I hate movies that show someone hot-wiring a car. Just reach under the dash, pull out those pre-stripped wires, and touch them together. Yeah right. There is so much wrong with this scenario. Transformers: Miss girly girl does it, no problem. Live Free, or Die Hard: Mr. Willis grabs a handful of wires on a BMW 5 series. That car is not starting without a valid key, sorry. And no "assist" operator can start the car. Those wires are heavily armored on top of all that, you'd have to take a prybar to get to them. Rant over. What do you guys have?
The Hot, Clumsy Girl - Sandra Bullock is the master of falling down, but more and more chicks do it for a quick laugh. Chicks That Break Out In Song - Usually in a kitchen setting with a bunch of other ladies. Wet Streets - I noticed this big time watching Alvin and the Chipmunks with my kids. Virtually every shot of a car driving was on a wet road. The movie was set in LA, not in Seattle. Car commercials are notorious for this.
99% of the time when there's a storm in a movie, we see the lightning and hear the thunder simultaneously.
All computers can be easily hacked with a few keystrokes and the screen actually has a GUI showing messages like "Access Granted/Denied". No one ever pays for a cab fare and if they do then they have the exact change beforehand. The villain must always give elaborate speeches explaining in details his plans to destroy the world, which allows the hero enough time to mastermind his escape and save the world. A bomb must have a visible LED timer and two wires, one of which deactivates the device. There are countless more so check out this website http://www.moviecliches.com/
I hate it that everytime someone rides by on a bike they ring some stupid bell. Who has a freaking bell on their bike? I also hate it that on every TV show they have to call their parents father or mother. Not dad or mom. Father and mother.
Bad storytelling would be my main pet peeve. There are so many talented people in Hollywood (or so you would think) that all main-stream movies should be reasonably well done (i.e. good story without plot holes and believable dialog). However, there are SO many bad movies out there or movies that use special effects as the star. Independent movies where the director is trying to accomplish something that I just don't get get a pass because they are essentially experiments. But there is no excuse for action/adventure movies to be badly made. Examples of movies that should have been cool: I Am Legend - great beginning but it just sort of ends with all sorts of loose ends (i.e. no elaboration on the zombies getting smarter) Transformers - just a bunch of flying stuff that blows up. It looked amazing but was a real letdown. The Batman movies - Batman Begins was good; the older ones sucked
All action movies are totally implausible. I have to be in a great mood to enjoy one anymore, simply because the stunts/violence/bodily harm has gotten so totally unrealistic.
that is a big one, most movies with a car chase scene has wet pavement another one. Seeing some guy take repeated, bare knuckle, punches to the face with only minimal damage and who doesnt love the revolver firing 18 times( or in general, not relaoding any weapon)...although i have noticed that the more recent movies have done a better job with reloading
What about grenades that explode like they are Daisy Cutters? Is it really necessary for every explosion to be so over the top?
Legalos carrying only 8-10 arrows on his back, but firing off about 100 during once battle scene ......don't know why, but this bothered me more than anything i've seen in any other movie
Wow. My main two have been posted already. 1. Girl falls down. Ha Ha Ha. That is funny. Do it again! 2. Continual action scenes and nobody ever gets hurt. King Kong comes to mind.
