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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
But if movie scripts were realistic, all movies would be 10 minutes long, the villian would win and the fat ugly guys would date fat ugly girls unless they had a ton of money.
Oh and most of the hero's would end up in prison for killing the villian without following proper rules of evidence gathering and executing them without due process.
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BS. Realism is only a problem for hacks.
Real life is full of suspense, drama, humour and even horror. Good directors can make documentaries highly entertaining or fascinating, emotionally gripping and intellectually stimulating.
For a good fiction writer, realism is not a hindrance to drama but something that adds to the drama.
There is also the very important concept of "suspension of disbelief". You can shape the rules of reality as long as you get the audience to buy into it. You have to know how much you can do and how you can sell it to the audience, and most of the time you need to stick with the rules of the new reality you have established.
Once you get people to buy into your reality, you are also forgiven a lot of minor nitpicks and even some bigger issues, as long as the whole of the story is good.