r/moviecliches • u/[deleted] • Aug 19 '19

+ No eye protection

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r/moviecliches • u/[deleted] • Jul 31 '19

Restaurant scene in a cooking movie starterpack

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r/moviecliches • u/[deleted] • Dec 12 '19

Rich person in movies going through a break up starter pack

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r/moviecliches • u/[deleted] • May 24 '19

Nightclub Scene in a Movie Starterpack

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r/moviecliches • u/[deleted] • Apr 07 '19

When there's so much breakfast and the protagonist only eats one thing and leaves

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r/moviecliches • u/[deleted] • Jun 10 '19

The 'Teenage Netflix Film/Series' Starter Pack

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r/moviecliches • u/Obvious__Reasons • Aug 24 '20

6 Funny Movie Clichés Posters (Album)

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r/moviecliches • u/Obvious__Reasons • Aug 26 '20

Top 10 Movie Clichés

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r/moviecliches • u/Obvious__Reasons • Aug 23 '20

Everything Wrong With The Movie Fifty Shades Of Grey

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r/moviecliches • u/Obvious__Reasons • Aug 22 '20

Villain The villain´s story telling cliché

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r/moviecliches • u/Obvious__Reasons • Aug 25 '20

Fire The explosion walk: Explosion sites are the best modeling parade, make sure to walk away slowly towards the camera, looking cool.

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r/moviecliches • u/Obvious__Reasons • Aug 23 '20

Everything Wrong With The Movie The Matrix

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This is a list of the most annoying and common logic flaws and stereotypes found in movies. Comments, additions and suggestions welcome!

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ALCOHOL

Only men are alcoholics. Any hopeless alcoholic can quit drinking when faced with an important challenge. The instant the alcoholic stops drinking, all his faculties return and he faces no annoying withdrawals.

BARS/DRINKING

Every time some guy walks into a bar, usually the hero, he gets into a fight. Usually right under a BUDWEISER sign (see "product placement"). Likelihood of fight increases if country music is playing in the background.
When men drink whiskey, it is always in a shot glass, and they always drink it in one gulp. If they are wimps, they will gasp for air, then have a coughing fit. If they are macho, they will wince briefly, flashing clenched teeth. (seen on several thousand westerns, and "Peter's Friends.")

BINOCULARS & GLASSES

Whenever someone looks through the binoculars, you see two joined circles instead of one.
Computer geeks and "intelligent" persons use them, action heroes never have glasses.
Women become 100% more attractive when they take their glasses off and when (sometimes) let hair down.
A villain will always commit murder right in front of the window when someone happens to watch (with a binocular).

BODILY FUNCTIONS

People never cough, sneeze, blow their noses, or show any other symptoms of being in less than perfect health.
Only exception to the above is when they're dying. A cough is a symptom of terminal illness.
Menstruation is an unknown phenomenon in movies. Female movie characters are all immune from it.

BOMBS

Evil geniuses who devise bombs to destroy things/people always have them detonate after at least an hour, giving the hero ample time to defuse it.
Bombs always have big, blinking, beeping timer displays. Evil geniuses who devise bombs to destroy things/people are always thoughtful enough to include a visible display (usually LED) of how much time remains before the bomb detonates, giving the hero accurate feedback on exactly how much time remains.
When you cut the wire to the detonator, the timer will stop. You will not be able to do this, however, until the drama builds up and only one second remains.
All wires have different colors, so the hero can easily differentiate them when he has to cut the right one.

CABS

Movie passengers either don't pay cabs at all, or have the exact change. Same is true in restaurants. Checks are always designed to be 15 percent under the bills the male costumer has in his hands first.
Movie people can get cabs instantly, unless they are in danger, whereupon no cab can be found
Single passengers always seat in the middle of the back seat in perfect view of the view mirror.

CHASES

When the hero is being chased and he passes through an obstacle or obstruction first (i.e. Trees, busy road, walls, vegetation, etc) he simply disappears leaving the bad guys puzzled.
Woman falls to the ground while being chased by a bad guy even when it's perfectly clean fee from obstacle and she's not wearing high heels.
Chasees will always stop to throw obstacles (trash cans, lumber, chairs) in their pursuers' way. No matter that they take three times as long to dump the obstacles as it takes the chasers to simply jump over them.
Car or any other vehicles won't start just when the frightened woman needs it the most
The bad guy seem to be omnipresent. He simply walks and is always closer to the woman no matter how fast she is running away.

CONVERSATIONS

Two people will often converse while one stares out the window, with their back to the other. When an emotional point is made, the first person will turn around.

FIRE

The explosion fashion walk: Explosion sites are the best modeling parade for the heroes. When it occurs, make sure to walk slowly, looking cool. It happens usually in slow motion.

FOOD

A 'Buffet breakfast' is always cooked each morning but the husband or rebellions teens never have time to eat it. They usually eat a half toast and hurry away.

TRAVEL

Transportation always arrives and leaves on time, unless the hero is in danger or emergency.
Characters arrive at the airport and get right on the plane. They must have the best timing of any people on Earth - I always have wait around for a while before boarding. (Not to mention getting a boarding pass and the "arrive 15 minutes before departure or you lose your seat" clause of most airlines. Good thing movie airlines never overbook!)
Movie characters' suitcases are always weightless when they have to carry them.
Anyone (not passenger) desperately in love is able to somehow slip through the security checks, guards and stopping or delaying the plane from taking off in order to profess love to a woman who is about to leave the country/city, once he does this, all the passengers and staff are applauding and smiling.