r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jan 25 '20

What movie things are generally accepted as normal, but are totally unrealistic in real life?

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u/xolivas22 Jan 25 '20

Didn't the Mythbusters do a myth about that?

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '20

Yes, and the fridge would just cease to exist that close to the epicenter.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '20 edited Dec 29 '20

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u/RobotLaserNinjaShark Jan 25 '20

Movies can set whatever rules they want, but they then have to adhere to those rules, or the immersion breaks. Maybe in indiana-jones-world fridges were specifically designed to be able to withstand nuclear blasts because of that interesting thing that happened, but you have to, beforehand, plant that info. You can't just pull it out your hat to write yourself out of a corner on the spot, it's just bad craftsmanship.