Things that look good in the movies but are probably shit IRL…

[Arlanymor]

I used to be SO envious of Catherine Zeta Jones’ bedroom in Splitting Heirs (remember that film?! It was awful, a failed attempt at farce). She had a narrow swimming pool that went around her bedroom and I used to think: “Wow - it would be so amazing to have a swim first thing in the morning and set yourself up for the day.” In reality, I bed the bedroom stunk of chlorine, it was probably a never-ending journey to keep heated and you’d probably only use it for a week and then get bored of the novelty… what else looks good in the movies but in reality probably just sucks?

Don't know why, this did make me a smile. 🥰

To be fair, I have a coat like this. I live in rural Scotland. It is highly impractical but very lovely and I enjoy writing it every winter.

I also have shoes that Dh refers to as my taxi shoes. I only wear them when I will not be required to walk or stand for anything other than the shortest of times. Beautiful, but impractical and also expensive. So I am not wearing out the super fine sole.

Anything involving airports!

In movies sentimental and tear wrenching partings or warm greetings of old friends and family. Passengers have one tiny little designer pull along suitcase or dinky designer backpack. Quick drink at a smart bar while waiting for a flight which is always on time.

In reality bad timpered people with huge luggage, whingeing kids, being bullied by minuimum wage oiks going through security, overpriced rubbish meals. AND THE BLOODY QUEUES EVERYWHERE!

And dont even start me on the flights themselves.

I love Splitting Heirs, it was ridiculously silly and thats why I love it! I recently re-bought the DVD just because its fun!

But even at the time I remember thinking that her lap pool behind her bed (it wasnt around it) must have been stinky and expensive.

Mine is the things that are made too look endearingly simple, like sharing a bag of chips walking down the street. Cute on film, but more likely to be dodging the spit and vomit in real life.

See National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation

Breakfast in bed - the movie version has a tray with fresh orange juice, tea and hot toast.
The reality has tray swimming in OJ that slopped over the edge of the glass whilst climbing the stairs, he's forgotten the sugar in your tea and the toast is cold and soggy. And the crumbs get everywhere

It’s the instant social life they build for themselves that is so unrealistic. The lady in the first coffee shop they go to invites them to a party which turns out to be full of interesting people who invite them to days out and balls. The reality is abject loneliness

So true! And they are BFFs within an afternoon and then end up sharing a flat together within days or finding each other a job the next morning or something equally unlikely. Emily in Paris etc

Watching Dallas as a child I was always fascinated by the outdoor Ranch breakfasts served by Staff.
Forget the dialogue, I spent my time wondering what order everything was consumed - especially the coffee and orange juice.
It was never explained because nobody ever ate anything or sipped more than coffee before rowing and flouncing off 😂

For me it’s any character in a car going somewhere and pulling into a space right outside where they need to go. No yellow lines, no parking meters, no awkward manoeuvres, no parking tickets, they just pull right into the perfect space every time!

Oh and never shutting or locking doors when they leave houses, especially in a hurry…

that wasn’t because it was a “natural” birth it was because you were in the lucky minority. but you know that 😬

LOL, I've though this. The combination of sausage, syrup, scrambled eggs, pancakes, coffee and orange juice would really upset my digestive system at 7am.

Then there's the massive amount of tidying and washing-up generated by this one meal as everything is individually presented on its own platter and each liquid decanted into a jug.

😆This is so true.

I also did the move to Paris by myself and loved every minute! It's a great place to be alone (less for the random gropes and flashers in the metro, but those are in many European cities, in my experience - lucky me). I haven't watch SATC, but Carrie sounds like a drip.

Following on from the parking one which is a great point the ability in movies and TV for people to commit crimes or murders in the street with absolutely no one passing by or seeing it out the window. It ruins every spy show I watch it’s just so unrealistic.

Like how there’s always a change of clothes the next day when they didn’t arrive with any luggage. I would love to have this superpower IRL.

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I'll bet you can't even vacuum them, they'll clog the vacuum cleaner up!
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The reality is being careful! Who isn't careful not to break stuff, regardless of the passion? Breaking a vase or knocking over a pile of books would be a total mood killer, that's my stuff. R.e.s.p.e.c.t and all that.

If this was Reddit I would suggest it belongs in r/oddlyspecific 😂
You paint a great mental picture

Hilarious 😂

You had the wrong Whisky, there are 100s of different whiskies and they don't taste the same. Bells, Grouse etc are only fir for cleaning drains,

I know for a fact that driving in an open top car is fantastic! You need something to keep your hair from getting in your eyes, I used to have a very tight fitting tweed hat, I have a big head so hats are usually tight fitting!

I agree, my top is down at least 80% of dry days. I do think living semi rural helps though, don’t think I’d enjoy the “Fresh air” stuck in traffic jams or on the motorway. Soft tops always for me from now on.

For years I had a fantasy of meeting up with a friend or two, once or twice a week, in the early morning for a run, like you see in American movies. You just somehow naturally coordinate and collide with each other by a nearby landmark without stopping or waiting for one another, and run in the local park, and talk about life, and then peel off back to your separate houses.

In reality, you can guess can’t you? 😆. The arrangements take lots of WhatsApp exchanges. Someone is always absent or ill or has child/care difficulties. Someone is late. Another person is injured or has morning sickness. The weather is appalling, You don’t fancy it yourself. You miss each other or take the wrong park entrance. And you are too out of puff to have a meaningful conversation so end up walking or going for coffee and a bun.

The best I can manage now is the occasional dog walk with a friend!

The way there's always a free-to-use parking spot right outside the building they want to go into (usually in a big city). No driving around for 20 minutes, looking for a sign with the parking restrictions on, no looking for change for the machine several hundred yards away, then running back with the ticket.