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/LewdDudeNewd 16d ago

I got bad news OP:

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u/Nerd1313 16d ago

I can’t handle the fact that this movie ends with the survivor sending a letter to the survivor of the first fall about doing another free climb like it’s a goddam marvel movie

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u/aslatts 16d ago

My second favorite ending of this type, after the third Kingsman movie where the post credit scene has Hitler step out of the shadows to meet Lenin, like he's fucking Thanos.

Granted at least that movie has the excuse that maybe it was meant as a joke? Which would have made sense in the first two movies, but the third movie took itself so much more seriously it's hard to say.

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u/edgiepower 15d ago edited 15d ago

The movie was serious within itself, but it was still made to be whacky and funny from outside. It's just made so the characters actually invest in the situations rather than act like comedians.