Unrealistic things in movies and tv shows that drive you crazy

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Anonymous wrote:My husband always asks “Doesn’t anybody potty?”. He says that during every movie or series.

Is your husband 3 years old? What a turnoff.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My husband always asks “Doesn’t anybody potty?”. He says that during every movie or series.

Is your husband 3 years old? What a turnoff.

Seriously. What a stud, right? 😆😆

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Anonymous wrote:What’s your biggest pet peeve?

Here’s mine: When two characters from the same foreign country speak to each other in broken, heavily accented English rather than their mother tongue. That never EVER happens in real life. It’s baffling to me why directors always do this. I mean, directors: If you can’t find two American actors who speak fluent German, then just hire a couple of German actors and use subtitles for their scenes. It will make the movie feel more authentic and the audience will appreciate that you respect their intelligence.

Do you really think most people that watch movies/TV want to read subtitles for significant periods of time? No, they don’t. Know your audience.

I think the Hunt for Red October handled this pretty well. Sean Connery's accent was clearly out-of-place, but you were already supposed to be imagining that they were speaking Russian.

This.

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I never watch movies anymore without captions!

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Anonymous wrote:Zombies able with move without circulation and rotting muscles, poppycock!

I once read a snippet of an interview with the original zombie-movie guy (George Romero? my memory is awful and I’m too lazy to Google) who expressed great skepticism of the newfangled zombie movies where the zombies run fast. His reason they couldn’t possibly do that — “their ankles would be too weak.” Now whenever I see zombies running, I shake my head and think “weak ankles.”

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Gilmore Girls.

Everything about it.

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Anonymous wrote:Always a parking spot out front even in Manhattan

This and also when people carry luggage. You can tell it’s empty.

I was just watching a show with a delivery man carrying a stack of boxes. A woman says “you can drop them here,” and he says “they’re really heavy, I’ll put them where you need them.” And when they get to the right spot and he sets them down, they are obviously completely empty. He lets them go a few inches early, and they drift to the ground like feathers.

I recently learned that people sweeping in movies (or similar jobs) don’t put the broom against the ground because the sound would cause problems on the microphones. Now it’s really fun to spot people sweeping in the background with a broom an inch or two above the ground.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Always a parking spot out front even in Manhattan

This and also when people carry luggage. You can tell it’s empty.

I was just watching a show with a delivery man carrying a stack of boxes. A woman says “you can drop them here,” and he says “they’re really heavy, I’ll put them where you need them.” And when they get to the right spot and he sets them down, they are obviously completely empty. He lets them go a few inches early, and they drift to the ground like feathers.

I recently learned that people sweeping in movies (or similar jobs) don’t put the broom against the ground because the sound would cause problems on the microphones. Now it’s really fun to spot people sweeping in the background with a broom an inch or two above the ground.

Off topic, but -- the bold above is a fun fact. It stood out to me because I recently learned (on a podcast for a show I watch) that when you see someone in a show and they're carrying brown paper grocery bags, those bags are made from a type of brown burlap, because actual brown paper bags make far too much noise and mics pick it up!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Always a parking spot out front even in Manhattan

This and also when people carry luggage. You can tell it’s empty.

I was just watching a show with a delivery man carrying a stack of boxes. A woman says “you can drop them here,” and he says “they’re really heavy, I’ll put them where you need them.” And when they get to the right spot and he sets them down, they are obviously completely empty. He lets them go a few inches early, and they drift to the ground like feathers.

I recently learned that people sweeping in movies (or similar jobs) don’t put the broom against the ground because the sound would cause problems on the microphones. Now it’s really fun to spot people sweeping in the background with a broom an inch or two above the ground.

Oh I wish I could remember the movie I watched awhile ago where this was HILARIOUS. It was a western, and the guy was sweeping the wooden walkway in front of the storefronts. I swear the broom was 6 inches above the ground! It was SO distracting.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Always a parking spot out front even in Manhattan

This and also when people carry luggage. You can tell it’s empty.

I was just watching a show with a delivery man carrying a stack of boxes. A woman says “you can drop them here,” and he says “they’re really heavy, I’ll put them where you need them.” And when they get to the right spot and he sets them down, they are obviously completely empty. He lets them go a few inches early, and they drift to the ground like feathers.

I recently learned that people sweeping in movies (or similar jobs) don’t put the broom against the ground because the sound would cause problems on the microphones. Now it’s really fun to spot people sweeping in the background with a broom an inch or two above the ground.

Off topic, but -- the bold above is a fun fact. It stood out to me because I recently learned (on a podcast for a show I watch) that when you see someone in a show and they're carrying brown paper grocery bags, those bags are made from a type of brown burlap, because actual brown paper bags make far too much noise and mics pick it up!

Ice cubes are actually gelatin to not melt under the lights with multiple takes and set ups. The clinking is added later in post production.

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Anonymous wrote:In every fight scene where one good guy has to fight 4-5 bad guys, the bad guys always come at him one at a time. What are the other bad guys doing while the first and second ones take on the good guy?

I hate how phone conversations end abruptly, without anyone saying goodbye, yet no one is upset that the other party apparently hung up on them.

People agree to a date on Friday and then part ways without any further discussion, but somehow they know where and when they’ll meet.

Two people meet for coffee, have a conversation without drinking the coffee, then throw out their cups as they’re parting.

OMG people order drinks at a bar and then leave without drinking them CONSTANTLY. Grrrrr.

[Anonymous]

How hard is it to make a text or phone call look and sound realistic on film? So few get it right. Texts that no sane human would ever type, noises coming from the phone that no phone on the market has ever made, no one says hello or goodbye. Billions on CGI and this small detail is so frequently overlooked.

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Anonymous wrote:Gilmore Girls.

Everything about it.

They aren’t underweight

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I’ve always found the most unrealistic part of Gilmore Girls to be that no one is repeatedly punching them both in the face

[Anonymous]

My #1 thought was the breakfasts in the sunny kitchens every morning. I’m at work before the sun even rises.