Someone recently asked me what my pet peeves are as far as movies go. One thing I really hate is how long movies tend to run these days. Remember when you could generally count on a film being just 90 minutes? Didn’t matter what the genre, they were all more or less limited to that magic number. Heck, even the screenwriting books cite 90 as the number of pages a script should be because the general rule of thumb is that one page of script equals one minute of screen time. But now it seems like most movies fall into the 105-115 minute range — or more. And most of the time, the films would actually benefit from editing out those extra minutes.
Another pet peeve is character stereotypes where the writers are too lazy to create anyone unique and memorable, so they just throw clichés out there. For example, instead of giving the town seductress an actual personality, they just let the audience know she’s a seductress by decorating her room with animal print bedding (most likely leopard skin) or something like that. That type of characterization is not original and it’s not interesting!
These are the two biggest pet peeves that jump to mind. I know there are others, but it’s far too early in the morning for me to remember them all!