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People Share What Movies Present As Normal, But It Actually Isn’t, And Here Are 40 Of The Best Insights

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Life would be much simpler yet more exciting at the same time if things worked just like in our favorite movies. The good guys would always save the day at the last minute. Adventures of a lifetime could happen at any moment. And your soulmate could be just around the corner. Alas! That’s not how the real world works.

OG_Builds created a thread on r/AskReddit and asked people to share what is totally normal in movies but never actually happens in real life. And, wow, did people deliver! The redditor’s post received 28.8k comments in 2 days, as well as more than 64.2k upvotes. Scroll down to have a look, don’t forget to upvote your fave things that are normal in movies, and share your own ideas in the comments! OG_Builds told Bored Panda that they got the idea to make the thread after watching a lot of movies while on vacation, while the comment that they could relate to the most was the one about finding new friends.

“I think the comment I found the most relatable was one pointing out how movie characters find friends the second they move to a new city. I just moved to a new town and I feel like movies underestimate the amount of time it takes to get to know people and build relationships.” Read on for the rest of our interview with the thread’s OP.

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#1

People Share What Movies Present As Normal, But It Actually Isn't, And Here Are 40 Of The Best Insights Women can be in the jungle for days but no body hair anywhere.

Men instantly grow a beard

bubblebumblejumble , Umbrella Entertainment Report

Final score:

248points

#2

Everyone’s house is neat and tidy.

rebekahanncurtis Report

Final score:

241points

#3

People Share What Movies Present As Normal, But It Actually Isn't, And Here Are 40 Of The Best Insights Looking away from the road for a solid 10 seconds while driving to talk to someone

Final score:

241points

“While watching The Amazing Spiderman 2, I thought about how there are so many things that are never questioned in movies, though the same things rarely happen in real life. I wanted to see if my fellow redditors had some examples of such things,” OG_Builds shared what inspired them to make the thread in the first place.

They added that some of the other comments that stuck in their head from the thread were about car explosions and parking spots. “Another user commented that it takes very little impact for a car to blow up. If a car crashes into a tree it explodes, which is rarely the case in real life. Someone also pointed out that finding parking spots is way too easy. I never thought about this, but it’s actually really weird that movie characters are able to find parking spots in the middle of the day in Manhattan.”

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#4

People Share What Movies Present As Normal, But It Actually Isn't, And Here Are 40 Of The Best Insights Hacking is typing really fast.

inkseep1 Report

Final score:

239points

#5

People Share What Movies Present As Normal, But It Actually Isn't, And Here Are 40 Of The Best Insights Working as a waitress and living in a huge apartment, with the fridge full, and expensive clothes.

DemonLinuzzz Report

Final score:

238points

#6

People Share What Movies Present As Normal, But It Actually Isn't, And Here Are 40 Of The Best Insights The pushy dude in the romcom ends up getting the girl whereas in real life they’d be more likely to end up with a restraining order.

IWillCube Report

Final score:

231points

In the redditor’s opinion, life wouldn’t be better if everything worked like in the movies. “I think movies fail to acknowledge that humans aren’t perfect. We make mistakes. Sometimes we stumble the words and we cough in the middle of conversations. Life isn’t always on our side. Sometimes, we need an hour to find somewhere to park, and some days we wake up with the worst bed hair.”

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They continued: “Some might say it would be easier if life was a movie, but these flaws and imperfections are what make life so beautiful. I wouldn’t change that for the world.”

#7

People Share What Movies Present As Normal, But It Actually Isn't, And Here Are 40 Of The Best Insights "Enhancing" a sh**ty quality image to 4k and zooming in to the size of a microbe with perfect clarity.

AtL_eAsTwOoD Report

Final score:

229points

#8

People Share What Movies Present As Normal, But It Actually Isn't, And Here Are 40 Of The Best Insights Being able to outrun an explosion.

My_Dog_Rolls_In_Poo , Paramount Pictures Report

Final score:

222points

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#9

People Share What Movies Present As Normal, But It Actually Isn't, And Here Are 40 Of The Best Insights Mom makes a huge breakfast and lays it all out. Kids and husband grab a bagel on the way out the door ignoring all the food

Final score:

222points

Whether things would be better if life were more like movies is debatable; but making movies more like real life would be a pretty bad idea, don’t you think? Let’s have a think and see what would change.

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Imagine for a moment how boring Star Wars and movies with battles in outer space would be if we didn’t willingly suspend our disbelief and wanted everything to be super-realistic.

Ion cannons and explosions wouldn’t make any sounds (“In space no one can hear you scream” is very accurate, too). Meanwhile, you couldn’t even see those spectacular laser weapons. Darn you, vacuum of space, why do you have to make things so dull?!

However, lightsabers could kinda sorta maybe work according to some scientists and some very dedicated and talented crafters.

#10

People Share What Movies Present As Normal, But It Actually Isn't, And Here Are 40 Of The Best Insights Wherever the detective has to go, he always finds a parking spot right in front of the place. Downtown Manhattan included.

ataru-moroboshi Report

Final score:

219points

#11

People Share What Movies Present As Normal, But It Actually Isn't, And Here Are 40 Of The Best Insights People waking up with perfect make up, my wife points this out in everything we watch.

Zackaryharribo23 Report

Final score:

212points

#12

People Share What Movies Present As Normal, But It Actually Isn't, And Here Are 40 Of The Best Insights Actually being able to have a conversation at a bar while music is playing.

Birthday_Dad Report

Final score:

204points

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Action scenes would also be horrific if everything worked on IRL logic and not film logic. Protagonists wouldn’t disarm the bomb at the last second before the timer counted down to zero. There’d be no timer in the first place!

In case our heroes couldn’t disarm the bomb in time, they wouldn’t walk away from the explosion without getting hurt at all. The powerful shockwave would mean that the villains would win and that we’d have to get new heroes in the middle of the film. (Come to think of it, it would be interesting to see more movies where the bad guys win.)

#13

People Share What Movies Present As Normal, But It Actually Isn't, And Here Are 40 Of The Best Insights Police take a DNA sample and have the results in an hour.

inkseep1 Report

Final score:

201points

#14

Easily avoidable issues if the person just explains what is happening

Final score:

197points

#15

People Share What Movies Present As Normal, But It Actually Isn't, And Here Are 40 Of The Best Insights Running with high heels (and not breaking a bone)

chitchatandblabla Report

Final score:

194points

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Let’s also not forget how dangerous jumping through shattered glass windows is in real life. The sharp edges would hurt you very, very badly. Meanwhile, action heroes shrug shattered windows off like it’s no big deal.

Our verdict? Movies might have a bunch of things in them that never happen in real life but that’s why we love them so much! We wouldn’t have it any other way because movies that are too realistic wouldn’t have much structure and would end before things really got started. Now if only movie logic would spread to real life...

#16

People Share What Movies Present As Normal, But It Actually Isn't, And Here Are 40 Of The Best Insights Meeting new friends the minute you move to a new town.

Pralineswithrum Report

Final score:

193points

#17

People Share What Movies Present As Normal, But It Actually Isn't, And Here Are 40 Of The Best Insights Bombs with a special display that counts down to zero.

VoiceOfRealson Report

Final score:

192points

#18

People Share What Movies Present As Normal, But It Actually Isn't, And Here Are 40 Of The Best Insights People in their twenties having large lavish apartments.

mairefay91 Report

Final score:

192points

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#19

In a fight, those henchmen usually fight the main character one by one, one on one until they all get beaten.

Abakrongklings Report

Final score:

192points

#20

People Share What Movies Present As Normal, But It Actually Isn't, And Here Are 40 Of The Best Insights Physically fit and attractive people everywhere.

CruJonesRadRacing Report

Final score:

181points

#21

How normalized stalking is. "You dropped this, so I followed you for three hours to give it back" -> "Kiss and hug, now we're dating".

In reality, it's mace and call the cops for stalking.

MeridasAngel Report

Final score:

173points

#22

Ask your friends to meet you at a predetermined time and place with no explanation as to why.

I have a hard time getting friends to meet up for legitimate reasons with advanced notice. Meanwhile, movie characters come together in an abandoned warehouse in Brazil like...

(all walk in at the same time)

"Why'd you call?"

Final score:

171points

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#23

Not saying bye before hanging up.

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Final score:

167points

#24

Walking home from the grocery store carrying a single paper bag with an unwrapped loaf of French bread sticking out the top.

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Final score:

165points

#25

People Share What Movies Present As Normal, But It Actually Isn't, And Here Are 40 Of The Best Insights Hackers. Perfect code, first try, no issues ever. If your code runs correctly first try, you're confused and scared.

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Final score:

161points

#26

You can have a Ph.D. in theoretical high-energy astrophysics, have finished your postdoc(s), and be running the biggest project in the organization by the time you are 23 if you are a woman and really pretty.

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Final score:

161points

#27

Nobody ever has to use the toilet.

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Final score:

158points

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#28

People Share What Movies Present As Normal, But It Actually Isn't, And Here Are 40 Of The Best Insights Uninterested woman has a sudden change of heart for the loser guy and they live happily ever after.

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Final score:

156points

#29

People Share What Movies Present As Normal, But It Actually Isn't, And Here Are 40 Of The Best Insights Waking up from a long coma and being able to walk...

Final score:

156points

#30

People Share What Movies Present As Normal, But It Actually Isn't, And Here Are 40 Of The Best Insights Guy walks in holding a 30-page document, gives to some other dude.

The dude who's getting the document glances at the first page for a nanosecond and immediately knows everything there is to know about this case.

I_hate_traveling Report

Final score:

151points

#31

People Share What Movies Present As Normal, But It Actually Isn't, And Here Are 40 Of The Best Insights Unlimited bullets and accuraccy 100% for shooting normal bad guys

Final score:

150points

#32

People Share What Movies Present As Normal, But It Actually Isn't, And Here Are 40 Of The Best Insights Cars exploding on impact

Jennysau Report

Final score:

143points

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#33

People Share What Movies Present As Normal, But It Actually Isn't, And Here Are 40 Of The Best Insights People not screaming in absolute agony when shot or stabbed in the gut.

Reservoir dogs is one movie that did it realistically.

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Final score:

142points

#34

Women in war zones and other longterm disaster situations with filthy matted hair and tattered grimy clothes always seem to find the time to have perfectly groomed eyebrows and put on a little make-up

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Final score:

142points

#35

An orange filter when you go to mexico

saiyangodRicardo Report

Final score:

137points

#36

People Share What Movies Present As Normal, But It Actually Isn't, And Here Are 40 Of The Best Insights people recovering very quickly from injuries, especially head injuries

Individual-Bird-8810 Report

Final score:

133points

#37

Background music. Life would be so much better with background music

Atomic_Velociraptor Report

Final score:

133points

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#38

People Share What Movies Present As Normal, But It Actually Isn't, And Here Are 40 Of The Best Insights Scientists in any field are experts in every other field of science as well, e.g. the physicist in Annihilation concluding the tree formations are due to homeotic mutations.

survivalothefittest Report

Final score:

131points

#39

People Share What Movies Present As Normal, But It Actually Isn't, And Here Are 40 Of The Best Insights In horror movies I always enjoy how fast and deep a perfectly symmetrical grave gets dug

LugosisKarloff Report

Final score:

128points

#40

People Share What Movies Present As Normal, But It Actually Isn't, And Here Are 40 Of The Best Insights Serial killers just standing there staring at you and giving you enough Time to escape.

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Final score:

121points

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Storytelling, journalism, and art are a core part of who I am. I've been writing and drawing ever since I could walk—there is nothing else I'd rather do. My formal education, however, is focused on politics, philosophy, and economics because I've always been curious about the gap between the ideal and the real. At work, I'm a Senior Writer and I cover a broad range of topics that I'm passionate about: from psychology and changes in work culture to healthy living, relationships, and design. In my spare time, I'm an avid hiker and reader, enjoy writing short stories, and love to doodle. I thrive when I'm outdoors, going on small adventures in nature. However, you can also find me enjoying a big mug of coffee with a good book (or ten) and entertaining friends with fantasy tabletop games and sci-fi movies.

Storytelling, journalism, and art are a core part of who I am. I've been writing and drawing ever since I could walk—there is nothing else I'd rather do. My formal education, however, is focused on politics, philosophy, and economics because I've always been curious about the gap between the ideal and the real. At work, I'm a Senior Writer and I cover a broad range of topics that I'm passionate about: from psychology and changes in work culture to healthy living, relationships, and design. In my spare time, I'm an avid hiker and reader, enjoy writing short stories, and love to doodle. I thrive when I'm outdoors, going on small adventures in nature. However, you can also find me enjoying a big mug of coffee with a good book (or ten) and entertaining friends with fantasy tabletop games and sci-fi movies.

Ilona Baliūnaitė

I'm a Visual Editor at Bored Panda since 2017. I've searched through a multitude of images to create over 2000 diverse posts on a wide range of topics. I love memes, funny, and cute stuff, but I'm also into social issues topics. Despite my background in communication, my heart belongs to visual media, especially photography. When I'm not at my desk, you're likely to find me in the streets with my camera, checking out cool exhibitions, watching a movie at the cinema or just chilling with a coffee in a cozy place

I'm a Visual Editor at Bored Panda since 2017. I've searched through a multitude of images to create over 2000 diverse posts on a wide range of topics. I love memes, funny, and cute stuff, but I'm also into social issues topics. Despite my background in communication, my heart belongs to visual media, especially photography. When I'm not at my desk, you're likely to find me in the streets with my camera, checking out cool exhibitions, watching a movie at the cinema or just chilling with a coffee in a cozy place

What do you think ?

Martha Meyer 4 years ago

Women giving birth in about 2 minutes and screaming their heads off the entire time. Then the “newborn“ looks about 6 months old.

52points

Carrie de Luka 4 years ago

Women always being portrayed as screaming full stop. Pretty sure that not every women's reaction to something scary or gory is going to be full on screaming for several seconds or more.

33points

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Leo Domitrix 4 years ago

The water breaks as the first sign of labor. THAT IS NOT THE FIRST SIGN. If your water has broken, you better be dang near a hospital. That is not the firs tthing ot happen, and if it is, you'll want a doctor.

16points

BusLady 4 years ago

And it's always a boy. How is that possible?

2points

Paul K. Johnson 4 years ago

My personal favorite is movies acting like bad guy minions never know each other. A good guy goes down, the music changes and there is a moment of sadness and another good guy saying, "Rest easy, my brother. For I will avenge you." But when a bad guy goes down the other bad guys couldn't care less. To add insult to injury they step all over the downed dude to continue chasing the good guy. Even bad guys have friends.

41points

guy greej 4 years ago

Or the one I hate the most. many good guy team mates die and they win the battle and celebrate. but if the god guy dying had some screen time, time for a funeral, some speeches and a 10 gun salute."We won the fight but lost a brother." Damn you you lost like hundred.

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Lauren Caswell 4 years ago

That's something I loved in Austin powers-the henchmen had families and backstories

2points

Pittsburgh rare 4 years ago

😂 😂 A very good observation. Thanks for the laugh

1point

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Daria Z 4 years ago

Also, when a character looks something up in a book, they always open it in the middle and voila! - here is the inormaiton they were looking for. Sometimes it's several books lying around, all opened in the middle.

33points

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Martha Meyer 4 years ago

Women giving birth in about 2 minutes and screaming their heads off the entire time. Then the “newborn“ looks about 6 months old.

52points

Carrie de Luka 4 years ago

Women always being portrayed as screaming full stop. Pretty sure that not every women's reaction to something scary or gory is going to be full on screaming for several seconds or more.

33points

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Leo Domitrix 4 years ago

The water breaks as the first sign of labor. THAT IS NOT THE FIRST SIGN. If your water has broken, you better be dang near a hospital. That is not the firs tthing ot happen, and if it is, you'll want a doctor.

16points

BusLady 4 years ago

And it's always a boy. How is that possible?

2points

Paul K. Johnson 4 years ago

My personal favorite is movies acting like bad guy minions never know each other. A good guy goes down, the music changes and there is a moment of sadness and another good guy saying, "Rest easy, my brother. For I will avenge you." But when a bad guy goes down the other bad guys couldn't care less. To add insult to injury they step all over the downed dude to continue chasing the good guy. Even bad guys have friends.

41points

guy greej 4 years ago

Or the one I hate the most. many good guy team mates die and they win the battle and celebrate. but if the god guy dying had some screen time, time for a funeral, some speeches and a 10 gun salute."We won the fight but lost a brother." Damn you you lost like hundred.

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Lauren Caswell 4 years ago

That's something I loved in Austin powers-the henchmen had families and backstories

2points

Pittsburgh rare 4 years ago

😂 😂 A very good observation. Thanks for the laugh

1point

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Daria Z 4 years ago

Also, when a character looks something up in a book, they always open it in the middle and voila! - here is the inormaiton they were looking for. Sometimes it's several books lying around, all opened in the middle.

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