Dark City (1998)

Reality: Human beings live out their lives as the same person, relying on their memorieܫs to inform them of who they are and what they’ve done.

The Movie Reality: A world without sunlight is controlled by a group of bald beings called The Strangers, who plant a sample of humans into their city. Eve🌊ry night they “tune” them with new memories and place them into new lives as an experiment to discover the role of the soul.

If We Lived In The Movies: It’d be easy to shun yourself of the guilt of watching Grown Ups 2 , a🌼s in all likelihood it🏅 probably wasn’t you that did it.

Being John Malkovich (1999)

Reality: The closest anyone gets to John Malkovich’s innermost thoughts is reading his 🍨autobio𝔍graphy.

The Movie Reality: In an unusual twist of fate, a tiny doorway leading to Malkovich’s brain is revealed to transport those entering directly i𝓰nto his soul. Before they get thrown into a ditch near New Jersey.

If We Lived In The Movies: Fans gagging for a Con Air sequel could get him to sign on the dotted line.

The Village (2004)

Reality: There ai♛n’t no such thing as monsters living out in the woo༺ds.

The Movie Reality: A small Pennsylvania village is kept in chec𓂃k by myꦬthical creatures living in the surrounding woods.

The beasties turn out♎ to be part of an elaborate scheme by the village Elders in an attempt to keep their families shelteredꦛ from the brutality of the 20th century.

If We Lived In The Movies: The Village would become a highly sought after l🌊uxury getaway from the stresses of modern day liv💦ing.

The Adjustment Bureau (2011)

Reality: Mankind is able to seek out anꦿy choice and travel down any path as a result of free will.

The Movie Reality: Due to humanity making choices deemed ridiculous by a higher power, free will was revoked following the Cold War. Afterwards, the adjustment bureau of snappy dresse⛎rs were brought in to control people’s choices, thereby determining their fates.

If We Lived In The Movies: We’d rea⛄lise immediately if a new partner is going to cause us a whirlwind of grief down the line, as there’d be plenty of obstacles thrown our way.

See? Not all bad.

Upside Down (2010)

Reality: Our planet functions with one force of gravity pull♉ing everyt🌳hing towards the Earth.

The Movie Reality: The planet is actually one of two, situated one atop the other. A dual gravity field with a uniqu♛e set of rules makes it nigh on impossible for two people from the differing worlds to meet.

Prolonged contact with matter from the other planet causes one to be engulfed in f༺lames. Puts a new spin on the whole “I’m burning for you” thing, huh?

If We Lived In The Movies: Teenagers with foreign “wanderlust” would frequent💖ly be whisked to A&E for topical burn creams.

The Last Action Hero (1993)

Reality: When at the cinema, you can shout at the screen all you like without fear of a character rea꧒ching out to give you a clip round the ear.

The Movie Reality: Ownership of a special ticket stub enables the bearer to be transported into the world of theꦕ movie they are watching.

In this case, a teenage movie geek is zapped into the latest Jack Slater (Ar꧒n🍸old Schwarzenegger) actioner.

If We Lived In The Movies: There’d no doubt be a Watchdog special about why people are going to the cinem✅a and returning with bullet wounds, xenomorph goo, etc. all over them💛.

eXistenZ (1999)

Reality: Multi-player role playing games are operated by users inꦉ their homes through consoles hoo𝔍ked up to the Internet.

The Movie Reality: A virtual reality game created by game designers with caps lock issues, eXistenZ users plug into organic pods via a bioport💮 in their spine❀.

Players embark on aܫ mysterious game. In which, another game is played. And possibly🧔 another. To help win the game, they chop up frogs, eat repugnant fish and make guns out of bones.

If We Lived In The Movies: Bugger all would get done (pots being washed, trousers i🤡roned, etc.) as everyone is constantly distracting each othe🌊r by asking if they’re still in a game.

The Matrix (1999)

Reality: Computers are hands down one of tܫhe g🌜reatest inventions since those devices that slice eggs. But they’ve not taken over. Yet.

The Movie Reality: Life as we know it is a giant computer simulation ca🍌lled The Matrix, created by sentient machines who won a battle with the human race.

The real world is a gritty, urban habitat wherein all humans are kept in small liquid-filled capsules and plugged in to fuel the electrical needs of the machines. Unpluggꦿed however, they can manipulate the simulated univ♏erse to awesome effect.

If We Lived In The Movies: Everyone’d wanna take the red pill so they can go bendy-spine paintball-dodging with their mates on the weꦏekend.

Watchmen (2009)

Reality: The Vietnam War ended ꦦwhen Saigon was captured in 1975, following President Richard Nixon’s resignation in 1974.

The Movie Reality: A band of cos🍷tu𝓡med vigilantes called the Watchmen aid the U.S. in winning the Vietnam War, causing Nixon’s continued re-election and resulting in the Soviet Union threatening a nuclear war.

If We Lived In The Movies: The 💯Avengers would be a social reali🥂st documentary.

Inception (2010)

Reality: The world exists on a singleꦕ plane of consciousness. Dreams consist of nonsensical images, o🍰ften involving being naked in front of big crowds.

The Movie Reality: Dreams-within-dreams-within-dreams are accessible as corporate espion🍸age technology enables a team of conmen to infiltrate other p🤪eople’s subconscious.

While stealing or planting ideas, dreams may also feature dead spouses trying to𝕴 drag 💖you into limbo.

If We Lived In The Movies: Desperate for a promotion at work, it’d be easier sneaking into the boss’s brain to plant the idea i💧nstead of trying to replicate that complicated Mary Berry meringue as a bribe.