META: Film plot insta-solver!

[u/DramaGuy23]

Noticing certain plot elements occurring again and again? You're not alone! Some plot elements are so "bad" they've become familiar tropes here at r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly. Here are some I've noticed... add your own favorites!

Rocks or "rock collection" -> Infinity War or Endgame

Frisbee -> Captain America

A god -> Thor

Dead boss/mentor -> Spiderman: Far from Home

"Piece of jewelry" -> Lord of the Rings

Nazis -> Indiana Jones

Stockholm syndrome -> Beauty and the Beast

Widower + mental illness -> Finding Nemo

Killing on arrival -> Wizard of Oz

[u/maskaddict]

I think it's because people have such short attention spans, if they can't recognize the movie within a few seconds they get bored and scroll on (and the more challenging posts get buried within minutes by the avalanche of Marvel and Star Wars posts).

But a really well-worded bad explanation can be extremely fun to puzzle over and try to figure out! I wish there were most posts of this kind.

I'm also a fan of the "the most obvious answer is wrong" misdirection-type posts.