I’ll start. let’s talk about the elephant in the room.
Screenwriting : How cliche is your writing? by Fran Harris
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"I don’t even know who you are anymore."
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"Great, and I guess you want us to go in there, huh?"
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"I don't think we're in Kansas anymore."
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“Cover me. I'm going in.”
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hilarious Pat Alexander
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absolutely nuts! Christopher Phillips
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not gonna lie David Michael Kelly this is cringy
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and I literally LOL’d Maurice Vaughan
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Haha Fran Harris. Whenever I hear "I don’t even know who you are anymore" in a movie or show, I think, "There it goes." I try hard to avoid putting cliche dialogue in my scripts. Or I'll at least put a spin on the dialogue.
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Cliche as a form of comedy rocks but as a dramatic tool it is very, very risky to use UNLESS for a comedic break in tension to prepare for a rising action.
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She's going to lure us in...who? The cliche... and when we're trapped... slowly, bit by bit--kill us... Shut up!... Quiet...don't make a sound... you little cry babies... or I have to kill you myself... Maybe we'll flank her... What?... you ever flanked a cliche..."Oh, well, carpe diem. Just shoot me!!"... I can't now... that's a double negative.
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I always hold my breath when a little girl says her name, because the adult will say "that's a pretty name".
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but perhaps the greatest one of all is in a thriller when someone, ANYone says “who’s there?” as they hear noise and walk toward danger.
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Haha Fran Harris If not the greatest, it's definitely one of the greatest dialogue cliches.
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The cliché that drives me crazy is not a line; it's a non-line. NO ONE ever says "goodbye" at the end of a phone call. NO ONE. They just hang up!
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Fran, I'd like to submit a moment when two or more people are in trouble...and one of them cooks up an unseemly answer to the problem. When they question that character's solution, he or she tells them: "Trust me."
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bwaaahhh!!!!! Jim Boston
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A cliché that grinds my gears, whether in a movie or in a TV series, is the typical jealous wife/girlfriend who gets in the way of the protagonist's arc.
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Or the complete lack of communication. People. oils solve the obvious problem if they told people what they know.
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_____ is my middle name.
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The 30 minute chase/battle scenes in Super Hero films
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Beyond cliched dialogue, the brake squeak when cars stop that sound mixers add to nearly every vehicle, even new ones. Are there endemic brake issues? It's inane and annoying.
Too, the lack of creativity in starting character shots on their shoes/feet. Do shoe manufacturers have a lobby in Hollywood?
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"No time to explain!" -- aka "the audience already knows so I'm not going to communicate this essential information to you"
Makes me groan every time.