Of those #5 was the most annoying. Thankfully, I think it finally died.

Awesome.

Yeah, #5 is annoying.

This was brilliant and its so real, that fadeto black shit has caused me to trip a few times, but not so much to make me fall over completely so I can get eaten by the chain saw weilding zombie, whom I can ever sweet talk to why I plot his downfall. Failing that theres the slow motion Matrix replay where I can just duck and dodge the chainsaw or bullet, forget how impossible that actually is.

stupid villains is so true. such an old cliche. also stupid characters in general. like in the dark knight... they've got the joker locked up, and some dumbass has to mess around and let him get out.

I can tell that this guy has never worked as a teacher, lol. If you keep teaching until the bell rings, you're being disorganized? Quite the opposite, you're supposed to do that. And it's not just a movie cliche that the kids run out immediately when they hear the bell. That's standard in real life, especially among younger students.

The cliche that bugs me the most among these is the one about whispering. It's just really lazy directing to put people within hearing distance and keep the whisperer's voice too high. Plus let them actually whisper! Not just speak in a low voice.

Did you notice that almost all of the examples are from really shitty movies?

The movie trailer ones they cite don't really bother me. What does bother me about trailers is when they go on and on and give away all the movie.

Genesia said:

Did you notice that almost all of the examples are from really shitty movies?

Yes

Horror films have the WORST clichés

"omg... i just heard a noise outside omg its the killer he's here he's gonna kill me oh its a cat"

"omg it really is the killer this time, lets run upstairs"

"who is the killer? well it turns out it was the trusted authority official or that quiet friend that everybody pitied"

The clip mentions the stupid villain, but the stupid hero bothers me even more--when the hero has the gun or weapon and could easily just kill the villain but doesn't. They usually say something like, "Take one step closer and I'll shoot!" and the villain replies, "You won't shoot. You can't shoot me." I'm always thinking, I'm pretty wimpy but I could still shoot.

Nice!

Richard Roeper had some of these, too. I can only remember two and they are related:

1) If someone coughs in a movie, they are never just coughing, it is the first sign they are going to die from illness.

2) If someone is not at class they show the empty chair. That person is not sick, they are dead or in serious danger of dying.

I absolutely hate movie trailer cliches. Like the fades... or the beating heart... or the narrator "In a world..."

The whole idea of speeding up the rhythm of the cuts with a music crescendo then hitting the title screen then snap back for one more one liner or shocking bit...

I HATE IT.

It's so old.

I so much prefer the teaser trailer. Especially when it's specially shot stuff just for a teaser trailer.

For example the Spielberg version of War of the Worlds had a great teaser trailer that contains footage that is not within the movie....

#11 The Coroner. It seems that in movies Coroners are always eating (most times a sandwich). It's like cops always go to the morgue around lunch time.

#9 -- The car won't start

THIS^ one pissed me off the most over the years of watching movies.