what movie plotlines and cliches are you tired of?

Post some movie plotlines and cliches that you're sick and tired of seeing.

I dunno about you guys, but i've noticed a great deal of movies that involve a man who has some kind of profession that is either from the military, sports related, or is some kind of hard job that involves violence. Then that man ends up having to babysit some kids. Or become a father. The Rock Dwayne Johnson and Jackie chan seen notorious for these kinds of films.

I'm also sick of kids sports movies. Where it starts out with kinds playing on a field, then some bullies pick on them. So afterwards, they find some coach that's willing to train them. And they suck at first. There's always a scene where it shows them training and the fall down constantly. Then someone the coach teaches them to believe in themselves or something, and they have to play against the bullies in a profession game, and guess what they win? surprise. so then they all celebrate on the field or court while Queen's we are the champions play. I tell you i'm so sick of these movies i won't even watch the mighty ducks.

And last but not least, i'm tired of hearing "i'm goin in".

happy endings, especially in dark, serious, horror, and other similiar genres.

also, while I love CGI, I do not like it in place of other things. I think a blend of live action, animatronics, and CGI to supplement those two is ideal. Very rarely should CGI dominate.

Overpowered heroes saving the world/the day against overpowered villains.

I'm starting to get bored of the "little army vs. the big army clashing on the big battlefield" movies.

It seemed to start in Star Wars and then cascaded down through Braveheart, LOTR, 300, Narnia, Avatar, etc...

And there's always a "general" dude giving some big dumb speech right before the big battle.

Hollywood needs a new formula.

happy endings, especially in dark, serious, horror, and other similiar genres.

also, while I love CGI, I do not like it in place of other things. I think a blend of live action, animatronics, and CGI to supplement those two is ideal. Very rarely should CGI dominate.

I'm starting to get bored of the "little army vs. the big army clashing on the big battlefield" movies.

It seemed to start in Star Wars and then cascaded down through Braveheart, LOTR, 300, Narnia, Avatar, etc...

And there's always a "general" dude giving some big dumb speech right before the big battle.

Hollywood needs a new formula.

Netherscourge

happy endings, especially in dark, serious, horror, and other similiar genres.

also, while I love CGI, I do not like it in place of other things. I think a blend of live action, animatronics, and CGI to supplement those two is ideal. Very rarely should CGI dominate.

mrbojangles25

Personally, I'm pretty tired of little creepy girls and americans saving the world from aliens.

When parents NEVER ****ing believe their kids in horror movies. There's a demon monster ghost in their house and the kid knows but there parents never believe them until everyone is ****ed. sad point being; the kid gets ****ed over too, probably worst

Yeah horror movies are probably one of the most cliched genres out there... I mean, they always follow the same arch.

1. Person is cursed and they try to defeat this evil being. By the ending, they believe that the stopped the creature, but at the very last moment the creature comes back and kills them.

2. A group of multi-raced/cultured friends are running around some haunted land, and each one gets taken out one by one.

3. Someone is experiencing some strange phenomenons, and when he or she tries to tell other people what's happening, no one ever believes them until it's too late.

Where to start.....

Where the movie ends in a way thats setting up for a sequel.

When the main character has to rescue some hooker and then they get married and live hapily ever after

Poor = noble

Rich = evil

:roll:

People walking away from explosions and never turning around to look at them.Travo_basic

Movies that are different just for difference's sake. Take No Country for Old Men, for example. I would have probably thought well of it if not for the ending. If it were a normal movie, the creepy villain that we have been rooting against all movie would have got what was coming to him. Instead, he kills the cowboy's wife and gets away scott free! There is no logical reason for this. There is no closure, and the audience does not feel satisfied. We still want the Sheriff to kick his ass. People say that that's how real life is. SO WHAT?! This is fiction! The whole point of fiction is that you can tell a good story, and a good story has a good ending! And good endings have closure! And the bad guy walking away after succeeding is not closure. It makes you feel like they ran out of film and couldn't finish the last fifteen minutes of the movie.

Happy endings are crap.

Movies that are different just for difference's sake. Take No Country for Old Men, for example. I would have probably thought well of it if not for the ending. If it were a normal movie, the creepy villain that we have been rooting against all movie would have got what was coming to him. Instead, he kills the cowboy's wife and gets away scott free! There is no logical reason for this. There is no closure, and the audience does not feel satisfied. We still want the Sheriff to kick his ass. People say that that's how real life is. SO WHAT?! This is fiction! The whole point of fiction is that you can tell a good story, and a good story has a good ending! And good endings have closure! And the bad guy walking away after succeeding is not closure. It makes you feel like they ran out of film and couldn't finish the last fifteen minutes of the movie.

Head_of_games

I'm sick of seeing movies with good endings or sad endings just for the sake of it, seriously I want endings that is realistic.

Stereotypes! It's like whenever a British person appears in an American movie he has to speak with either a really post accent or a cockney accent.

Memory loss. Cruise control for cool.

"We've got company" honestly it irritates me to no end to hear that.

When the good guy wins :evil: it would be nice to see a film go the other way or more if there are any out their.

Poor = noble

Rich = evil

:roll:

Lord_Daemon

Lone guy vs. 100 random bad guys who cannot aim

Lone guy vs. 100 random bad guys who cannot aim

UnknownSniper65

:lol: Main characters never get randomly hit without drama ensuing man. That's a law.

Movies that are different just for difference's sake. Take No Country for Old Men, for example. I would have probably thought well of it if not for the ending. If it were a normal movie, the creepy villain that we have been rooting against all movie would have got what was coming to him. Instead, he kills the cowboy's wife and gets away scott free! There is no logical reason for this. There is no closure, and the audience does not feel satisfied. We still want the Sheriff to kick his ass. People say that that's how real life is. SO WHAT?! This is fiction! The whole point of fiction is that you can tell a good story, and a good story has a good ending! And good endings have closure! And the bad guy walking away after succeeding is not closure. It makes you feel like they ran out of film and couldn't finish the last fifteen minutes of the movie.

Head_of_games

That's how McCarthy wrote the book... the Coen brothers were merely being faithful to the novel...

[QUOTE="Head_of_games"]

Movies that are different just for difference's sake. Take No Country for Old Men, for example. I would have probably thought well of it if not for the ending. If it were a normal movie, the creepy villain that we have been rooting against all movie would have got what was coming to him. Instead, he kills the cowboy's wife and gets away scott free! There is no logical reason for this. There is no closure, and the audience does not feel satisfied. We still want the Sheriff to kick his ass. People say that that's how real life is. SO WHAT?! This is fiction! The whole point of fiction is that you can tell a good story, and a good story has a good ending! And good endings have closure! And the bad guy walking away after succeeding is not closure. It makes you feel like they ran out of film and couldn't finish the last fifteen minutes of the movie.

cd_rom

When the good guy wins :evil: it would be nice to see a film go the other way or more if there are any out their.

jackelzx

Not killing the monster/evil person when it was on the ground seemingly dead, only to find it going after the characters minutes later.

[QUOTE="UnknownSniper65"]

Lone guy vs. 100 random bad guys who cannot aim

Dystopian-X

:lol: Main characters never get randomly hit without drama ensuing man. That's a law.

I'm sick of seeing movies with good endings or sad endings just for the sake of it, seriously I want endings that is realistic.

l4dak47

[QUOTE="Head_of_games"]

Movies that are different just for difference's sake. Take No Country for Old Men, for example. I would have probably thought well of it if not for the ending. If it were a normal movie, the creepy villain that we have been rooting against all movie would have got what was coming to him. Instead, he kills the cowboy's wife and gets away scott free! There is no logical reason for this. There is no closure, and the audience does not feel satisfied. We still want the Sheriff to kick his ass. People say that that's how real life is. SO WHAT?! This is fiction! The whole point of fiction is that you can tell a good story, and a good story has a good ending! And good endings have closure! And the bad guy walking away after succeeding is not closure. It makes you feel like they ran out of film and couldn't finish the last fifteen minutes of the movie.

chessmaster1989

That's how McCarthy wrote the book... the Coen brothers were merely being faithful to the novel...

Another cliche - Only Americans can save the world.

Sick of the Avatar type stories. After watching 1/4th of the movie, I could pretty much predict everything that was going to happen (except the helicopter chick dying though, that was disappointing =/)

Sick of the Avatar type stories. After watching 1/4th of the movie, I could pretty much predict everything that was going to happen (except the helicopter chick dying though, that was disappointing =/)

xionvalkyrie

Man & wife are getting divorced, wife has trouble with man, man is psyco, man kidnaps theirchild, man gets away with it, wife calls cops, cops rescue child, wife & child life happly ever after >_>

or bs like twilight

[QUOTE="xionvalkyrie"]

Sick of the Avatar type stories. After watching 1/4th of the movie, I could pretty much predict everything that was going to happen (except the helicopter chick dying though, that was disappointing =/)

comp_atkins

Romance as a quick side plot in a film. It never works in making you give a crap especially in action films, just makes the film boring for the next few minutes. Only a handful of films pull off a good romance plot.

Poor = noble

Rich = evil

:roll:

Lord_Daemon

i agree

[QUOTE="comp_atkins"][QUOTE="xionvalkyrie"]

Sick of the Avatar type stories. After watching 1/4th of the movie, I could pretty much predict everything that was going to happen (except the helicopter chick dying though, that was disappointing =/)

F1_2004