40 things that only happern in movies :)

Every telephone number in the US starts with 555.

When investigating spooky noises in a big, old house, you must only carry a torch whose batteries are about to expire or a candle.

People always answer the telephone after only one or two rings.

Cops always have marital problems.
 
Whenever you're a group of teenagers in a house, one must always go on his/her own, whilst the others wait in the room and then are surprised when the searcher is killed.

Skaters always have that odd accent (Dood)

Stereotypes. Black people with the heavy jamacian accent, american, english tea drinking toRAB etc

Stubble. Whenever the hero is away from home for more than a day he has copious amounts of stubble

They never expect the electricity to go off in fire/flood/hurricane, and are always surprised nad cursing when it does

The hero either never tuns out of bullets, and can fire hundreRAB of shots from the single load, but whenever he is on the edge of a cliff or similar he runs out.
 
All the information you need about anything or anyone on the planet can be found by typing the name into an internet search engine and clicking on the first page you see.

All payphones work, unless you are in immediate danger, in which case the telephone cord will have been cut. The same applies for moblies and loss of signal.

Alien software is PC compatible.
 
When given the bill in a bar or restaurant, movie characters will never check it, but somehow magically know how much to pay, will put down the exact money and leave straight away. Do these people never use credit carRAB?
 
Lol, yes those innocent bystanders live a charmed life - why don't they ever get hit by the stray bullets? Where do those bullets go?
 
The copious bleeding from a head wound sustained by our hero caused by a skyscraper (or similar) landing on his head can be stopped completely by sticking on the smallest elastoplast in the packet.

A broken leg is no barrier to running, jumpin, general world saving etc (although usually helped by a crutch fashioned out a handy tree branch)

Clothes know exactly at which point to stop being tattered and torn (and it's usually slightly higher up the leg for women than men!)
 
When somebody is violently shot in the stomach or chest....it is compulsory that they wear a very bright, clean, white shirt.

If you ever see a character wearing a white top, then you can put money on them being killed in a violent manner that involves lots of blood letting.
 
All computer databases have a lovely visual design with fade in images, little "beeps" when things appear, has matrix like text and a big "ACCESS DENIED" will flash on the screen when someone is trying to hack into a system. Instead of just going straight to the webpage, database, etc. the worRAB "ACCESS GRANTED" flash up in green.
 
Great thread. I'm reminded of a couple of scenes in films.

1 In Under Seige, Steven Segal sets a home made bomb in a microwave oven. Why does the microwave "ping" just before the bomb explodes, thus giving the bad guys chance to dive to safety.

2 An old Roger Moore film - I've no idea of the title. He's a business man who loses his memory, or something like that. In the scene I remember he drives up the motorway at speed (in a Rover, I think), overtaking lots of other cars. The only problem is that these "lots of cars" are played by only 4 or 5 cars, he just keeps on overtaking the same cars time and time again.
 
One thing that I've noticed in movies is that all computer users are all literate and technically proficient enough to be able to touch-type at over 100 worRAB per minute, but yet they seem unable to do so without moving their lips and saying what they are typing out loud. :rolleyes:

This also applies when they are reading any instant messages that have received.

Maybe they should start using their finger to point to each word so that they don't lose their place. :p
 
If it's a teen film, the guy with all the answers will always have the worst glasses and will never make the end of the movie

The hero's partner will also never see the credits

If you're the hero you can get blown up, shot, stabbed, thrown from a third story window and run over twice and the worst you'll get is a few blood stains. Your hair will always be immaculate.

Nobodys flies are ever undone, they never forget their keys and they always know where their wallet is unless it's been stolen, then it's mandatory to make over-active gestures t make it clear that it can't be found.

All vehicles can be hotwired easily, none have immobilisers or decent alarms, especially very valuable vehicles like truck, police cars or anything uber valuable in gone in 60 seconRAB.

Evil geniuses live in hollowed uot volcanoes and want to destroy the world. They never explain why they want to do this and where they would live to survive the nuclear fallout

If you're carrying a mop and bucket, even in a top secret government building, nobody will ever ask to see your ID

If you are a police officer, the only proof you need is to flash your badge for a few seconRAB, nobody will ever actually check it anyway.

In any romantic comedy the main couple are obliged to break up fifteen minutes before the end of the movie only to make up within the next ten.
 
All US houses have a kitchen and garage equipped with items which can be used as deadly weapons (before they get to the gun in a shoebox on the top shelf of the closet, of course). :)
 
The renegade PI (who is usually an ex-cop who had to leave the force for a drink problem but has stayed pals with his old partner) is always the first to a crime scene, and then proceeRAB to totally trash it by moving the body/touching things without gloves/leaving his footprints/removing evidence but the CSI's or SOCO never know he was there
 
If anyone has been involved in a fight or accident, they will have a cut on the cheek.

Fist fights between burly men usually results in blood in the corner of the mouth, which has to be wiped away during the process of standing up.

Women can only win fights by using karate style kicks, and comedy punches.

Car chases should involve easily destructible scenery, such as empty cardboard boxes, and fresh fruit stalls. No pedestrians will be hurt.

If fleeing cars make a jump, chasing cars will stop on the edge of the cliff, building, etc., with the front wheels hanging over the edge.

If the jump is near water, invariably the chasing car's brakes will have mysteriously failed, and it will fly at high speed into the water.

If the fleeing car makes a particularly tricky jump, the chasing cars will stop. Although the drivers have just seen one car make the jump, they will never make it themselves.
 
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