Top 10 riddiculous movie conventions

[Arthritic Toe]

1. The exaggerated smack noise when someone gets punched in the face
2. The 'binoculars' effect (you know - that shaded area around the screen when we are supposed to be looking through binoculars).
3. Beeping computer screens - when some text is printed on a computer screen in a film, each character comes up individually with a beeping sound.
4. Guessable passwords - the hero can always guess the baddies login password.

well ok thats 4....

 

[bhafc99]

Copying data. Always gets to about 80% really quickly, then the last bit takes forever as the hero ALMOST gets discovered, but manages to snatch the disc/stick/device out just in the absolute nick of time.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Kiddie outruns apocalyptic tsunami on a Honda 50cc

 

[Hockley Blues]

The Eiffel Tower is ALWAYS visible from any window, in any scene set in France.

 

[Stat Brother]

5. All windows in Paris, are overlooked by the Eiffel Tower.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

6. Elaborate Bond-killing method which ensures maximum chance of escape.

 

[Stat Brother]

Damn you HB

 

[vegster]

All movie heroes can type at lightning speed on a computer keyboard using all 10 fingers and thumbs without a spelling mistake.... specially noticeable when a code has to be entered at breakneck speed

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

If I were an honest cop on my last day before retirement after 30 years of loyal service I'd choose not to go out on the beat or make any house calls that day. Would probably pull a sickie, to be honest.

 

[Stat Brother]

When THE bombs' timer reaches the final 60 seconds there will be a further 20mins of action before the 'wire is cut' with 3 seconds to go.

 

[skipper734]

American cars can always keep up with baddie/goodie in European/jap sports cars, and they close up in the corners.

 

[Curious Orange]

The fuel in Zippo lighters never evaporates, so it'll still work centuries later - hence the working one found by Wall-e.

 

[El Presidente]

Every phone number in a film starts with the digits 555

 

[skipper734]

When a car has done a massive jump, even as it lands, you can see it beginning to fold in the middle. Next shot pristine car races away.

 

[Juan Albion]

Every phone number in a film starts with the digits 555

Nothing ridiculous about that, unless you want another Tommy Tutone scenario.

 

[Easy 10]

Baddies are always HORRENDOUSLY bad shots, even with automatic weapons. Put a machine gun in a baddies hands, and as the goodie breaks cover and pegs it across 60 yards of open ground, the bullets will all be sprayed about foot or two just behind the hero.

Goodies, however, are always CRACK shots, and will take out a fleeing baddie with a nonchalent single shot taken whilst on the run, in a fog, with a crosswind.

 

[Arthritic Toe]

Lightning -

It always makes a sort of photon torpedo noise while it strikes, before the convensional thunder.

 

[Badger]

Pretty much everything happens somewhere round Central Park

 

[Cian]

Pretty much everywhere in the world looks suspiciously like southern California; Canada; or (historical movies only), rural Ireland.

 

[Badger]

All large asteroids will hit the Earth somewhere on the east coast of America