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/Wonderful-Variation 16d ago

This like my favorite trope.   I can't get enough of it.   I don't know why, but movies about people getting stuck in dumb places are my jam.    And yes, I am looking forward to the whale movie.

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u/mightylordredbeard 16d ago

Yeah same here. I love the “trapped in a small, single location” stories. Especially when you’ve got a strong lead that is capable of carrying the entire story on their own. I think I’ve seen pretty much all of these types of movies because I’ve run out of new ones to find.

That said; for whatever reason I’m not a fan of the many “trapped on water and sharks are circling” tropes. I don’t know why. I love the trapped aspect, I like the being stranded at sea aspect, but add a shark to the mix and it doesn’t interest me.

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u/Capital-Meet-6521 16d ago

Personally I find it hard to take the “sharks are circling” trope seriously because I read that sharks hate the taste of humans and most shark attacks have been due to sharks mistaking swimmers/surfers for seals. Plus why are the sharks hanging around waiting for someone to fall in the ocean when there’s almost certainly things they could be hunting already in said ocean?