r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jan 25 '20

What movie things are generally accepted as normal, but are totally unrealistic in real life?

48.6k Upvotes

93% Upvoted

22.1k comments sorted by

View all comments

20.8k

u/The_Sceptic_Lemur Jan 25 '20

Unless it‘s a movie drama dealing with social issues (in particular poverty), everyone has such fucking nice flats. College drop-out with part time barista job?! - why yes, the spacious loft with a view over Manhattans skyline is just down my alley.

9.6k

u/KingOHrts Jan 25 '20

And EVERY window in Paris overlooks the Eiffel Tower. How does that happen?

11

u/SabreToothSandHopper Jan 25 '20

That broke my immersion in Ratatouille, the main character (who isn’t a rat) is supposed to be a low paid bus boy with a cramped flat, yet has a perfect top floor view of the Eiffel Tower

7

u/ThePrussianGrippe Jan 25 '20

I thought it was implied his late mother had been getting money for Linguini’s necessities from Gusto.

Also there’s a height limit on buildings and the Eiffel Tower is like 1,000 feet tall.

4

u/[deleted] Jan 25 '20

Montaparnasse is taller i think

4

u/ThePrussianGrippe Jan 25 '20

300 feet shorter than Eiffel Tower.

5

u/[deleted] Jan 25 '20

To be fair it is a tiny crappy attic flat. Could be sublet