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Daniel Marsh 3 years ago

There's a reason he's named Solo.

9points

Stephanie IV 3 years ago

Han Solo is a filou! He's never been intended as a role model, I assume.

0points

Stephanie Keith 3 years ago

Nope! It isn't okay for a made up character either.

0points

Piet Puk 3 years ago

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Vicky Z 3 years ago

This is a culture that was really promoted from the movie industry and need to stop asap

14points

Miss Cris 3 years ago

We need to teach consent. Also in films and fiction in general. P L E A S E

10points

Analyn Lahr 3 years ago

I think that would deserve a justified slap.

5points

timothy green 3 years ago

Nope, and you may end up in jail. Trust me on this one

4points

Kai Scadden 3 years ago

I'd punch him in the face and my mom and dad would congratulate me

3points

Ancsuri 3 years ago

If you think you are as cool as Han Solo... have a second thought.. No, you are not.. never

3points

John L 3 years ago

Oh, that's why I'm always getting in trouble. Gotta stop watching movies for life advice....

2points

Serial pacifist 3 years ago (edited)

Also, a genocidal napalm-farting, bloodsucking villain face to face with the humanity-loving protective protagonist: "You and me, we are the same..."

2points

Lauren Caswell 3 years ago (edited)

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2points

Bacony Cakes 3 years ago (edited)

The villain: Genocide, sex slaves, several violations of international military law, animal abuse, child abuse, irreversible pollution of the environment, funded violent drug cartels, deals with eldritch beings capable of destroying the universe, rigged elections, etc. The hero: Pirated some rap music on his dad's laptop and it got adware.

0points

Becky Samuel 3 years ago

Is this the protagonist who just flew billions of pounds worth of military equipment into foreign airspace on a covert op and blasted, punched and ka-powed his way through dozens of people? I'm sure he's an absolute *delight* at dinner parties, but he's still a psycopath. Mentally healthy people can't handle killing dozens of people face-to-face without massive psychological consequences.

0points

Michelle C 3 years ago

Or bite

1point

Robert May 3 years ago

And probably get bit!

1point

Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago

Good way to get your face slapped, my friend.

1point

Natalie Bohrteller 3 years ago

He wouldn't even get close.

1point

Grace Smith 3 years ago

Yeah we hate it

0points

DKS 001 3 years ago (edited)

you will most likely make her more angry because you're not listening and she KNOWS you're just trying to dismiss what's important to her

0points

Riley Quinn 3 years ago

Word of advice: rarely can someone get away with "movie" behavior. Kiss me when we're arguing? OMG! You really don't want to get within arms reach of me when I'm PO'd, never mind try to swap spit.

0points

backatya 3 years ago

too bad it wasn't real. It'll be a good way to get the nag to shut up

0points

Tracy Jones 3 years ago

she might bite ya too

0points

Saara-Elina Kaukiainen 3 years ago

Unless it's a REALLY good kiss.

0points

Bianca Du Toit 3 years ago

We will, we will slap you!!

0points

Mrs S 3 years ago

Yummy kiss!

0points

David Gripon 3 years ago

She may be ok with the kiss, but she ain't shutt'n up.

0points

Sasy 3 years ago

I do not agree with this, not only about the movie, but there was a time and a guy that if I was chattering on too much would kiss me, I chattered a lot around that guy lol

0points

Mike Loux 3 years ago

If Leia had a gun...Han would not have shot first...

0points

Frisinator 3 years ago

Might lose your tongue

0points

denzoren 3 years ago

Maybe it'll work for Han....I am definitely not Han so I wouldn't dare try it. Lol

0points

Anton Kider 3 years ago

And he does it solo...

-3points

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People Answer What Movies Get Wrong About Real Life And Here's 50 Of Their Spot-On Observations When the mother of the house has spent four hours making breakfast for the whole family with like 3832523 ingredients that cover the entire kitchen table and the dad or son or whatever walks by, grabs an apple and says they don't have time to eat because they're late for work. I'm pretty sure that person could be legally murdered in real life

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People Answer What Movies Get Wrong About Real Life And Here's 50 Of Their Spot-On Observations Young professionals or college students living in HUUUGE, fully furnished apartments in the city

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People Answer What Movies Get Wrong About Real Life And Here's 50 Of Their Spot-On Observations 5 bad guys attacking the hero ONE-AT-A-TIME...

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People Answer What Movies Get Wrong About Real Life And Here's 50 Of Their Spot-On Observations Movies - “wtf was that!” Don’t bother turning lights on. Go look...

Real life - my wife hears something “wtf was that! Wake up! Go check!!!!!” Turns every single light on, locks the bedroom door behind me, has 911 ready to dial. Constantly yells for me to give an update. Allows me back in the door after triple confirming my identity, using the secret password.... oh that noise?

Dog farted.

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People Answer What Movies Get Wrong About Real Life And Here's 50 Of Their Spot-On Observations When the girl that the main potagonist likes doesn't like him back, so the main potagonist bothers and stalks her for so long that she finally falls in love with him. In real life she would probably call the police.

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People Answer What Movies Get Wrong About Real Life And Here's 50 Of Their Spot-On Observations USB stick goes in the right way

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People Answer What Movies Get Wrong About Real Life And Here's 50 Of Their Spot-On Observations Lead actor sits down at bar: "Get me a beer."

Movie Bartender: *silently gets beer*

Real-life Bartender: "What? What kind of beer? We've got 20 beers on tap and an extensive bottle list. Do you want a menu or something?"

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People Answer What Movies Get Wrong About Real Life And Here's 50 Of Their Spot-On Observations Becoming popular after taking down your ponytail and removing your nerdy glasses.

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#10

People Answer What Movies Get Wrong About Real Life And Here's 50 Of Their Spot-On Observations In movies with any kind of trial scene there's always a dramatic moment where one of the attorneys presents a witness or piece of evidence that completely changes the course of the trial. Something that neither the judge or opposing attorney knew about.

Like sorry buddy, but the discovery deadline was a month ago

Final score:

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#11

People Answer What Movies Get Wrong About Real Life And Here's 50 Of Their Spot-On Observations Whenever people play something back, be it a tape recorder, video recording, or whatever, they can always fast-forward or rewind to EXACTLY the point they want, with perfect accuracy.

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#12

People Answer What Movies Get Wrong About Real Life And Here's 50 Of Their Spot-On Observations A girl waking up with perfect hair and a face full of perfectly done makeup. I don't care how pretty of a girl you are you don't wake up with perfect hair.

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#13

People Answer What Movies Get Wrong About Real Life And Here's 50 Of Their Spot-On Observations No need for cleanup after sex.

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#14

People Answer What Movies Get Wrong About Real Life And Here's 50 Of Their Spot-On Observations A bunch of students in their late twenties in high school

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#15

People Answer What Movies Get Wrong About Real Life And Here's 50 Of Their Spot-On Observations It isn't romantic to keep pursuing someone after they've told you they aren't interested, it's toxic and creepy. No healthy person is out there saying no when they mean yes.

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#16

People Answer What Movies Get Wrong About Real Life And Here's 50 Of Their Spot-On Observations Phone call : "turn on the tv"

tv: "exactly the correct station at the beginning of the news story the person called about"

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#17

People Answer What Movies Get Wrong About Real Life And Here's 50 Of Their Spot-On Observations Guns with no recoil and not going deaf despite not wearing hearing protection when firing that M4 indoors singlehandedly and taking down every bad guy with one shot per guy and no reloading...

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#18

People working minimum-wage/part-time jobs living in big apartments in the downtown areas of cities.

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#19

People Answer What Movies Get Wrong About Real Life And Here's 50 Of Their Spot-On Observations Car chases never encounter traffic jams.

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#20

People Answer What Movies Get Wrong About Real Life And Here's 50 Of Their Spot-On Observations Simultaneous orgasms every time.

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#21

People Answer What Movies Get Wrong About Real Life And Here's 50 Of Their Spot-On Observations A person going from drunk to sober in 5 minutes because they drank a cup of black coffee.

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#22

People Answer What Movies Get Wrong About Real Life And Here's 50 Of Their Spot-On Observations Boarding a plane after the gate has closed. No, not even for true love!

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#23

People Answer What Movies Get Wrong About Real Life And Here's 50 Of Their Spot-On Observations 5 machine guns somehow missing the protagonist in the room

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#24

I've worked in a hospital as a nursing assistant and I can hardly stand to watch any medical related movies now. They always depict the doctors as being closely involved with patient care and doing everything the patient needs, such as handing out meds, conducting tests, etc. This simply doesn't happen in real life. While the doctors do make a care plan, there are hundreds of other professions in a hospital setting that carry out that plan. Nurses hand out meds and do wound care, NAs help patients with activities of daily living, a transport team takes patients to their tests where other nurses/techs actually conduct the tests. It's an intricate system that doesn't revolve solely around the physicians. Don't get me wrong, I have all the respect in the world for doctors and I plan on going to medical school, but movies do so many other jobs in healthcare an injustice by not depicting what they actually do.

Final score:

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#25

People Answer What Movies Get Wrong About Real Life And Here's 50 Of Their Spot-On Observations They don't make keyboard mistakes or have to backspace. Movie characters get it on the first shot, whether it's sending a text or hacking into the Pentagon.

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#26

People Answer What Movies Get Wrong About Real Life And Here's 50 Of Their Spot-On Observations Characters can hear every word of dialogue perfectly in a noisy environment.

Captain frantically whispering to the private - "I need you to charge that machine gun nest."

Private - "um actually I can't hear you I'm completely deaf from 3 hours of constant gunfire."

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#27

Grocery bags in movies ALWAYS have unwrapped French bread and some green leaf lettuce sticking out of the top.

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#28

People Answer What Movies Get Wrong About Real Life And Here's 50 Of Their Spot-On Observations People that are experts in their highly scientific field are not usually young and hot. It takes a long time to become so highly qualified for nuclear physics and that sort of thing. But no, in movies, it is always someone that looks to be in their mid 20s at the latest.

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#29

People Answer What Movies Get Wrong About Real Life And Here's 50 Of Their Spot-On Observations People cough and it's always indicative of an incoming terminal illness. A phone rings and it's terrible/pertinent news.

In real life people cough because there's something tickling their throat or because they swallowed something funny. You answer a phone call and Liz is trying to sell you a cheap stay in Las Vegas even though you've told that c**t to f**k off more than three times in the last month.

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#30

People Answer What Movies Get Wrong About Real Life And Here's 50 Of Their Spot-On Observations Jumping inches away from an explosion blast won’t do s**t.

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#31

NO ONE HAS BLACKOUT CURTAINS IN MOVIES. Why?? Everyone wakes up to bright sunlight and no curtains and beautifully clean bedrooms ... that is NOT reality!!!

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#32

People Answer What Movies Get Wrong About Real Life And Here's 50 Of Their Spot-On Observations Huge catastrophe happens - everyone in the whole city is dead, except my whole family! How lucky I am!

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#33

People Answer What Movies Get Wrong About Real Life And Here's 50 Of Their Spot-On Observations The phone only rings to move the plot along. IRL my phone only rings due to scammers or bots calling from an Arlington, Va number.

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#34

People Answer What Movies Get Wrong About Real Life And Here's 50 Of Their Spot-On Observations People waiting their turn to talk.

Imagine a realistic drama where one character confronts the person who wronged them, and about 2 sentences into their big, inspiring, mic-drop moment, the other person cuts them off with "Go f***k yourself, a**hole".

I mean, I've had my share of arguments. Not many people sit patiently through several paragraphs of well thought out reasons why they're wrong.

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#35

People Answer What Movies Get Wrong About Real Life And Here's 50 Of Their Spot-On Observations I've never seen anyone apprehend criminals while causing millions and millions in damage to the city.

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#36

People Answer What Movies Get Wrong About Real Life And Here's 50 Of Their Spot-On Observations People shrugging off a flesh wound like it's nothing. They even say "It's just a flesh wound." The movie Last Action Hero does a good job of mocking this by having Jack Slater incur a flesh wound in "the real world," and it's a big deal. But then he goes into the movie world and it's barely a scratch.

In fact, Last Action Hero has a lot of examples, like people being able to punch through car windows, or the women working at Blockbuster being way too attractive.

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#37

Medical examiner comes back with a tox report and DNA match in a matter of minutes. IRL, this stuff takes days or weeks.

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Dutch Swimmer Goes Viral For Super Revealing Trunks During 2024 Olympics: “Is This Legal?”

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Thrill-Seeking Diver Jumps Down Extreme Waterslide, Ignoring The Strict Ban For Women

#38

People never have to go to the bathroom and are rarely hungry or thirsty, and can go for weeks with virtually no sleep.

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#39

People Answer What Movies Get Wrong About Real Life And Here's 50 Of Their Spot-On Observations The way actors dramatically circle each other while they're having conversations. It's something stage actors are taught to do to make the scene more dynamic, but it's not something people ever actually do in real life. Imagine chatting with your buddy somewhere and he just starts circling you mid-conversation: "So anyway, I think we should . . . uh, where are you going? What is happening right now?"

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#40

People Answer What Movies Get Wrong About Real Life And Here's 50 Of Their Spot-On Observations Free available storefront parking

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#41

A young married couple buying a massive 2 or 3 story Victorian that is completely updated and has full attic and basement as their first home like that's a normal thing. Even with a discount for the demons that hang out there a new married couple that just spent upwards of 40 grand on a wedding is not gonna be able to afford this huge remodeled house.

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116points

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Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

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“Ma’am I Live Here”: Woman Refuses To Back Out Of Driveway, Learns A Lesson The Hard Way

#42

People Answer What Movies Get Wrong About Real Life And Here's 50 Of Their Spot-On Observations Will power seems to be greater than any injury in every movie.

4 broken ribs, countless lacerations, and eyes swelled shut probably wont be remedied by the time you are fighting the next wave of baddies.

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#43

Someone asking like 20 people to leave a room so they can have a conversation with one other person. "Can we have the room?" Or "Give us the room."

This happens all the time in movies. It has been driving me crazy since I started noticing it.

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#44

2 Candles lighting up a room the same way a lamp will.

People brushing their teeth with no toothpaste foaming like a rabid dog.

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#45

When someone hacks a 'mainframe' in five seconds

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50 Of The Most Incredible Shots That Were Submitted To The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

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French Diver’s “Jewels” In Tight Swimming Trunks Become Talk Of The Town At Olympics

#46

Parking right outside of your destination in the city.

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#47

When soldiers die on the battlefield in movies, its usually a whole ordeal with last words and grunting and the injured soldier slowly becoming lifeless as a buddy holds him in his arms. All the while the battle seemingly lulls off as this one random guy is dying.

This just doesn't happen. Usually battlefield deaths are quick and very sudden. A lot of the time the guy hit either isn't noticed until later or is dead before they hit the ground.

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99points

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#48

Immediate comebacks. Even the sharpest people will not have a comeback for everything, every single time.

Final score:

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#49

People establishing family (outside of mothers, fathers and grandparents) relationships in their greetings so anyone that happens to overhear knows how you're related.

"Hey brother, it's been a long time!"
"What's going on, sis?"
"How are you, cousin?"

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Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

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Mom Leaves $250k Inheritance To Son, Throws A Fit When Daughter Stops Looking After Her

#50

People Answer What Movies Get Wrong About Real Life And Here's 50 Of Their Spot-On Observations Highschoolers very openly and obviously throwing house parties or going to clubs and getting wasted.

Being drenched the second they walk outside while raining

One person running in and saying something along the lines of "omg i have to tell you so and so...." getting interrupted by the person they want to talk to saying "i don't have time for this" and leaving. Of course you're going to want to know why someone needs to obviously and urgently tell you something.

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Final score:

82points

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#51

People Answer What Movies Get Wrong About Real Life And Here's 50 Of Their Spot-On Observations Having more than 2 best friends that live conveniently nextdoor.

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#52

People yell "taxi!" to call a cab. That's not how you do it. You just raise you hand in the air and they see you. It's not like they would hear you if you yelled out "taxi!"

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46points

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Woman Refuses To Chip In For Babysitting Because She Doesn’t Even Have Kids, Asks If She’s A Jerk

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“This Breaks My Heart”: People Stunned—And Angry—After Woman Buys Lost Luggage From Airport

#53

People Answer What Movies Get Wrong About Real Life And Here's 50 Of Their Spot-On Observations Dreaming of kissing a beautiful woman but are actually being licked by an animal.

OR

Breaking Through a Window Unscathed.

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45points

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#54

People Answer What Movies Get Wrong About Real Life And Here's 50 Of Their Spot-On Observations Skype streams with 1080p and 120fps

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#55

Doctors being in a room with a patient for more than 5 minutes

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#56

Wait I can explain!!

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#57

Alcoholism being consequence free.

jimshwarts Report

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#58

Getting your dream job after one interview.

TK_Sleepytime Report

Final score:

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"I Didn't Start The Dryer": Karen Gets Taught A Lesson After Throwing Out Neighbor's Wet Clothes

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Guy Divorced 3 Years Ago Drops Off 3 Y.O. With His Ex-Wife Completely Out Of The Blue

#59

Money in general is completely ignored in movies. Transactions of any kind are avoided because they're slow and unnecessary to the plot.

No one that rents a car is shown renting the car unless it's a set up.

No one is showing getting groceries unless there is some exposition being done with narrative voice or the character needs a place to bump into someone.

No one needs gas until they're in too much of a hurry to stop.

I can't even count how many times actors walk out on their tabs.

RuffCarpentry Report

Final score:

39points

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#60

“We have to transport this highly volatile substance through the downtown area of a vast metropolis. Surely nothing could go wrong.”

“Good plan, boss!”

SuicideSkirmish Report

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#61

People being able to hold their breath for an eternity while underwater. I was thinking about this while watching life of Pi last night.

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Final score:

37points

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College Student Does Exactly As Told After Roommates Demand They Keep Their Stuff In Their Room

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Internet Gives Unemployed Woman A Reality Check After She Expects Friends To Buy Her A Trip

#62

Kids waking up to go to school in broad daylight skating to class with huge spreads for breakfast. It’s always almost still pitch black outside, and I’ve never had anything more then pop tarts or cereal.

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#63

Fluid, witty and well rounded dialogue where the characters never do stuff like pause, mumble, hesitate, miss a reference, have nothing to say, etc.

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#64

High school loser gets together with dream crush at the end of the movie.

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#65

People calling each other Mr. and Mrs. etc. also people never say goodbye on the phone. They just hang up.

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#66

THE STRAW DOESN'T MAKE THE SLURPY NOISE UNTIL THE DRINK IS EMPTY

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#67

Fast drivers drifting round corners. That's not the fastest way to drive.

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#68

Playing video games, main protagonist is absolutely slamming every single button on the controller.

Using an Xbox controller on a Nintendo 64, while playing horizon dawn.

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23points

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#69

This is a little thing, but the dialogue is never natural. It's more like this idyllic version of natural. Nobody mishears anything. Every sentence is relevant to something. Great enunciation.

Some movies get pretty close, but you still never get the talking-over-each-other effect. But watch something like Man of Steel and listen to how formal the dialogue is. It's bizarre once you notice it. Everyone's acting like they're in a play.

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Final score:

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#70

People don't die all neat-like.

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Beeps 3 years ago

I think the biggest mistake in movies that we have all become aware of over the lat 18 months is that if there is some sort of virus or zombie outbreak in a movie, the general public immediately go: “Holy smokes, there’s a virus/zombie outbreak, we’d better follow government instructions/expert advice!!” In reality, there is an initial 12 months of people going: “It’s just the flu” / “The virus is not real” / “More people die from heart attacks every year” / “The so called experts are just scaremongering sheeple”

54points

Mike Crow 3 years ago

I want to see a movie like that.

9points

Ozacoter 3 years ago

Yeah. If we learned something this pandemic is that the majority of people prioritize their comfort over the lives of others.

8points

Mazer 3 years ago

“The so called experts are just scaremongering sheeple” - the experts are experts for a good reason.

1point

Neb 3 years ago

7 Jul 2020 "I always thought the people in zombie apocalypse movies were super dumb; always making the wrong choices at the worst times. Well, I stand corrected. People really do make the wrong choices at the worst times." https://twitter.com/ZacksJerryRig/status/1280608987742826497?s=20

0points

Martin Kaine 3 years ago

My personal favorite is portrayals of mental illness. Such as when the character is going to therapy and has a breakthrough moment and completely changes after that. The breakthrough is not the end of your journey, that's the beginning (I'm looking at you, Good Will Hunting). Or love trumps true emotional disorders or addiction (ahem, Silver Linings Playbook). Love and support helps, but its no cure all.

27points

Trillian 3 years ago (edited)

Women in disaster or adventure movies. Stumbling around for days in their shorts and yet their legs are still smooth.

17points

Becky Samuel 3 years ago

The absolute killer for immersion for me is hands. Everyone from the hard-punching protagonist, to the girl who's just crawled on her hands and knees for miles, or even a six-month old zombie - neatly trimmed nails, perfect cuticles, no bruises. It's rare for any movie or show to get this even vaguely right.

12points

Ozacoter 3 years ago (edited)

If the movie is newer I tell myself that they got laser. It eases my mind.

1point

Neb 3 years ago

Laser :)

0points

Evil Little Thing 3 years ago

As a biomedical scientist, it drives me crazy when movies use "virus" and "bacteria" interchangeably, and then visualize the pathogen by looking a drop of blood on a slide (without staining or anything) and what do they see? A worm. But somehow it is still both a virus and a bacteria. Also they pipet wrong and nobody washes their damn hands, even after they use the bathroom.

10points

Ozacoter 3 years ago

So nobody follows lab safety protocols like closing your labcoat (its there for a reason) or tying your hair so it doesnt get everywhere or on fire.

7points

Bilja M 3 years ago

Fighting with hair tied in sleek long ponytail or hair let down completely, and in high heels. I know they want to make heroine look sexy even in fight but it's complete nonsense.

9points

Lara Verne 3 years ago

People suddenly wake up from coma, without any physical or mental difficulties. Paraplegic people stand up, walk or even run, because they want to prove that nothing is impossible , or save someone. Mute people suddently start talking.

9points

Daria Z 3 years ago

That's why it's called "entertainment", I guess. A safe, short-term escape from reality.

9points

BlackPearltheSeaWing/NightWing 3 years ago

Love triangles. Just pick someone for pete's sake!! I can't excuse a few, but most of them annoy me beyond words.

8points

Logic and Reason 3 years ago

Would movies actually be better if they changed these though?

7points

Ryan Deschanel 3 years ago

It is actually a very good question. I think it would be worse, because movies would be as ugly, boring and disappointing as real life.

6points

FABULOUS1 3 years ago

No they wouldnt, one it would make the movie run to long to play each one of these scenes out to be 100% realistic. And two its a movie, who wants to see a movie about the crappy things we have to go through day in and day out.

5points

NsG 3 years ago

Someone in another pointed out how unrealistic it is to drive for five minutes to get from Brazil to the Amazon rainforest, and I pointed out, quite reasonably I thought, that if I wanted to see the travel from Brazil to the rainforest in real time, I'd make the damn journey myself! Sometimes a suspension of disbelief is required to enjoy movies.

3points

Neb 3 years ago

I think at least some of the issues could be fixed. Like 20ies in school and dressed in heels or too short clothes... or all perfectly in uniforms. Explosions, drinking and driving, or other dangerous things that dumb teens might be willing to imitate or think that nothing will happen. Stalking after saying "no" and similar sexist stuff (girls are always perfectly looking, pretty girls are popular and get the most positive attention, etc.)

1point

Vuun 3 years ago

YES! But that's probably just me. I suck at suspending disbelief.

0points

Ryan Deschanel 3 years ago (edited)

The most unlikely things that always happen in movies : the good guy wins, the villain loses. There is a social scene, drama, cliques and clubs in high school. There are parties, assaults and pranks in college. Huge friend groups. Middle-class families live in suburban mansions. Your dreams come true if you believe in yourself.

7points

NsG 3 years ago

Did you just crib a summary page from TvTropes? 😆

0points

Mike Crow 3 years ago

Sound in space.

7points

Aiden Brough 3 years ago

Never saying "Bye" when finishing a phone call - they just end the call. And drinking neat spirts without coughing... Seriously?

7points

YoyoSthlm 3 years ago

Women being deadly scared of blood. I assure you, women see way more blood than men...

6points

Ozacoter 3 years ago

You know that a man wrote the script if the woman is afraid of blood.

3points

Not Proud British 3 years ago

Horror/supernatural movies. They never call for help, never book a hotel room, never knock their neighbours up. Same genre - using your phone to record videos or as a torch but never to call the emergency services which are still available even if your network is out of range. People being chased or killed never crap themselves or fart, which you would totally do. Fist fights. Have you tried punching someone? It really bloody hurts! Female characters. She's never on her period, never wears sensible underwear, never has a bad hair day or zits, never needs to pee, never has PMT, never needs to take the pill, never farts, always orgasms, always happy to BJ - we aren't living in a porn fantasy here!

5points

René Studer 3 years ago

OCD in movies. Some are better at it than others but I have yet to see an honest depiction of it.

5points

Ozacoter 3 years ago

Have you seen the OCD doctor in Scrubs? I always wondered if he was portrayed okaish.

4points

MizAdeleM 3 years ago

My favorites: A man gets punched and beaten up, but winces in pain when a woman cleans his wounds. When exiting a taxi, just toss some crumpled bills at the driver, and all is good. Just pull right up in front of the NYC skyscraper, and park right there, with no other cars around you. No standing at a bar for five minutes, trying to catch the bartender's eye to order a drink.

4points

Sky Render 3 years ago

I always find it amusing when computers in movies act like a car engine and have to "revv up" to do calculations. As if somehow the processor needs time to reach full capacity and suddenly goes from slower than a 286 to fast enough to put Fugaku to shame in 20 seconds flat.

4points

M O'Connell 3 years ago (edited)

My PC at work does this when I render a 3D view. The processor clock increases at the same rate the cooling fans do, so there is a very small but perceptible bit of lag. And it does sound like its going to take off.

1point

Kitti B. 3 years ago

The past is back and white, Mexico is sepia, darkness is blue.

4points

Caro Caro 3 years ago

Cops entering a house in broad daylight, its dark inside and they use torches. Why not turn on the lights?

4points

YoyoSthlm 3 years ago

If it's a crime scene cops actually do that to see it as it is

4points

Daniel Atkins 3 years ago (edited)

SO if I ever make a movie i'll fix it. We'll have a long scene with the hero slowly eating toast as they browse stuff on their Phone, They will have a bathroom break while playing games on the phone. A scene where they prep for the day. all the dialog will be filled with ums and filler words. There will be an awesome scene where they spend 20 minutes parking. the hero will be hurt by the first explosion and spend the rest of the time recovering. There will be a Physical therapy scene it will be epic. ;)

3points

Rebecca Olds 3 years ago

People jumping into a pool fully clothed or being pushed in and never EVER have to replace their phone that they almost always have with them....i have had a few instances where i misjudged something and ended up having to replace a phone or a mp3 player. No amount of rice will resurrect a dead electronic device

3points

HempFairy 3 years ago

I just hate the fact that people in the movies never stumble like the rest of us.

3points

Claudia Gotthardt 3 years ago

My pet peeve is when they reconstruct a face from like 5 pixels of a blurry surveillance camera...

2points

M O'Connell 3 years ago

Zoom in and enhance!

2points

Parmeisan 3 years ago

Someone walking into the street and immediately getting hit by a car going full-speed. Like, the driver never even *tries* to hit the brakes. There's never any swerving. But I guess in the movie world nobody *ever* looks at the road either, so it fits...

2points

Pezor Zass 3 years ago

Most of these things have been pointed out so many times lately that pointing them out is becoming a trope on its own. The internet seems to be running out of content.

2points

iblowsheep 3 years ago

why does this list even exist? I think most people are capable of distinguishing between reality and fiction so why bring the point up?

2points

Ryan Deschanel 3 years ago

Yes, people are able to distinguish between fiction and reality, but the point of this post is to highlight the stupidity of some tropes.

3points

backatya 3 years ago

I wish all these things are shared with the movie industry so they know to correct what the viewers are disgruntled about.

1point

Ben Dreyer 3 years ago

1. All phone numbers start with 555- 2. Nobody locks their front doors - they arrive home and simply open the door 3. Those who DO lock their doors, store the key under a flowerpot right next to the front door 4. Nobody ever has to go pee. 5. Suspecting a killer in the house - calling out: "hello!". As if the killer is going to reply: "yes be with you in a minute, just sharpening my knife quickly and getting a beer from your fridge"

1point

Franc Esca 3 years ago

Any portrayal concerning sex or pregnancy. It's never accurate. People answering their phones at any time of night and coming out. No, I'm not coming out at 2am just cuz you call and say "hurry!"

1point

Stephanie Keith 3 years ago

I get what people are saying, sort of. Because movies are supposed to be entertaining and not realistic. That's the part of literally making up a story. It's the opposite of real life it's a fantasy a movie to take you out of this world, so to speak. It can't be realistic for the simple fact that it would take too long to watch. I just feel like people don't really have imagination anymore. Probably because of stress and real life things going on now a days. So calling this stuff out is obvious but that's literally the point of movies, books, and theatre. To be the complete opposite of reality.

1point

Vuun 3 years ago (edited)

Changing many of these would have no effect on the length of the movie. And even the ones that would, like a random phone call that's not related to the plot, could be inserted every now and then. At least I hate knowing that everything that happens relates to the big picture, usually in a very predictable way to boot.

1point

Llama_flower93 3 years ago

Women maintaining perfect eyebrows, shaved legs and pits, light makeup, plus never worrying about their periods when they're on long wilderness journeys and when they're stuck somewhere, like captured or stranded for over a month.

1point

Bart Pax 3 years ago

The Ww2 tanks always move around 2 mph in the movies. They were much faster in real life to avoid getting hit, wich was more scary.

1point

Shane S 3 years ago

Dialogue where characters use a word said by someone else as a springboard idea. For instance: “John, I don’t think we’ll make it”. “Laura, Wheel! That’s it! We need to use a wheel!”

1point

Rebecca Trinkner 3 years ago

PEOPLE ENTERING A HOUSE AND LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN! Really irritates me. close 2nd and third - Not saying goodbye after a phone convo ends. And a woman throws up, turns out she's of course pregnant.

1point

Rench 3 years ago

Ok, so I know that this is about movies, but I was watching a soap opera with my wife and I noticed there's almost never any background people in a scene, regardless of the setting. No crowded bars, no hectic hospital hallways, etc....

1point

Jerry Mathers 3 years ago

How about the villain that has 10 henchmen that a-) always want to fist fight rather than just whip out the pistol and cap the hero, b-) are so committed to villainous scheme that they never run even when 5 of their buddies just got killed c-) have nothing to do but hang out with the leader. The expense of feeding and housing these guys over a period of months is not insignificant.

1point

Ansirk 3 years ago

No one talking about how a laptop webcam suddenly have the hollywood image quality with perfect lighting when talking via video call? Also 60fps HD security camera footage.

1point

M O'Connell 3 years ago

Did you notice during the 2011 Fukushima earthquake that Japan seems to have MUCH better quality security cameras than everywhere else in the world? It was eerie cinematic quality footage from inside grocery stores and dry cleaners. While in my part of the world the police are looking for a robbery suspect who looks something like a blurry potato.

1point

MrOwlAteMyMetalWorm. 3 years ago

Real life is not that eventful ,you also don't want it to be.All the good things is a fantasy but Psychological trauma,abuse ,cheating,no money,those are real. 🙂

1point

MrOwlAteMyMetalWorm. 3 years ago

Oh and no one's gonna save you.

1point

tuzdayschild 3 years ago (edited)

I would absolutely love for you all to see a movie that takes all these suggestions to heart. You would quickly say, "Oh, never mind".

1point

Neb 3 years ago

I stopped watching the movies, because: 1. All (or most) of the movies has to have a romantic man/woman pairing, and it is the main plot. No matter that the original plot was adventure, and romance was somewhere in third plan (looking at "Lord of rings") 2. Most cases when I start watching movie, after a several minutes I am dying from second hand embarrassment - like "who talks like this in real life"?. I usually end up turning it off. Haven't watched any movies for quite a few years. At best check some tv series that are police/etc rated, especially with dog - even if I know they are not realistic, at least the dog is nice, and romantic interest with super dumb dialog usually is not in first plan.

0points

Pablo Ramos 3 years ago

No morning breath, after a night of lovemaking. Full kisses and more sex at 8:00AM

0points

BasedWang 3 years ago

my MAJOR is the not reloading, or even when the scene cuts you can imagine they reload... But theres no way your .45 has 27 bullets in one single unbroken take. I get it for the movie, but it pisses me off so much that I cant help myself but bullet count since I was like 14

0points

Anne-Sophie Dumetz 3 years ago

Action movies where heroes in one-piece costumesshenanigans are never interrupted by the urgent need to pee, poo or even to drink or eat.

0points

marianne eliza 3 years ago

It's a movie. I'm more concerned about the numbers of people whose lives are so wrapped up in fantasy and fiction on the big and small screens they begin to think the show is real life or should be like real life.

0points

Jace 3 years ago

2. So, basically, half of the content this site is lifted from Reddit...

0points

Jace 3 years ago

1. People who don’t close their front door when entering a residence. Apartments, houses, whatever. This drives me nuts on TV shows.

0points

Mazer 3 years ago

So now that everyone knows movies are not a depiction of real life, can people stop expecting them to be?

0points

Tomaž Sajovic 3 years ago

Could this be why none of the above is a "documentary"? Plus: you only found 70 "unrealistic" things in the movies? Wow...

-3points

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Beeps 3 years ago

54points

Mike Crow 3 years ago

I want to see a movie like that.

9points

Ozacoter 3 years ago

Yeah. If we learned something this pandemic is that the majority of people prioritize their comfort over the lives of others.

8points

Mazer 3 years ago

“The so called experts are just scaremongering sheeple” - the experts are experts for a good reason.

1point

Neb 3 years ago

0points

Martin Kaine 3 years ago

27points

Trillian 3 years ago (edited)

Women in disaster or adventure movies. Stumbling around for days in their shorts and yet their legs are still smooth.

17points

Becky Samuel 3 years ago

12points

Ozacoter 3 years ago (edited)

If the movie is newer I tell myself that they got laser. It eases my mind.

1point

Neb 3 years ago

Laser :)

0points

Evil Little Thing 3 years ago

10points

Ozacoter 3 years ago

So nobody follows lab safety protocols like closing your labcoat (its there for a reason) or tying your hair so it doesnt get everywhere or on fire.

7points

Bilja M 3 years ago

Fighting with hair tied in sleek long ponytail or hair let down completely, and in high heels. I know they want to make heroine look sexy even in fight but it's complete nonsense.

9points

Lara Verne 3 years ago

9points

Daria Z 3 years ago

That's why it's called "entertainment", I guess. A safe, short-term escape from reality.

9points

BlackPearltheSeaWing/NightWing 3 years ago

Love triangles. Just pick someone for pete's sake!! I can't excuse a few, but most of them annoy me beyond words.

8points

Logic and Reason 3 years ago

Would movies actually be better if they changed these though?

7points

Ryan Deschanel 3 years ago

It is actually a very good question. I think it would be worse, because movies would be as ugly, boring and disappointing as real life.

6points

FABULOUS1 3 years ago

5points

NsG 3 years ago

3points

Neb 3 years ago

1point

Vuun 3 years ago

YES! But that's probably just me. I suck at suspending disbelief.

0points

Ryan Deschanel 3 years ago (edited)

7points

NsG 3 years ago

Did you just crib a summary page from TvTropes? 😆

0points

Mike Crow 3 years ago

Sound in space.

7points

Aiden Brough 3 years ago

Never saying "Bye" when finishing a phone call - they just end the call. And drinking neat spirts without coughing... Seriously?

7points

YoyoSthlm 3 years ago

Women being deadly scared of blood. I assure you, women see way more blood than men...

6points

Ozacoter 3 years ago

You know that a man wrote the script if the woman is afraid of blood.

3points

Not Proud British 3 years ago

5points

René Studer 3 years ago

OCD in movies. Some are better at it than others but I have yet to see an honest depiction of it.

5points

Ozacoter 3 years ago

Have you seen the OCD doctor in Scrubs? I always wondered if he was portrayed okaish.

4points

MizAdeleM 3 years ago

4points

Sky Render 3 years ago

4points

M O'Connell 3 years ago (edited)

1point

Kitti B. 3 years ago

The past is back and white, Mexico is sepia, darkness is blue.

4points

Caro Caro 3 years ago

Cops entering a house in broad daylight, its dark inside and they use torches. Why not turn on the lights?

4points

YoyoSthlm 3 years ago

If it's a crime scene cops actually do that to see it as it is

4points

Daniel Atkins 3 years ago (edited)

3points

Rebecca Olds 3 years ago

3points

HempFairy 3 years ago

I just hate the fact that people in the movies never stumble like the rest of us.

3points

Claudia Gotthardt 3 years ago

My pet peeve is when they reconstruct a face from like 5 pixels of a blurry surveillance camera...

2points

M O'Connell 3 years ago

Zoom in and enhance!

2points

Parmeisan 3 years ago

2points

Pezor Zass 3 years ago

Most of these things have been pointed out so many times lately that pointing them out is becoming a trope on its own. The internet seems to be running out of content.

2points

iblowsheep 3 years ago

why does this list even exist? I think most people are capable of distinguishing between reality and fiction so why bring the point up?

2points

Ryan Deschanel 3 years ago

Yes, people are able to distinguish between fiction and reality, but the point of this post is to highlight the stupidity of some tropes.

3points

backatya 3 years ago

I wish all these things are shared with the movie industry so they know to correct what the viewers are disgruntled about.

1point

Ben Dreyer 3 years ago

1point

Franc Esca 3 years ago

Any portrayal concerning sex or pregnancy. It's never accurate. People answering their phones at any time of night and coming out. No, I'm not coming out at 2am just cuz you call and say "hurry!"

1point

Stephanie Keith 3 years ago

1point

Vuun 3 years ago (edited)

1point

Llama_flower93 3 years ago

1point

Bart Pax 3 years ago

The Ww2 tanks always move around 2 mph in the movies. They were much faster in real life to avoid getting hit, wich was more scary.

1point

Shane S 3 years ago

Dialogue where characters use a word said by someone else as a springboard idea. For instance: “John, I don’t think we’ll make it”. “Laura, Wheel! That’s it! We need to use a wheel!”

1point

Rebecca Trinkner 3 years ago

PEOPLE ENTERING A HOUSE AND LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN! Really irritates me. close 2nd and third - Not saying goodbye after a phone convo ends. And a woman throws up, turns out she's of course pregnant.

1point

Rench 3 years ago

1point

Jerry Mathers 3 years ago

1point

Ansirk 3 years ago

No one talking about how a laptop webcam suddenly have the hollywood image quality with perfect lighting when talking via video call? Also 60fps HD security camera footage.

1point

M O'Connell 3 years ago

1point

MrOwlAteMyMetalWorm. 3 years ago

Real life is not that eventful ,you also don't want it to be.All the good things is a fantasy but Psychological trauma,abuse ,cheating,no money,those are real. 🙂

1point

MrOwlAteMyMetalWorm. 3 years ago

Oh and no one's gonna save you.

1point