# Inaccurate portrayals of violence & death in movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 3, 2009, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inaccurate-portrayals-of-violence-death-in-movies/484308 "2009-02-03T21:19:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inaccurate-portrayals-of-violence-death-in-movies/484308/101 "2009-02-06T13:18:50Z")
> [@RikWriter](#): > > I’m sorry, but you’re incorrect about a bullet knocking you back off your feet. Mythbusters did an episode on it, in fact…but I knew it already, as anyone acquainted with physics does. That’s not the claim that **Chronos** made. ---
**Author:** ![puppygod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@puppygod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puppygod)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inaccurate-portrayals-of-violence-death-in-movies/484308/102 "2009-02-06T14:46:21Z")
> [@RikWriter](#): > > I’m sorry, but you’re incorrect about a bullet knocking you back off your feet. Mythbusters did an episode on it, in fact…but I knew it already, as anyone acquainted with physics does. So, you are claiming that if you had, say, one inch thick metal plate on you and you were directly hit by .50 Browning without penetration you wouldn’t topple over? You know, it’s almost 17kJ however you look at it. Please read again \*\*Chronos \*\*post. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inaccurate-portrayals-of-violence-death-in-movies/484308/103 "2009-02-06T15:36:02Z")
> [@Sleel](#): > > You know that over-the-top scene in **Kill Bill** where The Bride is fighting the Crazy 88s? Remember how she got soaked in blood and it fountained to the ceiling when she decapitated one of them? That’s actually just about right. Of course at that time, reviews focused on how stylized and unrealistic the blood spray was, and how Tarantino was borrowing it from Japanese gangster movies. Figures. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inaccurate-portrayals-of-violence-death-in-movies/484308/104 "2009-02-06T15:51:00Z")
> [@puppygod](#): > > So, you are claiming that if you had, say, one inch thick metal plate on you and you were directly hit by .50 Browning without penetration you wouldn’t topple over? . I don’t believe you would, no. I’ve seen demonstrations of bulletproof vests where a guy would stand on one foot and get shot with a 308 rifle and didn’t lose his balance. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inaccurate-portrayals-of-violence-death-in-movies/484308/105 "2009-02-06T15:56:28Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > …Most of the bullet’s energy gets turned into heat. …the bullets…so hot…then why am I…so cold… _falls over dead_ ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inaccurate-portrayals-of-violence-death-in-movies/484308/106 "2009-02-06T17:59:17Z")
> [@RikWriter](#): > > I don’t believe you would, no. I’ve seen demonstrations of bulletproof vests where a guy would stand on one foot and get shot with a 308 rifle and didn’t lose his balance. A 50 caliber BMG round has about the same kinetic energy (at the muzzle) as Brian Urlacher running 35mph. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inaccurate-portrayals-of-violence-death-in-movies/484308.md?page=5)