veggiepatch1959
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Here is a list of movie cliches that I find particularly annoying. They are not in order of the "piss me off" factor.
1. A victim (usually a female with high heels) is being chased through a forest has to always trip over.
2. The bomb ready to go off is miraculously diffused less than two seconds before it is due to go off. Reality shows such as My Kitchen Rules have taken this to a new level where ALL the contestants somehow manage to finish plating up as the buzzer sounds.
3. A character walks into a bar or pub and asks for a "beer" - no brand or glass size, just a beer. How many places sell just the one brand of beer in the one size glass?
4. Ever seen someone actually finish a cigarette? No, they have a couple of puffs then stub it out or toss it in the gutter.
5. The car, which had no problem starting ten minutes ago, won't start when the victim is being pursued by the villian.
6. Movie characters must have supernatural continence abilities since no one ever goes to the toilet.
7. After an explosion, rendering the characters unconscious, everyone excepting the mandatory dead person, regains consciousness within a few seconds of each other.
8. After trading hundreds of punches and suffering numerous knockdowns, the two combatants might have a couple of cuts and a bleeding nose or mouth. The mere mortal human being would have suffered brain damage at least. Unless one of the combatants was Mitch Allgood!
9. A character watching TV is suddenly faced with a news item which they are directly involved in is suddenly switched off.
10. The good guy in a gunfight with numerous bad guys has a 99.9% round to hit ratio, while the bad guys couldn't hit the side of a barn from 10 paces.
There must be heaps more! It seems to be a Hollywood illness.
1. A victim (usually a female with high heels) is being chased through a forest has to always trip over.
2. The bomb ready to go off is miraculously diffused less than two seconds before it is due to go off. Reality shows such as My Kitchen Rules have taken this to a new level where ALL the contestants somehow manage to finish plating up as the buzzer sounds.
3. A character walks into a bar or pub and asks for a "beer" - no brand or glass size, just a beer. How many places sell just the one brand of beer in the one size glass?
4. Ever seen someone actually finish a cigarette? No, they have a couple of puffs then stub it out or toss it in the gutter.
5. The car, which had no problem starting ten minutes ago, won't start when the victim is being pursued by the villian.
6. Movie characters must have supernatural continence abilities since no one ever goes to the toilet.
7. After an explosion, rendering the characters unconscious, everyone excepting the mandatory dead person, regains consciousness within a few seconds of each other.
8. After trading hundreds of punches and suffering numerous knockdowns, the two combatants might have a couple of cuts and a bleeding nose or mouth. The mere mortal human being would have suffered brain damage at least. Unless one of the combatants was Mitch Allgood!
9. A character watching TV is suddenly faced with a news item which they are directly involved in is suddenly switched off.
10. The good guy in a gunfight with numerous bad guys has a 99.9% round to hit ratio, while the bad guys couldn't hit the side of a barn from 10 paces.
There must be heaps more! It seems to be a Hollywood illness.
