Strange Things You Notice About Movies

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

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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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[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?”