10 Movie Cliches That Need To Stop

9. People Don't Finish Their Meals http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYM0SAcDZ0c Though a lot of the clichés on this list are ones that audiences will be well-acquainted with, this is one that I haven't heard too many people mention. If characters are talking in a diner, at home, a restaurant, or basically anywhere that they're served a meal, as soon as the expository dialogue is completed, they will get up and leave without finishing their meal. It's not only stupidly unrealistic - because who has the money to waste on only going out and eating three chips and half an egg - but it's just lazy; how about you don't have a character waltz in and out when their food is served up, but have them finishing their meal when the scene begins, or better yet, just have them drinking a coffee or something. Take the above scene from Bruce Almighty, which is probably the most egregious example in cinema history; the clip conveniently begins the second that Jim Carrey's character sits down, and once the Jennifer Aniston boob gag is played out, he gets up - a whole 20 seconds later - and leaves for work. It's incredulous for two reasons - one being that the dude must be starving going to work on an empty stomach and two, I'd feel bad if my lass had made the effort to cook me breakfast and then I spent the entirety of the meal staring at her rack before not eating it and then running off. It's idiotic scriptwriting at its worst and thoroughly distracting.