Unrealistic things that happen in films..

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Recently I am noticing more than ever things that are so unrealistic and think it would be so simple to make more believable, is anyone else like this? 😂

• When someone pulls out their phone & presses one button and their instantly calling the right person!?

• How a sudden downpour of rain can just start with no warning!?

• Always the most extravagant meals on the table for every mealtime but the kitchen is never messy!?

In any horror film when a woman is on her own in a big house at night and hears a noise outside she always opens the door and goes out to have a look 🤷🏼‍♀️🙄

No one puts the lights on when they get home at night

Sex happens within 45 seconds of having a snog and always ends in simultaneous orgasm

No one puts the telly on, instead they sit in the quiet on their own looking pensive

Particularly in the queen's gambit this is portrayed and I'm sure many films. If a women is having a break down or depressed it's still all attractive and sexy. Still done hair in lingerie no tracky bottoms or old miss matched pyjamas.

Yes - noone ever gives up halfway through sex either because they're too tired or get cramp or are just not in the mood.

That said I can’t abide “cardigan acting”, normally glam actress signifies how depressed she is with pasty no makeup, lank hair and oversized grey cardigan with the sleeves right up to her fingertips clutching a coffee cup.

You clearly haven't watched All Of Us Are Dead.

All three DS were born in less than an hour from first twinge, including a back to back labour. No time for pain relief, but fortunately my waters broke as they were born, not in public.

Also on the phone theme, nobody ever calls anywhere - even a very big organisation - only to be asked to press 1 for X, press 2 for Y, press 3 for Z, before being told that all operators are busy, being lied to assured that "your call is important to us" and having to listen to Greensleeves for 14 minutes before somebody answers and tells them that they've called the wrong department so they can't help!

Dawson’s Creek was infamous for this - so much so that they reference it as a kind of knowing wink in later seasons!they are incredibly articulate with such a large vocabulary- think it was noticeable because all the teenage characters seemed to have this trait not just one or two!

Yes that’s a perfect example and exactly what I was meaning. The kids in my DC’s school say ‘6-7’ and ‘Bruh’ not have conversations with each other that wouldn’t be out of place in a PhD conference full of adults 😂

I've changed my mind about this being an unrealistic plot device as indeed, I do see it in real life but anyway:

The murderous embrace. Two characters lean in to hug each other, presumably both equally sad or happy but then the camera focuses on one actor's face over the shoulder of the other and their face suddenly contorts into an expression of sheer hate and betrayal, signifying their guilt, wicked thoughts, dastardly plans etc.

I used to think that this was very heavy handed but I see murderous embraces quite often. They're more subtle in reality and don't usually mean that the insincere hugger has just killed someone but they're there.

Women/girls whose first sexual experience goes all the way from first kiss to full on sex in one night, and whose first time is a wonderful passionate and loving experience. They don't have months or years of fumbling, getting the wrong boyfriend and dumping him or being dumped, finally getting to the sex part only for it to be very painful and the complete opposite of romantic...

Maybe it's plain sailing for some women but no-one I've discussed it with.

Indeed. My 16 year old DS is currently upstairs with his friend discussing which poses a greater danger to society - one hippo sized chicken or one hundred chicken sized hippos. They came downstairs specifically to seek my opinion on this matter 😂

That was kind of the point of Dawson’s Creek though. That was its USP when it launched, to differentiate it from other shows with inarticulate teens.

In historical films characters who live in small villages have different accents, even though none of them would travel very far in their lifetime nor would they have moved there from far away.

And the women all have perfectly shaped, tidy eyebrows.

When they put DC to bed and they lie perfectly in the middle of the bed, tucked in with zero toys or teddy's. My DS has books, a bowl, 7 soft toys, a special blanket, a yoyo and a mcdonalds toy in there with him 🤣 x

Not just historical films. There was a series on Channel 4 (I think) a few years ago, based in a racing yard, and several characters were teenagers - all with different accents. Pretty unlikely.

Their house is obviously haunted by some horrible, malevolent ghoul, but they wander round in the dark, looking into cellars and attics looking for it, instead of legging it as fast as possible.

All the American crime /police dramas have gorgeous looking women as police officers, lawyers, forensic scientists, lab assistants, IT techs, FBI agents etc. etc. They nearly all seem to have glossy lips, swishy hair, massive heels, beautifully dressed, tall, thin and have good looking husbands, boyfriends or someone who wants to date them.

No one ever looks a bit overweight, plain, short, cheaply dressed or just ordinary in any way.

Characters that are so lazy but have amazingly fit gym bodies.

western films where they have perfect bleached teeth.

When there are people who eat loads and loads of food, such as burgers, or take outs or cakes or ice creams, and never do any exercise and yet have the figure of a Hollywood starlet.

In houses and apartments the paint and wallpaper is always pristine but you never see anyone touching up scuff marks or redecorating.

Highly trained terrorists shooting at one unfit antihero and somehow managing to miss every time.

The bloke is always hard straight away and gets it " in" straight away and makes her orgasam within seconds! Never see a true to life couple either having sex always some skinny, big breasted woman in lingerie and a man with a tan, shaved and a six pack! Never a woman in a holey nightie from primark with granny pants on under and the man with a dad bod 😂

About the “no one ever needs the loo” thing - there’s an episode of The Pitt where Dr Robbie spends the whole hour desperate for a pee but always being interrupted at the crucial moment.