Post by Flowgli on Mar 8, 2016 20:23:00 GMT -5
When I watch movies, I saw that there are cliches that have been seen in a lot of them. Some of these cliches are found good by some people, but some of these cliches bad by others. But whether a movie cliche is found good or bad by someone, it gets used way too many times that anyone who sees that cliche used in way too many movies reaches to the point where they start to get sick of it and want to shout "Enough, already!" I've seen people on the Internet, particularly James Rolfe and Doug Walker, share what they think are the worst movie cliches. I started this topic for each of us to share the movie cliches we have gotten sick of or are getting sick of after seeing it way too many times.
I just like to state one very important thing: If you see someone mention a movie cliche you like, please, act like adults. Do NOT complain about it. Do NOT treat everything you say like they are facts and what they say like they are fabrications. This topic is NOT worth even a second of your time if you're going to resort to responding with "But that's a GOOD cliche!", "But I like that cliche!", "But it's in my favorite movies!" or "You're not to say anything bad about that cliche!" Everyone has the right to say anything negative about a movie cliche, even if it's a movie cliche you like. If you say something like that (and this also applies to everything else, not just movie cliches), then that makes you a big baby. Please, understand this. Don't ever act that way over anything.
Right. Now that I have gotten that out of the way, I'm gonna start by giving some of the movie cliches I've gotten sick of seeing, all in no particular order.
The outcast
There are movies that have the main protagonist being treated like an outcast by everyone else in where he lives, all because he has an appearance that makes him look different from everyone else in the family or community, who find that difference in appearance ridiculous. All the others in the family or community make fun of the main protagonist by pointing and laughing at him and saying mean things to him because of this difference. The main protagonist then runs away and tries to find out what he's good for, or tries to prove himself to all who made fun of him that there is more to him than how different he looks from them by using a special skill or power he has to save the day. After all that, everyone who made fun of him finally accepts him for who he is...or do they? In some cases, the way the people show acceptance to the main protagonist after making fun of him implies that they don't really accept him for who he is unless his special skill or power can come in handy for their own selfish desires. They don't even apologize to him for the way they treated him before or admit that what they did to him was wrong. This is just an awful cliche for all that I just stated. Seeing the main protagonists in movies being treated like sh*t the way they were really pisses me off, and I'm very well fed up with it!
The "One more time!" line
This happens during a scene where a musical number takes place. Often, the song performed in that scene is a bad one, and at one point, it'll sound like that song is over, but it turns out to be a false ending when a character involved in that musical number says "One more time!", and more of the song is sung. Finally, after all that, the song ends for real. This can really annoy people who don't like the song, including me, as that can be done to make them listen to it even more and suffer from it! Now, no matter what you think of the song, it doesn't need a "One more time!" and have more of it sung. No song needs a "One more time!" and have more of it sung. Movies should have all their songs simply end and move on to the next scene. Making a song have a false ending, a character who says "One more time!", and more of it being sung until the real ending does not add to anything; it just wastes time. I don't think there are that many movies that have this cliche, and I've only found it in a few movies of all that I've ever seen entirely so far, but really, that's just about enough for me to get sick of this cliche.
Revealing disguises
In movies that have characters put on disguises, the characters who put them on don't go all the way to keep their identities hidden. When a character sees another in a disguise like that, that character should see that there's something not right about the person he is seeing; there's something familiar about that person. When a character in disguise wears one that doesn't cover his face, for example, the other character he is trying to fool should be able to see right through that disguise. Anyone should see right through a disguise that doesn't have a mask, makeup, or added facial hair, whatever is needed to cover the disguised character's face. And even if the disguised character uses any of these things to cover his face, he can still be caught easily if the things he uses to cover his face is not put on well enough. But even with all the obvious hints that are in plain sight and could've given it away, that one character that the other is trying to fool is easily fooled! Is the fooled person really that stupid? Can a person who got fooled really not see right through a disguise that reveals a lot? Is that fooled person blind? Not all movies that have characters put on disguises have those characters wear disguises that reveal a lot and still easily fool people with them. There are some movies that have characters put on disguises where a character who another is trying to fool with a revealing disguise is not fooled by that disguise. There are some movies that have characters put on disguises where a character putting on a disguise puts more effort into making the disguise foolproof and successfully fools someone with it. I like seeing characters putting on disguises to fool someone in order to save others or themselves, but when those characters put on those disguises, they should look, sound, and act like whoever they're disguising themselves as and not give anything away. I've had enough of seeing characters putting on disguises that reveal a lot and hoping that whoever they're trying to fool would be stupid enough to fall for it, and I've had enough of seeing characters being really stupid and easily getting fooled by those revealing disguises.
That's all I have for now. I may add more here later if I got more to share here. But now, I'll let everyone else share the movie cliches they can't stand and explain them.
I just like to state one very important thing: If you see someone mention a movie cliche you like, please, act like adults. Do NOT complain about it. Do NOT treat everything you say like they are facts and what they say like they are fabrications. This topic is NOT worth even a second of your time if you're going to resort to responding with "But that's a GOOD cliche!", "But I like that cliche!", "But it's in my favorite movies!" or "You're not to say anything bad about that cliche!" Everyone has the right to say anything negative about a movie cliche, even if it's a movie cliche you like. If you say something like that (and this also applies to everything else, not just movie cliches), then that makes you a big baby. Please, understand this. Don't ever act that way over anything.
Right. Now that I have gotten that out of the way, I'm gonna start by giving some of the movie cliches I've gotten sick of seeing, all in no particular order.
The outcast
There are movies that have the main protagonist being treated like an outcast by everyone else in where he lives, all because he has an appearance that makes him look different from everyone else in the family or community, who find that difference in appearance ridiculous. All the others in the family or community make fun of the main protagonist by pointing and laughing at him and saying mean things to him because of this difference. The main protagonist then runs away and tries to find out what he's good for, or tries to prove himself to all who made fun of him that there is more to him than how different he looks from them by using a special skill or power he has to save the day. After all that, everyone who made fun of him finally accepts him for who he is...or do they? In some cases, the way the people show acceptance to the main protagonist after making fun of him implies that they don't really accept him for who he is unless his special skill or power can come in handy for their own selfish desires. They don't even apologize to him for the way they treated him before or admit that what they did to him was wrong. This is just an awful cliche for all that I just stated. Seeing the main protagonists in movies being treated like sh*t the way they were really pisses me off, and I'm very well fed up with it!
The "One more time!" line
This happens during a scene where a musical number takes place. Often, the song performed in that scene is a bad one, and at one point, it'll sound like that song is over, but it turns out to be a false ending when a character involved in that musical number says "One more time!", and more of the song is sung. Finally, after all that, the song ends for real. This can really annoy people who don't like the song, including me, as that can be done to make them listen to it even more and suffer from it! Now, no matter what you think of the song, it doesn't need a "One more time!" and have more of it sung. No song needs a "One more time!" and have more of it sung. Movies should have all their songs simply end and move on to the next scene. Making a song have a false ending, a character who says "One more time!", and more of it being sung until the real ending does not add to anything; it just wastes time. I don't think there are that many movies that have this cliche, and I've only found it in a few movies of all that I've ever seen entirely so far, but really, that's just about enough for me to get sick of this cliche.
Revealing disguises
In movies that have characters put on disguises, the characters who put them on don't go all the way to keep their identities hidden. When a character sees another in a disguise like that, that character should see that there's something not right about the person he is seeing; there's something familiar about that person. When a character in disguise wears one that doesn't cover his face, for example, the other character he is trying to fool should be able to see right through that disguise. Anyone should see right through a disguise that doesn't have a mask, makeup, or added facial hair, whatever is needed to cover the disguised character's face. And even if the disguised character uses any of these things to cover his face, he can still be caught easily if the things he uses to cover his face is not put on well enough. But even with all the obvious hints that are in plain sight and could've given it away, that one character that the other is trying to fool is easily fooled! Is the fooled person really that stupid? Can a person who got fooled really not see right through a disguise that reveals a lot? Is that fooled person blind? Not all movies that have characters put on disguises have those characters wear disguises that reveal a lot and still easily fool people with them. There are some movies that have characters put on disguises where a character who another is trying to fool with a revealing disguise is not fooled by that disguise. There are some movies that have characters put on disguises where a character putting on a disguise puts more effort into making the disguise foolproof and successfully fools someone with it. I like seeing characters putting on disguises to fool someone in order to save others or themselves, but when those characters put on those disguises, they should look, sound, and act like whoever they're disguising themselves as and not give anything away. I've had enough of seeing characters putting on disguises that reveal a lot and hoping that whoever they're trying to fool would be stupid enough to fall for it, and I've had enough of seeing characters being really stupid and easily getting fooled by those revealing disguises.
That's all I have for now. I may add more here later if I got more to share here. But now, I'll let everyone else share the movie cliches they can't stand and explain them.