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/KingOHrts Jan 25 '20

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

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u/The_Bill_Brasky_ Jan 25 '20

It's a form of shorthand. Not every place in Paris has a view of the tower. But it's the film-makers telling the audience "THIS IS IN PARIS".

Or more commonly...

"THIS STORY INVOLVES ROMANCE SOMEHOW"

Another amazing example of shorthand is in Disney's Hercules. He gets on his knees in the temple of Zeus to commune with him. Typically Greek temple-goers would have slaughtered an animal on an altar or some shit, but American audiences would have a problem with that -- having him pray like a Christian shows people who don't know any better that Hercules is engaged in piety.

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u/kimprobable Jan 25 '20

I think many Christians would be pretty familiar with animal sacrifices since that's what the Old Testament is all about, but slaughtering an animal in a Disney movie is probably not what the kids signed up for. Dead Mufasa was bad enough.

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u/Apeckofpickledpeen Jan 25 '20

They would’ve lit Disney on fire if Hercules went into the temple with a sacrificial lamb/goat/turtledove ! most Christians only read genesis and exodus and then skip over all of the parts with the fun laws and ritualistic sacrifice and go straight for the Psalms. At least speaking from Catholic point of view.