Irritating Film Cliches

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supernintendochalmers said:
Nerdy character is an attractive person with thick-rimmed glasses who eventually gets a makeover.

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Yes! And their hair/skin/make up always looks immaculate despite the fact they 'have no personal style' and supposedly don't care about their appearance.

In the same line as the original thread post, is when they hear a noise or see something, and instead of going back inside they wander out to the middle of a bloody forest on their own. :rolleyes:
 
During a car chase scene through the streets of New York or San Fran, both drivers rarely crash into other cars ,whereas all the other innocent drivers do so.

And when being chased on foot there's always a train waiting at the platform. Just in time for the bad guy to get on, doors close and train moves away with the cop missing out by a second or two
 
Woman being chased by murderer. She never ever runs towards the bright lights but always chooses to head for the deserted railway sidings where there’s no danger of anyone helping her.

In UK soaps, in the rare event that characters are breaking out of Coronation Street/Albert Square for a few hours, they always go to ‘that new Indian/Italian/Chinese in the High Street’. Restaurants in soaps must open and close at the speed of light as they’re all ‘new’.
 
GirlWithThePearlEarhole said:
In UK soaps, in the rare event that characters are breaking out of Coronation Street/Albert Square for a few hours, they always go to ‘that new Indian/Italian/Chinese in the High Street’. Restaurants in soaps must open and close at the speed of light as they’re all ‘new’.
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And they go to the local market to buy their best gladrags for the night! People in soaps have never heard of transport to get to city centres for shopping and online deliveries are non existent.
 
People who go into a bar or coffee shop, order a drink or food, eat some of it and then take out a few dollar bills out of their purse/wallet and leave it on the counter, not bothering to wait for change, or for the remote chance someone else might come along and pinch it!
 
In sci-fi films you'll always have exploding planets or spacecraft, followed with a deafening noise.

Trouble is though there is no sound in the vacuum of space; and therefore even though you'll see a planet explode you won't be able to hear it!

Perhaps the tagline in the Alien poster should read "In space no one can hear anything!"
 
Bezolabub said:
People who go into a bar or coffee shop, order a drink or food, eat some of it and then take out a few dollar bills out of their purse/wallet and leave it on the counter, not bothering to wait for change, or for the remote chance someone else might come along and pinch it!
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Gilmore Girls is dreadful for this. Ordering plates and plates of food, eating one bite, leaving.

One of my peeves is the couple (usually male and female), falling backwards into the pillows after wonderful sex that has left them out of breath and satisfied, judging by their giant smiles.

And yet! The girl's hair and make up remains perfect and sometimes she even still has her pristine, beautiful bra still on.
 
mcfeez said:
Gilmore Girls is dreadful for this. Ordering plates and plates of food, eating one bite, leaving.

One of my peeves is the couple (usually male and female), falling backwards into the pillows after wonderful sex that has left them out of breath and satisfied, judging by their giant smiles.

And yet! The girl's hair and make up remains perfect and sometimes she even still has her pristine, beautiful bra still on.
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...or even their knickers in some films I've seen. :sneaky: ;)
 
-Women waking up in the morning with lovely hair and make up
-People having kids that they never have to look after or spend time with
-Someone on the phone saying “it’s a date” but with no time or place planned
-“no time to explain” Really? So you just drive in the car together to wherever you’re rushing to without talking?
 
hypoharpy said:
What really gets my goat is the portrayal of women as screaming or terrIfied weaklings in some horror or mystery films. This is definitely changing but it needs to outlawed with the rest of the sexist bull tit.
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That's always been my bone of contention. Admittedly you do get some strong females who do win out in the end (Jamie Lee Curtis in Halloween, and Sigourney Weaver in Alien, to name but 2), but the majority of women end up sliced and diced; or if not that end up losing their clothes for no real reason at all other than to excite teenage boys :mad:
 
When a couple of detectives arrive at the door of someone ‘of interest’ to them in a murder, they always answer the door completely nonplussed and often aggressively get rid of them when any normal person would tit themselves if two police turned up at the door thinking they were going to give you bad news.
 
I watched Alien again a couple of nights ago. A great film, which still stands the test of time, not least for Sigourney Weaver kicking ass! But was there any real need to show her in her underwear near the end of the film? Not least for some pretty blatant camera shots of her bending over in her white panties, or another linger camera shot of her braless top and hard nipples protruding etc.

No need for it really, but so typical of films back then
 
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