Movie Tropes That Make No Sense In Reality

[KittiesKorner]

1. Hearing a busy signal after someone hangs up
2. People everywhere always having the news on so the plot can move forward
3. Space marines wearing camouflage

What are yours

 

[dweebs19]

-when villains have terrible aim but the protagonists have super awesome aim.

-when the protagonist finds himself in a situation where he's outnumbered in a fight and yet the fighters decide to take him on 1 on 1 instead of just ambushing him.

 

[Xuder O'Clam]

Villains revealing their motive in a long dialogue before (not) killing the hero

Elaborate rig ups by villains to kill the hero, when they could just shoot him/her in the head

Cloth gags

Looking overly suspicious when trying to be discreet

 

[Chief Walking Stick]

@CRM 114

 

[dweebs19]

Villains revealing their motive in a long dialogue before (not) killing the hero

Elaborate rig ups by villains to kill the hero, when they could just shoot him/her in the head

Cloth gags

Looking overly suspicious when trying to be discreet

reminded me of this All Def skit

 

[Anytime23]

Villains revealing their motive in a long dialogue before (not) killing the hero

This is by far the worst.

I'll add when a person falls down when running away from a villain.

Bomb defusals going down to the final second.

Mirror jump scares.

 

[JimAKABlkhwks918]

Elaborate rig ups by villains to kill the hero, when they could just shoot him/her in the head.

 

[Ares]

I love when people shoot guns without ever needing to reload.

 

[Angry Boomer]

People shooting bad guys who are wearing body armor yet never figure out to take a head shot.

 

[Angry Boomer]

-when villains have terrible aim but the protagonists have super awesome aim.

Westerns where the hero is walking down the street with a six gun, and the guy on the roof who has a rifle misses his shot ..The hero turns and fires from the hip killing the guy on the roof from 100 ft away.

 

[Gustavus Adolphus]

1. Hearing a busy signal after someone hangs up
2. People everywhere always having the news on so the plot can move forward
3. Space marines wearing camouflage

What are yours

Holy shit am I thinking of a few movies like that. Good call.

 

[Ares]

Oh another fun movie trope is that all cars explode like their gas tanks are packed with explosives.

And that shooting a gas tank makes it immediately explode.

 

[Gustavus Adolphus]

It's probably the beer snob in me, but I've always hated when a character just orders a beer, and you see 5 different taps. Which beer would you like, asshole?

 

[KittiesKorner]

It's probably the beer snob in me, but I've always hated when a character just orders a beer, and you see 5 different taps. Which beer would you like, asshole?

or when they serve them something without their even asking

 

[airtime143]

Not a trope per se, but it seems insanely common for people to turn their car off and get out and leave the lights on... no reason, no lighting issues for the shot, they just get out and walk away with the lights on.
It isnt even courtesy lights on newer cars I am talking about- it seemed everyone did this in the 80s and 90s.



Another vehicular related bitch I have is the revving engine when a car is chasing people on foot.
If a dude is running down an alley, a car with screeching tires and a foot to the floor on the accelerator will mow him down quicker than the 20-30 seconds it takes for them to duck through a doorway.

 

[ytsejam]

I got tired of the running up the wall bit after the 1st time.

 

[airtime143]

1. Hearing a busy signal after someone hangs up
2. People everywhere always having the news on so the plot can move forward
3. Space marines wearing camouflage

What are yours

On point number one- the fact that nobody ever says goodbye on the phone, nor is it common to identify yourself when calling.

Also- when someone makes a call, the person they are trying to reach is the one that picks up UNLESS there needs to be dialogue between the person placing the call to someone that is in the room with them OR the caller or the call-ee is doing something embarrassing.

 

[KittiesKorner]

Not a trope per se, but it seems insanely common for people to turn their car off and get out and leave the lights on... no reason, no lighting issues for the shot, they just get out and walk away with the lights on.
It isnt even courtesy lights on newer cars I am talking about- it seemed everyone did this in the 80s and 90s.



Another vehicular related bitch I have is the revving engine when a car is chasing people on foot.
If a dude is running down an alley, a car with screeching tires and a foot to the floor on the accelerator will mow him down quicker than the 20-30 seconds it takes for them to duck through a doorway.

and leave their windows open

 

[airtime143]

Another one that I am hating for the past decade or so is animal survival or lack thereof.

Old Yeller scarred the psyche of everyone so badly that the new trope became put the dog in danger but have it miraculously survive. It went that way for decades, with few exceptions.

Then, it seemed that after "I am legend" came out, dogs were doomed. Directors wiped them out left and right as a emotional trigger.

 

[airtime143]

Oh another fun movie trope is that all cars explode like their gas tanks are packed with explosives.

And that shooting a gas tank makes it immediately explode.

The scene with Arnie in the last action hero when he came to the real world, shot at a car, and it didnt blow up, was priceless.
The bewildered look he gives his gun never ceased to crack me up.