List of things you see over and over in the movies (sometimes t.v. too):
1. Unless it is a comedy, people NEVER use the bathroom
2. Villain never kills the protagonist right away. Pointing the weapon, villain always elaborates with a speech about why he must kill, his objective, etc. etc. This gives time for the protagonist to figure a way out of predicament or someone comes to the rescue.
3. "Ugly" women in the movies have no makeup on, wear thick glasses, have frizzy/nasty hair, and sometimes braces.
4. The cop that is retiring (and you know what his fate is)
5. There is no such thing as a poor person in a movie. They are all successful and wealthy execs with mansions and bling bling.
6. The most glamorous profession in the movies is a professional hit man/ hit woman. These hit people live in million dollar homes (complete with a hidden room filled with an arsenal of weapons, accessible by a switch) and are filthy rich.
7. 99% of movies feature that most 21st century of inventions, the cellular phone. In suspense thrillers, the cell phone plays a crucial role in many scenes. Usually the phone will lose its signal or battery life at the most crucial of times.
8. In movies where someone has to wear a 'wire' or bug to record conversation, signal will be lost at a crucial time.
9. War movies will feature a soldier showing a picture of a loved one. He will be dead in no time.
10. Whenever someone in a movie is shot, someone else will run back and try to rescue the person, and in turn be shot and killed.