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Real human behaviour V movie human behaviour.Abusing AIBU because of the voting option.

109 replies

IncompleteSenten · 11/02/2022 06:32

I'm watching geostorm atm.
Inventor of thing gets fired. Thing goes wrong and threatens the earth. Inventor is asked to sort it out and ultimately saves the day.

He was fired by his brother after being treated like shit at a hearing.

If that was me, I would of course ultimately fix the thing because I don't want to die. Obviously. But I wouldn't just say ok and go do it.

I would say my terms are reassemble that hearing and have the man that was so rude to me publicly grovel, say I was right about everything, plead with me to help then he gets fired. THEN I go fix it.

Horror films - go help the person who's been a twat to you and get killed for your trouble. Fuck that.

Have the chance to kill the baddie and ... Don't. Seriously? You get the chance to shoot him between the eyes you take it. You don't hit him with the gun, drop it next to him and turn away. That's stupid.

YANBU. Movies are really unrealistic and people just would not behave like that.

YABU and really, there's something fucking wrong with you. You should probably get help for that.

OP posts:
milkyaqua · 11/02/2022 06:59

They don't know how to floss their teeth in the movies or on tv, despite usually being Americans. I find that very odd. They saw, back and forth!

Original poster
IncompleteSenten · 11/02/2022 07:00

Yup

And why is kissing so noisy?

It's a kiss. Not slurping soup ffs.

OP posts:
hangrylady · 11/02/2022 07:52

When there are two people in a car and the driver never looks at the road, just chats away to the passenger whilst looking at them. Makes me nervous!

RonObvious · 11/02/2022 08:04

Horror films - when one character is found badly injured, and begs the other character to kill them. Wouldn't you just ask them to go and get some help?

RonObvious · 11/02/2022 08:06

Oh, and people who walk into a someone elses's house, put down their bag, and then walk out, leaving it behind. Drives me crazy - go back and get your stuff!

ChristmasFluff · 11/02/2022 08:09

I once dated the idiot in the horror movie who goes into the evil-feeling cave, even though his dog is snarling and barking and refusing to go in there.

araiwa · 11/02/2022 08:10

I disagree. Covid has shown us how stupid some people are in real life. In a zombie movie, people would be going to zombie parties

ChristmasFluff · 11/02/2022 08:14

@hangrylady I know so many people in real life who do this! Look at the road, not me!

WinterCarlisle · 11/02/2022 08:16

The impatience! One ring of the doorbell or knock on the door is followed 0.00003 seconds later by more ringing and knocking. What if the person is upstairs? Or having a wee?

Also people don’t say goodbye on the phone. They just put it down even if it’s not a row. So rude! Grin

MaggieMooh · 11/02/2022 08:22

It annoys me when they need a drop of blood for some reason and they cut their palm. No! You need two working hands to fight the evil monster! Cut yourself somewhere else where it’s fleshy and you’re not at risk of severing a tendon! Not to mention that the palm is the worst place for a cut to heal because you keep flexing it. A cut on the forearm would be so much more sensible.

KateMcCallister · 11/02/2022 08:22

@WinterCarlisle

The impatience! One ring of the doorbell or knock on the door is followed 0.00003 seconds later by more ringing and knocking. What if the person is upstairs? Or having a wee?

Also people don’t say goodbye on the phone. They just put it down even if it’s not a row. So rude! Grin

Judging by the man who came to do my gas inspection last week, people only wait 0000000000.03 seconds irl as well.

I was upstairs, when I opened the door he actually went to me "did you forget?" Angry

People fall in love with people they've never even kissed, sometimes even getting engaged before they finally touch lips. I find that unrealistic.

FuzzyPuffling · 11/02/2022 08:22

People don't make proper arrangements....
"Would you like to go for a coffee?"
"Yes please"

End of conversation, and then they are seen having said coffee. In real life there'd be "are you free on Friday at 11?"

gingerhills · 11/02/2022 08:23

YANBU

OZARK SEASON 1 SPOILER ALERT
Final episode of season 1 of Ozark. Del is dead. It will take anyone higher up in the organisation a few hours to get to Ozark. WTF doesn't he fill a car with all the money stashed in the cabin, ask the PD to make him a new identity too, and go to meet up with his family? They know how to launder and have 50 mill wrapped up. But no they all head back to Buddy's house to stay stuck in the same old grind of having to deal with rednecks and lunatic cartels.

MrsClatterbuck · 11/02/2022 08:36

Dh watches these disaster movies. Tells me he's going to save the world again! as it's a running joke in our house. He watches them in his man cave and I watch my programmes. Win win. He says that he sometimes likes to watch something where he doesn't have to engage his brain.

OneTC · 11/02/2022 09:16

If everyone just behaved as IRL predicts then they'd be really shit movies

Dyrene · 11/02/2022 09:21

@FuzzyPuffling

People don't make proper arrangements.... "Would you like to go for a coffee?" "Yes please"

End of conversation, and then they are seen having said coffee. In real life there'd be "are you free on Friday at 11?"

Yeah. But who wants to watch that bit of the conversation?

There’s being realistic, and then there’s taking up all the screen time with tedium.

Do you want to see the polite chit chat bit before they get to the arrangement too? It’s much better to abridge that stuff.

Giraffesandbottoms · 11/02/2022 09:29

Women going to bed/waking up with a full face of slap on (including gloss) and wearing a bra

hentheeighth · 11/02/2022 10:00

"Oh I wonder what that spooky noise was in the dingy dark basement..... I'll just go down with my old torch and check"

"Oh, Steve didn't come back from the basement. Did you hear screaming? Let's go down and check...."

Why does nobody just run away and call the police?!?!

Also what @FuzzyPuffling said, nobody ever makes any arrangements! They just use psychic powers to know where and when to meet...

Ponoka7 · 11/02/2022 10:07

I've voted YABU because while I'd do what you say this pandemic has shown how stupid people are. I used to get frustrated at horror films etc but have been shown that some people would behave like that. I wouldn't have enjoyed 'Dont look up' pre Covid, but now consider it possible.

Shehasadiamondinthesky · 11/02/2022 10:20

YANBU
Why do movie people insist on investigating a dark cellar in the middle of the night - I'd hammer the door shut with nails until daylight.

Sitting up dead straight gasping for breath and panting like they've just run 100 miles after a bad dream. Normal people just grunt and turn over.

Hysterical shrieking at every opportunity - I've never seen this in real life.

Blokes calling women hysterical and telling them to calm down after refusing to believe there is a ghost in the house - then getting murdered by said ghost/witch/maniac. Start believing instead of mansplaining men.

Any kind of deep forest exploration at night - stay at home until daylight.

Shehasadiamondinthesky · 11/02/2022 10:23

Oh yes and the baddie talking and talking so James Bond always escapes. Just kill him straight away already.

Ponoka7 · 11/02/2022 10:29

"Blokes calling women hysterical and telling them to calm down after refusing to believe there is a ghost in the house - then getting murdered by said ghost/witch/maniac."

But that is real life behaviour.

Shehasadiamondinthesky · 11/02/2022 10:32

@Ponoka7

"Blokes calling women hysterical and telling them to calm down after refusing to believe there is a ghost in the house - then getting murdered by said ghost/witch/maniac."

But that is real life behaviour.

Well yes it probably is.
mewkins · 11/02/2022 10:38

No one ever stops to go to the loo. Road trips etc.... they just carry on for days. Unless they need to splash water on their face in front of a mirror of course.

QueenPeony · 11/02/2022 10:48

Oh god these things drive me mad! The phone thing - why do they not make it realistic and say goodbye - even in serious drama?

I also hate -

  • No one finishes, or sometimes even starts, their order on a pub, cafe or restaurant. They have a full drink or plate in front of them and they get up and go.
  • When people die they are always lying on their back with their eyes open. A sensitive lead character will then weirdly close their eyes by kind of brushing their hand over them but not properly touching them. WHY?

It's like directors have see these things in other films so they just copy them, with no reference to real life.

Another one that REALLY bugs me is in UK films/TV, it's considered "naturalistic" dialogue to roughly estimate an amount by saying "6.... 7 times?" or "10... 12 people?"

NO ONE DOES THIS! They might say 6 or 7, but not "6... ... 7?" Arrrgghhh.