Firearms in the movies

[OVERKILL]

And how wrong things can be.

My kids were watching Ernest goes to camp when I got home from work today and this scene came on. I asked my boys what was wrong with it and they pointed out that the scope was way too close to his eye and the gun had no recoil.

Also note he cycles the bolt at the end and then hands a presumably loaded gun to somebody else as well as the distinct absence of any brass being ejected whenever the bolt is cycled, LOL!

Enjoy!

 

[NateDN10]

One of my pet peeves with guns in movies - movie posters especially - is their fingers are nearly always on the trigger. It's rule number 4, people!

 

[OVERKILL]

Originally Posted By: NateDN10
One of my pet peeves with guns in movies - movie posters especially - is their fingers are nearly always on the trigger. It's rule number 4, people!


Yup, that's a big one!

 

[Robenstein]

I always love the edited in sound of a cocked hammer sound on striker fired guns. Or when the slide is locked back and out of ammo and they still edit in the several "clicks" to signify it is out of ammo when they pull the trigger like it is some revolver.

 

[NateDN10]

When the bad guys get shot, they nearly always die immediately.
When the good guys get shot, they nearly always live and can keep fighting.

 

[CT8]

People that think movies are real representations of life are stupid. I don't care much for movies, as you can tell.

 

[BHopkins]

I find myself counting the shots before they run out or reload. Some movies keep it pretty realistic on this. But most have a seemingly endless supply of ammo.

 

[Oli20]

In the Walking Dead I love the scene when the old man has the (at least) 30 round shotgun, he goes on and on forever to the point it's painful. Oh not to mention in the same scene they are scoring head shots while bouncing around in the back of the truck.

 

[OVERKILL]

Originally Posted By: Oli20
In the Walking Dead I love the scene when the old man has the (at least) 30 round shotgun, he goes on and on forever to the point it's painful. Oh not to mention in the same scene they are scoring head shots while bouncing around in the back of the truck.


LMAO!!!!!!!!

 

[BMWTurboDzl]

Or when the guy is out of ammo, the slide remains closed, he reloads and racks the slide but no casing ejects.

 

[spasm3]

I like how they mess up the physics. You shoot the guy and he flies backwards off his feet for several feet, yet the shooter had little recoil.

 

[OVERKILL]

Originally Posted By: spasm3
I like how they mess up the physics. You shoot the guy and he flies backwards off his feet for several feet, yet the shooter had little recoil.


That's a favourite. Guy gets shot with like an AR and he's tossed like 10ft through the air. Really, .223/5.56 does that? LMAO!!

 

[Al]

If you want to see anything worse than the movies go to any gun store and watch all the customers swipe everyone in the store.

As much of a gun advocate as I am..most of these clowns should never own a weapon.

Uh oh I just remembered this maybe should go to Off-Topic.

 

[Stelth]

Everybody always racks the slide on semiauto pistols to show how serious they are. I guess they're carrying them in condition three. Sometimes you hear the slide-racking sound when they draw.

A load of buckshot hits a trash can, causing the trash can to blast into the air like a Saturn 5 rocket, and the buckshot of course causes sparks to fly in all directions.

Anything you hide behind - sheet metal, drywall, a haystack - is good cover.

 

[OVERKILL]

Originally Posted By: Al
If you want to see anything worse than the movies go to any gun store and watch all the customers swipe everyone in the store.

As much of a gun advocate as I am..most of these clowns should never own a weapon.

Uh oh I just remembered this maybe should go to Off-Topic.


Never seen that up here, but then basically everybody in the gun store will have their PAL, so they will have passed the training course.

 

[Reg# 43897]

After a career that required my handling rifles, carbines, shotguns, revolvers & pistols, I have learned that the average schmuck out there has NO CLUE whatsoever about the least thing to do w/ guns. Not at all. It used to surprise me once upon a time but not any more.

John.

 

[Benito]

Hollywood don't want knowledgeable gun enthusiasts for fans. Who'd have thought!

On the topic of realism in films, the other day I watched Deep Impact. The cgi of two space shuttles taking off together and following each other through space like a pair of huskies was, to use an overused word, absurd.

 

[KzMitch]

I'm starting to think that not everything in movies is real.

 

[Leo99]

Good guy has 9mm pistol. Bad guy has an assault rifle and better position and cover. Guess who wins the shootout.

 

[hatt]

Originally Posted By: BMWTurboDzl
Or when the guy is out of ammo, the slide remains closed, he reloads and racks the slide but no casing ejects.
I'm not seeing the error there.