If we're including visual cliches: a shot down a long corridor where the ceiling lights go on (or off) in sequence, each accompanied by a 'doosh' sound.
In romantic comedies there's almost always that moment half an hour or so from the end where the romantic leads fall out over a ridiculous misunderstanding before ultimately getting together in time for the end of the film.
No sports movie would be complete without the classic training sequence as seen here in Rocky III where the athlete or team are put through their paces to a cheesy musical accompaniment.
Typically they start the sequence rusty, with poor technique, out of shape etc. but after a short montage they are transformed into lean, mean sporting machines. Here's another example from the latest Karate Kid.
'You're not the first you know'
'Sorry?'
'You won't be so pretty in a few years, then it'll be someone else..oh, he did't tell you did he, about me, the children'
'Excuse me, I need to be somewhere...'
El Tel wrote: No sports movie would be complete without the classic training sequence as seen here in Rocky III where the athlete or team are put through their paces to a cheesy musical accompaniment.
Typically they start the sequence rusty, with poor technique, out of shape etc. but after a short montage they are transformed into lean, mean sporting machines. Here's another example from the latest Karate Kid.
No sports movie would be complete without the classic training sequence as seen here in Rocky III where the athlete or team are put through their paces to a cheesy musical accompaniment.
Typically they start the sequence rusty, with poor technique, out of shape etc. but after a short montage they are transformed into lean, mean sporting machines. Here's another example from the latest Karate Kid.
Romantic comedies are an interesting form. The audience knows how it will end within the first few minutes of the film - what's funny, or not, and enjoyable, or not, is seeing how they get there. They're usually crap, but not always.
Reed John wrote: Romantic comedies are an interesting form. The audience knows how it will end within the first few minutes of the film - what's funny, or not, and enjoyable, or not, is seeing how they get there. They're usually crap, but not always.
The one with Alec Baldwin and Meryl Streep a few years back was all right. Can't remember what it was called. Baldwin stole it; I've realised I don't particularly like the way Meryl Streep does rom com. As Good As It Gets was OK too.
Reed John wrote: Romantic comedies are an interesting form. The audience knows how it will end within the first few minutes of the film - what's funny, or not, and enjoyable, or not, is seeing how they get there. They're usually crap, but not always.
I'd give anything for the arrest and prosecution by law of any screenwriter, producer, director and star who consents to film another 'villain who walks away nonchalantly from explosion as it happens behind him' sequence.
When that particular cliche happens, they might as well add the end credit disclaimer 'no original ideas or concepts were used or devised during the making of this film'.
ian.64 wrote: I'd give anything for the arrest and prosecution by law of any screenwriter, producer, director and star who consents to film another 'villain who walks away nonchalantly from explosion as it happens behind him' sequence.
This one happens at a films climax: Baddie has good guy #1 held at gunpoint and is about to kill him. You hear a gunshot and you're tricked into thinking for a split second that baddie has killed good guy #1. But no! Baddie slumps to the floor dying rather than gg#1. Then the camera pans to good guy #2 (who we haven't seen for the past 10 minutes of the movie) who we now know shot baddie in the back just in time to save his compadre. Hooray!
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