worn out movie gags

[Bloodstone Press]

I was watching Minority Report a while back. Just a few days before that, I was watching one of the Dirty Harry movies. I noticed how both movies have ridiculous chase scenes in them. The chase goes on for a LONG time, and it always involves rooftops and awkward bystanders. A lot of movies have that, actually.

Another one that comes to mind is the "hit and run" that movie characters always do when the bad guy is almost upon them. They hit him, he falls, and they run (rather than stay and hit him again).

The anguished character screaming "Nooooo!" is over done to IMO. I'd love to see someone cry "YESSSSS!" for a change when someone dies in a movie. Baring that, at least go with "WHHYYY??" or "AHHHHHHHH!" Or even incomprehensible sobs would be better than yet another character crying "NOOOO! "


How many other worn out movie gags can you think of?

 

[Relique du Madde]

For me it's the whole shooting out the tires thing. Serioursly if your trailing a guy and you're close enough to shoot out their tires, why not go for a head shot if you're going to kill him anyway?

 

[frankthedm]

Home Page - Television Tropes & Idioms

Once you enter, you might never leave.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ChaseScene

For me it's the whole shooting out the tires thing. Serioursly if your trailing a guy and you're close enough to shoot out their tires, why not go for a head shot if you're going to kill him anyway?

Because that triggers Dead foot Leadfoot

Dead Foot Leadfoot
Action Movie Trope where the driver of a vehicle is shot/killed. Instantly, he suffers a muscle spasm that extends the driver's leg, pushing the accelerator pedal all the way to the floor. Then instant rigor mortis sets in, keeping it there. Naturally, this causes the vehicle to accelerate to ludicrous speed, putting anyone in the way of this driving dead man at mortal risk.

 

[CleverNickName]

How many other worn out movie gags can you think of?

It's not so much a gag, but a complaint. Every time someone hotwires a car in a movie, even a brand-new one, they crank the engine on the first try and drive away like they own it.

Never mind that the freaking steering would lock without the key in the ignition...

 

[Herschel]

Will Ferrell.

Yes, everything about that untalented hack is an overdone cliche. His bit is more captain obvious than clever.

 

[CleverNickName]

Will Ferrell.

Yes, everything about that untalented hack is an overdone cliche. His bit is more captain obvious than clever.

If it weren't for Stranger Than Fiction, I would agree completely. See also: Adam Sandler/Spanglish

 

[Relique du Madde]

How about Jack Black playing a thinly vailed character based on Jack Black.

 

[Orius]

Home Page - Television Tropes & Idioms

Once you enter, you might never leave.

Arrrgg....must resist. I had no plan on wasting 3 or 4 more hours there again tonight.

Chase Scene - Television Tropes & Idioms
Because that triggers Dead foot Leadfoot

They do come up with some pretty good trope names, no?

 

[Pbartender]

"Cut the blue wire!"

So what, is there a specific color coding scheme for wiring in the bmb-maker's handbook?

It seems to me that if I didn't want the good guys to disarm my bomb, I'd make all the wires blue... And then add in a couple dozen dummy wires (also blue) in a big messy bundle.

Which leads me to another bugger...

Disarming the time bomb with only single digit seconds left on the timer. My time bombs would be set to go off at something like 5 minutes 42 seconds.

"Six minutes... Good, we've got plenty of ti-" KA-BOOM!

 

[Orius]

Or just take bomb-making advice from the Evil Overlord List.