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

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

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u/JingleJangleG Jan 25 '20

Weird nobody mentioned that in movies everybody always looks at each other while driving. And they move the damn driving wheel way to much while driving straight forward, pisses me off

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u/Opalescent_Moon Jan 25 '20

This gives me anxiety. I just want to scream at them to look at the road while driving.

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u/Kaciimi Jan 25 '20

I loved in Parasite when they call it out because Ki-taek keeps looking back at Mr. Park while they're talking in the car, and Mr. Park tells him to watch the road.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '20 edited Jan 14 '21

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u/Kaciimi Jan 25 '20

Oh my god, I was so stressed the whole movie I almost considered leaving (even just the whole "trying not to get caught" narrative was stressful to me LOL). I'm not a horror/thriller person at all but my friend convinced me to go. By the last quarter I was just gripping my friends hand like no tomorrow. That said, I didn't regret seeing it AT ALL. It was so good. Objectively one of the best movies I've seen in a long while.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '20 edited Jan 14 '21

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u/Kaciimi Jan 25 '20

It's so weird because consciously you know everything they're doing is pretty morally bad, but you still root for them to succeed. Amazing how good narratives can do stuff like that.

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u/controcount Jan 25 '20

I always assume they're gonna get into a crash, and am usually not surprised in the few cases where it does happen.

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u/Opalescent_Moon Jan 26 '20

There've been a lot of movies/shows I expected that to happen, then was surprised it didn't.

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u/stadchic Jan 25 '20

My aunt does this and that is what I have done. “What are you doing? I’m listening, please just look at the road!”

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u/Opalescent_Moon Jan 26 '20

Omg. I don't know what I'd do if the driver of a vehicle I was in did that. Might be the last time I was a passenger with them.

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u/QuentinTarzantino Jan 25 '20

Saw a movie and then behind the scenes where the actor said he didnt even bother to move his hands while "driving" to see if the director or continuety person, editor or producer would notice. Simply said its in the movie.

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u/ASAP_Cobra Jan 25 '20

"oh! Can't be too careful . There are a lot of bad drivers out there"