Movie cliches

What about after a sex scene, when they are in the bed talking, the man's whole torso is exposed, but the sheet conviently just covers the woman's chest? At least be consistent.
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Oh, I have always called that the "Hollywood Sheets", full-length on one side of the bed, and half-length on the other. I've wondered if this could be used as a marketing ploy? Target audience? The same ones who would buy my brilliant new invention - the microwave crock-pot.

Back on topic, I think this was alluded to in an earlier post, but to be very specific - you can tell early on in the movie who will be fuckin' & suckin' by the middle of the flick... the man & woman who are fighting like cats and dogs, and absolutely hate each other.

The hero will get the living shit beat out of him by some hulking goon in a fistfight brawl. But... the desperate hero suddenly gets a look of steely determination in his eye and somehow finds the strength to leap off the floor and lash out with a series of devastating blows that levels the hulking goon.

Only in Hollywood.

The TV that was making so much noise (usually cartoon sound effects) in the background suddenly loses its volume when the dialog starts.

Nobody says 'goodbye' when they finish a phone conversation - they just abruptly hang up.

The gang of bad guys always take turns attacking the hero - they never attack him all together.

Villains are extremely polite. Heroes are not. Bad guy: "Nice to see you again, Mr. Detective! I so enjoy your company." Good guy: "You dirty bastard! I'll piss on your grave!" (Of course the good guy is tied to a table and is about to be sliced in two by a carefully placed laser beam which the bad guy has just turned on.)

Black leather clothing is necessary to wield high-powered automatic weapons.

When the hero jumps into a cab in New York City and yells, "Follow that car!" there's never any bumper-to-bumper traffic.

It's always Mardi Gras in New Orleans

When the girl manages to knock out the bad guy she'll always walk over to him so he can suddenly wake up and grab her ankle.

And its always Chinese new year in China, Tea time in Britain, Beltaine in Scotland, Or Saint Paddy's day in Ireland.

There is always snow in Canada (even in July), Canadians always say Eh. Canadian police are always Mounties and have dark sunglasses and big moustaches (is that even a word?) Oh and Canadians are always dog sledding, playing hockey, or snowmobiling. And apparently we all live in the wilderness.

When a good guy car jacks a car to chase the bad guy its always a fast car, the nearest car is never a K car or some other granny piece of shit.

Its always raining (or wet roads) when there's a high speed chase.

All foreign guys are sexy ( I know there's some not so hot foriegn guys out there; there's some in every country lol)

Miss Piggy is always the heroine, Kermit is always the hero, and Fozzie bear is always the underdog. And there is always some million dollar actor who plays a cheesey role.......

The teacher always gets interrupted in mid-sentence by the school bell.

Students look older than they should (like in The Breakfast Club)

Babies look more like a 2 month old than a newborn and the mom always looks great right after giving birth.

Phone numbers begin with 555.

The dog always senses danger first and usually no one pays attention.

If a woman dies, a close friend that lives a fast-paced single life always gets custody of the her child instead of the child going to a family member. And that single woman becomes the best mom ever.

If you are a teenager and masturbating, you'll always get caught.

If a man royaly pisses a girl off, he can sweep her off her feet, plant a big kiss on her and she instantly forgives him.

Also, the dog (or cat) that always survives, but ends up risking human life for its rescue.

What's even more amazing is just how much ammo is used in one gun in a scene, without being reloaded. It seems that a 44 magnum contains more than 6 shots in one scene. Even more amazing is when a double-barreled shotgun which can only fire two rounds at a time, fires consistently at least five times before reloading.


In addition, and I just noticed this in SPIDER-MAN 2 was just how close the web slinger swings narrowly in between the space of an 18 wheeeler cab and the hitch without becoming entangled in the brake and trailer hitch wires.

The scientists will always lose their invention/potions/laserbeams/viruses to the Government.

Oh, I forgot, we're supposed to be talking about the movies???

"Stop that barking, Lassie! I'm sick and tired of your constant interrupting."

"Has anybody seen Timmy?"