# Overused movie locales (specific or general) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 4, 2008, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overused-movie-locales-specific-or-general/462032 "2008-09-04T18:47:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overused-movie-locales-specific-or-general/462032/1 "2008-09-04T18:47:31Z")
This one is sort of a mild pet peeve of mine but you can add others as you like. -The Building Tower Under Construction- Seems like this is a favorite locale for action movie directors and I’m getting real tired of seeing it. When in doubt as to where to stage an action scene us the ol’ office tower under construction. Spiderman 3 and more recently Dark Knight both had em and it’s just so been-there-done-that since Bruce Willis ran around barefoot in Die Hard. ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overused-movie-locales-specific-or-general/462032/2 "2008-09-04T18:59:29Z")
Some sort of throne room where the cliched sword fight between the hero and villain is had. ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overused-movie-locales-specific-or-general/462032/3 "2008-09-04T19:02:46Z")
Ah, like the streets of San Fran? Can’t have a chase scene without those hills. Actually come to think of it, I can’t recall this one being used lately. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overused-movie-locales-specific-or-general/462032/4 "2008-09-04T19:43:44Z")
There’s always the good old Deserted Theme Park / Fairgrounds. Haven’t seen it in a bit, though. ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overused-movie-locales-specific-or-general/462032/5 "2008-09-04T19:46:38Z")
Multi-level parking structures, for car chases, clandestine meetings and scenes where a lone woman is being followed by a predator. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overused-movie-locales-specific-or-general/462032/6 "2008-09-04T19:50:09Z")
Tenement rooftops, for the mandatory chase scene. ---
**Author:** ![Navy\_Brett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8797f3/32.png) [@Navy\_Brett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Navy_Brett)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overused-movie-locales-specific-or-general/462032/7 "2008-09-04T20:39:37Z")
NYC… seems almost every movie these days has a scene somewhere in manhattan ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overused-movie-locales-specific-or-general/462032/8 "2008-09-04T21:03:04Z")
> [@h.sapiens](#): > > Multi-level parking structures, for car chases, clandestine meetings and scenes where a lone woman is being followed by a predator. And have you noticed that they’re always empty? ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overused-movie-locales-specific-or-general/462032/9 "2008-09-04T22:26:56Z")
The dry, scrubby hills in the back hills of Hollywood. ---
**Author:** ![Hogwash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e57/32.png) [@Hogwash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hogwash)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overused-movie-locales-specific-or-general/462032/10 "2008-09-04T22:32:32Z")
Steam-filled alleyways. Dive bars filled with neon Budweiser signs. ---
**Author:** ![A\_shameful\_cracka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@A\_shameful\_cracka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_shameful_cracka)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overused-movie-locales-specific-or-general/462032/11 "2008-09-04T22:37:58Z")
The really elaborate dance club filled with 90’s-era ravers and cool villains. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overused-movie-locales-specific-or-general/462032/12 "2008-09-04T23:25:37Z")
[Monument Valley](http://www.astronomynotes.com/nature/shoffner/MonumentValley3.jpg) Every Western ever made was set there. And it seems that every other movie ever made is set [here.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasquez_Rocks) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overused-movie-locales-specific-or-general/462032/13 "2008-09-05T03:43:57Z")
Any ocean. Outer Space. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overused-movie-locales-specific-or-general/462032/14 "2008-09-05T03:46:17Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > [Monument Valley](http://www.astronomynotes.com/nature/shoffner/MonumentValley3.jpg) > > Every Western ever made was set there. Actually, it was almost exclusively John Ford’s location; it became so closely identified with his movies that most later directors have avoided it (although there are of course exceptions). ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overused-movie-locales-specific-or-general/462032/15 "2008-09-05T03:51:45Z")
[Gorn Rock](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/Gorn_Rock.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overused-movie-locales-specific-or-general/462032/16 "2008-09-05T15:04:36Z")
The kitchen table. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overused-movie-locales-specific-or-general/462032/17 "2008-09-05T15:15:45Z")
Fruit carts!