Common movie behaviors that never happen in real life

Couples that start making out after they wake up. I dunno, maybe this one actually happens, but it's fucking disgusting.

Elurin_sl said:

Couples that start making out after they wake up. I dunno, maybe this one actually happens, but it's fucking disgusting.

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Realistic if relationship < 3 months. Fantasy otherwise

Highly visible bombs are the bee's knees.

Any boxing film ever made shows fights that pretty much would never happen in a ring. Rocky being the epitome of those.

Opening windows from the outside and homes having no screen behind that window. What fucking third world does everyone live in?

Zaara_sl said:

FBI/Police hostage negotiation and phone calls. Isn't a movie, but last night we were watching the Following and got a big dose of this megabullshit. Two strangers, talking on a phone- one is a mass murderer, the other is an FBI agent. The agent starts talking about the murderer's mother and art and....every single time, they fall for that shit and start getting upset, and having an intense back-and-forth conversation about it. What the fuck? It's always the hardened criminals too, the ones that irrationally lose their shit when a stranger on the phone mentions their mother/father/whatever. Knock that shit off.

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Justified had a great hostage episode that shit all over this trope, was hilarious.


For me, people who hang up the phone without saying goodbye, or giving ANY indication they are going. It happens all the time, the conversation just ends as soon as the main piece of info is delivered and they both just know to hang up.

did any movie show any complete cartridges when showing bullets slowmo in flight yet?

Zaara_sl said:

In keeping with the sound- The Inception bong is getting -way- too popular.

Andy Sorkin-ism in movies: Where every conversation consists of rapid-fire, perfectly timed witticisms and one-liners. Nobody talks over each other, everyone's on point, and you just know some asshole is going to have the smug concluding one-liner when he leaves the office/room/scene.

FBI/Police hostage negotiation and phone calls. Isn't a movie, but last night we were watching the Following and got a big dose of this megabullshit. Two strangers, talking on a phone- one is a mass murderer, the other is an FBI agent. The agent starts talking about the murderer's mother and art and....every single time, they fall for that shit and start getting upset, and having an intense back-and-forth conversation about it. What the fuck? It's always the hardened criminals too, the ones that irrationally lose their shit when a stranger on the phone mentions their mother/father/whatever. Knock that shit off.

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TV cop dramas are the worst at most of the cliches.

The following and mentalist are among the worst for just shitting on plausibility. A show like Monk or Psych does it, and the intent is to be more funny then serious, so its more acceptable.
But in a show like the following, with people dying left and right. the utter stupidity of FBI actions, in the name of personal drama really stands out.
Hostage situation? whelp, better go in alone. The hostage taker said to! only kevin bacon can save the day! Find the location of the cult headquarters? better go in alone. notify local police, have a full FBI assault? nah. kevin bacon needs to go in alone and infiltrate the joint first.
come face to face with cultist? draw gun on them. and wait for them to talk to you for a bit before you get shot by that other guy that was magically hiding, because you only have a field of view in 64 degrees in front of you. and can not hear sounds.



I think I mentioned it, but end of watch jumped the shark for me, with the absurd gun fight scenes. unload 3 automatic weapons at the cops... only the officers radio is hit, so they can't call for help. Are you fucking serious? in a movie that was trying to be "realistic" and a bit of a movie version of cops+the wire. you come out with that shit?

Quineloe_sl said:

did any movie show any complete cartridges when showing bullets slowmo in flight yet?

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Yeah the Get Smart movie, the one with Steve Carrell. There's a training scene right at the start and the bullet is shown slo-mo to let you know it's just a paint ball tipped bullet. But the bullet is the complete cartridge.

People rarely fucking CLOSE DOORS!

They always open them and leave them fucking swinging.

Trips to the DMV are fast and even fun
Every line moves smoothly at retail stores , there is never a problem customer in front of the protagonist
Stores have everything including goods made by a one man operation from outer mongolia