Kid Dabb Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Original 2006 thread HERE (Note: This link keeps disappearing, so I'm printing it here) http://forums.tcm.com/index.php?/topic/8504-movie-cliches/&do=findComment&comment=109310 This isn't exactly like "Arcane Phrases", it's more like arcane actions. A guy always removes his coat and covers the face of a dead character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr6666 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 like how, in movies, no matter what emergency, people always stop to put on a robe & slippers before going to the door & women always waking up perfectly made up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaveGirl Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Technically not a cliche, but happens in almost every movie. They run out of who knows where, and hail a cab and immediately one is available and pulls right up and then the cliche begins as they say "Follow that car". That never happens to me in New York city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Incorrect assumptions in romantic comedies. I saw him with that girl and ... it's revealed that he is the son of the bad guy and ... etc, etc., etc., as Yul Brynner would say. Followed by half an hour of the hero trying to reverse those assumptions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 like how, in movies, no matter what emergency, people always stop to put on a robe & slippers before going to the door & women always waking up perfectly made up? A woman is in a hospital bed after a car accident, surgery, being shot, dying, etc. and has a full face of makeup intact LOL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SansFin Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 A woman is in a hospital bed after a car accident, surgery, being shot, dying, etc. and has a full face of makeup intact LOL I believe that it must be remembered that make-up has changed greatly. It is today made to rub or rinse off with ease so as to require frequent reapplication. It is designed to be ephemeral so as to sell more product. Make-up in 1930s was much more durable. It was most often produced as sidelines by paint and spackle factories. This explains why some women looked as if their make-up has been applied by a plasterer. A common feature was that it was so very strong that it could with ease be burnished to a shine. To reduce this glare was reason women of the era had to step away to powder their noses. It required thick application of cold cream to soften the make-up so that it could be scrubbed off. It was often that a woman would have to wear cold cream to bed so as to allow time to dissolve last stubborn bits. I believe that it was common at the time that paint manufacturers would honor one-year guarantees on their paint, two-year guarantees on their varnishes, and three-year guarantees on their rouge. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 A woman yelling "let me go!" as she is being dragged away by ruffians. Like they're gonna change their minds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer5 Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 People are in a hurry to get somewhere and of course, when they pull up to the building they need to be at, there's an empty spot right in front of the building. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer5 Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 When a character consumes something with poison or a sleeping pill or what not, they immediately fall victim to its effects. No time for digestion apparently. I've noticed this multiple times in the movies I watched today. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EugeniaH Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Whenever a woman is running away from something, usually a monster, at one point she always falls to the ground. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer5 Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Whenever a woman is running away from something, usually a monster, at one point she always falls to the ground. Also, she's usually wearing white, no bra and it's always raining. Speaking of horror movie cliches... Whatever female character seems the most goody two shoes/virginal is usually the only one who will survive the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewhite2000 Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Even in modern movies, it never ceases to amaze me when a character in a car needs to go somewhere on a crowded street - a store, an office building, a library - they just pull right up in front of it and park. There's always an open space. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer5 Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 There's also the tension that is created when someone has just committed a crime (or done something that warrants a quick getaway) and their car won't start. It will usually start in the nick of time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 The bad guy, instead of simply offing the captured good guy on the spot, will devise some sort of drawn-out, fiendishly clever method of execution that will take enough time to allow the good guy to figure out his escape. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 The bad guy, instead of simply offing the captured good guy on the spot, will devise some sort of drawn-out, fiendishly clever method of execution that will take enough time to allow the good guy to figure out his escape. And while he is doing this he explains his plans and confesses his crimes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 The boyfriend introduces his girl to his best friend. The best friend (usually the marquee name) immediately takes a dislike to the girl and says there is no place for a woman on their mission/journey. This animosity continues for a good 40 minutes or so until they fall into each other's arms and smooch. The boyfriend meanwhile has the good grace to get himself killed and clear the path for true love between the two stars. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 The boyfriend introduces his girl to his best friend. The best friend (usually the marquee name) immediately takes a dislike to the girl and says there is no place for a woman on their mission/journey. This animosity continues for a good 40 minutes or so until they fall into each other's arms and smooch. The boyfriend meanwhile has the good grace to get himself killed and clear the path for true love between the two stars. Before I was married I made sure to only introduce the girl I was with to supporting actors! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bOb39 Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 When the good guy is breaking into the house, castle, cave or lair of the bad guy, he dispatches the sentries each with one knockout punch. But earlier in the movie, when he's in a fistfight with the bad guys, it's a knock-down, drag-out encounter with a dozen punches landing before the bad guy can't get back up. And... When he's punching out the sentries, he never takes their guns. Never! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet0312 Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Your gun runs out of bullets. What do you do? Throw the gun! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer5 Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Whenever something shocking or scandalous happens, the woman in the scene will faint. Women faint constantly in old films--so melodramatic. Lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palmerin Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 The bad guy, instead of simply offing the captured good guy on the spot, will devise some sort of drawn-out, fiendishly clever method of execution that will take enough time to allow the good guy to figure out his escape. Why do you think 007 has enjoyed such a long healthy life? Not exactly because he takes such good care of himself! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Someone goes to a fortune teller. Suddenly the fortune teller appears to see something disturbing and says they can say no more and begs the client to leave and leave quickly. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 In just about every circus movie a rival circus is responsible for sabotage and theft of the box office receipts putting the 'big show' in jeopardy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 When under intense enemy fire sometimes a slap in the face is all a coward needs to pull himself together. This works wonders for hysterical women too. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 When taking a bus through the mountains of Mexico or South America it is inevitable that the brakes will fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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