Califan007 The Constipated Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Let's create a list of overused plot devices featured in movies that you would love to see banished from films forever. And let's do this because I'm bored. :thumbsup: 1) Police officer 2 weeks from retirement gets killed on the job. 2) Guy realizes he really DOES love the girl, and runs to airport to stop the "love of his life" from flying off to Paris. 3) Young teenage mother decides, at the end of the movie, to give up baby for adoption to perfect couple who want teenage mom to remain in baby's life. Everyone's happy. 4) Nuclear physicist-slash-organic chemistry specialist is 24 year old female bombshell who just happens to fall in love with the rough-and-tumble hero. 5) Talkative villain explains his entire plot to hero instead of just shooting him in the head immediately. Continue the list...:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IONTOP Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 6) The thing they've been searching for is in a really obvious place, but they must trek halfway across the globe to find out it was close to where they started. 7) Sports team scores on final try, never with 3 seconds left having to play defense to win the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boofMcboof Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Not exactly a plot device but I'm tired of seeing Martin Lawrence as a cop. I think I noticed four movies playing simultaneously that featured him as a cop last weekend on my dtv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsOrlando Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 8) Computer/Machines are set to do something hostile on their own because they have developed free thinking 9) Dorky kid all of sudden has running and jumping abilities of an athlete during any chase scene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Califan007 The Constipated Posted April 17, 2009 Author Share Posted April 17, 2009 I like #7 and #8 lol :applause: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegreatbobo Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Geeky girls almost always look like super hot models. It's not uncommon for a regular cop to have the skill set of a Navy SEAL Black people are either super educated rich people or street hoods - there is no inbetween Asian men are either super nerdy geeks or martial artists, in no way shape or form should could they ever have a hot white girlfriend Conversely, Asian women have no problem dating White dudes exclusively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Califan007 The Constipated Posted April 17, 2009 Author Share Posted April 17, 2009 15) Popular high school jerk's girlfriend ends up falling in love with lovable geek hero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stophovr6 Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Washed up comedian dresses up as fat woman for roll in movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stophovr6 Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Guy/Girl cheats on significant other, is going to tell significant other, but that person finds out the hard way. Anger, sobbing and ignoring ensue, only for couple to makeup in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Califan007 The Constipated Posted April 17, 2009 Author Share Posted April 17, 2009 18) All music montages where one character tries on clothes while another character reacts to the wacky clothing being tried on...only to end up with the perfect outfit as the music ends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stophovr6 Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 19. The training montage. Taking a once pitiful athlete/fighter to new heights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegreatbobo Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Montage!!!!! Even Rocky had a Montage!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonYoungEra Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 i just noticed this one the other day, when i saw a preview for yet ANOTHER one of these movies: boy and father (or girl and mother) somehow switch bodies..dad gets to go back to school and boy gets to be a grown-up..hilarity ensues... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mondizzle Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 21.? Older, seasoned cop paired up with rookie, naive cop 22. Nicholas Cage playing the nervous, confused guy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redskins0756 Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 21.? Older, seasoned cop paired up with rookie, naive cop Nothing wrong with Training Day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACW Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 7) Sports team scores on final try, never with 3 seconds left having to play defense to win the game.Rudy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redskins0756 Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Any Jason Statham movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spec138 Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 The good guy has victory firmly in his grasp, only to realize his daughter/family/girl is being held at gunpoint by the near-dead villain. Some sort of misunderstanding leads the protagonist and his girlfriend to break up. Protagonist doesn't explain the situtation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Califan007 The Constipated Posted April 18, 2009 Author Share Posted April 18, 2009 Rudy? Did Rudy score at the very end? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Califan007 The Constipated Posted April 18, 2009 Author Share Posted April 18, 2009 Some sort of misunderstanding leads the protagonist and his girlfriend to break up. Protagonist doesn't explain the situtation. I hate this ****!! :mad: Just tell her wtf happened, and the movie would be over with in 25 minutes lol...but, noooooooo...:mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Califan007 The Constipated Posted April 18, 2009 Author Share Posted April 18, 2009 25 (?)...Villain turns out to be the hero's immediate superior, usually the chief of police. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sir Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 Widowed men Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCS Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 Saw this one in Clear and Present Danger all those years ago and made me go :doh: Hero or heroes,(main "good guys" if you will),are in a jam and need either equipment,a pilot, or both. They go to seedy bar and find some ex so and so that is down on his luck (and possibly drunk), to help them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Califan007 The Constipated Posted April 18, 2009 Author Share Posted April 18, 2009 Saw this one in Clear and Present Danger all those years ago and made me go :doh: Hero or heroes,(main "good guys" if you will),are in a jam and need either equipment,a pilot, or both. They go to seedy bar and find some ex so and so that is down on his luck (and possibly drunk), to help them out. Nothing like a drunk ex-pilot to save the day lol :thumbsup:..."Independence Day" even used that nugget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCS Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 Nothing like a drunk ex-pilot to save the day lol :thumbsup:..."Independence Day" even used that nugget. That they did. At least the makers of Independence Day admitted they were taking a little from just about everyone in that movie. Have to wonder what was going through the heads of the guys who made Clear and Present Danger that using that tired old device was far better than what was written. Of course,that question could be asked of about all those we're bringing up here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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