Myths that filmmakers stubbornly feed us (9 photos + 1 video)

It is clear that there are assumptions in cinema, without them it would not be so spectacular and interesting. You can look at ordinary life out the window.





But sometimes creators allow things that are completely unrealistic, especially when they try to make a movie “about real life.”

As soon as your water breaks you need to go to the hospital immediately.



Here she is standing, smiling cheerfully at some party, and the next second there is a puddle of water under the water, and alarmed relatives are scurrying around, because she has to rush to the maternity hospital or the child will appear right here in the kitchen. But in fact, for many women, the water breaks already during childbirth, and contractions are an indicator of the onset.

But if your water breaks first, your doctor may even advise you to stay home and wait for contractions. Ideally, you should discuss all these issues with your doctor in advance.

Trial





Colorful and spectacular speeches by the prosecutor and lawyer, which will take the jury's breath away. But in ordinary life, everything looks quite dull: a monotonous listing of facts, evidence, and certainly no one will allow them to shout. Participants in the process generally behave with restraint, because there is etiquette, for violation of which you can get a fine.

The main diet of monkeys is bananas



The image of a cute primate eating huge quantities of bananas is familiar to us from many films and cartoons. But in the wild, monkeys mainly eat only insects, leaves, nuts and flowers.

Bananas are a cultivated, domesticated plant; in the wild they are practically inedible. Of course, they will not refuse to eat, but this is not their main diet. Some zoos even ban feeding animals bananas, because they are very high in calories and can cause the animals to develop various diseases.

Doctors can treat everything



Doctor House examines everyone in the emergency room, performs operations (complicated!), and solves the most difficult medical problems. It is clear that Greg House is a collective image of myths about doctors.

Each doctor has a specific specialty, and a patient with a serious illness will be in contact with many doctors. One doctor cannot, and does not have the right, to carry out all procedures.

Car chases in big cities

As soon as the chase begins, the streets of large cities are immediately cleared of traffic jams. But in fact, such a trip would end very quickly, because not a single large city can do without traffic jams and maneuvering between cars is a failed idea.

But it looks beautiful, so what.

The fire system is triggered by a small fire



A lighter or candles light up and immediately all the valves under the ceiling turn and water begins to gush, flooding everyone and everything. But in reality, only the one that has been heated will work. And you need heat, and not just smoke from a burnt piece of paper or a candle.

Humans use only 10% of their brain



This myth appeared a long time ago, back in the last century, but it is still actively supported by modern cinema. The most famous paintings in which you can hear this lie are “Areas of Darkness” and “Lucy”. And it is believed that if a person can use 100% of his brain, he will immediately become a superman and disappear into thin air from such unprecedented mental power.

We use the entire volume of the brain, it’s just that not all areas can be activated at the same time.

Conclusion of forensic experts on site



In the movies, a sullen policeman stands at a crime scene, puffing on a cigarette, and asks the medical examiner examining the corpse: “Cause of death?” And he almost always says exactly how and even with what the victim was killed.

The examination time depends on many factors and can take two weeks or even several months. They certainly won’t be able to issue their conclusion a couple of hours after discovering all the evidence.

Dangerous piranhas



Thanks to the movies, these fish have turned into aggressive and uncontrollable monsters with bottomless stomachs. But people or large animals are not included in the diet of piranhas - they eat fish, worms, and some only algae and seeds. A piranha will attack only in case of a direct threat or when there is little food, and not just like that.