The movies have taught us many things over the years – like doing drugs and having sex at a secluded summer camp will result in dying an absolutely horrible death, and swimming in the ocean increases our chances of being devoured by a giant sea predator by roughly a billion percent. Or so.
As it turns out, most of these things simply aren’t true. The guys at All Time 10s have compiled this handy video list that would make The Mythbusters proud.
If you’ve ever watched a movie and thought to yourself, next time I’m trying to break open a locked door I’ll just shoot it open with my trusty sidearm, or I’ve reached a high cliff, and the bad guys are on my tail, but it’s okay because I’ll just jump into this giant pool of water a few hundred feet below, you may want to reconsider. 10 Movie Myths People Actually Believe will change your thinking – and maybe even save your life.
Find out what else people do in the movies that would never work in real life, and prepare to be a total killjoy at your next group movie viewing when you start pointing out how “all these factual implausibilities are totally shattering my willing suspension of disbelief, man…”
