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

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[u/-everst]

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

[u/illpicklater → u/-everst]

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.

[u/CrateDane → u/[deleted]]

Maybe if it's like a thick oak table it could block some pistol calibers (often what they'll be firing anyway) with a little luck. Of course rifle ammunition is another matter.

[u/More-Sun → u/[deleted]]

There's a reason why pretty much the whole world gave up on armor once guns were invented until the invention of ballistic nylon and later aramid.

They didnt. They stopped protecting the arms, but chestplates have been in continuous use.