In period films when they show black and white archive footage of the actual period, then cut to black and white footage that fades into color and you realize that its part of the movie.

It only bothers me because the new black and white footage never matches the old stuff, so the little voice in my head says "shits about to go colorized".

10/13/2011 12:28:03 PM

If the main character is traveling anywhere by plane, there will be a shot of the plane taking off/landing from the behind right when it lifts off/touches down on the runway. If it is a comedy, while it shows the plane taking off/landing, there will be audio of the comic relief character exchanging in some kind of witty conversation with either a flight attendant or another character.

10/14/2011 6:24:50 PM

^???

Some ppl are trying too hard here. How is it annoying to see a plane takeoff or land when someone travels? Might as well change thread name to "things that happen in movies"

10/15/2011 5:47:38 PM

"this sucks blah blah"
"I understand"
"like hell you do"
"I DO...[reveals traumatic backstory]"

10/15/2011 9:47:01 PM

it switched from "clichés that annoy you" to "clichés" a loooooooooooooooong time ago

10/15/2011 10:03:28 PM

shenanigans occurring behind someone wearing headphones that they never notice until they turn around

10/15/2011 10:33:56 PM

main character plays a song/sings a song while everyone around him wearily watches and reflects on their plight.

10/15/2011 10:37:52 PM

one partner being "street smart" and the other being "book smart"

10/15/2011 10:43:27 PM

Mark Wahlberg

10/15/2011 11:10:19 PM

Overly religious Irish minor characters.

10/17/2011 11:11:15 PM

Anyone saying things like "We've been waiting on him for an hour!" or "He was supposed to be here an hour ago!" just so you know that they've been waiting for a while.

Normal dialogue is more like "He better get here soon. I need to shit."

10/19/2011 7:47:03 PM

Quote :

"main character plays a song/sings a song while everyone around him wearily watches and reflects on their plight. "

What?

10/19/2011 7:50:33 PM

Quote :

"ONE LAST JOB"

10/20/2011 11:18:31 AM

^^ yeah, that's usually a supporting actor's role, not a main character.

10/20/2011 2:45:26 PM

Wind turning the pages of an open book, magically stopping on a key page.

10/20/2011 4:37:44 PM

Quote :

" What? "

Paul Newman in Cool Hand Luke
Judy Garland in Wizard of Oz
John Wayne in Riders of Destiny
Parodied in "Three Amigos"
etc.

10/20/2011 5:08:50 PM

some old ass movies and classics...

10/20/2011 7:51:22 PM

^^ + Hangover

10/20/2011 9:55:18 PM

Urban rooftops in the hood having cages for pet pigeons.

10/21/2011 12:46:18 PM

Where else is Mr. Miyagi going to store his birds?

10/21/2011 12:59:14 PM

Driving a car with both arms outstretched with elbows locked to give a sense of "woah this guy is driving fast!"

Slowly approaching a wild deer in the woods like it is some kind of pet that'll warm up to you if you speak nicely to it -- "come here boy, i'm not here to hurt you"

10/24/2011 7:22:17 PM

one vehicle is in pursuit of someone, the camera shows the pursuing vehicle drive by a vehicle that the audience knows holds the person of interest

example: Goldfinger after Oddjob crushes the car and hauls it away in a pickup truck, Bond's guys drive by him on the highway afterward

11/2/2011 11:02:24 AM

During a car chase, the hero knows all of the alleyways in the city. He's able to swerve in and out of these alleys, doing like 80mph, since they're never blocked (except for some crates of bottled water or fruit and that one kitchen worker in a dirty apron screaming, "Hey!") until the pursuers almost catch up... and the delivery truck pulls out.

11/2/2011 11:39:12 AM

Chasing after someone on the subway. The doors always close as you get there, and the bad guy is always giving you that "hey fuck you, guy" look through the glass.

11/3/2011 12:42:06 PM

I know this has been mentioned (it has to have been), but:

How is it that everyone is a trained marksman in every zombie movie?

*running one handed pistol headshot at 75m+*

11/3/2011 12:45:55 PM

The man gives cooking a shot, makes a giant mess in the kitchen and wears a goofy looking apron

11/6/2011 9:17:20 PM

Person 1: I'm sorry
Person 2: For what?
Person 1: For this *shoots person 1*


Walking Dead reminded me of this.

11/8/2011 11:56:18 AM

Car chase thru a building/house...scene shows car just about to go thru wall...cuts to peaceful scene inside building for a second before car comes flying thru and everyone freaks...then car somehow manages to avoid all columns and immovable objects and comes out clean on the other side, still in hot pursuit.

11/8/2011 11:58:16 AM

^I love those shots. Specially the "are you ok? are you sure? you just went through a fucking wall..." right after.

11/8/2011 12:00:08 PM

This recent trend of making war movies with a subplot that keeps up with the women on the homefront.

11/15/2011 4:23:16 PM

Quote :

"Overly religious Irish minor characters."

Overly religious Irish main characters.

And torturers who begin their sessions by slowly unrolling a dentist's kit.

11/16/2011 10:26:57 AM

Man walks up to a woman and tells her bad or negative, surprising news.

Woman slaps man in the face.

Woman cries and then hugs man.

Closeup of man's face fighting back the tears.

11/16/2011 10:53:47 AM

Name 3 examples of that, because I'm not feeling it dog.

11/16/2011 12:27:07 PM

Off the top of my head,

Dark Knight
Shooter

can't think of a third right now, but I'll get back to you.

[Edited on November 16, 2011 at 4:23 PM. Reason : Saw it in a few TV shows also.]

11/16/2011 4:22:35 PM

If two people are chasing each other around an urban environment, lately at least one of them will be doing that stupid parkour bullshit, backflipping off of buildings

11/26/2011 1:21:10 PM

man I would LOVE to see a movie/tv series parody where someone has a gun to someone else's head and they pull that cliche slide-rack for dramatic effect (as if to say "i'm fucking srs here") and the chambered round flies out


i would probably shart

11/27/2011 12:21:31 AM

"the size of texas"

http://FunnyOrDie.com/m/6bb0

11/28/2011 3:07:54 PM

^ha!

11/28/2011 4:52:09 PM

Dude is back in his old HS where his kids now go, and he points to some trophy/plaque on the wall showing his sports accomplishments, and he's bragging about it, and then his old coach walks by and they have a big reminisce scene, bonus if its cheesy as fuck.

11/28/2011 5:01:20 PM

while I'm aware of that situation, I'm curious what you've recently watched that spurred you to post it

11/28/2011 5:47:47 PM

It was actually an episode of Still Standing. Dreadful show, but Jami Gertz had it goin' on.

11/28/2011 5:54:20 PM

Reminds me of hero talking about playing sports back in high school and the random guy he's talking to says "Wait, you're _____ ______! All-American quarter back!" or something.

11/28/2011 5:57:48 PM

- When two people have a "secret" meeting in public at a restaurant, park bench or cafe, they don't make eye contact when talking to each other - just keep looking around while talking. Of course then they slyly pass an envelope across the table and walk off

- Slap the side of a TV or monitor when the signal goes out or gets fuzzy. They seem to always do this when a security camera is messed up

11/30/2011 12:35:24 AM

^2 you threw for X touchdowns against state that year!!!

11/30/2011 1:40:56 PM

Quote :

"Chess metaphors."

+1 for Tower Heist

12/5/2011 2:36:20 PM

The coroner/medical examiner eating a sandwich while examining the dead body on the table. +1 if the detectives in the room are totally grossed out by it all.

12/5/2011 4:12:55 PM

any close up of someones foot hitting the gas pedal, or drum pedal, or someone changing gears in a car

12/11/2011 4:08:30 PM

Guys telling a story, cut to flashback scene and something unrelated to the plot is happening, cuts back to real time and the other other person's like "What does this have to do with..." and the guy is like "Hold on, I'm getting to it"

[Edited on December 13, 2011 at 9:05 PM. Reason : usually its a part where the guy telling the story is doing something badass ]

12/13/2011 9:04:42 PM

huh?

12/13/2011 10:10:12 PM

Quit playing, CJ. You know what I'm talking about.

12/13/2011 10:24:56 PM