Many of us love watching movies or TV shows, and while they’re made to entertain, that doesn’t mean they should be full of unrealistic moments. Take, for example, a hacker aggressively typing on a WordPress site or a character waking up with perfect hair and makeup.
When a Redditor posed the question, “What’s always portrayed wrong in movies?” the responses came flooding in. People didn’t hesitate to share their frustrations, quickly pointing out the most unrealistic moments that movies just can’t seem to get right. Keep reading to see what made the list!
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#1
Zooming in on a CCTV image and shouting ‘enhance’ makes a super blurry image turn 4K.
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#2
The fact that whenever someone reads some ancient writing that they translate, it still happens to rhyme in English.
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#3
Scientists. Usually they have this one sciencey-guy who knows everything from biology to chemistry to physics, and can do complex calculations mentally. Nope, scientists are not walking wikipedias or pubmeds.
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It’s fascinating to watch movies, especially when they stretch reality a bit to add excitement or drama. Take 27 Dresses, for example, where Katherine Heigl’s character effortlessly catches the bouquet at every single wedding she attends.
In reality, most of us know that bouquet tosses can be chaotic, and the chances of catching one—let alone dozens—are slim. But in the rom-com world, it’s a quirky talent that sets the stage for love.
#4
High school students/teenagers. In movies they always have smooth acne-free skin with gym bodies like they all skipped puberty.
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#5
Crawling in air ducts. Most of they time it’s too small and won’t hold you. Other times you’ll be torn to shreds by the amount of screws in them.
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#6
When a character wants to destroy a computer invariably they will shoot the monitor.
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But sometimes, movies misrepresent everyday life to the point where it feels completely out of touch with reality.
In John Wick, Keanu Reeves’ character takes blow after blow—he’s punched, stabbed, shot at—and somehow keeps going without breaking stride. In all likelihood, most of us would be unconscious after taking one of those hits. However, Reeves’ character simply gets back up and carries on fighting as if nothing had happened. Though intense, that is undoubtedly not how the human body functions.
#7
Parking downtown.
You’re not getting a spot in front of the entrance to the building. EVER. Let alone in the middle of the day.
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#8
Driving!!!! No one takes their eyes off the road for that long!!!!
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#9
Nobody says goodbye on the phone.
And for that matter, the phone etiquette in general is horrendous.
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Many of us can barely make it down the street in heels without stumbling. But in a scene from Jurassic World, Bryce Dallas Howard ran through the jungle in stilettos, fleeing from dinosaurs without even a stumble. It’s a thrilling scene that’s definitely more fantasy than reality.
#10
People crawling around on top of drop tile ceilings.
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#11
Snakes, always snakes.
They always portray snakes as hostile, aggressive creatures, which always chase you and are always venomous, this cannot be further from the truth.
Snakes are terrified of humans and prefer to run away than bite 99% of the time, chasing people is pointless, it is a waste of energy, and dangerous.
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#12
Some random passerby gives the protagonist information that leads them right to where they need to go.
*Hero standing outside an apartment building, sees some homeless guy on the stoop*
“Hey, you know the guy who lives here?”
“Chaz Guevarra? He hangs out at the pool hall on 47th. He’s usually there from 5:05PM to 8:16PM. Then he goes around the corner for a shawarma. If he’s not there he’ll be at his girlfriend’s house on 84th. Most nights he sleeps there.”
*Hero knows exactly where all those places are*.
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In Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Tom Cruise’s character barely avoids explosives, diving away just in time, and comes out perfectly unharmed. Despite being so close to the blast, he’s not even slightly burned. We are all aware that such close interactions would result in quite different and far more deadly outcomes in real life.
#13
Someone getting their throat cut. In reality a torrent of blood erupts from the carotid arteries. Everyone involved would be covered. And these guys that walk away from fights with no bruises or broken teeth. Having worked on ambulances I know, unfortunately, what things really look like.
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#14
Everyone has their evenings and weekends off. Even chefs, grocery workers…
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#15
Cars exploding when they run into something.
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And then there’s Jurassic Park, where a young girl miraculously hacks into the park’s super-secure system in seconds just by typing furiously. But in reality, hacking is far more complex and certainly not as easy as pressing a few random keys. But hey, in movie land, anything’s possible, right?
#16
Graves, there’s always a headstone immediately. You’ve got to let the ground settle for about six months before you can put one up.
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#17
Birthing. Also coffee cups. We know there’s nothing in them!
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#18
Labor and delivery! They always have this huge six month baby with no umbilical cord. Woman is usually smiling and happy afterwards and it’s not always like that. Some of us are getting stitched up and shaking from being so cold.
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Waking up early can be a challenge for many of us, often involving a battle with the snooze button before we finally drag ourselves out of bed. Yet, in movies like The Devil Wears Prada, Anne Hathaway’s character wakes up with flawless hair and makeup, as if she’s just had a salon session.
While it would be great to look that perfect every morning, most of us are still working on that reality.
#19
Courtroom scenes. A surprise witness shows up with stunning testimony, everyone gasps, and the “good guy” wins/ There are no surprise witnesses. All witnesses and a brief summary of their testimony must be disclosed prior to trial.
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#20
A gun silencer (actually its called a gun suppressor) are not that quiet.
they are still pretty loud.
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#21
Running. If you don’t go running regularly, you will gas out in a couple 100 meters, even if you are perfectly fit otherwise.
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In Minority Report, DNA test results come back almost instantly. In reality, DNA testing can take weeks, sometimes even longer. But in this futuristic world, it happens at the speed of light, as if science is somehow operating in fast forward.
In the movie Taken, Liam Neeson’s character always seems to have perfect phone reception, no matter where he is. He’s chasing bad guys across Europe, yet he never struggles with bad signal or a dropped call. Meanwhile, the rest of us can barely hold on to a signal in certain parts of our own homes.
#22
Many things about school, but here are two that always annoy me:
Teachers are always shown being interrupted by the bell in the middle of a lesson, which never happens. We time things out, and usually use the last couple minutes to put things away, etc.
Also, principals are always referred to in movies as “Principal ______” when in real life, they use the same titles as teachers (Ms., Mr., Dr., etc.); administrators don’t get special prefixes of their own.
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#23
If you hit someone on the back of the head or karate chop the shoulder, you will not cause them to become unconscious. The person you hit will get angry and punch you in the nose.
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#24
Laboratories. They are always super white and minimalistic to look more science-y and sterile I guess. In reality there is (almost) always a bunch of equipment and various materials out on the bench top or visible on shelves. Real labs are often pretty cluttered and can look dirty because a lot of colors turn yellow/brownish after being sterilized in an autoclave.
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Finding parking in a packed city like New York is usually a nightmare, but not in Friends with Benefits. It was miraculous how Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake’s characters always managed to find perfect parking spots right in front of their destination. For most of us, that’s pure fantasy, especially in a city notorious for its parking challenges.
#25
Fires in buildings. Firefighters putting out those fires. The effects that the people would go through while in the fires.
A lot of the movies will have hundreds of degree fires blazing around them and they aren’t blistering or even coughing. Most of those peoples throats would be closed in minutes due to the swelling.
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#26
You don’t hack into computers by guessing the password on the third try, and the computer never makes that “deedly deedly dee” beeping sound while slowly printing out text line by line.
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#27
Pregnancy and childbirth are always romanticised as this easy, clean, sanitised process, when in reality its a moody, screaming, [darn], messy, p**p-filled mess of a miracle.
While these unrealistic scenes are part of what makes movies entertaining, they also remind us how far removed from reality these fictional worlds can sometimes be. Have you ever seen a movie scene that made you gasp or question its realism? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
#28
Injecting someone with a needle. You don’t freaking strike a needle through a vein in a 90 degree angle. Like what are you trying to do? Go trough the arm?
#29
Visiting anyone in prison. No, you cannot have your earrings, your necklaces, your watches, your jackets. Everyone has to go through a metal detector and get patted down, even the kids had to go through a metal detector. The kids could not wear short shorts, their shirts could not ride up over their shorts showing their back when sitting, they couldn’t wear flip flops, closed-toed shoes only.
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#30
Space, in so many ways.
– Even in the middle of an asteroid field, those things are still miles apart.
– Why do all spaceships have the same side up? It’s spaceships, not aircrafts. Also, the artificial gravity in Star Trek, Star Wars and similar scifi makes no sense.
– If aliens do exist, they probably do not look remotely human. Even hair, four limbs or teeth have developed so late in our evolution that the chances of them having it are negligible.
– NO! SOUND! IN! SPACE!
#31
Women going through something traumatic displayed as sitting on their couch in [attractive] underwear with a glass of wine while being completely styled, maybe a bit smudged mascara.
#32
Military custom & courtesy, which would be easy to write into any scene, but they don’t even bother to salute properly, let alone address each other or navigate chain of command. They never use communications equipment properly or securely. And there’s never any support in the field– maybe one supply guy.
#33
How easy it is to meet women and get a date. The women never act like you’re creepy. Sure you can give me a ride home on the deserted road I love on in the country, I mean we’ve talked for over 2 minutes now.
#34
Parties. A character has 2 friends and there are 50+ people at their birthday party. Also who are these people sharing their d***s with folks they just met? Never once have I walked into a party & been offered c*****e by a cheerful stranger. NOT ONCE!
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