1. Ending With the Beginning
Perpetrator: The Transporter, (500) Days of Summer, Jumanji It differs for everyone, but I know I personally can't stand it when a movie ends with the implication that everything I've just seen would happen in an infinite loop. This is different than a motif. I don't mind a film opening with a theme and ending with the same one, as long as it goes about that if there were a sequel, we'd be able to see something radically different instead of a rehash. But when Jason Martin picks up the phone and we get the following exchange:
"I'm looking for a transporter." - disembodied voice "I'm listening." - Martin
Then I roll my eyes. Because the best sequels are ones that keep the basics intact, without compromising further development or new ideas. And while I admit that a series like The Transporter one is madly entertaining, can I please have a better set-up?