Things that hardly ever happen in real life, but happen all the time in movies (1 Viewer)

[brun]

Cops tasting a powder to confirm if it's drugs.

 

[northern exposure]

Somebody gets shot in the shoulder or leg and they just wince like it bruised the skin and keep on going. 

A guy falls off a tall building and lands on a parked car or awning and after laying there and groaning for a bit, gets up and walks away.

 

[Man In The Box]

All vehicles have an infinite amount of fuel. Unless you’re being chased on a freeway. 

 

[northern exposure]

People from North America travel to a foreign country and everybody there (no matter how small or remote the place is) willingly and fluently speaks English.

 

[Gally]

Bad guys are always able to scatter bullets all around the hero from close by but never hit him (and the bullets don't seem to ricochet either)

 

[Ilov80s]

People are knocked out cold with one punch/hit over the head with lamp/slip down the stairs

 

[northern exposure]

Woman who has never handled a firearm in her life comes to the rescue and becomes El Mariachi, killing the bad guy with one shot. 

Building on this. In almost every movie, the "bad guys" are horrible shots and miss the "good guys" from close range. The heroes are all crack shots that hit everybody they aim at.

 

[Sullie]

I love the original Matrix but damn that movie for creating the "punch through brick walls, crash through cinder block walls, etc." effect.  It totally made sense in the Matrix, they're in a dream world, it's not real, etc. But then now, a normal dude gets into a fight and he and the bad guy are smashing through brick and mortar walls like they're Kool-Aid from the 70's, it's just dumb and played out.  Jumping off skyscrapers/airplanes w/out a parachute, landing on an awning/car w/out getting hurt is dumb too. I know it's a movie, I know you're supposed to suspend your disbelief for a couple of hours but come on man.

 

[parasaurolophus]

Shooting something and making it explode. 

Brushing teeth with no toothpaste. 

 

[[scooter]]

Cars turning themselves into things.

 

[EYLive]

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

 

[mr fancypants]

In a foot chase through traffic where one of the actors get hit by a car roll over the hood and the asphalt then resume the chase as if nothing happened.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Warehouse fight scenes where people always land on a bunch of empty boxes.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

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.

 

[Tin Cup]

Unusually low life expectancy and/or highly stressful and complicated  last days for law enforcement officers getting ready to retire.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

never having to poop

As noted above, that's because they never eat that breakfast that mom cooked because they were running late.

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

Unusually low life expectancy and/or highly stressful and complicated  last days for law enforcement officers getting ready to retire.

Danny Glover made a career out of playing that role. 

 

[TheWinz]

When everyone in your high school is like 30 years old

 

[steeler6]

Women in heels suddenly become Jackie Joyner Kersee. 40yd dash in 4.2 seconds...in the woods....in the rain....at night

So you're saying  you don't believe Bryce Dallas Howard could outrun a T-Rex in high heels. 

 

[steeler6]

Jumping out of planes without a parachute & surviving - Keanu Reeves in Point Break, Arnold in Eraser. Or how about Pierce Bronson driving a motorcycle off a cliff to jump into a plane about to crash. Free jumping is a lot easier than I thought apparently.

Add Bond in Moonraker to the list. 

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Parking spot conveniently right in front of the building they are going to in a a huge city

This actually happens for MrR.  I have no idea how he does that.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Bad guys are always able to scatter bullets all around the hero from close by but never hit him (and the bullets don't seem to ricochet either)

Those are Storm Troopers.  I don't think they count.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

When everyone in your high school is like 30 years old

TCM ran Rebel Without A Cause tonight.  James Dean at 24 looks pervy in high school.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

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

 

[jon_mx]

Quarterbacks who get fourteen seconds in the pocket before they have to throw. 

You are not familiar with the Lions pass rush?  

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Dragons

 

[Mile High]

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

Even better when they do it driving in reverse. 

 

[Leroy Hoard]

never having to poop

There used to be a late night horror movie host who would dub extra noises into scenes.  As a running gag, everytime someone was about to enter from another room you would here a toilet flushing behind them.

 

[otb_lifer]

never having to poop

Breaking the fourth wall.

there had to be an LBJ portrayal that busted both of these, no?

 

[JaxBill]

one sedan hits a parked sedan off center and the car in motion flips over

fleeing car causes other traffic to swerve out of the way and head straight for the fire hydrant.  Water gushes perfectly straight up.

 

[AAABatteries]

“I’m not your Mother, I’m your STEP Mother”

 

[NutterButter]

Guns that never run out of bullets.   

 

[TheWinz]

Motorists that drive without looking at the road 

 

[Charlie Steiner]

Lots of cars having high speed chases through malls or places of business. 

Ellwood: Disco pants and haircuts...baby clothes...

Jake: Wow, this place has everything

 

[parasaurolophus]

Danny Glover made a career out of playing that role. 

He also pooped

 

[RCon]

Time travel!

 

[Tom Servo]

Breaking the fourth wall.

Get a load of this guy.

 

[Tom Servo]

Bad guys are always able to scatter bullets all around the hero from close by but never hit him (and the bullets don't seem to ricochet either)

Former stormtroopers.

 @Mrs. Rannous beat me to it.

 

[Nick Vermeil]

Body swapping. 
 

And having such a crippling large boner that you can’t stand up from your desk without everyone noticing. 

 

[Jayrok]

Animals talking like humans. Might not be that uncommon but some of them talk with foreign accents.  That's crazy.  

 

[brun]

If you're running from the authorities and walk into a gas station or convenience store. Chances are there will be a TV on and the news will be running a story about you.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Motorists that drive without looking at the road 

Oh that happens in real life all the time.

 

[supermike80]

Guy gets shot by  a shotgun and it propels him up and into the air backwards 

 

[Jayrok]

1. A lawyer asking a blatantly objectionable , borderline unethical and sanctionable question, then merely saying “withdrawn” and giving a shoulder shrug upon objection. Maybe this is more tv. 

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

 

[Cjw_55106]

People are knocked out cold with one punch/hit over the head with lamp/slip down the stairs

And conversely, if I hit you with a golf club, baseball bat or any other blunt object, you arent getting back up and kicking my ###. 

 

[Jayrok]

Someone calls and says "turn on the tv" and it happens to be on the exact station at the beginning of the story in question.  

 

[BobbyLayne]

Luckily for the protagonist, the 80 guys shooting at him are all dues paying members of the Stormtroopers Hunt Club & Rifle Range.

ETA: triple Honda

 

 

[Quint]

Slow clapping. 

 

[TheDirtyWord]

Smash a bottle over someone’s head, the bottle practically disintegrates...

 

[Jayrok]

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.