Top 20 Movie Myths Debunked by Redditors

Eleonora Bader

May 17, 2023 7:00 PM EDT

In today's day and age, we doubt there are many adults who still believe movie-fueled illusions; unlike when you're a kid, and love at first sight with a happy ending seems totally plausible. Hollywood has been feeding us hocus pocus for decades, and we've eaten it up, willingly. But now Reddit has gathered to talk about how ridiculous movies can actually be.

High-speed car chases, the magical realm of hacking, ending a phone call with a stern stare and zero words… sigh. Either the directors live in a reality of their own, or they believe that their audience is stupid. Roads in real life are not our personal racetrack, there is actually such a thing as the law of physics, and even with tedious coding, you can't hack into your mother's Facebook account. Okay, fine, maybe you can do that last part but only if you're the 'Mr. Robot' kind of genius.

So, the curtain has been lifted! Scroll down and check out people's good points on the matter. For more, here are the best classical art memes of the week.