Things you're tired of seeing in movies.

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  • DwayneDwayne New York City
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    Tired of people walking off cliffs who just keep walking until it suddenly dawns on them that they are walking on air, and only then do they fall. I have no personal experience with this, but I find it implausible, no matter how many times it is repeated.

    ….you mean that this doesn’t actually represent the actual laws of Physics? :))
    looney-tunes-cut.gif

    It does, however, metaphorically represent our lives a great deal of the time. And that is why decades old Looney Tunes shorts (and other cartoons) are forever funny.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    @Dwayne, that is a great point.
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    I like when the character falls but not their hat, and their hands reach up and grab it...hilarious
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Making fun of retarded people can sometimes be funny, but most often it is not.
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
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    I’m tired of Hollywood casting and overhyping the MCU leads. A lot of them are one note actors.
  • edited April 2022 Posts: 784
    MaxCasino wrote: »
    I’m tired of Hollywood casting and overhyping the MCU leads. A lot of them are one note actors.

    Casting has been terrible across the board lately
  • Posts: 12,473
    I'm tired of the MCU period. The superhero fad has gone on for way, way too long, and they feel like the same movie more or less almost every time I see a new one.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    FoxRox wrote: »
    I'm tired of the MCU period. The superhero fad has gone on for way, way too long, and they feel like the same movie more or less almost every time I see a new one.

    I'm still enjoying the MCU, but they're squeezing out so many films, each of them, individually, feels less "special". They have become "by default" posters in my theatre, "by default" seat fillers in my theatre, "by default" topics of conversation at school. I used to really look forward to seeing The Avengers in 2012 -- it took us two or more years to get there when it was announced. Now I merely stumble upon the next Shang-Chi or Eternals and watch it (and usually rather enjoy it), but the "special vibe" has worn off.

    I'm saying this specifically about the MCU, though. I'm still excited for any new DC film because I enjoy those more than the average Marvel film, and that includes Snyderverse leftovers or films featuring actors who are flushing their reputations down the toilet in real life. Superhero stuff can still excite me. But the MCU might want to stick to a few TV series for now, and throw us a few big ones in cinemas, just more "spaced out".
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    I really don't go and see superhero films in the cinema any more. None of them, including the newest Batman, remotely feel like an event to me.
    In addition, I don't much care for the way these films look. Too digital, airbrushed, like everything was shot in front of a green screen. I miss a natural look to cinematography.
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    DarthDimi wrote: »
    FoxRox wrote: »
    I'm tired of the MCU period. The superhero fad has gone on for way, way too long, and they feel like the same movie more or less almost every time I see a new one.

    I'm still enjoying the MCU, but they're squeezing out so many films, each of them, individually, feels less "special". They have become "by default" posters in my theatre, "by default" seat fillers in my theatre, "by default" topics of conversation at school. I used to really look forward to seeing The Avengers in 2012 -- it took us two or more years to get there when it was announced. Now I merely stumble upon the next Shang-Chi or Eternals and watch it (and usually rather enjoy it), but the "special vibe" has worn off.

    I'm saying this specifically about the MCU, though. I'm still excited for any new DC film because I enjoy those more than the average Marvel film, and that includes Snyderverse leftovers or films featuring actors who are flushing their reputations down the toilet in real life. Superhero stuff can still excite me. But the MCU might want to stick to a few TV series for now, and throw us a few big ones in cinemas, just more "spaced out".

    I said it before, maybe in this very thread, but there was a time, around 30 years ago or so, when I dreamed of superhero movies being made on a large scale and so regularly. I dreamed it, but did not believe it would happen. Too expensive, maybe too niche, certainly too difficult to adapt on the big screen and maintain a sort of plausibility. I thought Batman and Superman would be the exceptions confirming the rule. Now I think I should have been careful what I wished for and I long for small budget crime movies (do they still exist?) and kitchen-sink dramas. And is it me or do they just completely handwave suspension of disbelief? You have Norse gods, sci-fi and fantasy elements all mashed up together, and they just all go with the flow. "You will believe a man can fly" seems to have been replaced by "Well, whatever, anything goes".

    It's far less frequent now, but I'm tired of seeing American actors playing British characters.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    What about British actors playing American characters, @Ludovico . It seem even more common these days.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    FoxRox wrote: »
    I'm tired of the MCU period. The superhero fad has gone on for way, way too long, and they feel like the same movie more or less almost every time I see a new one.

    I've just tuned out to it all for years and they all mesh together and come and go with relative ease now. It's not for me anymore and that's OK. I'll always make time for more Batman but when it comes to MCU and DC and all that, they have nothing on offer for me.
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    What about British actors playing American characters, @Ludovico . It seem even more common these days.

    The difference is that they can (generally) pull off a more convincing accent.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Ludovico wrote: »
    What about British actors playing American characters, @Ludovico . It seem even more common these days.

    The difference is that they can (generally) pull off a more convincing accent.

    It can go both ways; I've heard some Americans pull off great British accents and vice versa. You're right, though, most of the Americans-doing-British accents I've heard are poor imitations. Cumberbatch is one who sometimes has a spotty American accent, in my opinion, and Holland's attempt at playing a guy from West Virginia in The Devil All The Time was borderline laughable.
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    I'm tired of all these live-action adaptations of animated movies. Yes, Disney, I'm looking at you. I remember a time when you had original live-action movies. Why don't you go back to that ?
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    One thing I am tired of hearing:
    "See you in hell!"
    Is this a normal expression? It sures is in the movies. I wonder who said it first. The Devil perhaps?
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    Another overused bit of dialogue:
    "I love you."
    "I know."

    It was fresh back in the days of The Empire Strikes Back, but not anymore. Try harder screenwriters.
  • SIS_HQSIS_HQ At the Vauxhall Headquarters
    edited May 2022 Posts: 3,789
    1. Unnecessary nudity in some scenes.
    2. When the hero was nearly to be killed or overpowered by the Villain, but there was a character who will save the hero right in time or in the last minute, like saved by the bell then the hero will gain strength or get a new idea and will finally defeat the villain, and the hero will have a debt to that character who saved him/her.
    3. Talking in some action/suspense scenes, I mean "why not just shoot him?!" Was the villain hesitant to kill the hero?
    Why the villain need to have some conversations with the protagonist before killing each other?
    For Example: He's pointing his gun at him, but instead of pulling the trigger, he talks too much first.
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    Creasy47 wrote: »
    Ludovico wrote: »
    What about British actors playing American characters, @Ludovico . It seem even more common these days.

    The difference is that they can (generally) pull off a more convincing accent.

    It can go both ways; I've heard some Americans pull off great British accents and vice versa. You're right, though, most of the Americans-doing-British accents I've heard are poor imitations. Cumberbatch is one who sometimes has a spotty American accent, in my opinion, and Holland's attempt at playing a guy from West Virginia in The Devil All The Time was borderline laughable.

    There are not many, particularly among male actors. And what makes it worse is that they cast American actors who are generally bad at accents to begin with.
  • Jordo007Jordo007 Merseyside
    edited May 2022 Posts: 2,641
    One thing I love about older films in general, is they weren't afraid to show character flaws and weaknesses.

    Now it feels like every character has to be on the same footing and have the same capabilities, regardless of experience or training
  • SIS_HQSIS_HQ At the Vauxhall Headquarters
    edited May 2022 Posts: 3,789
    Jordo007 wrote: »
    One thing I love about older films in general, is they weren't afraid to show character flaws and weaknesses.

    Now it feels like every character has to be on the same footing and have the same capabilities, regardless of experience or training

    When I read this statement,
    It's Rey from Star Wars who comes to my mind.
  • VenutiusVenutius Yorkshire
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    I used to put 'See you in Hell' on leaving cards at work when anyone got another job...
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    MI6HQ wrote: »
    1. Unnecessary nudity in some scenes.

    Ah, now that’s where I disagree. Unnecessary nudity is easily the best kind of nudity :-O
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    MI6HQ wrote: »
    1. Unnecessary nudity in some scenes.

    Ah, now that’s where I disagree. Unnecessary nudity is easily the best kind of nudity :-O

    And I'd add that we don't have enough nudity in movies, necessary or not.
  • Jordo007Jordo007 Merseyside
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    MI6HQ wrote: »
    Jordo007 wrote: »
    One thing I love about older films in general, is they weren't afraid to show character flaws and weaknesses.

    Now it feels like every character has to be on the same footing and have the same capabilities, regardless of experience or training

    When I read this statement,
    It's Rey from Star Wars who comes to my mind.

    I've never seen Star Wars (aside from Daniel's cameo) so I can't comment on that mate. But it's how I feel with action films and Bond films lately.

    It feels like one character can't be special alone lately, like superhero mentality. I miss one person being alone in the field armed with only their wits
  • VenutiusVenutius Yorkshire
    edited May 2022 Posts: 3,152
    Ludovico wrote: »
    And I'd add that we don't have enough nudity in movies, necessary or not.

    Yeah, but then there's the first time you see The Dreamers and there's some lass called Eva Green in it and you spend the next week in a helpless fugue...
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    Venutius wrote: »
    Ludovico wrote: »
    And I'd add that we don't have enough nudity in movies, necessary or not.

    Yeah, but then there's the first time you see The Dreamers and there's some lass called Eva Green in it and you spend the next week in a helpless fugue...

    Yes, that was me alright! As I was for Sin City 2, (and as for THAT poster! 🤯)
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    There’s definitely a distinct lack of nudity and real sexual feeling in modern mainstream films unfortunately. The reasons why are obvious.
  • slide_99slide_99 USA
    edited May 2022 Posts: 693
    Supeheroes. All of them.
    Ironic use of music. ("What a Wonderful World" being played over scenes of despair for example)
    Medieval movies with desaturated imagery and where everyone is miserable, caked in mud, and wearing dark colors.
    Action movies with fight scenes/shootouts in night clubs.
    Action movies with geriatric heroes.
    Action movies with females beating up men twice their size.
    Action movies with neon lighting.
    Pointless long takes.
    Movies that are underlit in general, i.e. the recent Batman.
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    I can get on board with some of that list.
    However the shootout in a nightclub?? Michael Mann stages a great one in 'Collateral' and theres a brief but excellent one in 'Year of the Dragon' with Mickey Rourke. And lets not forget 'The Terminator'
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