Movie cliches...Where would the film industry be without them? We don't know but we'd like to find out. Everyone recognizes them when they see them. We roll our eyes and write annoyed posts on the internet about the lazy scriptwriting. Cinelinx has collected the 50 worst movie cliches. Come in to see part one of our list.
The Extra-large Air Vent:
If the hero is locked in a room by the bad guys, there is a usually a huge air vent in the wall, big enough to crawl through. And better still, the front grill is not screwed into the wall. It can easily be removed with no tools.
Binoculars Views:
When we see point-of-view shot through binoculars in films, we will invariably see that double-o shape, although if you’ve ever looked through real binoculars, you won’t see that.
The Lethal Cough:
Coughing in a film indicates a terminal disease.
The Extra-large Air Vent:
If the hero is locked in a room by the bad guys, there is a usually a huge air vent in the wall, big enough to crawl through. And better still, the front grill is not screwed into the wall. It can easily be removed with no tools.
Binoculars Views:
When we see point-of-view shot through binoculars in films, we will invariably see that double-o shape, although if you’ve ever looked through real binoculars, you won’t see that.
The Lethal Cough:
Coughing in a film indicates a terminal disease.
- 3/14/2016
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Rob Young)
- Cinelinx
Chicago – Is there ever an end to the Young Adult Dystopia genre (“Hunger Games,” “Maze Runner,” etc.)? Or are we cursed with the end of the world every year, if it weren’t for those meddling kids? “The 5th Wave” is the latest adaptation, and if you haven’t read the source novel, good luck following it.
Rating: 2.5/5.0
Yep, this is for fans of the book only, this time written by Rick Yancey, if that’s his real name. Instead of vampires or hunger or mazes, this time it’s space aliens (so obvious for the picking, good job Rick Y!). The numeric “wave” in the title refers to the step-by-step infiltration of the alien presence (1st, 2nd, etc.). At the 5th Wave, there is confrontation, and who better to confront those nasty invaders than a kid army and cute-as-a-button Chloë Grace Moretz. There is no subtlety in “The 5th Wave,...
Rating: 2.5/5.0
Yep, this is for fans of the book only, this time written by Rick Yancey, if that’s his real name. Instead of vampires or hunger or mazes, this time it’s space aliens (so obvious for the picking, good job Rick Y!). The numeric “wave” in the title refers to the step-by-step infiltration of the alien presence (1st, 2nd, etc.). At the 5th Wave, there is confrontation, and who better to confront those nasty invaders than a kid army and cute-as-a-button Chloë Grace Moretz. There is no subtlety in “The 5th Wave,...
- 1/23/2016
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Part I. A Filmmaker’s Apotheosis
April 20th, 1938 marked Adolf Hitler’s 49th birthday. In the past five years, he’d rebuilt Germany from destitute anarchy into a burgeoning war machine, repudiated the Versailles Treaty and, that March, incorporated Austria into his Thousand-Year Reich. In Nazi Germany, fantasy co-mingled with ideology, expressing an obsession with Germany’s mythical past through propaganda and art. Fittingly, Hitler celebrated at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin, Germany’s most prestigious cinema.
There, Nazi officials and foreign diplomats joined dignitaries of German kultur. Present were Wilhelm Furtwangler, conductor of Berlin’s Philharmonic Orchestra; Albert Speer, Hitler’s architect and confidante; actor Gustaf Grundgens, transformed from Brechtian Bolshevik to director of Prussia’s State Theater; and movie star Emil Jannings, Oscar-winner of The Lost Command and The Blue Angel, now an Artist of the State. Also Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels, who nationalized German cinema in...
April 20th, 1938 marked Adolf Hitler’s 49th birthday. In the past five years, he’d rebuilt Germany from destitute anarchy into a burgeoning war machine, repudiated the Versailles Treaty and, that March, incorporated Austria into his Thousand-Year Reich. In Nazi Germany, fantasy co-mingled with ideology, expressing an obsession with Germany’s mythical past through propaganda and art. Fittingly, Hitler celebrated at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin, Germany’s most prestigious cinema.
There, Nazi officials and foreign diplomats joined dignitaries of German kultur. Present were Wilhelm Furtwangler, conductor of Berlin’s Philharmonic Orchestra; Albert Speer, Hitler’s architect and confidante; actor Gustaf Grundgens, transformed from Brechtian Bolshevik to director of Prussia’s State Theater; and movie star Emil Jannings, Oscar-winner of The Lost Command and The Blue Angel, now an Artist of the State. Also Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels, who nationalized German cinema in...
- 7/8/2015
- by Christopher Saunders
- SoundOnSight
Mark looks back at the much-reviled Matrix sequels and asks: what went wrong?
Feature
This article contains spoilers for the Matrix trilogy.
It seem like a long time ago to some of our younger readers, but those who were there will remember that 2003 was branded “the year of the Matrix” by Warner Bros. Four years after the first film knocked everybody's socks off, Andy and Lana Wachowski made two sequels, an animated anthology, a video game and numerous other tie-ins to expand upon a world that was only hinted at in the original.
The Matrix Reloaded became the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time when it was released in May and held that record until the following Easter's The Passion Of The Christ. A vitriolic critical reception and bad word of mouth undercut any chance that the final instalment, The Matrix Revolutions, had in terms of topping its predecessor when...
Feature
This article contains spoilers for the Matrix trilogy.
It seem like a long time ago to some of our younger readers, but those who were there will remember that 2003 was branded “the year of the Matrix” by Warner Bros. Four years after the first film knocked everybody's socks off, Andy and Lana Wachowski made two sequels, an animated anthology, a video game and numerous other tie-ins to expand upon a world that was only hinted at in the original.
The Matrix Reloaded became the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time when it was released in May and held that record until the following Easter's The Passion Of The Christ. A vitriolic critical reception and bad word of mouth undercut any chance that the final instalment, The Matrix Revolutions, had in terms of topping its predecessor when...
- 5/29/2014
- by sarahd
- Den of Geek
Viral Video Den Of Geek 26 Feb 2014 - 12:52
From the depths of ITV's archives comes an end-of-part-one clip from Coronation Street, and an awkward moment for actress Helen Worth...
We don't get to talk about British TV soap Coronation Street very often on Den Of Geek, but here's a good excuse as any: a fabulously awkward moment from a long, long time ago in a decade long gone.
In case you're unfamiliar, the show would often pause for a few moments to allow time for a commercial break. During that period, the actors would stop dramatically while the words "End of part one" materialised on the screen. A tricky thing to do at the best of times, actress Helen Worth (who plays Gail Platt, née Potter, Tilsley, Platt and Hillman) was given the unenviable task of holding her hand up to the camera for what feels like an eternity.
Take...
From the depths of ITV's archives comes an end-of-part-one clip from Coronation Street, and an awkward moment for actress Helen Worth...
We don't get to talk about British TV soap Coronation Street very often on Den Of Geek, but here's a good excuse as any: a fabulously awkward moment from a long, long time ago in a decade long gone.
In case you're unfamiliar, the show would often pause for a few moments to allow time for a commercial break. During that period, the actors would stop dramatically while the words "End of part one" materialised on the screen. A tricky thing to do at the best of times, actress Helen Worth (who plays Gail Platt, née Potter, Tilsley, Platt and Hillman) was given the unenviable task of holding her hand up to the camera for what feels like an eternity.
Take...
- 2/26/2014
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
My favorite toy ever is Captain Action. I mean Ever. When I was around four, my mother took my sister and me to a toy store. She told us we could have any one thing we wanted. My sister made a quick decision and choose a Barbie. I spent some time trying to choose between a guitar and a GI Joe. I finally made the decision and went with the Joe. I was as happy as I had ever been with a toy. GI Joe soon became my favorite toy, best friend and constant companion. Not too long after I got a Black GI Joe which was just a white GI Joe painted brown. I could not have been happier. After a time I had seven or eight Joes, as I made sure all my relatives knew my fascination with the action figure. Christmas and birthdays always brought me a new Joe.
- 3/12/2013
- by Michael Davis
- Comicmix.com
Unmade Classics: Part 1 of 2:
The film industry is a place for ideas but not all those ideas will reach the big screen. Many projects are announced each year and most of them will reach the pre-production stage but many will go no further. Only about half of the films announced will ever be completed. For various reasons, many intended movies will just fade away. Some may die during the script writing stage, while other will actually begin production before the whims of fortune cause the demise of the project. Here is Part One of a list of 25 tantalizing unmade films that could have been classics.
The Adventures of Flash Gordon: In the mid-1970s, George Lucas was enjoying critical success from his American Graffiti films. Being a life-long science fiction fan, he was planning to make a big-Budget film version of Flash Gordon. He had many ideas for...
The film industry is a place for ideas but not all those ideas will reach the big screen. Many projects are announced each year and most of them will reach the pre-production stage but many will go no further. Only about half of the films announced will ever be completed. For various reasons, many intended movies will just fade away. Some may die during the script writing stage, while other will actually begin production before the whims of fortune cause the demise of the project. Here is Part One of a list of 25 tantalizing unmade films that could have been classics.
The Adventures of Flash Gordon: In the mid-1970s, George Lucas was enjoying critical success from his American Graffiti films. Being a life-long science fiction fan, he was planning to make a big-Budget film version of Flash Gordon. He had many ideas for...
- 12/31/2012
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Rob Young)
- Cinelinx
Hi, there. I’m not Michael Davis. I’m his editor. Yeah, that’s not a good sign, is it?
Here’s the deal. Michael wrote the first part of his latest life-shattering saga Why Does Michael Davis Still Read Comics? We ran that last week; if you doubt me, click on the link. Then, according to Michael, he wrote the second part, scooped up his wife, and caught an airplane to France. That’s pretty cool, if you happen to like France. Evidently, Michael doesn’t. He doesn’t like flying even more. He likes his wife, and I suspect he likes the work he’s doing out there, and he probably changed his mind — in part — about France after some good old-fashioned American tourism.
Please note, I did not say “Michael sent me the second part of his series and then caught an airplane to France.” This is...
Here’s the deal. Michael wrote the first part of his latest life-shattering saga Why Does Michael Davis Still Read Comics? We ran that last week; if you doubt me, click on the link. Then, according to Michael, he wrote the second part, scooped up his wife, and caught an airplane to France. That’s pretty cool, if you happen to like France. Evidently, Michael doesn’t. He doesn’t like flying even more. He likes his wife, and I suspect he likes the work he’s doing out there, and he probably changed his mind — in part — about France after some good old-fashioned American tourism.
Please note, I did not say “Michael sent me the second part of his series and then caught an airplane to France.” This is...
- 10/2/2012
- by Michael Davis
- Comicmix.com
I started reading comics in the fifth grade. I still have the very first comic book I ever brought: The Avengers #43. I won’t bore you with the heartwarming story of how I pretty much learned to read with comics. I’ve told that story a billion times and I’m sure (although I can’t remember) I’ve written about it on ComicMix so just assume I clued you in, dry your eyes and say a silent “thank you for the heartwarming story Michael Davis shared with me” and move on.
Oh, if you find the article I’m pretty sure the issue number of the Avengers is wrong. When I looked at the issue I was surprised it was issue 43. All this time I was thinking it was later…
I was a serious comic book collector in grade school and by the time I got into high school I had over 100,000 comic books,...
Oh, if you find the article I’m pretty sure the issue number of the Avengers is wrong. When I looked at the issue I was surprised it was issue 43. All this time I was thinking it was later…
I was a serious comic book collector in grade school and by the time I got into high school I had over 100,000 comic books,...
- 9/25/2012
- by Michael Davis
- Comicmix.com
'So iPhones and iPads let us watch films without going to the cinema? How very 1940s …'
I recently read, in this paper, an elegant and fascinating review by Steven Poole of a book called In Broad Daylight: Movies and Spectators After the Cinema, by Gabriele Pedullà. The book is about the fact that movies are now being consumed, not just in a big old building with curtains, a screen, and hot dogs, but on tinier screens that you can carry about the place: laptops, tablets, even smartphones – and what it all means for the medium of cinema itself. Poole writes: "Going to the cinema used to be the only way you could watch a film. Now you can do it anywhere."
This is a very fashionable topic among film-writers: the allegedly contemporary phenomenon of watching films outside the cinema. We all brood about this challenging new digital-age issue and its significance.
I recently read, in this paper, an elegant and fascinating review by Steven Poole of a book called In Broad Daylight: Movies and Spectators After the Cinema, by Gabriele Pedullà. The book is about the fact that movies are now being consumed, not just in a big old building with curtains, a screen, and hot dogs, but on tinier screens that you can carry about the place: laptops, tablets, even smartphones – and what it all means for the medium of cinema itself. Poole writes: "Going to the cinema used to be the only way you could watch a film. Now you can do it anywhere."
This is a very fashionable topic among film-writers: the allegedly contemporary phenomenon of watching films outside the cinema. We all brood about this challenging new digital-age issue and its significance.
- 7/30/2012
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
It’s funny. In my adult personal life there was a time that I simply did not see color. I was just as likely to hang out with a white guy as a black guy. I still listen to all types of music and in fact after a lifetime of thinking it would never happen I’m starting to get into country music.
Yeah. Hell has indeed frozen over.
99% of my Facebook friends are real friends. I rarely “friend” people I don’t know. The overwhelming amount of people whom I’m a friend with are white. The overwhelming amount of people I’m in business with are white. I’m the only black guy on my block.
I like bagels and lox. I love The Beatles. I adore classical music.
I’ve dated many and almost married two white girls.
The first white girl I almost married broke it...
Yeah. Hell has indeed frozen over.
99% of my Facebook friends are real friends. I rarely “friend” people I don’t know. The overwhelming amount of people whom I’m a friend with are white. The overwhelming amount of people I’m in business with are white. I’m the only black guy on my block.
I like bagels and lox. I love The Beatles. I adore classical music.
I’ve dated many and almost married two white girls.
The first white girl I almost married broke it...
- 5/15/2012
- by Michael Davis
- Comicmix.com
[With I Was A Teenage Werebear playing film festivals and Chillerama set to debut later this year, Tim Sullivan writes up the first of two parts, regarding his experiences bringing this unique film to life! --Dqm]
As I write this, I am sitting in my hotel room in Honolulu, one day before the world premiere of my Chillerama segment, I Was a Teenage Werebear at the Rainbow Film Fest.. It’s been a long journey to get to this point. I am grateful to so many who supported my journey, and even more grateful to those who did not, for they only strengthened my fortitude to be true to myself, and to my artistic vision. Hawaii will be followed by a 3 month tour on the Lgbt film circuit, before Werebears joins its companion films as part of Chillerama late summer/early fall. (I cannot Wait to tell you what me, Adam Rifkin, Joe Lynch and Adam Green got planned for That!!!!)
With the ocean breeze wafting through the balcony windows, I find myself in a reflective mode. For those who don’t already know it, let me just spell it out.
As I write this, I am sitting in my hotel room in Honolulu, one day before the world premiere of my Chillerama segment, I Was a Teenage Werebear at the Rainbow Film Fest.. It’s been a long journey to get to this point. I am grateful to so many who supported my journey, and even more grateful to those who did not, for they only strengthened my fortitude to be true to myself, and to my artistic vision. Hawaii will be followed by a 3 month tour on the Lgbt film circuit, before Werebears joins its companion films as part of Chillerama late summer/early fall. (I cannot Wait to tell you what me, Adam Rifkin, Joe Lynch and Adam Green got planned for That!!!!)
With the ocean breeze wafting through the balcony windows, I find myself in a reflective mode. For those who don’t already know it, let me just spell it out.
- 5/24/2011
- by The DoorQus Maximus
- doorQ.com
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