Movie rule #2183: All dogs in movies and television have human-level intelligence or better.
You ever notice how in most movies and TV shows, dogs seem to have above-average intelligence? By that, I mean they can understand and respond to anything spoken to them, and will behave in human ways. How many times have you watched a TV show or movie and somebody says something to the dog, and the dog understands it? Like in a sitcom, the mother will turn to the dog and say something like "This is all your fault" and the dog will cover its head or run out of the room or growl or something like that. There are even movies and TV shows where the dogs seem smarter than the humans. The point is that the dog acts human, and no one will turn to the dog and say "Holy crap, how did you do that?! You can understand English?" How many times in a sitcom have you seen someone say to a dog "Hey, go get Julie" and the dog just sits there staring at him. Or somebody asks "You feel like going over to my ex-wife's house?" and the dog just licks itself. I'd like to see that.
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Too true. I think this rule could also be applied to any animal. Especially primates.
For some reason monkeys just love to give people the finger.
I've noticed that. Except the duck in "The Pacifier," which I was relieved didn't get too much screen time. I have a movie rule on that, too. All primates in R-rated comedies give people the finger.
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