10 Ridiculous Movie Myths About Explosions
Is there anything more satisfying than a giant-ass explosion in a movie? In even the worst films - we're looking at you, Michael Bay - an explosion can be a fun payoff and even a diversion from a braindead script or terrible acting (all the more so if it's one of the terrible actors getting blown up). However, there does come a certain point of saturation, where it feels like we've seen every possibly world (and otherworldy) object blown to pieces in every way possible - what ground is there left to break in this important field of filmmaking? While we don't expect films to be accurate - especially action films - something they do take rather absurd liberties with is the credulity of their explosions; because most of us have never experienced one up-close and first hand, filmmakers think that they can play fast and loose with physics and expect us to buy it. To be fair, most of the time they're not wrong in that assumption, though there are plenty of fireball-related cliches I'm just not prepared to tolerate anymore. Here are 10 ridiculous movie myths about explosions...