Movie Cliches

[Jay O'Connor]

>I think it's be cool to introduce the pre-credits victims, kill them off, introduce >the "real" heroes, then kill THEM off and have the actual heroes be either yet >another set of characters, or the ones set up as the villains and/or peripheral >characters.


Didn't "Start Crystal" do something like that where they crank through several sets of victims before settling down to the plot

[Jay O'Connor]

The horror cliche I loathe the most is when the shot is set up so that you anticipate the scare. A character only takes up about a fourth of the screen. Of course something will pop up in the empty space. Are filmmakers so afraid to go against the grain they won't even attempt to forsake a sterile, dull visual style in favor of something that's actually scary?



The other variation on that is when the camera is so tight on the character that you can't see anything around them, and then something attacks from a direction in angle that, a) the character probably should've seen and b) if the camera had been pulled back just a bit, the audience would've seen as well

[Flangepart]

"Shreik if you saw what id did last friday the 13th"...funny flick. But to do that in a serious movies, now,THAT would be original!

[Flangepart]

Or.... he goes through the whole ritual, and when he chamber the first round....the bolt james. He looks at the ammo box. "Winchester 30-06 Rifle" , looks at the barrel stamp. it says "Caliber 44 magnum Revolver."...and he goes Oh,S%#T!"

[Flangepart]

How about the Obvious Hero and Villian killing each other half way through the flick....and the Buddy/head henchman have to take over the plot, and the film, from there! Buddy: Crap, now what i do?"   Henchman: "Dang! why coulden't the old goaf stuffer leave me an owners manual for this stupid contraption?"  Man...almost sounds like duleing comedy relief!...now that would be scary!

[AndyC]

Big Trouble in Little China scores points for reversing the roles of hero and sidekick. Heroic Jack Burton is a screwup who provides comic relief, while his sidekick leads him around and does most of the ass kicking.

[Flangepart]

Rats! Forgot that! And it worked out realy well, too. Okey, ya got that one...but can ya' name another?

[Jay O'Connor]

Any "The Tick" cartoon...