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If one looses sight in one eye, it destroys their depth perception and much of their visibility. Yet in movies, the most formidable villain is obviously blind in one eye, but his sword fighting, archery, and marksmanship are perfect.

It's striking in science fiction movies how prevalent and oft-used English is among different ethnicities, races, and evil species.

When a car falls off a cliff or careens into a brick wall at speed it will inevitably explode into a beautiful orange blossom of fiery death. I thought they recalled the Ford Pinto years ago...

Science says it is really, really bad for you; but movies say getting drunk is perfectly fine.

A giant blue light-beam shoots up into the sky!!!

A character with a God complex has intense feelings of superiority and megalomania. They believe they are above the law, and feel they have the right to become judge and jury, "punishing" those who do not line up with their visions accordingly.

Loki in a very elaborate attempt to win his Father's (who, by the by, is motherflippin' ODIN!) respect.

A Heroic Sacrifice is when a character makes a sacrifice for the benefit and well-being of others. This is quite possibly the most prevalent cliche in cinema today.

For those characters that look human and act human and later turn out to be an alien, robot, demon, monster or something else.

In movies, when real guys want to hang out, they have to do it by getting wasted.

Despite all the unbelievable things occurring, no one believes the hero and their explanation/solution.

Upon seeing or hearing something dramatic or violent, the protagonist will let loose with their best, slow-motion "NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

A character expelling his disbelief of an event he is seeing or experiencing by using the Lord's name in vain. Variations of this include: "Good God!," "Oh God," "My God," and "Oh My Lord."

Mostly seen in cheesy horror movies when a character is cornered by the bad guy or a dead body is revealed to the character in a shocking way.

Cool guys have muscles and they just love to show them off. The only way to do that is to take off their shirts and flex. These are the films that help them do that.

The troops are rallied, the weapons are equipped, the enemy is at the gates, and you can clearly see every detail as the drama crawls slowly across the screen.

Will referencing a particular online phenomenon date your work in years to come? Of course it will, but it just might seem relevant at the time of release.

Nick Fury has some faint eye scars.

Sif

A troublesome relationship between parents and their children which must be dealt with for the character to move on or have closure

The bad guy isn't such a bad guy. He may do terrible things, but he has legitimate reasons. If only people would understand.