with the first thread being closed for some reason
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Goofs
Ceer — 19 years ago(March 05, 2007 08:27 AM)
with the first thread being closed for some reason
http://www.imdb.com/board/bd0000004/thread/49923
and being unbelievably long I'm starting it up again. I credit the original thread the poster by the name of Good-Will.
edited: looks like they eliminated the thread.
I'll start it out with the definition of cliché:
noun 1. a trite, stereotyped expression; a sentence or phrase, usually expressing a popular or common thought or idea, that has lost originality, ingenuity, and impact by long overuse, as sadder but wiser, or strong as an ox.
2. (in art, literature, drama, etc.) a trite or hackneyed plot, character development, use of color, musical expression, etc.
3. anything that has become trite or commonplace through overuse.
4. British Printing. a. a stereotype or electrotype plate.
b. a reproduction made in a like manner.
adjective 5. trite; hackneyed; stereotyped; clichéd.
So if you've noticed something in a movie that has been used, abused, and over used please add to the list.
I'll start it out with something I call
Time passage measured by facial growth
. This device is used to show how much time has passed by measuring the growth of beard and/or mustache. The growth usually doesn't last very long passed the initial scene with the character in it. It is a favorite used by television shows. It can be used with females and a new hairstyle but less successfully.
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abelt — 19 years ago(March 06, 2007 12:33 PM)
If the police investigate a strip club, a woman has to go in undercover as a stripper. Not a patron, batender or waitress, but a stripper.
For that matter, no lead who strips in a movie is really a stripper. (In older movies, they would proudly be a stripper, but not strip.)
In the older list, someone wrote high schools only teach American History or Literature. The hero teachers teach these subjects in costume. -
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eightshayem — 18 years ago(October 08, 2007 08:55 PM)
nobody ever says goodbye when they're finished talking on their cell phone.
instead, they close the phone after they've barely finished a sentence, get a determined look on there face and walk off like they're on an important mission, even if they're not.
TEAM HENRY =]- youtube
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DashTheGreat — 19 years ago(March 12, 2007 03:56 PM)
This happens in all war movies - A chopper mows down perfectly lined enemies running towards the chopper, with dirt splashing up just in front of the enemies. If dirt shot up, didn't the bullet miss? 7.62 rounds aren't grenades.
In future movies when people fire lasers, why is there recoil?
And finally, computers making stupid cartoon sounds in movies when characters are trying to do something serious on the computer completely ruins the mood. If computers all beeped or chirped when we hit a key or switched internet sites, Dell would be bankrupt. -
aquafunk — 14 years ago(June 18, 2011 06:13 PM)
The computer making the ol' "beep-poop-deep" sounds is something that drives me bonkers. I know why the sound editor does it, but it is a ridiculous reason. "ZOMG we can't have silence ever!!!! Music must play at all times and we must have SFX at all times otherwise our narcoleptic audience will instantly fall asleep!"
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susanemccool — 11 years ago(August 08, 2014 10:08 AM)
Every tech who ever fixed a problem with my computer did so with a combination of right-left clicks of the mouse - and maybe tapped five or six keys. On screen, hackers/computer geniuses clatter away furiously on the keyboard, with no mouse in sight. And I do mean CLATTER. Loudly.
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Ceer — 19 years ago(March 13, 2007 10:11 AM)
When two males fight over something and a female is present the woman reduces the argument snidely down to
testosterone poisoning
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There are only 10 kinds of people. Those who understand binary and those that don't. -
Zezelicious — 19 years ago(March 13, 2007 02:12 PM)
If a movie is about how great the FBI are then the locals cops they take over from are a bunch of bumbling idiots who know nothing, however if it's being told from the locals point of view then the FBI are a bunch of ego-maniacs who have high-tech stuff but don't know how to deal with people.
Once I would like to see actual realistic portrayal of two police forces no, they don't have to get along but don't make one force look like a charicature.
I'm sure this has been mentioned:
when the man and the woman hate each other they will end up having sex right after the building blows up or the exhausting car chase is over..
along with the computer popping up the exact right info when you need it, bad guys turn on the news to the exact info they need then flip off the TV, phones ring 1 1/2 times (this one I don't mind cause I don't want to be annoyed by a phone in a movie either)
Someone else mentioned ( a long time ago, on a thread far far away) that if any character coughs in a movie they will have a terminal illness.
all knives/swords make that metal on metal sound regardless of whether it was touching any other metal.
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There_Is_No_Sayid — 15 years ago(February 02, 2011 08:11 AM)
And when a woman goes into labor it is always the quickest labbor in history. It's always so quick that there's no time to get to the hospital or get out of whatever location they're in. About the only exception I've seen to this is on Murphy Brown where she was in labor for hours and hours. But usually you never see anyone spend hours in labor
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susanemccool — 11 years ago(August 08, 2014 10:03 AM)
And if a pregnant character so much as falls three inches from a beanbag chair onto thick carpeting, she will have a miscarriage. Of the heir to the throne, or in some other way change the course of the story.
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moviemystic — 18 years ago(January 20, 2008 11:55 AM)
In any movie involving the removal of a bullet from someone, no matter what the location may be - the safety of a hospital, or an emergency situation in a battlefront foxhole or desert sand dune, etc. - right after they pull it out you hear a loud "CLANK!" because magically someone always provides the guy removing it with a heavy duty metal bowl.
But very oddly, no medical journal in the world has ever mentioned that there must be a large metal bowl on hand in order to properly remove a bullet from any wounded patient. Go figure! -
nieder27 — 19 years ago(March 15, 2007 03:02 PM)
The high school basketball/baseball/football team full of rebellious athletes gets a new coach whom they initially hate. But then they all bond and the team wins the tournament.
My 2006 pick for best flick:
http://www.imdb.com/board/10407887/
