“Overrated Or Classic?”: Vote On These 23 Beloved Movie Tropes And See What Everyone Thinks

If done right, this can be very powerful. Edmund in the end of “King Lear”, with his last breath, gives orders to spare Cordelia… It’s too late, but it’s precious when even such a detestable character shows that his soul isn’t fully and completely dark.

You have to earn it. I've seen this come off cheaply, but the guy in the helmet EARNED it.

Eh, sometimes it can be too boring if it's not done right. Now, if it's a slow burn enemies to lovers, that is a different question with a different answer

This is an absolute depends. It's either unnecessary, or it's written well. There's no in-between

Sam pretty much the hero in lotr.

But Sam doesn’t crack jokes nonstop, he’s actually very serious throughout. And he isn’t nerdy at all, he is a simple uneducated gardener and that is emphasized. And he is awkward only with the ladies. Sam doesn’t fit this trope at all. Wesley Wyndham-Price from “Angel” would be a more fitting choice, for example.

The Ka-mai or Destiny's fool, indeed one of my favourite tropes. I always look for the Ka-mai

To be fair, I was there when this plot twist was originally revealed. This it became cliche afterward but if you were there at the first, it is and was insane

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that the "I am your [whatever]" trope existed before 1977.

Its gotten old

"It's too soap opera-y" - Well Star Wars is basically a space opera and the template for that trope

The trick to a good sequel is coming up with a new threat that doesn't destroy the original sense of victory. The trick to a good series is a plausible reason why the protagonists keep ending up in such peril.

Only if you really weren't expecting it

So many times it's "Go! Leave me!" and it's totally unnecessary, and that character had plenty of time to get to safety 🤦🏼‍♀️

Normally enunciating a subtext is 100% cringe. But Spock totally killed it. (Given the name of the next movie, I'm not shy about spoiling... this one time.)

There’s a reason that it’s appeared so much throughout all of human history’s stories

If execùted well, time loops can actually be very interesting.

I'm not sure because it depends on the quality of the writing. I've seen some great examples, and some horrible ones.

I often think, "Oh, it's going to be one of THOSE stories," but I've actually liked each one I saw.

The mentor should come along with the hero, and the turning point where the hero must choose their fate for themselves is when the mentor sacrifices themselves.

This is right out of Joseph Campbell. The Death of the Mentor is an essential stage of The Hero’s Journey.

Sorry, but that twisted mouth expression turns me off every time.

Too expected at this point, the heroes need to lose every once in a while to keep things interesting

Overused. Still liked it in the Battle of the Bastards episode of Game of Thrones. It was really well done there.

Overused but still good.

Depends. If it's well done like in Usual Suspects, absolutely. If it's done lazily, it.ruins the whole thing.

I much prefer stories about unlikely people being forced to come together rather than people who are already friends. It adds much more interesting character development and depth.

I think this one has a little more authenticity. People usually aren't 100% evil or 100% good.

I love it. I’m always cheering for the villain.

This! Especially when instead of the villain killing the hero to get it over and done with, they just reveal their entire plan from the start and yammer on, giving pretty much all the time the hero needs to think of some escape plan...

I'm still mad about that scene in Game of Thrones betweeen The Mountain and The Viper.

It’s very annoying, but almost every video game villain talks a lot of rot before you can finally sink your teeth into them. Just shut up and fight! Also, before they die, they always keep stupidly repeating “No… How can this be?!” It can be because I’m f*****g level 127, b***h!

Let the villain have their moment— I love villain monologues, however the hero shouldn’t escape during the monologue. That’s overused and dumb.

Braveheart battle speech, ooh what a goosebump moment every time ❤️

I hate about 90% of the "rousing speech"™ moments because they're so darn cheesy. The last 10% is when the writers have done it right and the amount of pathos isn't too much and then it's great

Marvel overused this to death.

It's also unrealistic. On/off couples are like that because their dynamic is unhealthy and one party is never fully invested. The party that isn't fully in it never comes around for their on/off partner, they eventually go on and commit to someone they actually fall in love with.

It isn’t very realistic, but it does sometimes happen in real life and it’s beautiful when it’s convincingly done in fiction. Rachel and Ross from Friends is one of my favorite examples.

I feel like this is one of the few that accurately represents the human condition. It happens rarely in real life, but it could happen more and be successful more if we were better people.

Relationships should start with good communication, not sudden bursts of lust. If this really were barriers of communication finally being overcome, I could buy it as unlikely but potentially very good. Instead, it's usually people who hate each other (or at least sincerely THINK they do) realizing that the other is hot and available. Like "I was so busy fighting with so and so that I never realized they probably are GREAT in bed!

Reminds me of a skit about James Bond - He gets killed by a laser to the surprise of the villain, bad guy is about to blow up Earth and gets gunned down by the SAS at the last second. "Why did we send one guy to save the planet if we have a whole platoon of trained commandos?" - "Yeah, that's bloody bollocks. Who ever planned this should be fired"

I think the best way to go about this is the— hear me out— LEGO movie method. Tell someone that they’re the chosen one as a placebo, and then reveal that it’s not true, but it can be if they believe it.

Done right, yes. Just can't remember the last time I saw that...

Four Weddings and a Funeral-absolutely cringe (Is it still raining? I hadn't noticed)

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Hey, it's the one we've all actually been in, right? Hell, my CATS are in this situation ten times a day.

That and endless fight scenes bore me to death. Yes, you are a very good driver, how good for you. To me, it rarely contributes to the story and if i see a fruit stand in an action movie, i know the poor oranges are doomed. It is so overused, it is getting ridicolous.