What do you never wish to see in a movie again?

[Sam]

'Obligated'? I think you mean 'obliged'. 'Obligated' is one of those words dictionaries feel obliged to include because thick Americans think it's a word.

I stand corrected. The pedantry has reached a crescendo.

[Shoulders?-Stomach!]

Pedantgatingness is next to godlinatiness.

[olliebean]

Mr Blue Sky by ELO was particularly ubiquitous for a while, as were various parts of Clint Mansell's score for Requiem for a Dream. Now it is the Inception "BBBBBBBRrrrrrrrrmmmmmm"s

Don't forget that bloody Lumineers song that suddenly kicks in halfway through the trailer of any film that wants to be seen as quirky but really isn't.

[Noodle Lizard]

I stand corrected. The pedantry has reached a crescendo.

Not yet it hasn't ...

They can be used interchangeably in casual conversation, but have different meanings (especially in legal speak).  Both date back to the fourteenth century and actually "obligate" is closer to its Latin root ("obligare", the past participle of which is "obligatus").  There's also some evidence to suggest the world "oblige" fell out of favour in the US due to its slavery connotations.  So, you're alright, Sam, checkoutgirl can just go and jerk on his dong for all I care.   

There, now true pedantry[nb]and passing off the learnings from a Google search as your own vast knowledge[/nb] has been achieved.     

[brat-sampson]

Characters leave a ship, run around for a while having unpredictable adventures, then are finally chased over a cliff to certain dea-  Ohhohbutwait! It's their ship! It picked them up! They're safe now!

Sometimes they have a brief communique with the pilot but even so nine times out of ten it's just lazy writing.

[Big Jack McBastard]

Villains explaining their evil plan to their archenemy instead of SHOOTING THEM IN THE HEAD! Then chopping off their head and pouring salt on the stump!

Yes, this.

They could set up a standard bambi to hero bollocks arc for the lead easy as pie and make it convincing (at least in terms of yer typical Hollywood shlock-fest) then at the third act have the villain pop a cap in his proto-heroic punk-ass brain[nb]or better just some random minion getting a good shot in for once in act two[/nb] just as it's getting going and that's the hero fucked completely, from there we change perspective to follow Mr Nastypants to the successful completion of his hideous plot, maybe give him a sequel on top to flesh it out.

That'd be new at least, we wouldn't see it coming unless the initial act was ham fisted with foreshadowing.

[Head Gardener]

I never thought I'd be seeing this so soon after it came around but like the sucker I am
I shall be trudging off to Cineworld tonight to witness the '763 new jokes' promised in the poster.

[Thomas]

People kissing in the morning before brushing their teeth.

[Nobody Soup]

the bad guy has a really good hand but what's this?

uh oh!



I couldn't fucking believe this was a major plot point in the new super serious bond film.

[Steven]

Also in Casino Royale which came out during a big resurgence in playing poker, they laboriously explain the rules of poker as the game is happening with completely patronising unrealistic clunky dialogue for what is basically a macguffin in the plot. Along the lines of:"And Mr Bond wins this round with a full house, consisting of three jacks and two sevens, which is stronger than Mr Le Chiffre's pair, consisting of two Aces!"

And then there's the further over-patronising explanation of 'tells' during the game, and then Bond works out Le Chiffre's subtle tell, which is....? HE BLEEDS FROM THE EYES!

[Blumf]

They never used to explain Baccarat in the old films, a game nobody has ever played ever.

[Steven]

I want to make a film which is only explaining the rules of Baccarat, with Burt Bacharach. The protagonist could notice that after the game Burt Bacharach has left and forgotten his raincoat, then chase him down and return it saying "Here's your Anorak back, Burt Bacharach, you left it at the Baccarat."

[stunted]

People kissing in the morning before brushing their teeth.

I kissed my ex many a time straight from her morning spew, our love couldn't be restrained.

[Borboski]

An old person doing a rap.

FUCKING HATE IT.

[Thomas]

I want to make a film which is only explaining the rules of Baccarat, with Burt Bacharach. The protagonist could notice that after the game Burt Bacharach has left and forgotten his raincoat, then chase him down and return it saying "Here's your Anorak back, Burt Bacharach, you left it at the Baccarat."

'Actually it's a mac.'

[El Unicornio, mang]

I watched a pretty average genre film the other day (Man on a Ledge) which featured a bit where they were running through a hotel corridor and knocked over a black porter pushing one of those food trolley things. I think this (or something similar) has happened in every action movie where people are running through hotel corridors, and it needs to stop.

[SetToStun]

I want to make a film which is only explaining the rules of Baccarat, with Burt Bacharach. The protagonist could notice that after the game Burt Bacharach has left and forgotten his raincoat, then chase him down and return it saying "Here's your Anorak back, Burt Bacharach, you left it at the Baccarat."

Perhaps Bert is studying Baccarat as a module for his Baccalaurate.

[Hangthebuggers]

People ordering "beer" at a bar. Has anyone in the history of the world actually gone in a bar and just said "Yeah, gimme a beer". Are there any bars that only have one type of beer?

And no cunt ever says please or thank you either. They either just say 'gimme a beer' or they don't even bother with that and they just nod at the barkeep and hold up two fingers.

Fuck off. Say please you cunts or you're not getting served.

[Omckendrick]

Deep, menacing horn blasts accompanied by close ups of characters' concerned faces

[Blumf]

Deep, menacing horn blasts accompanied by close ups of characters' concerned faces

[El Unicornio, mang]

And no cunt ever says please or thank you either. They either just say 'gimme a beer' or they don't even bother with that and they just nod at the barkeep and hold up two fingers.

Fuck off. Say please you cunts or you're not getting served.

"Keep 'em comin'" or "Hit me again". I've never heard anyone use these expressions at a bar in real life. I guess "Excuse me...oh wait, him first....can I get another shot of whiskey please....the house whiskey, yes...thanks" doesn't translate as well to film.

[Spiteface]

People who answer a phone with anything other than "Hello?"

Like those people who answer their mobile with "talk to me" or something similarly twattish. Fuck off.

[mothman]

Inspired by a scene in Hill Street Blues in which Det. Belker answers the phone with "WHAT?! ... Hi, mom..." I went through a phase of answering the phone with "What?" whenever my Mum phoned. No caller ID back then I just knew. Of course, in hindsight it was easy for me to guess it would be her because no-one else ever phoned me.[nb]It was a dark time.[/nb]