15 Movie Clichés That Don’t Work in Real Life

To create spectacular moments, filmmakers are forced to embellish their films, thus generating myths that are firmly rooted in the minds of viewers.

O awesome.club proposes that you see which movie moments would never be possible in real life.

What happens in the movies: a total immersion of the character in lava is a trick used by the filmmakers to give the film a greater effect of tragedy.

How it would be in real life: lava is 3 times heavier and denser than water, and for this reason it is impossible to jump into it like a swimming pool. In the open air, lava quickly cools and solidifies, which also excludes absorption by bodies. One could try to break the solidified crust by jumping from a great height towards the mouth of the volcano, but even in this case, with a high degree of probability, one would simply hit the surface and be burned.

What happens in the movies: Spaceship captains are used to surfing outer space at the speed of light, sometimes going even faster.

How it would be in real life :tAll types of warp and hyperdrive engines are dummy technologies. It is impossible to invent something that moves faster than light. One of the variants of high-speed motion could be a “wormhole”, but then the stars would not stretch out in horizontal bands. In fact, they wouldn’t be visible at all. With a high degree of probability, the person would only see a glowing orb gradually dying out.

What happens in the movies: a cliché for characters who haven’t had time to defuse a bomb a second before it explodes is a high-speed run and a beautiful leap, usually accompanied by an immersion in water or a graceful landing on the ground.

How it would be in real life: physics would not allow this trick to be repeated in real life unless a person could run faster than the speed of sound. And, unfortunately, the consequences could not be avoided either: the hero would be reached by the flying fragments which, at the moment of the explosion, would become a lethal weapon.

What happens in the movies: a space battle is the most spectacular thing you can see in a movie about other planets and galaxies. Audiences are left breathless as large ships dodge laser cannons, explosions light up nearby planets, and opponent ships plummet into the deepest galactic abyss.

How it would be in real life: we already know that in space things don’t happen as fast as we would like and therefore spaceships fly at a much slower speed than they do in the movies. Furthermore, according to Tsiolkovsky’s rocket equation, the existence of giant spaceships is impossible. In real life, they couldn’t leave the surface because of the weight of the fuel: the bigger the ship, the more fuel it needs. And small ships may not have enough fuel to carry out a full battle.

Without the imagination of filmmakers and scriptwriters, the explosions would be seen as small glowing spheres, due to the lack of oxygen in space and spacecraft hit by enemy projectiles would continue flying in the same direction they were, because of the lack of gravity for their fall. .

Space travel would be very boring on the whole if films about it were shot in accordance with all the laws of physics, and they would take a lot of time. Galactic space is so vast that many heroes and villains would never have known of each other’s existence, living a fairly ordinary existence in their own corner of the cosmos.

What happens in the movies: The simplest and most effective method of immobilizing an enemy you need alive is to place a handkerchief soaked in chloroform on his face. After a few seconds, the limp body can be loaded into the trunk and taken to an abandoned hangar outside the city limits.

How it would be in real life: in fact, for a person to start losing consciousness, it will be necessary to inhale pure chloroform for 5 minutes. And, in this case, we must continue to maintain the constant action of the chloroform on the victim; otherwise, the effect will wear off quickly. “Turning off” the victim without using another substance, such as alcohol or diazepam, is almost impossible. And even this cocktail doesn’t work as shown in the movies: instead of losing consciousness, an attack of nausea usually begins. But if a person finally faints, the offender must hold his chin to prevent him from “choking” on his own tongue, which can block the airway.

What happens in the movies: in Hollywood movies, going out the window is always better than going out the door. And it is understandable: on film sets, thin glass is used, made from sugar, which breaks easily and does not leave cuts.

How it would be in real life: even if he had gotten a good boost and jumped full speed through thin glass, it wouldn’t have ended with a somersault and graceful landing. The person would be injured by the fragments and would suffer serious injuries even if the glass was not more than six millimeters thick. Imagine what would happen to a six-blade glass unit. It’s better to look for a door.

What happens in the movies: in a short period of time, hackers can get all the necessary information, open all ports, shut down any system, take and subordinate anything. All this is accompanied by colored icons that indicate progress.

How it would be in real life: the real life of hackers, computer pirates, as well as that of spaceship captains, is not as dynamic and glamorous as shown in the movies; piracy can take days and even months. Hacking attacks are not carried out in real time, they are always developed in advance, without colored lines and animated icons on the screen. Most basic systems cannot be accessed over the internet, only on a central computer (mainframe), and even the most resourceful hackers need days of hard work to achieve results. One of the examples of a film director’s imagination is the green codes in the movie “The Matrix”, which were just sushi recipes from a cookbook.

What happens in the movies: the safest way to escape and remain unnoticed is to move through the ventilation system. It’s the way in which the main characters can move around the building and catch their opponents off guard.

How it would be in real life: indeed, anyone who attempted to do so would be exposed to ridicule. Firstly, ventilation systems are not designed for the weight and build of an adult, and it is physically impossible to get into an air duct. Secondly, even if it did, the noise would make everyone run and quickly discover where and to where our hero was crawling.

What happens in the movies: a great way to kill a villain in a movie is to douse him with liquid nitrogen and watch him turn into an ice sculpture that can be broken into a million pieces.

How it would be in real life: the danger of liquid nitrogen lies in the toxicity of the substance in an enclosed space, which can cause asphyxiation, but its low temperature is not enough to cause flash freezing. Outdoors, it poses no threat: one brave man checked it out on himself by pouring liquid nitrogen in his face.

What happens in the movies: when the hero of the film needs to eliminate all his enemies and at the same time remain unnoticed, the viewer is shown scenes in which he screws a silencer onto the weapon.

How it would be in real life: the noise level when firing a weapon is from 140 dB to 160 dB. The squelch reduces to 120 dB or 130 dB, which is equivalent to the noise level of a jackhammer. The true purpose of the silencer is to reduce noise to protect the trigger pull’s ear, not to muffle the sound of the shot.

What happens in the movies: the heroes must show incredible dexterity to get through the laser beams.

How it would be in real life: laser beams are invisible. They can only be seen when reflected with other surfaces. This also applies to the cosmos: in space there is practically no smoke or dust, which is why you could not see a laser beam.

What happens in the movies: the piranha is the second most popular fish (after sharks) in horror movies. They feed on helpless victims and villains, but in most cases they show initiative and choose their own dinner among people swimming calmly in the water. They have an advantage over other monsters: they can swallow an elephant corpse in seconds. At least that’s how it appears in the movies.

How it would be in real life: Piranha is a relatively common fish in Brazilian rivers. If you’ve ever swam in one of them, you know that they are much less aggressive than they appear in the movies — although they can do a lot of damage if you hook one and aren’t careful when removing it from the hook. In history, there is not a single documented case of human death because of these fish. As for birds or large animals, piranhas cannot gnaw them to the bone either.

What happens in the movies: giant robots are often called upon to eliminate the aftermath of human experiments. Who else could take on Godzilla or eliminate the invasion of space monsters?

How it would be in real life: according to the quadratic-cubic law, the larger the size, the greater the weight gain, which leads to the inability to maintain the structure itself. But even if we mentally invent a super-resistant metal, there will be many other problems: the cooling system will not work properly, and with each step it takes, the robot must sink deeper into the ground, until it finally gets stuck and breaks its legs. own legs before arriving at the battle site.

What happens in the movies: the protagonist is always untouchable, even for viruses; and the zombies can bite all the armed combatants of the elite units they want, but they will not reach any person without special combat skills.

How it would be in real life: if the virus has…