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Post by Belchic on Jul 10, 2016 0:33:11 GMT -5
Here's another movie cliche I can't stand:
There is no Step 2!
This one is common in comedies. When someone is listing a step by step instructions, Step 2 is always nothing. I don't know where this joke started or how it's supposed to be funny, but it's been done way too many times, and I'm sick and tired of it.
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Post by Lucky on Jul 11, 2016 22:24:18 GMT -5
I've got to disagree with Belchic's. "Surprising Villain." Bit, cause think about it, Alfred Hitchcock has been known to do this when he was alive and Disney is now taking those footsteps and placing the plot twists into their films, I enjoy seeing that kind of stuff, makes me wonder who the villain really is till the very end, Flo and Belchic can say what they want about this post if they want, but I'm throwing my two cents in on this anyway, cause without the plot twist or surprising villain, there's no point in putting in the suspense.
Now that's taken care of, I'll also throw my two cents on what peeves me about films.
Trailers that ruin the movies for everyone
Now, we've seen trailers of upcoming films and I'm not saying their good or bad, but they can ruin the movie for you like revealing things like who's the mastermind in the Matrix Films? The Hero survives the fall from a burning building? The Hero gets the girl at the end? All these are meant to be left unanswered until we actually see the movies themselves, here's an example, James Cameron's Avatar is one of these films that suffered that fate, heck even Watchmojo.com has stated this in their Top Tens Videos.
I mean, think about it, we see a guy in a wheelchair and we think, he's probably injured, but the trailer has a guy stating that if the guy in the wheel chair did good enough, he would get real legs, that does reveal much of the film and I've got to agree that at least we could have a little bit of mystery until we see the movies themselves.
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Post by Belchic on Jul 22, 2016 10:33:18 GMT -5
I've got to disagree with Belchic's. "Surprising Villain." Bit, cause think about it, Alfred Hitchcock has been known to do this when he was alive and Disney is now taking those footsteps and placing the plot twists into their films, I enjoy seeing that kind of stuff, makes me wonder who the villain really is till the very end, Flo and Belchic can say what they want about this post if they want, but I'm throwing my two cents in on this anyway, cause without the plot twist or surprising villain, there's no point in putting in the suspense. Now that's taken care of, I'll also throw my two cents on what peeves me about films. Trailers that ruin the movies for everyoneNow, we've seen trailers of upcoming films and I'm not saying their good or bad, but they can ruin the movie for you like revealing things like who's the mastermind in the Matrix Films? The Hero survives the fall from a burning building? The Hero gets the girl at the end? All these are meant to be left unanswered until we actually see the movies themselves, here's an example, James Cameron's Avatar is one of these films that suffered that fate, heck even Watchmojo.com has stated this in their Top Tens Videos. I mean, think about it, we see a guy in a wheelchair and we think, he's probably injured, but the trailer has a guy stating that if the guy in the wheel chair did good enough, he would get real legs, that does reveal much of the film and I've got to agree that at least we could have a little bit of mystery until we see the movies themselves. I understand there are many moviegoers who enjoy plot twists, but my point is Disney has been using that cliche a lot, maybe too much, recently. You may have noticed the last four Disney Animated Features have each had a surprise twist villain, and that's what is starting to get on my nerves. I'm anticipating Moana to have that as well.
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Post by Flowgli on Jul 22, 2016 11:19:01 GMT -5
Yeah, Shawn, and even though you enjoy seeing the surprising villain cliche, it still has every right to be called out by other people for being used a lot, especially most recent in the films from Walt Disney Animation Studios, and that cliche doesn't need to be used to put in some suspense in every film with suspense anyway.
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Post by Belchic on Jul 22, 2016 12:44:58 GMT -5
Back on topic: Here's another cliche I can't stand:
"We interrupt this program..."
Movies and TV shows due this all the time. Someone is watching something on TV, and they cut to someone saying "We interrupt this program to bring you a breaking news bulletin." Usually it's something associated with the plot. TV stations nowadays don't interrupt with news bulletins very often, and when they do, they never say, "We interrupt this program..." It's not always news bulletins either. Sometimes it's something really stupid like a commercial or a telethon or something like that. Heck, the intro to "Courage the Cowardly Dog" always opens with this! WTF? You're not interrupting any program! This is what's schedule to air at this time! I wish they'd just knock it the hell off with this cliché! It's not funny!
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Post by Belchic on Jul 28, 2016 21:38:28 GMT -5
Another cliché I can't stand:
Come back!
A lot of times when a villain takes something that belongs to a hero and runs off with it, the hero yells, "Come back here!" Do they honestly think that's going to work? Do heroes even know their villains? Do they expect them to obey their order? It's not like if you tell them to come back, they're going to say, "Oh, ok," and turn around and return it to you! Stupid heroes are about as annoying as stupid villains!
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Post by Belchic on Aug 28, 2016 13:09:10 GMT -5
How about this cliche?
"________ is my middle name!"
Need I say more? This one is just stupid beyond belief! Who gives people a middle name associated with their talents? People just say this to make themselves look cool, when really it just makes you look stupid! A middle name is not supposed to represent something that you specialize in!
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Post by Belchic on Sept 5, 2016 21:06:04 GMT -5
Couples with similar names.
I've seen a lot of fictional couples where the man and woman both have similar names like their names both start with the letter T, or they both rhyme, or they just sound similar like "Mario and Maria". Talk about a lack of originality!
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Post by Belchic on Oct 12, 2016 9:50:02 GMT -5
Here's a movie cliche that has really been getting on my nerves lately:
Scaring the poop out of someone
When a character gets super scared at something, something comes out of their rear end indicating that it made them poop. I understand that's supposed to be a joke, but in recent days, I've seen that happen in pretty much EVERY SINGLE ANIMATED FILM THAT GETS RELEASED! They even show it in the trailer! I mean, come on! Knock it off! Is it really necessary to put that joke in every single animated film? I thought these movies were supposed to be for kids! I don't care if the object is something else like eggs or candy; we all know what it's supposed to be, and it's not appropriate for a kids film. Maybe this is why all animated films are rated PG now, because they contain inappropriate jokes like this.
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Post by Trey_Vore on Oct 15, 2016 13:21:41 GMT -5
Here's a movie cliche that has really been getting on my nerves lately: Scaring the poop out of someoneWhen a character gets super scared at something, something comes out of their rear end indicating that it made them poop. I understand that's supposed to be a joke, but in recent days, I've seen that happen in pretty much EVERY SINGLE ANIMATED FILM THAT GETS RELEASED! They even show it in the trailer! I mean, come on! Knock it off! Is it really necessary to put that joke in every single animated film? I thought these movies were supposed to be for kids! I don't care if the object is something else like eggs or candy; we all know what it's supposed to be, and it's not appropriate for a kids film. Maybe this is why all animated films are rated PG now, because they contain inappropriate jokes like this. I understand what you're getting at, but it's something kids find funny. It's hardly mature humor. Anyway, how about... Dogs are nice and cats are meanThis is something done too much: whenever a movie is made that focuses on pets, they always make the dog a boring Christ figure and the cat is always a Satanic beast. It very much seems like, whatever these pets do out in the open is what you should judge them on, like how a dog is friendly and it's completely blatant, and because a cat doesn't do that they are supposed to be villains. Just because when you walk through the door a cat doesn't greet you with goofy abandon doesn't mean cats are evil. It's been proven that kids that grow up with a cat grow up to be more caring and compassionate because the parents make them abide by friendly values and their cat trains them to do so. They don't learn that with a dog; if you don't enforce good values on them you're basically telling kids there's no need to be caring or compassionate because someone else will just do it for you--that is how bullies are made.
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Post by RaceFanX on Oct 15, 2016 14:52:25 GMT -5
The first "Cats and Dogs" movie played that dead straight. The sequel wasn't a great movie but it did a great job of fixing that by making sure there were plenty of good cats around. I hope movies are moving away from that, "Secret Life of Pets" had a lot of villainous cats but plenty of mean dogs too and Chloe in among the heroes for the felines.
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Post by Belchic on Oct 19, 2016 12:05:51 GMT -5
It gets dark
Something I've noticed that tends to happen a lot in movies is whenever something bad is coming like a villain or an apocalypse or something, it always gets dark. Do these bad things have some kind of magical power to darken the whole area or something?
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Post by Oddball Dearly on Oct 19, 2016 23:09:26 GMT -5
If were talking about cliches in movies then I'll might as well give in my two cents
Animals who clearly are not dogs and/or not related to them in the slightest still act like as if they were a dog
Okay I get it, what's not to like about dogs? I can totally understand why some would prefer cats, I really just like the both of them, but christ to you have to make every animal who appears in the movies act like freaking dog??! I know there are multiple examples of this but I believe the worst offenders have to be the horse from Tangled and the Caribou (at least I think he's a Caribou?? Or maybe an Elk?) from Frozen. I can understand if it would be a wolf since they are from the canine family but it still does feel rather...off.... domesticated wolves isn't really exactly something that's common.
Really the only animals out of the entire animal kingdom who act like dogs are dogs themselves. So why would make a freaking horse act like a dog??! Be creative for once! Sheesh!
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Post by Belchic on Oct 20, 2016 14:36:41 GMT -5
Thanks, Oddy! You just reminded me of another cliche I can't stand!
You are now a chicken!
I see a lot of movies and TV shows where someone uses hypnotism to get somebody to think they are someone else or something else. In every single one of these that I've seen, they always turn them into a chicken! Seriously, why is a chicken always the first thing that always comes into people's heads when they try to hypnotize someone? It seems to be a default thing, I guess because it's funny to see people act like chickens, but there are other amusing animals out there too, you know!
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Post by Sweeney Terrier on Oct 21, 2016 10:13:32 GMT -5
How about this cliche? "________ is my middle name!"Need I say more? This one is just stupid beyond belief! Who gives people a middle name associated with their talents? People just say this to make themselves look cool, when really it just makes you look stupid! A middle name is not supposed to represent something that you specialize in! I believe in Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery, they did make a joke with this. "Danger is my middle name" says Austin and there's a thingy pumper for an "Austin Danger Powers".
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