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Post by Cuish on Feb 12, 2017 20:51:30 GMT
To continue an old thread on IMDb, here are the all time greatest cliches yet again. Credit to Ceer for the old thread.
I'll start it out with the definition of cliché:
noun 1. a trite, stereotyped expression; a sentence or phrase, usually expressing a popular or common thought or idea, that has lost originality, ingenuity, and impact by long overuse, as sadder but wiser, or strong as an ox.
2. (in art, literature, drama, etc.) a trite or hackneyed plot, character development, use of color, musical expression, etc.
3. anything that has become trite or commonplace through overuse.
4. British Printing. a. a stereotype or electrotype plate.
b. a reproduction made in a like manner.
adjective 5. trite; hackneyed; stereotyped; clichéd.
So if you've noticed something in a movie that has been used, abused, and over used please add to the list.
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Post by Cuish on Feb 12, 2017 20:53:31 GMT
Whenever two people are about to kiss, something will always interrupt them so that they don't. Like say, the phone rings or someone will walk in on them or something.
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Post by Spleen on Feb 13, 2017 10:26:46 GMT
Whenever two people are about to kiss, something will always interrupt them so that they don't. Like say, the phone rings or someone will walk in on them or something. I can't believe the very first person came up with what I was going to. Technically what you're watching is the delayed gratification kiss - the two characters in question will invariably kiss for real some time later in the film, usually minutes (even seconds) before the end. I'm not a fan of this, but I'm so used to seeing it I can't imagine this cliché will ever go away, and so I've learned to live with it, the same way one must learn to live with other nuisances of the modern age, like rap music or other people tweedling on their iPhones 24/7.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2017 12:12:06 GMT
Autism is a superpower in Hollywood films and television.
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Post by miike80 on Feb 13, 2017 13:12:47 GMT
everybody hangs up the phone without saying goodbye, or anything similar
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Post by mikeyc on Feb 13, 2017 13:14:43 GMT
Not sure if this qualifies but whenever a truck is barreling down the street towards one of the main characters in the middle of the street I rarely see any attempt by the driver to stop or even slow down, it's always speeding past the character in a near miss with its horn blaring. In the setup shots you can usually see the truck has adequate stopping room.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2017 13:42:54 GMT
*Characters ordering food or drinks and then leaving before they arrive. *Characters ordering food or drinks and leaving just as they arrive or not touching it while they sit there. *Characters making food only to not eat it, and not have the person they made it for eat it. *The amount of times a woman will bend forward to pick something up will depend on how loose or low cut her top is. *The good guys have an endless supply of ammunition. Unless it is the main good guy and he knows martial arts. *The bad guys, despite having had such great success and being so feared, won't be able to shoot straight. *A machine gunner will chase his target because the ripples along the dirt look cool, rather than training the sites right on him. *Crimes are more fun if it involves a trip to a strip club. *An allegedly smart character will explain a theory or procedure to the smarter character, this is so us dummies watching can understand it. *The good guy letting the bad guy live even though the bad guy is clearly murderously insane. *British people make good villains because of their accents. *Nazi's, Nazi's everywhere! Even when it makes no sense to the plot. *Despite everyone having a mobile phone in the real world, no one has one in films. *Good looking women will shower/walk around nude in their houses with their blinds open. *Every bag of grocery must contain a French stick.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2017 15:19:20 GMT
*Characters ordering food or drinks and then leaving before they arrive. *Characters ordering food or drinks and leaving just as they arrive or not touching it while they sit there. *Characters making food only to not eat it, and not have the person they made it for eat it. *The amount of times a woman will bend forward to pick something up will depend on how loose or low cut her top is. *The good guys have an endless supply of ammunition. Unless it is the main good guy and he knows martial arts. *The bad guys, despite having had such great success and being so feared, won't be able to shoot straight. *A machine gunner will chase his target because the ripples along the dirt look cool, rather than training the sites right on him. *Crimes are more fun if it involves a trip to a strip club. *An allegedly smart character will explain a theory or procedure to the smarter character, this is so us dummies watching can understand it. *The good guy letting the bad guy live even though the bad guy is clearly murderously insane. *British people make good villains because of their accents. *Nazi's, Nazi's everywhere! Even when it makes no sense to the plot. *Despite everyone having a mobile phone in the real world, no one has one in films. *Good looking women will shower/walk around nude in their houses with their blinds open. *Every bag of grocery must contain a French stick.
HA! I've noticed the French baguette thing myself.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2017 15:20:34 GMT
Scores of bad guys taking on the hero one at a time when it would be smarter for them to gang up on him.
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Post by yearspew on Feb 13, 2017 18:20:49 GMT
The car won't start!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2017 18:26:57 GMT
Regardless of what the main group of characters earn, their homes will far exceed their income.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2017 18:30:05 GMT
I've heard this one mentioned:
Often, scenes in classrooms will start towards the end of the class. The bell will ring, and the teacher / professor will hurriedly reel off an assignment.
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Post by Ass_E9 on May 21, 2019 15:37:56 GMT
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Post by ck100 on May 21, 2019 15:46:26 GMT
Police officers always cause lots of city damage to pursue a criminal and never get reprimanded or fired for it. They just get a yelling from the typical screaming, profane, stressed-out police captain.
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Post by sostie on May 21, 2019 15:53:21 GMT
A bomb is diffused bu cutting a wire, stopping the timer with seconds to spare
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A wire is about to be cut, there is hesitation, then a different wire is cut instead, stopping the timer with seconds to spare
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The wrong wire is cut and the clock speeds up, the correct wire is then cut, finally stopping the timer with seconds to spare
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Post by Rey Kahuka on May 21, 2019 16:28:43 GMT
This thread is over two years old, features two deleted members and the OP hasn't posted since August of last year. It's like a time capsule.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2019 18:36:33 GMT
- Some intelligent alien or android waxing lyrical about humans having potential, despite their appetite for self-destruction.
- Picking up the phone, having a 5 second conversation consisting of "uh huh, uh huh", hanging up, then filling in the room with the details of the conversation with more than what could possible have been said in those 5 seconds. (TV sitcoms were especially good for this)
- Impossibly competent driving, drifting. Cars also starting right away.
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Post by Prime etc. on May 21, 2019 18:55:32 GMT
Every bag of grocery must contain a French stick.
**LOL A few weeks ago I actually witnessed a movie-like gag with a French bread stick like that. A mother and son were walking by and the teenage son dropped the French bread on the ground and the mother made some sarcastic critical comment and took it away from him. If Burt Kwouk jumped out from nearby I wouldn't have been surprised.
I think when criminals turn off a radio or tv broadcast that is discussing their crime--wouldn't it make more sense to stay tuned to hear everything they know?
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Post by ck100 on May 21, 2019 19:29:31 GMT
When someone turns on the TV to watch the news, the exact news story that relates to the plot comes on the screen right away.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on May 21, 2019 19:35:43 GMT
This thread is over two years old, features two deleted members and the OP hasn't posted since August of last year. It's like a time capsule. Abd one of them called out autusm being treated like a superpower before The Predator.
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