Many people love clubbing and going to the movies, but these two activities don’t go hand in hand. There have been many times when I’ve watched movies and there’s a scene set in a nightclub and I can’t help but call bullshit on that. Why? Because how nightclubs are in the movie world and the real world are very different things. Movies make the nightclub look freakin’ awesome, more so than what it is in real life (on account that the “nightclub” is probably actually a movie set and not filmed on location), everyone is good looking, and your own clubbing experience seems lame by comparison. Damn you Hollywood!
1. Hearing People
Movies: Movies are trying to tell a story and can’t waste time in having scenes that go nowhere (hence deleted scenes on DVDs) to keep the plot moving. The actors are the ones guiding you through the maze that is the plot and they need to communicate with one another in order for the story to flow. They can carry an entire conversation no worries. Hell, the movie’s protagonist only doesn’t hear what the other person said in the club when it’s convenient to the plot. Sometimes it’s a shame that hearing people in clubs isn’t this easy, but what can you do. Take the below scene from The Matrix; Trinity is friggin’ whispering in Neo’s ear! In a nightclub! (To be fair, their world’s a computer simulation, so maybe the machines fucked that up).
Reality: Unless you’re at a bar where communication is actually possible, if you’re at a nightclub with loud music pumping throughout the night, you’ll become very familiar with the phrase “What?!” It’s not only annoying, but slows the conversation down. This is very harmful if you’re trying to pick up.
2. Strip Clubs
Movies: Often in college movies, a group of randy dudes will head to the strippers and have some hottie take all their clothes with an awesome soundtrack to add to the party feel the movie’s going for. The guys get to play up and the strippers seem genuinely into these guys. The “dancing” is much more over the top (i.e. entertaining) in movies too.
Reality: For one, there’s sleazy old men everywhere! Whenever I’ve been to strip clubs, I find having these old blokes around gawking at girls who are old enough to be their daughter or even their granddaughter a bit creepy. It makes me hope I’m still not going to strip clubs when I’m a senior. Also, the “dancing” seems more formulaic and basic, therefore boring, even despite the fact their titties are hanging out. The girls are obviously much more fake than the movie strippers and are obviously purely after your money. Makes you realise that the girls playing the strippers in the movies are actually decent actresses (though it probably doesn’t take much to out act a real life stripper).
3. Dancing
Movies: Unless it’s an anti-social person or nerd who can’t dance for shit, usually because the movie’s a comedy, then everyone’s dancing! And well! Along with the pumping music, it makes you want to go out clubbing too. It’s like that line from Not Another Teen Movie where everyone’s dancing at the prom and Ted from How I Met Your Mother says “It’s amazing how everyone at school is a professional dancer”.
Reality: While nightclubs are better in real life simply because you’re actually living it, sometimes it’s harder to get into the rhythm of the music. Maybe you’re not drunk enough or the people you’re with are lame, but it’s not always as easy it the movies make it look.
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