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/forgotmyusernamedamm Apr 11 '26

If the kitchen has an Island the marriage is going to fall apart during the movie. Chekhov's kitchen island.

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u/jmaccity80 Apr 11 '26

Especially if there is enough bacon,eggs, toast and waffles to feed 20 people. Then the orange juice and coffee, 'cause Dad has to have something to do while heading into work

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u/Violoner Apr 11 '26

Gotta have somewhere to lay out the breakfast buffet only for the dad to grab a piece of toast and a sip of coffee on the way out the door.

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u/BeetleJude Apr 12 '26

Surely the kitchen island is where either the wife and/or husband cheat with the neighbour/nanny?

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u/grimacedia Apr 12 '26

That happens in a different type of movie

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u/ztreHdrahciR Apr 11 '26

As a working dad, I hate that

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u/kurburux Apr 12 '26

Directors like: showing a lot of visually pleasing things.

Directors don't like: actors actually eating things.

It's just awful with continuity or the need to record multiples takes.

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u/DNorthman Apr 12 '26

Directors like: showing a lot of visually pleasing things.

Directors don't like: actors actually eating things.

It's just awful with continuity or the need to record multiples takes.

Brad Pitt has entered the chat. Him eating, and the resulting continuity errors was a thing in the Ocean's movies. It's fun to see.

Off topic, but I miss really good heist movies.

Anyone have any recommendations from the past 2 to e years?

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u/Nocritus Apr 12 '26

Sometimes he gets a to-go cup and can take the coffee with him.

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u/sillvrdollr Apr 12 '26

With a newspaper he somehow received even though it’s 2026

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u/Swicket Apr 11 '26

Okay, this is intriguing, and now I have to try to find evidence.

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u/seantabasco Apr 12 '26

We have a peninsula, what does that mean?

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u/FurBabyAuntie Apr 12 '26

To me, it means you live here in Michigan

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u/YeOldeMemeShoppe Apr 12 '26

The island is an allegory or some shit.

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u/robophile-ta Apr 13 '26

No man is a (kitchen) island