Why do tidal waves or tsunamis in real life not look like the huge waves in the movies?

Question

Whenever there’s a tsunami in the movies it’s always a 100 foot tall wall of water instead of the rolling waves we see in real life. Could a wave actually get that high and make it to land?

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Answer 1

Because movies are make-believe, made by people who have never seen a tsunami, who don’t care that other people have, and who don’t know how to make a real tsunami look interesting within the bounds of their portion of the production budget.