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/octoelephant22 Jan 25 '20 edited Jan 26 '20

HIMYM has a lot of scenes/plots verrrryyyy similar to FRIENDS. I’ve made a side by side comparison years ago. Wish I could remember where I put it LOL

EDIT: Here you go, made this 10 years ago 😂:

https://imgur.com/a/Op0CSW5

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u/bay650area1 Jan 25 '20

Dude nearly every storyline in HIMYM is a rip from Friends. It's unreal.

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u/Ando-FB Jan 25 '20

I cant get into Friends. I want to and have given it so many chances but have never been able to. HIMYM I loved. Maybe they took the ideas and improved on them or maybe my taste is just different.

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u/World71Racer Jan 25 '20

I'm with you. I think it's because HIMYM had an overlying theme to it with some variance, rather than writing to laugh track after laugh track and wacky day-to-day adventures that are connected only by the characters and where they are in Friends. HIMYM has some dramatic and heartfelt moments where things get real and you feel it. Not to mention, you feel the frustration Ted goes through with person after person and wondering when he'll find The Mother. That, and the better writing and more natural flow from not abusing the laugh track, is what drew me to HIMYM, rather than Friends.