Does it ever bug you when you see people drinking in a movie?

[bif]

On the one hand, it reminds me of when I used to drink. On the other hand, I think, "Do you have to drink to have fun"? And it seems like they do a lot of drinking in movies

[Walleye]

1. I never judge other people who are drinking, I've become a lot less prone to judgment in my old age

But yes sometimes I can almost taste the single malt scotch. Or especially on a hot day a cold beer in a movie can make me thirsty. I’ve quit for almost 30 years now so it doesn’t really tempt me that much anymore. You keep up the good work yourself

[Chainfire]

9. I have quit almost as long as you. What I remember is hangovers, acting like an ass and guilt.

When I see people in the movies or on TV drinking hard, I feel a little smug about knowing where it will eventually lead them. Been there, done that kind of thing. Regardless of what some folk believe, I don't think that alcohol improves any facet of life; it just creates illusions.

For the past year or so, my wife and I have been watching British crime dramas where the totality of life is work and pub with little room for anything else except extramarital affairs. While it looks fun from the outside I sense ruin and depression behind the scenes.

[LakeArenal]

2. No but Mr Lake quit smoking decades ago...

But he still jones when he sees an almost whole burning cig thrown down at the entrance to a business.

Good luck.

[murielm99]

13. Smoking in movies bothers me.

I am an ex-smoker.

[LakeArenal]

15. Shocking today to see Dr Ben Casey, Sheriff Taylor and Ward Clever smoke.

[Skittles]

3. what's with wine glasses

it's like they have gotten HUGE, and people in movies / TV always drinking that stuff, ugh

[Polly Hennessey]

4. Not a bother at all.

[Tetrachloride]

5. Yes it does. Lazy writing which was bought by the producers, director,

assistant director, rewriting team and or the cast.

[demigoddess]

7. you see it a lot in British shows too. I was never a drinker, so it only strikes me that the

people are poor otherwise but can afford expensive scotch and champagne!!!!

[Tetrachloride]

12. exactly. the original All Creatures Great and Small for one

[Blue Owl]

6. I remember one time at a movie theater, some kids in front of me had snuck in a few beers...

The manager of the theater somehow found out and came in during the movie, and walked up the aisle pointing at them saying "Hey you kids can't do that, this is a public theater..." problem was, as he leaned over to point at them a flask fell out of his inside coat pocket, which I found tremendously funny...

[marble falls]

8. Yes, epecially when it hasn't a thing to do with the story or when they finish a bottle of ...

... wine and get into a car.

[TlalocW]

10. No, and I'm a complete tea-totaler

However, I do notice continuity errors with the level of liquid in a glass in certain scenes. Wine glasses magically fill back up, etc. That's kind of irksome.

[intrepidity]

11. What bugs me is how much money people spend in bars

I have never been to a bar for drinks so I don't understand the whole scene.

[GenXer47]

16. to get lucky

of course!

[3Hotdogs]

14. Interesting ---- smoking used to be found in most film and tv scenes. Cigs were an actor's

"what to do" with hands while being filmed. Hand position is difficult on film and even in real life.

Bars, drinking are to carry a scene. Maybe, as pointed in another post, lazy writing.


Does it reflect real life? I remember when I was a 'ute, middle class neighborhood --- N.J.. Almost every house had ashtrays. Some were just for guests who might need one ( or the homeowner needing to stop furniture from catching fire.

Anyway, I haven't seen an ashtray in years. I wouldn't know where to buy on if I wanted one.


Drinking. Still available and common when visiting or having friends over. Beyond that, my favorite alcohol is gin. I have two bottles in the house. They have been there for years. One is 3/4 full. The other is unopened. I may have two or three gin and tonics this summer.


Friends serve beer and soda at gatherings.

Grandson turned 21. He and his friends will have one or two red cups of beer when gathering.

Drinking is becoming less prominent in our culture.

[irisblue]

17. I have been caught a few times on watching DVDs of old shows

I don't have a TV, so I do watch DVDs. The shows Rescue Me (2004-11) was almost a Jamison ad. I Drank Jamison for awhile. I'm rewatching Leverage now after seeing it in broadcast (2008-12), while Nate Ford functional alcoholism was an established plot point, I really did not see it on live, now on the DVDs, holy cow did that character drink.

[brewens]

18. How about TV? Watch the first episode of the Mary Tyler Moore Show. First scene, they make

Lou Grant (Ed Asner) the loveable drinking man. The to be great boss pulls out a bottle to sweeten up his coffee and asked Mary, who is there for an interview if she wants "a blast". That's what we grew up with.

[RainCaster]

19. I see it, but it doesn't bother me

It's one of those things I can't do anything about, so I just chill out.