It's quite simple actually. First, they take a fairly well known and respected story, or author, add a cliché plot, take a couple secondary plot elements and maybe a character or two from the actual story, and the movie practically writes itself.
Here's a list of clichés in
I, Robot:
- After a car crash, no movie character ever sits and shakes for five minutes, or becomes incoherent with shock.
- Any time you see a really nice, snazzy foreign car or a great old car like a 65 mustang, you know it's going to be smashed into a million pieces.
- A car that crashes will always explode in a ball of flames.
- Male characters generally are cold-natured. They need to wear jeans and leather jackets when the female characters are comfortable in cutoffs and a halter top.
- If the hero has a psychological/phsical problem which has prevented him from effectively dealing with problems, you can rest assured that this problem will disappear at an opportune time.
- The hero will always refuse the assistance of friends or medical personnel after a fight.
- A hero will show no pain even during the most terrific beating, yet he will wince if a women attempts to clean a facial wound.
- When a hero suffers through car chases and crashes, he never has to worry about unfelt spinal injury from impact.
- Police Captains/lieutenants are always angry at their star detective and yell at him, threatening suspension if he doesn't drop the case.
- Corollary: it is only
after the detective has been suspended that he can properly crack the case.
- Whenever a villian has captured the hero, he will pause for 5 minutes to tell the hero
every detail of his plan to destroy and/or rule the earth, including times, dates, and addresses.
- Major characters never run out of ammunition, nor do they ever have to reload.
- No movie character will ever use or refer to a safety on any firearm.
Compiled from
MovieCliches.ComFascinating, ain't it?
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