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Post by Cuish on Feb 12, 2017 20:55:51 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 20:56:01 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 kevin on Feb 12, 2017 21:26:55 GMT
*People screaming 'NO!' when someone dies or when they hear very bad news. *The villain telling his entire evil plan to the only person who can stop him. *People constantly saying 'You need to see this'. Just say what there is to see. *People saying 'In English please' or something similar when a smart person or scientist tries to explain something. *Bombs take a lot longer to blow up then the timer says. *Also, people stopping a bomb at the last possible moment. *Furthermore, bombs with LED screens and numbers so the hero can see exactly how much time they have left. *People splitting up in horror movies. *A character is just holding onto a ledge or rope by his/her fingers. *Governments ignore obviously-correct statements from the hero even if it's disadvantageous for the government to ignore the hero. *Phones don't work when you need them the most. *Someone says 'You look like you've seen a ghost' to someone who's literally just seen a ghost.
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Post by Dontrocktheboat on Feb 13, 2017 7:39:49 GMT
When someone breaks up, their partner will call with either not saying anything and hanging up or the other misses the call.
Secret admirers are always best friends who only speak their feelings after hooking them up with someone else
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2017 8:29:41 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 miike80 on Feb 13, 2017 11:35:43 GMT
Everybody hangs the phone without saying goodbye or any other form of that
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Post by Blue on Feb 13, 2017 22:00:33 GMT
When someone tries something but it doesn't work because of pure bad luck but they don't try it again.
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Post by LaurenceBranagh on Feb 13, 2017 22:06:04 GMT
When people end normal conversations by walking away, finishing their sentence as they walk away.
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Post by Blue on Feb 13, 2017 22:10:25 GMT
Oh and people always begin a conversation on a super dramatic note instead of being clear or getting to the point. Or when people play the pronoun game and refer to someone without explaining who they are first so the other person has to ask for the audience's benefit.
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Post by Blue on Feb 13, 2017 22:19:58 GMT
I notice that all the time in pilot episodes where the characters have to work in who they are, what they do, and their relations to other main characters in their first few lines. I'm serious, turn it into a drinking game
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Post by misstique on Feb 15, 2017 5:41:33 GMT
Great post! Here are a few that come to mind:
* The action hero can spend days in the jungle without ever eating or getting weak. * A car without brakes will automatically start accelerating * Cars can perform insane jumps and stunts but don't suffer even a scratch * London is always gloomy and foggy * The dog will never die * If a person knocks another out and takes their uniform, it will fit perfectly * Aliens are almost always evil * In any teenage slasher flick, the girl with the loudest scream will not be killed * Shooting a car will cause it to explode * Any car involved in an accident will also explode * A soldier carrying a personal memento of a loved one, such as a jewelry or photo, has no chance of returning alive * Characters using the computer will only use the keyboard and never the mouse * The villain will tell his entire plan to the hero and then continue babbling until the hero can escape * All people who retire will buy a boat * A grenade thrown by the hero will explode on impact, but a grenade thrown at him will not until he picks it up and throws it back at the villain * People told to "stay here" never will * Bank teller will only press the panic button when the robber is looking directly at him.
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Post by LaurenceBranagh on Feb 15, 2017 5:52:10 GMT
Great post! Here are a few that come to mind: * Characters using the computer will only use the keyboard and never the mouse Good one. That has always bothered me!
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Post by LaurenceBranagh on Feb 15, 2017 5:57:48 GMT
Also, when people read a book and the entire story happens to begin half-way through the book. Sometimes the story might end in the middle of the book as well. Drives me crazy.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2017 18:04:14 GMT
"Let her go!" or "Let the girl go, it's me you want!"
My goodness, that is used to death!!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2017 18:08:30 GMT
*The villain will tell his entire plan to the hero and then continue babbling until the hero can escape Yessss!!!
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Post by Cuish on Feb 17, 2017 3:12:38 GMT
Characters spend a long time stalling trying to kill someone but eventually won't carry out their threat. Think Draco and Dumbledore in Half-Blood Prince. Another variation of this theme is someone trying to commit suicide but eventually won't.
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Post by realdearie on Feb 18, 2017 8:27:45 GMT
*Don't go Down the basement/ or Up to the Attic if a noise is heard and the other character says don't do it.
*When it takes all the films or shows to almost run and the Character to understand their identity ("Neo The One) example"
*Horror Films, they always have someone getting their Freak On, Kit Off, Rumpy Pumpy.
*The Killer getting knifed survived, shot survived, run over survived, hammer to the head survived, chucked off buildings survived, electrocuted survived, burnt survived.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Feb 18, 2017 9:11:09 GMT
Sometimes I'd like to produce The Anti Sci-Fi Film, a film about a kindly ceremonial monarch on an alien planet, his good friend the prime minister, the planet's reasonably good-looking citizens and their normal problems (such as a struggling marriage or trying to get a job in a recession), and during the film Earth is never mentioned even once.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2017 1:39:38 GMT
Black people being the first to die.
"Hey, Character Who's About To Do Something Important But Risky!"
*turns around* "Yes?"
"Be careful.."
When a speeding car has to make it to the other side of a large gap in the road it'll mysteriously gain altitude, as if it had hit a ramp to help clear the gap.
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Post by bondfan90 on Feb 21, 2017 0:26:56 GMT
The villain always puts the hero in an elaborate trap and he/she doesn't bother checking to see if the hero has been killed by the trap.
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