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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 10:46 PM Original message |
Movie cliches: I just spotted one while channel surfing this evening |
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ZombieNixon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. Seriously... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 11:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Those are great! |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. The evil mastermind always explains his nefarious plot to the good guy, |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 11:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. This one has always bothered me. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-05-07 01:54 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. Siskel and Ebert called this the "talking killer" cliche |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-05-07 05:49 AM Response to Reply #2 |
14. "You got me monologuing." |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-05-07 07:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
30. However, "No Mr. Bond, I expect you to die" is one of the great movie villain lines |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-05-07 07:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
31. Is your name Scott Evil? |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. No matter what the size of the City or the amount of traffic vehicles..., |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 10:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. And they always have their car keys at hand when they jump in their cars. |
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TommyO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-05-07 07:26 AM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Unless they're being pursued by a killer |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-04-07 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
5. Just when the good guy is about to die... |
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NV Whino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-05-07 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
8. Aaah man, |
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Bakunin (50 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-05-07 01:22 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Men are |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-05-07 01:33 AM Response to Original message |
10. In any war movie |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-05-07 01:41 AM Response to Original message |
11. The good guys always have JUST enough ammo to kill the lower-rung baddies |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-05-07 01:58 AM Response to Original message |
13. I remembered another one: |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-05-07 10:15 AM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Also, the hero's girlfriend always trips and falls |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-05-07 02:04 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Well yeah, try running in high heels. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-05-07 04:42 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Yeah, well, why is the heroine in high heels in the jungle anyway, huh? |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-05-07 05:53 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. For the same reason her hair stays perfectly groomed and |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-05-07 07:25 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. "These were Italian." |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-05-07 08:40 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. That was a good moment and a great line. n/t |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-05-07 11:16 AM Response to Reply #13 |
25. Women are also incapable of doing anything but stand there yelling |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-05-07 05:56 AM Response to Original message |
15. In action flicks Our Hero must have a wise older mentor |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-05-07 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
17. Heroes exiting cabs always have right change plus tip. |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-05-07 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
18. There's a whole web site about this stuff... |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-05-07 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
19. When the Bad Guy and the Hero are duking it out |
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Frank Cannon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-05-07 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
21. My favorite: Grabbed-by-the-Lapels Quadriplegia |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-05-07 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
22. The middle-aged black lady on the park bench, who imparts a pearl of wisdom to the hero, |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-05-07 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
23. Horses in westerns whinny a lot |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-05-07 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
24. One who is hanging out the window or over a cliff will always be |
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AWESOM-O (170 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-05-07 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
29. No matter how long, loud, and destructive the climactic battle is, |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-05-07 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
33. I sent this one in to Roger Ebert: The Lady MacBeth Shower Of Penitence. |
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Lionel Mandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-05-07 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
35. When a woman in an old movie sees something horrible, she SCREAMS. |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-05-07 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
36. A cop who is only days from retirement... |
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