Listen, there's plenty of movie clichés that make us groan, like, immediately. You might even find yourself shouting at the screen, "THIS HAS BEEN DONE BEFORE!"
U/Difficult-Praline554 recently asked the people of Reddit, "What do you hate in movies?" Hollywood, take note — maybe you can avoid throwing some of these in there next time around:
1. "I'm tired of all the 15-year-olds that act like they're retirement age. It's not bad to act like a kid. If there's precocious, pretentious kids in a movie, it makes me want to turn off the screen and look for something else to watch."
2. "**Science dude says a lot of science-y stuff and technical words longer than two syllables** Hero: 'IN ENGLISH PLEASE!'"
—u/dragonphlegm
3. "Choppy fight scenes and action scenes being 10 times louder than other scenes."
4. "The sound of thunder at the exact moment of lightning."
—u/telarium
5. "They don't lock doors."
—u/rendnez
6. "I’ve worked in restaurants and bars for nearly 15 years now. The fact that kitchen managers and executive chefs have enough time for a healthy social life in movies is just ridiculous."
7. "When actors 'pretend' to be carrying or drinking obvious empty cups. Christ, have your prop master pour 4 to 8 ounces of plaster before securing the lid."
8. "Terrible fight scenes where the protagonists are conveniently only attacked by one enemy at a time, while the others just gawk or are 'recovering.' I also have a special hatred for CGI background characters that are moving, but definitely not fighting."
—u/kthulhu666
9. "They don't say 'Goodbye' on phone calls."
10. "When the dog dies."
—u/Elizaminx
11. "Someone's having a good life, but everyone keeps telling them they're not complete until they get married and have kids."
—u/Gold-Ranger
12. "Too much CGI. It's getting worse because audiences don't seem to care so they're not even trying to make it better."
—u/DJMoneybeats
13. "When people open up their phone to text someone and there are no messages above. It looks like a whole new conversation."
14. "Over-explaining. I know the audience is only as smart as its dumbest member, but I want to be able to catch on to little clues or nuances without the cast outright narrating everything that’s going on. I have eyes. Please let me use them."
—u/Water_edd0wn
15. "Writers not doing the bare minimum of research into the movie's topics. I can't watch any medical or hospital-based TV shows or films because the inaccuracies just blow out any suspension of disbelief. In the last movie I watched, the patient's oxygen mask was attached to a urinary catheter."
16. "All spies and whistleblowers meet on a bench in the park."
—u/New-Ad3222
17. "When they need to draw blood for a ritual, and they cut their palm. Why would you do that????"
18. "People being knocked unconscious by being hit over the head and then just going on with life with no actual negative effects. TBIs are no joke."
—u/tiessa73
19. "I hate how animals must be making sounds at all times. If you see a horse, it has to whinny. A dog must bark, whine, or growl, even though there is nothing to provoke these reactions."
—u/Johnny_West
20. "Actors taking off glasses for emphasis and theatrics. Most people who wear corrective lenses aren't just taking them off all the time to show emotion."
—u/manbearwall
Agree? Disagree? Have your own additions? See you in the comments!
Note: Some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity.