1. MOVIE CLICHÉ
By
Elise . Fahad . Jackelyn . Zickry

2. “You just don’t get it,
do you?”
This is probably one of the most overused phrases in films or movies
ranging from good ones to bad ones, said by ordinary actors as well as
the big stars. The phrase is basically used to show that the character the
phrase is being said to does not understand the situation or circumstance.

3. Differences between everyday life experiences and
everyday life in popular media and performances
• When the line “You just don’t get it, do you?” is said in a film
or movie, it is used to show that the character who is saying
the line understands what is going on or has the upper hand
in the situation while the character whom the line is being
said to does not understand what is going on. It is basically
a line that we would seldom or rarely use in real life because
we would probably just explain whatever the person doesn’t
understand to him/her instead of asking the obvious.
• Sometimes, the line is said because different people have a
different idea of what is “it” so one might think they get “it”
while the other person might think the other way round. In
the movie Daylight (1996), the main character says “You’re
right, I know that, I just wanna help” suggests that he does
know what is going on but the other character who says
“Help? You don’t get it, do you?” suggests that he thinks
otherwise. Once again, even if we have different opinions of
a certain subject in life, this is a line we would seldom say

4. Personal Opinion
• I think that this line is so overused in films or
movies just to show people how one of the
characters in the movie in a certain situation does
not understand what is going on. I believe it is used
to give a clearer picture to the audience as well so
that we can know what is actually going on or what
the script writer wants us to think.
• On the other hand, I also think that this line is used
when someone has a good intention and wants to
help or do something but gets countered by
someone else saying that line because he/she may
not understand fully what is going on. The person
who says the line is most probably annoyed and
wants to make the person who wants to help sound
dumb by saying the line.

5. Getting Moral in
the Mirror

6. • Sometimes in the middle of a movie a protagonist will
splash a little water on his face and have a quick one-on-
one with himself in the mirror. It usually happens when
he's faced with a ethical decision; Vincent Vega talks
himself out of sleeping with Mia Wallace in Pulp
Fiction, and Smeagol cures his own schizophrenia and
decides not Lord of the Rings. Protagonists consistently
use a mirror as a moral compass.
• In real life, not a lot of people talk to themselves in the

7. The psychology behind it:
• Studies have been conducted on both children and adults to
determine how confrontation with our own reflections affects our
morality. One self reflection study conducted on Halloween gave
kids the opportunity to grab candy out of unsupervised bowls.
The bowls were exactly the same at separate houses on the
same street; the only difference was that one bowl had a mirror
behind it. As a result, the children were significantly less likely to
steal candy when they had to look at their own reflections even
though they were wearing costumes. A similar test was also
done on adults at a news stand who paid for newspapers on the
honor system. The results were nearly identical; we are all more
likely to act morally while confronted with our own faces.
• So while the mirror pep-talk provides a nice cinematic analogy;
the protagonist faces his physical reflection and through it can

8. “There Are Two Kinds of People in
the World…”
• It is usually used to reflect a character’s observation of people
in his/her life
• Two types – i) Tautologies ii) False Dichotomies.

9. Differences between everyday life experience and
everyday life in popular media and performances:
• To say “there are two kinds of people in the world” is
practically generalising people. For instance maybe
one can say “There's only two kinds of people in the
world. “There's women. And there's men.” (500 Days
of Summer). But then there are those who are a
combination of it, or those who are both, or those who
are none – transsexuals, in short.
• To begin with, there are many kinds of people in the
world. There are rich and poor and in-between. There
are good people, bad people, and those in-between.
There are those who like Twilight/Justin Bieber, those
who hate them and those who can’t be bothered about
them. To say there are (purely) two kinds of people in

10. Personal opinion:
1. As mentioned, it’s supposed to represent a character’s perception on
people. It doesn’t have to be true because this perception comes from
the character’s life experience or family upbringing. In My Big Fat
Greek Wedding, for the example, the father of the main character says
"There are two kinds of people in the world... Greeks... and people
who wish they were Greeks" because the father would rather see his
daughter marry a Greek than an outsider. In short, he’s conservative.
2. Then again, it can be philosophical or thoughtful to people in real life.
Whether they want to live by it is up to them. For instance:
• "Two kinds of people: Those with power, and those without." (The
Matrix)
• “There's two kinds of people in this world, there's winners and there's
losers. Okay, you know what the difference is? Winners don't give up.”
(Little Miss Sunshine)
• “My wife likes to say there are two kinds of people, those chasing
pleasure, and those running from pain.” (Tenderness)

11. True Love At First Sight.
Marry a princess you've known for maybe a few
hours and expect her to love you and remain
faithful to you for the rest of your lives? It's
perfectly reasonable in Fairytale Land.
(Practically all the Disney fairytale movies)

12. Do I believe in love at first sight?
• Yes, because the heart wants what the heart wants.
• Obstacles prevent people(that had love at first sight's experience) to be
together.
• Example: You're already married and suddenly to someone you thought
you were in love with and then at the supermarket you drop a can of beans
and someone helps you to pick it up. Your eyes meet and your heart flutters
and you can't remember where you are or why you're there. You can't take
your eyes off this person and your insides churn until you can barely
remember your name. You have responsibilities and dependents in your
marriage that you can't just destroy or walk out on.
• The all famous Crocodile hunter
• According to both Terri(Steve's wife) and Steve Irwin, it was love at first
sight
• Terri said at the time, “I thought there was no one like this anywhere in the
world.He sounded like an environmental Tarzan, a superhero guy”
• But sadly he died cause he was pierced in the chest by the stingray. (So
much for loving the wrong ones, you ended getting hurt and die... haha! just
joking but you can put it in.. XD)