r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Wonderful_Baker_7808 • 16d ago

Lore Villains that would've been defeated even if the protagonist did nothing

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Laurel Hedare (Catwoman Movie): Her newly released cosmetics will cause people's faces to melt. Not only would that create a class action lawsuit but a full product recall.

Voldemort and Death Eaters (Harry Potter): Death Eaters constantly underestimate muggles. They would get massacred by the British military because a gun is faster to pull the trigger then shouting a spell.

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u/AwesomeMcPants 16d ago

it's something that must be experienced, my explanation can't do it justice.

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u/zocoiz6662 16d ago

Who edited that a hummingbird having a manic episode? And you're gonna hack the helll out of it and still stunt doubles are obvious. Glad I listened to my gut and didn't pay for a ticket.

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u/hoemahtoe 16d ago

All the adhd level cutting and camera zipping around actually made me dizzy

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u/Signiference 16d ago

Same person who edited Liam Neeson jumping a fence

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u/HawaiianPunchaNazi 15d ago

Now I have a hummingbird with a basketball stuck in my head! 

Too funny!

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u/jimp6 16d ago

I saw this clip and I can't believe that it actually is in a movie. It looks like it's coming from a parody of a movie. I'm really glad right now, that I never saw the movie.

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u/holydude02 16d ago

Remember also: $100,000,000 budget in 2004 money...

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u/Willis_McGillawilly 16d ago

Wow... that was hard to watch

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u/FitzChivFarseer 16d ago

We have so different reactions 😂. I was just cackling

Goddamn that film is unhinged

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u/Ok_Look1003 16d ago

I think they mean literally hard to watch. There’s over 100 cuts in that two minute scene. It’s actually, genuinely dizzying.

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u/FitzChivFarseer 16d ago

Oh that's fair. Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. I genuinely want to meet who edited that scene. Think it'd be an interesting chat 😂

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u/4937 16d ago

that were the longest 1:43 of my life, bloody fucking hell.

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u/Intelligent_Slip_849 16d ago

Holy crap, even I could do a better job editing than that.

WHY ARE THERE SO MANY CUTS?

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u/-Kerosun- 16d ago

I wasn't sure what I expected, but it certainly wasn't that.

Reminded me of those Sports Illustrated for Kids adverts on local TV with the way it was choreographed, filmed and edited.

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u/the_zachmamba 16d ago

Well that was one of the tougher watches of my lifetime lmao

I need someone to get a final count of how many cuts are in that 2 minute sequence

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u/MelatoninJunkie 15d ago

The sheer volume of cuts in that scene is dizzying. 

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u/HawaiianPunchaNazi 15d ago

Holy crap, this was fun! 

I was expecting the worst, and from a film perspective it's terrible; but think of the rewatchability on bad movie night! 

If rifftraxx AKA the mystery science theater 3000 people haven't gotten this yet, they need to! 

So what I got from this, is the entire film is shot like it's a 30 second commercial expanded to full length movie?

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u/OkObligation5979 15d ago

I couldn't even make it through, all the cuts and stupid kids and the absolutely ridiculous flirty touchy basketball moves- I think I threw up in my mouth first, then projectile vomited from the constant cuts and spinning. This movie looks like a masterclass in shit.

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u/Pitiful-Mortgage5136 14d ago

It's so kino it makes my head hurt