Just recently, we featured a post sharing clichéd, common movie tropes that have been used and overused in the movies since pretty much the dawn of motion film. While certain classic movie tropes, such as the often-used narrative device known as deus ex machina, are likely here to stay, quite a few tropes in movies of the past two decades are predicted to age like milk.
When someone on Reddit asked, "What are the popular tropes today that are going to make films feel 'dated' 25 years from now?" thousands fled to the comments to share the many modern movie tropes that will get worse with time. Examples of film tropes utilized in modern movies include anti-heroes, sympathetic villains, references to social media, current pop culture, and many others. Will popular slang words be relevant in 20 years' time? Oh hell nah.
Below, we've compiled some of the best answers from the thread featuring movie tropes in modern cinema that will high-key feel dated a couple of decades from now. Do you agree with Redditors' picks? Then make sure to give these popular movie tropes you agree with an upvote! Also, have you noticed a common movie trope in modern cinema that hasn't been mentioned in the list? Let us know in the comments!
#4 "There Are So Many Movies From The Mid 00s And Earlier Where The Central Conflict Could Be Easily Resolved With A Mobile Phone"
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45points
#5 "Rapid, Chaotic Camera Movement And Jangly, Incoherent Editing That Tries To Make Action Scenes More 'Dynamic'"
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43points
#6 "Over-Reliance On Current Pop Culture References For Jokes Or Surprises"
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39points
#7 "Referencing Social Media And Using Internet Slang Incorrectly Or In A Cringey Way"
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38points
#9 "Big Hero Jumps Landing Into Three-Point Stance With Head Down. Then Head Slowly Lifts Up With Determined Look"
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32points
#10 "It’s These Film Trailers Which Open With A Single Sustained Piano Note"
"Then ten seconds later, the next note. Then ten seconds later, the next note."
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31points
#12 "I’ve Noticed A Lot Of Recent Documentaries Keep In The Part Where The Guest Enters The Scene And Sits Down, Has A Bit Of Chit-Chat, Has Their Makeup Adjusted, Etc"
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27points
#14 "Snorricam. Mounting The Camera To The Actor In Order To Shoot Their Head And Face"
"Keeping them still while the background moves. It's mad overused."
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26points
#15 "Anti-Heroes And Sympathetic Villains"
"Not every villain needs to have a tragic past or a completely sympathetic motive. Sometimes they can just like being evil."
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26points
#17 "Computer-Generated Blue And Gold Light Constructs Used Everywhere To Represent Future Tech. It's Used Way Too Much"
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25points
#20 "A Growing Trend Of Watching Movies On Phones And Other Small Screens"
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22points