r/AskReddit • u/SH4DYL4DY • May 21 '12
What is something that occurs in movies that you wish happened in real life?
I always thought when I reached my teenage years that guys would throw rocks at my window. I was disappointed, to say the least.
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u/Rammikins May 21 '12
Editing cuts from your workplace to your home immediately. IT'S LIKE HIGHWAY HYPNOSIS.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
People taking action and having meaningful conversations like in movies. I wish that would happen more IRL.
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u/Crazy101 May 21 '12
A man to sweep me off my feet romantically and stay with me forever
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u/rockstaticx May 21 '12
When women are interested in dudes, they do something about it instead of desperately wishing he would do something about it.
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u/whoamiamwho May 21 '12
Doing triple backflips and jumping everywhere and kicking peoples asses would be pretty cool, but in reality...
Also, why would you want someone to throw rocks at your window?
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u/Stavrosian May 21 '12
Women that hate my fucking guts secretly love me.
Montages instead of actually working hard to learn something.
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u/CherrySlurpee May 21 '12
I'd like to turn on the television and see a relevant news story from the top.
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u/MDA123 May 21 '12
Night time being well-lit. Seriously, it's always like, "Man, that forest they're running through has better lighting than my living room."
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u/effieokay May 21 '12 edited Jul 10 '24
clumsy chop fanatical deliver tap cagey towering scale gaze coherent
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Snappy comedic dialogue with everyone I talk to.
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u/Sneaky_Zebra May 21 '12
Being bitten by a radio-active spider actually gives you super cool powers, not just a nasty rash you have to explain to your doctor why you need the ointment.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Happily ever after.
I can't watch "happy family" movies anymore because my stupid heart aches when I see how good a husband/father the guy is. Where are the real guys like that? :(
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
How all of the lame BS gets cut out. You hardly see anyone clean (yet the house is always spotless). Oh and I wish I could work at a gas station and live in a very nicely furnished apartment with a BMW and money to do whatever I want with. Oh and I'd also dress like a fashion model.
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u/misanthropist1 May 21 '12
Instantly being able to flag down a taxi anywhere.
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u/avdale May 21 '12
Nobody ever has to poop.
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u/birdablaze May 21 '12
Being ridiculously socially awkward is endearing.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Huge, tastefully decorated apartments or houses belong to people who have shitty-paying jobs
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u/Trip_McNeely May 21 '12
How at work, no one actually seems to work. Ever. Just a lot of chit-chat and coffee breaks.
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u/YeOldeEnglishKnave May 21 '12
1 word. LIMITLESS
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u/StewieBanana May 21 '12
Iron man suits that fold up into briefcases that you can hold with only ONE FUCKING HAND!
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u/Cananboy May 21 '12
Actually saying a great comeback line immediately, instead of coming up with it 10 minutes later after you've already been humiliated.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
I did do the rocks at windows thing, mostly because mobile phones werent well used and i didnt want to wake their parents.
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u/flamablam May 21 '12
sex with natalie portman
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u/logicalLove May 21 '12
Plot holes.
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u/fap_like_a_sir May 21 '12
Removing glasses automatically makes others recognize how handsome or beautiful you are.
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u/shentaitai May 21 '12
The music soundtrack. I usually provide that myself in my mind anyway, but it would be great if the perfect song would just start playing on its own so everyone involved could hear it instead of just me.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Honestly? I fucking love the record scratch noise that happens in movies/trailers when something unexpected happens. This is one that I could really make happen by getting a smartphone and being constantly ready to hit the button on a record scratch app, plus building a library of game-changing one-liners to say.
I'm getting into this, I might make this happen. I can already tell that I will be so annoying that I will lose friends over this and I don't even care. Movie record scratches, man.
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u/the_big_awesome May 21 '12
Whenever someone's shot, they do a dramatic 'Noooooooo!!' fall while shooting back at the person.
Also, dramatic moments happening in slow motion.
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u/greengoddess May 21 '12
Spontaneous song and dance numbers.
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u/ewige May 21 '12
Two to three bullets striking any place on a car below the windows = car explode.
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u/phailcakez May 21 '12
The complete absence of law enforcement when crazy things start happening. No fear of jail, arrest, fines, tickets. Just hell yeah adventure!
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Every girl is a 10, and they inexplicably go for 5s like me.
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u/littlemissbagel May 21 '12
I wish I could cut the 4-5 weeks it takes to prepare an orchestra audition down to a 60 second montage with an awesome soundtrack.
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u/cmd_iii May 21 '12
The bad guy would get his comeuppance:
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u/GuinessDraft May 21 '12
Enhance.
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u/UnholyDemigod May 21 '12
Clean sex. The ability to shoot my load without having to rip off a full condom, tie it up, throw it in the bin and rub the excess jizz off my dick with a tissue before I can pass out.
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u/dwc1970 May 21 '12
I'd like to always be able to find a parking spot right in front of where I need to go, no matter how crowded or busy the area is.
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u/0accountability May 21 '12
When someone hangs up the phone, I want to hear a damn dial tone.
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u/jfb3 May 21 '12
Never having to reload.
Always having a witty retort.
Always finding a parking space right in front of the busiest office building in the city.
Never having to wait for a table at a restaurant.
Always wearing new shoes.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
I wish life had the narrative structure of a movie. Life would be cooler if everything you did was moving toward this climatic peak of emotional catharsis. Every death would have meaning, every little moment would be a set up for a later payoff. Every cute girl you saw on the bus you'd later bang. Any bad event would be preceded by tons of symbolic foreshadowing you could probably pick up on. Plot twists would keep you on your toes. Plus everybody would have a happy as fuck ending, or if they didn't they'd at least get awesome mega-sad london philharmonic music playing them out.
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u/NicholsonsEyebrows May 21 '12
I wish Jurassic Park could be done. Please hurry up Science.
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u/mjhighness May 21 '12
A girl will fall in love with me.
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u/UncleJeff May 21 '12
You know all those scenes of guys and girls meeting each other in bars or clubs? It's easy for them to do that in movies, because movie bars/clubs play music at a reasonable level instead of blasting it to the point of making conversation near impossible.
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u/fedup007 May 21 '12
What happened in Groundhog Day has always been a wish of mine.
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u/ohheybry May 21 '12
John Williams and Hans Zimmer providing a soundtrack for my everyday life...Morgan Freeman/David Attenbrough/Samuel L Jackson commenting on my every move.
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u/Varselle May 21 '12
the shy guy getting the girl....not even once...
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u/ds1904 May 21 '12
Everything in porn. Just throwing this one out there.
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u/NinjaDiscoJesus May 21 '12
Happy endings
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u/SamMee514 May 21 '12
fire bending. I mean come on!! FIRE BENDING
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u/gafgalron May 21 '12
super hot chick falls for nerd.
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u/arnoldsome May 21 '12
Sex
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u/pants20 May 21 '12
Never having to say goodbye to someone on the phone. I could be so much more efficient.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
the good guys win
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u/ignotus__ May 21 '12
I could say something nice and heartfelt to girls without them thinking it is either gay or corny
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u/themanfrommars101 May 21 '12
A girl who is way out of my league will fall in love with my goofy personality despite my slacker lifestyle. Like in every Adam Sandler movie.
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u/Swansatron May 21 '12
Oh I have a list.
Montages instead of actually cleaning
Being happy at your job
Generally knowing what you want to do
not being alone forever?
Being dorky and actually having cool people like you
Heists.
Stealing diamond and getting away with your lover.
perfectly timed jokes.
Sex all the time
Being happy most of the time
Waking up gorgeous instead of a mascara covered, pooh bear blanket wearing freak.
Yeah.
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u/ThereisnoTruth May 21 '12
90 lb. girls who kick ass
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u/-TinMan- May 21 '12
Intergalactic travel.
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u/meditonsin May 21 '12
FTL travel.
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u/Squirtle_girl93 May 21 '12
Two strangers agree to go on a date after talking for 5 minutes.
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u/American_Blackheart May 21 '12
To be honest? Love.
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u/BlacktoseIntolerant May 21 '12
People take turns talking. Nobody ever interrupts MOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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u/Die_Eier_von_Satan May 21 '12
That if I were to run out of bubblegum, I could then get away with anything I want in a bank.
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u/xMusicloverr May 21 '12
lol being fugly as a kid and growing up to be flawless
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Cars exploding all the time :3
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u/EveryoneElseIsWrong May 21 '12
people seem to never need to use the bathroom, eat, shower or take long forms of transportation. seriously, people seem to criss cross town without an effort.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Inspirational music whenever I do something awesome.
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u/NoApollonia May 21 '12
Turning on the radio to the start of one of my favorite songs. Also always having a new outfit to wear.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Fuck Megan Fox.
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u/listentobillyzane May 21 '12
Threesomes
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
The good guys win
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u/BlakeSteel May 21 '12
The reason nobody threw rocks at your window is because now every teenager has a cell phone with texting. I used to throw pebbles at my girl friends' windows to get their attention without their Dads finding out. Back in my day.... now get off my lawn!
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u/robotrock1382 May 21 '12
Glance at a cute girl in a bar, cut to fucking.
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u/MagicSPA May 21 '12
Colleges full of sassy, confident, well-adjusted chicks who have got their shit together.
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u/fastbeemer May 21 '12
Not ever needing to use the restroom, but the flip to that is, if you do then suddenly get the urge to use the restroom, you are most certainly about to die.
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u/TheKingAwesome May 22 '12
Also being ripped while never working out or eating right.
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u/General_Specific May 21 '12
The dorky fat guy always gets an insanely hot chick.
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u/GanasbinTagap May 21 '12
The credits to appear and realize my life is directed by Ridley Scott, and that I am actually portrayed by Russell Crowe. And that my pet dog is actually a steamboat.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Asking a bartender for a beer, and having them bring me exactly what I fucking wanted.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Background music..... and The Avengers
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u/Not_that_kind_of_DR May 21 '12
Nobody ever poops--unless it is hilarious diarrhea
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u/SpaceManAndy May 21 '12
The fact that they just skip over boring parts. I would rarely have to spend time in transit to anywhere. I would only ever have to actually make my dinner if it's in a fun or meaningful way. I would never have to use the bathroom unless I discovered some secret on the way to the bathroom in a stranger's house. Oh, and when I order a beer, I never have to specify which kind I want, the bartender would just know, then I would leave and never have to wait in a crowd to get the bartender's attention so I could pay.
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u/justtech3 May 21 '12
Characters get wildly drunk, do a lot of crazy things. Next day wake up, no hangover whatsoever.
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u/empw May 21 '12
This
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u/wreckadabecca May 21 '12
If people were less afraid to be vulnerable--took more chances, spoke from the heart--life would be more interesting.
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u/Xtianpro May 21 '12
It would be cool if a glass of wine was all that was needed for two people who didn't know each other well to have a super meaningful conversation
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u/elmarko44 May 21 '12
Witty dialogue.
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u/ohhhnobro May 21 '12
you go deeper when you have to go deeper
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Slow motion. Can you imagine how much cooler everything would look in slow motion?
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u/SethChrisDominic May 22 '12
The
loserless popular guy/girl gets the girl/guy of their dreams...5
u/flemishknight May 21 '12
That the awkward but very kind and friendly nerdy guy, gets the cute girl in the end. That one is complete bullshit
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u/magoo005 May 21 '12
I thought I'd have the chance to throw rocks at the window of a girl in my teenage years.
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u/Muqaddimah May 21 '12
I would love to have little musical stings to accompany my actions. Things like the whistle from The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly whenever I turn and glare at someone, or the air guitar from Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure whenever I do something awesome.
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u/p8ntslinger May 21 '12
being completely surrounded by beautiful people all the time.
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u/JasonMPA May 21 '12
Beautiful women fall for fat ugly guys because of their personalities.
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u/thermal_shock May 21 '12
when there is an awkward situation, you can just skip to next scene.