What have we learned from movies?

I have friends who basically communicate using nothing but movie quotes.
Then there are those acquaintances who can recite entire scripts from memory.
I even know people who watch movies solely to hunt for factual errors.
On the flip side, I know folks who think they watched a movie, but couldn't tell you the plot if their life depended on it.
A coworker at my office refuses to ever watch a black-and-white film "because they can't focus."

How much can we actually learn about life, history, culture, or nature through the movies we consume?

(PLEASE, anyone who wants to turn this thread into a debate about violence and bloodbaths, just stay out of it)

I’ve noticed that Americans in movies never actually eat the food they order at restaurants.

Haha, have you noticed how over the last five or six years, the ice in your drink just sinks instead of floating?

Jesse, I once composed an rather extensive post regarding this subject over at the IMF...
I could certainly elaborate much further, but I suppose I should just mention that from nearly any window in Paris, you can catch a glimpse of Eiffel's tower.
Also, every single foreigner seems to speak English with a bizarre accent.

Here’s a great example—if it wasn't for this movie, I never would've known that people in Ireland believe in these strange creatures called Selkie that are half-human and half-seal.

Based on some of our recent 😁 critics' 😲 takes, I’ve come to realize that Americans back in the 90s just didn't have a sense of humor. Honestly, they didn't have much of a knack for filmmaking either...😁

casualotter21, give me a break... I remember this one. It was great—just a massive pile of every single cliché imaginable. 🙂

Like how an old veteran cop always dies just two days before retirement...
...or how people in movies use those weird blankets that cover men down to their waists but wrap women up almost to their chins...
...or how aliens always pick on American cities...
...basically— 😁.

Look, I personally learned that if you somehow stumble upon some ancient, dusty Kung Fu scroll, you can master the legendary "lightning kick." Basically, when someone tries to jump you, you just tap into that deep wisdom and—boom—they’re on the floor in a heartbeat, looking like they actually got struck by lightning. 🙂

I was under the impression that every single phone number in the States starts with 555.
Furthermore, I’ve gathered that Americans celebrate St. Patrick's Day every single day of the year.
It seems my observations suggest that all truly courageous individuals possess a level of attractiveness that is frankly staggering.
I also learned that if one wishes to pass off as a German soldier, the protocol is to master English while maintaining a heavy Austrian—or perhaps Bavarian—accent. (which is why 'allo allo' is the golden rule 🙂)
Finally, I have been led to believe that there is at least one Black officer in every police precinct across the USA, and in 99% of instances, he holds the rank of Chief.

The sidekick Black guy always dies, unless he says, "Usually, the Black guy dies here." That’s what always saves him.

Movies are basically the ultimate textbook 👍

Never... I’m telling you, never show a photo of your sweetheart in a war movie.

Timothy Cox2 said:Never... I’m telling you, never show off a photo of your sweetheart in a war movie.

Yeah, LOL... if someone tells you they're coming back, just don't hold your breath. They never do.

There's one decent joke in Scary Movie 2—and I mean literally just one. When they say "let's split" and the group breaks apart into white people and Black people who all just go, "heeeeey!" 🙂
There was this one joke back in the Malcolm days... they all end up trapped in some creepy, abandoned amusement park, being hunted by a crazed security guard, and Reese just looks at them and goes, "Let's split!" 🙂)

Horror movies are such a joke. The group always splits up just so they can be picked off one by one—except for the lead, obviously. You don't even see the actual villain until the very end when they finally jump the hero. Most of the time, you just see some random extra lose their mind and start screaming before a sudden cut to black. Ugh, gave me the chills.

You know those classic sci-fi or horror flicks where a little group gets absolutely wrecked by some unknown evil? The cast is always perfectly balanced, isn't it? They've got everyone covered—different religions, different races, genders, ages... even different career paths.

And somehow, there's always just enough survivors left over so that even a random Black gay nuclear physicist from Nepal who happens to be a liberal Jehovah's Witness would walk away feeling totally satisfied with the lineup.

In American movies, nobody EVER locks their car doors.
And honestly, someone once said you should NEVER eat food straight off a plate... but hey, life happens.

On a side note, does anyone else remember that scene from *Malcolm in the Middle*? You know, the one where the three brothers break into that closed amusement park at night, Malcolm says, "This feels like a classic horror movie setup," and Reese just goes, "Let's split up!" 😛

Personally, I much prefer those action game clichés where I’m basically invincible—like, the only way I'm going down is if I take a direct hit from a rocket launcher. 😛 🙂

I’ve realized that Americans never actually bother memorizing phone numbers.

"Hey, who's this?
Oh, it's you, honey!" and stuff like that.

Absolutely not.

In this country, when people pick up the phone, they don't just mumble a "hello"; they state their last name immediately.

Planning a big dinner for Thanksgiving Day is honestly such a stressful ordeal. No matter how meticulously I try to map everything out, it always seems to end in a total disaster, and somehow, the turkey always ends up being a complete mess.

Even though Thanksgiving usually falls on a Thursday, that big dinner always seems to drift toward Sunday
364 days a year, Americans hate their in-laws, but when Thanksgiving hits—sons are terrified of facing their dads and daughters can't stand being around their moms.

Australians don't really have any holidays like we or Americans do—honestly, from what I see in movies, it’s like they don't have any holidays at all!

All Russians seem to live in those apartment blocks with one hallway, endless studio apartments, and just one bathroom for the whole floor.

American adults leave their kids and pets behind—the main difference is that dogs and cats will trek across the entire continent to find their owners, while kids just sit at home causing trouble, waiting for Mom to come back and give them a hug.