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Nine Tropes That Are Making Movies Insufferable

These overused ideas are making movies hard to watch, and trailers completely worthless.

5 days ago · 24.8k reads ·

People are going to the movie theater less often nowadays, and it's easy to see why. After the total collapse during the pandemic, people have re-evaluated how much they really enjoy seeing movies to begin with. And, since the big Hollywood studios have consolidated and become more conservative with their green lights, the seams are showing in nearly every major release.

Redditor u/Downtown_Summer5733 asked the r/Movies subreddit for some examples of extremely dated movie tropes, and a mountain of clichés formed quickly in the replies.

People are clearly tired of seeing the same old things.

We went through and picked out some of the most infuriating, overused trends that make the entire theater roll their eyes. And if you have a pet peeve of your own that didn't make the cut, be sure to shout it out in the comments.

Leaning on melodramatic covers has been cheesy for decades, but they still do it

Trailers for trailers need to end immediately

It's not an unexpected twist if every villain does the same thing

In reality, a little kid is pretty much never the solution to any pressing issue

Disasters don't suddenly fix busted relationships

Their metaphors aren't subtle in the least

When you introduce multiple timelines, it makes it so nothing ever matters

Rehashing quips over and over underlines how lazy Hollywood really is

We'd rather hit the restroom than sit through the credits for a stinger

Via u/Downtown_Summer5733.

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Comments

John Doe 1 day ago

Last minute third act piece of information is gleaned by the protagonist that nicely wraps up everything by eliminating all of the obvious suspects and incriminates a new suspect that was not obvious in the first two acts.