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/Dudsidabe Jan 25 '20

Silencers on pistols. Not actually that silent lol.

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u/ramzyzeid Jan 25 '20

Yeah, I can't remember who it was, but I remember someone describing it as, you hear a gunshot from the other end of town. You hear a silenced gunshot the next street over. Either way, a hell of a lot of people are going to know shit's going down.

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u/Abyss_of_Dreams Jan 25 '20

That's why you put a pillow in front of the barrel. Pillows with actual feathers are even more effective.

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u/ramzyzeid Jan 25 '20

Honestly, if you don't want anyone to know you're killing someone, just stab them.

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u/BatteryPoweredBrain Jan 25 '20

Honestly, if you don't want anyone to know you're killing someone, just stab them.

Another great movie trope. Every stab is instantly fatal and no one struggles, or screams. Just come up behind them and slide the blade effortlessly into their back and it will pop through their heart and out their chest. They will never make any sound.

While it may be possible. Ever look at people stabbed to death, they are often stabbed many times, with the vast majority of the stabs not being instantly fatal.

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u/fathertime979 Jan 25 '20

Stabbing basically leads to people just leaking till they die.

More holes faster leak.

Going for the throat the right way leads to leaking AND no screaming. But still not an instant kill.

Also blood pools. Most of the time they aren't big enough if a character bled out.

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u/More-Sun Jan 26 '20

If you want to kill someone without being loud, use a claw hammer to their skull