People In This Online Group Pointed Out 35 Things Shown In Movies That Are Weird In Real Life
Movies and TV shows provide a perfect setting for escapism with their twisting plots, colorful characters, and captivating stories (also the abundance of on-screen hotties). But not all the situations are relatable, as well as certain depictions of daily things that are not quite close to reality. Whether it’s the continuity department not paying too much attention to certain details, or it happening by sheer accident and focus getting directed to more important plot points—spectators will point out numerous unrealistic details. But we all know it’s a quest to find a parking place right in front of your house, how practically impossible it is guessing other people's passwords correctly in less than 3 goes, or that there’s no point in believing in the existence of fresh-out-of-college young and aspiring artists immediately landing a huge flat in a prime area of LA.
r/AskReddit—a place for asking and answering various questions—recently inquired about "What happens in movies or TV that seems to be normal and you think to yourself ’that is not what people in real life do?’" And below are the pretty spot-on answers that will make you look twice at some scenes of the movie or TV show you’re currently watching.
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(Hands someone a burner phone.)
"Keep this on you day and night. It rings, you betta answer."
"Okay. Do you have the charger?"
"The what?"
"This phone, did it come with a charger? It's not USB. It has one of those cylindrical ports, like on an old Nokia."
"Look pal..."
"Hey, you're the one giving out phones. It's charged now. How did you charge it?"
Burner phones normally have no wifi, no camera etc etc so battery life will last a lot longer, I one took a Nokia 3310 on a 2 week holiday and didn't have to charge it once.
In Snabba Cash the Netflix series, you can see the phone bundled with a charger, with a rubber band when a character is given a burner phone, attention to details!
battery lasts much longer on old phones - I charge Nokia every 25 days
Makes sense to me as I have at least 3 old Nokia chargers in my cable box.
Women can be in the jungle for weeks, and they don't have hair growing anywhere. Men immediately begin to grow a beard.
THIS. WHY DO NO WOMEN IN MOVIES EVER GET THEIR PERIOD.
Load More Replies...There is laser hair removal...I will just assume all those female character had at least 7 laser appointment before getting lost in the jungle...(that or they plan ahead and brought hair removal supplies)
Especially when they're waking up in the morning with perfect eyelashes and shadow
Load More Replies...can confirm, I am a man and I can't spend 20 minutes at a garden centre without leaving with a week's growth of beard.
Women travel with razors. They can make do with a sharp shell if necessary.
I know, their brows are nicely trimmed, and makeup slightly still immaculate
Actresses do not want to lose their "beauty" And it is a movie, not a picture of reality. I hope you understand the difference
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Young singles living in million dollar condos that overlook the city.
Penny from "Big Bang Theory" lived in an apartment that probably cost around $2,000 per month. In the early seasons, she worked as a waitress and did not have a roommate to split the costs.
Well, a basement flat overlooking the rubbish bin doesn't look so good on film...
It was a open kitchen/living room affair with 2 rather normal sized bedrooms, so I don't think it was that large. Also, early on in the show Monica explained that the appartement was still in her grandmothers name and rent controlled and that's why she could afford it, with the help of a roommate. I found Pheobe being able to sustain herself far more unlikely, with her being out of work so often.
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When women run around in heels with perfect hair and makeup, and the dirt and sweat makes their hair and makeup look even better.
Looking at you, Jurassic World.
Jurassic Park made it look so much more realistic
Load More Replies...Running with heels is more science fiction than dinosaurs chasing people!!!
Everyone has 1 paper bag for groceries. And it has a celery stalk and loaf of french bread sticking out the top.
I think the celery is actually permanently stuck to the bag :D
celery is sooo good, i know everyones going to blow up in the comments, but i think its good
And if the show is a rom com, there are always flowers sticking out too.
Yeah, I’ve never seen someone carry French bread in a dirty bag out in the open. They are usually covers up or chopped down.
Movie magic - the bags are canvas that look like paper but won't make noise when touched or carried.
This is on purpose though. It turns out when viewers see someone carrying a brown bag that isn't clearly filled with groceries, they assume it's a plot device and start thinking about what could possibly be in it. If it's clear what it is, everyone ignores it.
This is done for the audience benefit. To clear the doubt on some of us wondering what could be in the bag. Do the items in there contribute significantly to the plot line? Seeing the main characters carry a bag (of any kind), would elicit a question on the viewers' mind. Could there be gun, knive, gold bars or nuclear detonation triggering device in there? Baguette, celery, carrots are obvious signs to show the audience they are just groceries; nothing significant.
And no one's struggling to carry it unless they're in heels. Then the one lady in heels stumbles and some good looking shmuck is right there to help her and they fall in love or some cheesy eye staring contest. And never once does that grocery paper bag contain period stuff or anything embarrassing for medical purposes.
Answers phone:
"Hello? (listens to the caller for one second)... what do you mean Tim got kidnapped by a drug cartel while he was shopping with his family in his trip to South America?"
I know! I find it so unnerving and rude! I thought it was me, you know being all Portuguese (we love good-byes) and overly polite.
Load More Replies...The old espionage trick of having code phrases? "Hi' we got a 5-8-2 case here"
There was a classic Canadian insurance commercial from the 80s that did this. Old guy picks up phone, listens for half a second, then tells wife "It's Patrick, he took out life insurance." Patrick is one fast talker. Highly recommend you Google "norwich union life insurance commercial 80s patrick" or somesuch, if you want a laugh.
Preparing a huge five-star breakfast (pancakes, waffles, fruit, biscuits, oatmeal, omelette, etc.) that no one eats; I don't even understand why that's a thing in movies and TV shows.
I know! I also hate it when someone asks for coffee or a drink and then have a conversation and leave the full cup or glass without ever touching it- or worse asking for a beer and never drinking it. I am always "are you kidding?'
To be fair, I sometimes do that in real life. I get distracted.
Load More Replies..."Grabs 10 waffles, take 1 bite of waffle* MMMMMM F*****G DELICIOUS BYE MOM I'M LATE FOR SCHOOL
Then at school they proceed to fist bump everyone on their way to the back of the room, the teacher questions them, they have a witty answer, everyone laughs, teacher does nothing
Load More Replies...Who cares if you are late?? FOOD! Get your priorities straight people!
*takes sip of orange juice* thanks mom but I'm late for band practice! *sprints out door*
This really irks me ~~ eating out is damn expensive (at least is here in Aus) ~~ so who can afford to waste that amount of money on uneaten food??
It's frighteningly common. Look through the garbage can outside of a rich person's home, or a school, or a department store, or a restaurant. The human race (and Americans in particular) are wasteful.
Load More Replies..."Oh, hahaha, nonsense, young lady. You're going to start your day with a nice, big breakfast. Here you go. Sit down. Now, here is some pancakes, eggs, sausage, and some good, crisp bacon, And, of course, a ham steak." - Pleasantville.
And usually no messy batter visible for the pancakes/waffles that are being made fresh!
No one using a computer ever uses a mouse. It’s just constant, frantic typing.
Hackers in 2021: *typing on black screen with glowing green letters for 15 seconds* "I'm in!"
On MacGyver... they must type at speed of light. Have you noticed?
Load More Replies...They also tend to type a lot less than they claim to be putting in... Or vice versa.
Whenever a simple miscommunication happens, no ever stops and clarifies with the other person. Like if one 10 sec conversation can derail an entire plot thread im not interested.
Hey, let's go check that the monsster really died! ;)
Load More Replies...If people used common sense in film situations there would be no film longer than a couple of minutes.
Exactly. Raiders of the Lost Ark. Indy gets killed by the big ball. The Nazis retrieve the headstone and locate the Ark. Take the Ark to the Greek Island. Open it up and all get frazzled. Nobody else knows. Roll credits.
Load More Replies...Or instead of the character trying to get the other to listen ("You gotta listen to ME! We're running out of time!"), just say wtf the problem is instead of repeating that you're out of time and not listening. This drives me INSANE when movies do that, and it happens a LOT.
This happens all the time in soap operas and it drives me insane! Pretty sure every soap couple has been broken up over a “miscommunication” because a third party has exploited it.
The famous sentence: "Its not what you think/what it looks like".. I hate that line
And no-one can pick up on the obvious body language differences from the person, like if my friend all of a sudden started doing that weird thing I would know something is up, come on now.
Having highly confidential conversations about 4 foot away from the people they are talking about, and not being overheard.
Talking about planned heists, assassinations, their secret identities.... in a café full of people. Yup, see that a lot. On TV.
"But but, the coffee table and our slightly-angled bodies surely provide some sound-proofing, no?"
In horror movies, everyone runs upstairs. If there was something chasing you wouldn’t head for the door to get outside? Also you’re creeped out in the house but you never turn on the light?
Nah. I just slowly walk around the house, in the dark, barefoot, in a t shirt and skivvies, timidly saying...”hhhheeellooo”
That has always bothered me. Turn on the damn lights. Call 911. Leave the house
Load More Replies...Or they run into the *basement*. No exit, people. BASEMENT. Just lie down and pour ketchup on yourself, already....
Alternatively: running into a house to get away from the deranged killer monster, barricading the door, then backing up against a first-floor window.
"Oh, 15 people were murdered in this house/room? I'll put my money into it!"
One thing that drives me berserk in movies is when someone is driving and talking to their passenger. They refuse to keep their eyes on the road and insist on making prolonged eye contact with the person next to them. In the movies this often means a jump-scare car crash is about to happen.
I'd like to say that's unrealistic but my mom used to drive that way all the time. I hated going anywhere with her.
Also the people driving move the steering wheel the entire time. In real life they would swerve all over the road. Apparently no one movies should be allowed a driver's license.
And when they're making an actual turn, they don't signal!
Load More Replies...So drives me crazy and what's worse is the passenger usually stays facing the road!
Well, SOMEone has to watch where they're going.
Load More Replies..."He did the stare-and-drive on you, didn't he? He got that from ME."
Load More Replies...Or never wearing a seat belt. Or kids in bikes that never wear a helmet.
I actually know a guy who does this in real life and he's only had one near-death accident so far.
When I was a kid, my dad's best friend used to talk to the people in the backseat while.turning his head as far as possible so he could look at them while speaking. Yes, he had many car accidents although surprisingly none of them resulted in severe injury. Eventually dad refused to get in the car with him.
Load More Replies...This makes me so uncomfortable I can't concentrate on the dialogue - I'm usually just yelling at the tv 'Watch the frikkin road, you imbecile!!' :)
Girl vomiting = pregnant
Someone hiccoughs = drunk
Someone coughing = seriously ill
Find a parking spot right in front of their building.
While no one wants to watch our hero drive around looking for parking, this could be fixed with 3 seconds of dialogue: "Where have you been?" "Sorry, I had to park 8 blocks away." There are endless variations of this that could be hilarious.
Guessing the passwords of other people correctly
There is over 1 quibtillion possibel combinations for a 6 letter password.
my mom put parental controls on my stuff once. guesseed the password right first try
My mum has done that and I still can’t guess the password 😔
Load More Replies...This is actually very realistic given how many people (and major companies) use such cryptic passwords as "password" and "123456". If it's not one of those it's probably on a post-it note under the keyboard.
Well, if it's not "1234" or "password" its written on a sticky note.
I remember my sister, after a few attempts (less to 5 I think) guess the password of my cousin laptop. At that time we were 4 in the same room but she promises not to revel it. Obvios my cousin changed it.
School buses honking and waiting for kids that are still in the house. If I wasn’t at the bus stop when the bus arrived, it would drive on by. It didn’t stop. It didn’t honk. It didn’t wait.
My kids bus pulls up out front, honks if hes not outside and when he drops him off he calls if no adult is waiting at the door for him
Yea I disagree with this one. There are plenty of bus drivers that look out for the bus riders.
That’s when making friends with the bus driver’s kids helps a lot. My bus driver was a local farmer, and I was in class with his daughter. Even though my stop was a few houses down from the corner, and I was rarely late, if I wasn’t there he would stop and wait just a little less than a minute to see if I came running out of my house. If I didn’t, he knew I was sick and not going to school that day.
I lived way out in the sticks down a dirt road. Bus would roll by and honk and if we didn't show within 30 seconds, they would leave.
The bus drivers around here still honk. I went outside the other morning to feed the patio critters and it scared the heck out of me!
My bus has a definite stop at one person's house near the entrance and exit of the neighborhood, and everyday we woudl walk to the bus stop. And coming home we would walk back.
more often than not, the darn driver would make you run after the bus to the next block before it stopped again
Not anymore. That happened when it was still safe for kids to go outside or even to school alone. Now, if the kids out the door and not on the bus, the drivers liable and probably reprimanded. They do it more to protect themselves than out of concern, but either way I breathe easier knowing he/she is safe.
Load More Replies...We didn't HAVE a school bus. We walked 3+ miles each way, but at least it was downhill going home and it rarely snowed.
Always talking all clever and witty, without uhhh stuttering, or ummm.... pausing to think about what you're going to say, or never forgetting what you were about to say, what else was I going to say? I forgot.
There are only two movies with realistic dialogue: Napoleon Dynamite and the Big Lebowski
Yeah but the dialogue is still more realistic than most shows (except a lot funnier than real life)
Load More Replies...I get the point, but you can't have all the ums and ers and brain farts or a film will be five hours long and sooooo booooring.
You've never watched anything with Jeff Goldblum in it, have you? ;-) (Watching Jurassic Park with the closed captioning on is fun. They include every um, er, and uh he says.)
Load More Replies...There was a Family Guy episode where Brian and Chris need to steel a car. They talk over each other, and Brian needs to back up and stammers a bit. Always loved that scene.
Loved the Big Lebowski! "The Dude Abides." And the scene where the ashes get blown back into their faces- that was more realistic than the many movie scenes where the ashes pour out ceremoniously perfect!
I know right. Like you’d have time to come up with a catchphrase while some murderer is chasing you. That’s the least of your worries. The only one I accept is Mission Accomplished! From mission impossible.
Being a young, aspiring artist/writer/actor living alone in a nice, spacious apartment in a prime area of a big city like New York or LA.
Also, cities like Los Angeles or New York City being fantasized. I used to live in LA, and most of it's nothing like the movies. The tourist bits are nice, but other than that there's a lot of crime and bad neighborhoods. Not to mention the homeless population is estimated at 50,000 to 90,000 people.
Max, you're probably nice and all. But if you d not answer for the next year or so, you might let somebody else in with lots more interesting things besides your grunts, closed-eye answers as well as your catatonic answers. Please. There, see? Even polite.
That means their parents, girl/boyfriend, husband/wife, rich uncle, aunt, grandparent, are paying......in real life.
That’s only if you’ve already grown up with a silver spoon in your mouth
Go to bed wearing full make-up
That happens, you just never wake up with it still pristine like in the movies...
Right? Go to bed looking like a supermodel; wake up looking like a drunk raccoon.
Load More Replies...Waking up in full makeup with lipgloss and everything is just perfect
Maybe just me because im not a cuddler but I hate they fall asleep in each others arms and wake up literally the exact same position hours later. Like u dont move at all during the night? I need my space and I flip sides atleast 5 times before I get comfortable and nod off no matter how good the loving is!!
Same with hair. Never flat or mussed, never any bed head, unless that’s the joke.
Woke up once with my hair looking better than I could ever style it. Never had it look that good again. Sigh.
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Getting hit over the head and knocked out........then just waking up later on and acting like they just have a small hangover.
Also in many action movies, the hero knocks out the bad guy and does not have a weapon, yet leaves the bad guys weapon with the bad guy instead of taking it. I am always yelling at the screen, "stop wait get the friggin' gun!"
The real issue is the length of time people stay unconscious after getting knocked out. IRL, most knockouts happen with a jaw punch, which snaps the head sideways and short-circuits the vagus nerve. Once you wake, you are pretty disoriented, but you get back to normal within ten minutes. However, you are out for — at most — five seconds. Anything longer than that, and you are probably dying.
Somewhat related, when a character is knocked out and unexpectedly wakes up to find themself in a hospital bed, and immediately yanking off/out every single wire and tube because they have to get out of there. That's not how that works! IVs bleed for one thing, aside from being secured down pretty well. Secondly, if a patient's heart monitor suddenly flatlines (cause they, ya know, ripped it off), there should be a nurse to investigate that don't you think?
Also the part of a movie or TV show where there is this huge battle between two characters kicking each other in the head, crashing through tables, wood or glass, someone having their head bashed hard into the wall, someone smashes the other guy with a metal bar, and the fight goes on and on like this and neither is injured bad enough for the fight to end until the bad guy finally gets thrown out a 3 story window and lands on the roof of a car, where he's FINALLY dead then the friends of the good guy come running in to the rescue 5 seconds after the fight ends and the winner is left standing and then moves down to the ambulance where the next scene shown is him all cleaned up with a little cut to the forehead putting an ice pack on it. Sorry for the run-on sentance, but that is exactly how watching those fights feel.
Be a struggling writer while living in a multi-million dollar mansion. That one always puzzles me.
Or, a family moves into an expensive house, but neither parent has a job lined up yet. Yeah, how'd that loan approval process go, you frauds? You can't tell me they could all pay cash...
Reminds me of a fan theory that Kevin’s dad in Home Alone was involved in some really shady stuff as there was no way they could afford that huge house on his salary.
Maybe he inherited it? Seems like a very close-knit family.
Load More Replies...True Story: my wife and I saved up a bunch of money before our move to Chicago, stayed with her parents while we looked for jobs & a house. And when that moment came and the mortgage company asked for our recent paystubs we looked at each other with the biggest facepalm of our lives. Had to take a loan with sky-high interest and then re-fi later. Oops. lmao
Welcome to House Hunters. Brenda sells keychains on Etsy and Keith shoots birds at the airport. They have a budget of $2.5 Million.
Underwriter must have fudged a bunch of numbers on the forms to get the loan approved. This way the sales agent gets their commission and then gives a cut to the Underwriter. Collusion is everywhere.
Take that Sex in the City! Granted, never liked the show BUT i know theres no way she has that apt, those close & like 7000 pairs of expensive shoes when she writes barely 1 article a week
Syndicated or not, it doesnt pay THAT well & her apt is bigger than most people in NYC will ever see...unless their rich...
Load More Replies...We struggle financially, but we live in palace, drive luxury cars and wear designer clothing.
Come over to a friend's place, stay there for all of 30 seconds to talk about something plot-relevant, and then just leave right away.
And if so, being dressed and not in bunnyfeet PJs. Also, they do this in the middle of the day. What about jobs?
Load More Replies...And why does no one ever lock their doors? My door is always locked, even when I am at home.
OMG I NOTICED THAT OO. SEVERAL TIMES I WA SLIKE DDUE WHY DOES MONICA AND JOEY NEVE RLOCK THEIR DOORS? SOMEONE COULD WALK IN. lol
Load More Replies...Ans also, featured in this picture: poking your head in the doorway along with your friends, one head on top of another. That's Scooby Doo stuff, not real life.
Also why does no one ever seem to look at the keyhole before answering the door or asking who is it? Many times in shows and movies you have villains after the main characters and they just swing the door open wide without looking- why?
YEP IF DEF IS. BUT ITS STIL FEATURES A FREIND WHO LIVES ACROSS THE HALL.
Load More Replies...Yeah, and re: Friends, who TF lives in SoHo and leaves their door unlocked, or has given out waaaay too many copies of their apartment keys—-and lives to tell about it?
I leave my door unlocked. People aren’t getting constantly murdered in NYC.
Load More Replies...so noone told ya life was gonna be this way *clap clap clap clap*
Your jobs a joke, your broke, your love life's DOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
Load More Replies...these guys are all neighbors with each other. its normal for them. duh. like mon could open her door and yell JOEY , CHANDLER THE FOOD IS READY COME ON OVER and they come. then when they're done eating they go back. id love to have my friends live across from me.. or across the steet.
On the phone making plans: “ok, meet me at 5?” “sure.” And that’s the whole plan. Where are you meeting? Planning to meet someone in a public place never goes this smoothly
"I'll meet you at the place near the thing where we went that time." - Aaron Altman (Albert Brooks) in Broadcast News.
That is the first line I always think of. And you just knew that she knew where he meant.
Load More Replies...AND THEN IT WORKS. I'd say that about 75% (or more) of plans don't work out.
Also in older movies before the internet, people seemed to have a blueprint of the entire city in their head. „Meet me at the corner of Humpty Dumpty and Mulligan.“ Sure thing, no one ever has to ask where the hell that is.
When they knock on the door or ring the doorbell and someone opens it within 2 seconds
Please explain to the Amazon delivery driver who then starts banging the door two seconds after ringing the door bell
So that's where the Dutch delivery drivers got that practice from. Always makes me think of the Gestapo knocking.
Load More Replies...Movies: Safety last! Reality: Unbolt three chains, two deadbolts, one steel bar, and only after looking through the peephole, calling the person outside to voice-confirm, and then asking the neighbor across the way to also peek out and make sure there's nothing weird.
Who doesn’t look through the peephole—-which may not even be there, in a hotel where they have to have peepholes, which is a hotel I would immediately check out of, btw—-or out a discreet window if there’s one available, to see who it is first. I don’t even have anyone after me, and even since I was young and lived at home—-and especially when I lived on my own—-I have always checked who it is first before opening the door.
Well with COVID and the age of Door Dash and other app telling me when my driver is close, I sit at the stairs when I get the alert which is three steps from my front door lol
This one is stupid, a movie/show has to go for a certain amount time they can't put in the realistic amount of time it takes to perform an action like this.
End a call and hang up the phone without saying goodbye.
In the words of Stephanie Tanner (or Gibler, did she take Jimmy's last name?): HOW RUDE!
Genuinely thought this was how Americans end calls. Mid-sentence, no warning, no goodbye... Meanwhile here in England I say bye on average 72 times whilst ending any call.
Load More Replies...I ALWAYS complain when this happens. Like, what if the other person wasn't finished talking yet???
Or leaving a frantic message about someone dangerous/deadly-often cut off-then getting killed, and the recipient doesn't know yet.
Kind of weird, just making an assumption that a conversation had ended Maybe they had paused for a second to take a breath, only to find themselves hung upon. I always make a point to say thank you or have a good rest of the day before I even get to the "goodbye" even if I am talking to customer service!
Dreaming of kissing a beautiful woman, but actually you're just being licked by a f****** animal
A pet likes a person: good character. A pet dislikes someone, evil.
Typing keyboard furiously to hack in seconds
Not really they could never type enough to do it
Load More Replies...Also, when you‘re hacking there is always some kind of code furiously running down the screen until a female voice says „access granted“
Never have to press back space because they made an error - must be nice!
The amount of ultimatums in "romantic" movies is appalling. No real relationship can last if you're at the point of an ultimatum, you're just putting a dysfunctional relationship on life support for another week or two.
People don't stop doing stupid s***, they just learn to hide it from you better.
Every movie now wether its action or romance is always about lying and keeping secrets
Real odd how quickly they make up, too, when one of them or both do some pretty shady bs. Like in How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days. Both of them lying and playing games with each other, ,they get super mad. Ah, but she writes the article and he reads it then it all makes sense to him and he wants her back. And I just realized he never explained anything to justify his shitty reasons for duping her. The movie just ends.
And you get couples who are supposed to be madly in love, and yet they don't trust each other *at all*. The instant it looks even slightly like someone *might* have cheated, the other person instantly believes it and storms off without waiting for an explanation (which they refuse to believe anyway). Come on - if you have THAT little faith in your significant other, why are you even together in the first place?
It all works out if he is chasing you down the runway when your flight is taking off. Everybody knows he is genuine at that point.
I agree; a friend tried to use an ultimatum to get a proposal and was shocked and distraught that he chose to end the relationship instead. The rest of us less so; it might work in the movies but real life isn't like that!
Also, you can just be honest right away, before anything that might be endangered truly exists. Before it hurts. I did this a few times and never had any regrets that lasted longer than a week. There are some things that I either can't or don't want to change, no matter what, and if she's not ok with it, it won't work out anyway. Vice versa, the same. Anyone demanding to get rid of the cat, for example, is allowed to leave, and not allowed any else.
So you're saying no one ever learns from their "mistakes"? Then on one learns at all.
Taking turns talking. Like in cop shows when one cop begins an explanation, then the next one picks up the story at a seamlessly convenient spot, then the third adds, “but...” and throws in some more.
No one in real life has ever talked like that.
Criminal minds!!! The plot is great most of the times but the way they speak is obviously scripted and ridiculous! Taking turns really fast like no thinking at all, like they are saying a poem!!!
Exactly what I was thinking. They've made it their "thing," but it always bugs me!
Load More Replies...Criminal Minds !!! When the team has to update the local cops. Oh and by the way the local cops who get briefed regarding the un-sup, never catch the un-sup.
CSI did this all the time, and Criminal Minds. But to some extent it's an obvious and fairly efficient way of explaining things to the viewers.
Real life cops: "Eff it, arrest 'em all, sort it out later, I'm not doing the paperwork on this." (Actually overheard once. Such a fun neighborhood that was.)
I have some friends and we like to plan what we say in advance, then talk like this.
That's how it was on that good series with the SVU (darm can't remember the title). If there were 4 in the room, one would say something, then another would add other info, then another, then the last. Each had a line in succession at each meeting, It was annoying and comical simultainiously!
Wake up at 6am no matter what time of year and it is bright and sunny.
And when it's a spooky or horror movie, the moon is full every night.
Or go to bed in the middle of the night. They switch off the lights, and light pours in through the windows
Every time anyone sneezes people assume they're sick, like don't they ever get random sneezes
people do that in real life now...everything is corona apparently...even allergies...ffs
I have a cold at the moment...EVERYONE keeps asking if I have Covid. Drives me crazy
Load More Replies...i mean i sneeze at sudden light. the nerve for my sneeze reflex overlaps the nerve for processing light.
Do you have a light eye color? I think I read somewhere this is common for people with lighter eyes.
Load More Replies...It's the Musket on the Wall. Checkov said if you write tear away all but the vital in writing and you write about a musket on the wall, you better have that musket go off at a later time in the story. So a sneeze is doing a "job" for the writer. In cinema you are doing it better by "showing" it than by explaining it. This is why expository voice over is a hallmark of a super bad movie (unless it's Blade Runner). Thank you for attending my TED Talk
Thanks to Covid, that actually does kind of happen now... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Every sneeze is for some reason. Typically sneezing is a sign of illness... and yes, allergies are an illness.
Sometimes it's just that something (like dust or pepper) has tickled your nose -- or you have sensitivity to light. It's not just disease.
Load More Replies...One good thing about Corona - it really slashed the death rates from everything else.
In the grocery store I have said more then once "Sometimes it's just a sneeze, people!"
putting baby in a playpen when your friend visits and said baby doesn’t scream.
When I was a baby, they had stuff called Gripe Water - worked wonders. I later learned it was about 25% alcohol.
Is it just me or does anyone else wonder why this pic shows a cat and not a human baby?
Do those playpen things even exist outside of films??? I have 4 kids, friends with lots of people with kids... never seen them in real life. Seems like a pretty cruel thing to have.
Uhhhh.... Yes they exist and are widely used. A lot of people use them instead of a crib or as a portable crib. How is this cruel?
Load More Replies...Nope, it can be separation anxiety. Depends on the age and phase. Just like people, babies have personalities, some love playing alone and some won’t leave their parents alone. Nothing to do with neglect.
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In the show Workin' Moms, there's an office meeting where people sit down, do the jokes and plot points, and then adjourn the meeting.
At no point do they talk about anything related to work. What was the meeting for?
"Well, time's up! Another group needs the room..."
Load More Replies...that is the only thing they do at work in Black-ish, I love it so much.
Load More Replies...At least in brooklyn 99 there's always work stuff in the morning briefings
That sounds quite realistic to me. Countless hours of irrelevant chatters at office meetings.
Could have been a quick Team Huddle? Purpose of those is to just convene as a team, not necessarily to talk about work.
When they are playing video games and just turn off the tv. Lol
during my playstation 1 and 2 days, i couldnt afford a memory card so i would just pause the game and turn off the tv but the console remained on forever or until the power went out >.<
Load More Replies...Or there are two actors playing a one player game. I specifically remembered the Charlie's Angels movie where Drew Barrymore is running around naked and walks into this house with two little kids playing FF8 (both holding controllers and mashing buttons furiously). Final Fantasy games are one player RPGs XD
This actually worked for the old grey box Nintendo. Leave the console on but turn off the TV...pick up where you left off.
That still works today, but there's no point in doing it.
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Soldiers running towards the enemy instead of hanging back and setting up suppressing fire
OMG. My family cannot go to movies about war without criticizing the reality (lack of) so often that they're kicked out of theaters, LOL!
I mean, that's how it went down on Omaha Beach... Not that that's the best model to base a strategy on XD
It would be fun to do a movie with all of these device constructs, back to back, and see if in the audience anyone notices.
Or going to stand in the open and getting shot when before that you where safely behind something.
soldier runs and a bom goes off behind them and they keep running. like WTF that would kill you. even if the blast didnt, the shrapnel would tear through you.
No one loses his hearing when a gun is fired near him...
Load More Replies...People leaving the house starting a conversation, then drive 30minutes (the part we don't see), then gets out at destination and continues conversation where they left off....did they just sit in the car in silence? :)
Yes, this! I don't expect perfect realism from TV and movies, but this is so stupid!
Load More Replies...Action hero runs the entire movie. Doesn't heave and pant like a dog when the action dies down. Even when we learnt in the beginning that he is just an average everyday man.
He also has a sore arm after being shot in the should, but within minute he us using that arm to support his weight as he somehow does vertical parkour up a building. Just your everyday dude XD
Load More Replies...People meeting in restaurants, ordering food, chats for 5 seconds then leave. Never eat ordered food, nevermind the driving across the city to restaurant and searching 30minutes for parking to have a 5 second conversation that could have been a phone call.
YES! I get they don't want to show them eating cause that takes up so much time...but then let them meet in a bookstore or something where ordering isn't required!
Load More Replies...Another thing: I’m sure I’m not the only European who starts hyperventilating when the fridge doors stay open for longer than five seconds. Whyyyyyyy?
And getting up and walking out of the hospital easily after being in bed for weeks. In reality your muscles have weakened and it takes a while to get your balance back.
Load More Replies...Unnecessary sex scenes. Two people who have zero excuse to hook up—-it could be physically dangerous, or waste valuable time, or ruin their career(s), or just simply be a matter of zero chemistry between them so sex would be a really stupid move. Even if you two were meant to be together, get the bad situation you’re in taken care of first, then go home, get cleaned up, and get some well deserved rest—-or let the ambulance take you to the hospital and get well.THEN, if you’re both still attracted to each other, go on a proper first date and see how it goes when you’re not in immediate danger. Use some common sense. Jeez!
I kind of get this one in a few situations, like if you really think you're about to die and there's no way out you may as well have 3 minutes of enjoyment before you croak.
Load More Replies...soldier runs and a bom goes off behind them and they keep running. like WTF that would kill you. even if the blast didnt, the shrapnel would tear through you.
No one loses his hearing when a gun is fired near him...
Load More Replies...People leaving the house starting a conversation, then drive 30minutes (the part we don't see), then gets out at destination and continues conversation where they left off....did they just sit in the car in silence? :)
Yes, this! I don't expect perfect realism from TV and movies, but this is so stupid!
Load More Replies...Action hero runs the entire movie. Doesn't heave and pant like a dog when the action dies down. Even when we learnt in the beginning that he is just an average everyday man.
He also has a sore arm after being shot in the should, but within minute he us using that arm to support his weight as he somehow does vertical parkour up a building. Just your everyday dude XD
Load More Replies...People meeting in restaurants, ordering food, chats for 5 seconds then leave. Never eat ordered food, nevermind the driving across the city to restaurant and searching 30minutes for parking to have a 5 second conversation that could have been a phone call.
YES! I get they don't want to show them eating cause that takes up so much time...but then let them meet in a bookstore or something where ordering isn't required!
Load More Replies...Another thing: I’m sure I’m not the only European who starts hyperventilating when the fridge doors stay open for longer than five seconds. Whyyyyyyy?
And getting up and walking out of the hospital easily after being in bed for weeks. In reality your muscles have weakened and it takes a while to get your balance back.
Load More Replies...Unnecessary sex scenes. Two people who have zero excuse to hook up—-it could be physically dangerous, or waste valuable time, or ruin their career(s), or just simply be a matter of zero chemistry between them so sex would be a really stupid move. Even if you two were meant to be together, get the bad situation you’re in taken care of first, then go home, get cleaned up, and get some well deserved rest—-or let the ambulance take you to the hospital and get well.THEN, if you’re both still attracted to each other, go on a proper first date and see how it goes when you’re not in immediate danger. Use some common sense. Jeez!
I kind of get this one in a few situations, like if you really think you're about to die and there's no way out you may as well have 3 minutes of enjoyment before you croak.
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