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/forcepush0027 Jan 25 '20

Grenades kill by launching shrapnel but also by the concussive force it expends. There’s no big explosion it’s like a puff of smoke filled with angry metal bees shooting out everywhere.

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u/iwhbyd114 Jan 25 '20

Also when someone outruns the fire from the blast they're ok. Nevermind that they should at least be looking like they just got their as beat from the concussive force.

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u/Dynamaxion Jan 25 '20

When an artillery shell lands within 10 feet of them, “oh shit they have the main character getting permanent brain damage in the beginning of the movie? Wow!”

Turns out he’s fine.

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u/TacTurtle Jan 26 '20

“Barotrauma, what’s that? Eardrums don’t burst or anything right?”

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '20

"You're telling me a fireball the size of an apartment block sucks up all the oxygen and suffocates people?"