r/TopCharacterTropes • u/MammothPenguin69 • 16d ago

Hated Tropes Stupid Contrived Survival Stories

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  1. 12 Feet Deep - Two idiots decide they absolutely positively MUST go swimming in a pool after it's closed. An incredibly contrived sequence of events happens so they get stuck in a pool. So the movie can happen.

  2. Frozen (not that one) - Three idiots decide they absolutely positively MUST get on a ski-lift after it's closed. To the point of bribing the operator who for some stupid reason doesn't say anything. Do the movie can happen. Also, Wolves are not that aggressive. They are typically shy and avoid humans.

  3. 47 Meters Down- Arguably the most believable scenario on this list. It's still really stupid.

  4. Fall- Two idiots decide to climb an abandoned radio tower without proper equipment that would make escaping their predicament trivially easy. Stop me if you've heard this one before

so the movie can happen.

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u/FishingHot2806 16d ago

Seriously. OP seems too naive to have too much faith in people's brain. That, and if read enough news you know just the right amount of bad luck can get you into any unfortunate scenario irl.

Anyway, for op's prompt, I vote 127 Hours. (Oh, wait...)

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u/MagicCarpetofSteel 16d ago

Truth is stranger than fiction.

I feel like the main thing is the contrived part. OP thinks that these movies did a poor and/or lazy job in doing the setup for the plot to happen.

Does 127 hours feel contrived? Were you saying “they wouldn’t do that” or “that wouldn’t happen” when you watched it?

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u/Salt_Winter5888 16d ago

When I saw the post 127 Hours was also the same thing I thought and I was like "...but it happened"