This one really gets to me...similarly, "Don't you get it??"
also, "how're you holding up?"
or, "hey, little brother" (there are other ways to communicate your relationship to the audience, you know)
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I'm sorry...me too, common movie lines that annoy you
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This one really gets to me...similarly, "Don't you get it??"
also, "how're you holding up?"
or, "hey, little brother" (there are other ways to communicate your relationship to the audience, you know)
Man-is-Obsolete
Member
Some variation of "I could kill you now, but I want to make you suffer".
"There is nothing we can do."
"There's still something I must do."
"I knew you would return, brother."
"You and I, we are not that different."
"One day, perhaps, you will understand."
"I have lived too long to not know this day would come."
"The pride of men slaughtering each other in the name of their so-called God."
"We will atone for our sins in time."
"My kind are no more evil than yours."
"I have always known."
"Men were never meant to live this life."
"There shall come a day when all our burdens will end, brother. Maybe then, we shall know true peace."
"There's still something I must do."
"I knew you would return, brother."
"You and I, we are not that different."
"One day, perhaps, you will understand."
"I have lived too long to not know this day would come."
"The pride of men slaughtering each other in the name of their so-called God."
"We will atone for our sins in time."
"My kind are no more evil than yours."
"I have always known."
"Men were never meant to live this life."
"There shall come a day when all our burdens will end, brother. Maybe then, we shall know true peace."
These are all quotes from the ending of The Order: 1886.
(Something strange, terrible, or incredible happens to Main character)
Side Character (who main character has no reason not to trust): "What happened?"
Maim Character: "... Nothing... Let's keep going like nothing happened"
(Cue terrible event that happens as a result of not communicating)
Side Character (who main character has no reason not to trust): "What happened?"
Maim Character: "... Nothing... Let's keep going like nothing happened"
(Cue terrible event that happens as a result of not communicating)
I feel that the last few times I heard this it was thrown in as a joke. But maybe that's because I've been avoiding the sort of movie that would use such a line.
Man we'd be here all day I we were listing overused tropes in anime. These two are some of my most hated.
Orbis Tabula
Member
"English, please?" in response to technobabble. I have this just searing irrational hatred for that cliché. It's fucking terrible.
Vincent Grayson
Member
But that's how people talk.
gutter_trash
Banned
"we don't have enough time"
"we are running out of time"
"we are running out of time"
Conciliator
Banned
this is a great thread, you guys have lots of good examples
that said I want that say that some of "no time to explain" or "it's complicated" stuff is not laziness, it's brevity/efficiency. Movies longer than 2 hours are lame now, and when big movies actually are longer than 2 hours these days it's just to fit more metal-crushing wubs in(see: Transformers). I think focus groups decided they don't like things explained or taking a break for char development, stuff has gotta MOVE. So that's what you get. Goofy char dev during action scenes like in Marvel movies, or "no time to explain."
that said I want that say that some of "no time to explain" or "it's complicated" stuff is not laziness, it's brevity/efficiency. Movies longer than 2 hours are lame now, and when big movies actually are longer than 2 hours these days it's just to fit more metal-crushing wubs in(see: Transformers). I think focus groups decided they don't like things explained or taking a break for char development, stuff has gotta MOVE. So that's what you get. Goofy char dev during action scenes like in Marvel movies, or "no time to explain."
Fucking this. Much more annoying than the other examples itt cause this is everywhere in manga and anime.
For some reason I have no idea what this one is about, though. Can't remember any grunting and nodding women.
Maybe you're in a movie.
The only thing that drives me nuts is when characters discuss their plan during the operation itself, because the director wanted to save time and not show the planning meeting. I can understand not showing planning, it removes suspense, etc., but NO ONE goes over the entire details of their plan WHILE DOING IT.
Davey Cakes
Member
Someone's been watching Attack on Titan.
Was going to say this too. Seems like I do hear it in American films now and then, but definitely more often in Japanese games and in anime. It's out of control.
But... say you weren't in a horror movie, isn't that at least a moderately logical thing to say? Like you're in a supposedly empty place at night and hear a floorboard creak or something. Either someone replies and hey everything's good, or they don't and you take a look?
Or is this after the character has watched all their friends get brutally murdered and already knows there are Bad Things On the Loose?
Lord_Balkan
Member
It's a language thing. Just saying the other person's name carries more emotional weight in Japan than it does in western languages. Why that is i'm not exactly sure (possibly related to why Japanese so often make a direct reference to the subject of a sentence).
DodgyGeezerFella
Member
"The way I see it" said the same way every time like they are some wise philosophical badass.
MugiwaraCole
Member
"You did it."
"No...we did it."
"No...we did it."
The Jackdog
Member
WHY DONT PEOPLE SAY GOODBYE ON THE PHONE
Shavaunne1
Member
"i'm coming with you"
i mean its so annoying cause this person is more than likely gonna be useless
i mean its so annoying cause this person is more than likely gonna be useless
MudoSkills
Volcano High Alumnus (Cum Laude)
Any variation of the line 'you're stronger than you know'.
Elaborating on the "we're the same you and I" thing. I actually have more distaste for "I'm NOTHING like YOU" rebuttal from the protagonist. In some cases the characters truly are like each other, different sides of the same coin and I get that the protag will have a distaste and hate for the villain but I would welcome the ability to accept the fact that they sometimes are a lot like their villain. It doesn't mean they're as bad as the villain or anything, that's not usually the point.
Betta Lines
Member
I don't understand the OP's example.
somecrazymember
Banned
End of movie, scene ending with a hug : 'I love you daddy/mommy' - I love you too
Cheapest stuff ever.
Cheapest stuff ever.
MeshuggahMan
Member
I can't stand "oh my god" and all its variations. It just feels so damn lazy. Mix it up a bit!
PandaShake
Member
You have to tell someone something important over the phone like a hidden explosive, but you preface it with a long ass rambling like "listen, you need to listen!" and the other as no patience and hangs up.