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!
#21 "Everyone In The Movie Being 'Normal'"
"What happened to movies where the hero has like a weird scar or an eye patch or something? Or at least a unique sense of style. Now everything is more attractive. And more plain."
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22points
#23 "Super Close-Up Panning Of An Object Or Objects, Set To Orchestral Music, Ending On The Show’s Title And A Single Note"
"It’s the same thing for almost every show, especially dramas."
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19points
#24 "'Well, That Just Happened' And Other Filler Punchlines To Complete The Avengers-Style Constant Comedy Quota"
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18points
#27 "Way Too Much Self Acknowledgement/Calling Out Tropes Within The Movie"
"As an example the "Beauty and the Beast" remake did this the whole fu***ng movie."
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16points
#28 "Slightly Desaturated, Contrasted Color, With An Overall Gloomy Feel Or Overly Warm/Hot Grading"
"As opposed to 90s more vivid colors, I think. I feel like I've seen a lot of this."
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14points
#29 "Fourth Wall Breaking By Characters That Seem Really Proud Of Themselves For It"
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14points
#30 "This Is Already Starting To Get A Little Dated, But Those 'Improv Scenes' In Comedy Movies"
"Where the camera just stays on a character or two while they riff out a few zingers."
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13points
#32 "Not Today But Like 10-15 Years Ago There Was This Trend Of Male Sensitive But Shy And (Usually) Virgin Protagonist Scoring With A Hot Chick"
"Usually they were sensitive almost to the point of having a zeitgeist? So also being a bit edgy, unique as in giving off "I'm not like other people" vibe."
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13points
#33 "I Think It'll Be Hard To Watch Superhero Movies, Particularly From The Last 10 Years, For A Very Long Time"
There is just too many of them, and not enough variety between them"
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10points
#35 "Trauma-Focused Horror Movies Will Definitely Be A Marker Of The 2010s/2020s"
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9points
#37 "Some Recent Documentaries, The Subjects Being Interviewed Are Often Sitting Farther Back Than Usual"
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8points
#38 "I'm A Bit Sick Of Movies/Shows That Feel The Need To Make Fun Of How Silly And Unrealistic They Are"
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7points
#40 "Inscrutable Floating Holographic GUI's. They're In Every "Near Future" Film/TV Show And They Are Physically Impossible"
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7points
