Movie Cliches

Since time immemorial, our directors and producers have been burdening our minds with repetitive, stereotypical stuff in their movies under the pretext of entertaining us. I mean what the hell !! Its not that they show us original content. They anyway lift content from Hollywood, so why be repetitive? Conspiracy theories range from aliens brainwashing our directors to George Bush bribing them to keep the Indian people from getting even more smarter and giving the Americans a run for their jobs. Its time we wake up and take notice. So as a part of our awareness campaign, here are a few common movie cliches that we witness in almost every one-fourth movie :

Songs

1. The hero, whenever he jumps into the middle of the road and begins to dance and sing, all the passers-by leaving all their work join him in his dance and song, and dance with amazing co-ordination with the hero even without any rehearsal. Surprisingly, nobody (not even the police)
mind the traffic being halted and normal work being disrupted by this buffoonery.

2. The hero and heroine may be poor and starving still they are able to pay for their trip to Switzerland and other exotic locations for the purpose of singing and dancing.

3. The Gods must be impressed by the hero of the movie because whenever he wants to sing and dance, heavens play music for him so that he can sing to the tune and dance to the tune. No need for orchestra wherever he may be, up a hill or in the middle of the sea !!!

Combat

1.When the villain gets the gun, and the hero is helpless, he will indulge in speaking useless dialogues rather than just finishing the hero off giving the heroine ample time to regain consciousness and strike the villain from behind thus saving the day.

2. Usually villains maintain a document or a file of their evil deeds, so that the hero may conveniently steal it from them without having to search too hard, to prove his innocence and their guilt.

Weddings

1. Whenever the hero stops a wedding, he is just on time with the 7 “fere” still incomplete and 2nd or 3rd one in progress.
2. Whenever a villain stops a wedding, he is late by a little margin with the 7 “fere” having just been completed and the groom having applied the crimson on bride’s temple a few seconds before.

Alcohol

1. Characters in a movie never puke after drinking even if they are drinking for the first time and even if they have gulped down several glasses of neat whisky.
2. Women never drink unless they are vamps.

Gunfights

1. If there is a gang of crooks, the hero never misses a single shot. Somehow all his bullets find one crook or the other.
2.In a gunfight all the crooks fall over as soon as they are hit with a bullet even if they are hit in the shoulder and somehow refuse to fire any further bullets with the gun in their hands.
3. The hero on the other hand even if hit by several bullets keeps on firing. In the end even if he is dying he will die after he has had his last word with all his well wishers around.

To add to this long list of movie cliches, comment in the Comments Section. Enjoy reading!!!