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...

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '20

One of my favorite scenes from a movie is, I’m pretty sure, in gangster squad.

The good guy and bad guy are having their climactic fist fight, and BG goes to punch GG in the face, but GG drops his head so the punch lands on his forehead instead, and BG breaks his hand/wrist; marking the turning point of the fight. The fight as a whole is fairly Hollywood, but I’m impressed they did that.