- 'Shaky cam' syndrome. Used sparingly, it can be effective enough, but when an entire movie relies on it to 'create a feeling of chaos', it's sickening. Examples: The Bourne trilogy (especially the last two parts), Cloverfield
- Excessive swearing for the sake of ... swearing? It's not cool, and it doesn't add anything. Again, used sparingly is okay, but if every sentence contains a fcuk or a biatch, that's pushing it.
- Then again, when filmmakers cut away all cussing in order to obtain a lower PG rating (make a film suitable for all ages) for a movie that's supposed to have some cussing, that's just dumb. Example: Live Free Or Die Hard. John McClane just ain't John McClane without it.
- All too obvious advertisements. When John Connor whipped out his Sony Ericsson in Terminator Salvation (it's a Sony Pictures film), I had to laugh.
- Bad guys can fire their UZIs and AK47s all they want at the good guys, and they rarely ever land a hit, where the good guys are more precise than professional snipers with their ordinary handguns.
- In horror movies, why does the group always decide to split up even though they know a killer is out to get them?
- Unimportant people die instantly to gunshots or stab wounds, but significant characters always survive long enough for a tearful and emotional goodbye.