How come in movies, its so common that folks just show up at somebody's house without calling?

Question

Every notice that, people just show up at somebody's house, and want to talk to them, surprisiningly and unexpectedly. In real life, how often does this happen? Why doesn't the director have a scene, where the person calls first (you know, like on a mobile phone or pay phone?) and then shows up. The chances that the person will not even be at home are so astronomically high, I don't understand why this ever happens.


I was just walking Rocky Balboa last night, and I saw a lady interest of Rocky, show up at his Hotel suite, in a strange town (Las Vegas) hundreds of miles away from their home. How did she even know he would be home?


Think about it, you see this all the time. Yet it RARELY happnes in real life, and 99/100, the person is not at home when you do try it.

Well, I suppose you're right about it being a movie, but that's what you say when somebody says, "that's impossible" etc. Calling somebody ahead of time is not impossible. And good directors, "De Palma" "Spielberg's" etc., have these key moments, to help the audience, follow along, and not question things later, say when rewatching the DVD. Calling "ahead" of time is not a big deal, and do-able in the Cinema forum. Just a little touch, to add to the realism of a movie, to help the audience overlook other times, when the director can't fix it so easily. But point well taken.

Answer 1

This is a fact about movies and we know it to be unrealistic in the real world of course.They produce scripts that are plot-significant with everything as an objective toward the plot.It is almost like they want to get to the point and avoid those vital human tendencies---announced calls,sneezing,going to the bathroom.These human traits are intentionally overlooked to get to the gist of the story,unfortunately.There is also the economical factors why they are avoided but this is still at the sacrifice for the believability of a movie.The producers hope that the audience won't notice but you got'em stone cold busted!That's a noteworthy observation MC White!

Answer 2

That's why it's called a movie...this is not real life, so nothing in a film ever seems like what we actually go through :)

Answer 3

It's called creative license. But let me tell you, do you know how many times people have just showed up at my crib unannounced?

Answer 4

yeah- I never thought of that- maybe the directors didn`t even think of it, but O` well, movies are for entertainment.