I was watching Mythbusters last night on the discovery channel. They were testing a car to see if all these strange things you hear about were actually true, sugar in the gas tank, banana's in the tail pipe, things like that.
Well, two things they tested, (and they mentioned movies which triggered my post) was taking cover behind the car door when someone shoots at you and the car blowing up when directly shot in the gas tank.
Both were busted.
BUT we accept them in movies.
In fact many people would swear that THAT is reality because they have simply seen it so often.
Movies walk a thin line between real and fake, believability and pure fiction. The viewer will only suspend their disbelief to a certain degree with out a reasonable explanation.
What are some other movie myths that people just accept because they have been consistent through the years?
I get three since I started the thread.
You can easily kill someone just by slashing across their throat.
Braveheart was the clearest example of this.
The sheriff just walks up, slices her throat, and she dies.
BUSTED.
My sister in law is a throat surgeon. She says that you have to actually put serious pressure on the larynx in order to cut through that tough cartilage.
You can slice the flesh and produce a bunch of blood but it's not fatal. In order to actually hit the juggler vein you have to break through the larynx.
(Dpaterso and cinexploits on similar thread said that you can cut ear to ear and get the unprotected blood vessels at the sides of the neck causing the victim to "bleed out".)
HOWEVER, I doubt movie audiences would really accept someone surviving with a slashed throat simply because we have seen people die from it on film over and over.
What other myths are out there?
Well, two things they tested, (and they mentioned movies which triggered my post) was taking cover behind the car door when someone shoots at you and the car blowing up when directly shot in the gas tank.
Both were busted.
BUT we accept them in movies.
In fact many people would swear that THAT is reality because they have simply seen it so often.
Movies walk a thin line between real and fake, believability and pure fiction. The viewer will only suspend their disbelief to a certain degree with out a reasonable explanation.
What are some other movie myths that people just accept because they have been consistent through the years?
I get three since I started the thread.
You can easily kill someone just by slashing across their throat.
Braveheart was the clearest example of this.
The sheriff just walks up, slices her throat, and she dies.
BUSTED.
My sister in law is a throat surgeon. She says that you have to actually put serious pressure on the larynx in order to cut through that tough cartilage.
You can slice the flesh and produce a bunch of blood but it's not fatal. In order to actually hit the juggler vein you have to break through the larynx.
(Dpaterso and cinexploits on similar thread said that you can cut ear to ear and get the unprotected blood vessels at the sides of the neck causing the victim to "bleed out".)
HOWEVER, I doubt movie audiences would really accept someone surviving with a slashed throat simply because we have seen people die from it on film over and over.
What other myths are out there?
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