass is just half-empty

- People throw away a mobile phone just because they're angry that they couldn't reach a number?!

- People tend to look exactly the same as their parents or ancestors at the same age, as if they were twins

- People look absolutely nothing like themselves when they were young

- When the leads age 20 or 30 years, they look as if they are at least 300 years old.
 
The bad guy, instead of simply offing the captured good guy on the spot, will devise some sort of drawn-out, fiendishly clever method of execution that will take enough time to allow the good guy to figure out his escape.

Or, instead of killing him as soon as he gets the chance, he'll give a big speech, grinning and telling him how much he dreamed about that day and that he's enjoying this moment so much etc., which will give the hero enough time to find some way to shoot back, or to be saved by someone else.

from "The Good, The Bad and the Ugly":

[Tuco is in a bubble bath. The One Armed Man enters the room.]
One Armed Man: I've been looking for you for 8 months. Whenever I should have had a gun in my right hand, I thought of you. Now I find you in exactly the position that suits me. I had lots of time to learn to shoot with my left.
[Tuco kills him with the gun he has hidden in the foam.]
Tuco: When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk.
 
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'Tough' male characters are always called Jack. Always.
 
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