Warp wrote:
> Bill Pragnell <bil### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
>> Hollywood gets projectile momentum transfer wrong all the time. Every 
>> time somebody gets shot by any kind of weapon, for a start.
>   Yes, it's funny how Hollywood physics are so skewed while still not
> appearing completely wacky to the layman.

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Agreed - all of it. Maybe I read too much into realism, but I just can't 
take most action films seriously. The other things that are always wrong 
are explosions. A big pretty billowing fireball with hardly any force 
behind it is definitely not what a hand grenade does, or indeed any 
other explosive. A small firework and a gallon of fuel, maybe.

For a significant departure in this regard, watch The Kingdom. There's a 
car bomb explosion nearly halfway through that was done using real C4 
explosive, and it looks terrifyingly powerful. And very real.

That said, there are some very silly films that manage to mostly get 
this sort of thing right - True Lies, for example. Unlikely in the 
extreme, but most of the actual action isn't too far-fetched.

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