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Movies that lie about your hometown or country

Well, it isn't actually a movie, but the city of Scranton in The Office is nothing like the actual city of Scranton, and it is clear that the show does not actually take place in Northeast PA.
The episode where they go to Lake Scranton? In the show it's a dingy little lake surrounded by sand. In reality, it's pretty large, surrounded by forest. There is a road that goes through the forest, for use by pedestrians, closed to traffic, and there are no beach areas.
The characters on the Office are clearly not Pennsylvanians. Hard to describe exactly what I mean, but they're not.
 
Our lips are sealed by Mary Kate and Ashley. Set in Sydney Australia. Ridiculously bad. The 'Vegemite' is actually Nutella. I've never heard of half the 'auzzy sayings' used Sydney airport is in the middle of know where and the connections between places is a joke. Manly apparently had a view of the habour bridge and is tiny they run from suburbs that are miles apart nothing is filmed where they say it's a joke.
 
Any movie about Las Vegas, strippers and card dealers are actually in the minority. Prostitution is illegal. Some surveys suggest we are one of the highest per capita in the US in church attendance with over 500 churches.
 
I always am amused by tv shows or movies depicting Washington DC. Seems there's always a window in a scene that shows the White House or Capitol nearby from a point of reference that couldn't possibly exist.
 
Don't forget London here in the UK - it's amazing how all of the major landmarks are slap-bang right next to each other! And, the car can zoom down streets for more than 30 seconds without coming across a red light and a queue!! :D

Not to mention, everybody looks and talks like Hugh Grant and Bridget Jones...


And drives a mini!

:)
 
Tarragon said:
Don't forget London here in the UK - it's amazing how all of the major landmarks are slap-bang right next to each other! And, the car can zoom down streets for more than 30 seconds without coming across a red light and a queue!! :D

Not to mention, everybody looks and talks like Hugh Grant and Bridget Jones...


And drives a mini!

:)
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Reminds me of the Office supposedly set in Scranton PA, where characters can drive through the surrounding countryside for miles without ever turning the wheel. Scranton is in the Allegheny mountain area, hilly/mountainous territory, so roads are pretty windy.


Tarragon said:
Not to mention, everybody looks and talks like Hugh Grant and Bridget Jones...
:)
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Given that we're talking about films, could it be that sometimes the person in question is Hugh Grant? ;)
 
Ste11aeres said:
Reminds me of the Office supposedly set in Scranton PA, where characters can drive through the surrounding countryside for miles without ever turning the wheel. Scranton is in the Allegheny mountain area, hilly/mountainous territory, so roads are pretty windy.
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Maybe it's a reaction against all those old movies where people behind a wheel always used to turn it too much all the time even if they WERE supposedly going in a straight line! Or were old cars made so badly, the wheels were just totally wobbly like some sort of clown car? :D

Oh, that reminds me - how come American cars move a little when people get out of them! Don't the hand brakes work properly in America? Is this just another cultural difference between us? :)
 
Ste11aeres said:
Given that we're talking about films, could it be that sometimes the person in question is Hugh Grant? ;)
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Hugh Grant doesn't actually exist in real life. It is actually a gestalt creature made up of feedback from people who haven't actually visited London (or, for that matter, the UK as a whole) :D
 
Actually, older cars (60s and 70s) used to require a bit of playing with the steering wheel to keep them going straight. At least the ones I drove!
 
Oh, and unless you drive a stick, handbrakes are rarely used for parking in the US. We rely on the transmission catch to keep it from moving.
 
Well, I always thought Patrick McGoohan made driving a mini more than fashionable.

Not to mention a Lotus Seven. :cool:
 
Actually, we all drive round in Rolls Royces chauffeured by either a Parker or a Jeeves! ;)

Interesting to learn that a handbrake is an option on American cars. How do you do hill starts?!
 
Films in general often irritate me if I pay too close attention as I tend to spot so many continuity issues , I was watching an old western the other week & when they panned across the open countryside there were vapour trails visible in the sky
If film companies hired Aspies to watch their reel before it was released to the public they would be able to get rid of so many errors
 
Tarragon said:
Actually, we all drive round in Rolls Royces chauffeured by either a Parker or a Jeeves! ;)

Interesting to learn that a handbrake is an option on American cars. How do you do hill starts?!
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Never really thought about it. I guess just keep my foot on the foot brake and then quickly move my foot onto the ignition. It works.
found the following video when I was doing an internet search to find out what a hill start is. VIDEO: Big Rig Hill Start Challenge Top Gear USA | CDLLife
 
Tarragon said:
Actually, we all drive round in Rolls Royces chauffeured by either a Parker or a Jeeves! ;)

Interesting to learn that a handbrake is an option on American cars. How do you do hill starts?!
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Slip the clutch, maybe roll back a little. Actually, most Americans drive automatics, hard to find a new car anymore with a standard.
 
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