Part of it is we, the audience, go into the movie with the expectation that it's fictional, and, as such, we have to suspend belief about certain things. Otherwise, we would just be sitting watch paint dry for hours on end in every movie because REAL LIFE is not action-packed, crazy, loopy and speedy. It just doesn't work that way.
Beyond that, it is very hard for laypeople that don't work in emergency situations (ie. police officers, ER doctors and nurses, paramedics, etc.) to know how to respond in a very scary and overwhelming situation. This is why the "smash and grab" type criminals are so good at getting away. They have the element of surprise on their side and know the average target won't be able to react quickly enough to thwart being robbed or beaten or whatever. As humans, we just don't walk around in a constant state of "fight or flight." It would be exhausting as our adrenaline glands would always be firing. This is essentially what happens with people with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). They become so afraid of specific triggers that their adrenaline glands go haywire thereby increasing anxiety, stress and feelings of being unable to cope. It is very, very hard to live with this condition. So, assuming the targets do NOT have PTSD and are having a normal reaction to a crisis, it is more likely they would not know or be able to react quickly enough to escape the situation.
- Get busy living, or get busy dying. Andy (The Shawshank Redemption)
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MadRotaryOne_DDCgod
9 years ago
Um, uh, ok?
But since the girl had like 5 minutes to respond, she had plenty of time to do just about anything.
Maybe even construct a bomb...
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