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/SatoruGojo232 16d ago edited 16d ago

The movie funnily tried to circumvent the whole guard thing by showing the guard being comically incompetent at his job. For instance, the movie shows the dude moving into the apartment while the guard was snoring, so the guard had no idea some dude has moved into the apartment.

And at one time he had earphones on with his back turned, which caused him to miss the dude hurling a damn cupboard from his flat which came crashing onto the ground. I'm genuinely curious what kind of earphones can mask a damn cupboard falling from a height of 30-40 stories lol

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u/Freya0232 16d ago

Perhaps the same model Stan Lee was using in one of the Spider-Man movies, he was cleaning and completely unaware Lizard and Spidey were beating the everloving shit outta each other

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u/MichealRyder 15d ago

The Amazing Spider-Man

Funniest scene in that movie

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u/DizslecksickMoael 15d ago

To Mr. Lee's credit, he had the volume absolutely maxed out on those headphones.

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u/mannymo49 16d ago

I mean even if the headphones did work he's not going to turn around at some point and be like now where did this smashed up cupboard come from??

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u/Violet_Nightshade 13d ago

I think he was deaf.