Worst Movie Cliches.

[Dark Victory]

In a fight scene; when the hero is going up against a group of people, the group will usually attack the hero ONE AT A TIME.

Have you seen Oldboy? It executed this type of scene perfectly.

 

[That-Guy]

Sorry if any of these have already been said...

- the kids are smarter than the adults (usually in horror films)
- the villain captures the hero, and then explains his whole plot for no reason
- (in your typical rom-com) the guy almost wins the girl over and then does something stupid that causes her to break it all off. So he has to do something utterly ridiculous to win her back.

 

[gwynplaine]

^Good ones.

In an action film, a SWAT team often gets their a**es whupped by the hero.

In an Al Pacino movie, Pacino will scream at some point.

In a disaster movie, the dog never dies.

 

[That-Guy]

^Good ones.

In an action film, a SWAT team often gets their a**es whupped by the hero.

In an Al Pacino movie, Pacino will scream at some point.

In a disaster movie, the dog never dies.

oooooohhh I think you just committed the cardinal sin of finding a cliche in The Dark Knight.

Also, gotta agree with yours, especially the one with the dog. The lamest part of Independence Day was the scene were the dog escapes the explosion.

 

[That-Guy]

A few more.

- The serial killer has a weird haircut.

- In sports movies... the guy that was a total *****ebag the whole time suddenly has a change of heart and comes through to help the team win the big game.

- In movies that deal with demon possession... the hero or heroine goes and sees a fortune teller or some other type of spiritual medium. The character "sees" something and the proceeds to tell the hero to "GO AWAY!" with no explanation whatsoever, only to come back into the story later and reveal exactly what is going on.

 

[gwynplaine]

oooooohhh I think you just committed the cardinal sin of finding a cliche in The Dark Knight.

Also, gotta agree with yours, especially the one with the dog. The lamest part of Independence Day was the scene were the dog escapes the explosion.

Lolt:.

A few more.

- The serial killer has a weird haircut.

- In sports movies... the guy that was a total *****ebag the whole time suddenly has a change of heart and comes through to help the team win the big game.

- In movies that deal with demon possession... the hero or heroine goes and sees a fortune teller or some other type of spiritual medium. The character "sees" something and the proceeds to tell the hero to "GO AWAY!" with no explanation whatsoever, only to come back into the story later and reveal exactly what is going on.

.

 

[dark_b]

In an Al Pacino movie, Pacino will scream at some point.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYP3jhqUC3I

 

[gwynplaine]

^Lolt:

In most french movies, there will be a lunch or dinner scene that will go on forever.

In a lot of independent films, the protagonist is going home for the holidays to spend some time with his quirky, dysfunctional family.

 

[Max J Power]

In a lot of independent films, the protagonist is going home for the holidays to spend some time with his quirky, dysfunctional family.

Independent films do abuse the quirk sometimes.

 

[gwynplaine]

^They sure do.

Also another one is the suspense when someone is downloading critical information off a computer and the bad guy is about to walk in or comes in as the download bar is almost complete.

 

[VenomVsSpidey]

^They sure do.

Also another one is the suspense when someone is downloading critical information off a computer and the bad guy is about to walk in or comes in as the download bar is almost complete.

 

[gwynplaine]

- The Hooker/Stripper with a heart of gold. (I thought this one was a thing of the past, until I saw Heather Graham in the nonetheless excellent The Hangover.)

- The funny, smartass Asian Kid in horror films or thrillers.

 

[ReTrO JuNkIe 42]

When people with no extra ordinary strenght are hanging on for dear life, then fall but catch onto something else but still hang on

 

[That-Guy]

- The Hooker/Stripper with a heart of gold. (I thought this one was a thing of the past, until I saw Heather Graham in the nonetheless excellent The Hangover.)

- The funny, smartass Asian Kid in horror films or thrillers.

Don't forget about Marisa Tomei in The Wrestler.


Now, don't get me wrong, I could stare at a naked Marisa all day, but that whole part of the plot was really uninspired. Come on now, Aronofsky. You're a better writer than that.

 

[That-Guy]

When people with no extra ordinary strenght are hanging on for dear life, then fall but catch onto something else but still hang on

LOL yeah, I love how people suddenly become superhuman at certain points in a movie, or when the guy who gets his ass kicked by every single character suddenly turns into Batman in the end and beats the crap out of the main villain.

I know that in extreme circumstances, "fight or flight" kicks in, but movies go overboard with it.

 

[gwynplaine]

When people with no extra ordinary strenght are hanging on for dear life, then fall but catch onto something else but still hang on

Yeah, good one. In the same vein, it's always very ridiculous when someone is hanging on for dear life and someone else lifts them back up to safety with relative ease, compared to how difficult it would be in real life.

Don't forget about Marisa Tomei in The Wrestler.


Now, don't get me wrong, I could stare at a naked Marisa all day, but that whole part of the plot was really uninspired. Come on now, Aronofsky. You're a better writer than that.

Agreed.
Her story was more cliche and not the best part of an otherwise superb film. But she sure looks good naked (specially considering that she is not a spring chicken anymore) and like you said I could stare at her all day as wellt:.
I think Aronofsky didn't write the movie, Robert Siegel did, I am looking forward to seeing "Big Fan", his directorial debut featuring Patton Oswalt.

 

[Legion]

In movies such as horror, action, disaster; the main character is an ordinary guy, maybe an artist, doctor, teacher or accountant.

He is put into a crisis with a group of people. His profession and past experiences shouldn't give him any insight into the situation that anyone else would have but he is still full of plans and suggestions.

No one listens to him and people start dying. Then people begin to take him seriously but as soon as he starts acting like a leader the crowd begins following another character who's ideas have been repeatedly been proven wrong.

Everyone else dies except the main character and his ex-wife/ex-girlfriend/new love interest, a little kid, and an old person.

 

[gwynplaine]

In movies such as horror, action, disaster; the main character is an ordinary guy, maybe an artist, doctor, teacher or accountant.

He is put into a crisis with a group of people. His profession and past experiences shouldn't give him any insight into the situation that anyone else would have but he is still full of plans and suggestions.

No one listens to him and people start dying. Then people begin to take him seriously but as soon as he starts acting like a leader the crowd begins following another character who's ideas have been repeatedly been proven wrong.

Everyone else dies except the main character and his ex-wife/ex-girlfriend/new love interest, a little kid, and an old person.

Lolt:. Spot on.

 

[That-Guy]

- The hero characters who worked so well together at the beginning of the movie have a disagreement halfway through. This leads to a fist fight and the eventual departure of one or two characters. Ultimately though, those guys come back and save the day at the last minute.

 

[Nightmare]

- The Hooker/Stripper with a heart of gold. (I thought this one was a thing of the past, until I saw Heather Graham in the nonetheless excellent The Hangover.)

- The funny, smartass Asian Kid in horror films or thrillers.

I loved heather Graham in that. She still looks so hot.

 

[gwynplaine]

I loved heather Graham in that. She still looks so hot.

She does still look hot, but she was also a bit of a cliche, a hot clichet:.

Back on topic, usually when people smoke weed in movies, they look more like they are very drunk or like they've dropped some very powerful acid.

 

[gwynplaine]

The female scientist who looks like a super model.

 

[That-Guy]

Good one. I remember a movie from a few years back where Tara Reid was playing a scientist. Give me a break.

- The girl "caught in the middle," who works for the bad guy, yet falls in love with the hero, and obliviously places herself in danger.

- The token gay character who has a plethora of romantic advice to give, yet seems to have no lovelife of his own.

 

[gwynplaine]

Good one. I remember a movie from a few years back where Tara Reid was playing a scientist. Give me a break.

- The girl "caught in the middle," who works for the bad guy, yet falls in love with the hero, and obliviously places herself in danger.

- The token gay character who has a plethora of romantic advice to give, yet seems to have no lovelife of his own.

t:.

As for the Tara Reid movie, I think maybe it was the terrible Uwe Boll's "Alone in the dark", where Reid indeed played the most improbable scientist ever (as well as that blond girl in the 1st transformers, and Denise richards in one of the Brosnan Bond movies etc...)

 

[gwynplaine]

The renowned actress playing a stripper but keeping her clothes on for her dance numbers.