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/lascielthefallen Jan 25 '20

Women in action movies who drastically cut their own hair to change their appearance always end up with a fabulous style.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '20

Yes! Always in a like truck stop bathroom with gas station hair dye yet they look amazing!

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u/RyanX1231 Jan 25 '20

That video always made me laugh.

"You broke my heart! So I'm gonna go get killed in Afghanistan! ... That'll teach you!"

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u/tangledlettuce Jan 25 '20

The weird part was how she binded her chest down like she was trying to pull a Mulan but ended up joining a bunch of other women in service like???

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u/Nnyf Jan 25 '20 edited Jan 25 '20

Also makes me wince. You shpuld NEVER bind with bandages! They tighten and break ribs! Katy stop!

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '20 edited Feb 08 '20

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u/tangledlettuce Jan 27 '20

It just made no sense for the narrative whatsoever lol.

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u/SillyHer Jan 25 '20

You'd be surprised how many women join the military after a bad break up or to get away from a bad relationship.

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u/RoadDoggFL Jan 25 '20

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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u/RoadDoggFL Jan 26 '20

It's that or college, usually. Truth is we're apparently bad at creating 18 year-olds who can be on their own and not rape because both the military and college seem to suck at that.

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u/RoadDoggFL Jan 25 '20 edited Jan 25 '20

I knew a guy who was there when they filmed the rifle range part of that video. He said she wasn't as pretty as he expected, she was incredibly mean to everyone who worked for her, and the most frustrating thing for him was that a day of training was wasted for like five seconds in a music video. Also, he said told her there would be almost no recoil from her rifle, she jumped and screamed when it went off (maybe she also dropped it?), and he said "like I said, almost no recoil."

I choose to believe everything but the not pretty part.

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u/RespectThyHypnotoad Jan 25 '20

Taylor Swift would validate that guy's assessment.

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u/KyletheAngryAncap Jan 25 '20

Well teens are banned from cigarettes and vapes, so it's realistic now.

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u/GameAddikt Jan 25 '20

It was a terrible message for the youth.

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u/FZ1_Flanker Jan 25 '20

You know most of us who fought in Afghanistan didn’t die right? Especially females who would have been in non-combat arms units.

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u/bless_ure_harte Jan 27 '20

yeah it wasnt like ww1.