I guess it depends on on the movie, but wealthier cities have significantly less obesity rates then others, like cities in the US south east. There's not that many obese people where I live.

SF is the best in California and it’s still just over 10%.

Yeah, I'm not just talking about obese people, cinema is almost completely devoid of even slightly overweight and out of shape people - ie. normal people.

Another jarring thing is movie people don’t stare at a phone every waking hour.

I mean if you take the Marvel films, it's because interesting stuff is actually happening (to them) all the time. I wonder how many behind-the-scenes shots there are of the actors checking their phones in between shots, lol.

A more general remark would be that nobody in films ever uses the toilet.

They do if it's relevant to the plot. See - Pulp Fiction.

Films really haven't adapted well to the invention of the cellphone, let alone the smartphone. Being able to instantly communicate anywhere ruins so many plots.

> It's weird that all movies seem to play in a parallel universe where everyone looks like the fittest people ever.

It's not weird if take consider commercial cinema for what it is - an escapist fantasy meant to induce short-term pleasure in the viewer. It's much more pleasant to look at attractive members of the opposite sex, than at the ordinary people.

> It's much more pleasant to look at attractive members of the opposite sex, than at the ordinary people.

Not only opposite sex! When I was a kid everyone watched action movies with fit guys like Schwarzenegger or Stallone shooting some ridiculous-looking machinegun or rocket launcher while being topless for no practical reason what-so-ever and everyone wanted to look like them! Granted, now I'm not into actions and don't watch modern superhero movies at all but I suspect people still like to associate with heroes of the movies they watch, so I wouldn't enjoy watching average fat American John McSmith acting as Rick Deckard that much...

I mean, who actually talks like the dialogue in a novel? Movies aren't supposed to be real life. You don't have to go to the cinema for that, it's all around you, in 3D, surround sound, even smell!