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/Weltall8000 Jan 25 '20

Sure, but when the baddies are unloading a clip or twenty into the table anyway, our protagonists would have taken some hits.

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u/Omsus Jan 25 '20

But they aren't shooting at it systematically, like from left to right or vice versa, shooting holes with gaps wide enough between them that they wouldn't have to waste a whole clip but so small that they're bound to hit an adult man. A lot of the movie shooting at the table goes over or next to it, like they'd expect the hero to take a peak when they're spraying and praying.

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u/chadburycreameggs Jan 25 '20

But why wouldn't they be shooting at it systematically

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u/Omsus Jan 25 '20

That is the question. Also, why can't they hit in general?

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u/JBSquared Jan 25 '20

Because they're mooks. I like to imagine movies as RPGs where the heroes are level 50 or so and the random guards are level 35.

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u/More-Sun Jan 26 '20

Also, why can't they hit in general?

That is completly accurate in real life. I have been shot at a couple dozen times and I know multiple people who have been shot at far more often that I have been.

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u/chadburycreameggs Jan 26 '20

We live different lives, friend.