9 Superhero Clichés That Can't Be Forgiven

Written by Creator Franco Gucci

We all love watching our favorite superheroes have their adventures told in live-action form but, after having so many movies out there, clichés inevitably start to pop out like a blistered thumb. Here are 9 overused clichés in superhero movies:

Super Suits Getting Destroyed In The Final Battle

This is one that's been bothering me for years. And any piece from the outfit removed counts, no matter if it's a helmet or having openings on the suit so wide that make the super hero hope he was naked.

Yes, one can argue a suit will be torn off while an intense fight is going on. My only problem is, the costumes in almost all super hero films seem to be kind enough to wait to be destroyed UNTIL the final battle, no matter how much they've been through before, seemingly intending to make the scene more intense.

Want to find out for yourself? 'Spider-Man (2002)', 'Spider-Man 2', 'Spider-Man 3', 'The Amazing Spider-Man', 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2', 'Iron Man (2008)', 'Iron Man 2', 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier', 'The Avengers', 'The Avengers: Age of Ultron', 'X-Men: First Class', 'The Punisher', 'Punisher: War Zone', 'Daredevil (2003)', 'Green Lantern', 'Batman Returns', and, I'm sure, many more to come.

Take 'Spider-Man 2' for example: The guy fights Doc Ock, a maniac with metal prosthesis attached to his back, who throws him against train windows and mercilessly beats him, yet all Spidey gets are a few scratches on his suit and a medium-rare mask, but then the final battle comes, and with the rags Spidey is left, he would've been better off going topless.

Hero’s Love Interest In Peril 

Ah, this cliché's been around since, well, since someone thought about bringing an individual with some sort of disguise to the big screen close to 70 years ago. The thing is that it keeps going.

I understand there's a need to raise the stakes in comic book films for a hero/heroine, but why is the answer always their love interests? For me, it blew up when I realized the main reason Spider-Man beat any of his villains in the original trilogy was a kidnapped Mary Jane...

And then I saw Lois Lane, and then Lana Lang, and then Vicki Vale, Rachel Dawes, Carol Ferris, Iris West, Pepper Potts, Betty Ross, Roxanne Simpson, Felicity Smoak, , Mariko Yashida, Mckenna Hall and (I'm using a cheap advertising phrase here) many, many more.