Annoying Movie Cliches.

[bout to crash]

a giant plane of glass will always be broken.

Unless you're in one of the Stiller movies I just mentioned 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlMUswe8wY8

[puppyonacid]

Sex scenes rarely add anything of value to a movie. I've always said it should be a nod to it - i.e. the bedroom door closes after she walks in or whateverand that should be it. We get it - they bump uglies - move on!

I mean think about it - now you're going to watch these two actors simulate sex (often against the grain of where the movie was going) and you're probably going to feel uncomfortable doing it. If you're with anyone watching the movie then you'll likely just feel uncomfortable; if you're on your own then you'll probably either skip it or let it ride in case you see boobage - which will also just be for titillation and not add anything to the story or plot.

[KevShmev]

Another one:

-Otherwise clean films that feel the need to drop one or two f-bombs in it, just for shock value.  I mean, what's the point?  The movie Big is a good example.  That is a fun movie, not much language at all, and one kids could totally enjoy, but then they had to throw one f-bomb in near the end.  And for what?  It's stupid. 

Don't get me wrong, I still love that film, but throwing that one f-bomb in was so pointless and stupid.

[Chino]

Another one:

-Otherwise clean films that feel the need to drop one or two f-bombs in it, just for shock value.  I mean, what's the point?  The movie Big is a good example.  That is a fun movie, not much language at all, and one kids could totally enjoy, but then they had to throw one f-bomb in near the end.  And for what?  It's stupid. 

Don't get me wrong, I still love that film, but throwing that one f-bomb in was so pointless and stupid.

Armageddon had one F-bomb in it, and it was perfectly placed. It really hammered home just how serious of a situation is was "This is one order you shouldn't follow and you fucking know it!!"... simple, but effective. 

[gmillerdrake]

I would love for an action/thriller type movie to figure out a way to get you emotionally invested in a character or two and then just have them perish horribly right in the middle of it. You know, right about the time the main characters are usually facing that perilous situation and they miraculously escape. Well, I'd like them to bite it then. Just have a major shift.....focus on some character that hasn't been in the forefront or whatever.....

That's why I loved the ending to 'Somersby'....the one with Richard Gere and Jodi Foster. At the end, when he's about to hang....she comes walking through the crowd and you get this feeling someones going to step in and pardon him or something, but nope.....you hear the floor drop and his body swing. It's great.

[Prog Snob]

I have despised ever Ben Stiller movie I have seen, so I'll take Adam Sandler's 3 decent movies over Stiller's 0.

Aw come on, Meet the Parents and Permanent Midnight?!

Robert DeNiro was the best part of MTP.  Robert DeNiro and Dustin Hoffman together were the best part of MTF. 

[Zook]

Ben Stiller is awful whenever he plays an everyman.

[Cool Chris]

I would love for an action/thriller type movie to figure out a way to get you emotionally invested in a character or two and then just have them perish horribly right in the middle of it. You know, right about the time the main characters are usually facing that perilous situation and they miraculously escape.

[tofee35]

The slow motion walk away from an explosion with their back turned like it's second nature to have bombs going off behind and all around you.  I'd jump a mile if that happened.

...or more annoyingly the "cool dude slow-mo walk". This is the moment in every buddy flick when the group of guys (sometimes girls) walk in slow motion towards the camera to some pop song about being cool. This happens in every Hangover movie and any movie with Owen Wilson in it.

It doesn't actually bother me, but it's awful

[Dark Castle]

What things in movies drive you up the wall every time they happen ?

For a kick off -

When someone is driving and listening to music and their favourite song comes on and they go f---ing mental. Air guitar - air drums singing really loud - headbanging - miming the words...

People don't do that !! It's just a song ! Calm down !

Not going to lie, I do that for my favorite metal songs, especially when I'm not the one driving, then I go nuts with the air drums. 

[jammindude]

I'm in the crowd that absolutely goes bananas behind the wheel when I love what's playing.

It's really the only place that get "total immersion" in the music...I get told to turn it down everywhere else. 

[gmillerdrake]

I would love for an action/thriller type movie to figure out a way to get you emotionally invested in a character or two and then just have them perish horribly right in the middle of it. You know, right about the time the main characters are usually facing that perilous situation and they miraculously escape.

Exactly! That's just one more factor why that movie Rocks!

[Prog Snob]

I'm in the crowd that absolutely goes bananas behind the wheel when I love what's playing.

It's really the only place that get "total immersion" in the music...I get told to turn it down everywhere else.

Same here.  I listen to CD mixes I put together and when a song comes on that I really love, the volume goes up, and I start rockin out.

[Obfuscation]

What things in movies drive you up the wall every time they happen ?

For a kick off -

When someone is driving and listening to music and their favourite song comes on and they go f---ing mental. Air guitar - air drums singing really loud - headbanging - miming the words...

People don't do that !! It's just a song ! Calm down !

I do that at least 3 times a day...

I thought most people would do this too if it was a song they really like. I know I do every day. Especially air drum.

- Main guy always gets the good looking girl no matter what.
- Bad guys in action movies can't hit anything they aim at.
- Most sex scenes.

[Kotowboy]

- Mid evil people looking poor and disgusting but having amazing teeth.

Medieval ?

[Kotowboy]

People never using the spacebar when typing - or when they get the password first time. [As seen elsewhere in the forum].

Oh and computer text always fills the screen so you can read it.

ACCESS GRANTED

[Chino]

- Mid evil people looking poor and disgusting but having amazing teeth.

Medieval ?

My sincere apologies. 

[ThatOneGuy2112]

- The side character in an action movie who has to divulge his past to garner sympathy from the audience. We know he's gonna die, you don't have to beat around the bush.

- When a main character (mostly in action adventure or animated films) is seemingly on the verge of death and there's this whole build up of him passing away. I don't think Hollywood has the balls to legitimately do that anymore, so it's just one more futile attempt to try and build empty suspense.

[Shadow Ninja 2.0]

I'd love to have a movie where they really build up the main character, and slaughter him mercilessly halfway through.

[King Postwhore]

I'd love to have a movie where they really build up the main character, and slaughter him mercilessly halfway through.

Then the TV show Game Of Thrones is not for you.

[KevShmev]

I'd love to have a movie where they really build up the main character, and slaughter him mercilessly halfway through.

Go watch Psycho.

[Cool Chris]

Spock was originally planned to be killed off half-way through Wrath of Khan (an idea Leonard loved), but it kept getting pushed back and pushed back to the end.

[rumborak]

Ben Stiller

Ben Stiller  > Adam Sandler.

Wtf, no.
Dodgeball, Tropical Thunder, and dude, Simple Jack is nothing short of brilliant.

On my last flight back from Germany they had some Adam Sandler movie in the collection. About 30 seconds in some CGI elk was pissing into Sandler's mouth, at which point I stopped the movie.

[Kotowboy]

Yes which Is what I was saying.

Stiller > Sandler.

[Prog Snob]

I think he meant to quote just me.  He went to throw the ball before he had it in his glove.   

[rumborak]

Oops yeah, misquote. This was in response to the Sandler lovers.

[orcus116]

Ben Stiller

Ben Stiller  > Adam Sandler.

No fuckin way.      Especially Sandler's older movies.  His newer ones aren't so great. 

Every movie in which I've seen Ben Stiller he was least funny character.

Sandler is basically riding on the coattails of two movies and his SNL stint for the past 20 years. That being said he has been decent on some of the dramas he has done.

[The King in Crimson]

Another one:

-Otherwise clean films that feel the need to drop one or two f-bombs in it, just for shock value.  I mean, what's the point?  The movie Big is a good example.  That is a fun movie, not much language at all, and one kids could totally enjoy, but then they had to throw one f-bomb in near the end.  And for what?  It's stupid. 

Don't get me wrong, I still love that film, but throwing that one f-bomb in was so pointless and stupid.

Armageddon had one F-bomb in it, and it was perfectly placed. It really hammered home just how serious of a situation is was "This is one order you shouldn't follow and you fucking know it!!"... simple, but effective.

Sorry, but, the only thing that Armageddon did perfectly was suck.

[BlobVanDam]

I have despised ever Ben Stiller movie I have seen, so I'll take Adam Sandler's 3 decent movies over Stiller's 0.

Aw come on, Meet the Parents and Permanent Midnight?!

Meet the Parents was an awful movie. I hate awkward comedy. Never even heard of the other one.

Another one:

-Otherwise clean films that feel the need to drop one or two f-bombs in it, just for shock value.  I mean, what's the point?  The movie Big is a good example.  That is a fun movie, not much language at all, and one kids could totally enjoy, but then they had to throw one f-bomb in near the end.  And for what?  It's stupid. 

Don't get me wrong, I still love that film, but throwing that one f-bomb in was so pointless and stupid.

If a movie would otherwise be fully suitable for kids/all ages, I agree there's no need to throw it in there at all. If the movie is only suitable for older audiences anyway, I actually really appreciate when a movie uses swearing sparingly and realistically when necessary to accent a certain scene, rather than movies that use it every second word just because they can, to make it seem adult and cool, and it always sounds really contrived and stupid to me.
I don't have a problem with swearing one bit in principle, but I just can't watch movies or shows where they swear constantly. It just comes across as really forced and lame to me.

[Sycsa]

I just can't watch movies or shows where they swear constantly. It just comes across as really forced and lame to me.

Many classics (Scorsese's crime dramas, Tarantino's flicks, Scarface, The Big Lebowski, American History X, A Bronx Tale, Good Will Hunting, Boogie Nights) are pretty high on the all-time "fuck" list, but I assume you weren't talking about those. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_that_most_frequently_use_the_word_%22fuck%22

[Tick]

What things in movies drive you up the wall every time they happen ?

For a kick off -

When someone is driving and listening to music and their favourite song comes on and they go f---ing mental. Air guitar - air drums singing really loud - headbanging - miming the words...

People don't do that !! It's just a song ! Calm down !

Stoned drivers do.

[Chino]

What things in movies drive you up the wall every time they happen ?

For a kick off -

When someone is driving and listening to music and their favourite song comes on and they go f---ing mental. Air guitar - air drums singing really loud - headbanging - miming the words...

People don't do that !! It's just a song ! Calm down !

Stoned drivers do.

So...Anyone who rocks out while listening to music in a car is a stoned? A bit harsh considering I know many people who do it and don't smoke pot.

[KevShmev]

Another one that occurred to me:

When a trained professional does something completely illogical in a dangerous situation.

For example, the movie Face/Off.  At the beginning, an undercover FBI agent is on the plane with Caster and Pollux, posing as a stewardess.  When shit hits the fan and Castor sees that Archer and his team have flooded the runway to try and catch them, he runs to the front of the plane next to the pilot to see them.  At this point, the undercover agent whips out her gun, points it at Castor, and yells, "FBI!"  Meanwhile, Pollux, who is completely in her blind spot, naturally then clocks her from behind with the briefcase, subdues her, and then moments later, Castor kills her.  I am always like, uh, I am pretty sure a trained undercover agent who was considered good enough to be put on a plane with a dangerous, highly-known criminal like Castor would know better than to pull a gun on him, while leaving herself open to a blindside by the other dangerous criminal on board.

[Prog Snob]

Oops yeah, misquote. This was in response to the Sandler lovers.

Well I'm not really a Sandler lover. I thought the first couple of movies he did were funny.  After that, it's the same predictable nonsense. However,  Stiller was never funny to me at all.

I agree with what Orcus said about Sandler.

[Chino]

Another one that occurred to me:

When a trained professional does something completely illogical in a dangerous situation.

Just like Colonel Quaritch repeatedly exposing himself to the atmosphere of Pandora.