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Can't talk during freefall


A goof in every movie is that you can't hear yourself or others talk while free falling. Only after you deploy your chutes that you can. I love Point Break but after reading somewhere that you can't hear and talk, I made a point to try it when I went skydiving. Fun times. But most have not and won't skydive so they don't care to know this fact.

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Guys drugged up to his eyeballs anyways. We get glimpses of his distorted view of reality in other parts of the movie, the elevator scene especially. So I guess one could argue that,even though in reality, his voice is drowned out by the sound of the rushing air. In his head (and from our viewpoint), with time seemingly slowed down, he is able to hear perfectly and speak clearly.

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The rush of air wasn't as strong as it should have been either.

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The entire movie is filmed and played out like a 'comic book' so real world rules don't really apply here.

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It's abundantly clear that realism was not the goal for this series, but in the sequel the message is played back, and nothing can be heard over the sound of rushing wind. The scene at the end of this with Chev talking clearly is really just from his perspective.

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i agree about the realism aspect, but also the phone would have flown out of his hand as well

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Wasn't this even pointed out in the sequel?

"So this is permanence... love's shattered pride..."

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I think its also fair to point out that he wasn't skydiving. They were free falling from a helicoptor at a few thousand feet.

My couch pulls out but I don't

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i shouldv asked the guy i was strapped to when i tandemed for the first time if he could hear me scream like a girl, i was really going for it

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He also would have been dead before he hit the ground, and his body wouldn't have bounced it would have made an impression in the car.

The movie isn't trying to be accurate at all...he can walk around in the second one...explain that scientifically (accurately).

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He wouldn't have been dead before he hit the ground. Idiot.

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yes, he would have been dead after hitting the car, before hitting the ground

Who replaced John Mclane with an out and out *beep*

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Also you do bounce after falling from high enough.

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You're right, and it's to ally out of place in a movie that is otherwise completely dedicated to realism.

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I wouldn't say a comic book, more like a cartoon or a video game. Surprisingly good movie though.

"Some men are coming to kill us. We're gonna kill them first."

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well this is adressed in crank 2. You can hear a short piece of his phone call and it is just wind and some nonunderstandable bits of language.

Into ur hands i commend my spirit

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Zephy,honestly,why would you bother? In the movies anything is possible.
Don't you get it? If movies like Crank were made only with realistic and
possible action,guess what they would be. BORING!

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