Favorite movie cliches/tropes

[snake]

Here are mine
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-Badass entrances (Reservoir Dogs)

-Movie takes place in a singular location (12 Angry Men)

-Cheery song plays over something not so cheery (Hip To Be Square in American Psycho, Stuck In The Middle in Reservoir Dogs)

-Movie has good worldbuilding and lore

-Movie has goofy things and plays them straight without adding "realism" (Mad Max 2, The Warriors, Fury Road, Pulp Fiction, Speed Racer)

[AT-Man]

[ToTheNines]

I'm a sucker villains getting decapitated.

[Shark_Blade]

Good guy is actually bad guy routine.

[snake]

Originally Posted by Shark_Blade

Good guy is actually bad guy routine.

Like The Usual Suspects?

[plastroncafe]

I love me a good reluctant hero, or a protagonist in an existential crisis.
Competent Comic Relief is a must.
Also villains who leave their mustache twirling at the door. Show me that they think they're the hero in their own story.

[snake]

Originally Posted by plastroncafe

I love me a good reluctant hero, or a protagonist in an existential crisis.
Competent Comic Relief is a must.
Also villains who leave their mustache twirling at the door. Show me that they think they're the hero in their own story.

Avatar TLA executes those perfectly

[plastroncafe]

Originally Posted by snake

Avatar TLA executes those perfectly

RIGHT?!
Well...except for Ozai, who does nothing but mustache twirl. But he's voiced by Mark Hamill, so that's okay. (But man, what a wasted opportunity in the comics...)

[snake]

Originally Posted by plastroncafe

RIGHT?!
Well...except for Ozai, who does nothing but mustache twirl. But he's voiced by Mark Hamill, so that's okay. (But man, what a wasted opportunity in the comics...)

Ozai's fine for me lol. You gotta have atleast one totally bad dude

[plastroncafe]

Originally Posted by snake

Ozai's fine for me lol. You gotta have atleast one totally bad dude

I think in the context of the show he's fine, because we see what his father is like, so clearly....the apple isn't going to fall far from that tree.

But he's like malicious for no reason in the comics. I was going to say a kiddie-level of Joffrey malicious, but that would imply Azulon was related to his wife....which, huh. They never strictly say they aren't siblings.

And it would explain why Azulon specifically goes looking for Ursa.....
HEADCANON ACCEPTED!

[CyberCubed]

I like lesbian moments that aren't really lesbian moments. Subtle lesbianism is the best.

[plastroncafe]

The word you're looking for is queerbaiting.

[snake]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I like lesbian moments that aren't really lesbian moments. Subtle lesbianism is the best.

Helps you crank the ol' cybercube right?

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I like lesbian moments that aren't really lesbian moments. Subtle lesbianism is the best.

Like what, two straight women having a lesbian-like moment on camera in order to get a bulge in a guy's pants? That stuff should just stay in porn.

[TLP]

"Noooooooooooooo!!"

[Allio]

Originally Posted by Prowler

Like what, two straight women having a lesbian-like moment on camera in order to get a bulge in a guy's pants? That stuff should just stay in porn.

would that be considering cucking?

[snake]

Originally Posted by Allio

would that be considering cucking?

Spoiler:

Someone call?

[ProactiveMan]

Originally Posted by ToTheNines

I'm a sucker villains getting decapitated.

Me too; or total, visceral explosion. I like a good high fall onto a sharp object as well; the stupider and more unnecessary the better. My favourite example is probably Sudden Impact, where Dirty Harry shoots the bad guy off a rollercoaster, through a glass skylight, and onto the absurdly long horn of a merry-go-round unicorn.

[Allio]

the crazy guy was right all along.

[The Deadman]

Would "the black guy having to die first in a horror movie" count as one?