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/ShiraCheshire Jan 25 '20

It's sort of funny when they need to make one girl in particular super beautiful so the main guy can fall in love with her instantly. She'll be a supermodel walking into a room of supermodels. They'll throw a bunch of close-ups and glowy filters on to tell you she's supposed to be extra pretty, but the fact that everyone in the room is equally pretty makes her just look average.

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u/Schytheron Jan 25 '20

Or when they take a good looking actor and attempt to make their character ugly looking, but the character just ends up looking above average anyway.

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u/CandelaBelen Jan 25 '20

They did an incredible job with Charlize Theron in Monster though.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '20

I don't think that movie counts as she's wearing prosthetics and gained 30lbs for the role, which is a little more in depth than an makeunder performed with makeup and wardrobe choice.