All I needed to know about real life, I learned at the movies... (1 Viewer)

[Atomic Shrimp]

When a telephone call progresses to the point where it has met your objective, there's no need to say thanks or goodbye - just hang up.

It is not necessary to watch the road while driving, or at least, not if there is a conversation to be had with your front seat passenger.

Shoelaces do not work loose - the only time it is necessary to tie a shoelace is when you need to act nonchalant - for example, if you're following someone and they turn around to look.

Coffee is ready to drink immediately after pouring.

It is perfectly acceptable and polite to order drinks at an outdoor cafe, then walk off before they arrive.



What things have you learned from the movies?
(I know there are whole pages devoted to this on the internet - please post the ones you've noticed yourself - not just pasted lists or links).

 

[Kryst51]

When your in a fight with more than one person you only need to worry about one guy at a time, the rest will wait their turn to try and hit you.

 

[PaulJR]

How to identity a real life Heart Attack - thanks to Hollywood movies

 

[oumahexi]

When danger lurks, split up.

When being chased always run up the stairs.

 

[Kryst51]

Evil creatures never die the first time you kill them. Moral: Ify ou think you killed it, think again!

 

[Atomic Shrimp]

If you overpower a minion or henchman, there's no point in picking up his weapon - just continue on your way.

 

[Atomic Shrimp]

As long as you actually arrive at the hospital before the poison takes effect, or you die from loss of blood, or the virus eats your brain, your survival is as good as guaranteed.

The last match will light, the last bullet will hit the target, the last jolt of the defibrillator will revive the patient, the last possible throw of the grappling hook will catch.

If you're falling, you can arrest your fall by just grabbing onto something, no matter how far you have already fallen.

When you surprise a bad guy by jumping down onto him from behind, be sure to shout "Yaaaaa!" as you jump, just to give him a fighting chance.

Explosions and raging floods can be easily outrun on foot, even if you stumble and fall over a few times, or spend a few seconds watching the destruction approach you.

 

[Kryst51]

The nerdy guy always gets the girl!

 

[oumahexi]

Heros can always be relied upon to make personal sacrafices for the human race (Captain Jack Harkness sacraficed his own grandson!)

Whenever you go into the woods or country at night the moon will oblige by being full and the clouds will disappear so you can see.

The girl, even if she's a trained FBI agent, always needs rescued.

If an actor has an English, Australian or German accent, he/she's the one who did it!

 

[scott-atkinson]

The hero is always handsome, the villian is always ugly or has some kind of affliction.

Always investigate a mysterious sound in a dark spooky old house on your own.

When in the middle of a kung fu fight, dont worry about fighting just jump as high as a house to escape.

 

[scott-atkinson]

When you know there is a mad maniac killer on the loose, go out alone.

 

[Atomic Shrimp]

If it's a million to one chance, then it might just work.

 

[ColinEssex]

If you get captured by the wannabe world dominating baddie, don't worry. They will always explain the full plot to you, show you the control room etc.

They won't kill you but leave you to die so that you have time to escape and thwart the whole procedure.

Col

 

[statsman]

When a man and a woman are being chased on foot by the bad guys, it's always the woman who trips and twists her ankle.

In the long history of motion pictures, no man has ever tripped and twisted HIS ankle (of course the man isn't running through a jungle in 6" spike heels).

 

[statsman]

If you get captured by the wannabe world dominating baddie, don't worry. They will always explain the full plot to you, show you the control room etc.

They won't kill you but leave you to die so that you have time to escape and thwart the whole procedure.

Col

And once you have escaped, the means for you to destroy the evil one's plans will be right at hand and unguarded.
Example: the explosives will be stored in the same room as the detonators, which in real life are always stored separately exactly to avoid this scenario.

 

[Atomic Shrimp]

Malfunctioning or overloaded machinery will emit showers of sparks or explode (Star Trek), violently ejecting showers of gears or other components (Steamboy), but will continue to function afterwards.

 

[oumahexi]

Bombs can be thrown together in seconds as long as you are using them to defend yourself from the bad guys.

Cadelacs; Corvettes and Mustangs make excellent off road vehicles and will continue to work perfectly after a chase through the dessert; forest or river, no matter how many times they appear to have launched from a hill.

 

[statsman]

All comedies are based on a misunderstanding which occurs in the first five minutes of the movie.

 

[scott-atkinson]

You can build a tank or over armoured type vehicle from the contents of an average garage, ala the A Team.

 

[Kryst51]

When you are in serious trouble, don't fret, because something will happen at the VERY LAST moment to save you.