kidglov3s
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Post by kidglov3s on May 21, 2013 20:01:25 GMT -5
I really don't think there's any premise that can't be approached in a novel or interesting way, regardless of how seemingly tired it is. I mean, what is the basic narrative of The Graduate or Bonnie and Clyde on paper? And yet those movies were revolutionary because of how they were done.
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Post by They Killed the Giggler on May 21, 2013 20:53:09 GMT -5
I want more movies where the bad guy wins. And more movies where the person fails at getting the person they want and the movie ends with them alone or having to settle for someone else. That's real life. No more movies with no plots or "spoof" movies: Movie 43,Epic Movie,and that kind of garbage.
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Post by slappy on May 21, 2013 21:51:27 GMT -5
I want more movies where the bad guy wins. And more movies where the person fails at getting the person they want and the movie ends with them alone or having to settle for someone else. That's real life. So that means there can't be movies like that?
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Post by Cela on May 21, 2013 22:16:46 GMT -5
So that means there can't be movies like that? There can, but they are usually low budget indie flicks with hand drawn letter titles. Movies are all about escapism or inspiration. It's why by and large, exponentially more people go to see movies like Iron Man as opposed to Funny Games. TLDR: Glory of humanity optimism will always win over tortured nature of existence pessimism in studio budgets.
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Post by slappy on May 21, 2013 22:21:29 GMT -5
So that means there can't be movies like that? There can, but they are usually low budget indie flicks with hand drawn letter titles. Movies are all about escapism or inspiration. It's why by and large, exponentially more people go to see movies like Iron Man as opposed to Funny Games. TLDR: Glory of humanity optimism will always win over tortured nature of existence pessimism in studio budgets. I do like indy movies better for that reason, they have more flexibility. For instance, I don't think a big movie studio could have gotten away with releasing Angels Crest.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2013 22:22:23 GMT -5
What user Cela said. No more origin stories of well known superheroes with multiple films in the franchise.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2013 4:33:17 GMT -5
Basically any "misunderstanding" plot that could be solved in five minutes by speaking plainly. I hate movies where a character is oblivious to what another character is REALLY doing but they have this totally contrived conversation that plays right into their misconceptions about what that character is doing. In this example, Character A is painting his house, Character B thinks he's a meth dealer:
A: I've got to go to the store and pick up supplies. B: What? I thought you stopped! A: The work has to be done. It sucks, because I hate dealing with harsh chemicals all day. B: The work doesn't HAVE to be done! You can quit whenever you want! A: ...Sure, yeah, I'll just leave it halfway done until the whole thing blows up in my face.
Stupid conversations like THAT where if you just talked in plain english the whole thing could be fixed.
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Eunös ✈
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Post by Eunös ✈ on May 22, 2013 4:45:44 GMT -5
Anyone who said Zombies can get lost I love Zombie Movies and will never get tired of them, the more the Merrior For me, I wouldnt be upset to never see another War movie again.
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agent817
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Post by agent817 on Jul 22, 2013 9:10:13 GMT -5
Hitman with the heart of gold. See, he won't kill women or children for money, only other bad guys! I don't see why a hitman who would kill children would be plausible. Killing women isn't too far-fetched. Look at 47 from the Hitman series. He'll kill a woman if she is a target. I wouldn't have a problem if a hitman kills a woman, but a child? That is not okay at all.
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Post by Young Game on Jul 22, 2013 9:24:57 GMT -5
- Hooker with a heart of gold...or, well...anything of gold. (Why is this nice lady selling sex at night?)
- Unlikely Hero saves a plane/train/bus/cab/clown car from snakes/bad men/monsters/horny folk.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jul 22, 2013 10:09:35 GMT -5
put me under the "tired of zombies" umbrella.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2013 10:14:56 GMT -5
Do we really need another "Christmas Carol"? It seems like that everybody who does it only seems to do two things:
1. The person is an asshole and makes life miserable for the entire cast, but learns his lesson and spends the last few moments trying to do right. 2. The "Something or Others" of Past and Present can be anything, but the "Something or Other" of the Future is always the Grim Reaper. Why can't somebody do something other than the Grim Reaper?
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StuntGranny®
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Post by StuntGranny® on Jul 22, 2013 10:50:42 GMT -5
Anything involving zombies or superheroes.
For f***'s sake, enough already.
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Post by The Ichi on Jul 22, 2013 11:45:37 GMT -5
Horror movies where a group of friends/co-workers/cave explorers etc travel to the woods/the outback/an abandoned cabin etc only to be picked off by cannibals/circus freaks/Texans etc.
Basically, 90% of horror movies these days seem to be playing the same game of ad libs.
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Allie Kitsune
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Jul 22, 2013 12:26:38 GMT -5
Guy with boring/depressed personality meets wacky/free-spirited/uninhibited girl and they begin a relationship.
Whether she successfully breaks him out of his shell, or absolutely fails to (and he runs her off with his constant depression, or she just gets bored of him) doesn't matter. I've just had enough of movies pairing those character types together.
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Allie Kitsune
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Jul 22, 2013 12:27:26 GMT -5
Horror movies where a group of friends/co-workers/cave explorers etc travel to the woods/the outback/an abandoned cabin etc only to be picked off by cannibals/circus freaks/Texans etc. Basically, 90% of horror movies these days seem to be playing the same game of ad libs. Besides, that type of movie will never be done any better than Dog Soldiers was.
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Post by Lupin the Third on Jul 22, 2013 15:04:38 GMT -5
Crappy sports team somehow overcomes the odds and wins the Championship.
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Sajoa Moe
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Post by Sajoa Moe on Jul 22, 2013 15:17:29 GMT -5
"The Wrestler" may be the only movie I've seen where the deadbeat dad doesn't successfully reconcile with his estranged child.
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Post by bob on Jul 22, 2013 16:24:07 GMT -5
Pseudointellectual films which claim to have a deeper meaning when they are in reality trash like A Serbian Film
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Post by Goldenbane on Jul 22, 2013 16:56:01 GMT -5
Put me in the tired of Zombies camp.
The greedy villain: So sick and tired of this plot device. I'd actually like to see a greedy character who goes about trying to get their desires via legitimate and fair means that actually doesn't hurt but instead helps the other side. For example, a movie about a guy who visits a planet with an alien race they've never encountered. The guy loves gold, diamonds, silver, and all that crap, and these weirdo aliens are covered in the stuff! Instead of the same tired old story of him trying to murder for wealth or cheat or steal...he studies the aliens as hard as possible and finds that something "useless" to him is considered just as valuable to the aliens as the gold and crap.
Might make for a fun story. Disney especially needs to look into this.
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