Just don’t tell me, that you don’t watch movies. I will not believe you anyway. You may not be a passionate and maybe even crazy movie fan (as I actually am), but you watch movies anyway. It’s very interesting for me to notice some awkward moments in movies and observe how they come from one movie to another, becoming a cliché. The interesting fact is that sometimes we don’t even notice how stupid these things are, but we learn them anyway and believe them to be true. I’ve made my own list of such things, and I bet you will agree with me after reading this article.
1. All telephone numbers in the United States begin with 555 (Hmm… It’s just true, nothing to do with that).
2. No matter how badly damaged a spacecraft is, its internal gravity system is never damaged.
3. Everyone speaks English, no matter where they came from. Even aliens from outer space, despite the fact they have never been to Earth and have not heard of Earth or its citizens accordingly.
4. When you turn the light off and go to bed, everything will be clearly visible in your room, but in a slightly bluish color.
5. All computer drives work on all computers, regardless of software.
6. TV news is usually transmitted an issue that affects you personally, and it happens at the precise moment when you turn your TV on.
7. Close family members do not look like each other or have a passing resemblance.
8. No matter how fuzzy a picture is, it can be zoomed to see the smallest details clearly.
9. All foreigners prefer to speak English, even among themselves. Even among themselves, all foreigners prefer to speak English.
10. All writers are rich, all publishing companies are glamorous, all artists have large attractive well-lit studios on the top floors.
11. If an expert makes a prediction, and no one believes him – everything will happen exactly as he predicted. If everyone believes him – it will never happen.
12. Most laptops are powerful enough to take a control over the communication systems of any hostile alien civilizations.
13. There is no light in kitchens, so if you go to the kitchen at night, you have to open the fridge and use it for lighting.
14. The ventilation system of any building is the perfect place to escape. Nobody would think to look for you there, and you can safely get anywhere in the building.
15. All bombs have built-in electronic meters of time with a big red scoreboard, so you always know exactly when they explode.
16. All beds have special blankets of a L-shape, which cover a woman up to her shoulders, and a man – just next to his waist.
17. Movie characters types a text very quickly. Moreover, they never use a space bar.
18. Your lipstick will never rub off, even if you make a scuba diving.
19. If there are a second-role character and a dark basement in a movie, where it’s better not to enter, this character will definitely go there to ask a stupid question “Who’s there?” and be beaten.
20. If you’re good-looking blonde, then most likely you will become a world expert on nuclear weapons at the age of 22.
21. If you drive a car on a perfectly straight road, you just need to turn the steering wheel sharply left to right every few seconds.
22. If something emits radiation, it is always green.
23. All villains always have such evil faces, that they should be arrested only because of their appearance.
24. The cough is usually a symptom of an incurable illness.
25. When you pay a taxi driver, never look at your wallet – just take the first bill and give. It will always be the amount claimed.
26. Any lock can be opened in seconds by a credit card or a paper clip, if only it’s not the door to a burning building with a child inside.
27. It always takes less than 2 seconds for a computer to load.
28. Any person, waking up from a nightmare, sits down abruptly and begins to breathe heavily.
29. Being in a house with ghosts, a woman should investigate all sources of strange noises, wearing her sexiest underwear.
30. It makes no difference how many enemies you have to fight, if you use the technique of martial arts. Your enemies will wait patiently, dancing around, as long as you do send them all to a knockout one by one.
31. There is never any parking problems in front of the building you need.
32. Newborn babies are able to babble, roll themselves, and keep their heads.
33. Only one match is enough to light up a room of a stadium size.
Is there anything to add, friends? I wish I could share this awesome list with my readers from best online essay writing services, but I am afraid this is not the topic they would use for their essays.
By Alex Strike, a young blogger and passionate movie fan.
