"If it starts in a bar where the protagonist has to beat up some loud mouth patrons to let the audience know he’s a bad @$$. Bonus points if the loud mouth bar patrons are harassing a female bartender."
"Road House with Patrick Swayze is an exception."
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Sondra 10 month s ago
#2 Creedence Clearwater Revival's "It Ain't Me" (actually called 'Fortunate Son') was used heavily in Vietnam war movies of the late 1970's to early 80's. So much so, that it's practically Pavlovian in its expected use - if a scene depicts 1960's Southeast Asian conflict...that song MUST accompany it. It's the law of wartime cliche. Much like Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries" from "Apocalypse Now" always accompanies a swarm of heavily armed helicopters defoliating a jungle with rotating mini-guns.
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Ina 10 month s ago
Sondra,
I don't recall hearing "Fortunate Son" in any Vietnam war movies other than Forrest Gump.
I don't recall hearing "Fortunate Son" in any Vietnam war movies other than Forrest Gump.
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Sondra 10 month s ago
Ina,
Then you've obviously haven't seen many Vietnam war movies.
Then you've obviously haven't seen many Vietnam war movies.
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Lyddy 10 month s ago
Sondra, The only licensed use of Fortunate Son in a film portraying the Vietnam War was Forrest Gump.
You seem to have mixed reality with the 2018 Family Guy episode "'Family Guy' Through the Years" (presented as a compilation of old episodes from the series' "60 year run", parodying anniversary specials), Glenn Quagmire, portrayed as a Vietnam veteran in 1973, experiences PTSD-like symptoms from the incessant use of the song and "For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield as audible background music during the war.
You seem to have mixed reality with the 2018 Family Guy episode "'Family Guy' Through the Years" (presented as a compilation of old episodes from the series' "60 year run", parodying anniversary specials), Glenn Quagmire, portrayed as a Vietnam veteran in 1973, experiences PTSD-like symptoms from the incessant use of the song and "For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield as audible background music during the war.
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Tanafra 10 month s ago
Lyddy,
Damn Lyddy, way to bring those Receipts to be Checked! Well done.
Damn Lyddy, way to bring those Receipts to be Checked! Well done.
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Virdie 10 month s ago
I'm not a fan of the whole ex-machina (however it's spelled.) You go through and staged event with no hope in sight, and a random non-story-godsend saves the protagonist. It's as bad as being spoon-fed the exposition AND obvious plot holes.
AND the "it's all a dream", " it's all fake" endings piss me off sooooooooo much. Unless it's literally about being faked (like Total Recall).
AND the "it's all a dream", " it's all fake" endings piss me off sooooooooo much. Unless it's literally about being faked (like Total Recall).
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Thursa 10 month s ago
Star Trek red shirts.
or: Suspenseful music so you expect something bad to happen, but it doesn't. But then: jump-scare!
or: Suspenseful music so you expect something bad to happen, but it doesn't. But then: jump-scare!
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Thursa 10 month s ago
in Arnie's "Commando", his daughter jumps right in the arms of the flight-attendant (played by Tommy Chong's daughter), whom she has never, ever seen in her whole life.
I don't recall hearing "Fortunate Son" in any Vietnam war movies other than Forrest Gump.
Then you've obviously haven't seen many Vietnam war movies.
You seem to have mixed reality with the 2018 Family Guy episode "'Family Guy' Through the Years" (presented as a compilation of old episodes from the series' "60 year run", parodying anniversary specials), Glenn Quagmire, portrayed as a Vietnam veteran in 1973, experiences PTSD-like symptoms from the incessant use of the song and "For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield as audible background music during the war.
Damn Lyddy, way to bring those Receipts to be Checked! Well done.
AND the "it's all a dream", " it's all fake" endings piss me off sooooooooo much. Unless it's literally about being faked (like Total Recall).
or: Suspenseful music so you expect something bad to happen, but it doesn't. But then: jump-scare!