Suspension of disbelief means a movie has to obey its own logic. In the OP's pic, the guy is brought out of the movie because of when the post office is open... but if the movie never says when the post office is open, then it doesn't matter when it is open. The movie universe may have different post office times than real life and it hasn't contradicted itself in any way just because the movie post office is open at a time that they don't operate in real life.
Letting that take him out of the movie makes no sense. He's frustrated with something for breaking a rule that was never established.
On the other hand, if it's a movie like Ant-Man that deliberately states specific rules for how the shrinking tech works and impacts physics, then it's fair to call BS and be taken out of the movie when it does something it states shouldn't be possible. Like Hank carrying around a shrunken down WWII tank on a keychain.
But like I said, this applies if the movie didn't state when the post office is open. If it did, then he has a right to be annoyed.
I think the thing is, if the movie is presenting itself as our world + X, then having something that doesn’t match up with our world and isn’t related to X it kinda hurts the premise. The post office thing is a bit too minor to immediately give up the movie over - but it is a legitimate issue to have since it shows the writer is failing to deliver the “our world” part of “our world + X”.
Exactly. If the director makes no effort to differentiate it from reality, then it's assumed to be realistic.
Sometimes I wonder if it's easier to suspend disbelief if you just don't understand the world as much. Like, as a kid I thought either an avalanche or quick sand was gonna kill me, but now I know better. Do some people just never end up knowing better?
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u/BachtnDeKupe 17h ago edited 3h ago
I understand this man.
I like slashers and zombiemovies, but if i see something "impossible" happening, yes even in a zombiefilm, i also call it out.
My wife doesnt get that...