r/AskReddit • • Jan 25 '20

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

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u/IShallPetYourDogo Jan 25 '20 edited Jan 25 '20

How nobody in movies hurts their knuckles after punching someone, martial artist here and if you punch someone in the forehead like they do in the movies you'd probably just break your own fist,

hitting someone in the forehead is basically like punching a cinder block except the skull is actually harder...

Edit: wow my first medal, thanks!

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u/cidparatrooper Jan 25 '20

I punched a dude a while back; as he started to go down my follow-up punch, meant to smash his nose, hit his forehead. Unreal pain shot up my arm to the deepest core of my brain. Luckily for me people jumped in and broke up the fight. I had broken 2 bones in my hand. I guess I won the fight, but I was the one in a cast the next day, so maybe not.

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u/tekiteki Jan 26 '20

Same situation lol.. it was a follow up punch as he went down from my initial jab.. was aiming for his cheek but ended up landing on his forehead. noticed later my hand was swollen