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Things that only happen in movies and not the real world


1) beer bottles smash with ease. You can tap it against the side of the table and it will smash.

2) knifes make a metal on metal sound despite not being kept in a metal sheath.

3) cars get airborne rear-ending a parked car.

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- Cars can take huge jumps through the air and then drive off as if nothing happened.

- You can make a car explode by shooting its gas tank with ordinary bullets.

- Swords make "whoosh" sounds during swordplay.

- Guns with no manual safety will often make the sound of a manual safety being clicked on or off.

- A single-action automatic (such as a 1911 or Browning Hi-Power) that's just been been used to fire a warning shot will often have its hammer in the down position so that it can cocked dramatically.

- Anything worth doing on a computer requires a bunch of typing for each operation, even when you're using a program that has a GUI.

- Digital watches or bomb timers make a beep sound every second, but only when you're looking at them closely.

- Full-autos with 30-round magazines can be fired continuously for far longer than ~3 seconds.

- Any remote password-protected account can be cracked with "hacker" software, even though you're normally locked out after a few failed attempts.

- Hackers never hit true dead ends; they are always successful if they have enough time.

- A villain always knows exactly how long it takes to trace a call (because there are no variables to that at all), and you're one second short - *click*.

- Bomb makers always adhere to the wire color scheme as published in the Villain's Guide to Bomb Making, which, unfortunately for them, was required reading at the Hero's Academy.

- Bullet wounds that aren't in a vital organ are trivial ("Just a flesh wound").

- If you order a "beer" at a bar, the bartender will know exactly what you want.

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Drunk people get sober after a cold shower and a cup of black coffee.

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People punch each other in the face and leave no bruises.

Guns with a endless supply of bullets.

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People brush their teeth with a completely dry toothbrush. No foam or liquid in their mouths


People flying through windows without severing arteries


Skinny hollywood actresses like Anne Hathaway being called fat



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You can rob a convenience store, gas station, liquor store or even a nightclub and get away with thousands of dollars in cash even though nobody pays in cash any more. You’d also make the heist wearing scary Halloween masks and riding very loud ‘cycles that would make you as conspicuous as a Clansman at a BLM rally. And the nightclub you rob has ZERO security staff.

You can take a spinning side kick directly to your temple and not, y’know, die.

Your enemy drugs you, kicks the living toadstools out of you, rapes your mother and girlfriend in front of you, castrates your father, and you STILL somehow kick the shirt out of him in Act Three.

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There's always an open parking space in front of office buildings or businesses even on the busiest street.

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Yeah really. The hero is never driving around forever looking for a parking space or pissed because they have to pay a parking fee.

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