Things that always happen in movies

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Doesn’t matter what film it is, love, horror, thriller they always do the same things

For example

Go to Mexico….and everything is suddenly sepia. Why?

Women always look adorable as they decorate their new homes.
A splurge of paint on their nose, and the man shirt on again.

@nettytree

Sean bean dies

Someone starts to reveal this big secret about themselves then midway says 'actually never mind' and the other person never insists on hearing the rest of it.
Does my head in 🤣🤣

If there is a character who is any kind of medical professional then will perform any kind of procedure from a bed bath to brain surgery and of course the obligatory CPR/defibrillation.

Patients who would normally require some kind of rehabilitation after their stay leave hospital without even discharging, and don't get me started about people ripping put IVs

People can drive without watching the road.

In a plane, everyone has a giant seat with loads of legrooom.

There is never a two hour line at checkin.

Everyone in America lives in a giant house, or a giant apartment with a view of the park.

Everyone in Britain drives a mini or a Rolls.

The Rock can have literally any career; pilot, scientist, security expert, you name it and that dude can nail it.

The end of the world bomb is always defused by a total novice with 1 second to spare.

Grown women call their father Daddy.

The villain has a British accent - see earlier post re: Sean Bean.

Someone has already mentioned the parking - in a city notorious for limited parking and they just swoop into a spot right outside where they need to be, or just randomly stop somewhere and never a parking ticket or being towed away!

The other one is they always know a short cut to wherever.

Should say the villain in american films has a british accent.

Phones never run out of battery.

Snow at Christmas!

Funeral scenes, its always pouring of rain

police using torches rather than turning a light on

Have sex very quickly without a condom but no one gets pregnant or an sti (unless that's literally the point of the film)

Have one bite of your meal then run away

Women police detectives in European dramas have to wear dingy clothes that a charity shop would refuse and never brush their hair for the length of the series.
If their father us still alive he will be a bitter ex cop or have dementia. Mother's are not allowed to be seen and said detective must be divorced and have a stroppy teen who will be kidnapped at some point.
Around episode 5 their boss will say they are off the case but they carry on investigating anyway.

The Death Star/invading alien spaceship etc always gets blown up by a tiny but well positioned attack.

Nobody ever questions which way is north when told directions of ‘head north to such and such a place’

People always run in the path of a falling tree. The notion of diving off to the side doesn't seem to occur to them.

The hero and heroine go for a humungous meal, with wine, then go straight home to roll about picturesquely under the Magic Sheet. No farts/burps/bloated stomachs/"Ergghhh I feel sick, shouldn't've exercised so soon after eating".

If it's a Strong Heroine, her long hair will NOT get stuck in her lippy/flick in her eyes/get sweaty as she gives the baddie a sound beating.

Also women- different hairstyle every day, even if they've got up and rushed out of the house. A lot of them would usually require at least four hands to do...

Women routinely run in high heels.

Nobody ever questions which way is north when told directions of ‘head north to such and such a place’

OMG yes this . HOW DO THEY KNOW????? Do they have a compass implanted?

Computers are unable to operate without irritating beeping noises for every keystroke.

No journey around London will ever be in the sequence it is actually laid out. Think, heading south over Tower Bridge, followed by heading west around Parliament Square, followed by heading north at Marble Arch.

Just as a character is about to say something important - name the murderer/ admit their feelings/ admit to a major lie - they are interrupted and don't saw whatever it is for another hour of the film.

Houses are enormous and grand or tiny and run down, never anything in-between.

They always have more time, e.g "That wire will break in 10 seconds", so they spend 30 seconds on a solution and all is fine.

Everyone knows how to hotwire a car.

No one ever dunks biscuits in their tea.

Oh yes The Big Announcement/Reveal that gets delayed and delayed - just SAY IT NOW.

High security buildings with alarm systems and security guards patrolling with dogs and trip lasers across the endless corridors and doors with key codes are absolutely impossible to break into until a group of teenagers decide to break in and stroll around like the own the place without being noticed.