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Old 01-08-2015, 01:43 PM
 
Location: Louisville KY
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I've noticed, especially in not too serious, grindhouse, or action comedies recently that someone with a revolver in a shoot out, or taunting the hiding good guy, is pulling off 8-10 shots before reloading his six-shot revolver.
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Old 01-08-2015, 01:49 PM
 
Location: Coastal Georgia
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In every political series or movie, the Republican is always the villain or conniving weasel. I guess nobody is supposed to notice this? It just gets old.
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Old 01-08-2015, 02:31 PM
 
Location: Parts Unknown, Northern California
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In every political series or movie, the Republican is always the villain or conniving weasel. I guess nobody is supposed to notice this? It just gets old.
What about "Primary Colors?" Or how about Michael Ritchie's "The Candidate?" In that film the villain turns out to be the Democrat candidate's own ambition.
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Old 01-08-2015, 02:35 PM
 
Location: Parts Unknown, Northern California
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But car chases are always awesome. .
Not after one has seen 20,000 of them in the movies. I now fast forward through all car chases and fight scenes in any film I've rented.

I also fast forward through all stalking scenes, they are beyond tedious.
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Old 01-08-2015, 04:50 PM
 
Location: Chicagoland - Southeast
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The fact that the lead ALWAYS has to have a love interest. Doesn't get anymore cliché than that.
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Old 01-08-2015, 04:56 PM
 
Location: Texas
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Not after one has seen 20,000 of them in the movies. I now fast forward through all car chases and fight scenes in any film I've rented.

I also fast forward through all stalking scenes, they are beyond tedious.
I am so with you.
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Old 01-08-2015, 05:00 PM
 
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How about when they do shoot someone six times in close quarters, then carry on a conversation like their ears wouldn't be ringing.

The first girl to show her goodies is the first to die.

The cell phone that is always out of service area or the battery is dead.

"Found footage" movies (Blair Witch, Cloverfield (which I did enjoy) V.H.S etc).

Hackers breaking into secure computers in seconds.
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Old 01-08-2015, 05:20 PM
 
Location: Upstate NY 🇺🇸
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I wasn't trying to bait stereotypes, it was more or less my understanding of the Indian roles in westerns rather than villains. Typically they are heroes, if only as a sidekick.
I know; I was just kidding.
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Old 01-08-2015, 10:15 PM
 
Location: Parts Unknown, Northern California
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Any action movie involving train travel will at some point feature someone jumping from car to car on top of the train.

In any love story that begins with one of them already engaged to someone else, that someone else will always turn out to be wealthy, but insufferable, condescending, intolerant, smug...never likable.


And there is always an open parking space right where it is needed.
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Old 01-09-2015, 08:59 AM
 
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Cops never make it on time. They always makes it at the end when it's already over! And the fakest thing about it is, they just let the hero walk away like it's no big deal. Seriously? Buildings up in flames, bullets everywhere, dead bodies everywhere and cops have no idea who this guy walking towards them or walking past them and they just let him go? Try doing that in real life! You get shot!
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