wolfhowwl
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But what else would you say when someone is shooting at you with a common anti-vehicle weapon?
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I'm sorry...me too, common movie lines that annoy you
- Thread starter TheDanger
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But what else would you say when someone is shooting at you with a common anti-vehicle weapon?
It depends if it's japanese or western.
You thinking of Vin Diesel aren't ya.
oh that's a good one like at least say videogame or whatever
To me it always seems like the writer going back and making sure even the slowest viewer is on the right page. IE"Don't you see?" followed by an impatient explanation is reasonable enough. So, no, I don't see the problem with this one.
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' Don't you see? The monster was laying it's eggs in the corpses the whole time. '
Or
' Don't you see? He was using your joint account to funnel funds from his arms dealing operations. '
K Clue iXi
Member
This.
brainzelda
Member
"If you kill him, you're no better than he is!"
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modernmalady
Member
Female Character: Why won't you let me do [thing]? I bet it's cause I'm a woman!
Male character: No. It's because [reason].
Female Character: [defeated facial expressions]
Whenever I hear this type of exchange in a film I feel like the writer said "that'll show them!" as he wrote the lines.
Male character: No. It's because [reason].
Female Character: [defeated facial expressions]
Whenever I hear this type of exchange in a film I feel like the writer said "that'll show them!" as he wrote the lines.
TheTylerRob
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Pretty sure it's a quirk of translating Japanese to English. Constant affirmations are polite in Japanese.
Vinegar Joe
Member
Not really a line as such, but the fact that characters rarely if ever say goodbye at the end of a phone call.
Rude fucks.
Rude fucks.
Rushersauce
Banned
Wrong hole!
Yeap. Potentially a guy killed many, many innocent people and will do anything in his power to kill even more, and you would be as bad as him for stopping him for good. Never bought that, never will.
dragonchild
Banned
Not sure if that exchange ever bothered me in particular when I heard it because if it's not used in a fitting context, Mission Undermine Female Character sure don't start or stop there. It's kind of like, if you're driving through Ohio so of course you're busting your ass to GTFO of Ohio, you don't stop and go, "Dayton! Now that's the last straw!"
Pisses me off less than, while it's not a line, it seems early on in any plot Faux Action Girl always has to attack a man unprovoked to prove her toughness cred. Usually the man says something stupid to "deserve it" just before getting hurt so it's not like I feel sympathy for the character, but it's almost always a sure sign that the Faux Action Girl is in fact Faux Action Girl and will accomplish nothing of importance, ever. Not to mention it doesn't even accomplish the intent. It doesn't prove she's tough; all it does is show poor impulse control.
Oh sweet FSM you're right and this is what this thread is all about but I do wish you hadn't mentioned that.
This is a translation quirk; "ganbarimasu" is basically a casual formality for which English has no convenient equivalent.
Rhomega Beta
Member
Even Scooby-Doo had fun with this by having Shaggy's echo answer back "Nooo."
DodgyGeezerFella
Member
"Hey"
"Hey"
"Hey"
TheGreatDirector
Banned
"You're insane."
The least creative insult in film.
The least creative insult in film.
Soul of the Beast
Member
Character gives detailed explanation about a very specific topic that they previously expressed no knowledge of.
*all other characters shoot a bemused look*
Character nonchalantly gives random explanation for knowledge.
Example:
Character: "This looks like the work of the Xabitha tribe, who originated from Blahblahland in the 14th century. Note the distinct markings."
*everyone else stares*
Character: "What? Oh, I took a night school course in ancient civilisations in between my police work."
For night school, also see university minor, read a book or "I had a family member/friend who knew about this."
I really don't need justification for a character knowing things. I'm quite happy to accept characters acquire general knowledge and intellectual tidbits like everyone in real life.
Another that irks me:
Minor character: "That piece of jewellery is incredible, it must be worth £100,000!
Know-it-all main character: "£103,452 actually.
Or:
Secondary character: "That building must be 50ft high!"
Know-it-all main character: "52ft and 3in to be precise."
It doesn't impress me. It makes the main character look like a jerk for being a smart ass and stealing someone else's thunder after a very close estimate.
*all other characters shoot a bemused look*
Character nonchalantly gives random explanation for knowledge.
Example:
Character: "This looks like the work of the Xabitha tribe, who originated from Blahblahland in the 14th century. Note the distinct markings."
*everyone else stares*
Character: "What? Oh, I took a night school course in ancient civilisations in between my police work."
For night school, also see university minor, read a book or "I had a family member/friend who knew about this."
I really don't need justification for a character knowing things. I'm quite happy to accept characters acquire general knowledge and intellectual tidbits like everyone in real life.
Another that irks me:
Minor character: "That piece of jewellery is incredible, it must be worth £100,000!
Know-it-all main character: "£103,452 actually.
Or:
Secondary character: "That building must be 50ft high!"
Know-it-all main character: "52ft and 3in to be precise."
It doesn't impress me. It makes the main character look like a jerk for being a smart ass and stealing someone else's thunder after a very close estimate.
Trigonometrize.
Member
Not really a line, but characters do not nearly laugh as much as they should at other characters' jokes. No one ever laughs. Ever.
Every scene with Joe West in The Flash.
Also the hallway of drama: "Hey can we talk?"
Admiral Woofington
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"the world is changing"
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or
"Go left!"
*turns left*
"NOT YOUR LEFT. MY LEFT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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or
"Go left!"
*turns left*
"NOT YOUR LEFT. MY LEFT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
I'm particularly irritated by the sort of unnatural exposition that happens if a character needs to suddenly move to another location for the purposes of the plot, so they decide to film something like a car arriving at said location with a rushed voiceover explaining why they've gone there.
I first noticed it in Hannibal, when a car is filmed arriving at Paul Krendler's summer house and he appears in a quick voiceover, leaving a message for his secretary to tell her (and the audience) where he's going. It felt shoehorned into the story.
At least they didn't have the camera cut to family photographs in the living room to explain where Hannibal and Clarice were.
Fancyarcher
Member
"YOU SAW THIS IS COMING!" - yeah I think we get it.
DonMigs85
Member
Yeah this is what I noticed too. But they would be labeled bad actors if they did that, ironically
Subway Diet
Member
What are you doing here?
I could ask you the same thing!
I could ask you the same thing!
DragoonKain
Neighbours from Hell
Since all the other ones I came in to post were already posted, this isn't a specific line per se, it's usually a variant of lines, but:
When Character A is trying to get Character B to open up about their secret, and Character A is sooo cloooose.... to getting it out of them
Character A: So what really happened? You know everything you tell me stays with me, right?
Character B: *pauses* Forget it, I better get going....
Then an hour later in the movie they tell them in a super emotional scene.
When Character A is trying to get Character B to open up about their secret, and Character A is sooo cloooose.... to getting it out of them
Character A: So what really happened? You know everything you tell me stays with me, right?
Character B: *pauses* Forget it, I better get going....
Then an hour later in the movie they tell them in a super emotional scene.
miller.skippins
Banned
"Because of Love, Harry. Love" - Dumbledore in the 1st Harry Potter movie to Harry
I got a HUGE beef with having deus ex machine being the 'power of love' and that it can trumps all.
I got a HUGE beef with having deus ex machine being the 'power of love' and that it can trumps all.
thefragrance
Member
You ok?
IT'S NOTHING I'M FINE
Bu-
I SAID I'M OK
IT'S NOTHING I'M FINE
Bu-
I SAID I'M OK
LookAtMeGo
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CaviarMeths
Member
Really clunky dialogue where it's far too obvious that the characters are speaking to the audience, not each other.
"Where is it?"
"The Clean Slate? Where you type in someone's name, date of birth... in a few minutes they're gone. Every piece of data on earth."
Thanks, dude that Catwoman is threatening. That's really helpful information for me, the viewer. Not sure why you're telling Catwoman this though.
"Where is it?"
"The Clean Slate? Where you type in someone's name, date of birth... in a few minutes they're gone. Every piece of data on earth."
Thanks, dude that Catwoman is threatening. That's really helpful information for me, the viewer. Not sure why you're telling Catwoman this though.
Herr Starr
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This thread is fascinating to me since I'm writing a novel and trying my hardest to avoid cliches. Luckily, it seems like I've avoided pretty much every single one mentioned in this thread (except for a brief "I'm sorry" followed by "So am I", but I feel like it's earned), but there are numerous others that most of us just forget about. MS Word is actually pretty good at noticing these and warning you that you're writing a cliche, which is helpful.
Oh, and let me just add my vote for "we're not so different, you and I". It's one of the most lazy bad guy quotes ever, and it's pretty much never correct or thought-provoking the way the quote implies that it should be.
Oh, and let me just add my vote for "we're not so different, you and I". It's one of the most lazy bad guy quotes ever, and it's pretty much never correct or thought-provoking the way the quote implies that it should be.
it's 'un' and means yes or ok or an affirmative and you can say it without moving your mouth similar to our 'mhm'
MetalGearZed
Member
Male character and Female character who have secret crushes on each other slowly lean in to kiss for the first time in a room alone
oblivious Friend character interrupts by busting in room immediately spouting some random information or "You guys should come see this" not noticing the two characters that were obviously about to make
Love birds try to play it off and decide to let that kiss wait until the plot is resolved or one of them starts dying. whichever comes first
oblivious Friend character interrupts by busting in room immediately spouting some random information or "You guys should come see this" not noticing the two characters that were obviously about to make
Love birds try to play it off and decide to let that kiss wait until the plot is resolved or one of them starts dying. whichever comes first
Freeza Under The Shower
Member
but that's one of the good ones!