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The Police
Whenever you see police engage a villain, you know they’re gonna lose, but one guy in a cape can stop everything. This sends the message that all those good people who want to change the world can’t, unless they are special and have special superpowers, otherwise don’t even try. All these good people who are equally heroic, but decided to enter the force rather than don spandex, are worthless.
This goes for Bond movies too. I argue that those movies don’t have a happy ending—what happens when Bond dies of old age? The world is FUCKED because nobody else is even half-competent. All the CIA agents are good for is exposition and all the women turn out to be working for the bad guy anyway.
Speaking of which…
Supervillains
Supervillains have stupid reasons to be evil, and stupid ways to destroy the world. Real people do horrible things for horrible reasons, and the real reasons people use are unequivocally more interesting than vague megalomania or IINNNNNNSANITY HAHAHAHA!!!. Give me a fucking break.
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Makeover montages
Someday I want to see a makeover sequence where, when it’s over, they sit back and look at her and say, well, that didn’t really help.
300
I could have titled this “Props that masquerade as characters” but I would rather take the opportunity to say how much I hate that goddamn movie.
I think it’s guilty of all of these except for makeover montages. (Thermopylae is the new New York.)
Die in a realistic fashion, Frank Miller.
