Most annoying movie cliche

I hate it when the protaginist is 100% good and morally perfect. >_>

When humans go to an alien planet and try to steal their resources, and then declare war when the native species won't cooperate. Oh wait, there's a movie doing that right now... :|JustPlainLucas

I hate it when the protaginist is 100% good and morally perfect. >_>

ghoklebutter

Man meets woman, they fall in love, woman catches man doing something stupid/man says something stupid, women gets mad and leaves him, begins to regret it and realizes she loves him, movie ends with them getting back together/getting married/etc.

:|

[QUOTE="JustPlainLucas"]When humans go to an alien planet and try to steal their resources, and then declare war when the native species won't cooperate. Oh wait, there's a movie doing that right now... :|sammyjenkis898

Surely you can't be serious! :o

[QUOTE="sammyjenkis898"][QUOTE="JustPlainLucas"]When humans go to an alien planet and try to steal their resources, and then declare war when the native species won't cooperate. Oh wait, there's a movie doing that right now... :|chessmaster1989

Surely you can't be serious! :o

When a guy loves a girl, but the girl hates the guy. Then the guy spends the whole movie being mean/childish/drunk/etc. Then the guy does one nice thing, at which point the girl realizes that she misjudged him. Then they kiss, they live happily ever after, and the credits start rolling.

When humans go to an alien planet and try to steal their resources, and then declare war when the native species won't cooperate. Oh wait, there's a movie doing that right now... :|JustPlainLucas

I cant think of any other movie with the plot you described besides Avatar.

When a guy loves a girl, but the girl hates the guy. Then the guy spends the whole movie being mean/childish/drunk/etc. Then the guy does one nice thing, at which point the girl realizes that she misjudged him. Then they kiss, they live happily ever after, and the credits start rolling.

MrGeezer

Man meets woman, they fall in love, woman catches man doing something stupid/man says something stupid, women gets mad and leaves him, begins to regret it and realizes she loves him, movie ends with them getting back together/getting married/etc.

:|

chessmaster1989

Sex scenes with the woman wearing a bra.

[QUOTE="sammyjenkis898"] I find it odd that you dislike that film so much (even though you haven't seen it), yet you get enjoyment out of Transformers 2..JustPlainLucas

Wait... so you haven't even seen the movie? :?

Bullets. Infinite supply up until a new wave of baddies arrive or they get cornered, then they run out.

Shortly after a character says "It can't get any worse than this" something bad happens to the character (normally for 'comedic' purposes).

People playing video games will just rapidly mash buttons and tilt the controller to one side.

A reluctant hero becomes the chosen one to save the world.

Superhuman beings on Earth are humanity's only hope to stop a superhuman threat.

A reluctant hero becomes the chosen one to save the world.

Superhuman beings on Earth are humanity's only hope to stop a superhuman threat.

Here's another good one. People hate each other, don't get along, or something. Then they get in a disaster, lots of nameless extras die, and suddenly all of the main relationship problems are solved after surviving the dinosaur/alien/terrorist threat.

There are a lot of variations on this, but this happens ALL THE TIME. Like, in Jurassic Park, Sam Neill overcame his hatred for kids after getting chased by raptors. Whereas in Die Hard, John McClane and his wife make up after surviving a terrorist/hostage situation. But it's really all the same thing.

I hate it when the protaginist is 100% good and morally perfect. >_>

ghoklebutter

Yes I cant stand movies/games/books etc that are so black and white and do the whole pure good vs pure evil crap.

[QUOTE="one_plum"]

A reluctant hero becomes the chosen one to save the world.

Superhuman beings on Earth are humanity's only hope to stop a superhuman threat.

ghoklebutter

It's like the premise of almost every damn blockbusters in the last couple of years! (with varying scales of epicness)

When the main protagonist and antagonist are related in some way, a Luke/Vader effect. It was alright back in the day but too played out. That, and pretty much anything seen in a horror movie these days.

When the main protagonist and antagonist are related in some way, a Luke/Vader effect. It was alright back in the day but too played out. That, and pretty much anything seen in a horror movie these days.

Legendaryscmt

Blowing up the monster(s) at the end of a horror movie. So lame...its alway 1000 roaches or slugs or something and they round them up in a house or cave and blow them up. And then there is always one that survives in the last shot.....ugg.

Happy endings. Yeah, I said it! :evil:

Blowing up the monster(s) at the end of a horror movie. So lame...its alway 1000 roaches or slugs or something and they round them up in a house or cave and blow them up. And then there is always one that survives in the last shot.....ugg.

Videodogg

Happy endings. Yeah, I said it! :evil:

entropyecho

[QUOTE="Legendaryscmt"]

When the main protagonist and antagonist are related in some way, a Luke/Vader effect. It was alright back in the day but too played out. That, and pretty much anything seen in a horror movie these days.

RAMRODtheMASTER

Because newer technology took away the use of props meant to be set on fire, meant to explode, etc, etc.

[QUOTE="entropyecho"]

Happy endings. Yeah, I said it! :evil:

ghoklebutter

[QUOTE="ghoklebutter"][QUOTE="entropyecho"]

Happy endings. Yeah, I said it! :evil:

[QUOTE="RAMRODtheMASTER"][QUOTE="Legendaryscmt"]

When the main protagonist and antagonist are related in some way, a Luke/Vader effect. It was alright back in the day but too played out. That, and pretty much anything seen in a horror movie these days.

Legendaryscmt

Because newer technology took away the use of props meant to be set on fire, meant to explode, etc, etc.

Blowing up the monster(s) at the end of a horror movie. So lame...its alway 1000 roaches or slugs or something and they round them up in a house or cave and blow them up. And then there is always one that survives in the last shot.....ugg.

Videodogg

Ah, the "Vampire Effect".

Basically, the whole cliche where vampires either turn the entire town into vampires, or turn the hero's girlfriend into a vampire.

Left without a way to kill all the vampires, the writer goes the easy route: uh, let's just make it so that we only have to kill the HEAD VAMPIRE.

It's also lame. It's just cheap. It might be occasionally tolerable if it weren't such a cliche. But as cliched as it is, it's just a cheap and easy way to create a false sense of fear and hopelessness by allowing the heroes to AVOID having to do any kind of confrontation. The appearance of the Master vampire/Borg/alien slug monster does nothing more than allow the hero to avoid having to kill all the monsters. It's a magical plot device from the heavens, that has no logical reason for existing.

i hate the movies where a big boss guy hires a woman and they oggle each other for like ever then they miraculously fall in love

That same little STUPID girl in EVERY horror movie.

Sport movies where the team starts off terrible, starts to improve for whatever reason up to a decent standard, gets knocked back down again, then start to get better again because of an inspirational speech / person / event. Then when they reach the finals they start to get thrashed but have a miraculous comeback and end up winning the whole tournament or whatever.

Sport movies where the team starts off terrible, starts to improve for whatever reason up to a decent standard, gets knocked back down again, then start to get better again because of an inspirational speech / person / event. Then when they reach the finals they start to get thrashed but have a miraculous comeback and end up winning the whole tournament or whatever.

oldmanriver1

then start to get better again because of an inspirational speech / person / event.

oldmanriver1

There are far too many for me to pick just one. So I'll just list the ones that come to mind right now:

• Faux philosophy - You know, when characters in a movie try to say something "deep" or make some sort of insightful observation because the writer wanted to feel smart. However, because the philosophy is forced and usually a cliche spiel, it ends up falling flat since there's no substance behind it or meaning for it to even be in the movie
• Brainless action banter - Dialogue that's meant to make a situation more badass but makes no sense in context or has been used so many times that it's completely lost it's meaning. I'm talking about lines like "this will be our final battle!", "so we meet again...", or "I will destroy you all!"
• Cliche lines in general
• Bad guy motives that are childishly simple - Ex: A bad guy who wants to destroy the world just because he likes destroying things, a bad guy who's only personality is "being evil", someone who wants "more power"
• Bad guy trying to take over the world/galaxy/universe
• Big lipped alligator moments - In kids' movies these are usually the singing portions of the movie (which NEVER serve any purpose except to make the movie longer), and in movies aimed at teens and adults they're the sex scenes
• Unnecessary romantic subplots
• Sexed up anthropomorphic characters - This is one that's mainly confined to children's movies. The ubiquitousness of this cliche is unbelievable. No, I don't want to see a "sexy" car, toy, animal, robot, or whatever other non-human thing you wanted to put sex appeal into because you wanted to attract dads/were too damn stupid to realize that it's possible to create a female love interest in the film that isn't sexy
• Stereotyped gender behavior - Self-explanatory but one example I'll specifically mention is the all-too-common female character who uses sex appeal as "power" over men. I hate that because of just how devious it is in its sexism. It implies that men are powerless to sex and it implies that the only way a woman can have the upperhand on a man is by turning herself into a sex object. It's like "hey women, you're not totally helpless. You can get what you want from men by having sex with them!"

All of that said, I think that if I had to choose one cliche I hate it would be

THE DISNEY ENDING

I hate it so much because of just how pervasive it is in television and film (as well as pop literature). For those who can't figure out what I mean by "Disney ending", I'm talking about the type of ending where everything that was wrong in the movie is made right, all the protaganist's problems are solved, and everyone (except the bad guy) lives happily ever after. What's really terrible about it is that because everyone got raised on Disney films and their ilk, most people are unable to handle endings that aren't "perfect" much less outright depressing. As a result, you rarely ever see tragedy films and TV shows. Instead everything is comedy. It gets especially frustrating when a movie/show has a plot that fits all the criteria of a tragedy and is shaping up to have a beautifully tragic ending (yes, such a thing is certainly possible) but then switches to a ****ing Disney ending at the last second thus ruining the entire experience (although at least the average movie goer will leave happy). The only way an ending can get worse is when it involves a deus ex machina.

Sex scenes with the woman wearing a bra.

muffincakes87

FFFFFF

I hate that.

Worn out cliche characters;

strong female leads who have more guts than any man

black/white buddy cops

black police sergeants ( now black female police sergeants )

the hero that can not be killed no matter what is thrown at him

the bad guy who can not be killed no matter what is thrown at him

soldiers with machine guns who cant hit the broad side of a barn, but the good guy can take them out with a pistol

the smart kid

Here's another one. Nerdy/ugly dude/chick likes someone else. One of their friends convinces him/her that "What you need is a makeover".

The girl then becomes "hot" (usually just by taking off her glasses). Or if we're talking about a guy, he joins the football team and starts pretending to be someone he's not. The whole plan goes badly, and the person of interest becomes even less interested in them.

We then get a motivational speech about "being yourself". The guy then scores the last touchdown at the last second (or the girl gets voted prom queen or something). The entire school starts cheering and applauding, and then the guy finally gets the girl (or vice versa).

Here's another one. Nerdy/ugly dude/chick likes someone else. One of their friends convinces him/her that "What you need is a makeover".

The girl then becomes "hot" (usually just by taking off her glasses). Or if we're talking about a guy, he joins the football team and starts pretending to be someone he's not. The whole plan goes badly, and the person of interest becomes even less interested in them.

We then get a motivational speech about "being yourself". The guy then scores the last touchdown at the last second (or the girl gets voted prom queen or something). The entire school starts cheering and applauding, and then the guy finally gets the girl (or vice versa).

the smart kid

Videodogg

A spinoff of this is the "dumb dad".

Heavily popularized by The Simpsons, this is when the dad is just another dumbass whiny stupid kid who would probably have long ago eaten glass shards in place of Doritos if The Woman wasn't there to take care of him.

You can currently see this in action on that Hanes sock commercial, where the wife is appalled to find out that the dad and te son are in the living room dipping their feet in latex because they can't find socks that fit their feet.

Cars during chase scenes that can take more abuse than a monster truck

Cars that struggle to start when the protagonist tries to desperately escape a killer

• Sexed up anthropomorphic characters - This is one that's mainly confined to children's movies. The ubiquitousness of this cliche is unbelievable. No, I don't want to see a "sexy" car, toy, animal, robot, or whatever other non-human thing you wanted to put sex appeal into because you wanted to attract dads/were too damn stupid to realize that it's possible to create a female love interest in the film that isn't sexy

gameguy6700

True.

Still, I have to point out that I TOTALLY approve of Jessica Rabbit.

[QUOTE="Videodogg"]

the smart kid

MrGeezer

A spinoff of this is the "dumb dad".

Heavily popularized by The Simpsons, this is when the dad is just another dumbass whiny stupid kid who would probably have long ago eaten glass shards in place of Doritos if The Woman wasn't there to take care of him.

You can currently see this in action on that Hanes sock commercial, where the wife is appalled to find out that the dad and te son are in the living room dipping their feet in latex because they can't find socks that fit their feet.

The "dumb dad" character is usually just a piece of a larger cliche, "the sitcom family". I'm sure everyone is familar with the sitcom family. You've got the dumb dad, the equally stupid son (who's usually a troublemaker/rebel), the whiny, strict mom, the mature daughter, maybe a third child who's a mix between the dumb son and the mature daughter, and the pets (almost always a dog, with a cat that never does anything thrown in on occasion).

[QUOTE="MrGeezer"]

Here's another one. Nerdy/ugly dude/chick likes someone else. One of their friends convinces him/her that "What you need is a makeover".

The girl then becomes "hot" (usually just by taking off her glasses). Or if we're talking about a guy, he joins the football team and starts pretending to be someone he's not. The whole plan goes badly, and the person of interest becomes even less interested in them.

We then get a motivational speech about "being yourself". The guy then scores the last touchdown at the last second (or the girl gets voted prom queen or something). The entire school starts cheering and applauding, and then the guy finally gets the girl (or vice versa).

ghoklebutter

Now that I'm mentioning movies for youngsters, this reminds me of The Goonies.

Don't get me wrong, the movie was awesome. But what's the deal with a diverse team, of which each member has a specific skill or specialty that just happens to come in handy later on in the movie?

And while we're talking about The Goonies, let's go ahead and bring race into this and mention the one single Asian dude whose sole job it is to build robots and **** that advance the plot.

Action heroines and villainesses in high heels. Sure it looks sexy, but it becomes rediculous when it becomes a standard.