What are some overhyped things in movies?

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1. Fight scenes.

   Fight scenes are fun, but not as fun as they seem to think they are. A well choreographed fight scene needs to communicate exactly what’s going on and the emotions of the combatants through the ebb and flow of their fight and how they individually act and react. The final Maul vs Kenobi fight is a great example of this.

   A bad fight scene will be over reliant on smash cuts and spoken word. It focuses on the simple catharsis of hitting a bad guy instead of trying to further any understanding of the characters involved. They’re like shorthand for “insert audience gratification here.” Marvel movies do this a lot.

2. Romance. Every kid who grew up in the 70s is waiting for their Love Boat balcony moment.

3. War scenes. The main character experiences shell shock, which causes everything to slow down. This is usually accompanied by a deafening sound of ringing in the ears. As the character bewilderingly scans the surroundings, they witness the grim spectacle of people being mercilessly slaughtered. 🙄

4. Trading in story for CGI. Movies seem to have become all about how pretty it looks and not how good the directing or plot is.

5. Murder.

6. Sex in water.

7. Sound effects and of cars , explosions, sex

8. Drifting and car chases with explosions

9. Asian martial arts. They look pretty but are generally useless. Triple that for anything with samurai swords which are heavy, short medieval slashing weapons useless against any weapon created after the 17th century.

10. Drama and awkwardness. I really can’t bring myself to watch those movies, to the point that despite I don’t have a valid point against them since it’s just my gut feeling and opinion I just despise them.

    I kid you not, this is so widespread in me that it gave me issues. Such as not even being able to bring myself to watch “umpteenth cringe soft drama movie with shitty actors” to please girl. I might literally have a flee reflex.

11. Fights. 30 seconds is a really long time in a fight. Most fights don’t last long, and most end up on the ground pretty quick. No fighters can withstand the beatings and keep going like die hard lol. That man would need a doctor halfway through the movie.

12. Protagonist winning. Real life, very few people win.

13. Star studded casts.

    Not every movie needs a typecast actor. I don’t need to see Jason Mamoa as a warrior, or Ryan Reynolds as an edgelord in every single movie.

    Give more obscure actors a chance to give us new interpretations of a scene.