People In This Online Group Point Out 38 Of The Most Irritating Clichés From Movies And TV Shows

In fact, we are not just talking about clichés, many of which appeared at the dawn of cinema. The fact is that almost every famous director has their own visual or story style. For example, Terrence Malick’s emphasis on landscapes and colors, Wes Anderson’s exaggerated frame geometry, or slow-mo scenes in Zack Snyder’s films. Sometimes it looks like a 'corporate style', but when it is overused, movie lovers begin to get genuinely annoyed.

In fact, the constant repetition of one, even the most outstanding, stage move can, over time, develop into annoying absurdity. “History repeats itself twice: the first time as a tragedy, the second time as a farce,” the great German philosopher Georg Hegel once said, and it’s hard to disagree with this. Therefore, if some plot twist was successful in the past, then with repetition in different movies, it no longer causes anything but irritation to viewers.

“What is one of the main differences between cinema and literature is that the writer is not formally limited by timing and frames, so they can tell the story down to the smallest details and trifles,” says Dmytro Kosygin, a film director and cameraman from Ukraine, to whom Bored Panda reached out for a comment.

“Therefore, the cinematic presentation of information is, in a certain way, a set of conventions. And during its existence, cinema has acquired special techniques that facilitate the story. And it isn't surprising that over the decades the viewer has become bored with many of the techniques...”

“And besides, we should not forget that cinema or television is still art, which implies a certain distorted perception of reality. For example, the main character of many blockbusters in reality would have ended their journey already in the first or maybe second action scene. But then what what would be the point of a two-hour movie?" Dmytro wonders.

In recent years, cinema has been experiencing a certain genre crisis - especially in comparison with the colossal box office and successes of the previous decade, but we will still go to cinemas, renew subscriptions to streaming services and buy popcorn. And every time we watch another movie, we'll be sometimes livid over the ridiculous moves made up by screenwriters or directors - that’s how we are built. So please feel free to scroll this list to its very end and maybe add your own ideas on the silly plot twists you've ever seen. Camera, action!