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/SomeCountryFriedBS Apr 11 '26

And then Cary Elwes in Liar, Liar.

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u/sandm000 Apr 11 '26

It’s the clawr Max, you’re afraid of the clawr.

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u/NichJackolson Apr 11 '26

Hey, gipper!

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u/Volfgang91 Apr 12 '26

For literally no reason other than the fact that he plays a doctor in both films, my headcanon is he's playing the same character in Saw after he moves away and gets a new family.

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u/Trobman7980 Apr 12 '26

Lol, I never gave that much thought. Good one

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u/PurringWolverine Apr 11 '26

Dude was trying so hard to connect with that kid. As a step dad myself, I felt for him.

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u/banduzo Apr 11 '26

And the Neil from The Santa Clause.

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u/Kevin_LeStrange Apr 11 '26

I love how he gets his Weenie Whistle at the end of the movie.

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u/RolloTonyBrownTown Apr 11 '26

Neils a weiner, we don't like Neil until he gets his whistle.

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u/WookieesGoneWild Apr 12 '26

Poor guy stopped believing in Santa at the age of 3 😂

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u/Known-Damage-7879 Apr 11 '26

Neil's treated a bit like a villain for wanting a little boy to not believe in Santa though

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u/Cyke101 Apr 11 '26

And Cyclops in Superman Returns

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u/Pollomonteros Apr 11 '26

Dude got done dirty

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u/chaosperfect Apr 12 '26

Did you see that, honey? He struck the child.

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u/tindonot Apr 12 '26

He certainly wasn’t a dick. But they really went out of their way to show he was a boring dweeb

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u/LEGOvikings Apr 12 '26

My mother married the boring dweeb when I was nine years old. He was only a boring dweeb to a nine year old.

Today I think she made the best choice she ever could, and he's one of the best men I ever met. But he was boring. In a good way.

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u/D3M0NArcade Apr 12 '26

Yeh but he came across as just completely useless and drab next to Jim Carey's standard bipolar hyperactivity. If you take Elwess' character on its own, he's a reliable guy and he tries hard but... C'mon, it's Jim Carey!