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Hollywood Cliches - TV and Movie (1 Viewer)

TheIronSheik

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What are some cliches that annoy you when watching a movie or TV show? I particularly hate when a bomb with a timer is stopped with one second left. Or when a gunfight erupts and people use a wood table as cover.

 
in gun battles, the hero is always bulletproof - and never misses
Yes. I love how people with pistols can hit almost any target they want without really aiming. Especially when those targets are like 200 yards away. Excellent pistol shooting.

 
Sports movies (especially football) where they use the PA announcer to explain what is happening (Remember the Titans is a perfect example). I know it is a device to explain the gravity of the situation to viewers who aren't sports fans but it just isn't realistic.

"It's 4th and goal for Jimmy Gridiron and his underdog Wildcats. They have to get the ball into the end zone here or they lose the game. Remember Gridiron has overcome jock itch, his father dying in a steel mill, and his girlfriend leaving him due to his drinking...."

 
Sports movies (especially football) where they use the PA announcer to explain what is happening (Remember the Titans is a perfect example). I know it is a device to explain the gravity of the situation to viewers who aren't sports fans but it just isn't realistic.

"It's 4th and goal for Jimmy Gridiron and his underdog Wildcats. They have to get the ball into the end zone here or they lose the game. Remember Gridiron has overcome jock itch, his father dying in a steel mill, and his girlfriend leaving him due to his drinking...."
My younger brother was dating an Indian girl and she had us watch this Bollywood movie about Cricket. It apparently was a very famous Bollywood movie. But when the scenes came on during the cricket match, I could have used some of those PA announcers to explain to me what the hell was going on in that game. We were clueless. :shrug:

 
Movies when a romantic couple breaks up temporarily due to some stupid miscommunication, but almost always wind up back together.

Bottomless ammo cartridges.

 
In the movies, the guy always lands the money shot perfectly over the face of his mate, as if he was shooting down a bowling alley with bumpers in the lanes. Never happens in real life. A pillow is always soiled and many times, there's a lot of slapping.

 
I also hate when people run out of ammo, they throw their gun away. WHY?!? You know those things are reusable, right?

 
I also hate when people run out of ammo, they throw their gun away. WHY?!? You know those things are reusable, right?
Emptying the magazine at a superhero, seeing the bullets did nothing at all, then throwing the gun at them, as if that will do anything. Worse, some of the superheroes will actually duck.

 
shlub father that only cares about work and doesn't spend time with his kids finds out at the end that this might be important.

 
I hate when the bad guy stands over the hero, gives an extra long speech when he could have shot them right away. This gives the hero time to find a weapon or somebody come and save him

 
The hero cops only have 20 minutes to get across town to save someone. What? You can't radio to some cops who are closer?

 
Monster movies, where the enemy is hundreds of feet tall and ways 7,000 tons, but the army insists on sending in foot soldiers with standard-issue weapons to shoot at it.

 
Computers in movies. Every computer program in movies has some super colorful and flashy UI with 36 point font. The buttons that need to be clicked to further the plot are even flashier and bigger. Also, in the universe of TV and movies all mouse clicks can be heard at 80 decibals.

 
Computers in movies. Every computer program in movies has some super colorful and flashy UI with 36 point font. The buttons that need to be clicked to further the plot are even flashier and bigger. Also, in the universe of TV and movies all mouse clicks can be heard at 80 decibals.
I like when they shoot the computer to "render all information on it useless."

 
Computers in movies. Every computer program in movies has some super colorful and flashy UI with 36 point font. The buttons that need to be clicked to further the plot are even flashier and bigger. Also, in the universe of TV and movies all mouse clicks can be heard at 80 decibals.
To combat this in newer movies they always show a giant Linux shell to make it look complicated

 
I HATE the opening scene where they follow the lead character coming in to work and everyone is already there. Followed up by countless people bombarding the hero with 3-5 second clips each as they continue to walk to their desk. 90% of romcoms start this way.

 
Oh, this is another one that annoys the hell out of me:

Hitting someone in the back of the head and neck area will knock them out for extended periods of time. Just once I'd like someone to hit a guy in the back of the head and have that guy turn around and be like, "OWWWWWW!!!!!!!! What the hell's your problem, buddy?" :hot:

 
Oh, this is another one that annoys the hell out of me:

Hitting someone in the back of the head and neck area will knock them out for extended periods of time. Just once I'd like someone to hit a guy in the back of the head and have that guy turn around and be like, "OWWWWWW!!!!!!!! What the hell's your problem, buddy?" :hot:
Yeah, and there's a very fine line between hitting someone and them saying "Ow!" and causing some serious injury. Hollywood seems to think there's some sort on/off switch at the base of the skull.

 
Oh, this is another one that annoys the hell out of me:

Hitting someone in the back of the head and neck area will knock them out for extended periods of time. Just once I'd like someone to hit a guy in the back of the head and have that guy turn around and be like, "OWWWWWW!!!!!!!! What the hell's your problem, buddy?" :hot:
Yeah, and there's a very fine line between hitting someone and them saying "Ow!" and causing some serious injury. Hollywood seems to think there's some sort on/off switch at the base of the skull.
Yep. Hitting anyone over the head with a wine bottle will not shatter the bottle and knock the person out. It will likely kill them.

And if you smack a person hard enough to knock them unconscious, it probably won't be "for an extended period of time." If they're out for more than 30 seconds, you've probably done serious brain damage.

 
Sarnoff said:
Officer Pete Malloy said:
TheIronSheik said:
Oh, this is another one that annoys the hell out of me:

Hitting someone in the back of the head and neck area will knock them out for extended periods of time. Just once I'd like someone to hit a guy in the back of the head and have that guy turn around and be like, "OWWWWWW!!!!!!!! What the hell's your problem, buddy?" :hot:
Yeah, and there's a very fine line between hitting someone and them saying "Ow!" and causing some serious injury. Hollywood seems to think there's some sort on/off switch at the base of the skull.
Yep. Hitting anyone over the head with a wine bottle will not shatter the bottle and knock the person out. It will likely kill them.

And if you smack a person hard enough to knock them unconscious, it probably won't be "for an extended period of time." If they're out for more than 30 seconds, you've probably done serious brain damage.
And it seems impossible for a bottle to shatter AND knock someone out. If a bottle shatters into hundreds of pieces then how much of the energy actually went into your skull?

 
Cops end up taking on some bat-crap crazy case days/weeks before they are about to retire.

Same thing with gangsters/hit-men/whatever trying to pull off "just one last job".

 
When cars run into the back of another car and jump over it, twisting in the air.

If this happened in real life, rush hour fender benders would be a hell of a lot scarier.

 

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