71. Why So Long.
I honestly hate movies that are over two hours long. Whenever I decide what to watch, the first thing I check is the running length. Early on as a cinéaste, it wasn't a problem, but now, I've seen so many good ones which means I'm left with the mediocre and rubbish. It has gottten hard for me to be motivated, so my preference is 90 minutes or less. The shorter, the better.

72. OH, MY GOD!
The villain is the meanest person in the world. He threatens the death of everybody. The world will be destroyed. And the hero is about to lose his life with seconds left. What happens next? Good guys win, most people are alive, and the villain dies. In other words, not much has changed. Check out twentysomething James Bond films, and wake me up if the formula ever changes.

73. One-Way Car Chase.
A hero is chasing the bad guys on a major freeway, and all of the cars are going one-way...against them. They are going so fast in either direction. What are the chances that they hit each other? Not even one tiny mistake to cause a 50-car pile-up?

74. The Miracle of a Rope.
Right below is a river or a piece of land. There's a car weighing everybody down at 1,000 yards in the air. The hero is desperately finding a way to hold on to something, and it's a piece of rope. And...yes! He grabs it with one hand while holding onto a child with his other hand and must pull, pull, and pull her to safety, exposing his 30-inch bicep. At the same time, the bad guy is part of the freefall along with a shocked reaction on his face.

75. Vehicles Equal Bomb.
Heroes like to be creative by shooting at the gas tank of a vehicle. The problem? It rarely blows up in real life. That's because carmakers want to make sure they don't do that easily. Otherwise, more people would've died in car accidents. One of the keys to ensure their safety is to reinforce a lot of protective material around the gas tank. The other is not enough oxygen inside to make it happen. As for bullets, most can't penetrate metal very well and don't explode upon impact.

76. Hello?
The phone is ringing, and the person picks it up. No formal greeting; just get to the point. Be at a so-and-so place. *hang up* What time? Doesn't matter. Where? Doesn't matter. Directions? Doesn't matter. The car is in the shop? Doesn't matter. Stuck in traffic? Doesn't matter. Who was it that called? Doesn't matter. Had they met before? Doesn't matter. The possibility of not answering the phone in the first place? Doesn't matter. And they meet perfectly.

77. The Ease of Finding Anyone.
Somebody has gone missing. 5 hours...10 hours...1 day...3 days...no big deal. The tracker has all the technology up the wazoo and knows hundreds of people. He makes a couple of phone calls, and presto! The missing person is located. Almost every time, there's a ransom involved. But answer me this...how come nobody knows where Jimmy Hoffa's body is? According to a website as of 2024, "there are still over 20,000 missing person cases remaining open today."

78. All-Knowing Characters.
Did you know that the Sasanian Empire was an Iranian empire founded and ruled by the House of Sasan from 224 to 651? How about पुरुष stands for "man, person, or spirit"? What word with Greek and Italian roots describes a chain of islands such as the Maldives? Of course not...nobody knows any of this shit, but Anthony Hopkins is an expert in everything about everything in the world.

79. Very Easy to Obtain Military Hardware.
Arnold Schwarzenegger breaks into a military surplus store and loads up his shopping cart with grenades, bazookas, RPGs, sawed-off shotguns, cannons, claymore mines, and so on. The problem? They are all illegal to sell anywhere in the United States. One will have to go to a military base instead, but it's the most heavily guarded place there is.

80. Perfect Images.
An intruder has been captured on video. Either the image is super clear that identification can be readily made or some work needs to be done. To get there, the technician likes to give out orders quietly that go like this: "Cell 56. Stop. Enhance. Back. Cell 78. Stop. Enhance. Enhance. Stop. Cell 345. Stop. Enhance. Enhance." Finally, we can see who did it. But there's no technology in the world that's capable of clarifying shitty image of a low-resolution or blurry picture. Ditto for rotating objects in 3-D like Enemy of the State.