The cliches that piss you off in entertainment....
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What are some cliches that you are really tired of in entertainment?
For example: I am sick and tired of trailers and movies where they use a little kid singing some melancholy song. It's been used to death, and by this point, when I see the latest Pirates of the Caribbean trailer, the beginning is like nails on a chalkboard.
For example: I am sick and tired of trailers and movies where they use a little kid singing some melancholy song. It's been used to death, and by this point, when I see the latest Pirates of the Caribbean trailer, the beginning is like nails on a chalkboard.
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WTF HITMAN MOVIE
Agent 47 fucking KILLS people, he doesn't fall in love.
the small child thing + horror thing is getting a little old too. Kids aren't scary, even if they are possessed. It doesnt show the "innocence of evil" anymore... its just tired and done.
Another thing is when someone is going to so obviously get kicked in the nuts, but makes no effort whatsoever to try and prevent it.
Case in point-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1XOfHax6Q8
Happy.
And worse yet, terrible love stories. I'm fucking sick of it. This would be the best movie ever: It's about some guy, who gets everything he wants, like most romantic comedies, or whatever. And so, it seems like the movie should be ending, but it's only been like an hour or something, and the audience is wondering what happened. And suddenly, the "hero" gets fucking creamed by a bus or something, and the rest of the movie is all sad, because the guy would be like braindead right after getting everything he ever wanted. That'd put the fucking audience through a helluva trip
It's pretty bad when the only thing that they can do to transition between night and day is sex.
Case in point-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1XOfHax6Q8
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Haha! This is going strait to the top of my list of "greatest pickup-lines EVER."
shitty fucking horror movies
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Amen.
It's pretty bad when the only thing that they can do to transition between night and day is sex.
Case in point-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1XOfHax6Q8
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Haha Straight to the point huh? haha I got smacked when i used that one. haha
The last one of these that pissed me off was the card game discussion in Casino Royale where they explain the worth of the chips , why they are playing and remind everyone what a 'tell' is. Aside from it making my blood
boil I also wanted to 'shush' the talker and point out 'they can f#%@ing hear you !'.
The moment these scenes occur I feel I am being insulted or the film was not made for someone capable of listening and thinking at the same time or I just get that sickening shudder that comes from the smell of corporate suit applied pressure on the director to meet the LCD.
r.
Happy Endings.... I love it when a movie has the balls to let the bad guy win... Who didnt love seeing Vader beat the snot out of Luke... or Brad Pitt being turned into a sniveling puppet at the end of 7...
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Agreed!
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The pause in plot development while a 1 actor recaps the movies development thus far for the other actor and then summarizes what they intend to do next so that all the people who were not paying attention get reminded of whats happening.
The last one of these that pissed me off was the card game discussion in Casino Royale where they explain the worth of the chips , why they are playing and remind everyone what a 'tell' is. Aside from it making my blood
boil I also wanted to 'shush' the talker and point out 'they can f#%@ing hear you !'.
The moment these scenes occur I feel I am being insulted or the film was not made for someone capable of listening and thinking at the same time or I just get that sickening shudder that comes from the smell of corporate suit applied pressure on the director to meet the LCD.
r.
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Agreed even more!
-caseyjones
the movie guy voice, and text on the screen during trailers.
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Especially when it is used in movie trailer for a comedy. It was clever the first time, but now it seems like every damn comedy movie uses it.
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It's pretty bad when the only thing that they can do to transition between night and day is sex.
Case in point-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1XOfHax6Q8
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Haha! This is going strait to the top of my list of "greatest pickup-lines EVER."
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I saw an interview with him where he spoke about that, he's actually gay and said that as a joke to get the actress to laugh, then was a bit suprised to see the director left it in. Oops.
Anything thats just....
Happy.
And worse yet, terrible love stories. I'm fucking sick of it. This would be the best movie ever: It's about some guy, who gets everything he wants, like most romantic comedies, or whatever. And so, it seems like the movie should be ending, but it's only been like an hour or something, and the audience is wondering what happened. And suddenly, the "hero" gets fucking creamed by a bus or something, and the rest of the movie is all sad, because the guy would be like braindead right after getting everything he ever wanted. That'd put the fucking audience through a helluva trip
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heh you should watch the anime Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien Jimmies and anyone that would want that kind of story and also doesn't mind anime
I hate it when I hear the phrase "rules were meant to be broken." I'm not all uptight and againts rule-breaking, I just hate how people use it as an excuse for things.
Whenever I hear that I think to myself, if rules were meant to be broken they wouldn't be rules, they would be wooden boards at a karate dojo or something.
If I ever wrote a movie, that line would be in it, not the rules were meant to be broken one, the other one, that I say. (now I HAVE related this one to entertainment... go me!)
Oh and any fantasy movie that has some sort of wizard or magic using character and they use magic one time the whole movie in some lame ending that does absolutly nothing more than some road flare special effect. In reality a wizard would have the turbo button set on casting magic missle and other stuff non stop.
The fights are usually good and tough and you are really into them and then something completely unrealistic happens and you're like 'what ?? wtf was that now, as if !?'
Steven segall and chuck Norris movies are annoying as hell too, the guys never lose a fight, are not even close. They don't make come backs in the movies because they never get beat in the first place, damn them.
Like in "Signs". So many of them...
Ohh whats that? Merrill plays baseball? Swing away Merrill, swing away!
The little girl leaving glasses of partially drank water all around the house.
The other kids asthma.
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Does this count?
trailers that reveal too much. just about everything michael bay does
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saw 28 weeks tonight, and there was an extended Die Hard trailer. Now, I'm an avid Die Hard, and Bruce Willis fan (he so dreeeeammmy), but the latest trailer makes me want to watch Die Hard 2.
The other cliche really isnt something i hate, but is something that is done wrong all too much: the comedic sub character, or supporting role. Bring the new Die Hard in as an example... the Apple dude should not be acting. He will never be something other than the "your shit's all fucked up, you talk like a fag, and your just fucked up" guy from Idiocracy. When Chris Tucker does it, its good (Fifth element, Rush Hour)... but not the Apple guy, or Jimmy Fallon.
... steven segall and how he either has to be a cop, dea, fbi, cia, homeland security...
[/ QUOTE ]...chef. I don't think I've seen him in anything else, come to think of it.
Peronally I hate a movie that wastes time on completely superfluous scenes and then has to rush critical story development. See Spiderman 3, Matrix 2...
I'll take my hat of to the comedian who claims having a small wiener for laughs.
It beats Britney Spears's comeback so far...
I second the trailers-revealing-too-much one, though. I don't even read summaries on the back of books anymore, because those are possibly even worse. HALFWAY THROUGH THE BOOK, THIS HAPPENS. PLEASE READ.
hero characters posing with guns on the movie poster / dvd cover ... the emphasis here is on "POSING" with the gun
i also hate when that wimp or chick character that swore to never touch a weapon or kill someone ... in the end shots the bad guy in the back to save the hero who is down and helpless. (look out for this one its fucking everywhere)
since we include all sorts of entertainment end bosses that transform in 3 stages or have 3 strategies
The Usual Suspects is the only movie I've seen that does this well, and I've noticed recently a few movies trying to copy that style end up falling flat because all they do is recap "key moments" of the movie thus far and then make an inexplicable connection or introduce some new character and bingo... there's your "twist". Sort of a waste of time.
Oh, and I totally agree with Rorshach, I also noticed what he said happened a lot in Spiderman 3, it seemed like they were incapable of letting the audience think for themselves, and every emotion and idea had to be forcefully rammed down our throats.
i haven't judged a film like that since i was 13. Am i fucking alien?
Sports movies: take washed up hasbeen coach, throw in a ragtag group of misfits, Lead by a charismatic loner who is fighting his own inner demons, make them play a sport, comedy ensues.
Animal movies: Train a dog or a chimpanzee to do something that makes them seem smarter than people, find b list comedian/ragtag group of disney channel kids, who finds said animal in gutter. Only to find out said animal is escaped from cruel labratory/circus. Villans try to recapture animal, comedey ensues.
any movie where teenagers are the main characters.
"high school" movies.
Sequels that don't live up to the mark [cliche? is this one?]
- Creepy pale kids, that aren't scary.
- The back pocket of never ending ammo clips.
- It also goes with the never ending jacket pocket of shot gun shells, that never seems to run out until a billion shells are fired and the bad guy is walking slowly up on the hero, {cut to frantic search for just one last shell).
- The hero takes a shot to the chest you think he/she is dead but is saved by either a small object in his/her pocket given to them by a loved one early in the story or body armor. Hello, no one gets up when they are missing their head.
- Any mortal wound the hero shrugs off and walks out as the credits roll, normally while cracking a joke, coughing because it hurts to laugh but smiling because things are going to be OK... >BARF<
- Semi's that always blow their horn as they drive past the camera.
- Willhem screams http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdbYsoEasio
15 shots from a DE.50
100 shots from any other pistol
all without reloading
Fuck that.
Guys Acting like "Wimpus Americanus" around women they like. Telling them how much they love them. Being mooshy.
Let the Women do the chasing. shit.
Hot chicks with awesome fighting skills. The idea as a character in a movie doesnt amaze me, never will. OMG,, shes good looking AND can FIGHT?!!! what are the ODDS? ptttt.
Time passing at different rates during a big scene
IE. bomb clock counting down from 10 seconds actually turns into 1:00 min. all while the people running away are in real time. "Wait a minute!... 10 seconds have past.. YOU'RE ALL DEAD !!!!!! WTFFFFFFF !!!!!!!!! I hate this movie."
One exception where I liked it was in a view to a kill. Mostly cause it was Terry Kidwell as the stunt double and he is just an old school badass.
- Blatant foreshadowing
- People with guns that can't hit a target 10ft away, even with an AK47
- Health adverts (like in Constantine - GHEY)
- Guy always gets the girl
- Over done SLOW MOTION (ugh)
- Girl always gets the girl (no wait, I like that..)
-the everyday fight scenes where 20 guys wait their turn to fight the hero. I assume its not polite for bad guys to attack the hero at once.