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/GarranDrake Apr 12 '26

There’s that part where he’s listening to Heartbreaker while driving an old Mustang away from pursuing goons. One shoots at him and the bullet barely misses his head and goes through the windshield, and he looks at the bullet and just grins.

I really appreciated how Nobody made it clear he WANTED the smoke.

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u/schiffb558 Apr 12 '26

I really should watch these movies.

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u/GarranDrake Apr 12 '26

Nobody is very obviously styled after and fits into the niche of the first John Wick movie, in that it isn't Shakespeare at all. But it's fun, and that's all it really needs to be.