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Really specific things in films that you like

hip_young_gunslinger [Edit] [Delete] 55 replies 13:22, 31 March '14

I don't know the name for this, or how to find whichever TV tropes section must be dedicated to it, but I love in films where each of the good guys is sort of paired up with a corresponding bad guy, who they'll have to face down at the end. Like, the token lady will have to have a cat fight with the bad lady, the muscly guy will have to have a feat of strength with their burly guy, the geek will do some techno thing with their geek. I can't think of any actual examples at the moment, but I'm sure you know what I mean.

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  • I really like it when people eat really grostesquely

    like slurping loads with stuff dripping down their chin. preferably disgusting and funny.

    noise_ramones | 31 Mar '14, 13:27 | X
  • I like it when an extra is so bad at acting you notice them

    ma0sm | 31 Mar '14, 13:28 | X
    JaguarPirate, ethricdouble, Royter-Hatfood, meths, and gonad this'd this
  • This happened in every episode of the original X-Men cartoon series

    great, it was.

    cocodaLOL | 31 Mar '14, 13:29 | X
    • There must be some name for it.

      I want to find the TV Tropes page for it - there has to be one.

      hip_young_gunslinger @cocodaLOL | 31 Mar '14, 13:34 | X
      • I like it when an actor's laugh/amused expression

        is very clearly genuine. That's almost impossible to explain. But I mean there are times you can tell someone's in character, and then there are times you can tell that someone has either been caught off guard by the funny nature of the script and is genuinely tickled by it.

        Best example I can give right now is when Damon and Affleck get off the bus in Dogma. Damon is an a-grade actor in general but its a magnificent little turn of 'being amused, then composing oneself, then being a dick about it'.

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtVFcJiqHSQ

        Is that specific enough?

        cocodaLOL | 31 Mar '14, 13:37 | X
        JaguarPirate this'd this
        • Sort of like this, but not:

          http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EvilCounterpart

          hip_young_gunslinger @hip_young_gunslinger | 31 Mar '14, 13:37 | X
          • Yes! The line-up scene in the Usual Suspects is good for this.

            Apparently the giggling wasn't in the script, it just occurred as a combo of Del Toro's accent and the fact he was letting off great dirty farts.

            hip_young_gunslinger @cocodaLOL | 31 Mar '14, 13:39 | X
            JaguarPirate this'd this
            • :D

              cocodaLOL @hip_young_gunslinger | 31 Mar '14, 13:40 | X
              • Woah this thread just borked

                cocodaLOL @cocodaLOL | 31 Mar '14, 13:41 | X
            • From IMDB:

              The line-up scene was scripted as a serious scene, but after a full day of filming takes where the actors couldn't keep a straight face, director Bryan Singer decided to use the funniest takes. A making-of documentary shows Singer becoming furious at the actors for the constant cracking-up. In an interview (on the Special Edition DVD), Kevin Pollak states that the hilarity came about when Benicio Del Toro "farted, like 12 takes in a row." Del Toro himself said "somebody" farted, but no one knew who.

              hip_young_gunslinger @hip_young_gunslinger | 31 Mar '14, 13:41 | X
              • :D

                cocodaLOL @hip_young_gunslinger | 31 Mar '14, 13:45 | X
                no-class this'd this
          • tvtropes calls it corpsing

            quite a funny page
            http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Corpsing

            noise_ramones @cocodaLOL | 31 Mar '14, 14:09 | X
          • yeah, like when they just pull it off enough for it to make it into the final cut

            but you can still totally tell they're about to lose it. Love this Blazing Saddles scene for that reason, so so clearly not trying to laugh before the punchline comes :'D

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHJbSvidohg

            JaguarPirate @cocodaLOL | 31 Mar '14, 16:35 | X
        • I love it when films do subtle nods to other films

          and I get to act all high and mighty 'cos I noticed it when no one else did.
          /filmwanker

          fffeargol | 31 Mar '14, 13:30 | X
          • I like it in comedies

            don't really like it in serious films. or maybe just modern Tarantino films.

            noise_ramones @fffeargol | 31 Mar '14, 13:32 | X
            fffeargol this'd this
            • like in Inglourious Basterds that Eli Roth called himself Antonio Margheriti

              when he was posing as an Italian. pissed me off inordinately.

              noise_ramones @noise_ramones | 31 Mar '14, 13:39 | X
        • i get really stressed out

          when things are bad but then really like it when it turns out ok in the end

          cat_race | 31 Mar '14, 13:30 | X
        • Greg Kinnear

          Raanraals | 31 Mar '14, 13:30 | X
          SenorDingDong this'd this
        • I like it when scarlett johansson takes off her clothes

          japes | 31 Mar '14, 13:32 | X
          JaguarPirate this'd this
          • Link pls

            Raanraals @japes | 31 Mar '14, 13:36 | X
            • http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1441395/

              japes @Raanraals | 31 Mar '14, 14:00 | X
          • I like her cool face

            in_limbo @japes | 31 Mar '14, 16:06 | X
        • When someone's starving and they get something good to eat

          Like Tom Hanks eating crab in Cast Away.

          My favourite instance of it is when the man and boy find the bunker in The Road, I loved that.

          SenorDingDong | 31 Mar '14, 13:32 | X
        • tits

          Jordan_229_2 | 31 Mar '14, 13:34 | X
        • i quite like it when people get screwed by bad weather

          like rained on or blown about or stuck in snow

          cat_race | 31 Mar '14, 13:35 | X
        • When the mode of transport the character is on

          Ostentatiously begins to accelerate to match the pace of the recently introduced euphoric soundtrack.

          Good example: train leaving station scene in Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train, set against Last Goodbye by Jeff Buckley.

          MrBones | 31 Mar '14, 13:39 | X
        • self sacrifice

          fluffybum | 31 Mar '14, 13:40 | X
        • I like it when someone is about to finally have their revenge

          on someone who has done horrible, horrible things to them/their family.

          And you think "oooh mate, you're gonna fucking get it now!"

          Si_Badvibes | 31 Mar '14, 13:40 | X
          JaguarPirate and sadpunk this'd this
        • Always...

          ...a good training montage.

          Pentago | 31 Mar '14, 13:47 | X
        • Sean FFS

          you actually paid for the site to be worse :(

          cocodaLOL | 31 Mar '14, 13:49 | X
          ma0sm and Epimer this'd this
        • Bank heists

          midnightpunk | 31 Mar '14, 13:49 | X
          colossalhorse this'd this
        • I like when people have an amazing cigarette

          like the one Bruce Willis has in Die hard.

          Or any fag that makes a kind of crackling noise.

          Si_Badvibes | 31 Mar '14, 13:51 | X
          nice_squirrel this'd this
          • I love it when you hear the sound

            of smoke being sucked through the filter really loudly on the soundtrack. That whole lighting up/sucking noise/breathing out is brilliant. And I don't even smoke.

            nice_squirrel @Si_Badvibes | 31 Mar '14, 16:42 | X
        • autobiographical soliloquies

          like this
          http://youtu.be/FPN18GBk7AU

          wewerewerewolvesonce | 31 Mar '14, 13:57 | X
          • I generally enjoy lengthy monologues

            noise_ramones @wewerewerewolvesonce | 31 Mar '14, 14:10 | X
            colossalhorse this'd this
        • Peter Gallagher

          Gorkys_Forever | 31 Mar '14, 14:08 | X
        • This sound effect

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4uUGBOuXLU
          in every car chase scene ever made.

          ThierryEnnui | 31 Mar '14, 14:39 | X
        • i love it when someone lets off a hand granade

          and it's not clear where it's going to explode, especially when the person it's thrown at picks it up and throws it back. I've been known to leap out of my chair and go "ehhhhhhh" when this happens. Also have it as a recurring dream where people are just tossing activated hand grenades around.

          Fuzzy_Dunlop | 31 Mar '14, 14:45 | X
        • Cars with metal hubcaps that fall off during chases.

          Steved | 31 Mar '14, 15:40 | X
          • I like when people change gear loads during a chase scene

            The end of Duel is a particularly brilliant example of this.

            ThierryEnnui @Steved | 31 Mar '14, 15:54 | X
        • Harry Potter is set in an alternate Nazi Germany.

          Muggles are Jews, Slytherin are nazis, Voldermort is Hitler, Malfoy is Goebbels.

          Think about it...

          GayGuevara | 31 Mar '14, 15:59 | X
          • Yep, wrong thread.

            Good one, Craig.

            GayGuevara @GayGuevara | 31 Mar '14, 16:00 | X
        • really long, contemplative takes

          Loui_Tacceh | 31 Mar '14, 16:06 | X
          noise_ramones this'd this
        • really inappropriate wilhelm screams.

          meths | 31 Mar '14, 16:08 | X
          no-class and JaguarPirate this'd this
        • whenever there's a storm

          and there's someone inside and it's really dark and it like tOtAlLy ReFlEcTs ThEiR StAtE oF mInD

          ethricdouble | 31 Mar '14, 16:28 | X
          • pathetic

            alcxxk @ethricdouble | 31 Mar '14, 17:21 | X
            • calm down, mate

              ethricdouble @alcxxk | 31 Mar '14, 19:19 | X
        • Big fan of the Lewton Bus as a horror trope

          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_People_%281942_film%29#Lewton_Bus

          Pretty sweet being the inventor of movie jump scares, effectively.

          Jeremys_Iron | 31 Mar '14, 16:41 | X
        • full penetration

          ithica | 31 Mar '14, 16:42 | X
        • I like how you can run away from the apocalypse

          As long as your car/plane's fast enough.

          in_limbo | 31 Mar '14, 16:45 | X
          • i loved the bit in The Day after Tomorrow

            where the ice actually chases people down a corridor. Fucking love that shit.

            Verbal @in_limbo | 31 Mar '14, 16:47 | X
            • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXmZ89eJMbA

              no-class @Verbal | 31 Mar '14, 20:49 | X
              noise_ramones this'd this
        • Also, in Michael Bay films

          When the building falls down and the SWAT team are dispatched

          in_limbo | 31 Mar '14, 16:48 | X
        • that's twinning

          alcxxk | 31 Mar '14, 17:15 | X
        • I like it when the good guys retaliate after a moment of thinking they will rise above it

          ThingsThatFly | 31 Mar '14, 18:56 | X
        • Big, big fan of people holding weapons being silhouetted in a doorway.

          It's so lazy, but it always gets me a little excited at the action about to unfold.

          marckee | 31 Mar '14, 20:37 | X
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