Jacinda Carter yup, but in real life you don't see people demanding couples kiss, that would just be pervy.

You never witnessed a 'kiss-cam' at sporting events. They show a couple on the video display and they're supposed to kiss for everyone's 'entertainment.' I did see a highlight from one such feature where the guy held up a sign, "She's my sister."

crybaby ships phan at weddings they do...

Sounds like The Proposal

I think he addressed that in a different video.

That scene happens even more often in Anime.

I HATE that. Genuinely pisses me off every time it shows up in a movie.

Ugh it's even worst if you've ever watched anime. The Japaneses treat it like a gag some shows(usually a male focused comedy) a scene like this happens in multiple episodes and the female characters beat him up

This is a more specific version of "something is not what it looks like and we can solve this misunderstanding with few words,but lets not talk till the end of the movie" trope. I hate those.

nice try

someone will have to STAY HERE and operate the machine

Uhhh oooh manual override! Somebodys gotta stay n die😣😣

Because it's impossible for space ship designers to put the manual override in a safe place.

It sounds cooler than, "yeah, just gotta head down to the basement and change the fuse; no biggy."

Дмитрий Можжерин For Fukishima, the plant was due for an upgrade to fix that problem, and put the generators on the new top floor. That floor still had minor flooding, but it wouldn’t have been enough to kill the generators, if they were already there. The sad thing is, more people are killed every year in Japan from coal power than died from the radiation released. Plus, coal plants are notorious for releasing radioactive Iodide into the environment, either through the stacks or leftover ash, and that stuff is horrible for getting into our food supplies(fish and cattle) but no one talks about it.

Yep this, and the juice is always in a pitcher. Who TF is pouring their orange juice into it's own damn pitcher every day?

Or one slice of bacon. ONE. Wtf

@@cherish78748 and its the whole entire pitcher full, every morning.

Yea that always bothered me. Like how all the good was nearly set up in china with place mats. Like-i just eat cereal in a disposable bowl.

And the weirdest thing about this, 9/10 times the person who just spend a long time preparing this breakfast will not be the least bit insulted, or even bothered by the person they made it for just running off.

This is the worst one of all, and you know it's coming EVERY time.

The real issue is that they just give up completely after that. "Those were an akward few secondsnds, let's wait a few months and try again." There is a manga, "I"s, and that is 40% of the plot across, like, twenty volumes.

Tyrant-Den sounds terrible

Especially when they take a ridiculously long time to come together only to be interrupted.

I think the point of those types of scenes is to show that the glasses are distracting at best and once they are gone, people are given a better glimpse of the character's facial features. I guess that's what they are going for though as you stated some people look quite good with their glasses on.

That one gets subverted a lot though, and is pretty transparent nowadays, while the ones in the video are generally played straight.

'Not another teen movie' made reference to this and it's fucking hilarious.

i have the opposite problem, 80% of my male friends commented on how much more fuckable i am when i look like a librarian. i still don't know how i feel about it

Vasectomy Fail i wear glasses and be sure. When they come off I become infinite times hotter, I also get to fly and shoot lasers with my eyes. Don't tell anyone though. Now back to work at the local paper.

Not in I am Legend. But I am probably gonna die mad about that movie in general.

Fact.

Haha that's very true, never realized it till now

"Everyone is dead... but awww, we saved the dog!"

True!!!

Esteban_Gunn THANK YOU

Esteban_Gunn yes it does

My brother does that in real life.

Perhaps I'm odd, but with friends and family members I seldom say "goodbye" or the like. I just hang up as soon as it is clear we have said everything we want to. I may have picked that up as a youth from watching a lot of Humphrey Bogart movies.

Esteban_Gunn I was actually thinking about this yesterday after watching an episode of a tv drama. I was thinking; Has any character in any film or tv show ever said "Okay, talk to you later. Bye!" or similar before ending a phone conversation!? It's almost alway people just hanging up on each other. In real life most people would think either it was a lost connection or they were just hung up. Also no one ever answers their phone with the normal "Hello?" standard greeting anymore on tv or in movies! Most of the time the recipient answers like he's just continuing a previous conversation.

Thank you!!

Then again, we don't really want them to start going through their calendars to find a suitable date and then awkwardly selecting restaurants either.

omg YES, movies depictions of relationships is just the worst thing

"ill pick you up at eight!" "You... You know where I live?"

In my country, it's usually a hospital. Receiving a call that a love one got an accident/illness and admitted into a hospital. Never stating which hospital

Pera Medina The term for #6 is the White Savior Trope

😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 So true

Ask for permission to kiss? That takes all the romance and passion out of it!! You just got to wait for a while till the time is right and it happens wit no real effort. The rest of them yes, very terrible used up plots and totally unrealistic.

Aggressive kissing generally annoys me. I've never ever seen anyone kiss aggressively IRL - kissing is a sensitive thing, it goes against every instinct to do it aggressively or suddenly. I've been surprise-kissed before but it was still really delicate, because guess what, hitting someone else's face with your face isn't a good idea.

Tootsie is a variation on 6. Women don't know how to assert themselves until a man in drag shows them how.

So so true, I've seen that a lot

no that's actually just the way to annoy your nemesis to no end so they get angry and slip up with their goody-two-shoes act

"I dont need a not so different speech, i get @lot of those." Phantom limb : "yes, im sure you do. So shallwe shake hands and leave as enemies?" Brock : "hehehe... for a second there.... i thought you were gonna do the killer hand thing." Phantom limb, immediately : "so did i."

You got me monologueing!

Bigger monster coming out of nowhere to eat the first monster just as it's about to kill the heroes seems to be a fairly newish trope, but became instantly overused.

@@1FatLittleMonkey **Disclaimer: sorry for making anyone endure this** This "Always a Bigger Fish" scene from Star Wars Phantom Menace is a pretty solid example kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f6-BiaSEzbDefKM.html

Agreed. Was this first used in Jurassic Park, when the raptors had everyone cornered and the T-Rex came out of literally nowhere to chomp them, then grandstand beneath the 'When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth' banner? Even back then it was pretty groan-inducing.

@@1800astra #nailedit!

"just let me explain!" (never actually explains)

Or when someone needs to confess a lie and they get interrupted and don’t tell the person which later causes an argument when the other character finds out about it some other way

Or in every Lifetime movie where the best friend discovers something terrible about the new husband, and texts, Call me . No info. Leaving plenty of time for the husband to kill her before she can tell.

The kid who keeps saying, You have to listen to me! I have something to tell you! when he literally could have spent that time actually telling them his news

Yeah... but that comes straight out of REAL LIFE so if a writer is using that it is "writing with honesty". It ALWAYS happens in real life that when you REALLY NEED to tell somebody something that might take more than 2 seconds to say that the STUPID MFer you are talking to WILL NOT STFU so you can give them the information in enough time that the information does them (or you) ANY GOOD at all. And no matter what you try to do they will not stfu and listen to you. They just have to tell you this joke or story or run their mouth about something that is not important OR interesting. And no matter what AFTERWARDS it's always YOUR FAULT that they can't stfu. Seriously... if you need them to be quiet you have to kill them or kick them in the nuts or punch them real hard in the stomach or cut out their tongue or something. In real life, if you are ever in real anger and you cannot explain in 1 word like..."LIONS!" or something like that just yell "RUN!"... they aren't going to run. They are going to keep running their mouth "why should we run?" and then the LIons with get them and you can get free while they are still talking about something.

Or torches, the flickering flames add to the ambiance...

You have to see the scene as it's presented!

Or a close-up of wide, startled eyes that indicate the hero might be shot, but then a wider shot shows them just fine and it's the villain who was shot.

There's even a parody of that in an old Horror movie... where a Vampire is wearing his 'Stake-Proof' Vest! (I'm still trying to figure how that would work!)

Or as long as the good guys friends don't see the body then they arent actually dead

What if he had shot you in the head?

Or they’re shot with a AK-47 and they’re wearing a level II body armor and they’re fine. Not….. it would go through both panels after going through you.

Oh yeah, cutting it off THEMSELVES and it being perfect.

But wacko bitches actually do that

Usually part of a whole makeover montage.

yeah, but like that's real life

1. Very cliche and every time I see it in a movie I roll my eyes. They need to retire the trope. Two recents trailers I’ve seen It in is the movie Joy and the Power Rangers movie. 2. I Have definitely done this before though. Not for any significant reason I just wanted a change in my look.

I can see where that trope is annoying. But I have to admit, the scene where the veteran DOES show up is usually the one where the character he really cares for is in deep trouble-slash-mortal danger, the person sent in to save the person the veteran really cares about is about to die, or the villain is attempting the first go-round of their evil plan. The veteran shows up, usually to some grand musical flourish (and a zoom, pan, 360, or all three by the camera), saves someone, flummoxes the villain (who's left angry and sputtering, and has to retreat), and sets things up for Act III.

Chase Roush “grand musical flourish” hahahahahaa

Like in The Force Awakens/The Last Jedi

You're not the only one who noticed this conceit. :-) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e-CXZ9ajm52zd3U.html

@@GreenDragon1234 first thing I thought of! Or every Rambo movie after the 1st.

haha, yeah, the dude that got that girl would have a terrible relationship for months until he couldn't take it anymore

Everybody knows this, it’s a very common condition that children of drug addicts and alcoholics suffer from. They seek chaotic unhealthy relationships because that’s the only way they know how to love someone. I’m movies women like this tend to date boxers and then threaten to leave the man and go to their sisters in some trashy Jersey accent

Maybe if he helped her heal her trauma instead of forcing a relationship then it wouldn’t be like that

@@williamcondon7729 Everybody knows this

No sequel about how said relationship fails within the year....

Half-smoked cigarettes taste like total dirt when relit tho, I would probably chuck it if it was important that I go talk to them right away.

Just me, but I'd rather throw away a 3/4 cigarette than have a partially-smoked one sitting in my back. They REEK and the taste is all wrong.

Used to do that when I smoked, regularly. Stank up my jacket/coat/pants/shirt/etc. Smelled like a wlkg ashtray. Had to save them in my car ashtray, etc. Sometimes, plastic bags works.

@unknowning unknown wtf is wrong with you😂😂😂😂😂

I'd never do that. In fact if someone I knew who didn't smoke. I'd go smoke a whole cig just so I don't have to hear. You got another one or can I have drags ? So yeah that's stupid.

*ding*

S.S.R.C.P.B. Yay Cinemasins!

The director said, "Let's have him eat an apple. It'll make him look like even more of an asshole!" *Ding*

In Sherlock BBC , one of the villains things was he ate an apple

ikamts2 I would like, but there's 111 likes, and I don't want to ruin it.

it's so annoying. they treat stuff like that like it's the only way to show the viewer that they're best friends

You mean you don't do that?

Predator helicopter scene lmao

Musenginst the only show where I know the main characters really are the food is Gilmore Girls because the two main actresses also hate this. And they ate a lot on that show 🤣

I get why though. Continuity and multiple takes. The actors would be hugely full and props would have to re-set the plates at the correct stage of being eaten each time.

@@alysonshorthouse8858 this.

And chewing isn't all that attractive to watch. Brad Pitt does it well. Other actors, not so much.

That's a scene from every family holiday movie ever.

I agree with all of these except the 4th example, coming from someone who is bilingual and has grown up around bilinguals, code switching (or switching between multiple languages) in seemingly random places (seemingly because there *is* logic to it, it depends on the grammatical rules of the languages they're using) is actually pretty common. You can begin a sentence in Language A and end it in Language B. You can begin a monologue in Language C and flip flop between C, B, and A and end right back on C. It's very interesting actually. Nevertheless, movies rarely ever get bilingual characters or foreign languages right which sucks

The diaper thing.... have you ever changed a newborn? That shit's toxic, their poop is almost ten times grosser than adult poop. It smells and looks so much worse, so I get being a little disgusted and I've changed my fair share, just picture that being their first time ever!

For foreign language speaking characters, the trope I see and associate with more is them speaking in English with an accent to each other, even though logically they would be speaking in their first language

@@BlueGlow26 omg right?? Like to a degree I can understand if they take up a good chunk of screen time and the movie is intended for English speaking audiences, but if its in a few places here and there like damn it'd be so much more authentic if they codeswitched at least

@@Ches19. yes exactly, for the short bits it really doesn't make sense yeah guess so Also, I'm bilingual myself and agree with your original comment :)

Yep! Performing a haircut on yourself is just that easy, to obtain the perfect blunt cut bob lol!

Lol like Beverly

Exactly! it says a lot about what hollywood thinks of women, apparently a new hair cut or pair of shoes can change your life. Argh! Especially since they are nearly always crying and completely screwing it up as well.

I don't know why, but Halle Berrys Catwoman transformation scene is what first comes to mind. lol

The first one that comes to mind for me is Buffy cutting her hair in season 6, but if I remember correctly she went to the salon after to get it fixed 😂

It’s true for all good ideas. Think of the movies John Carter and Valerian . They both seemed full of sci-fi tropes we’ve seen in everything from Star Wars to Transformers, and uninformed people accused them of copying existing movies/ideas. BUT, their original books are what “inspired” people like George Lucas to steal and use their themes/ideas/ideals in Star Wars. So, when the originals finally got movie adaptations, they are the ones who looked like copycats.

It wasn't an American screenwriter, but a Colombian journalist, writer and Member of Congress (Colombia) named Hernando Téllez who likely created the fiction of a malignant character ordering a shave to establish his dominance. The story ("Espuma y nada más") is translated as "Lather and Nothing Else" or "Just Lather, That's All". It was published in 1950. Vladimir Nabokov published a short story entitled "Razor" in 1926 that is similar, but translations from Russian did not appear until the 90s. After that, everyone else is fart noise.

@@JeremyBowkett thank you! I read this story a long time back & think about it everytime I see such scenes. But couldn't remember the name. Really liked the story. But the way I remembered it, the dictator wanted to show the barber that it isn't easy to kill someone. Not to show his dominance.

In straight culture, cheating is most hurtful to men if it's sexual and most hurtful to women if it's emotional. So I guess that's why they go about portraying it in this way. It would be interesting to see this flipped on its head.

@@nathy0308 Yeah, in Hollywood straight culture, but not in reality. I'm sure cheating is equally hurtful to anyone whether it's emotional or sexual and sexual is definitely emotional too, so it just makes it weird as hell that Hollywood keeps portraying cheating differently for different genders as you mentioned.

JP the old lipstick on the collar or phone number in his pocket

And sometimes...he's also trying to kill her.

Nathy - Only true for men who see their wives more as sex objects than partners. Another man playing with their toy is the worst insult. Men in a real relationship would feel worse about their wife falling for another but not yet having sex with them, than having a one night stand with a stranger.

More if you count the animated ones lol

You know, interesting that you brought that up. I met a little guy a while back, he looked to be seven or eight, and he told me his dream was to grow up to be Batman. Being a nice guy I decided to help the little lad out so I murdered his parents in front of him. I know what your thinking, how can a guy like me be so nice and considerate in today's world? I can contribute it to the simple fact that I had a great mom.

@@sam21462 Why so serious?

@@gullijons9135 - Helping children live their dreams is a responsibility that we should all take quite seriously.

Exactly this. I mean, the guy gave, what, 3, maybe 4 examples for each cliche. Barely a drop in the bucket compared to the movies, TV shows, animation, and even comics that depict this exact scene. How far Cracked has fallen...

Christopher Manthey or a phone rings.

Christopher Manthey Yes!! I always said, "Ok where were we" and kiss anyways. Never happens in fiction.

Actually, I've had that happen IRL several times.

Its called a cock block

On the other hand, it can be kind of a relief when it's with a couple you hate or you're just bored by and want to get back to the action already. And sometimes it can be funny. "You look like two seals fighting over a grape" -Rhodey, Ironman

Character gets rescued the moment before the sodomy happens - yesss, all of pg-13 movies have scene where woman or child is going to be tortured/raped but it`s not happening cause hero is saving them

exceeeeept Pulp Fiction, but usually, yes.

Rape as a lazy shortcut to peril is probably my least favourite trope of all. Every postapocalyptic 1st-world setting has an obligatory "hot female protagonist threatened with rape by group of men" scene. Like...how many men do you know who would openly, leeringly indulge in rape 5 minutes after the apocalypse? I resent the implication that law & order is the only thing keeping half of all men from being rapists.

1 is all too true. No experienced gun user is about to walk into a dangerous situation and not already have their gun cocked and safety off. Hollywood all too often waits until they have already snuck up behind someone and pointed the gun at their heads to then cock the gun.

The only reason for a apocalypse

Breaking Bad only

Until you mentioned it, I had not realized how often that actually happened. Although to be fair, that happens with all mentors training a hero, not just female mentors. It does seem a little bit more blatant in the female mentor part, but that's because a strong female character is going against a stereotype. It's part of: "Women have to work twice as hard to be seen as equals" it's not just female mentors though, it's just part of the 'Hero's Story' template.

That's fair, but at the same time there's a reason why you don't usually see women with a Superman build. Cheap montages are cheap, but this example isn't completely unrealistic

ItsaMeMariah 😂😂😂 i literally thought the same thing after watching Ant Man.

yea exactly! this keeps happening

do you think it's possible for a male instructor to train a female student well enough for her to have the ability to beat him in a real fight?

This happens constantly. There must be a rule in movies and TV where if someone is talking on a microphone, we have to hear feedback, because otherwise we won't know they're talking on a microphone, or something. I've heard that feedback only happens if the person setting up the microphone is incompetent. These fictional microphone-setting-up people are getting some really bad training. Someone should start a fictional audio training school to help these poor incompetent fictional microphone people.

@@teiladnam As a microphone-setting-up person (DJ) I find your statement hilarious lol.

Every. Time.

YEAH

Oh my God, this one always kills me.

I feel like that only makes a bit of sense in movies because the backing music swells triumphantly as they do it to indicate how magical and special the moment is, and so it sort of fits. In real life there's no orchestral accompaniment to anyone's public pash sessions so no-one walking by even notices there's anything special happening

Jack Dee had a bit about this. Said he'd be crap in a horror film scenario because as soon as anything paranormal happens he'd just leave the house and never go back.

i don`t believe in ghosts, but if i saw it in my room at night i`d move out

"there must be a rational explanation for this! "

I think a horror movie is better if they acknowledge any paranormal activity that occurs. The audience knows it's a ghost so the characters should know it's a ghost. In "The Conjuring 2", for example, I love how the two police officers who are called to the house are coming up with rational explanations for spooky sounds and whatnot, until a chair moves and they leave the house saying, "That's out of our jurisdiction." When obviously paranormal creepy stuff happens, you don't deny it. You run.

Make sure you hit the enter key really hard.

@@TheReddaredevil223 and do it one second before the timer runs out.

@@rs72098 Naah one second is too clichéd. Three seconds ;D ;D ;D

In general all computer "hacker" scenes are bizarrely specific. They always contain - multiple screens with scrolling text. Green text on a black background preferably, like we are back in 1986 - lots of completely meaningless gobbledook. My personal favourites (well, a couple I remembered to write down, because no-one but a Hollywood writer could remember this shit): "oscillating variable matrix", "Inversion pathway", and "Python 6-number encryption" - Typing. L-o-o-o-o-o-t-s and lots of typing. Never mind that the screen in front of the hacker is all GUI - millisecond access times to any database, any traffic cam, any facial recognition algorithms *in the world* Amongst these Cracked videos are a couple called "Simple things Hollywood thinks are complicated". Well when it comes to computers, just about *any* scene can be labelled "complicated things Hollywood thinks are simple". I get it, it would be boring to show the actual details because, well, computers *are* boring, but to trivialise procedures and outcomes like they do is taking it too far to the other extreme and it's just wrong and stoopid.

@@christopherbedford9897 I liked Die Hard 4's inversion of the instant computers thing, where the hacker's like "Oh no boss! It's not working, something's wrong!" and Timothy Olyphant is like "just wait, give it a minute" and a minute later it starts working.

Lol

I had a panini. Sitting on my bed-in-a-box, which I had shipped ahead.

@Zhong Ping I can eat half a pizza myself so they don't go as far as you think.

@Zhong Ping Speaking of Chinese food, *everyone in America* knows how to use chopsticks.

​@Zhong Ping Are you telling me every time you move to a new apartment (since you mentioned multiple) You never even bring a single chair from the old one? What do you do with all your old furniture when you move? Oh no, I gotta move again, time to throw hundreds of dollars worth of shit in the traaaaaaaaaaaaaash.

Game of Thrones was refreshing for being kinda consistent with a lot of this, at least early on. Bigger weapons win. Scrappy underdog characters get killed immediately. Armour saves lives. Helmets save lives. People without helmets or armour on die easily. Small people can't win in fights against bigger people. Then Arya got turned into an obligatory tiny badass and the writers had to undo all that good work to please her fans.

@@boiledelephant Which is how guns got their nickname of "the great equalizer" because you no longer needed years of training/exercise to properly wield a weapon and no longer needed lots of money to obtain properly built armor. The physically weak and poor can protect themselves on a much more equal footing with the physically strong and rich with the invention and production of guns.

@The Comment Above Me Doesn't Check Out Are you okay? You seem to be getting upset over something most people have seen as unrealistic in most circumstances. More often than not, armor and weapons gives someone the upper hand. Yes, someone with superior skills could win in a fight but in the movies the major fight scenes are supposed to be between skilled fighters.

No. You just hate children. Children are often more insightful, less resigned, more emotionally in tune, and more wild and free than adults in our culture.

Yeah, and if it's a Spielberg movie they swear like sailors.

Something which is dawning on me as I get older is that people, including elderly people and children, really don't tend to change all that much. If you're a compassionate, insightful person then you were probably a compassionate, insightful child, and will stay that way when you're elderly. And if not, then not.

@Aaron Smith Well, whilst people don't overall change very much, we're also quite complicated. A person can be imperfect, do something wrong, and deserve forgiveness and a second chance despite not having had a total change of personality. Depends on the person, depends what they've done. It always depends in the circumstances.

@Aaron Smith This just seems myopic.

I loved how that was a recurring joke in Austin Powers. Every mook who got killed got a sad scene in which the news were delivered to his friends or family.

Don't know if this counts, but I always hated that in Supernatural Sam and Dean would almost never exorcize the demons inhabiting innocent people, they would just straight up kill them. But whenever someone close to them is possessed? Exorcism.

Isn't it more like the hero gets to the unarmed boss, and throws down their weapon when he says something like "Go on, kill me. Then you'll be just like me." Then the boss pulls out the retractable pistol/knife/force lightning up his sleeve, and the hero finally has an excuse to finish them off (or their partner does from off screen.)

@@Dhakadice That was a deleted scene added back in for some DVD release. I loved that bit, especially as a fan of the old bond movies. Definitely makes you consider the anonymous henchmen in movies

@@LazyboyRecliner I saw that scene on swedish television in the daytime. =)

Aidan Brown how about little kid at recital looking at the empty seat where they magically know their dad is supposed to be haha

@Your Favourite Comment wow you must be such a fantastic parent !!!!

@Your Favourite Comment LOL I know I saw what you did. I commend thee for being able to attend your child's rectals, even if they are a bit shit. 😉

Bonus points if they're late and end up getting into a car accident because of it (Save the Last Dance and, Everwood come to mind).

@@saraheerie Perks of being a Wallflower did something similar

I had the book one happen once. I helped, and she called me a dick. Sorry I ran into you as we both whipped around a corner, I guess? I was one of the outcasts though in high school.

George Tickle League of Their Own

Coach carter too

Major league...

Miracle

SPOILER I didn't like all the trash language in The Bad News Bears, but I actually appreciated the movie setting the audience up with all the stereotypical shenanigans, but then subverting expectations by having the team *lose* in the end.

Mathilde B that’s why I always double wrap my kitchen knives when I throw them out! You never know when a hero is gonna need my trash to break their fall! 😎

or when the kidnapped person grabs the food, they try to eat it then look at the kidnapper that says it's not poisoned and the the kidnapped person starts eating it like bleh did you just believe what he said

This is so typical though at the school that I work at. They all have their Bluetooth earphones on, not paying attention to anything that's going on.

Situational awareness - it's important, people

Naomi that kind of bothers me too but if it is used in a creative way i don’t care

Stan Lee in the latest Spider Man RIP

Those two exact things used to annoy the shit out of me when watching American film and tv as a kid. As a New Zealander I took it to indicate that Americans are rude on the phone and presumably pay with big bills in cabs and don't give a shit about their change.

@@jimsmint I'm a Kiwi too and i grew up believing that Americans didn't say goodbye to each other on the phone. Or lock their cars.

unfortunately a lot of people dont say goodbye on the phone... its obnoxious but yeah around here it's a thing

Totally agree!! I HATE it when the hang up without saying goodbye. Or open a present and don't say thank you!!! Drives me nuts!

@@JS-wv3iy I always say goodbye on the phone! I'm glad everyone in my family does it

@The Comment Above Me Doesn't Check Out Well, it is a stupid educational idea anyway. It is of no use. It is like letting a first grader do the maths of a 9th grader. What would the child learn from that?

My sister's, actually.

I do it often. I have the intentions of going outside and water the plants but get distracted doing something else. I am very easily distracted. Very

I leave mine sometimes... but only when the dog is locked in another room (like in the one of the bedrooms with the kids or something)

+Prettypinkdork ~ Done it. I was very nervous abt appointment I was going to. My mailbox is by my front door, I left the door open to put the mail inside, but then just walked away and drove off. Came home several hours later, door wide open. Fortunately, my cat was just staring out at me, instead of running away. Got lucky.

Thats my entire family. Im the only one in the house that closes the damn door.

Shut the front door!

Also Monsters Inc and Zootopia.

Bret Sheeley great observation

PCU

and Big Fat Liar

I actually love that trope lmao. There's nothing more satisfying than damning evidence and I haven't seen it used TOO much. Just the ones already mentioned plus Santa Clause 3.

"I'm in!"

Only thing is he said that about Adam Sandler.... who the hell likes Adam Sandler and wants him to accomplish anything?

Actually this does happen in real life :v

@@henry6499 Maybe just to you!

To be fair, it actually does happen. The thing is though, in movies it's supposed to signal "these people have their differences but they still love each other and should be together," whereas in real life it only happens in deeply unhealthy, emotionally unstable relationships.

It happened with me and my sister last night.

@@williamchadwick7948 Thank you for your input. Please close the window on your way out.

To be fair, I have never yet dated a man who *could* (or would?) tie his own tie, even if he was specifically taught how. Is this just a thing guys really enjoy having someone else do for them? Like, I can brush my own hair, but it feels so much nicer when someone else does it, you know? Is it like that? Except for some bizarre reason, with ties?

@@KryssLaBryn I don't know. I've tied my own ties at red lights, only checking the mirror once I'm done to confirm I didn't mangle it. There *is* something pleasant about my wife tying my tie, though. $:^ )

absolutely. it's like the shaving things.

Loved "The Paper Chase"!

I wouldn't call that specific

that's not oddly specific, that happens in real life quite often, it's a totally normal thing to say if you have something that someone needs to see

also the 'Let's get out of here !'... used to death, I read somewhere it had been the most over-used line in movies

"Can't you at least give me a really brief description?" "No, it's easier if you just come and see for yourself".

it is cringy and never ever happens in reality

Actually happens!!! In real life!!! I'm scared of injections & I once had to get glass out of my foot (needing an injection). I was given gas & air (like used in labour) & I felt myself going groggy, but the SECOND I heard the word injection or saw the needle it was as if I hadn't received a drop!!!

change the channel and end up getting further details on the same story

The music stations are constantly interrupted by the latest news of a wanted criminal. Unless it's a major natural disaster or active 9/11 level terrorist event on an EBS alert, never, ever happens irl.

@@RM_VFX Yeah, that always happens on "Gilligan's Island." And it's so annoying, because otherwise that is such a logical show.

In relation: the character, typically shocked or annoyed at what she/he sees on the TV then TURNS IT OFF mid-sentence of the information being broadcast. Why would anyone turn off a news story relevant to their life/future without hearing the broadcast in its entirety?

YES!!! I HATE IT!!!!

And in tv shows no one ever brushes their teeth after breakfast, they just head off to work or school. P.U.

And when they do get interrupted they throw their utensils down on the table

Is it weird that I brush my teeth before eating food?

It's always high-schoolers who never touch anything on a lavishly served breakfast table OR much worse - just grab the most unappetising toast - and then "Gotta go!/I'm late/I'm off to!". My mom would woop my ass

Not really. In fact I see "film breakfasts" that don't get interrupted. :)

i call that "hercules the legendary journey" and "Xena" choreography. Even Nolans Batman did it yet people highly rate that films fight scenes... Just JUMP THE GUY LOL!

Oh the enemies also get incapacitated by the softest of hits. NOBODY, is going down from a halfhearted kick to the arm or back. Might get winded if it's in the stomach but you wouldn't be out cold lol

If the fight was choreographed so that all of the bad guys attacked at once, it would be too confusing for the audience to follow, because human brains are designed to only be able to follow one thing at a time. Even the best choreographed 1 vs many fight scenes show the bad guys attacking one at a time, but the trick is to leave as little space between attacks as possible. Basically the only way to fix this would be to either retire 1 vs. many fight scenes - which I personally would not be opposed to - or to derail the entire plot by having the hero die within the first three minutes of the movie to a group of unnamed henchmen - which, again, I would not be opposed to, but which no smart filmmaker would do. Sadly.

For real -- and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was programmed to mimic these movies, ugh! A nice exception is The Matrix Reloaded's "hundred man brawl."

Daniella Dahoui YES!!!

Daniella Dahoui YES. PREACH. Sooo frustrating.

it is to add conflict to the plot to make it more interesting

Mind Flowers We know that. the trouble is, it isn't interesting.

Yep, Abe openly says "I'm not much of a PROBLEM SOLVER" (that is: he admits The Rubik's is a matter of capacity at puzzle/problem solving, not a matter of genius).

Siren Hound to show he is half a genius

Cubes have 6 sides, so he would be only one third genius. (Of course I'm solving a rubiks cube while replying right now, because if you're not impressed with my mental capacity for basic arithmetic and acerbic wit, surely you'll be impressed by my ability to tell you I'm doing something that you are unable to verify)

Spoilers ... ... Ronin? The Sharpe series.

In Ronin he gets kicked out of the crew like 10 minutes in. I spent the next 90 minutes just waiting for him to pop back up and be a bad guy. He never did :'(

Nieghorn True - but Sharpe is a TV series, not a film. As for Ronin, Sean Bean was definitely on his way to the airport in one of the cars that got wrecked, and died from his injuries. ;-)

Grimbeard Years later, and I finally get the closure I need, knowing he did meet his fate. Thank you kind stranger! Really though, I might have to check out that series. Legends looked interesting, too.

Percy Jackson...

I also think it's because these are only in comedies because walking in on partners having sex is comedic. Society finds women cheating on men more funny than the other way around. When a man cheats on a woman it's often treated a lot more sad and dramatic. This is very clear when you look at Love Actually. Colin Firth being cheated on is funny and a bit sad, while Emma Thompson being cheated on is just very sad.

Or it's because it's still mostly men writing movie scripts. Notice how it's also always the man who's in love and willing to connect and the woman who has commitment issues in literally everything? In reality I doubt that women suffer from commitment phobia more than men.

@unknowning unknown , whiner.

@unknowning unknown It's based on expectations for women but in reality men and women both may or may not want to get married or lock down a relationship. My brother is a lock down the relationship kind of guy while I'm more the type to want to see how the relationship is going with an emphasis on friendship. Really though, post-modern tropes dictates that women specifically should be cautious about commitment due to the chances of being controlled. Neither is fair or correct since everyone is different.

Or they go to a motel.

When I was 18 and still living at home, I started a long distance relationship with someone in the Navy. We would see each other most weekends and stay in cheap motels. I was so disappointed we never found one with a coin operated vibrating bed. Was it big in the 70s/80s maybe? I remember seeing it in Roseanne.

Kids In the Hall parodied that exact thing.

The Shape OMG yes same. I’m always like “ok but like how did they transition from making eye contact to that like immma need a little more information here”

You're right!!! I HATE THAT!!!

Martin Turon there was a funny use of that in Game night

Or the bullet hits a "non-vital" spot, like the shoulder. Hey, it wasn't a leg, they still can run! Except that shoulder wounds can destroy a lot of major muscles & nerves and shatter bones. They can be incredibly serious and traumatic wounds.

Or at some point in the beginning of the movie we learn about special keepsake gifted or inherited from male relative - pocket watch, bible, whisky flask, cigarette case, etc. Later here is shot with fatally placed bullet leaving them apparently dead on the floor. Surprise! Bullet is stoppedby said item and hero is unscathed.

Also hydrostatic shock/stopping force isn't a thing in films, people react to bullet wounds like "ow, this is really painful". As opposed to the oft-remarked-upon real reaction of "wtf my body just stopped working for a minute, why can't I move properly".

I assume they don't want to show them using the toilet to show they are regular people but I see the teeth brushing trope often.

Lmao

Megamind (the movie) actually makes fun of exactly that!

HAHAHAHA I actually love it, though. And I try to do it irl to people I am fighting. In video games.

Best parody of this ever, sink hole scene from This is the End with Jay Baruchel and Jake Johnson.

God yes. Ever tried to lift someone by one hand? People are heavy and hands suck at holding other hands.

And nobody ever uses their mouse when they're hacking. It's all typety-type with not a single wrong keystroke they have to go back and correct.

Yup, dude wears a t-shirt with a rock band name on it. Then clickety-clack "I'm in!".

You should watch Donald Glover's show "Atlanta"

You win the internet.

And they just peek inside the case and close it assuming it's the expected amount, never count it.

Didnt Austin powers do that?

Stroker and Hoop did that exact bit, it was pretty great. "This briefcase was a birthday gift from my daughter, its not part of the deal!"

Hey, that happens!! I love the scene in (the book) "The Shining" where a doctor and a janitor quote "The Emperor of Ice Cream" which is a fairly obscure poem.

@@lazyhomebody1356 Wallace Stevens is the epitome of Modernist poetry Idk how you think "Emperor of Ice Cream" is obscure, or anything by him for that matter. That's like saying Robert Frost or Ezra Pound are obscure. All it takes is an interest in 20th century literature and you can't miss them.

@@conneremberton4018 Yes, IF you have an interest, or a good education. What percentage of Americans do you think could quote it? Pick a random pair of a doctor and janitor! On "Millionaire" once, only 16% of the audience knew a Bronte wrote "Jane Eyre". I guarantee none of my friends would have heard of the poem or the poet!

@@lazyhomebody1356 The point I'm trying to make is that the fact that you see it as obscure is only a matter of perception, it's obscure to you because you surround yourself with less educated people, and those of circles not related to literature, therefore influencing however you might see these poems socially. The fact that 16% of an audience knew a Bronte sister wrote Jane Eyre is just that, 16 out of those 100 people knew in that audience, which is an excruciatingly small sample size, also unsurprising as it is a simpletons game show, wherein the few interesting moments occur only when actually cultured, not even intelligent, individuals show how easy it is to win. My perceptions of modernist poetry are influenced by my decades in studying such works and therefore I've surrounded myself with an environment in which it's not conceivable to be so, and has me cynical of those not a part of it. And I'm egotistically aware of the fact.

@@conneremberton4018 Hey dude!! I am an expert on ALL poetry. MY point was that to most people it is obscure. Just because it isn't obscure to you(and me) it still qualifies as obscure. Plus, if you have any tips on how I can meet people who like poetry...oh never mind, I like the friends I have, even if I don't discuss lit with them. Are you in an academic setting, I'm guessing? You do agree that something can be considered obscure if MOST people aren't familiar with it, right?

Would you prefer they lasted 50 minutes?

Yes, though not in real-time. You would just have some indication of the passage of time. @@HorribleSonofa

YES! And how the class material is always WAY too advanced for the grade level! All these 9-yr-olds studying sonnet construction and algebra!

Hahaha you're right. I never thought about how often that is done

darkxarth This! Please!

lego movie was mostly satire

Now this is funny, did you forget that Adam and his crew out preformed every highly competent male character too. He had to teach people in the Army how to shot at something . Put yeah yeah we know when it happens to female it is different. But when a female pick up weapon and beat all these trained people at once.. that is ok.

The LEGO Movie was satirical of "chosen one" stories, but in the movie the totally average Emmet outperforms the hyper-competent Lucy. It's still a good movie, but that doesn't negate this dumb trend in movies.

Sam is an average dude who is good at classic arcade games. Nowhere else in the movie does he show off his ability to spot patterns, and nowhere else does he show any other aptitudes. Violet, on the other hand, is a military scientist who analyzes xenotechnology and engineers laser guns out of it by the midpoint of the film. Heck, her military rank alone shows how much more skilled she is than Sam. Yet the movie puts her in the position of support at best, and reward at worst. And the fact that Sam outshoots an entire field full of professional soldiers (when we have never seen him even hold a gun before) is utterly laughable. Firing an experimental laser rifle is in no way comparable to using a joystick and buttons on an arcade game 30+ years ago. And to assume that trained soldiers cannot hit gigantic moving targets that are not even returning fire is downright insulting to the viewer.

Men in Black??

theotherevilmonkey72 AGREED When Im wrapping someones hand from a giant gash I dont automatically think "Ya know what would make this better? Having candle lit sex while the camera zooms in on your many scars and bruises" Im actually like "Bro lets go to the ER and get u a tetanus shot"

Alyssa First comment to actually get me to laugh out loud in a while

Exactly, that's what I'm talkin' bout😁

This sounds oddly familiar to me. I'll have to start counting each time it happens in a movie, now.

or just like, them actually developing an amazing friendship and deep trust and know they can depend on another or something. just, maybe, not wanting to jump each other's bones for some reason

One action movie that doesn't follow that is Pacific Rim , super glad they didn't

I was so happy when at the end of the movie and male and female lead just gave each other a platonic victory hug

Or kingsman, where eggsy and Roxy end up just becoming buddies. Love that

Sylph Lens You are so right! That's why I was really proud of "Moana" :D A girl and and guy being alone for days, but instead of romance a friendship evolves. And this movie is from disney!

Weirdly enough, the one movie to actually address this is the underrated _Superman IV_ (1987) where Lois leaps out of her car right in front the United Nations to hear Superman speak, and her boss says “But you’ll get a ticket!” An odd bit of realism from a movie that thinks there is air in space!

Or like how when someone gets a new necklace someone always puts it on them and it takes two seconds

This is called "Doris Day parking"

Or finding the keys to an unlocked car in the overhead sun-visor. Really? What the hell kind of moron do you have to be to actually leave your car unlocked with the keys RIGHT THERE for anyone to steal quickly and efficiently?

@@ElLocoyelLobo or a "kojak" in my world....recently mentioned by Cooler in an episode of flaked

3DSage slightly better than a doctor telling a character that they’re dying

Most of the time you don't even need blood on the handkerchief, you hear someone cough more than once in a movie and he's a goner

@@Gyork_ Well the opening scene in Bohemian Rhapsody is EXACTLY that: Freddie caughing as a sick man...

In real life coughing up blood does not mean you are dying. & if you are coughing blood you are probably sick enough that you don't wanna get out of bed or off the couch - you're not going to turn around and record an album or whatever. I have coughed up blood when I had a really bad cold soley coughing so much tore up my throat. I had a high fever and missed ~2 weeks of school. When I saw blood assumed I was dying because movies. Went to the emergency room to get prescribed a decongestant.

@@Gyork_ If you see a woman peeing in a movie you know she is pregnant - or she thinks she is pregnant.

Have you considered writing a memoir?

Dang. You should walk in on your significant other cheating on you, then you can go on a wacky, life-changing adventure.

That is not pain that is bombastic majesty!