If these 10 Hollywood flicks happened in Dubai...

Spoiler alert: the plot lines would change dramatically.

As if anyone in the Arab world could get away with a surprise proposal without telling the entire family first. Not to forget about asking the girl's father for her hand in marriage and having dinner with each other multiple times before the proposal actually happens. Nope, this doesn't work in the entire Arab world, let alone Dubai.

Just change the story's main character from a girl named Summer to the actual season of summer and you've got yourself a movie about life in Dubai.

Let's talk about the 15 minutes Cindrella/Sam (played by Hilary Duff) gave herself to be back at the diner where her stepmom expects to find her at midnight. 15 minutes? You'll never make it there on time with the traffic in Dubai.

Better leave at 11, just to be safe.

Before you start to argue that it does in fact rain in Dubai, let's talk about the fact that it would have to pour continuously for around 5 minutes for this song to actually happen. Rain being as scarce as it is, how about we just call it "Singing on the Sand Dunes?" or "Singing in the sand storm?"

All Harry Potter films could never take place in Dubai, what with all the lush scenery and authentically  gothic architecture.

But there's one scene in particular that could never ever happen. That scene is in the second Harry Potter ... when Ron takes the flying car to save Harry. Good luck manoeuvring around those skyscrapers! Just take the metro instead.

Let's face it. Domestic workers rights in Dubai -- and in all of the Arab world for that matter--leaves a lot to be desired. I doubt any "nanny" would be as chipper as Mary Poppins.

It's doubtful that De Niro's iconic threatening "Are you talking to me?" line would be taken well by passengers in Dubai. Taxi drivers in the city are the definition of upright behavior. Etiquette is everything.

Leaving girls and boys in a room, alone? Unsupervised? During detention? Forget about it.

Although this movie typically takes place out at sea, when they pull in for a short stop at the booze-filled island of Tortuga, boy do they get rowdy. This doesn't fit in with Dubai imagery. They'll need to find a much better behaved way of having fun if they were to make port in Dubai.

This movie would be over in a matter of seconds considering how expensive shopping in Dubai actually is. Change the season, make it during Dubai Shopping Festival and maybe the sales would be her savior.