25 Things Movies Always Get Wrong

figgyPudding Published 07/21/2022 in wtf

Despite being fictional works, you would think movies and TV shows would put more effort into depicting the world how it really is. After all, movies and shows supposedly exist in this world, right? From AskReddit, these are things that movies and shows always get wrong.

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1. Outrunning explosions - apparently you only have to worry about the flame, and the concussive impact is really minimal.
2. For the most part, HVAC ducts are not strong enough to hold a human, and they would not allow a person to traverse from one side of a building to another.
3. Lion roars. The lion roars in Lion King were tigers.
4. Peasants were not illiterate imbeciles. They would have had a working knowledge of numbers and letters at a bare minimum.
5. Women in fights with long hair not pulled back.
6. The speed at which police forensics can take place. They solve things in minutes that really take days or weeks or months.
7. How absolutely loud gun fire is especially in enclosed spaces. Hero in a concrete stairwell, no hearing protection, BANG BANG BANG! Then hears footsteps as someone sneaks up on them. You'd be deaf and ears ringing for a day after.
8. Hacking.
9. The sound usually used for an eagle call in movies is actually the call of a red tailed hawk.
10. Court questioning, and police interrogations.
11. Armor. It's slowly getting better, but you still get fight scenes where a dude cuts through someone's armor or helmet with a sword slash as if it were a pillow case.
12. The work / spare time relationship.
13. The 80s. Turn on the radio in the 80s and you could well hear a song from the 60s. House decors were often a mix of the 70s and 80s. And cars were often not from that decade.
14. The way high schoolers actually treat and bully each other.
15. The amount of ammo different guns hold.
16. Defibrillators are always hilarious, because that is never how they work, ever.
17. The way that apparently crime labs solve crimes with DNA tests and unlimited access to every camera in every building in the city.
18. Cars being completely bulletproof.
19. Birth. Some people are in labor for just a few hours, and that's very quick. The average labor lasts 12 to 24 hours for a first birth. And in movies the baby comes out clean, about 6 months old, and there is never a placenta.
20. CPR.
21. The suppressor noise. They think it just screws on and voila! No more noise. The reality is they turn a very loud bang into a slightly less loud bang.
22. That the only thing to worry about in space movies is if a planet has oxygen or not.
23. The instant death neck crack. To break a neck, you will have to put 100/110% of your victim weight with your arms alone. And you will not even be guaranteed an instant, silent death. You have greater chances to just make someone tetraplegic and they will scream the whole time.
24. How quickly characters move on after extreme tragedy.
25. How quickly characters move on after extreme tragedy.

1. Outrunning explosions - apparently you only have to worry about the flame, and the concussive impact is really minimal.
2. For the most part, HVAC ducts are not strong enough to hold a human, and they would not allow a person to traverse from one side of a building to another.
3. Lion roars. The lion roars in Lion King were tigers.
4. Peasants were not illiterate imbeciles. They would have had a working knowledge of numbers and letters at a bare minimum.
5. Women in fights with long hair not pulled back.
6. The speed at which police forensics can take place. They solve things in minutes that really take days or weeks or months.
7. How absolutely loud gun fire is especially in enclosed spaces. Hero in a concrete stairwell, no hearing protection, BANG BANG BANG! Then hears footsteps as someone sneaks up on them. You'd be deaf and ears ringing for a day after.
8. Hacking.
9. The sound usually used for an eagle call in movies is actually the call of a red tailed hawk.
10. Court questioning, and police interrogations.
11. Armor. It's slowly getting better, but you still get fight scenes where a dude cuts through someone's armor or helmet with a sword slash as if it were a pillow case.
12. The work / spare time relationship.
13. The 80s. Turn on the radio in the 80s and you could well hear a song from the 60s. House decors were often a mix of the 70s and 80s. And cars were often not from that decade.
14. The way high schoolers actually treat and bully each other.
15. The amount of ammo different guns hold.
16. Defibrillators are always hilarious, because that is never how they work, ever.
17. The way that apparently crime labs solve crimes with DNA tests and unlimited access to every camera in every building in the city.
18. Cars being completely bulletproof.
19. Birth. Some people are in labor for just a few hours, and that's very quick. The average labor lasts 12 to 24 hours for a first birth. And in movies the baby comes out clean, about 6 months old, and there is never a placenta.
20. CPR.
21. The suppressor noise. They think it just screws on and voila! No more noise. The reality is they turn a very loud bang into a slightly less loud bang.
22. That the only thing to worry about in space movies is if a planet has oxygen or not.
23. The instant death neck crack. To break a neck, you will have to put 100/110% of your victim weight with your arms alone. And you will not even be guaranteed an instant, silent death. You have greater chances to just make someone tetraplegic and they will scream the whole time.
24. How quickly characters move on after extreme tragedy.
25. How quickly characters move on after extreme tragedy.