Movie cliches

aliEnRIK · 03-29-2006, 11:43 AM

Having watched a squillion movies in my time....

Im wondering what people would do INSTEAD of the usual cliches in films

For example ~ I HATE it in horror films when the "BAD GUY" is put down but they dont fookin MAKE SURE

dont they know they ALWAYS get up

GRRRR

Id pummel him till I KNEW he was dead

or in the case of the unkillable like Jason ~

id chop his head off (Regenerate THAT f**ker) or maybe encase him in concrete

WHY o WHY are they all so THICK??

any cliches do YOUR heads in??

**Dragoness_Cutie** · 03-29-2006, 03:07 PM

I hate how the bad guy always seems to tell you his entire plan and plot for whatever evil deed he's doing just before he's caught/killed. Always drives me nuts, 'cause ya know everything's almost over!

wIggy · 03-29-2006, 03:23 PM

Black guy always dies first, I used to have a good friend who was black, and I never noticed until he brought it up.

**Dragoness_Cutie** · 03-29-2006, 03:27 PM

Oh. And the chick has to fall while being chased... at least three times. Always.

wIggy · 03-29-2006, 04:33 PM

And while being chased, they always have to slow down to look back...I don't know about you but if someone was chasing me to kill me, and I were to run away, it would be at a full sprint, until I found somewhere safe.

*G_Man* · 03-29-2006, 05:20 PM

Not much a horror movie fan, but... action films.

Ever notice how a guy can kick/kill/f'up ten guys at once, but it ALWAYS takes five minutes to get the big bad guy. Even if he kicked his ass easily early in the film?!?!

wIggy · 03-29-2006, 05:26 PM

I haven't seen it so much in newer films, but the endless ammunition in one magazine. That and when the bomb has 10 seconds left on the timer, it usually equates to about 2 minutes...

Vigesimation · 03-29-2006, 06:44 PM

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*G_Man* · 03-29-2006, 07:09 PM

Quoting: wIggy

I haven't seen it so much in newer films, but the endless ammunition in one magazine. That and when the bomb has 10 seconds left on the timer, it usually equates to about 2 minutes...

Along the same vein... when time is of the absolute essence, yet there is time for the long look goodbye/stare down/or whatever...

then back to "oh gosh we only have 5 seconds left!

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wIggy · 03-29-2006, 10:04 PM

not sure if this is really a cliche, but it seems that suspense/horror movies are starting to take such radical plot twists, that you can never figure out who the bad guy is, it's almost to the point that I go to a movie and the last person I think it is..that's who I figure did it.

aliEnRIK · 03-29-2006, 10:19 PM

Quoting: wIggy

not sure if this is really a cliche, but it seems that suspense/horror movies are starting to take such radical plot twists, that you can never figure out who the bad guy is, it's almost to the point that I go to a movie and the last person I think it is..that's who I figure did it.

haha

thats exactly right

have u seen SWITCHBLADE ROMANCE (A french film??)

Vampyre · 03-30-2006, 03:52 AM

Why 100 men with machine guns can't take out one guy with a pistol...

aliEnRIK · 03-30-2006, 03:56 AM

Quoting: Vampyre

Why 100 men with machine guns can't take out one guy with a pistol...

I hate that too but there IS some actual truth in it too!!

I read an article on the SAS once

a lone member of the SAS managed to hold back over 80 enemy at a crossroads using just a machine gun, a pistol and some grenades for over 3 hours!!

(The SAS are BRITS u know

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