ROCKSTAR

Okay, so you know there's a so called "formula" for almost every genre and even a few universal ones. Problem is, you watch enough movies and you get tired of knowing what's going to happen and how it's going to go down by watching the trailer.

Is it that hard to be original? Probably not, but it rarely gets to the big screen. Some blame the studios, some blame the movie audience, some blame the writers.

I blame everybody.

The other day I went to the theater (to accompany my friend to watch a movie just like the one I'm about to describe) and I saw the trailer for the movie 21. I wanted to see 21 because of Jim Sturgess and because I have already seen a few shows on "real life" story. I thought it would be interesting.

Then I watched the trailer and it was the EXACT, SAME THING every other movie has done. I realized I didn't need to see 21 since I've already seen it hundreds of times.

No spoilers, just describing the trailer I watched, which basically gives it all away ANYWAY.

I already saw it, I tell you. The genius that gets into a mess for money, he wins. Then he must lose the money just so he gets pulled back back into the fold to get it back. All the while there's this girl who is there to provide for him someone to sleep with in the movie's "steamy" and obligatory sex scene. She's even a blonde. As per...always.

So I won't be seeing 21. NEXT!

Anyone tired of something (movie wise) or is it just me?

***BLONDIE***

Frankly, I am ready for a different type of Horror genre and ready for the films to become scary again. They seem to be moving toward Torture Porn, which isn't horror to me and futher away from what horror really is, like say The Exorcist and Poltergeist. I can't think of a movie in the last few years, that honestly scared the crap outta me, like The Exorcist did. I still have trouble watching that film, when I'm alone. The movies have become to predicatable to me. Hostel, Turistas, Wrong Turn, Wolf Creek, Captivity, they are all the same to me. I just prefer a good ghost story. However, If I find a good movie, that is a throback to my favorite horror genre the 70's/80's, then I'm happy. The Devil's Rejects reminds me of the throwback and while, it's torture and gruesome, the movie itself is in another place, away from the one's I mentioned, like Turistas and Hostel, cause it's actually good.

jackiehydelover

I just saw the movie and it reminded me of so many romantic comedies. A girl who is unlucky in love is in love with one man who doesn't love her back. All the while she has this physical attraction/hatred for another man and their "hate" turns into fiery passion. In the end she figures out that the man she was in love with (the one that didn't love her is all of sudden in love with her) isn't who she thought he was/turns out he's not what she wanted in the first place. But, by the time she realizes this, the guy that she does love does something stupid to piss her off and then he must confess that he too loves her. He leaves. She chases him. She declares her love for him. And they lived happily ever after

Now... How many movies do this?

goodnightboy

THANK YOU, Chris. I tried watching it as well and I gave up after 15 minutes because I just knew what was going to happen and it didn't hold any interest for me. Romantic comedies are the worst. You just know what's going to happen, every single time. My friend was talking about it and I asked her, why did you watch it? And she said, oh, it's for Katherine Heigl. She's my IT girl. And honestly I think that's the only reason why people watch romantic comedies in the cinema, for the actor/actress. Surely you can't be pulled by the story? Unless you just want brainless fun. I don't know.

I mean, not all romantic comedies are like that, some do have a bit of a change (Waitress, for example). And some romantic comedies, you know what's going to happen but they're better than expected (Music & Lyrics). But by and large it's all the same and it's just so boring.

Slightly OT, I hate trailers that give away all the movie's best moments. What's the point of watching it, then?

s e r e n i t y

Iranian trailers are very funny, they're about 10 minutes long and they give away every single funny scene in a comedy movie so technically you dont have to watch the movie after youve seen the trailer!

I like romantic comedies but they are just getting waaaay to repeptitive, its always about the guy making a bet or being undercover or whatever, like 'shes all that' 'how to lose a guy in ten days' , ... its getting old.

WildAtHeart

not sure if this is really a "formula"..but i'm sick of horror movie remakes. Remaking old classic films is annoying. And i hate when foreign horror films that are only a few years old get american remakes

ROCKSTAR

Great posts, everyone!

Remakes are easy money a lot of the time but they are getting annoying.

Rom Coms are just tired now. It's ALWAYS the same story down to the bones and the characters don't even change. They're the same prototype right down to mannerisms. *shakes head*

I agree, Blondie. The "torture porn" sub genre for Horror kind of took over the market for a while. I hope that trend stops since it's not terrible exciting or good.

A 10 minute trailer? Wow. Trailers shouldn't give the movie away. I hate it when you sit down and watch the movie and recognize ALL the good moments from the trailers, plus you can tell when they're coming. I actually skip trailers if I can before I watch a movie. It's the better way to watch something I've found out. Not knowing too much.

stargurl84

I hate how every movie, no matter what genre, has to have some kind of romantic interest. It isn't necessary, and I don't know if producers and directors get that.

chesterHester

i'm tired of this line ; "look at me in the eye and tell me you don't love me"
dammit man... can they come up with something that we haven't heard a million times...

ROCKSTAR

Truer words... I don't get the obsession with love interests in EVERYTHING. Sometimes, they're forced and ruin the movie.

Why must everyone fall in love or in lust in about any situation possible? I just don't get it. I get that love stories suck in viewers but there are stories that don't need it and would greatly benefit from not having a forced relationship somewhere along the way.

And don't even get me started on sex scenes! There are movies that have the most shoe horned sex scenes with absolutely no point other than well, there HAS to be sex!

Oh boy. If we had a nickel! Then after the line, the other person answers "No" and the other person answers "Liar." Or something to that effect.

My dear movie Walk The Line used it and I loved it then but I wouldn't have minded something not so cliched. Of course Joaquin Phoenix makes everything sound great so they had that going for them. But still, SO overused.

Kates123

That movie completely reminded me of Runaway Bride..

jackiehydelover

It reminded me of How To Lose A Guy In Ten Days! I bet we could all think of another film it reminds you of. It's just so cliche.

goodnightboy

Exactly. A lot of movies are ruined because producers feel the need to have some kind of romance, which then gets painfully underdeveloped because that's not the main focus, or other (more important things) may get reduced screentime because of the need for a love story. Some stories don't need a romance angle, and that's fine - stop shoehorning it in!

And oh, sex scenes. Some are too graphic, some are just bad, and most of them are just completely and utterly unnecessary.

ROCKSTAR

It's incredible. I know movies and lovers are basically a no brainer, but there are times when I would beg for no love interests to disrupt the story. Once there's that "special someone" around, there's a shift of power and the other stories sort of needs to compete with it and it shouldn't be like that.

Ha! Great take on sex scenes. Oh and BTW, I seriously can't stand explicit sex scenes, I basically forward them if I'm watching on DVD. I deeply dislike them.

mukooh

probably one of the most overused movie formulas that i've seen in recent years is the one where seemingly un-connected characters, their stories and what goes on in their lives are somehow or another connected with every other character in that film....recent examples, from a few years past 'crash'...to 'the air i breath' which i saw this year....