When a character is trying to hold on to something and says ‘I got it, I got it…I ain’t got it!’
4 Likes
When something takes exactly three attempts e.g. breaking down a door or hooking keys to open a jail cell
3 Likes
when someone rings their superior and says “boss, get down here now… you gotta see this!” and then refuses to elaborate further until the next scene
3 Likes
Drunk guy looking at his bottle as Superman / Santa /The Snowman goes past
(as also observed by Limmy, I know)
9 Likes
If two characters are talking in a car and the camera switches from the usual through the front window shot to a side view. That means a car is going to come out of nowhere and ram into them.
7 Likes
When a character says the name of the film, like “Face off” or “Dude, where’s my car?” or “Titanic”.
7 Likes
Or ‘St Trinian’s 2: The Legend of Fritton’s Gold’
5 Likes
A load of dirty old shagging
Edit: just kidding, i like silly jokes that i dont expect from the genre of film I’m watching. If a film makes me laugh out loud even once i find it difficult to dislike it.
2 Likes
when a widow/widower lives with his or her daughter of marriagable age, and they both have to come to the bittersweet realisation that it is time for a suitable spouse to be found for her, even though it means leaving the widow/widower to live alone, and the daughter is perhaps not ready for marriage
2 Likes
Nudity. I know I can go look at naked people on the internet at any time, but it feels like more of a treat when it’s in a normal film.
Also the THX sound.
That’s it though, only two things I like about films.
2 Likes
As someone else said, when they mention the name of the film in dialogue.
When sex happens off screen or is just implied. Feel like most sex scenes in films are a waste of time.
When the characters in the film go to a landmark/location that you have visited.
In old, mainly foreign movies from the 40s and 50s, when they just suddenly end. Nothing like “fin/the end” just popping up out of nowhere.
3 Likes
When the film cuts to stock footage of trains going through tunnels, rockets taking off etc
10 Likes
When it cuts to a character saying ‘that was nice sex!’
6 Likes
When a character is sitting down eating a whole roast chicken and they’ve got a chicken leg in their hand and they use that greasy chicken leg to point at the person they’re talking to
10 Likes
When it’s an action film starring Annie, dolph or JCVD and they give them a name like Dutch, French or Ruskie to instantly explain away the accent.
1 Like
When a character who we have previously seen practicing martial arts is belittled, berated, insulted and maybe even physically abused but does not react to the provocation.
Then the attackers turn their attention to a coworker or family member…
1 Like
Big fan of that scene when two characters have a hug after some sort of disagreement and you find out their true feelings as the camera pans round to show their face(s):
- Character A smiles and buries head in Character B’s neck - happy, disagreement over
- Character A stares into middle distance - still troubled
Sometimes, even if Character A is happy, the camera pans all the way round to show that Character B is still very much troubled…
2 Likes
When the credits appear about 90 minutes after the opening scene.
5 Likes
Breaking the fourth wall.