Explosives Expert Rates Unrealistic Movie Explosions | How Real Is It? | Insider

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Published 2019-02-03
We’ve all seen action stars walk away from ridiculous explosions in movies. Here, Columbia University explosives engineer Rodger Cornell rates 10 movie explosion scenes based on how realistic they are.

We look at scenes from action and adventure movies like “Indiana Jones,” “Transformers,” “Django Unchained,” “X-Men,” “The Dark Knight,” “Desperado,” and more. How plausible are these scenes in real life? Are they scientifically accurate? Let's find out.

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Explosives Expert Rates Unrealistic Movie Explosions | How Real Is It?

All Comments (21)
  • @lovelywaz
    You better NOT even try to figure out logic and physics in Bollywood movies. 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
  • @somebody5624
    So real explosions are: - Short - Loud crack - Fireball that's about 30% larger than explosive but lasts like half a second. - Shock wave doesn't throw you, instead basically knocks you down. - Shock wave will likely rupture your lungs. - Ears and Lungs are affected most - If you blow up a house fireballs will be about 1-2 seconds long. There will be small fires around. - Most dangerous thing is fragmentation that will practically blend you. Notes: - Shooting a gas tank will not make it explode - Pulling a pin with your teeth will basically be very awkward and embarrassing because it's very tough. May break your teeth.
  • @thattimguy7
    He should at least note that the explosion in Dark Knight was a real demolition of a real building in Chicago
  • @PlanetYokoshima
    Father: What do you dream to be? Son 1: A teacher! Son 2: Painter... Son 3: Explosives Engineer.
  • @Sunprism
    Love when the experts analyze impossible things "He regenerates, so I guess you could walk away from this?"
  • @CausalityLoop
    So what I'm getting here is that comedies are the most realistic movies.
  • @Taikamuna
    Michael Bay wants to know your location
  • @bobidiga1
    "Totally unrealistic. Couldn't happen." 6.5/10
  • @JVarni
    I was an assaultman in the Marines (explosives, rockets, and breaching specialist) and my fiancee hates watching action movies with me because so many of the explosions are laughably exaggerated and unrealistic and I constantly point it out lol
  • @jamesgomez9151
    I love how comedies are that making fun how Hollywood portrays explosions, are also the most accurate.
  • @Happymali10
    For Transformers, the people aboard the aircraft are the real crew usually manning it, and he just told them what the end result had to be and let them do the talking as they would in real life. That's why the radio traffic is VERY accurate.
  • @yesyes1299
    Next: Mark Zuckerburg rates lizard movies
  • @miffedmax6775
    Hey he didn’t rate the explosion in Indiana Jones he just rated Indy’s survivability! That explosion was a 10!