jonathan

United States

All feature films directed by James Cameron since 1984 have names that begin either with the letter A or with the letter T: "The Terminator," "Terminator 2: Judgment Day," "Titanic," "True Lies," "Aliens," "The Abyss."

When it is stated that "only one man can (solve this crime, save the world, bring this man to justice, etc.)," you can be sure that one man is now retired or was kicked off the force and must now be lured into action. MERWYN GROTE, St. Louis, Missouri (Published: 12/11/94)

A phenomenon in which actors begin in comedies and progress to serious drama. In modern times, the shift was pioneered by Tom Hanks ("Bachelor Party" to "Saving Private Ryan") and followed by actors like Jim Carrey ("Ace Ventura" to "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"), Robin Williams ("Popeye" to "One Hour Photo"), Jamie Foxx ("Booty Call" to "Ray") and, recently, Will Ferrell (from (Published: 3/5/06)

This is any secondary character who disregards the heros wise advice and does the one thing guaranteed to make him die a ghastly death, thereby proving the hero correct. The PDB is often eulogized with the phrase, "The Poor Dumb Bastard never had a chance!" In disaster movies, the PDBs tend to travel in packs. Merwyn Grote, St. Louis (Published: 12/13/07)

In many thrillers, the hero crashes his car or truck through the door or wall of a building at the precise time and place to allow him to rescue a victim or kill the bad guys. How can he see through the walls to know exactly where his car will emerge? Why doesnt he ever drive into a load-bearing beam? (Published: 6/18/95)

In any film involving an unknown killer, if a moderately well-known actor is given co-star billing, yet only appears for, say, five minutes in the first hour-and-a-half, he or she is almost guaranteed to be revealed at the climax as the murderer, complete with flamboyant mad scene leading up to a spectacular death. MICHAEL SCHLESINGER, Culver City, CA

Any time guns are shown in a movie, they invariably make endless 'clicky' noises as they are handed out and moved from character to character. Anyone with gun experience knows guns are just like rocks. Unless you do something to them, they are silent.
Joe Coulter, Manchester, NH

Moment in any film when the hero and heroine argue heatedly about how much they hate one another, escalating to the point when the heroine slaps the hero--followed by their passionate embrace. PATRICK RODUIN, Seattle,Wa

Killzone 2 sucked; why would I want to play a game where it feels like the batteries to the controller are dying

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