Inaccuracy and Mistakes in Movies

You ever notice in the films thunder and lightning happen at the same time!? What kind of hootenanny is that?! Thunder is the sound lightning makes when it rumbles and claps to the earth. Light travels faster than sound, so it take a few seconds for it to catch up. If you hear a rumblin', then it's far away. However, if you hear a clap, run for cover because that sound indicates that it's super close to you.

Now that I cleared up that nonsense, let's head to the next film inconsistency. If you're being shot at, the logical thing to do is to dive behind a vehicle, right? Heck No!!!! I don't know who thought of this one!! Bullets tear right through vehicles. The only part that's safe to stay behind is the wheels. (As seen in 24: Season One) It always maddens me to see some schmuck behind a vehicle,(bullets pinging and glass shattering) coolly and calmly reloading another clip in his gun. Outrageous!!!!

Or how about this one: Someone gets shot, bullets still in them, they grimace and escape?!What the -@!*&!? This is almost impossible to do. One bullet, sure. Two bullets, eh........highly doubtful. But three or more? Not a chance. Bullets are extremely painful, let alone standing with one in you? And the loss of blood is much more than what they show in films and T.V. Unless you have a high pain tolerance, your thoughts aren't focused on the pain, and you will yourself to live, there's no way anyone can move with bullets in them. Now that you know these three things you should feel less gullible.

A hero is running and being shot at with handguns, automatics, and Uzi's. Amazingly, not one bullet hits him! How is that possible?! Granted, a moving target is harder to hit than a still one, but come on! With literally hundred of bullets flying all around you, at least five have to hit you! The hero is usually running in a half crouch, while bullets ping and twang right above his head. First of all, you can't run that fast while crouching. Second, bullets do actually ricochet off of metal. In the movies bullets just make a spark. And third, why is it that gunmen always shoot behind the hero? Wouldn't it make sense to shoot a little ahead of where the moving target is going??

When there is a bomb about to explode or something that is highly flammable, the hero realizes this at the last second, (usually) and jumps out of harms way. First of all, when there is a huge explosion, the air around the bomb is dangerous as well. This air can travel quickly outward, and the pressure from the explosion causes the air to push out. So if a hero were to jump out of harms way of the bomb or flammable object, in reality the air pressure would toss that person at least ten feet in the air. The person would not just land on the ground covered in dirt. Second, shrapnel should fly out in all directions. In the movies however, shrapnel is at the very top of the flames. Even if whatever blew up tossed everything upwards, debris should still shoot out, causing harm to everything nearby. Thirdly, in an explosion, hearing loss is common if you are very close to it. What happens in the movies? The hero has second to escape before a bomb explodes. He turns to run, and in slow motion, jumps in the air as the bomb blows up. While the hero is still in the air, no harm comes to him and the screen is bright orange and red. As he lands in the dirt only ten feet away from the source of the explosion, dust flies up. He stands up quickly, unharmed, both ears working, only to keep running after the bad guys. Highly unrealistic.

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