Eye Rolling Movie Tropes

[phantom13]

When a man tries to be gallant by taking off his coat and draping it around a shivering woman, he doesn't check the pockets first for his wallet, car keys, house key or anything else he might need before he gets the coat back.

Well, I never pass anything with pockets in it to anybody under any circumstances without thoroughly checking the pockets first. That's just basic common sense, IMHO. As a result, I've never gotten separated from anything I needed that was in the pocket.

Movies and TV shows usually want to present a smooth, grandiose, gallant gesture of the man instantly draping his coat over the shivering woman's shoulder, rather than having him do the sensible thing and check the pockets first. When I see that happen on-screen, I lose my ability to sympathize or empathize with the character over any misfortune that befalls him as a result of his coat donation.

Whilst this is fair I put it down to films wanting to ignore the mundane stuff in life and this it doesn’t bother me.

Anyone But You starts out with a meet cute at a coffee shop, our gentleman not only doesn’t give a name for his order in a coffee shop that is ****ing stacked but he also absolutely does not pay before leaving the till to keep chatting with the lady.

It’s trope as shit but meh, seeing him swipe his card wouldn’t have added anything for me

 

[RedmanWasHere]

The shy and quiet types who end up acing whatever it is and becoming insanely talented.

 

[do_i_look_worried_go_ahe]

The shy and quiet types who end up acing whatever it is and becoming insanely talented.

Meta: or kids who would not have succeeded so phenomenally outside of their temporal era given their harsh speaking voice and accent (look at "Bright Eyes") and mediocre singing voice. Temple was lucky it was the Depression. Her competitors could inhabit different characters, but Shirley never could; she always just played Shirley.

 

[dumb]

Why are movies and shows obsessed with characters telling other characters to "get some rest"? When is the last time you said that to someone in real life?

i was thinking about this very thing in this thread. apparently it's the most used line in movies if i remember correctly? try and get some rest, try and get some sleep, you should get some sleep.

 

[GreyCrow]

Why are movies and shows obsessed with characters telling other characters to "get some rest"? When is the last time you said that to someone in real life?

Turned up in Renfield

 

[do_i_look_worried_go_ahe]

I sometimes wonder how the years from about the 1970s to the 2000s would have been if some or many Old Hollywood actresses and actors had never smoked or drank at all. I mean in terms of how both USA and British TV, film and BBC Radio 4 radio plays, would be different?

 

[GreyCrow]

Person about to be shot. Close up on face , switch back to gunner , close up on gunners smiling face

Gunshot

Gunner falls back as associate of person about to be shot shoots gunner

 

[do_i_look_worried_go_ahe]

The wills of the very rich are always read in the presence of all next of kin, typically on a small and remote private island, or in an incommunicado castle.

People touched with telekinesis always opt to keep their wonderous gift a guarded secret.

Every senior prom has a delinquent teen in a tux-printed T-shirt who spikes the punchbowl.

Being bitten by anything is painful, but a vampire bite is orgasmic.

After WWIII, all guys will dress like renegade bikers, and chicks will wear tattered stripper gear.

The moment a killer's identity is revealed, he/she will suddenly become wide-eyed and manic.

If your offspring is horribly deformed, don't seek clinical help...just lock the child in a filthy basement or attic and never speak of them to anyone.

 

[GreyCrow]

 

[do_i_look_worried_go_ahe]

When people are reincarnated, they usually look the same as they did in their previous life.

After you've had a brush with demonic forces, you should hole up in a squalid studio apartment. Be sure to paper the walls and ceiling with Bible pages, crosses, and rosaries, but never wash your dishes.

Before sexually assaulting a helpless woman, you must tear her blouse open vertically with one fell swoop.

In the Old West, saloon dancers wore their stage costumes 24/7.

Every savage tribe in the Green Hell of Africa is ruled by a white woman wearing a sarong and bikini top ensemble, and a necklace made with fangs or claws.

When a mad scientist whips up a concoction, it will always have smoke rising off of it.

 

[kickazz]

If there is chase of any sort in a public building, then they have no choice, the chase must go through the commercial kitchen. It must.

 

[JackOutback]

If there is chase of any sort in a public building, then they have no choice, the chase must go through the commercial kitchen. It must.

Bonus points for sampling the food and saying something pithy, like ‘needs a few more minutes’.

 

[dumb]

someone lying in a hospital bed after a fight or whatever usually still has blood on their face. let's treat their injuries but leave them dirty.

 

[Tomford]

Water boiling to show build up of tension

Spitting cornflakes out when hear surprising news

Every mafia movie or tv show, you already know at the beginning of the scene there will be a murder or beating

Tv series finales involving airports or planes. The characters change their minds or profess their love last minute.

 

[GreyCrow]

Computer nerd with a bowl of 2 minute noodles

 

[Tyler Durden007]

The "mandatory" representation of minority groups, ALL the time.

Checklist:
1) Multiple lesbians
2) Snarky gay guy
3) Amorphous non-gender
4) All positions of high authority held by womenz

Can't help but think Star Trek Discovery (blergh!)

I'm all for diversity, but all of it, all the time, everytime... kind of makes it non-diversity

 

[JackOutback]

The "mandatory" representation of minority groups, ALL the time.

Checklist:
1) Multiple lesbians
2) Snarky gay guy
3) Amorphous non-gender
4) All positions of high authority held by womenz

Can't help but think Star Trek Discovery (blergh!)

I'm all for diversity, but all of it, all the time, everytime... kind of makes it non-diversity

Right? Take me back to the original Star Trek of the 60s, when it was just a Black woman at the height of segregation, a Russian crewman during the Cold War, an Asian helmsman following internment of Japanese in the US during WWII. You know, the non-woke Star Trek.

 

[HeathySure]

The "mandatory" representation of minority groups, ALL the time.

Checklist:
1) Multiple lesbians
2) Snarky gay guy
3) Amorphous non-gender
4) All positions of high authority held by womenz

Can't help but think Star Trek Discovery (blergh!)

I'm all for diversity, but all of it, all the time, everytime... kind of makes it non-diversity

Almost every rom com is now same sex. I don't think a greater portion of the population relate anymore

 

[peternorth]

The "mandatory" representation of minority groups, ALL the time.

Checklist:
1) Multiple lesbians
2) Snarky gay guy
3) Amorphous non-gender
4) All positions of high authority held by womenz

Can't help but think Star Trek Discovery (blergh!)

I'm all for diversity, but all of it, all the time, everytime... kind of makes it non-diversity

Should there be a set number or quota perhaps or max number of lead roles occupied by minorities in a year.

 

[GreyCrow]

Disney/Star Wars recycling old material for cheap reactions

Cantina scenes getting done in every show with the same tinny background music

Certain lines being done to death

 

[GreyCrow]

Probably already mentioned but the worst dead person trope is closing the eyes by running your hand over the eyes

 

[Scully2GWS UMAD]

When the attractive young girl with weird teeth says, “like, but you’re my stepdad, what if mum catches us”

 

[Frank Bunn]

Anyone coughs, they've got cancer.

 

[Frank Bunn]

The overzealous hug, where the hugged person expresses surprise.

 

[phantom13]

Almost every rom com is now same sex. I don't think a greater portion of the population relate anymore

Is it? I can think of Bottoms (which is less rom com than teen gross out com) and Bros in recent years For the record Bros was very funny.

Cant think of any others?

The two most recent rom coms that have been successful i can think of are all cis and white (Anyone But You, The Idea of You).