Irritating Film Cliches

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Victim being chased by a murderer, Jumps into car, turns the key but the engine won't turn over - of all the times for that to happen.

Speaking of car chases - why does the bloke in the chased car always look over his shoulder to see if the chasing car is getting any closer, when he has a perfectly good rear-view mirror to tell him.

Why do bad guys reveal their dastardly motives to the tied-up-and-about-to-die good guy? Why not just shoot him and be done with all the yappy exposition!
 
MalletsMallet said:
Successful stressed city girl goes back to her small town for Christmas, gets snowed in, meets small town guy, learns real meaning of life.

Aka every sky movie Christmas film ever.
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😂😂😂 my mum loves these awful movies. It's literally the same plot over and over. Like you say, uptight city woman gets stranded in a small picturesque christmassy overdose town because there are no flights. She meets the cute elderly shop owners who put her up for the night at the same time introducing her to their son "Jimmy or Hank" who owns the local coffee shop (which is probably not doing well and in threat of closing to a large chain store) She finds their smiles and optimism initially annoying until one day "Jimmy or Hank" takes her ice skating. She laughs for the first time in 5 years and then shares some hot chocolate with whipped cream in the coffee shop. By a huge coincidence, she realises it's her company that is putting his shop out of business, so she pulls out of the deal and saves the coffee shop. The locals gather together for a Christmas parade and she realises this is where she truly belongs....

As sickeningly sweet as these movies are, they are an easy pleasant watch for a sunday afternoon when you cant be arsed to concentrate.
 
It used to annoy me in Neighbours years ago when they ordered a milkshake, had one sip and then left if.

When detectives go to to talk to someone about a crime/murder and the person continues doing their work while talking. Surely you could take a few minutes to sit down and concentrate and give them your full attention.

Any one who continues to live in a haunted house after they have seen a scary ghost deserves to be haunted.
 
I recall watching a war film with my dad last Christmas Eve I think. It was "Where Eagles Dare" with Clint someone-or-other (dad likes him).

There was one scene where he was being shot at by about 10 German soldiers in a narrow corridor. Despite this mayhem not one bullet hit him. But he points his machine gun out from behind a corner and more or less kills all 10 without even looking!
 
supernintendochalmers said:
Couple have a misunderstanding and break up. The main character realises they're still in love, but find out that the romantic interest has job offer in another city or country. Then they race to the airport to declare their feelings and get back together (sometimes with a round of applause from crowd standing nearby).
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Somehow they are always allowed in the departure lounge right before they are about to board...
 
Have also noticed how good guys (or bad guys sometimes), on the chase with someone, always manage to catch a train as it stands at the station at the same time they arrive. And then the train conveniently moves off just seconds before the chaser can catch her
 
How someone goes on someone’s laptop, opens the lid up and immediately is looking at the last website the other person was on, as if it was too much effort for them to click the X in the corner (or put a password on the machine which every laptop prompts you to do when you switch it on for the first time).

When someone calls a bank or a company for help and they start to get a little bit desperate and say “please, I really need the money...hello? HELLO?” and the person has hung up on them. Apart from if a person is swearing I have never known any company to allow staff to hang up on customers if they plead ever so slightly over the phone.

As for those Christmas movies, the only thing I notice is how sad they seem to be from the blurbs on the EPG. Something like:

Maria moves back home after a high-life in the city and is determined to have a traditional family holiday. But she soon discovers the true meaning of Christmas when she learns her neighbours son is dying.
 
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