@Salaman Good information. I will adjust my scepticism when I see the next action scene featuring the Belgium police  |
Annoying Movie Cliches • Page 4
-
glaeken 11,893 posts
Seen 18 hours ago
Registered 13 years ago -
This is the kind of situation where spoilers don't help, as you won't know what is being spoiled until you read the spoiler, and then it's too late.
Suffice to say there are lots of films where the hero dies at the end. Pretty much every epic move made for starters. -
RobTheBuilder 6,976 posts
Seen 16 minutes ago
Registered 13 years ago@glaeken In Bruges - tick -
Mr_Sleep 21,645 posts
Seen 5 hours ago
Registered 16 years agonickthegun wrote:
To be fair, games have taught me this too. God of War is a perfect example. See a lever, pull it, go to next QTE. GoW is like film life.
Button pressers. Mysterious space ship? Dungeon full of misery? If you see a button, get it pressed. -
Max_Powers 1,230 posts
Seen 2 days ago
Registered 14 years agonickthegun wrote:
Yup. I even had to force myself to watch the final bit of The Dark Knight Returns for instance. Story established, characters established, story arc has reached peak hight and conclusion is amply foreshadowed. Then all there is left is some fighting, bomb disarming and the "he's dead oh no he isn't" finale and that doesn't interest me so much.
Max_Powers wrote:
Seriously?
I usually tend to watch only 2/3rds of movies nowadays and stop watching after that -
Rusty_M 6,815 posts
Seen 20 hours ago
Registered 11 years agobillythekid wrote:
All tyres screech when stopping too. Even pulling into your driveway.
When a car pulls away from a standstill, the tyres will squeal. Even on a fucking dirt road. >
Punching someone sounds like a clap rather than a "thkkk" -
Max_Powers 1,230 posts
Seen 2 days ago
Registered 14 years agoelstoof wrote:
Sex is all about the finale for me
You could apply that to other parts of life too. You know what your dinner tastes like after 2/3s, sex always ends in the same way. Next!.gif)
-
Mr_Sleep 21,645 posts
Seen 5 hours ago
Registered 16 years agoRusty_M wrote:
The problem is with the Hollywood way of making sound for film. They love a ridiculous hyper-real sound palette, it's what the audience expect so they do it. The trouble is that it's so ingrained in how they make films in America that it tends to bleed into things that it shouldn't.
billythekid wrote:
All tyres screech when stopping too. Even pulling into your driveway.
When a car pulls away from a standstill, the tyres will squeal. Even on a fucking dirt road. >
Punching someone sounds like a clap rather than a "thkkk"
If you have a European film they tend more towards realistic sounds, the irony of this is that you don't really notice them. Some of the best sound design is incredibly subtle, hence why it is missed my most award giving organisations. -
Mr_Sleep 21,645 posts
Seen 5 hours ago
Registered 16 years agoMax_Powers wrote:
Prison?
elstoof wrote:
Sex is all about the finale for me
You could apply that to other parts of life too. You know what your dinner tastes like after 2/3s, sex always ends in the same way. Next! -
MoGamer2006 1,047 posts
Seen 8 hours ago
Registered 12 years ago@Max_Powers
Surely a good film is as much about the journey as the destination, i.e. the acting, the direction, the atmosphere? -
Whizzo 44,765 posts
Seen 6 hours ago
Registered 16 years agoReading this thread just makes me want to go to TVTropes.org and hit the random button, unfortunately I'm at work and I waste far too much time on the site already. -
Zomoniac 9,650 posts
Seen 5 hours ago
Registered 14 years agoPazJohnMitch wrote:
The Wicker Man? Gladiator? Sixth Sense? Moulin Rouge? Downfall (shush)? Titanic? Trying to remember if he technically died or not in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, but if not he may as well have done.
The hero survives
There are very few cases where the hero dies at the end of the film. Off the top of my head I can only think of one:
Alien 3
-
localnotail 23,072 posts
Seen 4 years ago
Registered 9 years agoDoes this mean Max_Powers doesn't know that Bruce Willis turns out to be an alien in Sixth Sense?
There are loads of films where the hero dies. Less where the hero doesn't get the girl, even if that outcome is stomach churning (Under Siege)
Edited by localnotail at 14:00:03 18-12-2012 -
C'mon, four pages and no one has mentioned the terrible cliche of a rich affluent white person helping the socially disadvantaged minority so that they can both triumph over social prejeduces and adversity.
The worst offender of this has to be The Blind Side
"You have really done alot to change that young man's life"
"No, he's changed me" -
MoGamer2006 1,047 posts
Seen 8 hours ago
Registered 12 years ago@whatfruit
The flipside of that is the wise (and typically old) yet humble black person who teaches the white hero some valuable life lessons via semi-cryptic analogies and metaphors.
I always hate that - mainly because I always end up thinking "If they're so effing wise, why are they chauffering or caddying (or whatever other menial job they have?)" -
NO ONE EVER DOES A POO -
GuiltySpark 6,757 posts
Seen 9 hours ago
Registered 13 years agoThe 'ironic' use of the Wilhelm scream. Probably been mentioned. -
roz123 7,112 posts
Seen 3 months ago
Registered 10 years agomeme wrote:
except security guards
NO ONE EVER DOES A POO -
Rusty_M 6,815 posts
Seen 20 hours ago
Registered 11 years agoGuiltySpark wrote:
Even Cool Runnings has one.
The 'ironic' use of the Wilhelm scream. Probably been mentioned. -
Spong 525 posts
Seen 4 years ago
Registered 11 years agoGuiltySpark wrote:
The 'ironic' use of the Wilhelm scream. Probably been mentioned.
Makes me laugh if I ever hear it nowadays.
Edited by Spong at 16:05:50 18-12-2012 -
Rusty_M wrote:
This is primarily due to expectations. People actually expect unrealistic things in movies, hence why computers still make PC-speaker beeps every three seconds, and videogames still sound like Pac-Man and why things explode and make noises in space. Also why in kung-fu movies everyone's arms make whippping sounds and why, even in relatively quiet dramas you can usually even hear lights switching on with a distinct recognisable noise.
billythekid wrote:
All tyres screech when stopping too. Even pulling into your driveway.
When a car pulls away from a standstill, the tyres will squeal. Even on a fucking dirt road. >
Punching someone sounds like a clap rather than a "thkkk"
There's a whole psychological theory behind it. Weird stuff. -
GuiltySpark 6,757 posts
Seen 9 hours ago
Registered 13 years agoLove interests. They need to fuck off. Nothing says executive rewrite like the shoehorning in of a fucking love interest.
And the less we say about romcoms the better, to be honest. Genre in itself is meant to make us feel safe by being predictable. This is why when casual film goers see something completely different, they don't 'get' it - and you don't get anymore casual than the romcom audience.
FUCKING ROMCOMS
Edited by GuiltySpark at 16:16:12 18-12-2012 -
Mr_Sleep 21,645 posts
Seen 5 hours ago
Registered 16 years agomeme wrote:
Boom!
There's a whole psychological theory behind it. Weird stuff.
Edited by Mr_Sleep at 16:36:05 18-12-2012 -
The actual sound a punch makes in real life is disgusting. It's like a wet crunch. It's just horrible. -
On a similar note, I'm glad we get spared the actual noise of sex in films as well. -
mrpon 34,303 posts
Seen 8 hours ago
Registered 11 years agomeme wrote:
Pulp Fiction
NO ONE EVER DOES A POO -
nickthegun 73,345 posts
Seen 5 hours ago
Registered 12 years agokalel wrote:
On the flip side, because they cant be shown shagging, over eager plunger kissing, complete with schluuuping noises does not sound great in 5.1.
On a similar note, I'm glad we get spared the actual noise of sex in films as well.
Thats one of my bugbears, tbh. Especially when its someone quite gross doing it.
This also applies to TV, usually soaps. -
@glaeken. Cheers for the linky. Also once the calibre is big enough (as it often is in films) bullets laugh in the face of walls too.
If you want to hide behind a car get behind the engine block, otherwise you might as well be sat in the open. Either that or a bunch of Belgian rozzers, either is good.
.gif)
Sometimes posts may contain links to online retail stores. If you click on one and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. For more information, go here.
