Things that hardly ever happen in real life, but happen all the time in movies (2 Viewers)

[WDIK2]

Long brutal fight with multiple blows to the nose/mouth/eyes result in only a slightly bloody lip.

 

[foxco]

Soldier tosses another soldier an ammo clip in a gunfight and says "make 'em count."  

 

[Ilov80s]

A boxing match where neither fighter attempts to defend himself and instead they spend 12 rounds landing one haymaker after another cleanly. 

 

[James Bond]

Distant blurry video/photos can be digitally enhanced into astonishingly sharp images. And yes... it's the Russian/Middle eastern terrorist!!!

Also works that way with license plates. Similarly, any fingerprint comparison can be "run through the system" and come up with a match in mere seconds.

 

[Summer Wheat]

House parties where every race and religion known to mankind is in attendance drinking together.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

A group of martial arts attackers surround a guy who they've marked for destruction, but instead of bum-rushing him talking him down they come at him one at a time and are picked off one at a time.  

Sometimes Asians can just be too polite.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

The hero gunning down massive amounts of people in the city streets and facing no legal ramifications (because they were bad guys and all).

 

[Gally]

Bad guys explaining how and why they are going to kill the good guy in extreme detail then leaving as the extravagant plan starts working to the countdown leaving enough time for the hero to escape.

 

[Zow]

Been catching up on Law and Order: SVU and this happens a couple of times an episode.  

Yeah law and order is the most egregious violator of this. While I don’t expect tv and movies to get things right all the time, for some reason this one drives me nuts. 

 

[Gally]

Yeah law and order is the most egregious violator of this. While I don’t expect tv and movies to get things right all the time, for some reason this one drives me nuts. 

Bull is narrowing the gap

 

[Bracie Smathers]

I don't know what everyone is talking about.

Every porn movie is true to life.

Please lets not besmirch the plots of porn flicks with erudite dialogue and spot-on portrayals of real-life wholesome interactions between two or more loving people.

 

[BobbyLayne]

A boxing match where neither fighter attempts to defend himself and instead they spend 12 rounds landing one haymaker after another cleanly. 

beaten to a bloody pulp with both eyes swollen shut is just the norm, nbd

 

[Ilov80s]

beaten to a bloody pulp with both eyes swollen shut is just the norm, nbd

Wouldn't be a boxing match if someone wasn't lifted clear off their feet by an upper cut. 

 

[Tom Servo]

Time travel!

*AHEM*

 

[zamboni]

All Europeans speak with a British accent when speaking to Americans.

 

[zamboni]

When a man and woman are speaking to each other on a beautiful sunny day, it turns into an immediate torrential downpour. 

 

[Brony]

Your friend/partner doesn't have time to explain why you have to get in a car. 

 

[KarmaPolice]

I'm sure it's been said, but:

dumpy and/or dumb guy has hot wife

 

[zamboni]

Random stranger walks into a bar and orders "a beer". Plus, the bartender never asks which kind because he/she just knows.

 

[CletiusMaximus]

Banks and other high security buildings that have HVAC systems with duct networks large and strong enough to support grown men crawling through them.

 

[zamboni]

Banks and other high security buildings that have HVAC systems with duct networks large and strong enough to support grown men crawling through them.

Not always

 

[RedmondLonghorn]

People driving the wrong way down a busy city street and able to avoid every single car coming their way.

Or the freeway.

 

[bigbottom]

Banks and other high security buildings that have HVAC systems with duct networks large and strong enough to support grown men crawling through them.

Perfect!

So many great posts in this thread. I feel like we could come up with a YouTube video series that covers 5-10 of these each installment, complete with examples from well known movies/shows. 

 

[jon_mx]

Distant blurry video/photos can be digitally enhanced into astonishingly sharp images. And yes... it's the Russian/Middle eastern terrorist!!!

I wish we had the optics capability/technology 1/100th of what they have in the movies.  

 

[TheWinz]

Hero disarms a bomb with mere seconds remaining

 

[Osaurus]

Quick jump cuts of conversations 

 

[Da Guru]

5-2, 110lb women cops chasing, tackling and cuffing a 220lb male perp who is resisting  in an alley by herself.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Bad guys explaining how and why they are going to kill the good guy in extreme detail then leaving as the extravagant plan starts working to the countdown leaving enough time for the hero to escape.

Every single Batman episode.

 

[zamboni]

People having loud side conversations at a party or large gathering just a few feet away, yet somehow no one around them hears or is aware of it. 

 

[Charlie Steiner]

Falling in love with a woman that you met at a restaurant who turned out to be the daughter of a kidnapped scientist, only to lose her to her childhood lover who she last saw on a deserted island, who then turned out fifteen years later to be the leader of the French underground.

 

[Gally]

Any hostage situation in a building the SWAT team immediately has accurate and readable prints for the buildings floor plan, electrical, HVAC etc.  Most of the buildings are old but yet have great as-builts to work from.  This never happens in real life.

 

[RedmondLonghorn]

-The CIA and other intelligence agencies have the ability to see what every computer and electronic device is doing, everywhere, in real time. And to access all governmental and private records everywhere, instantly.

The NSA is powerful, but not that powerful.

The Bourne movies were a prime offender on this one, but it is common.

 

[TheWinz]

Wife cooks edible meal

 

[jwb]

House parties where every race and religion known to mankind is in attendance drinking together.

Not to mention the all-inclusive, ethnically-diverse gangs. 

 

[NREC34]

Getting a head in a box mailed to you in the middle of a desert. 

 

[Gally]

The profilers, local cops, detective, etc always lead the SWAT team into a building breach with their bullet proof vest and no other gear.  Isn't this the SWAT teams job?  Why would those guys be involved at all?

 

[Osaurus]

Not to mention the all-inclusive, ethnically-diverse gangs. 

And they’re all fabulous dancers 

 

[Gally]

Getting a head in a box mailed to you in the middle of a desert. 

Come on.....that only happened one time.  The thread title is "Things that hardly ever happen in real life, but happen all the time in movies"

 

[zamboni]

If you break into a doctor or lawyer's office looking for a highly confidential file on their computer, it's always visible and labeled perfectly so you'll find it right away.

 

[wikkidpissah]

- women beat up men 

- John Wick Syndrome - picks off 11 guys wimbamboom, then spends 90 seconds on one guy without anyone else coming at him, then picks off 11 more guys

- the dope-ler effect - car chasing someone on foot.  gets too close, then, in the time before the "victim" figures out how to escape, the car bearing down on them could actually have run over them 16 times, manscaped and embezzled from them

 

[zamboni]

People outrunning cars chasing after them at high speed.

 

[northern exposure]

And speaking about cars. What about the indestructible ones they have in movies? They can get in multiple collisions with minimal damage. They get some air, hit the ground and just keep driving. They are also incredibly fast. A non-descript domestic car has no problems evading or catching a foreign sports car driven by bad guys.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Random stranger walks into a bar and orders "a beer". Plus, the bartender never asks which kind because he/she just knows.

https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.tUzh--RkLtBfvmfUJjU32wHaFj?pid=Api&dpr=1.33

 

[Jayrok]

All bombs have a digital count down timer.  10, 9, 8, 7...  

 

[zamboni]

https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.tUzh--RkLtBfvmfUJjU32wHaFj?pid=Api&dpr=1.33

Good call. Due to advertising restrictions, there are a bunch of beer manufacturers on TV named "Beer" or, in Mexico, "Cerveza". 

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Good call. Due to advertising restrictions, there are a bunch of beer manufacturers on TV named "Beer" or, in Mexico, "Cerveza". 

Funny that Al Bundy named his kid Bud, but they still covered his Bud label with something more generic.

 

[pollardsvision]

Someone says something, more like a bunch of things in a row. Then, another person has a lightbulb moment when an idea dawns on them, but says... "Wait, what did you just say?" as if they didn't actually hear the thing that inspired their profound realization.

So then the first person says the last thing they said, which is not the spark of inspiration, so the second person says, "No, before that," still as if they cannot possibly recall the thing which has struck them with such a great idea.

So the first person goes back to the penultimate thing they said, and the second person says "Yes...", holds a beat, then the idea culminates its complete formation in their mind, as if it was not fully formed before, but now upon hearing again this thing, it is birthed whole, "yes, that's exactly it!"

House did this all the time... but it's such a cliche it's got to be 75 years old or more and used hundreds of thousands of times. I hate it with the burning hot fire of a thousand nuns.

I was re-watching the "4 Days Out" episode of Breaking Bad, and thought of this post.

When they had given up all hope, then Jesse starts brainstorming. Surely, there's something Walt can build to get them out of this situation. Jesse starts rattling off things. A robot, a dune buggy, etc. He mentions battery, and you see Walt's light bulb moment as Jesse keeps rattling on. 

I thought, oh damn, they are perfectly set up to do that thing Walking Boot was talking about.  Of course, they didn't do it, but I couldn't really remember, so I was relieved. 

 

[ChiefD]

Random stranger walks into a bar and orders "a beer". Plus, the bartender never asks which kind because he/she just knows.

And the beer is never a draft but always a bottle that the bartender opens with a handheld bottle opener, which allows the bottle cap to clank around...

 

[Keerock]

Used to be a staple in old sitcoms. Severe blow to head causes no injury other than amnesia. Followed up at end of show with 2nd severe blow to head which cures the amnesia.

Reminds me of this classic line:  Falls in a well, eyes go crossed. Gets kicked by a mule, they go back to normal. I dunno.

 

[Keerock]

Cop/detective investigating a case that nobody has been able to crack re-investigates the crime scene and "magically" finds incriminating evidence that everyone else missed.