Life vs. The Movies

You know what separates real life from a movie? A director. Well ok, a few other things too, but mainly a director. Take dialogue, for example; tonight I saw someone off at the train station, and as we were talking our conversation came to a halt several times as the PA announced the different trains' arrivals and departures. Fair enough. Still - have you ever seen this problem in a movie?

Person A: "So, there I was, minding my own business, when Joe came and..."
(screech - click)
PA: "THE TRAIN FOR LILLEHAMMER WILL BE ARRIVING AT LINE 12 IN 3 MINUTES"
(screech - click)
Person B: "...."
Person A: "Err... Where was I? Oh yeah, Joe's gonna leave the company."

See what I mean? With the director in place, the same scene would have played out like:

Person A: "So, there I was, minding my own business, when Joe came and told me he's gonna leave the company."
Person B: "Really?"
Person A: "Yeah, that's what he said."
Person B: "..."
(screech - click)
PA: "THE TRAIN FOR LILLEHAMMER WILL BE ARRIVING AT LINE 12 IN 3 MINUTES"
(screech - click)

In a movie, the director neatly gets rid of all these little distractions and annoyances to get things flowing smoothly: cars won't woosh by in the middle of an intimate conversation, people don't yell and laugh in the background of an emotional moment between the main characters and PAs don't bellow out their messages during dialogue - they neatly fit them in during pauses. Cafés, bars and discos are never louder than that one can lead a conversation there, and the music will always be lower in volume when someone whispers or lowers their voice.

So... Am I asking for life to be more like the movies? Not by a longshot - it would be a total bore. Just making an observation, that's all.

What, you never spend time contemplating these things? Geez...