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- "I Could Tell You, But I’d Have To Kill You." Never ever in the history of films has anyone delivered upon that promise. Report. 59 points. Buy Now. POST. Biana Weatherford.
- "Shut Up And Kiss Me." No! Just no! Stop teaching generations of young people that conflicts can be resolved with immediate intimacy. Talk! Learn to communicate and have respect for what the other person has to say.
- "It’s Not What It Looks Like." Why do you assume you know what it looks like to me? Also, if you realize someone might take it the wrong way, why not lead with an actual explanation before they are out of the door and into the third-act conflict?
- "How Hard Can It Be?" “Need to study/train for a certain period of time” hard? Definitely not “see this aircraft for the first time, can definitely fly it through an ambush.”
- "Is That All You've got?"
- "(S)He's Behind Me, Isn't (S)He?"
- "It's/She's Gonna Blow!"
- "We've Got Company!"
- "Don't Die on Me!"
- "We Can Do This The Easy Way, Or The Hard way."
- "Get Outta there!"
- "You Just Don't Get It, Do You?"
- "I Could Tell You, But I'd Have to Kill You"
- "You Look Like shit."
As heard in:Ali (2001), Alien 3 (1992), American Pie: The Wedding (2003), Date Movie (2003), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006), Rocky II (1979), Scary Movie 2 (2001), The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003), The Mummy Returns (2001),Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), Up in the Air (2009), Righteous Kill (2008), Prince of Persia: The San...
As heard in: Around the World in 80 Days (2004), Boat Trip (2002), City Slickers (1991), City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (1994), Doom (2005), Miss Congeniality (2000), Scooby-Doo (2002), Shark Tale (2004), My Life in Ruins (2009), When in Rome (2010), Return to Halloweentown (2006), GoldenEye (1995), UHF (1989), American Pie: The Weddi...
As heard in: Armageddon (1998), Apocalypse Now (1979), Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997), Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999), Bandits (2001), Batman Begins (2005), Definitely, Maybe (2008), Dreamcatcher (2003), Frequency (2000), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), The Dirty Dozen (1967), Speed 2: Cruise...
As heard in: Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001), Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999), Batman & Robin (1997), Bridge to Terabithia (2007), Con Air (1997), Grease 2 (1982), Halloween (1978), Hot Shots! (1991), Legends of the Fall (1994), Secondhand Lions (2003), Shrek 2 (2004), Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation (2004), Tron (1982), T...
As heard in: Beverly Hills Cop III (1994), Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), Backdraft (1991), Cold Mountain (2003), Con Air (1997), Evolution (2001), Four Brothers (2005), Hidalgo (2004), Hollow Man (2000), Jacob's Ladder (1990), Kindergarten Cop (1990), Planet Terror (2007), Practical Magic (1998), Proof of Life (2000), Pulp Fiction (1994...
As heard in: Back to the Future Part II (1989), Belly of the Beast (2003), Boot Camp (2008), Catch Me If You Can (2002), Goldfinger (1964), Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000), Little Man (2006), Mercenary for Justice (2006), Racing Stripes (2005), Night at the Museum (2006), Seed of Chucky (2004), Who's Your Caddy? (2007), The A-Team (2010), The Blind Si...
As heard in: Apocalypse Now (1979), Armageddon (1998), Finding Nemo (2003), Independence Day (1996), Iron Man (2008), Platoon (1986), Reservoir Dogs (1992), The Rock (1996), X-Men (2000), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), Twelve Monkeys (1995), Cinderella Man (2005), Frequency (2000), Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000), National Treasure (2004), Ransom (1996...
As heard in: Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997), Breaking and Entering (2006), Cliffhanger (1993), Daylight (1996), Hitch (2005), Norbit (2007), Payback (1999), The Frighteners (1996), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), The Prestige (2006), Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007), Daylight (1996), Platoon (1986), Tooth Fairy (2010),...
As heard in: A Walk To Remember (2002), American Psycho (2000), Basic Instinct 2 (2006), Coyote Ugly (2000), Eraser (1996), John Tucker Must Die (2006), Johnny English (2003), Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), Top Gun (1986), Wolf Creek (2005), Dorian Gray (2009), Replicant (2001), Beverly Hills Ninja (1997), G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra (2009).
As heard in: 28 Days Later... (2002), Basic Instinct (1992), Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Full Metal Jacket (1987), Grindhouse (2007), Lost Highway (1997), Once Upon a Time in America (1984), The Bucket List (2007), The Fifth Element (1997), The Rock (1996), The Truman Show (1998), True Romance (1...
- "We've got company!" This is usually uttered when the bad guys appear.
- "Don't die on me!" A character is severely hurt during or after an action sequence while the other is trying to save them in an emotional moment.
- "(S)he's behind me, isn't (s)he?" A character thinks they are privately berating another to a group of friends or peers when that character notices them staring at what he or she realizes is the subject of conversation behind them.
- "We can do this the easy way, or the hard way." This is a threat from one character to another — usually from protagonist to antagonist.
Jul 3, 2024 · The 10 Best Movies Clichés, Ranked. Movies have a magical way of drawing audiences into their stories, but sometimes even the most captivating films fall back on familiar tropes. These...
- Sara Resende
- 72 Hours Ago. An exciting moment kickstarts the plot. We enter in media res, with little idea of how these characters got in trouble, and even less ideas of how they’ll get out.
- Alarm Clock. BEEP! A hand slaps an alarm until it turns off. We see our groggy protagonist get ready too face the day. By the end of their morning, we understand their issues and their world.
- Character We Don’t Care About Dies. These opening scenes usually involve a character the audience has never seen before being killed by another character we’ve never seen before.
- Preamble Exposition. Once we witnessed the Star Wars crawl, it was already too late. Preamble exposition involves text or voiceover that explains something to the audience.
Dec 1, 2023 · 12 Cliché Movie and TV Lines That Get Reused All the Time. After more than a century of cinema, certain recurring themes have become inevitable in films. Screenwriters, in their varying...
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May 10, 2018 · BEST CLICHÉ EVER INCLUDE IT IN EVERY MOVIE FROM NOW ON AND FOR EVERMORE THANKS. Quite often (most of the time, in fact), when I sit down to watch a movie, I am resolutely not in the mood for surprises. I want the absolute usual, thanks,...
