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"^But that actually happens in real life. Happened to me at least. Serious girlfriend had an ex walk back into her life after no contact for over a year and I was almost immediately cut out of the picture."

It happens in real life, but in real life the girl isn't anything close to the hero they make her out to be in the movies.

[Edited on May 19, 2009 at 8:01 AM. Reason : -]

5/19/2009 8:01:07 AM

Right. And have you noticed its never the guy suddenly realizing he's with the wrong girl?

5/19/2009 10:12:06 AM

Oh yeah, it's happened to me too.

I'm just glad that girls have movies like The Notebook to glorify that and make them feel jutified when they do it.

5/19/2009 12:20:43 PM

Actually I just watched 27 Dresses. Cool chick flick.

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"^But that actually happens in real life. Happened to me at least."

Maybe that's why my wife hates that I'm still friends with my ex(girlfriend from HS), although I seriously have no interest in her.

[Edited on May 19, 2009 at 12:48 PM. Reason : .]

5/19/2009 12:47:46 PM

Tony Almeida: SHOOT THE MOTHER FUCKER INSTEAD OF EXPLAINING WHY YOU ARE GOING TO SHOOT HIM.

5/19/2009 8:25:32 PM

Characters having cool old "POS" cars with character (like a 72 Malibu or something).

A real life POS car is a 91 Saturn. If you want to show that someone is broke don't have them drive an old beater that requires pricey maintenance every few weeks and annual transmission overhauls, instead have them drive something that they have to put gas in and change the oil in every 20,000 miles.

I can think of many movies that do this, but Good Will Hunting is a prime example.

5/19/2009 8:34:53 PM

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"Characters having cool old "POS" cars with character (like a 72 Malibu or something). "

haha well that's just cool

5/20/2009 1:54:14 AM

a lot of instances tonight at angels & demons and terminator salvation

too many to even name one example

5/21/2009 3:11:32 AM

little kids (or any character, really) that don't talk

5/21/2009 3:33:34 AM

^The cliché wouldn't be complete without them talking at some point in the movie causing a "Wow, he said something! He never says anything!" moment.

5/21/2009 7:35:54 AM

^The Patriot, and every Bill & Silent Bob movie

5/21/2009 10:53:56 AM

rumaging through someones stuff looking for something, and like trashing the place...in really dumb places

like in fled they are looking for a diskette, and they empty out this guys cupboards...like his saltines and what not...wtf...why would he keep his disk up there?!?!? no need to make his apt messy!

5/22/2009 2:59:19 AM

^^^^ same for the kid that doesn't smile.

then something nice happens at the end for him and voila

5/22/2009 5:33:08 PM

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"Bill & Silent Bob movie"

who the fuck is bill?

5/22/2009 11:56:49 PM

a huge crowd of villains versus one hero and instead of engaging all at once where they would obviously win, they each attack individually and lose

5/23/2009 2:23:31 AM

I hate the one where people are running down a crowded street in a foot chase and while the bad guy has no trouble, but the two other guys consistently run into people, have hot dog carts and fruit stands magically decide to step in their way after a bloody bad guy with two guns runs by.

5/23/2009 2:32:58 AM

"I'm...so cold..."

I'm looking at you, Pearl Harbor.

5/23/2009 12:20:46 PM

Car chases with POS cars that handle like a damned F1 racecar

movies that acknowledge the audience watching

5/23/2009 1:18:43 PM

"im going to go there, i have to"

"well im coming with you"

"NO YOU'RE NOT"






might've been posted already

5/23/2009 1:42:20 PM

Bad guys shooting a henchman for a minor mistake just to show how evil they are.

5/24/2009 2:14:38 PM

two bad guys, one is somewhat clever and decides what to do, the other is a complete dumbass and always says/does something stupid that pisses off the other guy.

e.g., Home Alone. Pretty much the basis of pinky and the brain.

5/24/2009 3:44:05 PM

people not hearing an important cell phone call due to either loud music or it being on vibrate

5/27/2009 1:24:37 PM

showing someone's profile and then having them turn dramatically to show some kind of disfigurement on the side that you couldn't see

5/27/2009 7:11:27 PM

people entering an office to talk to a person of authority, and their chair is swung backwards

then when the people think they've been talking to the authoritative figure, said figure ends up being dead, or someone else is sitting in the chair

5/27/2009 7:30:25 PM

bonus points if it's actually someone else and they start slow sarcastic clapping as they turn around

5/27/2009 7:38:14 PM

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"But that actually happens in real life. Happened to me at least. Serious girlfriend had an ex walk back into her life after no contact for over a year and I was almost immediately cut out of the picture."

OK, WTF...

A girl that did that to me just made her FB status something about how much she loves The Notebook.

5/28/2009 12:35:12 AM

Everything in Terminator Salvation.

5/28/2009 1:32:45 AM

A lot of stuff in Wolverine

Still entertaining, though.

[Edited on May 28, 2009 at 7:12 PM. Reason : S]

5/28/2009 7:12:21 PM

that camera shot where the camera is mounted on the character and stays trained on their face, usually accompanied with blurred vision and sound

5/28/2009 10:56:17 PM

when the passenger is changing the radio station and the driver gets pissed off by it

5/28/2009 11:30:27 PM

yep.

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"everything in terminator salvation"

5/28/2009 11:36:06 PM

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"A lot of stuff in Wolverine Still entertaining, though. "

I've been doing theater checks on this at work, and every time i do there's some type of cliché.

"I'M SO... COLD"

*look at sky and yell NOOOOOOOOOOO"*

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"that camera shot where the camera is mounted on the character and stays trained on their face, usually accompanied with blurred vision and sound"

Yeah this happens in T:S

Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels does it great http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyASsU1Wg4Y

[Edited on May 28, 2009 at 11:50 PM. Reason : .]

5/28/2009 11:48:45 PM

More in the realm of TV shows and commercials than in movies but:

A unintelligent, lazy man coupled with a mean spirited, commanding woman.

Bonus points if the guy is fat and ugly and the woman is attractive.

5/29/2009 8:34:24 AM

see Still Standing, According to Jim, King of Queens, about 1/2 of every other sitcom ever made

5/29/2009 9:28:37 AM

when character stands still in a street or building and everyone walks fast around them and they are all blurred.

5/30/2009 8:43:54 PM

I'm beginning to think trains in general are a cliche, they have just been used every possible way from every perspective by now

5/31/2009 2:43:20 AM

Over the top dumbed down metaphors, like the end of The Longest Day.

"He's dead. I'm crippled. You're lost. Do you suppose it's always like that? I mean war."

5/31/2009 2:55:33 PM

"But we had a deal!"

5/31/2009 4:22:46 PM

NOT ANYMORE WE DONT! Bang bang peeow

5/31/2009 4:52:41 PM

birds-eye view shots of metropolises panning north/forwards

5/31/2009 8:08:40 PM

cartoons with a smart mouthed new york accented character

5/31/2009 8:12:02 PM

^^^^, ^^^

pretty much the double-cross in general is played out

5/31/2009 9:52:38 PM

Funerals with bagpipes.

5/31/2009 10:40:12 PM

slowly rotating fans

6/4/2009 6:22:44 AM

^^

the song amazing grace

6/4/2009 6:42:51 AM

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""im going to go there, i have to" "well im coming with you" "NO YOU'RE NOT""

hahahahahah

Not a movie but I think they did this three liner in every single episode of lost. (i stopped watching at season 2)

6/4/2009 7:49:07 AM

fancy futuristic weapons that while look cool in reality would be less effective than a standard assault rifle

6/5/2009 5:56:18 PM

dude but they look cool

6/5/2009 9:45:10 PM

People smacking while they eat.

6/5/2009 10:23:10 PM

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""im going to go there, i have to" "well im coming with you" "NO YOU'RE NOT"

I think this happens twice in the matrix in the span of 6 seconds. when neo and trinity are discussing going to get morpheus.

6/5/2009 10:50:36 PM