"The only way to kill <antagonist> is to use this <supernatural object>."
Oh boy, I wonder how the movie's gonna end now!
[QUOTE=Boaraes;48933925]"Fortunate Son" by CCR playing whenever there's a scene during the Vietnam War[/QUOTE]
I've never seen that cliche outside of 4chan greentexting. How many times has it shown up?
i usually hate movies to be honest just get bored sitting still for that long
Plot-armour.
If you don't know, basically characters survive things impossible in real life, generally in action movies.
Ex: Star Wars, all Expendables, all Rambos, etc.
I mean, as shitty as it'd be, can we have one movie where it begins with the action sequence, the protagonist gets shot in the face and the movie ends when he gets shot.
[QUOTE=Scorpo;48941142]Plot-armour.
If you don't know, basically characters survive things impossible in real life, generally in action movies.
Ex: Star Wars, all Expendables, all Rambos, etc.
I mean, as shitty as it'd be, can we have one movie where it begins with the action sequence, the protagonist gets shot in the face and the movie ends when he gets shot.[/QUOTE]
Kingsman [sp]sort of did that with the James Bond type character near the start.[/sp]
[QUOTE=Scorpo;48941142]Plot-armour.
If you don't know, basically characters survive things impossible in real life, generally in action movies.
Ex: Star Wars, all Expendables, all Rambos, etc.
I mean, as shitty as it'd be, can we have one movie where it begins with the action sequence, the protagonist gets shot in the face and the movie ends when he gets shot.[/QUOTE]
I'd recommend Collateral for a movie where the people in it respond pretty realistically to getting hurt for the most part
[QUOTE=FunnyStarRunner;48941112]I've never seen that cliche outside of 4chan greentexting. How many times has it shown up?[/QUOTE]
[url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortunate_Son#Movies_and_TV[/url]
I think it's use in Forest Gump solidified it as "that Vietnam song", even though there are plenty of good war songs from that era. It's a good song and I don't mind the cliche, but it's an easy choice for wanting your scene to be Vietnam.
[editline]20th October 2015[/editline]
All along the watch tower, too. As previously mentioned. Another song featured in Forest Gump.
[editline]20th October 2015[/editline]
Gump is a Vietnam cliche staple, really. Great movie.
When in a fantasy or medieval movie the swordfight between the two ~best swordsmen in the realm~ is just two guys who have no idea what they're doing swinging at eachother's swords. There's really just no excuse for that in my opinion. It's already a choreographed fight, would it be SO hard to get someone who knows [i]something[/i] about swordfighting to make it a bit less ridiculous?
It's not like realistic sword fights are necessarily boring, I mean.
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5w2Mh6CyXo[/media]
I could see that being able to keep an audience interested.
Every Mexican stand off ever
Protagonist: Put your gun down!
Bad guy: No, you put your gun down!
Protagonist: I'm putting my gun down!
Bad guy: Now you're at my mercy!
Protagonist: Oh shit, now I have to do whatever the bad guy says!
Fuck every movie that does this.
[QUOTE=Raptortheawesome;48944852]Every Mexican stand off ever
Protagonist: Put your gun down!
Bad guy: No, you put your gun down!
Protagonist: I'm putting my gun down!
Bad guy: Now you're at my mercy!
Protagonist: Oh shit, now I have to do whatever the bad guy says!
Fuck every movie that does this.[/QUOTE]
Check out the end of Reservoir Dogs if you want to see it go in a different way.
[QUOTE=Raptortheawesome;48944852]Every Mexican stand off ever
Protagonist: Put your gun down!
Bad guy: No, you put your gun down!
Protagonist: I'm putting my gun down!
Bad guy: Now you're at my mercy!
Protagonist: Oh shit, now I have to do whatever the bad guy says!
Fuck every movie that does this.[/QUOTE]
Every time a cop/law figure puts their gun down when the bad guy tells them. Something that would [I]never[/I] happen in real life.
What about when one character has a clear shot at the other and yet they choose not to take it anyway.
[QUOTE=Rebi;48944275]When in a fantasy or medieval movie the swordfight between the two ~best swordsmen in the realm~ is just two guys who have no idea what they're doing swinging at eachother's swords. There's really just no excuse for that in my opinion. It's already a choreographed fight, would it be SO hard to get someone who knows [i]something[/i] about swordfighting to make it a bit less ridiculous?
It's not like realistic sword fights are necessarily boring, I mean.
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5w2Mh6CyXo[/media]
I could see that being able to keep an audience interested.[/QUOTE]
[media]https://youtu.be/r-mnfJvSDkU[/media]
fight starts at 3:52
When there's an animal in a TV show or movie (usually comedy) and they just dub it over with stock animal sounds. Take a moment to remember all the stock ape, bird, and puppy sounds that have been drilled into your mind for the past century. Like, how much effort does it take to find a different sound effect that hasn't been used since I Love Lucy?
[QUOTE=BigJoeyLemons;48946036]When there's an animal in a TV show or movie (usually comedy) and they just dub it over with stock animal sounds. Take a moment to remember all the stock ape, bird, and puppy sounds that have been drilled into your mind for the past century. Like, how much effort does it take to find a different sound effect that hasn't been used since I Love Lucy?[/QUOTE]
I hate when the creators get lazy and use stock sound effects, unless it's a Wilhelm Scream.
The Wilhelm holds a special place in my heart, kind of like an easter egg, really.
there was this commercial that I saw on the disney channel the other day that used the exact same stock audience gasp noise not once, not twice, but THREE TIMES IN THE SAME TWO MINUTE COMMERCIAL.
That commercial aired every single commercial break for the movie I was watching.
[QUOTE=CabooseRvB;48930533]I think I'm starting to notice this more but I'm getting bothered by seeing [b]multiple[/b] switches between cameras when there is a one-on-one conversation.
Like, I think this is a good example of how it's executed properly. I'm no film expert but the camera doesn't make any extreme changes in angles; it remains on the same side. Each subject gets good exposure and the dialogue also allows the camera to stay focused on them longer. But at times the camera zips to the other subject that is simply idling or is being quiet, I would understand that I would help capture the subject's reaction to the other's dialogue but in other films/tv shows, they seem to go overboard.
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfSjs_6MZOQ[/media][/QUOTE]
If the director knows what they're doing, it can really help the scene, by showing who's in control, what bits of the conversation is really important to who, etc.
[editline] no[/editline]
Like it gets really boring sometimes if like two characters drone on and the camera just stays still or just changes between the faces of who's talking.
Teen flicks. Y'know, crushes, generic rock/pop sound track, high school drama, used of awful stereotypes (bully jocks, socially awkward nerds, valley girls), rebellious, inconsequential behavior, and hiLArioUS HiJiNks during a special/important event.
[QUOTE=BigJoeyLemons;48946036]When there's an animal in a TV show or movie (usually comedy) and they just dub it over with stock animal sounds. Take a moment to remember all the stock ape, bird, and puppy sounds that have been drilled into your mind for the past century. Like, how much effort does it take to find a different sound effect that hasn't been used since I Love Lucy?[/QUOTE]
if i remember right, there's like one species of frog in the world that goes "Ribbit", and lo and behold it's peculiar to just north of hollywood, but we hear it so much it's just drilled in our brains that all frogs make that particular noise.
Makes you wonder what kind of money on royalties that a select few are making while there's how many thousands of alternitive libraries that are basically unused because it's just more convenient for editors to use what they know
[QUOTE=AbioFlesh;48948891]Teen flicks. Y'know, crushes, generic rock/pop sound track, high school drama, used of awful stereotypes (bully jocks, socially awkward nerds, valley girls), rebellious, inconsequential behavior, and hiLArioUS HiJiNks during a special/important event.[/QUOTE]
or maybe it's just generic paint by numbers writing in general that you hate. Copypasted stories, change some details, invent some half assed characters and change some diologue around it but the frame remains exactly the same, and ship it, because that's what the money men like
i don't think you should be called a writer if you do that sort of thing
Micheal cera.
Way too often directors give away something that's about to happen in the most obvious and clumsy ways, e.g. tight shots on people who are backing up before jump scares. I've seen an awful lot of people suddenly being in the center of the shot at medium range right before something bad happens to them as well. It's not just the worst movies either.
I've always thought the stuttery dramatic slow motion looked awful as well, I couldn't believe it when they used it in LotR
When the script thinks that a cloaking device = teleportation
when there's a real good friendship going on and it turns to a forced relationship
just UUUGghhHhh WHY
"What's the catch?"
"No catch, [B][I]BUT...[/I][/B]"
[QUOTE=RedBaronFlyer;48956219]When the script thinks that a cloaking device = teleportation[/QUOTE]
what are you referring to? i can't recall this happening in anything i have seen
I think he means it just lets a character breeze by any security/obstacles with no issue
[QUOTE=IJNOMED;48954276]Micheal cera.[/QUOTE]
I can't tell if you're joking or not but he does tend to play the same role in most movies, it's almost like they take his character and build the movie around him being so awkward. The best caveat i can think of to this is him in This is the End, where he's so high and smacks Rhianna's ass.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtAwkv71gGU[/media]
Which says a bit about Michael Cera as a person and how he's probably not super awkward when you listen to Seth Rogen explain it
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrFV1sPSGFE[/media]
(at about 3:45)
But yeah, i guess that's something of an issue with me is when the same actor plays the same characters over and over.
"Power ranger"-esque explosions every two seconds...
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in the few movies i watch i hate it when something easily avoidable happens witch leads to something horrible happening to that person it just buggs me its another reason i dont watch that many movies
[QUOTE=matt000024;48956276]what are you referring to? i can't recall this happening in anything i have seen[/QUOTE]
I don't know how to explain it that well but I'll give it a shot. When a person puts on a cloaking device or hides behind a wall or something and five seconds later they are at a place they couldn't feasibly get to in the time given.
It usually happens in fight scenes and the like
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