Things in movies that don’t make sense...

[MrsWhites]

I was watching Ghost last night, Sam can’t touch/pick up anything but he can sit on a chair?? Took up far too much of my time today thinking about that!

We know Ariel can write as she does a very pretty job of signing her name for Ursula.

All she needs to do is write Eric a note.

"I am the girl from the beach who sang. The sea witch stole my voice in exchange for human legs. If you kiss me I get my voice back and we can be together"

But no.

How did Rose become a film star without her family recognising her. And no way would Jack have been allowed I. The first class area.

When people make arrangements to meet.

'How about we go out for coffee?'
'That sounds wonderful'

How do they know what day or time to meet let alone where?

Another Eastenders / Corrie / soap opera list - this thread is like therapy for me.

You live and work within 2 streets, that is your life.

When you get married you invite all your neighbours, including the one that shot you / had an affair with your mother / had you wrongly convicted but not your relatives / friends from uni / friends from school.

Yes to affording the pub / cafe.

You always have breakfast sitting at the table, if you are a bit posh the milk is in a jug, otherwise it's a bottle on the table.

And why the hell do people not go away for Xmas? You know something bad is going to happen.

@Toddlerteaplease

How did Rose become a film star without her family recognising her. And no way would Jack have been allowed I. The first class area.

Yes, I always wonder about Rose's starry career managing to happen without alerting her family to her being alive.

Oh yes and horses 'neigh' when running/approaching in films. They really don't in RL

THIS!!!!

Corrie (sorry) - local emergency services have NOTHING else to do .
Craig decides to become a copper and BAM! straight in. Call the police, 30 seconds later they're there. Ambulance? 'that'll be less than a minute sir'. Everyone eats at Roy's Rolls but buys their coffee from Costa. And don't get me started on the 2 up 2 down houses that have at least 4 bedrooms upstairs... and in the case of Chesney and Gemma they are big enough to have 5 cots in...
Love it really but jeez...

The Cinderella thing is easy! The glass slipper fell off cos it was supposed to, it didn't disappear by design and Cinderella wasn't recognisable because of the bippity boppity boo! All explained by magic pushing for a happily ever after!!! Cinderella was spelled by great contouring make up so without it, like most of us, is completely unrecognisable.

How many people in real life have sex on their kitchen worktops? It always happens in films.

Often a couple will stand right next to each other staring into each other’s eyes having a long conversation! That doesn’t happen in real life, one of you is cooking or cleaning or doing something, even serious conversations you sit on the sofa or something!

The eating out in soaps really annoys me, who gets up, goes to the cafe for breakfast BEFORE work and getting the kids to school!!!!! Real life is get up Chuck some cereal And toast down the kids while running around looking for pe kit and signed forms.

Also in real life no-one walks around a village like emmerdale as much as everyone does! You get into your car and drive to the town for school/shops etc.

And don’t get me started on the intermingling of everyone’s realationships, in real life people don’t keep swapping partners like it’s musical chairs and no way would someone go on to marry thier best friends ex! (Although actually my sisters ex has a storyline straight out of a soap opera!!!- basically was married with 2 small kids, wife became a lesbian and left him, he then got together with my sister who got pregnant with my nephew really soon, then cheated on my sister and left her when nephew was a baby as he wanted to play the field, then after several girlfriends he then got back together with the ex (lesbian) wife and now is with someone else and having a baby with them!!)

Bridget Jones's flat is Ladbroke Grove I think. It's the 90's! You could buy a small flat in a slightly scruffy area of zone 2 on a publishing assistant salary. I had a similar level job in the late 90s and could have bought a small one bed, I remember the prices ( didn't, wish I had!)

In criminal minds when the team finally figure out who the “unsub” is they always drive to his house with blue lights on and sirens blaring - surely notifying the unsub to their presence?

@purpledagger

In Games of Thrones, the characters are able to get from one place to another really quickly, despite it being hundreds of miles away and they are on a horse or foot.

This happened in 'Robin Hood' as well (the BBC one from a few years ago). One minute they are in Sherwood Forest, the next they're getting off a boat in the Holy Land! It would take months, wouldn't it? Weeks at least.

@AyDeeAitchDee

We know Ariel can write as she does a very pretty job of signing her name for Ursula.

All she needs to do is write Eric a note.

"I am the girl from the beach who sang. The sea witch stole my voice in exchange for human legs. If you kiss me I get my voice back and we can be together"

But no.

Maybe school only taught her to write her name. My son could do that will before he could have written a love note to a girl in class

Drivers talking to their passengers look long and hard at them. Don't do it, you'll crash!

My bugbear is sex scenes where the woman just puts her clothes straight on after. Doesn't she need to wipe??

Not a film, but Hannah Montana (lockdown and Disney+, dont judge me). How does nobody recognise her? She literally just puts a wig on that is pretty much the same as her actual hair only a bit lighter. AAAAARGH.

Ditto any superhero movie where they basically just cover their eyes with a mask. Or take their glasses off.

@SebastianTheCrab

My bugbear is sex scenes where the woman just puts her clothes straight on after. Doesn't she need to wipe??

And sex scenes where there's a bit of kissing them full on penetration and instant moaning. No foreplay, no warming up just snog, in, Oh my god!

An earlier comment reminded me of something you see in crime/mystery dramas, where the inspector and sergeant have travelled to the scene of the murder together, but only start discussing it when they get out of the car. What were they doing on the drive from the station? Talking about the weather?

This got ridiculous in 'The X Files' when they had to fly to some weird occurrence in a forest in Washington State, and only started discussing it in their hire-car as they drove there. So they'd spent the whole flight from the FBI offices in Washington DC to Washington State (the other side of the country, so about 5 hours?) not mentioning it at all.

@LilyLongJohn

When people make arrangements to meet.

'How about we go out for coffee?'
'That sounds wonderful'

How do they know what day or time to meet let alone where?

Yes! I notice this all the time.

Ohh another soap one..Does nobody own a washing machine? I don't recall anyone using one in their home 🤷‍♀️

@peakygal

Ohh another soap one..Does nobody own a washing machine? I don't recall anyone using one in their home 🤷‍♀️

There once was a storyline written in EE about Sharon 'daring' to get a washing machine . It was so tongue in cheek and '... but why wouldn't you go to the laundrette?'

Morning breath. Why does no one in movies have this? Full on conversations or snogging as soon as they've woken up.

Actually the whole glass slipper thing in the Cinderella story...how come her slipper fits no other foot in the land? If my shoe fell off, it'd fit anyone around a 5.5 probably up to a 6.5.