Things that are very different in real life than in the movie or series
I found out (unfortunately) a long time ago that life is not a Disney movie. That realization started to dawn on me when I was already well into elementary school and had not encountered a single talking animal. No Bambi to chat with or even one talking Dalmatian, let alone 101.
Not long after, I discovered that love stories à la Romeo and Juliet and Jack and Rose on the Titanic (yep, I was intensely in love with Leonardo DiCaprio — still am actually) don't occur very often, and by now I no longer live under the illusion that Jack couldn't fit on that door. He could have easily, of course.
But well, those are not the only things that are portrayed quite differently in movies and series than in real life. Because why are these things in movies always so unbelievable?
1. Waking up in movies with a face full of makeup
Yeah, right, people do not actually wake up with a perfect hair day and zero bags under their eyes.
2. Hacking computers
Apparently, you do NOT hack another system or computer by aggressively pounding on various keys with a screen that looks like a Windows 95 application, only to say very mysteriously: ‘I’m in’.
3. Jumping through a window
In real life, there are a lot more wounds, scratches, and blood involved.
4. Police officers are always on an investigation in movies and their days are full of tension
…And in reality, they mostly sit behind a desk with thousands of papers in front of them.
5. People who have time to have an elaborate breakfast during the week
Like in Gossip Girl: Dan and Jenny had waffles almost every day. On a school day. I don’t know, but I don’t know any teenager who would willingly get up more than half an hour earlier for that on a Tuesday.
6. People waking up from a coma and being completely fit
Aaaahh. This. Hate. I. SO.
7. No one ever sweats during exertion
Even sex scenes usually happen without sweat and of course with perfect hair. But even when people have to run, fight, whatever: it would be pouring out of all my pores.
8. The only important thing about another planet is: is there oxygen?
Maybe it's also worth checking how gravity works there, for example.
9. Women who have their hair down during any physical exertion
Okay, Lara Croft had her hair tied up, but Wonder Woman? That Wanda? Gamora? Or Tatiana Maslany in Orphan Black?
10. The after sex situation
Those blankets in movies all have that weird L-shape so the woman is well covered and the man can show off his muscular torso. And that blanket always falls very naturally like that.
11. Coming at the same time
Yeah sorry, we're still in the sex corner. Coming at the same time, how?! You never see in a movie the man coming too early, the woman queefing, or a position that looks really awkward.
12. Teenagers
Last but certainly not least: no teenager looks like they do in movies or series. The entire cast of Gossip Girl looks like they have all graduated, and the same goes for those of Riverdale, Pretty Little Liars, and Mean Girls.
