Whether intentionally or not, what do movies depict or present wrong a lot of the time?
The good guy winning.
Guy gets shot and the impact sends him flying across the room, out the window, etc. Physics says “oh hell no”. The guy who fired that shot would have likely had his arm dislocated from the recoil if he was able to even hold onto it.
Getting hit on the head and staying unconscious for an extended period of time.
No… No that’s not how that shit works. If you’re hit on the head so hard that you are lying on the ground limp, you’re either dead, dying, or have received sever brain damage.
No that’s not how that shit works
sh.itjust.works
The fight scenes, most people would die. In the movies they walk away.
Getting knocked unconscious.
Giving birth. In movies and TV shows it’s always this sudden thing. Like “My water broke! The baby is coming!” then there is some pushing and screaming and bam, baby. In reality, having a baby takes many many hours and often times days, even with induced labor.
Yeah
How comfortable people are dragging their nice clothes/long coats/shoes into water and mud. How many times you see a woman in a period piece with this long flowing dress, traipsing through a big muddy area and not even attempting to hold her dress up out of it. like, c’mon, man. People in movies just don’t care about having wet socks I guess.
Not to mention that for period pieces especially that’s probably one of only like three dresses/pants they own, if they’re relatively well-off.
How big a house an average person can afford.
How big a house an average person can afford doesn’t necessarily precisely track how big a house the average person actually purchases, mind.
I’m so very sorry I set off your well technically trigger.
Another version of this - how big an apartment/house an artist can afford.
Not if you presume they have rich parents.
Yes, and how nice it is, and how ckean it is, and how littke their csr breaks down and how sparkly and well maintained or their workplsce is, or how brilliant their job is despite being an “average, underdog hero”
CPR
Yes! CPR will keep you alive long enough for the defribullator to stop your heart.
Also, it’s not even vaguely gentle. Broken ribs are extremely common
Romantic relationships. Way too much stalking and abuse of power. Far too many very large age gaps. All that stuff.
How heavy a full cup of coffee feels. The actors always treat it like the cup is empty. Liars!
This goes for ANY container. I mostly notice empty suitcases.
the classic : no cleanup after sex
Also how everyone is like wrapping their entire body up in sheets to get up from the bed. As if they weren’t literally just fucking lol
This made one scene in the Fallout TV series very effective.
Yes and i think this would be a healthy thing to show.
Absolutely.
Memory loss/amnesia. It works as a plot device but how often it shows up in media makes it seem like, well that’s what happens when you get bonked on the head. Amnesia is actually pretty rare.
CPR/shocking: I was so grateful that Dr. Robby called this out on The Pitt, you can’t shock asystole (flatline). Well, you can but it’s good for fuck all. I get why CPR is done poorly, if you do it for real you’re probably gonna break ribs. But they could do it as fast as it’s supposed to go at least. The dramatic pushes 3 seconds apart is also good for fuck all.
Running over a cliff and only start to fall once realizing that you just ran over a cliff.
That’s not real, you fall immediately.
Have you ever tried?? I think it could be real
*points a finger at Loony Tunes for starting it*
History
Movies sane-washing racist/problematic people “for the story” always drives me crazy.
P.T. Barnum for example.
