Stupid movie cliches and impossibilities - Page 52

**squigg58** · June 5th, 2011, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by dickerbetwixt

Whilst watching 'The Hitcher' last night I noticed another cliche.

Every time a car overtakes another, there is always a lorry coming the other way which always causes the car to swerve and crash

The flipside is that if two cars are chasing each other in heavy traffic, there are always very convenient gaps between all the other cars! A twist on that was in the dreadful "War of the Worlds" remake with Tom Thumb. As a result of the alien stormclouds, all cars just stopped wherever they happened to be. Fortunately, they'd all managed to park neatly on the freeway leaving a nice clear path for our hero!

**Navvet** · June 5th, 2011, 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by DTravel

WWII movies from the 60's were notorious for using then current tanks in place of actual Shermans. Later ones use Soviet tanks from the 70's and 80's. And all of them show armor running side by side by side ten feet apart when they actually would keep a hundred yards or more separation.

I too, dislike unrealistic "war movies." I know what you mean about using modern tanks, instead of Shermans, in WWII flicks. However, we have to look at the circumstances. For example; the movie "Patton" was made in 1970, and it portrayed several large-scale tank battles. The tanks used were modern, for the year 1970. Please remember that there were relatively few actual Sherman tanks still around in 1970, so available substitutes had to be used for the battle scenes.
You are certainly correct though, about proper tank tactics. Maybe the producers think that actual realism isn't exciting enough.

**seany65** · June 7th, 2011, 12:50 AM

A couple of cliches that annoy me are:

1) That crap where a character (usually a cop) says "People who look to their left when thinking are a telling the truth and people who look up to their right are lying".

When I'm trying to remember things, I look all over the place. And surely, this has been repeated so many times that any bad people will rememeber this and look left, even when lying?

2) When a plotline includes peadophilia in some way, it is always mentioned that

"victims of it often become abusers themselves".

It must be so annoying and frustrating for actual victims of it to know that yet again they are being labelled as peadophiles. It must be hard enough to tell anyone that they were abused, without suspicion having been previously rammed into the minds of those they want to tell, by such films and tv dramas.

imracerx · June 7th, 2011, 06:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Mal Hombre

Keanu would be ideally cast as the tree...

Typecasting of the most craven sort. Plus, Robert Stack already took that part.

**TCO95** · June 8th, 2011, 04:26 PM

Does any genre have more cliches than the Western?

Today is Alexis Smith's ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_Smith ) birthday so Turner Classic Movies is showing her films.

They just showed San Antonio, and at one point there's a gun fight. Well the loser takes a full on blast to the liver and instead of falling down, screaming in agony and dying he makes a face, clutches his side and WALKS AWAY. A few steps later he finally falls down and dies. Not a drop of blood to be seen or even an exit wound. Darn cowboys were tough.

**Mal Hombre** · June 8th, 2011, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by imracerx

Typecasting of the most craven sort. Plus, Robert Stack already took that part.

Sadly Mr Stack is longer with Us ,So it'll have to be Keanu.

**Historian** · June 8th, 2011, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by gmcbee

Machine guns piss me off. Hero shoots constantly for 8-9 seconds clock time
with a 30 or 40 round clip. Besides burning up the barrel, the ammo's long gone.

But I guess it's how Bruce Willis pays for the haircuts.

Yep- Exhibit A: Clint Eastwood in 'Where Eagles Dare'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft7jw...eature=related

Now according to Wikipedia, an MP40 has a rate of fire of 550 rounds per minute - and takes a 32 round mag. You do the maths....and how often, apart possibly from Clint early in the scene- do you see anyone stop to change a magazine?
Incidentally, the same Wiki article says the MP40 was only usually issued to paratroops and platoon/squad leaders, rather than the entire Wehrmacht as the film seems to suggest....

dickerbetwixt · June 8th, 2011, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by TCO95

Does any genre have more cliches than the Western?

Yes, which reminds me of the next cliche, not used as much nowadays, but when a character has been fatally wounded but his mate always gets to him in time to hear him say a few last important words before head drops to indicate he has passed away.

**electile disfunction** · June 8th, 2011, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by TCO95

Does any genre have more cliches than the Western?

You mean, like, other than porn?

e.d.

**TCO95** · June 8th, 2011, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by electile disfunction

You mean, like, other than porn?

e.d.

MY GOD! Why not a porno western?

You could shoot someone, they take their sweet time dying but KEEP their hard on. Pure gold.

Now I'll get this movie made, earn a fortune and deny you were the inspiration.
A win/win situation!

What colour Bentley should I buy?

June 7th, 2011, 12:50 AM	#513
seany65 Vintage Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 3,652 Thanks: 80,476 Thanked 32,741 Times in 3,528 Posts	A couple of cliches that annoy me are: 1) That crap where a character (usually a cop) says "People who look to their left when thinking are a telling the truth and people who look up to their right are lying". When I'm trying to remember things, I look all over the place. And surely, this has been repeated so many times that any bad people will rememeber this and look left, even when lying? 2) When a plotline includes peadophilia in some way, it is always mentioned that "victims of it often become abusers themselves". It must be so annoying and frustrating for actual victims of it to know that yet again they are being labelled as peadophiles. It must be hard enough to tell anyone that they were abused, without suspicion having been previously rammed into the minds of those they want to tell, by such films and tv dramas. __________________ <-- That's Emer Kenny and I want to be stuck in her front bottom. Quote from electrofreak : I'd rather have questions that can't be answered, than answers that can't be questioned.

June 8th, 2011, 04:26 PM	#515
TCO95 Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: This member is not allowed in your country. Posts: 5,176 Thanks: 47,615 Thanked 64,805 Times in 5,130 Posts	Does any genre have more cliches than the Western? Today is Alexis Smith's ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_Smith ) birthday so Turner Classic Movies is showing her films. They just showed San Antonio, and at one point there's a gun fight. Well the loser takes a full on blast to the liver and instead of falling down, screaming in agony and dying he makes a face, clutches his side and WALKS AWAY. A few steps later he finally falls down and dies. Not a drop of blood to be seen or even an exit wound. Darn cowboys were tough. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.