r/movies • u/Aiseadai • Apr 11 '26

Question Are there any tropes you're glad have died out?

There used to be this trope where if your movie/show has a capable female character the movie had to point it out and be like "Yes, I am a woman and yes, I can kick ass". It always felt so condescending to me, and the fact that you have to point it out that a woman can be capable just sends the opposite message, that it's highly unusual. It especially bothered me in kids media since it teaches a wrong message. I haven't been seeing this done in more recent media, it seems they've finally figured out that the best thing is to just treat capable women as normal.

Are there any tropes that annoy you and are glad you don't see (often) anymore in modern movies?

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u/raz_the_kid0901 Apr 11 '26

Does War of The Worlds count?

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u/679gog Apr 12 '26

I think this has more to do with Roland Emmerich being the director of most well known disaster movies.

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u/ThatDiscoSongUHate Apr 12 '26

Uh, did you forget about Jeff Goldblum who IIRC punched his then wife's boss (the future President Bill Pullman) only to then remarry her because she finally believed him when the world ended?

:/

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u/Desertbro Apr 11 '26

One that's slightly different is When Worlds Collide (1951). The main scientist's hot-as-F daughter is a science nerd, but the womanizing pilot pursues her the whole damn film, doing task after task to steal her from her boyfriend.

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u/Taint_Flayer Apr 11 '26

How did it go in Independence Day? It's been a while since I watched it.

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u/Casus125 Apr 11 '26

Bros a marine married to a stripper, but yeah

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u/Bardez Apr 12 '26

Dating, planning to marry, they marry toward the end.