Most overused Clichés in movies/TV shows?

[Reno]

They also win their ex wife back

And in general a man's reward for his heroic deeds is that he can get together with his love interest

Since at last the 70s that gets rejected as too corny. The Spielberg War of the Worlds, Ant Man and others come to mind where the hero wins back the affections of his kid/s but they don’t get the wife back. Kramer vs Kramer was the film where that was at the center of the plot and since then the best the hero can hope for is being on good terms with his ex and maintaining a relationship with his kids.

 

[spanglechick]

Since at last the 70s that gets rejected as too corny. The Spielberg War of the Worlds, Ant Man and others come to mind where the hero wins back the affections of his kid/s but they don’t get the wife back. Kramer vs Kramer was the film where that was at the center of the plot and since then the best the hero can hope for is being on good terms with his ex and maintaining a relationship with his kids.

Don’t the McClaine’s reunite at the end of Die Hard?

 

[Reno]

Don’t the McClaine’s reunite at the end of Die Hard?

There are no kids in the film.

There are still plenty of films where the hero gets the girl back but this reunion of the nuclear family due to the hero’s redemption is rare these days.

 

[spanglechick]

There are no kids in the film.

Yes they are. The daughter is interviewed on tv. It lets the cat out of the bag as to her mum’s real identity.

 

[Reno]

There are no kids in the film.

Yes they are. The daughter is interviewed on tv. It lets the cat out of the bag as to her mum’s real identity.

...but there is no plot where he has to win back the kid. She is in one scene but is barely a character. The point made was that the hero gets his kids back due to his redemptive efforts and then someone added that then he also always gets back his wife/girlfriend. That is rare these days.

 

[T & P]

Don’t the McClaine’s reunite at the end of Die Hard?

IIRC in Die Hard 3 the marriage it’s on its death throes.

 

[Combustible]

Since at last the 70s that gets rejected as too corny. The Spielberg War of the Worlds, Ant Man and others come to mind where the hero wins back the affections of his kid/s but they don’t get the wife back. Kramer vs Kramer was the film where that was at the center of the plot and since then the best the hero can hope for is being on good terms with his ex and maintaining a relationship with his kids.

I seem to remember it happening in that Dwayne Johnson vs earthquakes film from a couple of years ago.

 

[cyril_smear]

Being gay was always a massive drama in 90's/00's soaps and shitcoms.

 

[seeformiles]

No matter the calibre of bullets being fired, you’ll always be safe if you hide behind a car door

 

[cyril_smear]

No matter the calibre of bullets being fired, you’ll always be safe if you hide behind a car door

Or a settee... RPG, get behind the settee, Uzi nine millimetre, get behind the settee.

 

[T & P]

No matter the calibre of bullets being fired, you’ll always be safe if you hide behind a car door

Or an overturned wooden table in a bar.

 

[T & P]

In zombie apocalypse films, among the recently deceased who rise from their graves there will always be either a groom or a bride in their wedding attire.

 

[Reno]

I seem to remember it happening in that Dwayne Johnson vs earthquakes film from a couple of years ago.

True, that's because almost nothing is more cheesy than Dwayne Johnson movies.

 

[A380]

In zombie apocalypse films, among the recently deceased who rise from their graves there will always be either a groom or a bride in their wedding attire.

And the body of a woman who was a lingerie model and obviously died during a photo shoot for a knickers and bra set that costs more than a decent push bike.

 

[dylanredefined]

No matter the calibre of bullets being fired, you’ll always be safe if you hide behind a car door

I was quite upset when that turned out to be complete bollocks.

As the wife pointed how convient America has recent wars to provide so many protagonists their Navy SEAL veteran back story.

 

[T & P]

IIRC John Cusack also wins his ex-wife back in the disaster flick 2012.

A sub-cliche of such scenario is what the deal is with the current husband, and his fate. It’s usually one of two things: either he’s an arsehole and his wife realises this during the film and dumps him; or a thoroughly decent man who our protagonist dislikes because he’s with his ex-missus, but just as our hero realises the bloke’s alright the latter dies in tragic circumstances, and our hero provides a shoulder to cry on for the ex, who takes him back even before her husband’s body is cold.

 

[cyril_smear]

In zombie apocalypse films, among the recently deceased who rise from their graves there will always be either a groom or a bride in their wedding attire.

Ye and how come in that zombi 2 when they come out of their graves after years and years they aren't just bones?

 

[Reno]

Ye and how come in that zombi 2 when they come out of their graves after years and years they aren't just bones?

Never question anything that happens in an Italian zombie film. They do look more gnarly than your average zombies though

 

[cyril_smear]

Never question anything that happens in an Italian zombie film. They do look more gnarly than your average zombies though

Night of the living dead 1990 remake is the best ever. First ten minutes are still scary as fuck.

 

[spanglechick]

Americans do like to fill the dead up with plasticisers and pickling fluid. Their corpses don’t decay as quickly as your average dead person elsewhere.

 

[emanymton]

There's another strangling one. Monster/Robot/Alien etc with excessive strength demonstrated by the crushing of rocks/skulls into dust with a single squeeze of the hand wants you dead. Monster/Alien has its hand around your throat for 20 seconds before being forced to let go. Five seconds of heavy breathing and you're fine.

A variation on this is when they pick up and throw the hero instead of just killing them like they do everyone else.

 

[cyril_smear]

Ross kemp ''Nobody has been able to do something or the other... until now!!!'' Wow. I did not see that coming, in spite of the fact you alluded to it just before the adverts.

 

[cyril_smear]

Crime shows ''what happened next will shock and disgust you, right after the break'' fucking googled it when I saw the TV listings in the Mirror this morning.

 

[likesfish]

Squaddies ( other armed goons are available)
Continue to chase the kids /Hero even after they have been shown to have paranormal powers.
Rather than going fuck this shit or searching under every rock making lots of noise so whoever is being searched for has time to getaway ( my battalion did that when ordered to hunt down a Sgt who went mad and stole his sections ammo and fled into Cyprus countryside)

 

[IC3D]

I think a man getting the ex back through, deeds, is always go8jg to be a strong narrative. Although a woman's ex in movies if she is the lead is normally a wrongun she won't go back too it seems, but a male protagonist just needs to up his game on the flip side. I think it reflects male and female attitudes to exs pretty much.

Movies are pretty hetronormative really

 

[seeformiles]

In action film chases, all cars appear to be made of Semtex on a hair trigger detonator

 

[cyril_smear]

In action film chases, all cars appear to be made of Semtex on a hair trigger detonator

And have a last minute cat lady pushing a trolley full of cans repellent; but only at the very last second.

 

[IC3D]

And have a last minute cat lady pushing a trolley full of cans repellent; but only at the very last second.

A tramp with trolley of possesions that fly everywhere or maximum shock value mummy pulls pushchair out of the way.

 

[likesfish]

Grenades and hand held missiles all creating huge explosions with fireballs.
They don't even artillery is a rather unimpressive cloud of smoke.

 

[cyril_smear]

A trail of petrol being ignited by a cigarette... bullshit!!

Dynamite going out in water... bullshit!!