The nerdy girl with glasses and tied up hair who is bullied for being different. Once the protagonist takes off her prescription glasses and unties her hair, she's suddenly super beautiful and attractive. Now that she has assimilated with the hivemind, everyone loves her now. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs did a very clever reversal of this trope. That's one of the many reasons I love that movie.
A bad twist ending. A good twist ending will put the rest of the movie into a new context and make you realize how all of the pieces fit together. A bad twist ending will make the entire rest of the movie not make sense and confuse you. Your reaction to a twist ending should be, "Wow, it all makes sense! How did I not see that coming?" and not, "Wait, what? But what about- why did they do this and that if they were trying to- What?"
In a certain way, a twist ending should both be obvious and unexpected. It should make perfect sense but also twist the story in a different direction to give it more depth, as opposed to the cheap ones that are thrown in near the end for no other reason than to make the movie longer. There are plenty of good examples where a movie has a twist ending that completely flips the story on it's side but still stays true to the films roots, and actually makes a decent amount of sense. On the other hand, there are plenty that throw something in at the last minute that either doesn't really change much, or changes too much and makes the past hour or two feel unrelated, unimportant, or useless. A really, really good and popular example of a good twist ending is The Sixth Sense. The main character's reveal was shocking, but felt natural and unforced. Plus, re-watching it and noticing all of the verbal hints that were left behind gave a whole new feel to the movie as a whole, and gradually made more and more sense as time went on.
Yeah, those bad twist endings seem to be a result of the writer making up a scenario to make it look one way, but really be another way. Then when they develop the details of the main story, they just focus on how the scenario appears, and it ends up developing in ways that contradicts the twist. Then when the twist happens, it now contradicts what the scenario was presented as. A very simple an basic example would be: Movie has a bad guy who kills puppies, it turns out he's not such a bad guy after all. Problem is, they added the "Killing Puppies" bit later to make him seem worse than he really is, but it contradicts him being good deep down. Same sort of things can happen with character motivations and plot details, screwing up what's really going to sell the illusion that will be twisted at the end of the movie.
Like in one piece where Nami betrayed Luffy and his team for the gold saying all pirates were bad but earlier she was literally thinking these people were nice.
I fucking hate how movie trailers these days are basically the entire movie, twists and all, in 2-3 minutes. Even though it makes me look like a nutjob, I close my eyes and plug my ears during trailers in the cinema.
Every romance movie: Boy and girl meet and fall in love. Everything is amazing. They start fighting about something and they split up. Someone tells the boy/girl that he/she needs to fight to get back with the other. They get back together. The end.
Real life is a couple having a misunderstanding, the man explains what happens, and the woman still wants to fight and break up because stability is boring.
When they’re driving a car and take their eyes off the road to talk to the passenger for long periods of time. I always end up bracing myself for that surprise car crash instead of paying attention to the dialogue.
To be fair, if the camera is set up so it's looking at the driver from the perspective of the passengers seat and the to characters are having a deep conversation, you can almost guarantee the very next frame will be a sudden truck T-boning the drivers side. If their conversation was particularly heartfelt and meaningful, that usually means one of the characters will die in the crash. You can see it from such a mile away, it's no wonder you've learned to expect them to crash
@@EvilGremlin100 Lol. Right. It’s also that nobody in their right mind does that. I really don’t need the characters to look at each other while they’re talking to know that they’re talking to each other. I just don’t understand why they do that.
Yes, and when the driver keeps jerking the steering wheel back and forth, while the car continues in a straight line. Like who drives that way? Don't these people have cars? Wtf.
1. Unnecessary $3× scenes 2. Trailers that almost show the entire movie 3. Remakes especially genderbent ones 4. Crappy scenes and plot twists that had nothing to do with the storyline 5. Apparently every hero or villain needs to have a love interest 6. Killing off favorite characters for no reason 7. Unnecessary jumpscares 8. Bad acting or writing and lack of creativity 9. Bad CGI and ugly costumes 10. When a new movie comes out in theaters people sneak in phones and cameras recording parts which ruins the movie and cause spoilers
@@callumgray5150 have *you* seen the movie? cause i don't think that someone who's actually seen it would have to guess that Mako (the Asian girl) is the female lead.
THAT moment right before a jumpscare. I have no idea how to explain it, but it's gotten so obvious. Like the person sees something spooky, they walk over, reveal whats behind something, it's nothing, the music goes silent, they begin to turn, the camera follows them, BAM, jumpscare.
Yeah it’s so obvious, horror games are much better at jump scaring people and their monsters have always been way creepier then most modern movies, especially if your wearing headphones while playing
The Nun is bad about that. Every time that shadow moves across the wall, I know a hand is going to grab someone's shoulder and they scream, but there is no one there when they turn around.
In short: Bringing babies. (Only applies to movie theaters. Go nuts at home.) I could go on forever about how it annoys me when people bring babies to places that will disturb everyone if it starts crying. When someone brings their baby into a movie theater. Inevitably, the loud noises make the baby cry. What made you think this was a good idea? Either get a baby sister or watch the movie at home. I understand maybe that there's financial strain. It happens. However, you shouldn't take a baby to a place where if it starts bawling that literally everyone will have to suffer because of it. I have a huge pet peeve when people bring their babies to a place where people are trying to have a good time and that's not suitable for babies. It's one thing if it's a family restaurant or it's a place where if the baby starts bawling it won't disturb literally everyone. If the baby will disturb literally everyone then don't bring it. High end restaurants, movie theaters, etc. So annoying to be spending lots of money on a place I don't even get to enjoy because someone decided it was a great idea to bring a baby. Sorry for the long writing. I could go on forever.
Mine is similar but applies to bringing babies on airplanes. You know damn well that pressure change in their ear canal is going to hurt them , and then their bawling is going to hurt EVERYONE'S ears, take a damn train or something. Don't bring babies on airplanes.
I agree, and also when they're in the actual movie itself when they think they need to constantly cry. It's almost like the noise is required so that people's brains can register that they're present in the movie. For example, if there's a scene where characters are walking through a park and they walk past a random person with a stroller or carriage, it doesn't need to be automatically crying if it's not part of the plot. We can see the carriage.
K the whole "I can explain!" "No you cant!" *storms out of the room* thing is so damn common that it actually got me wondering if i was just emotionally immature. i was like "do people actually just take no for an answer in those instances? im i disrespectful because i would totally just shout after them the explanation? is that wrong?" but now that i see others are also bothered by this that puts me at ease lol
I can't stand when someone is offering to give an explanation, but the other person storms off and it causes a conflict. The odds are, there's already a conflict in this plot and we don't need another unnecessary one.
Heres one that I see a fair amount: How do we get the message across that this character is smart? I know! Let's make all of their lines in technical/scientific jargon instead of plain old speech, let's make them play an instrument, all of their hobbies either homework or rarely referenced hobbies that are tradionally associated with nerdy culture like star trek, cosplay, world of warcraft and dungeons and dragons.. let's make them incapable of understanding anything that isn't presented to them under a microscope or in a book, hate sport of any kind, probably have some really awkward posture, dress ridiculously formal (extra point for overly thick glasses and/or a bow tie) and oh, and they MUST get bullied. Cos that is the only way to portray a character as smart. It works for other characters types like dumb or "the badboy" types, but I've seen quite a few of these "genius" character types over the holidays so it's fresh in my mind.
Yes. Smart people often play dumb so that they can avoid offending others. If they don't want to create trouble they are humble about their intellectual prowess (think of some truly rich people -- they understate their wealth by not displaying flashy things). Example: the late Carl Sagan could explain the lifecycle of a star in language that the average junior-high stdent coud understand.
When the, “don’t look upon me for I am hideous,” character is actually not ugly at all and their only physical flaw is that they have a light birthmark on their face or something.
The ONLY time this worked, was with a Batman villainess during the 90s Animated Series had this as her inciting incident, and they actually called it out at the end of the episode. *Batgirl, seeing the woman without her mask.* 'She's beautiful' *Batman, staring at the woman as she carted away by the police* 'But all she sees are the flaws'
I’m starting to get annoyed by people getting “knocked out” and staying out as long as the main character needs them to. If you get knocked unconscious and you stay OUT for more than a few minutes, then you might actually have some damage going on.
...Or they keep getting up after being punched. How is that possible? No broken nose? No missing teeth? What's the point of being a muscular super ninja if you punch someone thru a window and they just get up?
Things, mostly vehicles, inexplicably bursting into flames. A car is shot a few times with a handgun, and cart bursts into flames. Car goes over an embankment, and immediately becomes a huge fireball from bumper to bumper. Steven Segal even shot a helicopter overhead with a small pistol and no more chopper - just an enormous fireball. (Of course, effects like this are a big part of why Segal movies are such great comedies.)
When, during a fight scene, the camera is held by someone who has really bad Parkinson's and then it's edited by some idiot who used 500 cameras to get 500 angles and feels like there has to be 500 split seconds close up cuts of each punch and kick. Also, when the pandering or sociopolitical message is so thick it's practically dripping off the screen and onto the floor. Subtlety is lost art to today's filmmakers. It's like they believe the audience is so stupid that if they don't painfully spell it out they won't get it.
I agree with the second part. I watch movies to escape reality, so you can imagine how brain-numbing it is to watch these character not-so-subtlety address real-world problems in a way that makes it impossible to enjoy it.
@@portorolla4157I disagree. Movies are not made just to "escape reality" and a surprising numbers of movies you probably like actually have a deeper meaning or a political subtext behind them. The point is: there is a good and a bad way of doing that. Good movies let their message flow naturally, because it's part of the plot. Many movies today just slap it onto the plot without any care, like some sort of homework assignment.
@@portorolla4157You want an example? Just look at the entirety of Elizabeth's Swan character in Pirates of the Caribbean. She's literally a walking Feminist icon, but no one ever complained about that, because she was a well written character, perfectly integrated in the story who still made her message about female emancipation perfectly clear. She goes from just "the governor's daughter forced into a life she doesn't want" to "badass pirate queen" in the arc of three movies and none of that ever felt forced.
Expecting and relying on the “suspension of disbelief”, when the scene is so farfetched or so poorly written it is impossible to suspend disbelief. Or the trailer that make you think the movie is a great comedy and then you realize the only funny moments of the actual movie were in the trailer. Or when the trailer has great scenes but those scenes aren’t in the movie. Or the trailer shows one movie and the actual movie is completely different. At the end of one of the Paranormal movie, my friend and I weren’t the only ones stating “what the hell movie is this?”
I don’t mind them, but I hate it when it just happens out of the blue. Like there’s no build up, no hint that there’s something between them. Just two main characters of the same gender kiss each other and say that they love each other, even though the audience would’ve never have expected it, and it kinda feels like a last minute addition for some “woke points”.
When the focus is more on a character's gender/sexuality rather than the story. No one cares if the main character is gay/bi/trans if the story is shit. If the trailers make a point of making sure you know it, the movie's plot is likely garbage (in my experience)
as a gay person, it's really sad that this is true. i just want a completely normal super hero movie but he gets with a guy at the end instead of a girl, like cmon😭
IT 2 movie killing off the two gay guys right at the beginning kinda put a damper on it... was ok movie if you own it and fast forward the first few minutes..
I think the only example of this I know of is the TV series Batwoman. Like, okay, she's gay, we get it. Does every new character need to be her EXGIRLFRIEND ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION SHE'S A LESBIAN YOU GUYS AND WE'RE PROGRESSIVE OH AND BY THE WAY SHE'S NOT STRAIGHT
Making stupid decisions, I mean there are some not-so-great choices, but making decisions that are just completely idiotic is a different thing. Like "hm the serial killer is down stairs, I should go down stairs!"
Or when a child makes a logical choice instead of being a child and making a bad choice. I understand because you may be thinking logically but if the child character makes the same decision you(the watcher) makes then that makes no sense
I always find it weird in horror movies where they're down in the dark basement lighting their way with... a freaking zippo. You ever tried doing that? It makes things worse. Your eyes try to adjust to the light of the flame so everything else suddenly gets even darker in comparison.
Anytime the entire plot hinges on what effectively amounts to an avoidable miscommunication. Julie saw Lara - a mute - leaving Aiden's house crying and holding her eye. Julie immediately assumes Aiden beat Lara. Confronts Aiden in front of Lara. Aiden: It's not what you th-- Julie: Save it, wife beater! Aiden: You don't unders-- Julie takes Lara and runs. Long story short, Lara's injury came from a stray nerf dart while playing, or some.other dumb shit. Also, she's not actually mute. It's just some dumb religious ritual, which she only breaks to save Aiden when Julie damn near kills him after a week of stalking and torture or some other bullshit.
The missus sitting next to you, asking a bunch of questions about a movie you've seen just as much (or rather little) of as her. In terms of content: drawn-out emotional scenes in the middle of an action sequence. Seriously, who has a 5 minute long love declaration or mourning moment when there's a volcano erupting in the distance, 5 different species of monsters are wreaking havoc around you, and a veritable army of people is trying to turn you into the human equivalent of swiss cheese? I find myself wishing the characters die then and there for their mind-boggling, horror flick level of stupidity.
When a woman beats up 20 large male security guards who presumably would've had some sort of self defense training like no big deal, its fine if its a super hero movie, but when she's just a spy or regular person, thats not remotely possible, women just aren't as strong as men, especially 20 men
@@portorolla4157 if I had to use my brain, I'd say he meant no man can fight 20 men so it's not possible for a woman to fight 20 men. How did u reach your conclusion?
… Yes, but… It’s ALSO impossible for a single man to overcome 20 men as well, so… What’s your point? Women aren’t allowed to overcome impossible odds specifically but it’s alright for men to do it? C’mon, I don’t like some of the more forced attempts to make women “badass” either but what you’re saying basically excludes all women from any action role purely because they’re a woman. That’s dumb.
Not really in movies, yet sometimes present: Spitting out blood When a character spits out a handfull of blood in a fight, and just fights more For that to happen, you have to be internaly damaged ( most often lungs ), and your organs are ruptured or your bones pierced trough them You don’t get to fight with that kind of damage, you colapse and you suffocate in a minute, also moving is probably impossible becouse the sharp pain in your chest is so bad that it debilitates your movement
When villains who's been ripping other characters limb from limb can only seem to lightly knock the main character around before dying in the stupidest way possible. Drives me up the wall.
Don’t forget super villains or creatures that have destroyed armies… is now just picking up the main character and throwing them away, just to walk over, pick them up and throw them away again!
@@TheRealNormanBates Eeeeexactly. There's also the marksman villain who 'never misses a shot', or 'always gets his man' who inexplicably can't seem to land a hit due to plot armor.
One of the biggest things for me is unrealistic dialogue, especially if it has to do with children. 8 year old children who act like 8 year olds but talk like a college student is the fastest and most effective way to make me loathe the film. Or vice versa, where a perfectly normal person acts like an idiot for comedy reasons, and nobody bats an eye because "oh that's just so-and-so being so-and-so". If it was in real life they would be in a mental hospital or some shit lmao. And the 3 minute scenes where they say absolutely fucking nothing while trying to explain this science thing, thinking that saying big words that mean jack-shit when put together makes for a healthy and acceptable explanation. The best movies are the one where this really cool gadget makes perfect sense but doesn't need half the movie to explain how it works. That's why i'll always love the Mr. DNA scene from Jurassic Park, since the child-friendly explanation made perfect sense given the situation, and once it was addressed it wasn't really talked about again unless it made sense to do so. And probably the most annoying is the obvious placement of LGBTQ+ characters simply to attract LGBTQ+ members, and then making said member constantly remind everyone he's apart of LGBTQ+. Obvious pandering that immediately detracts from the realism of said movie, making me remember that this is just a film made by a greedy director who wants as much people to see it as possible.
One example that needs to be followed more is Mitchell's vs. The Machines. It's casually shown (not told) at the end that one of the characters is gay and IT ISN'T THE CENTER OF ATTENTION
One of my favorite things about the 2017 Power Rangers movie was that there was gonna be a romance between two characters but it didn't test well so it was removed from the final cut. And it was just about friendship and saving the world. You know, like how the actual MMPR were.
When the main villain that has been causing trouble to the protagonist(s) for the entirety of the show/movie gets defeated with the power of friendship (this of course excludes kids shows like MLP) For example the guy has killed hundreds of people, and they just gunna say “stop being evil and let’s be friend” and they’re like “yea sure ok. “
The bit about the ups and downs in volume, that's called Dynamic Range, and it's a very good feature for the most cinematic experience, but it's understandable that not everyone likes it. If your TV/Stereo is not too old it might have something akin to a "Night Mode" that changes the Dynamic Range so you can hear explosions and dialogues at the same level. It usually was a premium feature, but lately more and more sound systems include it, results may vary depending on how well implemented it is and the content you're watching, but it helps a lot.
For home releases, to do a good job, they should do a remix. The theatrical release is one thing. But then they'll just do a simple down-convert to 5.1 or stereo and call it good. Televisions now having built-in, optional compressors is great. Getting my head ripped off because an action-sequence starts just sucks.
If it's a remake of another movie that gets rid of or downplays everything that made the original good. The Lion King remake is a perfect example, the songs were some of the best parts of the original, but they're watered down in the remake, especially the "Be Prepared" sequence.
I watched it once and only once. Because there were just so many moments where as you said, watered down or cut short as if to say "You remember what happens here in the animated movie, so we don't need to focus too much on scene." Which of course just makes you go, "Okay, well I'm just going to watch the animated movie instead!" I heard somewhere Jon Favrou had to do this movie if he wanted to do The Mandalorian. If that's true, that explains a lot.
Mary-Sue characters of either gender, forced dialogue that doesn’t flow well, bad pacing, meaningless goals, obvious decisions being overlooked for convenience, no conflict. As a story writer, I cannot stand a movie that has any single one of these problems.
A character whose only defining character trait is to be "sassy" or "quirky." I just finally watched Raya and the Last Dragon and found it okay, but was annoyed that the dragon was essentially reduced to "sassy quirky bestie." A character can have a sense of humor without it being their only defining trait.
When they treat women like they're just short men. Like no, the chick weighing maybe 115 lbs soaking wet isn't going to be defeating a bunch of buff dudes. A single guy isn't even beating up a bunch of buff dudes without some difficulty and you've got little Ms Spy picking them apart because 'she's trained since she was eight and has to prove she's not weak to her trainer who hated her' or whatever. Women can defeat men, just generally not in a fist fight.
When they can't seamlessly make a movie with political messaging and instead have the political messages thrown in your face to the point that it makes it feel more like a PSA.
As much as I love Spider-Man the movies have him acting like a bratty kid who wants his way when in reality he’s a mature genius and always tries to asses the situation figuring out the best solution
Not exactly in movies but in shows where the writer feels compelled to explain how. Every. Single. Thing works. And it's not even done in a sly way too. believe me, your audience has brains, they can piece two and two together themselves. This kind of thing just breaks the whole flow of the movie/show
Also, each and every minor plot point is either all relevant to the main plot or gets it's own individual conclusion. How many times in real life has things that occur in front of you and you just never found an answer behind it?you lose your phone on a night out and you find it on your bed at home, how did it get there? You'll never know.
But the problem is that when they don't explain, you get mobs of idiots not understanding anything and then criticizing the movie for not fully explaining everything.
@@EmperorSarco Even if,there are channels out there that basically do all this "Things you didn't know in _____” and believe me, it's a lot cooler when the realization hits you than having the info spoon fed. And then again, they're idiots. Of course, that doesn't mean the story shouldn't explain anything, but say too much and your just telling the audience instead of showing them
Bad animation or CGI effects will make people question the plot of the movie instantly, with them asking themselves "What was the point of this movie?"
I very much doubt ANY animal is intentionally killed for real in any mainstream movie. If you are concerned about the portrayal of an animal being killed, what about the untold millions of human beings that have been shown being "killed"?....
@@christopherdean1326He's talking about animals getting "fridged" to male a scene shocking dude. Nowhere in his comment did he imply real life killings. And that thing also applies to human characters: shock value for its own sake is cringe.
Perfect makeup throughout the entire movie. Especially in movies where makeup isn't available anymore. Mostly this happens with actresses, but a few times it has popped up with actors. Just ruins any sense of immersion for me.
In all martial arts movies all the characters waste time spinning and doing the splits IN FRONT OF THEIR OPPONENTS which leaves them vulnerable, that pisses me off because in reality if they always do that then people would take that opportunity and easily beat the character. Also when someone from like 50 metres away threatens the mc when he could move sideways, bullets don't move at the speed of light.
Amnesia. Any time a movie or tv show brings in an amnesia plot point, I’m out. I’ve never seen anyone experience amnesia in my life and I’m an old man. But in movies and tv shows it’s as common as a case of the sniffles 🤒 It’s just lazy writing and it’s always a jump-the-shark moment for any narrative.
7:00 I do like that this is explained in some versions of Superman. Basically, if he punches someone without super toughness at full power they are red mist. So he starts out most fights only using a fraction of his power and cranks it up until he wins without killing them.
"Palpatine returned!!" So what you're telling me is that it was too hard for you nuts to A, keep the former BBEG, turn Kylo into the new BBEG, just make a new BBEG, or just reintroduce Darth Jar Jar as the supreme conniving mastermind behind the events of the past few decades as a extremely complicated plan to destroy the galaxy's infrastructure, seed distrust among everybody, annihilate both the Jedi and the sith before taking power?
Seeing rebars in a movie that plays in 1350 B.C. Seeing a Roman Gladius in a movie that plays in 1350 B.C. Continuuity errors in any movie. Like the wrist watch is on the left, then right, then misses entirely and is then on the left arm again. Bad German in any Hollywood movie...or bad translations in general. People having cuts in their hands able to hold onto a rope, a tool or hand and having power to grip. It is absolutely bonkers.
It was slight enough to not wreck the movie (Gladiator), but a spectator dropped a printed paper program and the cameraman took a close-up of it. The Romans had neither paper nor printing, let alone color printing.
A pitched battle is going on and main characters somehow manage to have a conversation. Any carnivorous animal exists only to attack characters, any herbivores are harmless unless stampeding. People getting up and leaving a pub without finishing their drinks
When the lead is invincible (not a super hero) they can get thrown out of a window and just get right back up. They can jump from car to car on the freeway and not get a scratch. They can jump out of a 12 story window and land on their feet. Everyone around them gets shot and killed, but every bullet misses them.
When sequels pretend the first movie doesn't exist. Stuff like: > "Silly Main Character, you're just a shrimpy nobody! It's not like you saved the world from total destruction last year or anything!" > "Why are you acting like this?! You're going through the exact same character arc you did in the first movie!" "Oh, right. Sorry."
The funny thing is that the removal of the helmets doesnt actually effect anything in Prometheus. The people who get infected either get their helmet broken into or gets Poisoned on the ship.
You cooked bacon, eggs, hash browns, and squeezed the orange juice moments ago? Yeah, f*ck work. I'm eating. Also, I count shots fired in action movies. I have an extensive background in firearms so I typically know how many rounds you can expect. When a revolver has been fired 15 times without a reload, I'm going to notice. I've annoyed friends with, "That's a Beretta 92fs. It holds 15+1 rounds. He's fired it 37 times without changing out the mag."
Appplies to other forms of storytelling but that trope lately where horrible people (typically abusive parents) will be forgiven because they’re kinda sad or because they’re “family” without actually changing or atoning for their actions
The way guns sound indoors in movies. It’s not just a blast that fades into nothing, the sound reverberates around a lot. I found that out accidentally when I set off one of those confetti cannons indoors and I nearly went deaf.
Gun sounds in general tend to be garbage. Any non-suppressed shot in a small or normal sized room should have everyone's ears ringing, and it will be uncomfortably loud even in large or massive rooms. Speaking of suppressed, I hate when they use suppressors in public and no one reacts. Even John Wick still pushes this bullshit, and this is a huge part of why suppressors require hefty tax stamp. Thanks to Hollywood thinking suppressors make virtually any gun borderline silent. When all they do is bring guns down to just below ear damaging levels. That crowd of people is still going to hear those two people having a gun fight in the middle of a store.
@@piranhaplantX I know, I’ve seen real suppressors been used, they only quiet the sound of the bullet is subsonic, otherwise there’s still a loud crack as the bullet flies through the air. The only bullet I can definitely say is quiet with a suppressor is a .22. Anything larger still makes a crack when it goes off
Apparently for my dad it’s when a movie portrays the moon landing communications blackout as happening when they’re already on the moon. As soon as a movie has that as a plot point, he hates it.
The thing on dvds or vhs that says 'this film has been formatted to fit your screen'. Can you imagine if it wasn't? All you'd be able to see is like a knuckle.
War movies. Hundreds of bad guys die instantly after being shot one time. They're not wounded, crying, being treated. As soon as one of the good guys, or worse the main character, is hit they have 5 business days to lay on the ground, bleed, reminisce, joke, or just talk to their buddies to make their deaths more impactful. They're never in pain, they aren't being treated, they aren't incapacitated in any way. Takes out the realism. I actually appreciate when a movie just takes a lead character and drops them in an instant and their buddies have to keep fighting without looking back or taking time to register the death at that moment. It is also more realistic to have the character mortally wounded and watch the medic doing everything they can to treat them, only for it to ultimately fail.
I see your point, but you also have to remember that "realistic" doesn't necessarily equal "good". If war movies were realistic, the protagonist would always be dead after the first engagement, but that doesn't make for a compelling story now, does it?
@@lorenzocassaro3054 I think the story would be more impactful if it showed war and death to be as brutal and unremorseful as it is in real life. Imagine watching a character that you slowly feel a bond with gets taken down without so much as a warning. You feel what those close to that person feel. For that character, only their story really ends in that moment. I get that this wouldn't be a fun movie to watch, and most people wouldn't like it.
18:41 In my experience it is the opposite. The peasants are always dirty with mud on their face and wear gray or brown. I know that hygiene was not on the same level then as today, and at some point they closed the public baths, but people didn't walk around covered in mud and their clothes had color.
All of the kid’s movie plots combined look like this: Bullied kid wants to go on an adventure but miserably fails in backstory. Skip like 14 years to get to the point of interest, kid reaches adulthood and discovers some hidden powers that help him go on the adventure. He meets new friends, works on emotional problems, then gets captured by his turned evil father. Via the usage of conversation-gained emotional stability, a new power is revealed and the father gets engaged in a not-so-epic battle where of course the hero prevails, the father gets thrown into a prison and not turned into dust or something, kickstarting the sequel and it’s first scene being the father in prison. Of course this all takes place in a frozen timeline, because all of the movie characters don’t age after 19 to create the illusion of immortality in the watcher’s eyes. Because who would like to see such a beloved protagonist experience the effects of natural aging.
Any scence where they start singing for any reason I just want to see the movie also that every fucking movie feels the same and follows the same plot lines and now I can predict the whole movie within 10 minutes
What ruins a movie instantly? Those 'ejector seat' moments where the movie turns back into a movie right in front of us, and ceases to even be entertaining, usually because we hit the mine named 'director's private agenda'. Or 'I'm gonna copy Kubrick right... now!' or any of a dozen other things that defeat the movies existence and flings us back into the 'real' world without so much as a 'by your leave'.
The ever so predictable situation of: Oh no, someone important to the main character has been kidnapped by the bad guy And they’ll only give them back if the main character does a thing that will help the bad guy and they’ll let the important person go, “or else” Main Character: “Fine, but only if you let them go” Main character does the thing and- *GASP* The bad guy doesn’t hold up their end of the bargain. It’s almost as if they’re the antagonist or something. It’s such a tired situation and I’m sick of it.
Oh my god I got a surge of anger when I heard the one about the quiet dialogue/loud action sequences. As someone still living with my parents it’s such a pain in the ass to the point that I rarely watch movies on the TV because I can barely chat with friends at night without waking people up and annoying them, let alone watch a movie which goes from no sound to BOOOOM 200 DECIBEL ACTION SEQUENCE BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED RIGHT? Even better, I can’t watch the movie in the daytime either since my parents refuse to get curtains for the windows and back door. So much light filters in that I can’t see the fucking screen. It’s a pain in the ass for me, who hates loud noise, and for my parents, who can’t sleep due to the noise, so I rarely watch movies anymore.
I hate it when the plot has something to do with something that happened in the past, and the characters CONSTANTLY say exactly how long ago it was. I first noticed it watching Trolls. WHY do the characters say the old lady was "banished 20 years ago!" EVERYTIME its brought up?? Say it was 20 years ago once, after that the amount of time doesn't really matter!
Female characters that are flawless, perfect, strong, never struggle, never change or grow, skilled for no reason, never make monumental mistakes. Gtfo, I can't relate to any of that crap
Misunderstandings that could be solved in one sentence that get stretched out in to a 10 minute fight that ends with one of them almost or actually dying. Batman v Superman comes to mind. Seriously there are not enough hands in the world to count the number of opportunities he had to just say "Lex Luthor has my mother and is forcing me to fight you. Please help me find her." He didn't even have to do that. Why? Because he's freakin superman. He could've rescued his mother, stopped the birth of doomsday, got rid of the spaceship and locked up Lex before he finished his cartoonishly evil monolog.
Time Skips. You'll be watching a group of young characters - either kids or teens - for about 20 minutes and then right after some serious situation happens, it fades to blank and you see 'XX Years Later." With movies like 'Stephen Kings It' It's fine because they close up all lose ends and take care of the threat. In the time Skip, the are just going back to deal with the threat returning. But in most cases, it is so annoying when you get familiar with the characters and it suddenly jumps ahead years later, right after something major happens. You want to see what the characters due to resolve the situation, only to it to be forgotten about.
- Romance movies - unnecessary romance subplots with no substance - the glasses automatically makes you nerdy and unattractive trope - superpower imbalances - the idiot box and Chekhov's Gun - moms making a feast for breakfast and NO ONE eats it - invincible main characters - bad opening tone. For example, the Order of the Phoenix opened up with an epic chase scene and a sense of urgency which presented a real threat and everyone had to go into hiding. It set the tone that this isn't lighthearted and sh*t was about to get real. Then the next scene was so tone deaf and stupid. It was an outdoor wedding. Out in the open. And the hosts invited everyone with no regard to anyone's safety. Might as well put up a neon sign stating where they were. I predicted the wedding was going to get ambushed and it did. It killed the tone and I couldn't take it seriously nor care for the rest of the film.
"Romances are always so shallow. Born out of shared trauma more than actual compatibility, nothing suggesting an actual healthy relationship." So... just like real life then?
About the main charcater being invulnerable, in those harley quinn series where, within the space of a few minutes, harley's grandparents get shot and their insides go everywhere and thheyre immediatley dead, then harley gets shot and she has a small hole on her side and continues to talk and fight. Another example from this film where a kid makes friends with a dinosaur or something, he gets into a car crash and both his parents die. He walks away with like 1 scratch.
The reason trailers for movies reveal the whole plot because most of the movies nowadays are hot garbage so it's not that the trailer is giving away the plot it's that the movie only has a few minutes of good content so that's what they show u to draw you in then leave u feeling dirty
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The nerdy girl with glasses and tied up hair who is bullied for being different. Once the protagonist takes off her prescription glasses and unties her hair, she's suddenly super beautiful and attractive. Now that she has assimilated with the hivemind, everyone loves her now. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs did a very clever reversal of this trope. That's one of the many reasons I love that movie.
"Not Another Teen Movie" points this out
But “She’s All That” is still a classic.
Gosh I loved how cloudy and chance of meatballs did their writing. Was the 2nd movie a little odd? Yes, but was it least enjoyable? Also yes
@@SqueakyA5I agree
That movie really surprised me, i was expecting the usual rubbish but it had me in tears 😜@@EveryDooDarnDiddlyDay
A bad twist ending. A good twist ending will put the rest of the movie into a new context and make you realize how all of the pieces fit together. A bad twist ending will make the entire rest of the movie not make sense and confuse you. Your reaction to a twist ending should be, "Wow, it all makes sense! How did I not see that coming?" and not, "Wait, what? But what about- why did they do this and that if they were trying to- What?"
Perfectly said
In a certain way, a twist ending should both be obvious and unexpected. It should make perfect sense but also twist the story in a different direction to give it more depth, as opposed to the cheap ones that are thrown in near the end for no other reason than to make the movie longer. There are plenty of good examples where a movie has a twist ending that completely flips the story on it's side but still stays true to the films roots, and actually makes a decent amount of sense. On the other hand, there are plenty that throw something in at the last minute that either doesn't really change much, or changes too much and makes the past hour or two feel unrelated, unimportant, or useless.
A really, really good and popular example of a good twist ending is The Sixth Sense. The main character's reveal was shocking, but felt natural and unforced. Plus, re-watching it and noticing all of the verbal hints that were left behind gave a whole new feel to the movie as a whole, and gradually made more and more sense as time went on.
A good twist ending is a puzzle piece.
A bad twist ending is another picture entirely.
Example 1 good twist, megamind
Example 2 bad twist, frozen
Yeah, those bad twist endings seem to be a result of the writer making up a scenario to make it look one way, but really be another way. Then when they develop the details of the main story, they just focus on how the scenario appears, and it ends up developing in ways that contradicts the twist. Then when the twist happens, it now contradicts what the scenario was presented as.
A very simple an basic example would be: Movie has a bad guy who kills puppies, it turns out he's not such a bad guy after all. Problem is, they added the "Killing Puppies" bit later to make him seem worse than he really is, but it contradicts him being good deep down. Same sort of things can happen with character motivations and plot details, screwing up what's really going to sell the illusion that will be twisted at the end of the movie.
Like in one piece where Nami betrayed Luffy and his team for the gold saying all pirates were bad but earlier she was literally thinking these people were nice.
I fucking hate how movie trailers these days are basically the entire movie, twists and all, in 2-3 minutes. Even though it makes me look like a nutjob, I close my eyes and plug my ears during trailers in the cinema.
I just come in late for the movie, and dodge them
ikr? I never watch trailers because of that specific reason, they give away all of the best parts and the movie looks tame in comparison.
If I saw you doing that I would think “man why didn’t I do that for the trailers?”
Gotta give Spiderman No Way Home props for absolutely trying their best keeping their secrets.
This may be a stretch, but I think the reason modern trailers tend to show more is so that they are not accussed of "false advertising".
Every romance movie:
Boy and girl meet and fall in love.
Everything is amazing.
They start fighting about something and they split up.
Someone tells the boy/girl that he/she needs to fight to get back with the other.
They get back together.
The end.
Also, thing they fight about is a misunderstanding that could be cleared up by just telling what really happened.
Real life is a couple having a misunderstanding, the man explains what happens, and the woman still wants to fight and break up because stability is boring.
@@theguybehindyou4762 lmao, yikes. You haven't been in stable relationships, have you, buddy?
@@gokuxsephiroth4505He just described what most attempts at romance result in these days. It just ain't worth the effort anymore.
"When they repeat the same sentence 2nd of March 10 times" gets me every time bro 😔
"Family"
That's my birthday
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When they’re driving a car and take their eyes off the road to talk to the passenger for long periods of time. I always end up bracing myself for that surprise car crash instead of paying attention to the dialogue.
To be fair, if the camera is set up so it's looking at the driver from the perspective of the passengers seat and the to characters are having a deep conversation, you can almost guarantee the very next frame will be a sudden truck T-boning the drivers side. If their conversation was particularly heartfelt and meaningful, that usually means one of the characters will die in the crash. You can see it from such a mile away, it's no wonder you've learned to expect them to crash
@@EvilGremlin100 Lol. Right. It’s also that nobody in their right mind does that. I really don’t need the characters to look at each other while they’re talking to know that they’re talking to each other. I just don’t understand why they do that.
@@EvilGremlin100 I think I really started noticing this after watching a movie Alan Rickman was in called Snow Cake.
Yes, and when the driver keeps jerking the steering wheel back and forth, while the car continues in a straight line. Like who drives that way? Don't these people have cars? Wtf.
@@Steve-ou8nw when I first started learning to drive, I did exactly that and my instructor yelled at me saying i wasn't in a movie or the 1920s
1. Unnecessary $3× scenes
2. Trailers that almost show the entire movie
3. Remakes especially genderbent ones
4. Crappy scenes and plot twists that had nothing to do with the storyline
5. Apparently every hero or villain needs to have a love interest
6. Killing off favorite characters for no reason
7. Unnecessary jumpscares
8. Bad acting or writing and lack of creativity
9. Bad CGI and ugly costumes
10. When a new movie comes out in theaters people sneak in phones and cameras recording parts which ruins the movie and cause spoilers
The fact that the two leads don't end up together is another reason the first Pacific Rim slaps
But they did? I swear she did cpr and stuff and he almost died but he didn't and then he kissed her and they ended up together
@@vishnutheetharappan7074No they hugged. Which is normal for 2 people almost dying to do.
In the first pacific rim…. The male lead likes the Asian girl who I’m guessing is the female lead…… have you even seen the movie?
@@vishnutheetharappan7074 they never got together, my guy. Unless you're that weird Christian mom who thinks hugging is intimate 😂
@@callumgray5150 have *you* seen the movie? cause i don't think that someone who's actually seen it would have to guess that Mako (the Asian girl) is the female lead.
THAT moment right before a jumpscare. I have no idea how to explain it, but it's gotten so obvious. Like the person sees something spooky, they walk over, reveal whats behind something, it's nothing, the music goes silent, they begin to turn, the camera follows them, BAM, jumpscare.
Yeah it’s so obvious, horror games are much better at jump scaring people and their monsters have always been way creepier then most modern movies, especially if your wearing headphones while playing
The Nun is bad about that. Every time that shadow moves across the wall, I know a hand is going to grab someone's shoulder and they scream, but there is no one there when they turn around.
Ah, the “cat jumps out of nowhere” scene.
In short: Bringing babies. (Only applies to movie theaters. Go nuts at home.)
I could go on forever about how it annoys me when people bring babies to places that will disturb everyone if it starts crying.
When someone brings their baby into a movie theater. Inevitably, the loud noises make the baby cry. What made you think this was a good idea? Either get a baby sister or watch the movie at home. I understand maybe that there's financial strain. It happens. However, you shouldn't take a baby to a place where if it starts bawling that literally everyone will have to suffer because of it. I have a huge pet peeve when people bring their babies to a place where people are trying to have a good time and that's not suitable for babies. It's one thing if it's a family restaurant or it's a place where if the baby starts bawling it won't disturb literally everyone. If the baby will disturb literally everyone then don't bring it. High end restaurants, movie theaters, etc. So annoying to be spending lots of money on a place I don't even get to enjoy because someone decided it was a great idea to bring a baby. Sorry for the long writing. I could go on forever.
Mine is similar but applies to bringing babies on airplanes. You know damn well that pressure change in their ear canal is going to hurt them , and then their bawling is going to hurt EVERYONE'S ears, take a damn train or something. Don't bring babies on airplanes.
Enjoy your cats
I agree, and also when they're in the actual movie itself when they think they need to constantly cry. It's almost like the noise is required so that people's brains can register that they're present in the movie. For example, if there's a scene where characters are walking through a park and they walk past a random person with a stroller or carriage, it doesn't need to be automatically crying if it's not part of the plot. We can see the carriage.
@@yeussean I will.
You seem to be amazingly eloquent for someone who clearly doesnt understand English
K the whole "I can explain!" "No you cant!" *storms out of the room* thing is so damn common that it actually got me wondering if i was just emotionally immature. i was like "do people actually just take no for an answer in those instances? im i disrespectful because i would totally just shout after them the explanation? is that wrong?" but now that i see others are also bothered by this that puts me at ease lol
It really is utterly asinine. I've NEVER seen anyone behave like that.
Thanks!
I can't stand when someone is offering to give an explanation, but the other person storms off and it causes a conflict. The odds are, there's already a conflict in this plot and we don't need another unnecessary one.
Heres one that I see a fair amount:
How do we get the message across that this character is smart? I know! Let's make all of their lines in technical/scientific jargon instead of plain old speech, let's make them play an instrument, all of their hobbies either homework or rarely referenced hobbies that are tradionally associated with nerdy culture like star trek, cosplay, world of warcraft and dungeons and dragons.. let's make them incapable of understanding anything that isn't presented to them under a microscope or in a book, hate sport of any kind, probably have some really awkward posture, dress ridiculously formal (extra point for overly thick glasses and/or a bow tie) and oh, and they MUST get bullied.
Cos that is the only way to portray a character as smart.
It works for other characters types like dumb or "the badboy" types, but I've seen quite a few of these "genius" character types over the holidays so it's fresh in my mind.
SOO TRUE!!!
Then they are just like "Let me just hack into the mainframe" *smacks head on keyboard* "Ok the doors are open ill watch from the cctv"
@@EpicVideoGamer7771 *roundhouse kicks keyboard*
"Im in"
*cough* Sheldon *cough*
As a nerd and a glasses wearer, I hate this trope to no end
Yes. Smart people often play dumb so that they can avoid offending others. If they don't want to create trouble they are humble about their intellectual prowess (think of some truly rich people -- they understate their wealth by not displaying flashy things). Example: the late Carl Sagan could explain the lifecycle of a star in language that the average junior-high stdent coud understand.
When the, “don’t look upon me for I am hideous,” character is actually not ugly at all and their only physical flaw is that they have a light birthmark on their face or something.
The ONLY time this worked, was with a Batman villainess during the 90s Animated Series had this as her inciting incident, and they actually called it out at the end of the episode.
*Batgirl, seeing the woman without her mask.*
'She's beautiful'
*Batman, staring at the woman as she carted away by the police*
'But all she sees are the flaws'
Ready Player One
Shrek 1 used that cliche quite well.
the "dads been working hard since mom died" got me laughing
I’m starting to get annoyed by people getting “knocked out” and staying out as long as the main character needs them to. If you get knocked unconscious and you stay OUT for more than a few minutes, then you might actually have some damage going on.
...Or they keep getting up after being punched. How is that possible? No broken nose? No missing teeth? What's the point of being a muscular super ninja if you punch someone thru a window and they just get up?
@@01denese The vast majority of people get up immediately after being punched.
Things, mostly vehicles, inexplicably bursting into flames. A car is shot a few times with a handgun, and cart bursts into flames. Car goes over an embankment, and immediately becomes a huge fireball from bumper to bumper. Steven Segal even shot a helicopter overhead with a small pistol and no more chopper - just an enormous fireball. (Of course, effects like this are a big part of why Segal movies are such great comedies.)
Yeah, but cool guys don't look at these explosions!
When, during a fight scene, the camera is held by someone who has really bad Parkinson's and then it's edited by some idiot who used 500 cameras to get 500 angles and feels like there has to be 500 split seconds close up cuts of each punch and kick.
Also, when the pandering or sociopolitical message is so thick it's practically dripping off the screen and onto the floor.
Subtlety is lost art to today's filmmakers. It's like they believe the audience is so stupid that if they don't painfully spell it out they won't get it.
I agree with the second part. I watch movies to escape reality, so you can imagine how brain-numbing it is to watch these character not-so-subtlety address real-world problems in a way that makes it impossible to enjoy it.
Sublety is not a lost art form. You're just watching the wrong movies or not noticing subtle details.
Considering the hate Jack Gleeson got for Joffrey, people are that stupid...
@@portorolla4157I disagree. Movies are not made just to "escape reality" and a surprising numbers of movies you probably like actually have a deeper meaning or a political subtext behind them.
The point is: there is a good and a bad way of doing that. Good movies let their message flow naturally, because it's part of the plot. Many movies today just slap it onto the plot without any care, like some sort of homework assignment.
@@portorolla4157You want an example? Just look at the entirety of Elizabeth's Swan character in Pirates of the Caribbean. She's literally a walking Feminist icon, but no one ever complained about that, because she was a well written character, perfectly integrated in the story who still made her message about female emancipation perfectly clear.
She goes from just "the governor's daughter forced into a life she doesn't want" to "badass pirate queen" in the arc of three movies and none of that ever felt forced.
Expecting and relying on the “suspension of disbelief”, when the scene is so farfetched or so poorly written it is impossible to suspend disbelief.
Or the trailer that make you think the movie is a great comedy and then you realize the only funny moments of the actual movie were in the trailer. Or when the trailer has great scenes but those scenes aren’t in the movie. Or the trailer shows one movie and the actual movie is completely different. At the end of one of the Paranormal movie, my friend and I weren’t the only ones stating “what the hell movie is this?”
Forced romance regardless of the genders involved.
I hate this more than anything now they just do gay relationships to make themselves and the film seem “woke”
I don’t mind them, but I hate it when it just happens out of the blue. Like there’s no build up, no hint that there’s something between them. Just two main characters of the same gender kiss each other and say that they love each other, even though the audience would’ve never have expected it, and it kinda feels like a last minute addition for some “woke points”.
When the focus is more on a character's gender/sexuality rather than the story. No one cares if the main character is gay/bi/trans if the story is shit. If the trailers make a point of making sure you know it, the movie's plot is likely garbage (in my experience)
as a gay person, it's really sad that this is true. i just want a completely normal super hero movie but he gets with a guy at the end instead of a girl, like cmon😭
IT 2 movie killing off the two gay guys right at the beginning kinda put a damper on it... was ok movie if you own it and fast forward the first few minutes..
@asahmosskmf4639 that scene was lifted straight from the original novel.
I think the only example of this I know of is the TV series Batwoman. Like, okay, she's gay, we get it. Does every new character need to be her EXGIRLFRIEND ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION SHE'S A LESBIAN YOU GUYS AND WE'RE PROGRESSIVE OH AND BY THE WAY SHE'S NOT STRAIGHT
Making stupid decisions, I mean there are some not-so-great choices, but making decisions that are just completely idiotic is a different thing. Like "hm the serial killer is down stairs, I should go down stairs!"
Or when a child makes a logical choice instead of being a child and making a bad choice. I understand because you may be thinking logically but if the child character makes the same decision you(the watcher) makes then that makes no sense
I always find it weird in horror movies where they're down in the dark basement lighting their way with... a freaking zippo. You ever tried doing that? It makes things worse. Your eyes try to adjust to the light of the flame so everything else suddenly gets even darker in comparison.
@@EvilGremlin100the candle or zippo is there so we can see the face of the victim.😉😎
that could work if the character has un-matched bravery or something and can ether beat up the killer or sneak past them
Anytime the entire plot hinges on what effectively amounts to an avoidable miscommunication.
Julie saw Lara - a mute - leaving Aiden's house crying and holding her eye.
Julie immediately assumes Aiden beat Lara.
Confronts Aiden in front of Lara.
Aiden: It's not what you th--
Julie: Save it, wife beater!
Aiden: You don't unders--
Julie takes Lara and runs.
Long story short, Lara's injury came from a stray nerf dart while playing, or some.other dumb shit. Also, she's not actually mute. It's just some dumb religious ritual, which she only breaks to save Aiden when Julie damn near kills him after a week of stalking and torture or some other bullshit.
Crap like that is why I’d rather write my own movies than sit through one.
And in the end Julie isn't treated as the evil psychopath she is.
The missus sitting next to you, asking a bunch of questions about a movie you've seen just as much (or rather little) of as her.
In terms of content: drawn-out emotional scenes in the middle of an action sequence. Seriously, who has a 5 minute long love declaration or mourning moment when there's a volcano erupting in the distance, 5 different species of monsters are wreaking havoc around you, and a veritable army of people is trying to turn you into the human equivalent of swiss cheese? I find myself wishing the characters die then and there for their mind-boggling, horror flick level of stupidity.
I feel ya, I watch movies with my younger sister often and she asks questions all the time
When a woman beats up 20 large male security guards who presumably would've had some sort of self defense training like no big deal, its fine if its a super hero movie, but when she's just a spy or regular person, thats not remotely possible, women just aren't as strong as men, especially 20 men
Men aren’t as strong as 20 men either
@@spaceowl5957 Did you just try to say that men are not as strong as men
@@portorolla4157 probably meant 1 man isn't as strong as 20
@@portorolla4157 if I had to use my brain, I'd say he meant no man can fight 20 men so it's not possible for a woman to fight 20 men. How did u reach your conclusion?
… Yes, but… It’s ALSO impossible for a single man to overcome 20 men as well, so…
What’s your point? Women aren’t allowed to overcome impossible odds specifically but it’s alright for men to do it?
C’mon, I don’t like some of the more forced attempts to make women “badass” either but what you’re saying basically excludes all women from any action role purely because they’re a woman. That’s dumb.
Not really in movies, yet sometimes present:
Spitting out blood
When a character spits out a handfull of blood in a fight, and just fights more
For that to happen, you have to be internaly damaged ( most often lungs ), and your organs are ruptured or your bones pierced trough them
You don’t get to fight with that kind of damage, you colapse and you suffocate in a minute, also moving is probably impossible becouse the sharp pain in your chest is so bad that it debilitates your movement
It depends. If they got whacked in the face or mouth, it could be because they’re bleeding inside their mouth.
Still a problem, but not catastrophic.
*The Matrix* can get away with it, because when Neo coughs up blood from the Agent Smith fight in the subway, it’s all virtual reality.
@@TheRealNormanBatesMore than it being virtual reality it's the fact that he's literally a walking godmode cheat
When villains who's been ripping other characters limb from limb can only seem to lightly knock the main character around before dying in the stupidest way possible. Drives me up the wall.
Don’t forget super villains or creatures that have destroyed armies… is now just picking up the main character and throwing them away, just to walk over, pick them up and throw them away again!
@@TheRealNormanBates Eeeeexactly.
There's also the marksman villain who 'never misses a shot', or 'always gets his man' who inexplicably can't seem to land a hit due to plot armor.
I loved that Indiana Jones gets the shit beat out of him. In Raiders especially, in the near end he's all sore lmao
Unless The Rock plays him then all he’ll have is a bunch of sweat pouring off of his head cos he’s invincible in every movie he plays
One of the biggest things for me is unrealistic dialogue, especially if it has to do with children. 8 year old children who act like 8 year olds but talk like a college student is the fastest and most effective way to make me loathe the film. Or vice versa, where a perfectly normal person acts like an idiot for comedy reasons, and nobody bats an eye because "oh that's just so-and-so being so-and-so". If it was in real life they would be in a mental hospital or some shit lmao.
And the 3 minute scenes where they say absolutely fucking nothing while trying to explain this science thing, thinking that saying big words that mean jack-shit when put together makes for a healthy and acceptable explanation. The best movies are the one where this really cool gadget makes perfect sense but doesn't need half the movie to explain how it works. That's why i'll always love the Mr. DNA scene from Jurassic Park, since the child-friendly explanation made perfect sense given the situation, and once it was addressed it wasn't really talked about again unless it made sense to do so.
And probably the most annoying is the obvious placement of LGBTQ+ characters simply to attract LGBTQ+ members, and then making said member constantly remind everyone he's apart of LGBTQ+. Obvious pandering that immediately detracts from the realism of said movie, making me remember that this is just a film made by a greedy director who wants as much people to see it as possible.
3 minute explaination: QuAnTuM
One example that needs to be followed more is Mitchell's vs. The Machines. It's casually shown (not told) at the end that one of the characters is gay and IT ISN'T THE CENTER OF ATTENTION
@@shaunbarber2325 They had a rainbow pin on the whole movie, granted I wasn't sure if they were actually gay or just an ally until the end.
One of the worst things to have to go through is when my younger brother keeps asking me stupid questions during a movie and i get tired o explaining.
One of my favorite things about the 2017 Power Rangers movie was that there was gonna be a romance between two characters but it didn't test well so it was removed from the final cut. And it was just about friendship and saving the world. You know, like how the actual MMPR were.
Becky G’s casting was a mistake
A 90 pound woman kicking a 200 pound man's ass using obvious wire work.
When the main villain that has been causing trouble to the protagonist(s) for the entirety of the show/movie gets defeated with the power of friendship (this of course excludes kids shows like MLP)
For example the guy has killed hundreds of people, and they just gunna say “stop being evil and let’s be friend” and they’re like “yea sure ok. “
antman 3 dont be a D that's al it takes and MODOK trows himself at the enemy killing himself
This is very common in Pokemon 😑😑
I think the only movie this works for me is Koruku in *Unico and the Island of Magic.*
@@t84t748748t6Modok? Wasn't he an Iron Man villain?
The bit about the ups and downs in volume, that's called Dynamic Range, and it's a very good feature for the most cinematic experience, but it's understandable that not everyone likes it.
If your TV/Stereo is not too old it might have something akin to a "Night Mode" that changes the Dynamic Range so you can hear explosions and dialogues at the same level. It usually was a premium feature, but lately more and more sound systems include it, results may vary depending on how well implemented it is and the content you're watching, but it helps a lot.
For home releases, to do a good job, they should do a remix. The theatrical release is one thing. But then they'll just do a simple down-convert to 5.1 or stereo and call it good. Televisions now having built-in, optional compressors is great. Getting my head ripped off because an action-sequence starts just sucks.
2:07 ok but Shrek gets a pass because that writing was so good, and it seemed clear to both of them what they meant, even though they were wrong.
If it's a remake of another movie that gets rid of or downplays everything that made the original good. The Lion King remake is a perfect example, the songs were some of the best parts of the original, but they're watered down in the remake, especially the "Be Prepared" sequence.
Oh that live action Lion King was horrible it will never be anywhere near as good as the animated movie
I watched it once and only once. Because there were just so many moments where as you said, watered down or cut short as if to say "You remember what happens here in the animated movie, so we don't need to focus too much on scene." Which of course just makes you go, "Okay, well I'm just going to watch the animated movie instead!"
I heard somewhere Jon Favrou had to do this movie if he wanted to do The Mandalorian. If that's true, that explains a lot.
Mary-Sue characters of either gender, forced dialogue that doesn’t flow well, bad pacing, meaningless goals, obvious decisions being overlooked for convenience, no conflict.
As a story writer, I cannot stand a movie that has any single one of these problems.
Telling the Audience how bad/wrong they are. See netflix and marvel
@Erik Rousu have been under a rock?
Cpt marvel debacle? Cowboy bebop mess? The eternals being a woke wash?
@@hylianbatman3153 Those are outliers.
A character whose only defining character trait is to be "sassy" or "quirky." I just finally watched Raya and the Last Dragon and found it okay, but was annoyed that the dragon was essentially reduced to "sassy quirky bestie." A character can have a sense of humor without it being their only defining trait.
When they treat women like they're just short men. Like no, the chick weighing maybe 115 lbs soaking wet isn't going to be defeating a bunch of buff dudes. A single guy isn't even beating up a bunch of buff dudes without some difficulty and you've got little Ms Spy picking them apart because 'she's trained since she was eight and has to prove she's not weak to her trainer who hated her' or whatever. Women can defeat men, just generally not in a fist fight.
Ahem… like *Prey?*
When they can't seamlessly make a movie with political messaging and instead have the political messages thrown in your face to the point that it makes it feel more like a PSA.
1:53 the 2nd of march? LMAO
As much as I love Spider-Man the movies have him acting like a bratty kid who wants his way when in reality he’s a mature genius and always tries to asses the situation figuring out the best solution
Isnt that in order to make him more like a realistic teenager?
Not exactly in movies but in shows where the writer feels compelled to explain how. Every. Single. Thing works. And it's not even done in a sly way too. believe me, your audience has brains, they can piece two and two together themselves. This kind of thing just breaks the whole flow of the movie/show
Also, each and every minor plot point is either all relevant to the main plot or gets it's own individual conclusion. How many times in real life has things that occur in front of you and you just never found an answer behind it?you lose your phone on a night out and you find it on your bed at home, how did it get there? You'll never know.
But the problem is that when they don't explain, you get mobs of idiots not understanding anything and then criticizing the movie for not fully explaining everything.
@@EmperorSarco Even if,there are channels out there that basically do all this "Things you didn't know in _____” and believe me, it's a lot cooler when the realization hits you than having the info spoon fed.
And then again, they're idiots. Of course, that doesn't mean the story shouldn't explain anything, but say too much and your just telling the audience instead of showing them
Bad animation or CGI effects will make people question the plot of the movie instantly, with them asking themselves "What was the point of this movie?"
a animal is needlessly killed solely for shock value.
M3GAN is guilty for this sh**
What kinda movies do you watch, anyway?
I very much doubt ANY animal is intentionally killed for real in any mainstream movie. If you are concerned about the portrayal of an animal being killed, what about the untold millions of human beings that have been shown being "killed"?....
@@niles8102I don't know, I feel it helped give a more sense of escalation with her madness.
@@christopherdean1326He's talking about animals getting "fridged" to male a scene shocking dude. Nowhere in his comment did he imply real life killings. And that thing also applies to human characters: shock value for its own sake is cringe.
Perfect makeup throughout the entire movie. Especially in movies where makeup isn't available anymore. Mostly this happens with actresses, but a few times it has popped up with actors. Just ruins any sense of immersion for me.
...yes, great make-up is amazingly durable in rain, intense activity, or in conditions that compel sweating....
Or when a character has her pajamas on and she's about to go to bed wearing red lipstick.
In all martial arts movies all the characters waste time spinning and doing the splits IN FRONT OF THEIR OPPONENTS which leaves them vulnerable, that pisses me off because in reality if they always do that then people would take that opportunity and easily beat the character.
Also when someone from like 50 metres away threatens the mc when he could move sideways, bullets don't move at the speed of light.
Bullets move so fast, even from 50 meters a 5.56 rifle could kill you in one hit even while moving sideways. Heck, even a pistol could do that.
Basically every movie based on an historical event is either inaccurate or highly over-exaggerated.
When The rock, Adam Sandler or Vin Diesel appear.
I agree
Amnesia. Any time a movie or tv show brings in an amnesia plot point, I’m out. I’ve never seen anyone experience amnesia in my life and I’m an old man. But in movies and tv shows it’s as common as a case of the sniffles 🤒
It’s just lazy writing and it’s always a jump-the-shark moment for any narrative.
I agree with the trailers thing, I was kinda upset when I saw the 2nd Sonic movie trailer and saw Knuckles. That could've been a good twist!
7:00 I do like that this is explained in some versions of Superman. Basically, if he punches someone without super toughness at full power they are red mist. So he starts out most fights only using a fraction of his power and cranks it up until he wins without killing them.
When the adults can't see the fairies because they don't believe enough.
"Palpatine returned!!"
So what you're telling me is that it was too hard for you nuts to A, keep the former BBEG, turn Kylo into the new BBEG, just make a new BBEG, or just reintroduce Darth Jar Jar as the supreme conniving mastermind behind the events of the past few decades as a extremely complicated plan to destroy the galaxy's infrastructure, seed distrust among everybody, annihilate both the Jedi and the sith before taking power?
Knowing your favorite character dies
When a character starts flossing, especially when it is for a prolonged time.
The forced misunderstanding kills me. The characters always have time to resolve but the plot prevents it...
Seeing rebars in a movie that plays in 1350 B.C.
Seeing a Roman Gladius in a movie that plays in 1350 B.C.
Continuuity errors in any movie. Like the wrist watch is on the left, then right, then misses entirely and is then on the left arm again.
Bad German in any Hollywood movie...or bad translations in general.
People having cuts in their hands able to hold onto a rope, a tool or hand and having power to grip.
It is absolutely bonkers.
It was slight enough to not wreck the movie (Gladiator), but a spectator dropped a printed paper program and the cameraman took a close-up of it. The Romans had neither paper nor printing, let alone color printing.
A pitched battle is going on and main characters somehow manage to have a conversation.
Any carnivorous animal exists only to attack characters, any herbivores are harmless unless stampeding.
People getting up and leaving a pub without finishing their drinks
ask who made the latest star wars trilogy or who made 2016's Ghostbusters
Who did?
Please don't tell me it was the same douche that made Home Alone!!
@@pheemer why, is he hated or something? If so why
"Breaking rules they set"
Ariaki when making jojo *nervous sweating*
When the lead is invincible (not a super hero) they can get thrown out of a window and just get right back up. They can jump from car to car on the freeway and not get a scratch. They can jump out of a 12 story window and land on their feet. Everyone around them gets shot and killed, but every bullet misses them.
Literally The Rock in every movie he plays in
Like the last *John Wick* movie?
When sequels pretend the first movie doesn't exist. Stuff like:
> "Silly Main Character, you're just a shrimpy nobody! It's not like you saved the world from total destruction last year or anything!"
> "Why are you acting like this?! You're going through the exact same character arc you did in the first movie!"
"Oh, right. Sorry."
The funny thing is that the removal of the helmets doesnt actually effect anything in Prometheus. The people who get infected either get their helmet broken into or gets Poisoned on the ship.
air isn't breathable on that planet but in that 1 super old structure it is u just cant be sure the hole place is save to breath in
My personal one - having dragons as villains.
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brih
You cooked bacon, eggs, hash browns, and squeezed the orange juice moments ago? Yeah, f*ck work. I'm eating.
Also, I count shots fired in action movies. I have an extensive background in firearms so I typically know how many rounds you can expect. When a revolver has been fired 15 times without a reload, I'm going to notice. I've annoyed friends with, "That's a Beretta 92fs. It holds 15+1 rounds. He's fired it 37 times without changing out the mag."
Appplies to other forms of storytelling but that trope lately where horrible people (typically abusive parents) will be forgiven because they’re kinda sad or because they’re “family” without actually changing or atoning for their actions
The way guns sound indoors in movies. It’s not just a blast that fades into nothing, the sound reverberates around a lot. I found that out accidentally when I set off one of those confetti cannons indoors and I nearly went deaf.
Gun sounds in general tend to be garbage. Any non-suppressed shot in a small or normal sized room should have everyone's ears ringing, and it will be uncomfortably loud even in large or massive rooms.
Speaking of suppressed, I hate when they use suppressors in public and no one reacts. Even John Wick still pushes this bullshit, and this is a huge part of why suppressors require hefty tax stamp. Thanks to Hollywood thinking suppressors make virtually any gun borderline silent. When all they do is bring guns down to just below ear damaging levels. That crowd of people is still going to hear those two people having a gun fight in the middle of a store.
@@piranhaplantX I know, I’ve seen real suppressors been used, they only quiet the sound of the bullet is subsonic, otherwise there’s still a loud crack as the bullet flies through the air. The only bullet I can definitely say is quiet with a suppressor is a .22. Anything larger still makes a crack when it goes off
Apparently for my dad it’s when a movie portrays the moon landing communications blackout as happening when they’re already on the moon. As soon as a movie has that as a plot point, he hates it.
The thing on dvds or vhs that says 'this film has been formatted to fit your screen'. Can you imagine if it wasn't? All you'd be able to see is like a knuckle.
when the protagonist has insufferbly bratty kids.
Based on tv shows or books. The last Airbender is a prime example. There's no way to condense a season with many important filler in one movie
Appealing for SJW
IKR?
YES
War movies. Hundreds of bad guys die instantly after being shot one time. They're not wounded, crying, being treated. As soon as one of the good guys, or worse the main character, is hit they have 5 business days to lay on the ground, bleed, reminisce, joke, or just talk to their buddies to make their deaths more impactful. They're never in pain, they aren't being treated, they aren't incapacitated in any way. Takes out the realism.
I actually appreciate when a movie just takes a lead character and drops them in an instant and their buddies have to keep fighting without looking back or taking time to register the death at that moment. It is also more realistic to have the character mortally wounded and watch the medic doing everything they can to treat them, only for it to ultimately fail.
I see your point, but you also have to remember that "realistic" doesn't necessarily equal "good".
If war movies were realistic, the protagonist would always be dead after the first engagement, but that doesn't make for a compelling story now, does it?
@@lorenzocassaro3054 I think the story would be more impactful if it showed war and death to be as brutal and unremorseful as it is in real life. Imagine watching a character that you slowly feel a bond with gets taken down without so much as a warning. You feel what those close to that person feel. For that character, only their story really ends in that moment.
I get that this wouldn't be a fun movie to watch, and most people wouldn't like it.
When their are forced love interests, and they end up together at the end with zero chemistry
When the actor playing the villain isn’t good enough to make you hate said villain, so their demise or lack their of means nothing
18:41 In my experience it is the opposite. The peasants are always dirty with mud on their face and wear gray or brown. I know that hygiene was not on the same level then as today, and at some point they closed the public baths, but people didn't walk around covered in mud and their clothes had color.
But how else are we going to know who’s the King?
The main actor telling the base audience that it 'isn't for them'.
A 10 min long singing session, that's why I hate most of Disney movies
All of the kid’s movie plots combined look like this:
Bullied kid wants to go on an adventure but miserably fails in backstory. Skip like 14 years to get to the point of interest, kid reaches adulthood and discovers some hidden powers that help him go on the adventure. He meets new friends, works on emotional problems, then gets captured by his turned evil father. Via the usage of conversation-gained emotional stability, a new power is revealed and the father gets engaged in a not-so-epic battle where of course the hero prevails, the father gets thrown into a prison and not turned into dust or something, kickstarting the sequel and it’s first scene being the father in prison. Of course this all takes place in a frozen timeline, because all of the movie characters don’t age after 19 to create the illusion of immortality in the watcher’s eyes. Because who would like to see such a beloved protagonist experience the effects of natural aging.
Any scence where they start singing for any reason I just want to see the movie also that every fucking movie feels the same and follows the same plot lines and now I can predict the whole movie within 10 minutes
The Wilhelm scream
What ruins a movie instantly?
Those 'ejector seat' moments where the movie turns back into a movie right in front of us, and ceases to even be entertaining, usually because we hit the mine named 'director's private agenda'. Or 'I'm gonna copy Kubrick right... now!' or any of a dozen other things that defeat the movies existence and flings us back into the 'real' world without so much as a 'by your leave'.
The ever so predictable situation of:
Oh no, someone important to the main character has been kidnapped by the bad guy
And they’ll only give them back if the main character does a thing that will help the bad guy and they’ll let the important person go, “or else”
Main Character: “Fine, but only if you let them go”
Main character does the thing and-
*GASP*
The bad guy doesn’t hold up their end of the bargain. It’s almost as if they’re the antagonist or something.
It’s such a tired situation and I’m sick of it.
Oh my god I got a surge of anger when I heard the one about the quiet dialogue/loud action sequences. As someone still living with my parents it’s such a pain in the ass to the point that I rarely watch movies on the TV because I can barely chat with friends at night without waking people up and annoying them, let alone watch a movie which goes from no sound to BOOOOM 200 DECIBEL ACTION SEQUENCE BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED RIGHT?
Even better, I can’t watch the movie in the daytime either since my parents refuse to get curtains for the windows and back door. So much light filters in that I can’t see the fucking screen.
It’s a pain in the ass for me, who hates loud noise, and for my parents, who can’t sleep due to the noise, so I rarely watch movies anymore.
I hate it when the plot has something to do with something that happened in the past, and the characters CONSTANTLY say exactly how long ago it was. I first noticed it watching Trolls. WHY do the characters say the old lady was "banished 20 years ago!" EVERYTIME its brought up?? Say it was 20 years ago once, after that the amount of time doesn't really matter!
Female characters that are flawless, perfect, strong, never struggle, never change or grow, skilled for no reason, never make monumental mistakes. Gtfo, I can't relate to any of that crap
Misunderstandings that could be solved in one sentence that get stretched out in to a 10 minute fight that ends with one of them almost or actually dying.
Batman v Superman comes to mind. Seriously there are not enough hands in the world to count the number of opportunities he had to just say "Lex Luthor has my mother and is forcing me to fight you. Please help me find her." He didn't even have to do that. Why? Because he's freakin superman. He could've rescued his mother, stopped the birth of doomsday, got rid of the spaceship and locked up Lex before he finished his cartoonishly evil monolog.
This is actually something that would bother me as a kid. I would always think why can they just take their time to understand the situation?
Good luck guessing my password, all I have on my desk is pencils and 4crustyJizzTissues....oh shit...
13:40 thats one thing i loved about The Mandalorian
Time Skips.
You'll be watching a group of young characters - either kids or teens - for about 20 minutes and then right after some serious situation happens, it fades to blank and you see 'XX Years Later."
With movies like 'Stephen Kings It' It's fine because they close up all lose ends and take care of the threat. In the time Skip, the are just going back to deal with the threat returning.
But in most cases, it is so annoying when you get familiar with the characters and it suddenly jumps ahead years later, right after something major happens. You want to see what the characters due to resolve the situation, only to it to be forgotten about.
When they kill off all but like 2 characters. It seriously makes me mad when you get attached just to watch them die 30 minutes later.
- Romance movies
- unnecessary romance subplots with no substance
- the glasses automatically makes you nerdy and unattractive trope
- superpower imbalances
- the idiot box and Chekhov's Gun
- moms making a feast for breakfast and NO ONE eats it
- invincible main characters
- bad opening tone. For example, the Order of the Phoenix opened up with an epic chase scene and a sense of urgency which presented a real threat and everyone had to go into hiding. It set the tone that this isn't lighthearted and sh*t was about to get real. Then the next scene was so tone deaf and stupid. It was an outdoor wedding. Out in the open. And the hosts invited everyone with no regard to anyone's safety. Might as well put up a neon sign stating where they were. I predicted the wedding was going to get ambushed and it did. It killed the tone and I couldn't take it seriously nor care for the rest of the film.
"I did it to protect you"
Absolutely despise this line
"Romances are always so shallow. Born out of shared trauma more than actual compatibility, nothing suggesting an actual healthy relationship."
So... just like real life then?
About the main charcater being invulnerable, in those harley quinn series where, within the space of a few minutes, harley's grandparents get shot and their insides go everywhere and thheyre immediatley dead, then harley gets shot and she has a small hole on her side and continues to talk and fight.
Another example from this film where a kid makes friends with a dinosaur or something, he gets into a car crash and both his parents die. He walks away with like 1 scratch.
Wilhelm Scream. Instantly gets me out of the movie. Ruined Disney's Aladdin for me now that I know when we can here it. Worst 70 years old joke ever.
Wilhelm Scream works only in slapstick comedies
I like it.
The reason trailers for movies reveal the whole plot because most of the movies nowadays are hot garbage so it's not that the trailer is giving away the plot it's that the movie only has a few minutes of good content so that's what they show u to draw you in then leave u feeling dirty
When they bring in stupid politics