re: Stupid/Recurring/Unrealistic situations in TV/Movies

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People getting shot or stabbed and acting like it doesn't hurt

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I process medical bills all day for crime victim's in the state of texas so I see a lot of gunshot wounds and it seems like in a lot of movies I see, gunshot wounds are never as serious as they usually are. I mean I see a lot of people survive from gunshot wounds IRL so that's not hard to believe, but it seems like movies leave out the fact that most of the time when a bullet hits you, it doesn't just go into you skin and doesn't hit anything. Like someone gets shot in the shoulder and is still able to lift a gun or open a door, much less move it. I guess a lot of people don't realize bullets SHATTER bones. 95% of gunshot wounds I see, the worst part of the gunshot is the massive bone damage that is done and the orthopaedic aftercare that follows for about 2 years.

anyway, point is yes, gunshot wounds aren't nearly as realistic as they look in movies if that makes sense

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I think the biggest example of all would be the good guy running away while the bad guys empty their magazines firing at him and the bullets hit everywhere but his or his sidekick's body.

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To me, the biggest example is after this when the good guy fires three shots and somehow kills five people.