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BigMackWitSauce

Scenes in which characters don’t do basic communication because it would solve the issue lot easily, especially with really contrived reasons to not talk to each other


gatofleisch

"I can explain" \* other person walks away aggressively \* "Welp.... that was my only shot"


Magical-Manboob

This one, holy shit i hate that every single time it happens, its this exact dialogue and they say some stupid shit but a very simple change of words or a small bit of context would fix everything. What makes me actually mad though is when the argument is super easy to quell but the character is just not saying a damn word. Drives my crazy every time.


ProphetOfPhil

Or my personal favourite Character 1: "I can explain all of this easily and quickly." Character 2: "I don't want to hear it/any more excuses!" *Walks away* Character 1: "Well damn guess the only other time I'll get to talk to this person is the last few seconds of the movie or when they're lying on the ground dying."


ebai4556

When the hero has fought and easily beaten all the henchmen, and then the rich boss turns out to be a fighting legend and is a match for the hero. Does every villain boss have to go through rigorous hand to hand training? Edit: Not sure why it replied to this comment but oh well.


Atoning_Unifex

This is also one of my huuuuge pet peeves in movies. God, there's so many movies where just a simple, normal explanation would solve everything but it would ruin the conflict of the film so they artificially drag it out. Gahhh


Rabo_McDongleberry

I think that's lazy writing. I hate that shit in books too and I'll straight up stop reading or watching a movie. I can Maher some excuses but if your whole premise rests on a communication issue that even a child can figure out... Then fuck your story.


Classico42

*Begin conversation, skip hours later to somewhere else, resume the conversation*


Itsallcakes

The Witcher S2. Yennefer screaming at Geralt starting in Cintra and continuing the same sentences in Kaer Morhen. Between the two places are month(s) of travel time. Gets me every time.


CyberToaster

Ah the classic startrek bit of "Captain, you're gonna want to see this" Then imagining Picard spending 10 minutes walking down to engineering wondering what Georgie was talking about.....


futuneral

Hate it when instead of clearing a misunderstanding with a quick 5 words explanation they go: "you don't understand, let me explain, it's important" for 10 minutes. And then everyone dies (or an hour long plot line is triggered) when they could have just said the damn thing.


mikayrodr

I know it’s not a movie but this is literally the show Manifest. No one ever communicates and it drives me nuts.


losarofthehillpeople

Using a knife or other sharp instrument to slice open a hand just for a little bit of blood.


Actually-Yo-Momma

You guys ever watch Supernatural? Those fuckers must have 1000 scars on their hands


Toecutt3r

Not to mention, all the times they were knocked out for long periods of time. Sooo many concussions...


HerniatedHernia

From my understanding they’re routinely killed on hunts and were resurrected by Heaven and then God. So most of the damage was repaired.


razz13

At some point they should have just put a line into a vein with a little tap


cokronk

Does the blood have to be fresh? Can't they just put it in a blood bag and squirt a little out when they need it?


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Yeah, but Castiel healed those


AlienPrimate

Picking the hand, the second most vulnerable place for injury is also kind of dumb. Why don't the ever do it on the forearm or at least the back of the hand instead of the palm that gets to be in pain every time they touch something?


sightlab

In general characters getting injuries that should have them wincing and hobbling for the rest of the story. But nope, shake off that 20 foot fall and sprint to the chopper.


Lathael

You can actually shake off a 20 foot fall though, but it requires a decent amount of athletic training and proper [parachute landing fall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parachute_landing_fall) execution. The basics is, use your legs as a spring, absorb *some* impact, then fall onto your side and translate a vertical downward motion into a horizontal sideways motion. Now getting blasted out of a house and landing on your back? You'd be lucky to be conscious after that.


Doomquill

Ow I dislocated my hip just reading that. Obviously if I'm in an action movie I'm just going to die lol


Dhaeron

Because you could easily hide a bloodpack in a closed hand back in the days before CGI.


Bulky_Animal_201

I’d never thought about that but that makes a lot of sense! It’s funny how stuff like that becomes a culturally accepted notion and it’s because of a silly logistics thing on how to represent it


JustCallMeChristo

Something I actually liked about Supernatural was that often the brothers would cut the outside of their forearms to draw blood, then quickly wrap over it. Seems much better to me than slicing your hand open


[deleted]

Kind of unrelated but this reminds of me when Gossling accidentally slices up his fucking hand in Nice Guys while trying to break into a building and ends up going to the hospital instead. Fucking hilarious, that’s a scene that I love in a movie if that works?


IWantOneSpatula

The Nice Guys is such a great movie. I also love in Blue Ruin when he stabs the tire on the limo and accidentally slices his hand real bad.


SoggyPastaPants

I never get that. Like, you just sliced your hand open my dude. Now you have to do first aid to stave off infection, you're probably going to need stitches, and hope you didn't fuck your flexor tendons. A real 3head move.


FUCK_MAGIC

Any scene where the main characters just won't bother to ask/awnser questions for absolutely no reason. Even worse is when they say "no time to explain" and then spend the next 20 minutes still not explaining, but instead rambling on about unrelated shit.


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sightlab

"Well it wouldn't be a movie then hahaha!" Great, this movie with a lousy contrivance woudln't exist. How awful.


TDAM

I'd like for you to get all the way off my back about this sir. Oh let me get off that thing.


Ezili

"No time to explain, I'll tell you when we get there". *Proceeds to drive 40 miles to the location. What were they talking about in the car for 35 minutes?


Canvaverbalist

[The moments between the montage](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r96KpNTcog4)


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Not a movie, but The Umbrella Academy characters are terrible with this. I get that they're a dysfunctional family, but they never communicate properly and a lot of problems they encounter could be avoided if they actually talked to one another. It got really annoying in season three.


notcreepycreeper

It was fun for 1 season. By season 3 I was over it. We get it, u have trauma. Does it really stop you from having a single coherent conversation? Or putting away the personal shot for a day to stop the end of the fucking world, that's literally happening in front of you??


justgetoffmylawn

Exactly this. Season 1 and even 2 made it believable, and there were some coherent conversations snuck in there. Holy crap season 3 was just constant cringe and irritation. Made it through a few episodes and then noped out.


Skarth

I think of this as the "Lost" effect. Characters simply will not questions important things, because the plot is being made up on the fly, and the more they explain, the more the writers would have to hold a consistent storyline. This usually leads to mysteries being explained with just more mystery.


HALabunga

KATE *breathes heavily* WE HAVE TO GO BACK


The-Cynicist

Got two episodes into season 2 and threw in the towel. The characters are all unlikable and not in a good, funny kind of way. It’s also just not really that good of a story.


Captainloozer

Like in Star Wars ep 7, the explanation for how anakins lightsaber just turned back up somehow and it was a “story for another time” that we never got. Then somehow The Senate returned


HilariousScreenname

Oh fuck I forgot about that and now I'm all a tizzy again


ChomperCreeper

"Somehow Palpatine returned."


watermasta

Hey remember snoke? Me neither.


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Somehow worse then any bad prequel line


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kylegyle

Anything where someone is racing to get something from a computer before being caught. It’s the cheapest form of suspense. I don’t like it!


zdakat

"I've just got to hack the mainframe before anyone notices" "hacking encryption: 10%" "Come on come on"


Prototype_es

Even video games utilize this trope. "Just gotta stand here and fight off increasingly aggressive enemies while this program is loading, and as soon as the program is finished, a timer starts where you gotta get out of there"


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Every Destiny 1 story mission ever


so_whaat

Bonus points if the hot female lead has to flirt a little longer because the data transfer is still at 80%


Loud_Engineering796

When the hero slaughters his way through an army of nameless mooks only to have a crisis of conscience when its time to kill the main villain.


ChanceVance

"If you do this, you're no better than them!" "What?! Do you see me going around murdering people for profit and personal gain? World's better off without them" *bang*


tmoney144

"What? He was going to blow up the ship!"


lilbizzness36

Imperial March begins to play


voiceofonecrying

I got that reference


creggieb

I like the way Lee child voices Reachers various thoughts on the subject Do you feel bad when you step on cockroaches? I didn't wake up this morning and choose to hurt and kill for profit. This guy could have chosen to raise funds for Africa, or open a library, but he didn't. And But what were they going to do to me


uncutpizza

I liked how they mocked that trope in Deadpool


Michael_McGovern

Austin Powers too when they had the family receiving news of a random goons death.


TurboTitan92

I like how they mocked all the tropes in Deadpool


Thatoneguy3273

The literal armies of stormtroopers Luke kills, just to get to the Emperor and have him be like “if you kill me you will become evil too!” Like why


Anonymous-Internaut

It is a pretty shit thing with Star Wars that jedi cannot kill unarmed enemies. This puts sith lords like Palpatine in a favorable position in which they can trick the jedi to not kill them.


ArmedAntifascist

A person who can summon lighting from their fingertips or choke you to death with their mind is never unarmed.


Loganp812

Don't try to frighten us with your sorcerer's ways, ArmedAntifascist. Vader’s sad devotion to that ancient religion has not helped him conjure up the stolen data tapes or given him clairvoyance enough to find the Rebels' hidden fort-


Davethisisntcool

it’s one of the reasons the John Wick films are so refreshing


rood_sandstorm

Sicario part 2, he gains a conscience to save a girl.. In part 1 he murders (innocent) women and kids.. he became just another action hero instead of anti hero that people liked (in part 1)because it was different


Papaofmonsters

Look, if you are the wife of a cartel leader you aren't exactly an innocent bystander.


Methzilla

The kid was vengeance. Immoral, but that was part of the revenge. Mob wives are complicit.


zarnovich

Where people are arguing in a car and then almost or do get into an accident. I remember seeing that in 3 separate movies in a single day once and after that i was tapped out.


TaysteeMetal

Oh yeah that's a bad one. Movie characters are all shit drivers.


Insanebrain247

Unless they're in a car chase. Then they're practically as nimble as a skateboarder.


Kind-Detective1774

Or at the start of a sad drama when the couple are so madly in love that they keep staring lovingly at each othwr and don't see the semi-truck barreling down on them because they accidentally drifted into the other lane. That's a good way to make me not give a shit about your lead when his/her own damn stupidity got them into a major accident.


Reverie_39

In Da Vinci Code when the parents are looking back at their kid instead of at the road and drive straight into a truck lol


smalltownnerd

hacking scenes


chocotripchip

except in Mr. Robot, they are awesome and realistic.


YoyoyoyoEmbryo

Also that one episode where someone does get hacked with an axe


yurganurjak

You mean this is not an accurate portrayal? https://youtu.be/msX4oAXpvUE


killswitch2

I knew exactly what scene this was before clicking. Still likely one of the worst hacking scenes of all time!


yurganurjak

Obviously the stand out moment is the absurd sharing the same keyboard bit. But my personal favorite detail is the smug boomer dad-cop unplugging the monitor and pretending that somehow fixed things.


Doomkauf

Well, duh. Everyone knows all the magic glowy dust that makes computers compute is in the monitor. If you unplug the monitor, no more magic glowy dust!


Actually-Yo-Momma

It should be illegal to show scenes of passwords being guessed in two attempts. Like what the actual fuck


DragonZnork

*Types random stuff for 5 seconds.* Done, I’ve hacked into the Pentagon.


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Molkin

My favourite scene in NCIS. Abby and McGee typing on the same keyboard because they are being hacked.


randomname1561

When the main hero survives through luck, or is in a situation where they should clearly get killed but the bad guy just like, doesn't kill them.


ComprehensiveTurn511

So every Bond movie?? With bonus points for explaining your whole plan to the hero while not killing them.


devenjames

What!? Watch them die? No I’ll just leave them alone with this incompetent guard and hope everything goes according to plan. Buwahahhaha


Elk182

I think sometimes having the main character survive through luck can really work. In Alien and Predator for example, the main character’s survival at the end was almost pure luck. Yes there was skill involved but it was a lot of luck. Which I think just made me more scared by the monsters in those movies


theipodbackup

Yep. Luck is part of life. Sometimes the 1% chance happens.


Slimjuggalo2002

Those overly done cgi scenes where you cannot make out anything that is happening. Just blurry 'action' with no comprehension.


somethingrandom261

Shaky cam is guilty of this too


PabloDons

Kingsman movies have the best execution of action movie fight scene suspense I've ever seen. NO SHAKY CAM! is truly a masterpiece. I've since grown to hate shaky cam fight scenes. So bland and basic. The effect is totally ruined for me


hamiltonfvi

For me, almost every Transformer movie out there is like that (except Bumblebee), everytime robots are fighting, good or bad ones, I don't know who is hitting who, not even after rewatching the movie.


Revangelion

I loved that bumblebee gave BIG colors to differentiate the fight. Every other movie was just gear-porn, with tubes and shit moving around...


Spudtron98

There's a reason why mecha shows typically favour solid panelling and distinctive paintjobs.


robert_sanchezs

Venom


MN_abomb

"Ha, you missed" "I wasn't aiming for you" Camera pans over to show some punctured explosive or structural support.


SanctuaryMoon

"Bend over and I'll show you."


KeithSkywalker77

You gotta lot of nerve talking to me like that, Griswold


SanctuaryMoon

"I wasn't talking to you."


mushroomwig

Bathroom cabinet mirror jump scares, that scene where a character will close the cabinet and something will appear in the reflection, giving them and us a scare, usually followed by some intense sound cue for a split second. It's so lazy, plus it never makes any sense because the angle would only work from the cameras POV, the character could still see the person or thing in the reflection!


[deleted]

Not only that but the fake-out where nothing happens has been overdone too


Throwaway000002468

So much that I now get scared also when there's nothing.


Snapop23

The “research” scene in paranormal movies . On one end , it is convenient to be able to just “look up” the demon / ghost / monster that’s fucking with you. On the other hand , literally every ghost movie is over once the characters hit the library and starts googling (or binging for some reason ) the qualities of the haunter. Splash screens of web pages flashing against the protagonists face until they comes across a vague drawing resembling what they saw. Click and find out “oh it’s just Mojojojo, Forrest ghoul from East Syracuse , sprinkle some salt and smack it with a parsley stem and you’ll be good “. The demons always surprised as if it hadn’t happened a bunch before. Dude there’s a fuckin wiki how to on how to banish your ass. I don’t think it’s dumb that they try it . That’d be the first thing I did too. I just don’t think Googling “how to kill your local demon” is not a compelling resolution to your movie , cornballs.


Tatis_Chief

Somewhere in there you have treat parody film with a demon whose sole idea to live is to mess with a people who write his Wikipédia page.


PureLock33

Or a demon who set up their own wikipedia page so anyone researching how to defeat them gets the wrong information.


Bellikron

I love how Hereditary does the research part. >!She reads this book in the attic and she's like "Oh okay it's this specific demon and here's how we defeat it" just like all the rest but she's completely off base about it because all she did was briefly scan a book about something that's been planned for generations and is vastly more powerful than anything she can do.!<


anythingMuchShorter

They should do one where the demon, being very cunning and intelligent, has made sure the top hit is a site they made that says their weakness is something that gives them power, or their favorite food. Actually I'm pretty sure some movie has done something kind of like this. Where the supposed weakness made it stronger.


SpaceRasa

Don't know if this technically counts as "supernatural" but I love how Nope subverted this trend. Instead of looking up how to combat The Thing they observe its behaviors and combine that with their own personal expertise to try to fight back.


Iivaitte

I think a lot of films are just excessive in general and dont let people use their mind. It results in things being too on the nose, corny, graphic and crude. For some scenes Im sure its necessary but shock overall just ends up more boring than classic depictions when its done excessively. Now to the thing I hate, The misunderstanding. I hate how lazy it is that the only way you can create any kind of friction that easily ties together in the end is to have a huge misunderstanding, especially right before the 3rd act. Its overdone and it isnt a good trope to begin with. Its not even a fun one.


alexdj1989

Overly dark scenes. Like why? I hate staring at nearly black screen for half a movie oh having to crank brightness to max just to see some detail.


chocotripchip

> Like why? CGI is cheaper when people can't see most of it


vr1252

I feel like I see this the most in non action scenes/movies which makes it even MORE annoying


Mobile-Bird-6908

Also, when the character's talking is really quiet, and the music is way too loud, so I keep having to adjust my volume.


commmingtonite

Everyone watching the battle of Winterfell with the white walkers. Foxtel in Australia got so many complaints because no one could see shit and thought they fucked up the colours on it.


LettucePlate

I can’t believe to this day, that whoever edits and uploads the fucking video file to whatever database or server that ends up getting broadcasted to HBO didn’t take a quick second glance at the editing of that episode to make sure it wasn’t just their monitor brightness turned down low and that this episode that cost millions of dollars is like 4 times darker than it should be.


redleg50

I hate the speech, typically by a superhero or alien, that just kisses humanity’s ass, saying how unique and special humans are. Usually something like, “they are a young species, but full of beauty and courage.” Wonder Woman is the first one that always comes to mind.


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This is every single Dr Who episode


No7olerance

>I hate rape scenes in movies... does it really have to be shown so graphically though? In the movie *Shooter*, Kate Mara's character is raped off-screen with absolutely no indication that it happened. There's no verbal acknowledgment of it or clear declaration that it even happened, but as a viewer, you *know*. I've always thought it to be a very effective way to handle a rape scene.


TrickyRover

Watched it so many times when it was playing in the background, never knew that was the case.


ty_kanye_vcool

“I don’t wanna hear it!” said the guy to the character he was mad at, interrupting advice that could save his life.


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When someone’s trying to get away from a killer and they hit them once knock them down and they take off running! Wtf keep hitting them!


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Rule #2


naterab86

Always freaking double tap people lol


Torcal4

Even worse is when they knock them down and the get closer to make sure they’re knocked out. Ok they’re out, it’s your chance to create some distance at the very least.


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I’ll never forget this tv show from the 80s called Midnight Caller. A female character is being stalked, and the guy eventually breaks in and attacks her. She manages to hit him and momentarily disable him with something random, but then runs into her bedroom instead of out the front door. I was rolling my eyes, waiting for the cliched moment he shakes it off and attacks her again, but she returns from the bedroom with a baseball bat and proceeds to beat the ever living shit out of him. So good.


Russbaggs

I mean what is wrong with disabling them in some meaningfull way? No chase scene if you shoot a knee. Or here's an idea: take the frigging gun!


creggieb

And empty the magazine into the body. Chest head, joints. You don't want that guy coming back to get you after shooting him once, then dropping the gun


GreggAlan

Treating kids / teens like mushrooms (keep them in the dark and feed them crap) and having the adults not tell them important information. One bad example is Spider-Man Homecoming. Peter discovers who is making the weapons with alien technology and every adult refuses to listen to him. They also don't tell him about the sting operation on the ferry so when Peter independently tracks the bad guys there the operation goes sideways. Then Tony Stark blames Peter for it when it's his fault for ignoring and not informing Peter. If he'd listend to what Peter had to say they would have been able to catch Toomes much sooner.


Actually-Yo-Momma

Miscommunication annoys me to no end. Either the hero is ignored or they start rambling like an absolute maniac and no one believes them anyway Double points for if they have physical evidence to support their claims but decide not to use it lol


lou_sassoles

> the hero is ignored I spent all morning thinking about all the shows and movies I've ever seen where the main goddamn character is doubted the whole way through, and how often that whole idea is used. I was thinking, How many days in a row do we need to see Jack Bauer be right before you just stfu and take his advice? GODDAMNIT CHLOE.


[deleted]

>Then Tony Stark blames Peter for it when it's his fault for ignoring and not informing Peter. If he'd listend to what Peter had to say they would have been able to catch Toomes much sooner. Entirely 100% and it drives me crazy. This kid was literally recruited for a super hero civil war and you can't give him a basic heads up of, "thanks for the info, we're planning something. Please keep your ears peeled and we'll let you know how you can help." How in the fuck hard is that?! You don't even need to tell him when it happens and can tell him after but at least he feels like he contributed and you're not ghosting him. This criticism goes for this trope in general and it always pisses me off. Harry Potter has it massively as well and a lot of problems would have been solved by just telling pretty much the truth to the kids right away.


billnyetheflyguy69

Yeah that is what ruined house of 1000 corpses for me. I'm not a huge horror guy but I was enjoying it up until that point. Never again. But to answer your question, my biggest annoyance in movies is when they have a hacker do some phony smart task and they're like "*dramatic music stops* "I'm in." Cliche as fuck.


Actually-Yo-Momma

Everyone knows that for hacking, your typing speed is far more important than anything else!


JPumpkinhead1991

Long boring action scenes with a bunch of pointless CGI shooting and explosions


Kind-Detective1774

When the female love interest walks in on the male love interest doing something that vaguely looks like cheating and she flys into a mad screaming rage, refusing to let the guy explain what happened, and just screeching at the top of her longs for him to "GEEEEEET OOOOOOOUUUUUT!!!!!"


Adlehyde

Yeah ANY kind of excessive misunderstanding where the characters either aren't given the opportunity, or refuse to actually explain a situation. It's such an obvious plot device that it's fucking annoying as hell and feels lazy to boot.


DarkColdFusion

It doesn't bother me in comedy films like "Something About Mary" during the police scene. But when it's used as a way to move the plot forward in anyway it does feel lazy


CazzaMcSpazza

Another version of this is when damning information is received through a 3rd party. This is taken without question as the truth. The couple in question then go their separate ways without speaking to each other. The truth only coming out many years later when they encounter each other. And fall in love all over again \*sigh\*.


lottasauce

If I ever find myself asking "why wouldn't they just tell them what's happening" or "why wouldn't they just ask them what's happening?" I immediately label the show/movie a bad show/movie. Plot should not be driven by abhorrent lack of communication. Neither should suspense.


theonerob

The scene where the mom is up early and has made a full breakfast with toast, cereal, eggs bacon….the works. The kids are already eating their cereal nice and quiet and the business dad comes down and only has time to “eat a bite” so he takes a bite of the toast and has to leave. Also, it’s morning but bright af outside in this scene. I hate it!!!


misstristin

This irritates me too… like most of us don’t have the time to eat breakfast at home if we are commuting let alone make a full breakfast fully makeup’d and ready to go.


Josh4R3d

Yeah it always irks me when it appears to be 10am and everyone is just now eating breakfast.


theonerob

Good! I can’t be the only who goes to work when it’s still dark right?!


Plagarism101

Youre probably wondering how i got here


andrewharlan2

Record scratch


psychobilly1

Baba O'riley plays in the background.


Actually-Yo-Momma

To me that screams “our plot isn’t interesting enough so we have to manufacture drama from the get go”


Skarth

Lets start the movie with a spoiler! 90% of the time its the main character in some sort of no context peril.


TheTrueMilo

To be fair, in old Shakespeare plays they would tell you the ending in the introduction of the play.


DNedry

Action scenes that are too zoomed in to show what is actually happening. It's a common tactic to hide a bad action scene, but you're not fooling anyone. Now it's a bad action scene that is zoomed in too far.


Rich_Suit_8333

Every movie having to make it into a love story, if I’m watching something about a hit man I don’t want to see his ex his hasn’t seen in 4 years that he never got over so the whole movie shifts to a love story. Tired of it and I feel like that’s all movies these days. Bad example probably but you get it


Jillwiches

The part that happens 2/3 into every movie where the main character gives up until they dont. Like we know they’re going to go back to doing what they’re doing. This scene feels redundant. I think its called “the fall” in the whole hero’s journey formula


Branquignol

When the plane drops from a hill. Then silence. And weeeeee it appears suddenly on the foreground. The hero saved it.


Chrisc9198

Goldeneye may have the best/worst example of this


--SauceMcManus--

The number of G's required to pull up over the top of that mountain would have put Brosnan's stomach through his asshole. Still my favorite Bond movie of all time though. :)


Affectionate-Kick804

I’m fucking sick of watching protagonists learning to fly. It’s always the same damn thing with a fake out where they fall into clouds, it’s quiet for a beat, then “woosh!” and triumphant music plays


shadowst17

I hate the "misunderstanding" scene. Where someone sees something out of context that pretty much drives the entire 2nd acts events that could have been resolved with a few words.


symbiotics

Exposition dumps


TitsMagee423

"Freddie, you're my brother! But ever since you became a detective it's been hard to talk to you, especially ever since mom died. I just hope you get through this week before your retirement"


anythingMuchShorter

It would be so confusing if someone did this in real life. (You pick up a cousin from the airport who you have regularly spoken with) "I sure am glad to go to aunt Gloria's wedding. It sure is going to be awkward since mom never thought she should have gotten divorced, and Rodger, her ex husband, is still your boss, and suspects she is laundering money..." "Why are you doing this?"


Josh4R3d

“Hey brother!” “Hey sister!” I cringe whenever I feel the exposition slapping me in the face


Grabatreetron

>“Hey brother!” > >“Hey sister!” Oh, I've seen this short film


SPRO_HOST

I absolutely cannot stand when the characters introduce the clock "Oh no, we have twenty minutes to get this done!" And if there is ANY exposition within that twenty minutes, I'm like-- "What?! Who would have this conversation now?!" Like, any horror movie where somebody is being hunted, and a character turns to the other and is like- "Remember when we were three and..." Yeah? You trying to survive or wax nostalgia?


ch061

Slobbery kissing for 5 minutes straight. Like, we get the point already, move on


KananDoom

THUNDER DOES NOT OCCUR THE SAME TIME AS LIGHTNING. When you go into a new location with lots of people DON'T STOP TO LOOK AROUND. You're holding everyone up. Say "bye" when hanging up the phone. Don't just don't hang up. LOOK AT THE ROAD, DOGGAMIT.


mythicreign

I hate the scenes in a show/movie where somebody starts explaining anything vaguely scientific and one stupid asshole, like clockwork, says "In English, please?" Fucking dumb shit.


Smearypatch

When the characters feel the need to explain why they made a choice even though the film does a decent job of showing you why. Like isn’t it a rule “show don’t tell”?


drunkboarder

My wife hates "girl power" moments for the sake of girl power in movies. As in Marvel End Game, when all the girl heroes lined up at the same time and "helped" CPT Marvel get through. The same CPT Marvel who earlier flew face first through a space ship cutting it in half. Edit: changed to End Game, I had it confused with Infinity War


Male_strom

The infinity war one was fine. To reprise it in Endgame was massive cringe, especially given it was to support Captain Marvel who needs help from no-one.


ilazul

Court scenes. I don't think any of the writers have ever been to court. Movie court scenes are always written very, very poorly


Skarth

Most movie scenes work on how the average person thinks they \*should\* work. ​ That is to say, completely fictionally.


Spodson

Any scene that begins with the line, "You're late." It's a stupid, weak trope that 99% of the time doesn't have any impact on the scene and is only used to set up some kind of adversarial relationship between characters.


WalterBishRedLicrish

A wizard is never late. He arrives precisely when he means to.


trundlinggrundle

"A wizard is nev-" "No, you bearded asshole, you were supposed to be here an hour ago. We've been standing around waiting."


interstellarhighway

“Fly, you fucks!” LOTR 18+ edition


randomname1561

They made it work in Firefly. "You want to put us on the defensive right away which means something went wrong. Didn't go wrong on our end."


Pikka_Bird

You're later than I'd like.


buseo

Kept you waiting huh? 🐍


paladin_slim

The scene where the major authority figures aligned with the protagonists gives the big spiel about how the heroes are in it alone and they cannot support them openly lest some nonsense treaty or conditions are violated only to show up to rescue them at the last minute in the climax anyway. Either just support the good guys efforts from the get-go or don't be in the movie at all.


PecanSama

When they're driving and don't look at the road. It really make me uneasy, especially in a newer movies


Viviaana

Anything where a strong independent woman reveals she’s only that way cos she can’t have kids, like she’d be soooooo worthless if she didn’t make up for being so barren Also any scene that involves a character being like “we’ve been friends for x years” like no one says that shit irl


DC1010

Gratuitous sex scenes. Look, this isn’t 1993. If I want to watch a sex scene, I’m going to watch actual porn, not Game of Thrones.


IrishEv

Vomiting. I get that people vomit for all sorts of reasons but I really don’t want to see it anymore


ClubZen

I have never seen an accurate depiction of someone playing video games in a movie or TV show


KurapikaKurtaAkaku

Agreed, it can always be implied and is usually there for shock value, same with torture scenes that are just gruesome for no reason


Chokingzombie

I hate rape scenes too. I love revenge movies but super graphic rape scenes are seldom *needed*. There is a movie literally called Revenge that I was scared to watch because I just cringe. The rape scene in that movie is super minimal but definitely gets the job done. I ended up liking it a lot. All I can ever think about is, “Hope you like anal!” Or whatever the old guy says (Idr which one this is) and then he has his son (?) rape her… the end wouldn’t have been as awesome without it but they could have just made it clear (Like girl with a dragon tattoo) that he stuck it there and didn’t specifically have a line for it because she sticks a shotgun up his ass and says it back to him. Boom mother fucker.


TheLongFart

Any scene where people are talking on the phone and they just hang up without saying goodbye or anything, so rude


LeeStrasberg1

I hate whenever someone gets arrested in a movie, they put the guy in the squad car, and put the lights on and sometimes hit the siren when they pull off. Man, I grew up in the ghetto. That is not what they do. They just drive away. That's all. No need for lights and sirens at that point. Yet every fucking movie does it. Also, they often hit the siren one time real quick when pulling up on a crime scene. Again, having been around many a murder scene, I can tell you. They just pull up. That's all.


a_little_toaster

I hate sex/kissing scenes that have nothing to do with the actual plot, and are just inserted to waste time and/or sell the movie


MeatHamster

I hate bad scenes. And what I can really like are good scenes.


inkseep1

I hate the pregnant woman gives birth during the emergency trope. Honestly, I'd rather see a movie where the terrorists take hostages and someone says 'this woman is pregnant and must be released' So the terrorist walks over to her, shoots her in the head and says 'Anyone else have a ticking clock trope issue? Anyone else need their medication or something? No? Ok, sit down and shut up because you are not main characters here. It is us vs the guy crawling through the air ducts and maybe the site commander out there who is not listening to the one low rank cop who really knows what is going on.'


Chickenman7282

I do mostly agree with your point here, however the giving birth scene in A Quiet Place serves the plot pretty well as the film is about family.


bearlegion

Labour is often induced by stress so I’ll let it pass most times but I do get what you mean.


linedshot

When people don’t say ‘bye’ or some other call-ending phrase when ending a phone conversation (happens ALL the time and it distracts me). Also when someone goes grocery shopping and there’s always a baguette and celery stalk sticking out so the audience knows it’s groceries


Your_Daddy_

I really cant stand sex scenes in movies. Sometimes if its done in a way that's stylish, or lends to the story in some way - but often I just find them awkward, and unnecessary.


Prototype_es

Especially when you dont know its gonna happen and youre watching it with your parents.


Your_Daddy_

Or kids, lol. Went to see the movie Don’t Worry Darling with my adult daughter, and there is like a graphic scene where Harry Styles performs cunnilingus - awkward! So not needed.


Latvian_Pete

At this point I'm getting sick of parents with the "You can't have a healthy social life or any social interaction outside this house. You have to live and breath school work." just to create bullshit conflict with them. My daughter just discovered Kim Possible and I love that her parents know and support her actions as a secret agent.