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[Closed] Disater Movie Clichés : A list
1. Grand Central Station gets demolished.
It didn't in the posidian.
Child always needs medication for life threatening condition
2. A relationship will blossom between unlikely partners and it'll be based on sexual attraction. One of them may perish
Whatever you do, don't go back for the briefcase, wallet, or small child you forgot
When being chased, always go to the top of the building
Never, ever get on a plane with Charlton Heston..!!
The following people will die...
Someone's last day on the force.
Someone who has a wife/child
Don't worry, the car will start just in the nick of time.
There's always time for a kiss.
The comedic character played by the coloured actor never dies...
**EDIT**
Or if they do, its SPECTACULAR!
Always fumble with & drop the keys when trying to start the car/unlock a door.
Make sure to dive away from explosions, as being airborne makes you impenetrable to physics.
The obnoxious self-centered one can be relied upon to sacrifice themselves for the greater good later on.
The lovable dog always escapes alive and unhurt.
The Americans think they are in charge
...and the bad guy is English.
One handed shooting is always accurate.
No matter how good your first plan is even if its walk 5 qmeters to safety it'll fail so save yourself the time and hassle and go with plan c
If a small child informs you there's a dinosaur/aliens/monster in the back yard, don't laugh at him and pat him on the head .... RUN!!!!
If a girl is running from the baddy, she will fall over for absolutely no apparent reason
The washed up Holywood celebrity is only in it for a pay-check and to give the movie some celebrity status. They aren't going to make it so don't hang around with them.
"But you don't understand people are gonna get crashed/fried/drowned/infected/eaten by evil clowns/falled out of the skyed*"
* delete as appropriate
An hour in you'll regrett the litre of coke
Surely you can't be serious
Any member of the public can hold onto a cliff face/towerblock/plane by their fingertips for hours until eventually being saved by someone just pulling them up by one arm.
Successfully defusing a bomb NEVER turns it off, it just stops the timer with less than 5 seconds to go.
The woman of dubious morale values is always a screamer when the monster/zombie/murderer threatens before dying a gruesome death.
Attractive women will be poorly clad for such extreme conditions.
Large animals/monsters will always roar/growl/snarl at people thus just missing the opportunity to bite their heads off.
Sharp falling objects will always spear the ground 2-4 inches from a fallen hero/heroines head.
If disaster involves open ocean, the water nearly always appears crystal clear and warm.
Despite impending doom ,all the ladies have time to apply rouge ,lipstick &blusher.
If it makes enough money at the box office it will happen again with minor variations and heavier promotion.
The protagonist jumping off a fortunately positioned precipice just as a dafty fire-ball (there was nothing combustible about) nearly sears the vest off his back. Then gets up un-flustered looking into the middle distance.
There will be a simple way to stop the alien invasion discovered by an unlikely hero or heroine.
One handed shooting is always accurate.
You will also never run out of ammo, ever.
The hero can hide behind a litter bin, car door, house door, plaster wall whilst being shot at with high calibre bullets from stupidly close range and emerge unscathed to take out the opposition with a single shot nearly always to the head.
I have it on very good authority (ex Bisley winner) that a 45 round will go through a car door taking all the window winding mechanism with it shredding the interior of the car and collecting the gear stick before exiting very messily from the door on the other side (don't ever ask for real bullet holes in your car, just have the stickers).
And something I've learnt to my cost as the bad guy, is never monologue, just kill him with the sharks with frikkin laser beams and be done with it. Then treat your henchmen to a full medical package with a good pension and early retirement and BUPA for all the family to ensure loyal service.
Not disaster movies per se, but horses run at a full gallop for many miles, through tortuous terrain, never stumbling or just collapsing from exhaustion
No matter how badly society has been ravaged, no matter how busy a female character has been avoiding death there will ALWAYS be the time and the means to address the issue of body hair.
When the world is ending, everyone forgets about the basics, like going for a dump.
1.Despite a piece of climbing-type kit working all through various perilous situations,when called upon for the last push said item appears to have been made from un-heat-treated metal and starts to open up........(we sell Ruffwear dog kit in our store,the webbing and biners on that are rated @ 1,100lb breaking strain,not had a 1,200lb dog in yet..). 2.Guns,that jam at key moment despite being faultless for earlier part of dramatic movie.
Not quite disaster movie but stood on a bridge yesterday while a train went under it.
Jumping on top of it to wrestle the baddy and take control of the train / defuse the bomb looked like a piece of piss.
Also there's a storm coming...
Not disaster movies per se, but horses run at a full gallop for many miles, through tortuous terrain, never stumbling or just collapsing from exhaustion
..until they get to where they're going, then they collapse
"let's get out of here"

