2 posts tagged “movie cliche”
1. The quote 'This Holiday Season'
Not really a movie cliche, more a movie trailer cliche. Every christmas based film's trailer always has that voice-over guy saying that stupid line 'this holiday season...' followed by something like '....join the adventure of a lifetime'. For crying out load, come up with something different!
2. The 'Scrooge' Plot
Yes, yes, yes, we get it already! Dude who hates Christmas, visited my three ghost who show him the true meaning of Christmas, blah, blah, blah, yada, yada, yada.......god kill us, everyone!
3. Airport and the Blizzard
When ever anyone is trying to get home in a hurry for some reason, the airport always seems to just get hit by snowstorm ensuring all flights are cancelled forcing said person to find alternate and usually wacky ways to try and get home. Hijinx a plenty!
4. Santa and Grown ups
How many times do we have to see Santa Claus trying to convince some 35 year old million-dollar business dude that he is indeed the 'Real Santa' and saying crap like 'You may have stopped believing in me, but I never stopped believing in you'
5. Perfect Trees
I don't know about anyone else, but I've never ever seen in my life someone's Christmas Tree that is as tall, lush, green and with orniments so carefully placed and tinsel arranged so perfectly than what is portrayed on film.
No 1: Gun Shop Owner Gets Shot
Certain death scene if your an actor playing the owner of a gun shop. "Here's your gun sir, that'll be Thirty-nine.... BANG, BANG, BANG!!!.
No 2: Driver Notices In Review Mirror He's Being Followed
How the hell do they know they're being followed? Ever think that car just happens to be going the same way?
No 3: The Pretty Ugly Girl
You know, the geeky girl with glasses and her hair in a bun who decides to get a make over...all of a sudden the popular football star takes notice of her, resulting in a fairy tale ending.
No 4: Teen Movie Formals
Has there ever been a high school flick without an end of year formal/prom leading to the 2 main characters finally professing their love for each other? Yawn....
No 5: Tough Cop Gets Suspended
How many suspended, anti-hero cops who take the law in their own hand and destroy hundreds of thousand of dollars worth of cars and property coz they're just "doing their job" are there?
