cool guys don't look at explosions
they blow things up and then walk away
welcome to watch mojo and today we're
counting down our picks for the top 10
things hollywood always gets wrong move
or i will hit you i want that have you
lost your mind
what are you doing for this list we'll
be looking at common inaccurate
depictions of objects events and
experiences what's a fact you can't
stand filmmakers getting wrong in a
movie let us know in the comments
number 10 gun silencers do you have any
idea how loud a gun can be when fired
depending on the size of the weapon it
can exceed
160 decibels so despite what every
murder mystery and buddy cop flick might
tell you a silencer is not going to make
it sound like a quick poof of air
while a suppressor can reduce the muzzle
blast it doesn't silence it there's also
still mechanical noise from the gun
itself and the sonic boom created by the
bullet
and no a pillow is not going to mask the
sound coming out of a gun either
number 9 parking in a big city watch any
tv show or movie and you're guaranteed
to see someone park their car in a spot
right in front of their building you
can't do that you can't just sneak in
from the back like that i'm not sneaking
i didn't even know you were parked and
you were just sitting there three spaces
up if you've ever lived in a place like
new york you know you're more likely to
win the lottery than have this happen
first i look for the dream spot right in
front of the door and i slowly expand
out in concentric circles it may be
fairly common to see it on screen but in
the real world you are more likely stuck
parking two or three blocks away
and having to walk to wherever you're
going we'll suspend our disbelief for
the entertainment factor but we know
this rarely happens in the real world
this place is swarming with campus
security they will not hesitate to scold
us number eight holding breath
underwater the current guinness world
record for holding your breath
underwater is just shy of 25 minutes but
don't let that record or hollywood films
fool you she's trying to break the world
record i can't look if she's not up in
10 seconds call an ambulance unlike what
we see on the big screen the average
person can't hold their breath
underwater for more than a minute or so
two and a half minutes to switch the
security profile
30 seconds to escape through the service
hatch
remember conserve oxygen yet somehow we
consistently see action heroes and
countless others seemingly holding their
breath forever even while being shot at
only experienced freedivers who have
trained for years can hold their breath
for long periods of time it requires
specific techniques such as
hyperventilating and training your body
how to handle the co2 you produce while
holding your breath and all i am
focused is to try to hear my heartbeat
number seven screeching tires if
hollywood were to be believed every car
truck or van on the planet would screech
its tires when you hit the gas
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it's a common trope seen in countless
movies and tv shows but bears little
resemblance to the real world yes tires
can make that awful noise but that
requires a lot of friction and just
isn't the case for regular driving
action sequences involving vehicles and
film are often filled with tension so
the addition of a little squealing adds
a sense of urgency to a scene but for
the real world you're only likely to
hear it on a very hard break or maybe a
street race we used to come here come
here
we invented it number six corsets watch
any period piece that shows women
getting dressed and odds are you'll see
them in a corset often corsets are
depicted as being incredibly tight even
painful i'm told it's the latest fashion
in london well women in london must have
learned not to breathe in reality a
corset was worn over a chemise rather
than against bare skin and designed to
provide support as well as for waste
reduction there you are it is all
finished now you can breathe
there's nothing left to breathe with ah
no corset
no caboose men also wore them although
it was less common sure they were laced
around the body to form a particular
shape but as long as the fit of the
garment was correct the person wearing
it would not experience the immobility
and discomfort often shown on screen
never would have thought of that
really you've never been to singapore
number five climbing through air ducts
john mcclane may have snuck through
nakatomi plaza by squeezing into an air
duct but the chances of making a clean
getaway are far less likely
we get together have a few lifts since
the ductwork is only ever meant to carry
air it's unlikely that the thin sheet
metal would support the weight of the
average-sized adult nick you've never
gone along with one of my pranks before
this is exciting
i never noticed this kind of a girl butt
plus let's not forget the fact that
often those ducks are far too small to
fit anyone other than a child you may
want to leave them for what they were
designed for
tv dinner feels like number four cpr
cardiopulmonary resuscitation or cpr as
it's commonly known is a life-saving
medical procedure that can be performed
by most individuals and i'm going to
find the center of the chest
interlock my fingers
and begin my 30 chest compressions at
least 2 inches deep and at least 100
times a minute a series of chest
compressions are used to help restore
blood flow until the patient can be
treated properly unfortunately hollywood
often gets the use of cpr wrong arm and
hand positions are often completely
inaccurate when depicted on film peter
peter
come on
and in the real world patients don't
miraculously revive and continue on
their merry way after receiving such
treatment you're okay you're okay what's
your name
where am i miami beach if you're going
to learn how to help someone who's had a
heart attack you may want to take a
course on cpr versus watching it in a
movie
number 3 explosive shock waves if
there's anything the mythbusters have
taught us it's that explosions cause
serious damage even from far away how
many times have you seen action heroes
being blown clear of an explosion only
to stand up and walk away from it still
alive aren't you
as much as we want to think of the hero
as being invulnerable any blast hard
enough to blow you clear would either
kill you outright or seriously injure
you the shockwave that follows an
explosion can often be more dangerous
than the explosion itself combine the
concussive force with that of shrapnel
flying toward you and you're not going
to just get up and walk away well maybe
they're just a little bit more creative
than you think number two a woman's
water breaking in virtually any
fictional story told about a woman
giving birth there's mention of her
quote water breaking
this typically precedes the delivery of
a newborn baby and is completely normal
however when shown on film the breaking
of the water usually translates into the
baby being born within minutes we have
to take you to the hospital now
thebes thebes the babies are coming now
although it does happen it's far more
likely that a woman will have a
considerable amount of time before her
child will be born every pregnancy is
different but the contractions that
trigger the actual childbirth can begin
as late as 24 hours after the water
breaks it's very unlikely the baby will
pop out within minutes of the big splash
i did not really have time to read this
part of the books but do you think you
think we have time not so much before we
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number one hacking if there's one thing
hollywood rarely ever gets right it's
computer hacking i get on the internet
send out a major distress signal
hackers of the world unite from hackers
to the net the process of breaking into
another computer is never as glamorous
or cool looking as it is in the movies
there are no fancy holograms or visuals
that hackers dig through type cookie you
idiot i'll head him off at the pass in
fact it's more just screen after screen
of text and typing more than anything
else given how vanilla hacking in real
life looks it's no surprise that
filmmakers embellish the look for
entertainment purposes can you explain
the removal of your username on june
23rd
1973. yet like all things they do
occasionally get it right like in parts
of war games and the matrix reloaded did
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