Cringeworthy expository dialog

[BladeRunner2007]

What films suffer from the most cringeworty expository dialog?

First movie that comes to mind is Evil Dead (2013). The introduction scene to all the main characters is so extremely bad.

[imsounoriginal]

The final scene of Psycho (as much as I love that movie).

[Impossible]

The whole of Inception.

[dallywhitty]

Originally Posted by BladeRunner2007

First movie that comes to mind is Evil Dead (2013). The introduction scene to all the main characters is so extremely bad.

That was the second film I thought of (right after The Dark Knight) upon seeing the thread title. I also watched Lost Boys II: The Tribe a few days ago and the first thing the guy says to his sister was, 'Hey, little sister.'

And there's that classic piece of cinematic gold from Troll 2: "Grandpa Seth has been gone for more than six months now. You were at the funeral, and I know it was very difficult for you. It was also very difficult for your father, and for Holly, and for me, his daughter."

[imsounoriginal]

All the Star Wars movies have some clunkers, too.

[klauswhereareyou]

First 40 minutes of Jurassic World.

[BladeRunner2007]

The Dark Knight Rises. Unfortunately, almost the entire movie

[imsounoriginal]

Originally Posted by BladeRunner2007

The Dark Knight Rises. Unfortunately, almost the entire movie

The Talia al Ghul reveal ("It's the slooooow knife...") takes the cake.

[DarkEco910]

Completely unrelated, but not really:

I started re-watching Animaniacs on Netflix and the handful of Slappy Squirrel cartoons I watched had me giggling all weekend. Skippy always points out the obvious and she says a few times to him: "Thank you, Mr. Exposition." As a child, I thought she was funny. Now that I'm an adult and a film enthusiast, I can definitely say Slappy is my all-time favorite character from that show. She's hilarious.

[levcore]

Originally Posted by Impossible

The whole of Inception.

Damn beat me to it

Yes that whole freaking movie, literally everything Leonardo Dicaprio says.

[MechaGodzilla]

Originally Posted by dallywhitty

I also watched Lost Boys II: The Tribe a few days ago and the first thing the guy says to his sister was, 'Hey, little sister.'

They missed an opportunity to have him recite lyrics from Cry Little Sister there.

[Adam_ME]

The 2nd killer's reveal in Scream 2 and all the dialogue that followed was pretty cringeworthy.

[BladeRunner2007]

That one scene in Se7en where Freeman explains to Pitt the meaning of the word "index".....

[Rayjaymay]

Back to the Future II when they practically stop the movie, pull out a chalkboard, and explain the different time line possibilities. Maybe not totally cringeworthy, but a bit clunky.

[dallywhitty]

Originally Posted by MechaGodzilla

They missed an opportunity to have him recite lyrics from Cry Little Sister there.

That would've been perfection. Thankfully Lost Boys III: The Thirst was a much better film.

[Adam_ME]

Originally Posted by Rayjaymay

Back to the Future II when they practically stop the movie, pull out a chalkboard, and explain the different time line possibilities. Maybe not totally cringeworthy, but a bit clunky.

It was redundant since anyone paying attention already knew what was going on(although Marty needed it explained obviously). But I kinda like that scene with Doc. Especially when he pulls out the sports almanac receipt which is blue plastic for some odd reason.

[jacobsever]

Christopher Nolan films in general.

[Foggy]

Redirecting to: any Metal Gear Solid game.

[Markgway]

Originally Posted by imsounoriginal

The final scene of Psycho (as much as I love that movie).

To be fair... in 1960 hardly any of the audience would've had a clue what was going on with Norman without the windy explanation.

[DanTheMan]

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