With cast and crew opted for real practical effects and worked with real aviators to produce the chilling, high-speed mission at the film's conclusion, giving a tangible illustration of the dangerous lifestyle as a fighter pilot.
Top Gun: Maverick is one of a kind film that gets things right about flying planes and the thrill of it, but the same can't be said about other movies depicting daily routines. Although most movies are supposed to do at least a fairly decent job of showing the viewer a vision of reality, it is often the case that they very frequently misrepresent certain elements of everyday life. Reddit s, unsurprisingly, have done a very good job of identifying a number of important things that the movies always manage to get wrong.
The Weight Of Manhole Covers
In the movies–particularly action ones–it is almost inevitable that someone at some point is going to come out of a sewer. In the process, they often lift a manhole cover, usually with seeming ease.
But, Redditor p38-lightning points out,“Those d*mn things are heavy.” In some cases, the ability to move a manhole cover makes sense–as in the case of superheroes, for example–but it is virtually unthinkable that anyone who isn’t blessed with some sort of superpower would be able to do so unaided.
Outrunning Explosions
If there is one staple of the action movie genre, it is the explosion. In fact, almost all the best action movies feature at least one explosion scene, along with the requisite sight of a person running away from them or dramatic effects of slowly walking away from it.
However, as often as they appear, they are very unrealistically depicted because real explosions can cause detrimental effects and injuries to a person, so a character seemingly unharmed is fallacious. Reddit bootorangutan says: “If it's enough to lift you in the air, it's enough to kill before you hit the ground.” Given that action movies are frequently focused on the impossibility of human action, this artistic license is understandable but should not be taken as a reliable picture of explosions.
Trials
In the history of Hollywood, there have been a number of great trial movies. They frequently conclude with a dramatic climax in the courtroom, in which all the action comes to a head. However, as satisfying as these might be emotionally, the truth is that courtrooms are usually very different in real life.
Reddit mikenmar comments: “The thing is that trials tend to be pretty boring and move slowly in reality. And they rarely have the kind of dramatic moments portrayed in movies.” As is very often the case, Hollywood takes license to make the pedestrian aspects of regular life more interesting on-screen, even if it means exaggerating the extent of the courtroom situation.
How The 1980s Looked
The 1980s has begun to experience a resurgence in on-screen representation. In most cases, those who make movies about it act as if it sprang out of nowhere, and so their color palette is often vibrant, with numerous colors (often in clashing hues).
However, the truth is that the 1980s was in many cases a hodge-podge of styles, with numerous holdovers from both the 1960s and the 1970s. Dog_cow puts it this way: “Movies make the 80s out to be neon blue and pink. But I the 80s as being very brown.’
Anything To Do With Forensics
In many of the best and rewatchable crime movies, forensics play at least a minor part in solving a crime and, very often, they are the key to unlocking secrets. In fact, it is often the case that forensics becomes a bit of a deus ex machina.
However, Three_Twenty-Three points out: “The speed at which police forensics can take place. They solve things in minutes that really take days or weeks or months.” Though it’s easy to see why filmmakers would rely so much on this trope, it can also be distracting for those who have knowledge of how the processes actually work.
Hacking
There have, of course, been many great movies involving computer programming. Typically, these movies feature some hacker who has an almost magical ability to figure out something to do with computers and, as a result, manages to save the world in one way or another. But to many people in the computer field, these representations are often glaringly inaccurate.
Nowherehere bluntly puts it that “Computers are basically the new deus ex machina.” Comments like this one reveal the extent to which screenwriters should learn a bit more about how computers work before writing screenplays centered on them.
Childbirth
Childbirth is, of course, one of the most fundamental biological acts that humans undergo. Despite this fact, movies seem to have a very skewed sense of what the process involves and, for reasons of narrative expediency, they often speed it up to a degree that appears ridiculous to those who actually go through it.
Proper-Emu1558 argues: “A lot of times, the water doesn’t break on its own. And labor and delivery take more than a frantic thirty minutes.” This shows the extent to which those in the screenwriting profession, and moviemaking generally, have much to learn about the fundamentals of biology.
HVAC Ducts
In many action movies and comedies, there is a moment when a person is climbing through various HVAC vents. This is often used to show the hero's resourcefulness or, in the case of a comedy, to highlight the ridiculousness of their situation. However, the truth about HVAC vents is far more prosaic.
As s-rose-02 puts it very bluntly and emphatically: “HVAC DUCTS ARE NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO HOLD A HUMAN. THEY ARE MADE TO HOLD AIR.” Movies, as is so often the case, take an aspect of reality and change it for storytelling purposes and dramatic effect.
Playing Instruments
Over the years, there have been a number of important movies about the power and significance of music. Given this, people would think that Hollywood would be a bit more precise and skilled at showing what the process of playing an instrument actually looks like.
All too often, as sputtle argues: “They hold them upside down, on the wrong side, hands aren’t even close to being on the right keys/holes. Horrific fake bowing on strings, and terrible fake guitar strumming.” This is truly unfortunate, as movies have the unique power to show audiences just how transformative learning to play an instrument can be.
Psychiatric Hospitals
Many notable movies have been in psychiatric hospitals, and they are often the source of drama and terror. In fact, they are also often sites of trauma for those imprisoned there. As is often the case with movies, however, the reality is far more humdrum.
Brushpickerjoe shares: “It's mostly boring. You talk to people. You do therapy and they get you stabilized on meds.” Though other scenarios might be more full of drama, there is also something to be said for depicting the way that these spaces actually work and what patients inside actually experience.
