Movie Cliches We Love and Hate

Corgan_dane · Post by **Corgan_dane** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 9:15 am

No one's career has sunk lower than Cuba Gooding Junior.

"Daddy Day Camp?"

Does he realize he's picking up Eddie Murphy's leftover crap?

Mooncity · Post by **Mooncity** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 10:08 am

Howsabout when someone takes and fires a gun at a locked door or padlock to open it? They never seem to worry about ricochets. I suppose that old-style iron locks with drop-forged parts might be able to be opened that way, but no modern steel lock would.

Killbert-Robby · Post by **Killbert-Robby** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 10:15 am

Cliche I LOVE : when the hero is shrunk and has to go inside his friend and get out before he grows. I know its been done again and again, but I always get a kick of seeing how each story has its own interpretation of the inside of the body and its threats.

IVstudios · Post by **IVstudios** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 10:31 am

I enjoy the cliché of mocking clichés. Not lame ones where one of the characters says "this is so cliché" but interesting ones. Like where they make it so over the top it just gets ridiculous (Like the "Why won't you die!?" in 'Austin Powers'). Or when they make it so obvious that they are going to go one way and then take a total random turn at the end.

I think my favorite though is just the sarcastic parody of the cliché. 'The Venture Brothers' dose this very well. Where the entire world is pretty much one big cliché and everyone knows it and is sick of it, but goes along with it anyway. "Alright everybody, you heard your father we're all going to die. Try to line it up so the spikes pierce either your heart or brain, no fun bleeding to death."

Dracomax · Post by **Dracomax** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 12:24 pm

mooncity wrote:Howsabout when someone takes and fires a gun at a locked door or padlock to open it? They never seem to worry about ricochets. I suppose that old-style iron locks with drop-forged parts might be able to be opened that way, but no modern steel lock would.

mythbusters tested it.

rifle took care of lock handily.

Jim North · Post by **Jim North** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 1:31 pm

Unfortunately, the ricochet killed them both.

Salyavin · Post by **Salyavin** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 3:38 pm

aw not Adam and Jamie

Mooncity · Post by **Mooncity** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 4:25 pm

I missed that Mythbusters. Pistol at close range though, like all the heroes use? Doubt that'd work like on TV and in the movies. I recall they even used the same thing in more than one sci-fi show. That's how they'd always open locked doors on "Space: 1999"... just blast the control panel with the kill ray! After the pretty ball of sparks died down, they could just push the door open.

Maybe that's another cliche altogether? I admit, I like that one. Just 'cause it's rayblasting something. Rayblasts working on door locks somehow makes more sense than bullets.

Rock_dash · Post by **Rock_dash** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:08 am

I've been trying hard to think of a cliche I hate with no luck...until now.

I was watching the old Robocop cartoon from the early 90s, and I realized, I hate it when you have two grown men locked in mortal combat and hurling childish insults at each other like, "RoboTWERP" and "RoboDWEEB" and things like that. Dear lord.

Dr Legostar · Post by **Dr Legostar** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:15 am

rock_dash wrote:I've been trying hard to think of a cliche I hate with no luck...until now.

I was watching the old Robocop cartoon from the early 90s, and I realized, I hate it when you have two grown men locked in mortal combat and hurling childish insults at each other like, "RoboTWERP" and "RoboDWEEB" and things like that. Dear lord.

if one of those combatants happens to be the Joker it's okay.

Rock_dash · Post by **Rock_dash** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:17 am

legostargalactica wrote:
rock_dash wrote:I've been trying hard to think of a cliche I hate with no luck...until now.

I was watching the old Robocop cartoon from the early 90s, and I realized, I hate it when you have two grown men locked in mortal combat and hurling childish insults at each other like, "RoboTWERP" and "RoboDWEEB" and things like that. Dear lord.
if one of those combatants happens to be the Joker it's okay.

Well, yeah, it's funny when HE does it.

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:26 am

rock_dash wrote:
legostargalactica wrote:
rock_dash wrote:I've been trying hard to think of a cliche I hate with no luck...until now.

I was watching the old Robocop cartoon from the early 90s, and I realized, I hate it when you have two grown men locked in mortal combat and hurling childish insults at each other like, "RoboTWERP" and "RoboDWEEB" and things like that. Dear lord.
if one of those combatants happens to be the Joker it's okay.
Well, yeah, it's funny when HE does it.

Not true, Robotwerp.

I find it funny that a cartoon based on such an incredibly violent movie has the bad guys using such language like Robodweeb. Anyone that says action movies are too violent these days needs to take a trip to the video store and rent Total Recall and Robocop 1 & 2.

Dr Legostar · Post by **Dr Legostar** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:35 am

theSuburbanLetdown wrote:
rock_dash wrote:
legostargalactica wrote: if one of those combatants happens to be the Joker it's okay.
Well, yeah, it's funny when HE does it.
Not true, Robotwerp.

I find it funny that a cartoon based on such an incredibly violent movie has the bad guys using such language like Robodweeb. Anyone that says action movies are too violent these days needs to take a trip to the video store and rent Total Recall and Robocop 1 & 2.

I say today's movie's aren't violent enough!

Jim North · Post by **Jim North** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:59 am

If they can't make me think Sin City is Hello Kitty!, then there needs to be MOAR VIOLENSE!

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:08 am

Beth and I saw "Shoot 'Em Up" - it rocked, violence-wise. Lots and lots of unlikely and gratuitous violence!

Yeahduff · Post by **Yeahduff** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 9:57 am

NakedElf wrote:
yeahduff wrote:Actually, the fact that there are young adults who don't know Ice Cube as a rapper makes me feel very old.
Ice cubes are found in my freezer.

Haha, OK "Naked Elf."

Noise Monkey · Post by **Noise Monkey** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 1:13 pm

corgan_dane wrote:No one's career has sunk lower than Cuba Gooding Junior.

"Daddy Day Camp?"

Does he realize he's picking up Eddie Murphy's leftover crap?

Cuba Gooding Junior picks up crap? Man, all these Hollywood types are weird.

Sketchywallflowr · Post by **Sketchywallflowr** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 2:56 pm

I know I shall be stoned to death for this, but I like Jackie Chan movies. Not the old, good, combat-based ones. The ones where he tries to be funny. I love them!

....Not Rush Hour. Never them.

Jim North · Post by **Jim North** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 3:09 pm

But he's funny even in the old combat based ones.

Anyway, I think Jackie Chan is super duper awesome hero numbah one. He just needs to not make any more Rush Hours. I haven't seen the first two, but if the third is any indication, that's one series that needs to be quickly and unceremoniously retired.

NakedElf · Post by **NakedElf** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 5:17 pm

yeahduff wrote:
NakedElf wrote:
yeahduff wrote:Actually, the fact that there are young adults who don't know Ice Cube as a rapper makes me feel very old.
Ice cubes are found in my freezer.
Haha, OK "Naked Elf."

I am at least naked. He is neither cubic nor made of ice. :P