20 movie cliches that need to die

[Dr. T is an alien]

dagreenguy said:

How can anyone hate repeitition, and deny the greatness of this line?

"Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."

You may now very well be my favorite poster. That movie has many great lines in it, and that one is one of the best.

[Joe Neglia]

tversetti9 said:

Here's one. A hitman or group of hitmen have routinely killed before but when they see or hear a child, most of the time a little girl they just can't help themselves and don't want to pull the hit anymore. The only one I remember is Munich but when I saw the trailer and that scene I just rolled my eyes like I've seen it many times.

True, but there's at least one good movie to come out of that particular cliche: A film from Belgium called Memory of a Killer. Great stuff. This hitman refuses to kill this twelve year old girl so that he can finally retire, and instead has to go on the run. He ends up going after his former employers. The twist is that he's going senile (he's 60 something) and as he goes after them, starts forgetting why he's doing it.

[HRH The KING]

The cliche where:

- a woman shoots the bad guy to save the male hero....then immediately starts to cry and the hero approaches to take the gun from her which she is still holding in the aiming position.

- disaster movies where the cast list represents a cross section of various social groups.

- sci-fi movies where the alien enemy race tend to be hideously ugly and drool.

[OGBoardPoster2005]

Any modern day Computer Animated Film(Last good one was Shrek 2) and the whole Teen Movies where the chicks are hot and girl power,rap,and dumbasses rule

[Vice honcho room temperature]

hrhtheking said:

- sci-fi movies where the alien enemy race tend to be hideously ugly and drool.

"I think they are trying to make fun of us in these movies"

[El Pollo Guerrera]

tversetti9 said:

Here's one. A hitman or group of hitmen have routinely killed before but when they see or hear a child, most of the time a little girl they just can't help themselves and don't want to pull the hit anymore. The only one I remember is Munich but when I saw the trailer and that scene I just rolled my eyes like I've seen it many times.

That's why I liked the original "Assault on Precinct 13". Remember Kim Richards, the little girl from "Escape to Witch Mountain"? She appears near the beginning of "AoP13"... but not for very long.

One cliche that always bugged me was the old action-movie chestnut of "outrunning the explosion". Sprinting at high speed down the hallway/up the tunnel as the clouds of flame billow behind you, leaping as you escape and the "shockwave" carries you away to safety.

[The QC Loser]

With the shawshank rain one. I dont think Andy minded being in the rain as it represented him tasting freedom again after i believe it was 20 years. Even though the rain was cold and he was covered in fecal matter it didn't matter cuz he was free again.

[Deleted]

Number 10 could also fit perfectly with "A Walk to Remember"

[G✇JI☈A]

I'm sick of this typical line of dialog:

Doctor: She will need a very delicate and therefor expensive operation to the brain or.....
(DRAMATIC PAUSE)
Sick Person's Loved One: Or What!?

Doctor: She will jump out of the bed and the dance the cabbage patch! She will die you putz! God I hate when I have to spell it out to you people!

OK I made the last line up (imagine Alan Rickman as the Doc). But after the 'Or What!?' they usually cut to another scene. Mostly the patient being prepped for surgery.

It sucks cause if a Doctor gives a Dramatic Pause after giving his diagnostic I think you can assume the worst.