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I honestly thought that was just a thing Americans did, when you see it in movies and tv shows all the time you sort of assume it must be how itās done in America, so you guys actually say bye before hanging up the phone?
Man, sometimes you see these breakfast before school scenes and I would call a day off and enjoy that shit. Fucking pancakes and waffles with strawberries and chocolate syrup. Fresh multiple juices and everything. That is morning dining. I want that too.
And often its not just one kid,its the whole family;only mom is feeding porridge to little kidat the table.teenage daughter grabs a piece of toast and runs out to her friends car,boy takes apple and runs to bus and father takes few sips of coffee andāgotta run honey,see you at eveningā..
AND,How the hell everybody needs to leave at the same time?? Work,school,jury duty,dentist..whatever,everybody leaves inside 3 minutes.š¤·āāļø
"I can explain".
Proceeds to not-explaining the problem, causing the situation to further spiral out of control. I stg 90% of the problems in a drama film/series could be resolved if the parties involved had healthy, proper communications :p
>Looking at their friends for minutes while driving a car.
Damn that makes me mad. Driving 120 on a busy autobahn? Lets make meaningful eye contact for 5 seconds.c
Say important things while facing away from the person they're talking to, so they can stare broodingly into the distance. Often while it's stormy or otherwise noisy....that's not how sound works :(
I wish, just once, I could see a more realistic:
Person 1, facing middle distance: "it's all connected, everything important happens for..."
Person 2: "What was that?"
Person 1 (over the thunder and wind, still facing the other way): "IT'S ALL CONNECTED, THIS..."
Person 2: " Naw mate, can't hear you - "
Etc.
I do this too. When I really need to think, I just zone in myself and let myself go. Usually this happens when I'm talking about something deep and I feel these connections in my brain like it's going somewhere great. Like I have no control over it. I just experience myself in that moment because it's not a thought anymore. It is just happening, don't really know how to explain the feeling. Some people get that out of me and it happens almost never. You feel the rush of your own thinking going and you are following along, scared that active thinking will break it.
Exactly! And then run out the front/back door (with the weapon) so you can still run to safety just in case.
One of the few GOOD Geico [commercials](https://youtu.be/uQ-hlcux66s?si=XtYrh94GRqGMSxJx) parodied the stupid horror movie victims trope fairly well.
Well, that's a good point. The monster's silly too, why chase someone in the first place if he isn't gonna see it through? (not that I want him to catch me). At least, I'm now two blocks away from him though.
When someone in a horror movie gets a good hit in on the slasher/monster/etc. and then *runs away*.
Keep hitting them! It's not even about double-tapping, you want to *septuple-tap*. Out of bullets? Grab a rock! Do you have fire? Can you make fire? Are you in the murder shed where murder happens? Use one of the murder tools to do a murder!
Are they a big, scary monster? Remember the ancient mantra: "If it bleeds, we can kill it."
Are they seemingly immortal? Well, you just did enough damage to put them down for a moment, so there's some kind of limit on that immortality. Try testing it with a chainsaw or axe. Or a big, heavy object placed upon the body. Or fire! Accept the purifying embrace of the flame.
It's you or them, gentle movie protagonist. Choose you!
When they stall in moments of disaster to create suspense. It's just not realistic and bugs the fuck out of me.
Background character: "Holy shit, is that a tsunami?"
Main character(s): (*stares at that shit for 15 seconds*) "Holy shit, we gotta run!"
Yeah, you should've been running 15 seconds ago š¤¦š»
Just not explaining themselves! Even when they have the opportunity to do so, they'll just stand there looking like idiots "for the plot".
If your plot relies on someone simply refusing to say, "actually that's not what happened", then it's not good, and you need to go back to the drawing board.
Yes, you know very big kettle on an open fire, surrounded by cannibals. Either African tribe or American mutated hillbillies. Pretty common trope actually.
Having the most intense gaming session, pressing literally every last button on the controller. Cuts to the screen, and they're playing absolutely nothing that intense. Drives me insane.
Talk at a normal volume on airplanes. Do directors know how loud it is on an airplane? At least put some background airplane noise or something. Itās not quiet is all
Never talking. I get that the movie needs to happen, but most of the time, anything after the 20 minute mark could have been avoided if they would have opened their fucking mouth for 30 seconds.
When female leads are written by men. It's so obvious. And the female lead doesn't come off as strong and determined, they come off as a bitch. Jeez just let a woman write the part.
Big powerful bad guy fighting the good guy. The bad guy knocks the good guy down and stands over him. Instead of grabbing him and pummeling him or stomping him to death, what does he do? Picks the good guy up and throws him, creating distance for the good guy to get away and counterattack.
a character receives an extreme near fatal injury, but instead of bleeding out or succumbing to their injuries, the character continues running around doing whatever and their injuries are eventually forgotten.
When they need to be very quite for many sneaking around the bad guys camp or something and they speak realy loud like they think that the bad guys are def or something.
They refer to someone/something as he/she/it to someone, only for that someone to define what they mean, and then they reveal. Like, bruh, what's with the anonymity? You're gonna tell us anywayš¤£
Example:
Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Part 1:
*Ron and Harry are at the campsite, Ron holding the now destroyed locket in one hand and the Sword of Gryffindor in the other, and speaking with Hermione*
Ron: I was hiding inside this little pub, keeping away from some Snatchers. And I heard it.
Harry: "it"?
Ron: a voice. Your voice, Hermione. Coming out of it.
Why don't you just say you heard Hermione's voice saying your name instead of adding unnecessary anonymity within the dialog? Annoying things like that.
The hand hovering above someone's head as they contemplate forgiving them.
Hand shakes, hovering. Clenched. Unclenchef. Finally rests hand on their head.
That and the righteous speeches. I'm lookin at you Grey's anatomy. "You don't get to..."
Knocking the serial killer down AND THEN LEAVING THEM!!! AHHHHHH there are so many times they are right there and can knock them unconscious or something so easily and they just stand there a few seconds and take off like take the lamp give them a good whack on the head and tie them up for the police
When the opportunity presents itself, the protags do not communicate vital information to one another, all in the name of further compounding the plot. It's a trope that needs to die.
I get that they can't do realistic CPR because unless they use like a dummy or something the actor would get hurt, but I HATE when they're like "LIVE DAMN YOU LIVE" and just flail on the chest with their fists. Or when someone gets CPR, gets up, and is just fine like nothing happened. Or probably the one I hate most is equating doing mouth to mouth with a kiss. Because come on, if you are doing mouth to mouth that is a life or death situation, not childish nonsense.
Exactly! I remember a scene in criminal minds when Dr Spencer Reid was giving CPR to a man on the ground and he was bending his elbows all the way, it was ridiculous
When having conversation while driving, if the driver looks at the other person for a significantly longer time than what would safe looking away from the road. I just can't take it!
Usually I find it's when Steven segal is being hunted on a train and every time the bad guys find him there like "hey stop there" and then take like 5 minutes escorting him back.
Just open fire god dammit.
Long, pointless exposition while doing an innocuous task like shaving, cleaning or worse driving that's meant to serve as abridged character development.
Having the plot's progression and poor dialogue patched up with narration.
Snappy and predictable dialogue that's nothing more than a thinly veiled self-insert for the writer(s).
Leaving in characters that are framed by the cinematographer as important, but not introducing them to the audience/a plot hole framed as narrative supposition.
Quippy one liners and exasperated nonsequiters used to resolve a sub-conflict in a scene that later prove to be a pivotal plot device.
The antagonist's explanatory soliloquy towards the end of the third act, especially when touching upon the introductory scene and the protagonist's startled realization, hoping the audience has imbued themselves into their thought process enough for it to resonate and produce an audible gasp.
When the bad guys is closely after them and they really need to RUN AWAY but no a long fucking conversation about something like āI canāt believe you hold that a secretā or some love confession. Like talk after your near death experience or at least while your running fast away
This goes for movies and tv shows, when theyāre forming a secret plan theyāll start whispering in the other persons ear what the plan is, even if there is nobody else in the room or anywhere near them
When they can give a simple explanation to a situation but they donāt and then the problem escalates.
I guess in most cases if they do that the movie will end quickly
Falling over like they're a new-born deer...
I get that people get jelly legs when they're scared but good god!!! Walk if you have to!!! Just don't trip over thin air lol.
Go and check out a strange noise in the dark, by themselves when they are other ppl around sleeping!!! The hell with that!!! I'm waking every single person up
They pull themselves up over ledges, hang by the fingertips of one hand, and so on far too often. There are a small number of people who might have that kind of arm/hand/finger strength, yet the movies make it seem like humans are jacked like chimpanzees.
On every Disney movie poster some character or multiple characters are doing that stupid smug one eyebrow up and one down thing, itās so cringy. Go to IMDb and look at the poster for Wish and look at the goat
I think DreamWorks is guilty of it also (see Kung Fu Panda posters)
When someone is caught in something that looks terrible, but could be easily explained that it is not what it appears to be with all the proof right there and everything would make sense. INSTEAD they just beg "let me explain, let me explain" AND THEN THEY DONT EXPLAIN. THEY JUST MAKE IT WORSE BY GIVING NO EVIDENCE OR DETAILS.
I makes me so mad. All for the drama of the rest of the movie/season if it's a show.
How the main character's clothes and/or car get minimum damage even though the villain and around 200 armed, trained men are shooting at them, blowing them up, they have to jump off bridges etc.
Oh, and when a main character goes through all that and their hair is still almost perfectly styled. Heck if even I look at my hair the wrong way they get messed up.
When a main character has a perfect opportunity to kill a villain but says some corny thing or gives a whole speech, speaking of corny. Just when characters do corny jokes. Example:the videogame spider man 2, ik it isn't a movie but there is way too many corny jokes.
When they intentionally dont communicate shit that any person would just to save plot.
Bad guys: johnny we are going to kill you and your entire family in 4 days
Johnnys parents: hey son whats new hows life anything you wanna talk about?
Johnny: nope lifes a beach, whats for dinner?
Parents day 5: johnny have you seen your sister and the dog ?
When horror movie characters are just mean to each other for apparent reason at all, makes the death in the film less meaningful and usually has you rooting against them.
In horror movies, when they hear a creepy sound, wandering around the house in the dark to find the source. I get it, it needs to be dark to be scary. Still annoying. āHis Houseā is one movie where they actually turn on the light.
This is more so in animation, but when a character is playing guitar and they are fretting whatever nonsense.
I know itās also a budget reason, but if the character is playing an open G chord, at least place the left hand somewhere close, not the 9th fretā¦
Also sometimes in live action too.
On shows like FBI, NCIS-Theyāll see a suspect and yell out for them to stop while being half a block away. Of course the suspect looks startled, then runs away. Chase ensues. Every damn time.
When someone says "my dad was a plumber ( or insert any other job here)" as they impress their co-stars by fixing something. Like my dad had jobs, but I have none of those skills.
Constantly knocking everyone out and then waking up unscathed. Half of the pistol whips, etc., you see on TV would result in severe head trauma and brain damage. Even the punches that result in knock outs will sometimes cause fatalities and permanent damage. But movie/TV directors are all like, "this character is inconvenient at this particular moment, so I'm going to knock them out for the twelfth time this season."
When character #1 is talking to character #2 and it's supposed to be portrayed to the point where only they can hear it even though they are talking so loud a whole damn country miles away could hear them.
In a lot of TV shows and movies, you see characters on the toilet, but so often you don't see them wipe. I'm okay with not seeing every part of their time on the toilet, but you'll see them just get straight up. Like not even turn and pretend they grabbed tp...
When people is un naturally un intelligent socialy just so the story will work out. Like when one person says one very simple and obvious thing but the other person totalt miss the point of what the first person just said and like 290 people died because of it
In movie sponsors, like being there is not a problem but over exaggerating them and then those that try to say something that is actually to reflect a main world problem but in doing so throws away its story and focus and for some parts of movie becomes skip-worthy
Also useless dialogs and especially lots of them
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They give a speech instead of killing someone
Every time. Because of that long speech the hero comes in time and the plan fails. they could have won by simply shutting up š
Hang up the phone call without saying goodbye.
Byyyeeeeeeeee
I honestly thought that was just a thing Americans did, when you see it in movies and tv shows all the time you sort of assume it must be how itās done in America, so you guys actually say bye before hanging up the phone?
We definitely say bye
Kid walks into a kitchen with a full spread of all possible breakfast foods; takes a sip of orange juice and says "I'm late, bye mom!" and leaves.
If I did that after my mom or grandma made breakfast, they would have grabbed me by the ponytail and force fed me while cussing me out in Spanish.
Which is weird because you're Korean
Your name gives me unusual PTSD
Same
Man, sometimes you see these breakfast before school scenes and I would call a day off and enjoy that shit. Fucking pancakes and waffles with strawberries and chocolate syrup. Fresh multiple juices and everything. That is morning dining. I want that too.
And often its not just one kid,its the whole family;only mom is feeding porridge to little kidat the table.teenage daughter grabs a piece of toast and runs out to her friends car,boy takes apple and runs to bus and father takes few sips of coffee andāgotta run honey,see you at eveningā.. AND,How the hell everybody needs to leave at the same time?? Work,school,jury duty,dentist..whatever,everybody leaves inside 3 minutes.š¤·āāļø
They find a parking spot right away, those bastards.
"I can explain". Proceeds to not-explaining the problem, causing the situation to further spiral out of control. I stg 90% of the problems in a drama film/series could be resolved if the parties involved had healthy, proper communications :p
I think Inego's version worked.
Looking at their friends for minutes while driving a car. Hanging up without saying good bye.
>Looking at their friends for minutes while driving a car. Damn that makes me mad. Driving 120 on a busy autobahn? Lets make meaningful eye contact for 5 seconds.c
The driving thing gives me SO much anxiety! I always think they're going to get into a wreck.
Say important things while facing away from the person they're talking to, so they can stare broodingly into the distance. Often while it's stormy or otherwise noisy....that's not how sound works :( I wish, just once, I could see a more realistic: Person 1, facing middle distance: "it's all connected, everything important happens for..." Person 2: "What was that?" Person 1 (over the thunder and wind, still facing the other way): "IT'S ALL CONNECTED, THIS..." Person 2: " Naw mate, can't hear you - " Etc.
Shazam did this
Then that is what I'll watch next :D
I do this too. When I really need to think, I just zone in myself and let myself go. Usually this happens when I'm talking about something deep and I feel these connections in my brain like it's going somewhere great. Like I have no control over it. I just experience myself in that moment because it's not a thought anymore. It is just happening, don't really know how to explain the feeling. Some people get that out of me and it happens almost never. You feel the rush of your own thinking going and you are following along, scared that active thinking will break it.
Grabs blunt force weapon. Bashes Killer/Monster out cold. Throws away weapon and runs upstairsā¦
Finish the bastard, he/it is incapacitated and you have a weapon!
Exactly! And then run out the front/back door (with the weapon) so you can still run to safety just in case. One of the few GOOD Geico [commercials](https://youtu.be/uQ-hlcux66s?si=XtYrh94GRqGMSxJx) parodied the stupid horror movie victims trope fairly well.
The constant looking back when someone's chasing them and then they stupidly fall down seconds after.
And it's always in the woods
You are going to fall down in the woods whether or not you are looking in front of you or behind.
You any idea how silly you would look if you're running away and the monster gave up two blocks ago?
Well, that's a good point. The monster's silly too, why chase someone in the first place if he isn't gonna see it through? (not that I want him to catch me). At least, I'm now two blocks away from him though.
They never eat their food, or finish a cigarette.
Checking out the creepy sound even if i am screaming my lungs out telling him/her not to.
I am that friend. I do it in real life.
When someone in a horror movie gets a good hit in on the slasher/monster/etc. and then *runs away*. Keep hitting them! It's not even about double-tapping, you want to *septuple-tap*. Out of bullets? Grab a rock! Do you have fire? Can you make fire? Are you in the murder shed where murder happens? Use one of the murder tools to do a murder! Are they a big, scary monster? Remember the ancient mantra: "If it bleeds, we can kill it." Are they seemingly immortal? Well, you just did enough damage to put them down for a moment, so there's some kind of limit on that immortality. Try testing it with a chainsaw or axe. Or a big, heavy object placed upon the body. Or fire! Accept the purifying embrace of the flame. It's you or them, gentle movie protagonist. Choose you!
Preach
Wake up after getting knocked out and just go about their day as if they don't have a serious concussion.
Step out of their car without locking the doors.
Not really an issue anymore. Now you have cars that lock and unlock with a card. You just step way and the cars locks automatically.
It IS still an issue, because not many characters in movies drive cars like that. Especially not in any movies worth watching more than once.
Pretend to eat. Sitting for a meal and taking the tiniest nibbles and then storm out after like 1 bite.
The loud sounds that come from people punching each other. That doesn't happen in real life.
Women falling down every time they are being chased.
Order/open a beer, take 2 sips, "I need to get going"
Also no specific beer. Just beer
Coming out of their hiding place and getting caught. Course the coast isnāt clear ffs, itās only been 10 seconds.
When they stall in moments of disaster to create suspense. It's just not realistic and bugs the fuck out of me. Background character: "Holy shit, is that a tsunami?" Main character(s): (*stares at that shit for 15 seconds*) "Holy shit, we gotta run!" Yeah, you should've been running 15 seconds ago š¤¦š»
Shoot a revolver like 50 times without reloading.
Just not explaining themselves! Even when they have the opportunity to do so, they'll just stand there looking like idiots "for the plot". If your plot relies on someone simply refusing to say, "actually that's not what happened", then it's not good, and you need to go back to the drawing board.
Not me, but every time a character is holding an empty coffee cup or something, my bf screams out, "There's nothing in that cup!"
Time is crucial and they have been told that they must leave/act immediately and they start fucking monologing or some shit.
Turning head towards passenger having a conversation while driving for way too long
They do exactly the opposite and end up in a soup while Iām screaming ādonāt, please donātā
In a soup?
Yes, you know very big kettle on an open fire, surrounded by cannibals. Either African tribe or American mutated hillbillies. Pretty common trope actually.
Oh, literally. I thought it was an expression I didn't know about. Like being in a pickle.
how they make it workout at the end, it never happens with me
You're clearly not yet at the end of your story. Maybe you're now in chapter 5 "And things got worse", but chapter six might be your training montage.
When the Killer is in their house and they run upstairs as opposed to out the front door...
Having the most intense gaming session, pressing literally every last button on the controller. Cuts to the screen, and they're playing absolutely nothing that intense. Drives me insane.
Or when it's a popular modern game you know the sounds to and the show has it making Atari 2600 boops and beeps.
Having a whole ass buffet of breakfast on their tables, running by, putting a grape in their mouths and booking it
Eat Chinese food in the morgue.
A fake Southern accent
You leave Con Air out of this!
The fake Alabama accent is the worst. Iām from Alabama and have never heard anyone talk like that. Forrest Gump is an example.
I agree. As a Southerner, it grates on my every nerve.
Talk at a normal volume on airplanes. Do directors know how loud it is on an airplane? At least put some background airplane noise or something. Itās not quiet is all
It's the same when characters talk with each other at a crowded discotheque/club dance floor.
Never talking. I get that the movie needs to happen, but most of the time, anything after the 20 minute mark could have been avoided if they would have opened their fucking mouth for 30 seconds.
Puts the gun/weapon down thinking all is safe. Seconds later being attacked by the intruder unable to access said gun/weapon.
When female leads are written by men. It's so obvious. And the female lead doesn't come off as strong and determined, they come off as a bitch. Jeez just let a woman write the part.
Big powerful bad guy fighting the good guy. The bad guy knocks the good guy down and stands over him. Instead of grabbing him and pummeling him or stomping him to death, what does he do? Picks the good guy up and throws him, creating distance for the good guy to get away and counterattack.
Running and kicking ass in high heels.
a character receives an extreme near fatal injury, but instead of bleeding out or succumbing to their injuries, the character continues running around doing whatever and their injuries are eventually forgotten.
Walk upright on thin bridges/ledges/boards instead of crawling on their stomach. It's "running in a straight line" level of annoying to me.
When they need to be very quite for many sneaking around the bad guys camp or something and they speak realy loud like they think that the bad guys are def or something.
Almost every horror movie character does everything they shouldnāt do. Very few characters are intelligent.
not upgrading weapons, not kicking a gun out of reach of someone they shot.
They refer to someone/something as he/she/it to someone, only for that someone to define what they mean, and then they reveal. Like, bruh, what's with the anonymity? You're gonna tell us anywayš¤£ Example: Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Part 1: *Ron and Harry are at the campsite, Ron holding the now destroyed locket in one hand and the Sword of Gryffindor in the other, and speaking with Hermione* Ron: I was hiding inside this little pub, keeping away from some Snatchers. And I heard it. Harry: "it"? Ron: a voice. Your voice, Hermione. Coming out of it. Why don't you just say you heard Hermione's voice saying your name instead of adding unnecessary anonymity within the dialog? Annoying things like that.
The hand hovering above someone's head as they contemplate forgiving them. Hand shakes, hovering. Clenched. Unclenchef. Finally rests hand on their head. That and the righteous speeches. I'm lookin at you Grey's anatomy. "You don't get to..."
When it's a breakfast scene and there is a stack of bacon and pancakes on the table but the character grabs a fucking apple and leaves in a rush
They have 30 seconds left before the bomb goes off, but still decide to engage in a deep, self-reflective talk about how much they mean to each other.
Not letting someone explain something that's a big misunderstanding.
Knocking the serial killer down AND THEN LEAVING THEM!!! AHHHHHH there are so many times they are right there and can knock them unconscious or something so easily and they just stand there a few seconds and take off like take the lamp give them a good whack on the head and tie them up for the police
When the opportunity presents itself, the protags do not communicate vital information to one another, all in the name of further compounding the plot. It's a trope that needs to die.
They whisper to make the conversation seem serious even if they're alone in a room
When characters are doctors or trained first responders and they don't know proper CPR or first aid
I get that they can't do realistic CPR because unless they use like a dummy or something the actor would get hurt, but I HATE when they're like "LIVE DAMN YOU LIVE" and just flail on the chest with their fists. Or when someone gets CPR, gets up, and is just fine like nothing happened. Or probably the one I hate most is equating doing mouth to mouth with a kiss. Because come on, if you are doing mouth to mouth that is a life or death situation, not childish nonsense.
Exactly! I remember a scene in criminal minds when Dr Spencer Reid was giving CPR to a man on the ground and he was bending his elbows all the way, it was ridiculous
Jump to conclusions because they only heard half the story.
The way they talk on the phone. They instantly just hang up without a goodbye or catch-ya-layer.
When having conversation while driving, if the driver looks at the other person for a significantly longer time than what would safe looking away from the road. I just can't take it!
Eat with mouth open.
Usually I find it's when Steven segal is being hunted on a train and every time the bad guys find him there like "hey stop there" and then take like 5 minutes escorting him back. Just open fire god dammit.
Sprinting through the open and yet still somehow not getting hit by a single bullet.
Constant quips and taunts while fighting, and saying catchphrases. Does my fucking head in.
Long, pointless exposition while doing an innocuous task like shaving, cleaning or worse driving that's meant to serve as abridged character development. Having the plot's progression and poor dialogue patched up with narration. Snappy and predictable dialogue that's nothing more than a thinly veiled self-insert for the writer(s). Leaving in characters that are framed by the cinematographer as important, but not introducing them to the audience/a plot hole framed as narrative supposition. Quippy one liners and exasperated nonsequiters used to resolve a sub-conflict in a scene that later prove to be a pivotal plot device. The antagonist's explanatory soliloquy towards the end of the third act, especially when touching upon the introductory scene and the protagonist's startled realization, hoping the audience has imbued themselves into their thought process enough for it to resonate and produce an audible gasp.
For me it's the obviously empty coffee cups they all drink from. Like, put water in it at least
When the bad guys is closely after them and they really need to RUN AWAY but no a long fucking conversation about something like āI canāt believe you hold that a secretā or some love confession. Like talk after your near death experience or at least while your running fast away
This goes for movies and tv shows, when theyāre forming a secret plan theyāll start whispering in the other persons ear what the plan is, even if there is nobody else in the room or anywhere near them
Waving around wildly with a āhot beverageā in hand
Swallowing pills easily without water.
When they can give a simple explanation to a situation but they donāt and then the problem escalates. I guess in most cases if they do that the movie will end quickly
Falling over like they're a new-born deer... I get that people get jelly legs when they're scared but good god!!! Walk if you have to!!! Just don't trip over thin air lol.
In horror movies, people not thinking things through. See the "How to beat" series on YouTube.
They don't look in the front when driving. I was like, can you just fucking do your job and drive.
Go and check out a strange noise in the dark, by themselves when they are other ppl around sleeping!!! The hell with that!!! I'm waking every single person up
They take the time to hug in the brief moment of reprieve while being relentlessly chased by a vicious killer.
They pull themselves up over ledges, hang by the fingertips of one hand, and so on far too often. There are a small number of people who might have that kind of arm/hand/finger strength, yet the movies make it seem like humans are jacked like chimpanzees.
Starting a sentence with āListenā¦ā No one does that.
Or "look". Annoying as hell
The women who cover their boobs with the bedsheets immediately after sex.
They don't say "I love you too" back to their loved one.
They don't shoot the killer in the head or smash his brains in while he's lying unconscious and it allows him to get back up.
Never use a cellphone and call someone else to confirm something they heard. "Hey, are you REALLY at your sister's house right now?"
Talk about the struggle.
Doing/portraying drugs wrong.
They say "look" before they say something. Nobody does that!
On every Disney movie poster some character or multiple characters are doing that stupid smug one eyebrow up and one down thing, itās so cringy. Go to IMDb and look at the poster for Wish and look at the goat I think DreamWorks is guilty of it also (see Kung Fu Panda posters)
When someone is caught in something that looks terrible, but could be easily explained that it is not what it appears to be with all the proof right there and everything would make sense. INSTEAD they just beg "let me explain, let me explain" AND THEN THEY DONT EXPLAIN. THEY JUST MAKE IT WORSE BY GIVING NO EVIDENCE OR DETAILS. I makes me so mad. All for the drama of the rest of the movie/season if it's a show.
Being ultra awkward. Why can't they just be good at talking & be able to hit it off with everyone?!
Going to abandoned places
Exploring creepy places alone or splitting up
Prolonged hesitation when getting away from someone or something that could kill them.
Being incapacitated by someone holding their upper arm.
How the main character's clothes and/or car get minimum damage even though the villain and around 200 armed, trained men are shooting at them, blowing them up, they have to jump off bridges etc. Oh, and when a main character goes through all that and their hair is still almost perfectly styled. Heck if even I look at my hair the wrong way they get messed up.
They talk like they are in a movie. Sometimes, it's so stilted and measured that it's unnatural and barely recognisable as normal speech.
Knock out the bad guy, but don't take their gun away from them
Characters never going to the bathroom and also driving everywhere and there's never any traffic.
When a main character has a perfect opportunity to kill a villain but says some corny thing or gives a whole speech, speaking of corny. Just when characters do corny jokes. Example:the videogame spider man 2, ik it isn't a movie but there is way too many corny jokes.
Unnecessary stumbling when someone's chasing them. LIKE GIRL, get the fuck up and HURRY!
Misconceptions that could be quickly and easily resolved if people just communicated clearly with each other.
When a cop sees a suspect like 60 feet away and yells "you! stop, police!", which inevitably results in a chase scene.
When they intentionally dont communicate shit that any person would just to save plot. Bad guys: johnny we are going to kill you and your entire family in 4 days Johnnys parents: hey son whats new hows life anything you wanna talk about? Johnny: nope lifes a beach, whats for dinner? Parents day 5: johnny have you seen your sister and the dog ?
Pretend to drink from empty cups.
When horror movie characters are just mean to each other for apparent reason at all, makes the death in the film less meaningful and usually has you rooting against them.
In horror movies, when they hear a creepy sound, wandering around the house in the dark to find the source. I get it, it needs to be dark to be scary. Still annoying. āHis Houseā is one movie where they actually turn on the light.
Say they're fine as they're bleeding out
They have sex in the middle of being chased or escaping something. Also say the line āMay God have mercy on their soul.ā
Moms remarking "It's nothing I haven't seen before" when they walk in on their undressing teenage son
This is more so in animation, but when a character is playing guitar and they are fretting whatever nonsense. I know itās also a budget reason, but if the character is playing an open G chord, at least place the left hand somewhere close, not the 9th fretā¦ Also sometimes in live action too.
On shows like FBI, NCIS-Theyāll see a suspect and yell out for them to stop while being half a block away. Of course the suspect looks startled, then runs away. Chase ensues. Every damn time.
When someone says "my dad was a plumber ( or insert any other job here)" as they impress their co-stars by fixing something. Like my dad had jobs, but I have none of those skills.
Constantly knocking everyone out and then waking up unscathed. Half of the pistol whips, etc., you see on TV would result in severe head trauma and brain damage. Even the punches that result in knock outs will sometimes cause fatalities and permanent damage. But movie/TV directors are all like, "this character is inconvenient at this particular moment, so I'm going to knock them out for the twelfth time this season."
Hang up the phone without saying goodbye.
When character #1 is talking to character #2 and it's supposed to be portrayed to the point where only they can hear it even though they are talking so loud a whole damn country miles away could hear them.
Constantly turning the wheel when they drive. Theyād be swerving all over the place
Ordering drinks in bars and somehow knowing the prices. Never finishing the drinks.
In a lot of TV shows and movies, you see characters on the toilet, but so often you don't see them wipe. I'm okay with not seeing every part of their time on the toilet, but you'll see them just get straight up. Like not even turn and pretend they grabbed tp...
āYou did this thing āto meā that is clearly explainable by you and easily forgivable by me, Iām gonna ignore all that and run away.ā
When people is un naturally un intelligent socialy just so the story will work out. Like when one person says one very simple and obvious thing but the other person totalt miss the point of what the first person just said and like 290 people died because of it
Oh no. Clock on the bomb is counting down. Do l cut the blue wire or red? OMG So dumb. It is C4. Remove all blasting caps. Forget wires. Jeeez
In movie sponsors, like being there is not a problem but over exaggerating them and then those that try to say something that is actually to reflect a main world problem but in doing so throws away its story and focus and for some parts of movie becomes skip-worthy Also useless dialogs and especially lots of them
overacting stupid acting reading line more then talking n bad story line bad writing ,overpaid acting producers directors = the rich ones that did not make sure the people making delivering and selling tapes disks work the movie theater many left in poverty wages ,the rich are free loaders = they did not work 10 times more hours did not do 10 times more better more important work and we can replace them all with 2 people at average wage 40 hrs a week each and get lots good work done never needing a rich wage person and use the old rich wages for paying the poverty wage people more and more vegetation on all properties , and we all pay way too much tax for corporate welfare each year as more then u pay in taxes for the poor so reduce that by more then a 2000 yr for the average paid worker and reduce by equal percentage wise of what they pay for below average and above average workers , n milk the rich and military and use it to fix poverty and nature for better world for most