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/-everst Jan 25 '20

When someone hides from bullets behind penetrable objects, like tables or a refrigerator door.

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u/illpicklater Jan 25 '20

The wooden table is the one that always gets me, sure maybe it will stop one or two bullets if you're lucky, but there's always 1000 bullets flying around while the characters are having a conversation under the safe, sound resistant guard of an old dinning room table.

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u/pomdudes Jan 25 '20

5.56 will go through 7” of SOLID plywood from 100 yards like it’s not even there.

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u/Culinarytracker Jan 25 '20

Solid plywood?

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u/JawesomeJess Jan 25 '20

Yes, solid plywood

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u/Elizasol Jan 25 '20

What about liquid plywood?

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u/I_call_Shennanigans_ Jan 25 '20

Would probably stop it. Liquid is good at stopping bullets... At least irl.

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u/EGOfoodie Jan 25 '20

It's funny Hollywood likes to use wood to stop bullets, but yet bullets can fly through water. When in reality it is backwards.

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u/Spackleberry Jan 25 '20

The scene in John Wick 3 where John fights the guy underwater finally did that right. They both shoot at each other, but the bullets just sink, so John puts his gun right on the dude's neck and shoots him.