Not really a trope I guess but I hate being able to predict what happens in a movie/tv show. I don’t mean in a literal sense, I’m not a fucking clairvoyant, but just getting a general “vibe” for how most mainstream Hollywood bs is structured. Really takes me out of just enjoying shit.
I went into Everything Everywhere All At Once knowing nothing about the film. I thought it was going to be a slice of life film about the Asian-American experience and a mother trying to reconnect with her daughter.
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It is that, but it's also a movie where buttplugs are used to give superpowers
Even if you know where things are going to end up, the journey can still be a lot of fun. If the storyteller is really good then "knowing" the end can even heighten the tension. In Romeo and Juliet you know everything is going to go to hell, but finding out how is exciting. In a war movie you might "know" that all the protagonists are going to die, and the tension becomes whether they'll be able to complete their goal before they die, or even just examining how they conduct themselves in the face of certain death. In a romcom where you know the characters are going to end up together you can get to a point in the third act where it seems like they're going to be separated and the tension becomes finding out how they resolve the conflict and get to live happily ever after.
There are only so many formats of story you can tell. I find it especially bad when I'm the same age as a director. We grew up watching the same movies, so it can be really obvious what tropes they're drawing on.
Not really a trope I guess but I hate being able to predict what happens in a movie/tv show. I don’t mean in a literal sense, I’m not a fucking clairvoyant, but just getting a general “vibe” for how most mainstream Hollywood bs is structured. Really takes me out of just enjoying shit.
Couple movies you might like based on some things that I've enjoyed recently:
Oh yeah Parasite and Everything Everywhere are incredible. I’ll give the other two a try. Thanks!
All wonderful choices
I went into Everything Everywhere All At Once knowing nothing about the film. I thought it was going to be a slice of life film about the Asian-American experience and a mother trying to reconnect with her daughter.
spoiler
It is that, but it's also a movie where buttplugs are used to give superpowers
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Legit question, what's the point of reading/watching something if you know all the tropes and "twists" that are also tropes already?
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Even if you know where things are going to end up, the journey can still be a lot of fun. If the storyteller is really good then "knowing" the end can even heighten the tension. In Romeo and Juliet you know everything is going to go to hell, but finding out how is exciting. In a war movie you might "know" that all the protagonists are going to die, and the tension becomes whether they'll be able to complete their goal before they die, or even just examining how they conduct themselves in the face of certain death. In a romcom where you know the characters are going to end up together you can get to a point in the third act where it seems like they're going to be separated and the tension becomes finding out how they resolve the conflict and get to live happily ever after.
Word. Tropes aren't bad, but you can use tropes badly.
There are only so many formats of story you can tell. I find it especially bad when I'm the same age as a director. We grew up watching the same movies, so it can be really obvious what tropes they're drawing on.