What have we learned from movies?

Every single actress is just putting on a mask—glamorizing their looks and pretending it's all natural

I suppose you could argue that adult films are technically movies, in a sense. They’re incredibly bad—painfully so—but if I'm not mistaken, they still fall under the broad umbrella of cinema.

Amy Sanchez81 said:Pornography counts as film, in a sense. They might be excruciatingly bad, but if I'm not mistaken, they still technically fall under the umbrella of cinema.

But honestly, what is there to actually learn from them? Just a mountain of hollow dialogue and a tutorial on how to pose awkwardly for the camera.☕

hiddenmarlin96 said:What’s there to actually learn? Just a bunch of hollow dialogue and tips on how to pose in awkward positions. ☕

Oh, so everyone except the missionaries is considered "awkward" now? 🤣

Robin Reyes54 said:So, what—is everyone else just inherently "uncomfortable" unless they’re practicing missionary style? It seems like we’ve reached this ridiculous point where any variation from the standard script is immediately labeled as problematic or awkward. It’s quite a leap to assume that because one method is considered the baseline, everything else must be inherently flawed or socially unacceptable. Honestly, the narrowness of this perspective is staggering. 🤣

What exactly constitutes intelligence? Is it just raw processing power, or is it something far more nuanced—something that requires a certain level of discernment? I find myself pondering this quite often lately. 🙄
You’re watching way too much porn—honestly, you need to take a break. We "mortals" just aren't built with that kind of elasticity compared to the women you see in those videos.
And let’s be honest—publicly rubbing or poking at an injury like that? It’s a recipe for disaster—you're basically asking to end up with a massive pile of bruises. ☕

Have you all noticed how most horror movies tend to kick off with that classic trope where a group—usually a bunch of young people—is driving through some desolate stretch of forest toward their final destination? It’s interesting because lately, no matter which flick in the genre I sit down to watch, I feel like the actual plot doesn't truly begin until they encounter a deer. To be more specific, those eerie little hints of things to come almost always involve them hitting a deer on the road, or perhaps stumbling upon one lying dead by the shoulder. They’ll pull over and just lose it, screaming their heads off in pure shock, or sometimes it gets even weirder, where they start seeing hallucinations of them slamming into the windshield. Anyway, I was curious—what other repetitive patterns or clichés have you guys spotted in the film industry that seem to pop up constantly, whether it's involving certain animals, those dramatic montages showing the transition from day to night, or anything else like that?

I know this thread has popped up before, but why not? This whole movie section is a mess anyway...

It’s a classic trope, isn't it? In every single horror movie, the car engine just refuses to turn over when it matters most. 😂 😂 😂
If anyone actually knows of a horror film where the protagonists manage to start their car on the first try, please, enlighten me. 🙏 🙏

Deer Woman or Helen, the seventh episode of the Masters of Horror series, is hands down the craziest bit of trashy horror I've seen lately involving deer 😍 😍 🤣
You should definitely check it out if you haven't yet 👍

Kevin Scott37 said:Deer Woman, or rather Helen, the seventh episode of the Masters of Horror series. Definitely one of the wildest pieces of deer-themed trash horror I've seen lately... 😍 😍 🤣
Give it a watch if you haven't... 👍

Do you have any stills? 🙂 🙂 🙂

Directed by John Landis






...while playfully messing around with Twin Peaks, Agent Cooper, Scully, Mulder, and pretty much everyone else...

So, does IMDb actually claim it’s just an X-Files clone? 😁 I really need to track down that series at some point... 👍

Well, I found myself overthinking this now that we've reopened this old debate. It's always the same trope—when people plummet from great heights, they inevitably land on a car, totaling the vehicle, yet somehow nobody else gets hurt except the person falling. That's why Get Carter was such a standout; when Jimmy Carter tossed that heavy guy onto a car in the parking lot, he actually crushed two people inside... 😁

Have you ever noticed how almost every classic horror movie follows the exact same playbook? You’ve got this group of young people heading out on a road trip or some weekend getaway, and they inevitably end up driving through some dense, isolated patch of woods. For one reason or another, their car decides to give up the ghost right in the middle of nowhere. In most of these films, the plot kicks off because they either hit a deer, start seeing deer everywhere in their peripheral vision, or they simply pull over because there's a dead deer sprawled across the asphalt. That’s usually the moment the nightmare begins. Given how predictable these tropes can be, I’d love to hear if any other specific situations, scenes, recurring thoughts, or even certain animals come to mind when you think about the clichés that define the genre.

Suddenly, those little girls with long dark hair—I don't know how to describe it—just turned into incredibly wicked witches 😕

Just a quick heads-up—we’re strictly talking about one tiny little corner of the horror genre here, which, unfortunately, happens to be the part most people actually know

snobe 😬

We aren't just talking about some tiny niche within the horror genre here... repetition is a thing in pretty much any cinematic category you look at. So, Lawrence Booth2, if you don't have anything constructive to add to the conversation, maybe just sit this one out. It isn't anyone's fault that they can't constantly churn out Japanese-style horror flicks for every single cast and crew to work with; those kinds of productions simply aren't always accessible.

wearygardener13 said:all of a sudden, those little brunette girls turned into absolute villains😕

Thanks to Severina.

Just looking at this from a broad perspective... the first thing that jumps out at me is *Legend of Hell House*... but if you look at other haunted house flicks, they don't really feature deer—just like how Dracula movies or Frankenstein stories don't involve them. Then you've got early Cronenberg body horror, then Hitchcock, then all those different devil movies, demonic possessions, creepy babies... dolls, butchers, maniacs... not to mention the various tropes involving Italians, Spaniards, Australians... and finally the Japanese, Russians, or Mexicans 😁... but honestly, I can't argue against the deer being a factor because there really are just way too many deer popping up. For instance, I can't stop thinking about *Reeker*, which is still pretty fresh in my mind

MrBeast said:It's all thanks to Taylor Swift.

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Lawrence Booth2 😁