2. People Don't Talk Over One Another
What's that horrific sound? Oh, it's you and your friends shouting over each other as everybody clams to get their opinion heard about who the best
Game of Thrones character is. If there's one thing that makes movie-land that tiny bit more organised, it's the fact that characters move on a fixed path. Which means they actually have to listen to one another and take on board what their friends are saying and stuff. We know, what fun is that? In real life, you only have to start a conversation to know that it's all over the place, with half the people at the table trying to talk seriously about the state of affairs, and a couple of others chipping in with sarcastic comments because they couldn't give a shit. It ultimately sounds very much like a cattle market. Movies depict a world in which conversation is hugely important and so everybody listens to everybody else unconditionally. It's structured and it's purposeful. There are gaps between sentences. Compare that to the carnage of actual human conversation, and even
The Room might begin to sound a bit like Samuel Beckett (probably not). And for those of you that cite directors like Robert Altman and Woody Allen and their attempts to reflect the way conversation flows in a realistic manner, we say...
all right, smartass.