20 Unrealistic Tropes and Conventions That Actually Make Movies Better

We don't mean to alarm you, but what happens in movies can be very different from reality. For example, “silencers on guns eliminating all noise when fired, characters not saying ‘bye’ before hanging up, or swords making a ‘schwing’ noise when being removed from a scabbard,” as one Reddit user told r/movies. If those things happened in reality, it would mean a complete breakdown of the laws of physics and/or unspeakable rudeness.

What many fail to consider, however, is that a movie that was just like real life would be hella boring. It would extend the runtime for events no one wants to see, obscure already hard-to-hear dialogue while everyone talks over each other, or just be a lot less cool. “The one unrealistic movie convention I prefer is ‘sound in space,’” the user continued. “Sure, lasers don't make any sound in space, but I actually enjoy hearing sounds during space battles over an instrumental piece layered on top of silent visuals.”

They asked, “What is one unrealistic movie trend/convention you actually prefer to see in movies over its realistic counterpart?”