re: Everyday stuff that always happens in movies and TV shows that is not realistic

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In Bullitt the shifting is so over the top with the double clutches it's comical.

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Yeah but Bullit is awesome.

It's a 10-minute car chase scene, plus it's S.F. Up down, Up down, S.F.hills are crazy.

To make it realistic, have way through they would have the cars rolling backwards.

Greatest car chase scene in movie history HD

The straightaways are ridiculous though toward the end of the scene. Everyone is shifting non-stop, why are you shifting, you're trying to go faster?

But that's movie car version of guns. Need to make noise to remind the audience we're trying really hard to get away.

I don't blame Bullit at all because the long take has no dialogue. So the audience needs something to propel who is trying harder...more shifting fills the bill.