# Strange Things You Notice About Movies

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-things-you-notice-about-movies/406989>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 6, 2007, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-things-you-notice-about-movies/406989 "2007-06-06T14:37:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-things-you-notice-about-movies/406989/21 "2007-06-07T23:00:31Z")

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[QUOTE=Leaffan]  
If you’re watching only one side of a phone conversation, the person doing the talking has to repeat everything the person on the other end just said. I know it’s so we can “follow along” but normal conversations don’t go like this:

Yes, I did just get home.  
No, I haven’t turned the TV on yet, why?  
My God, Frank is dead? When did that happen?  
Yes, I’ll be right there.  
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It makes up for the fact that everybody in the movies has the phone book memorized.

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**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-things-you-notice-about-movies/406989/22 "2007-06-07T23:17:22Z")

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Funerals are always held in the pouring rain, but weddings almost never are.

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**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-things-you-notice-about-movies/406989/23 "2007-06-07T23:27:34Z")

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[QUOTE=Gangster Octopus]  
It makes up for the fact that everybody in the movies has the phone book memorized.  
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Well, to be fair, that’s much easier to pull off when everyone’s number starts with “555.”

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**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-things-you-notice-about-movies/406989/24 "2007-06-08T01:08:56Z")

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[QUOTE=Leaffan]  
If you’re watching only one side of a phone conversation, the person doing the talking has to repeat everything the person on the other end just said. I know it’s so we can “follow along” but normal conversations don’t go like this:

Yes, I did just get home.  
No, I haven’t turned the TV on yet, why?  
My God, Frank is dead? When did that happen?  
Yes, I’ll be right there.  
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They riffed on this on MST3K once. The character was repeating things just like that and Mike said “What? Repeat what you say to provide exposition?”

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