History BeyondTheImpossible / Film

Events in Film that are not possible. '''only list examples that fit the description'''

* This is expressly ''not'' the philosophy of the ''Film/JamesBond'' creators.
--> ''"Wildly beyond the probable, but never '''beyond the impossible'''..."''
** Good example: ''Film/{{Goldeneye}}'' has a ChaseScene with a tank. The director of [[Film/TomorrowNeverDies the following movie]] thought topping it would be hard due to a bigger vehicle being impossible, and put a chase involving a smaller one (a motorcycle) instead.
* Dream experts from ''Film/{{Inception}}'' clearly state that two levels deep is the maximum ''stable'' level. Presumably, this means anything deeper would be just a mental mess and not a true walkable world. TheTeam breaks that rule twice. First by using AppliedPhlebotinum to tweak the rules and reach a third and the second time they just decide to do it, reaching the fourth. Going to the fourth was not part of their {{plan}} and they had nothing to help them. Possibily justified as Cobb disagreed with the other dream experts and was a pioneer in the technology. [[{{WMG}} There's so many levels in regards to the movie as whole]], it's hard to tell what level they're on without WordOfGod. The page's [[Headscratchers/HomePage Headscratchers]] has more speculation about how dreams are supposed to work.
* ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'' states Rapunzel's power comes from her hair, and if it's cut then her power will be gone forever. This is even demonstrated when the BigBad cuts one lock and it reverts to normal hair. ThePowerOfLove enables her to break that rule, if only once.
* ''Film/TheATeam'' flies '''a tank'''.
* ''Film/SolomonKane''. The hero uncrucifies ''himself'', and then repairs the damage with some [[{{Handwave}} strange pagan magic]]. Not only is this medicially impossible, the film's metaphysics state that Christian ideas of God and demons and damnation etc are real, I.E., no pagan magical stuff.
* In the first ''Film/{{Hellboy|2004}}'' film, the villain Rasputin offers Hellboy the choice of bringing about the Apocalypse to gain enough power to save his desouled girl Liz, or to save the world and lose her forever. Hellboy initially sees this as no choice at all, and begins the procedure of summoning the Ogdru Jahad and end the world, before NaiveNewcomer Myers throws Hellboy his [[MementoMacguffin father's cross]]. The cross burns into his flesh, reminding him that this ''is his choice''. Save the world, or save Liz, and his father always did say that a man is made by his choices. [[spoiler: He then chooses the world, tears off his newly regrown horns, and stabs Rasputin to death with one of them.]] BitterSweetEnding right? Nope. He manages to save the girl ''anyway'' by sheer ''badassery''. A newly awoken and somewhat confused Liz asks him how he saved her. His answer?
-->'''Hellboy:''' Hey, you on the other side. Let her go. Because for her I'll cross over, and '''then'''... you'll be sorry.
* ''Film/KillBill''. Discussed to make a point by Hattori Hanzo on his latest sword, "I can say with no ego that this is the finest sword I have ever built. Should you encounter {{God}} on your quest, ''[[BlasphemousBoast God will be cut".]]''
* Played straight in ''Man of the House''. A Texas Ranger guarding five or so cheerleaders who witnessed a murder. One cheerleader at one point asks [[BlastingItOutOfTheirHands "couldn't you just shoot the gun out of the bad guy's hand?"]] to which the man explains that it doesn't work. [[spoiler: Near the end of the movie, it ''does''. [[AccidentalAimingSkills As he did not intend to do that]], the Ranger was probably more impressed than anybody else who saw it.]]
* ''Literature/DonCamillo''. When the title character is [[ReassignedToAntarctica reassigned to a small village in the mountains]] in the second movie, his former flock miss their GoodShepherd so much they ''refuse to die'' until he's returned to personally administer last rites.
* ''Film/SherlockJr'' goes meta with this trope. Sherlock Jr. appears to jump ''through'' both his disguised assistant and the wall behind him, and Gillette spins around and walks away immediately afterward. This, like the quick change, is a stunt Keaton learned in vaudeville, but unlike the quick change this gag is not fully explained within the film.
* ''Film/HalloweenTown II''
** For this movie and the first the rule has been iron clad: The door between worlds is only open on Halloween. It will close at midnight and CANNOT be opened until the next year. Marti thinks otherwise and justifies it with this speech:
--> "''The portal wasn't always there; it was created by magic. And no one's magic is stronger than ours!''"
** The BigBad was kind enough to [[ThisCannotBe lampshade the impossibility of this feat]] and, in fact, it triggers his VillainousBreakdown.
* The Bus Jump in ''Film/{{Speed}}''. A rather delightful behind-the-scenes featurette on the DVD goes into great detail about how the bus jump is completely impossible in real life. In a nutshell, the problem is that in reality the bus would crash into the other side below the pavement due to the fact that gravity would be affecting it during the time it was airborne and due to the fact that there wasn't a ramp at the edge of the gap there would be no vertical component of velocity to compensate for this.
* In ''WesternAnimation/OverTheHedge'', RJ gives Hammy, a hyperactive squirrel, an energy drink in a last-ditch attempt to trap the crazed housewife and exterminator inside the laser-defense system they set up in the housewife's yard. Hammy enters CaffeineBulletTime and activates the system...and casually walks past the laser beams as they slowly shoot across the yard. That's right, Hammy just ''went faster than the speed of light''.
* The trailers for ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' include a shot of Captain America's "completely vibration absorbent", impenetrable, {{Unobtainium}} shield snapped in half. Note that this is the same shield that reflected a full-powered blow from a ''Norse God''. [[NeverTrustATrailer However]], in the film itself, this is merely in Tony's vision caused by Scarlet Witch's mental abilities.
** Cap's shield would be broken for real during the climax of ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' when Thanos uses his sword to cut it half. Whatever metal Thanos's sword was made out of, it's one of the only things capable of slicing through vibranium.
* In ''WesternAnimation/Madagascar3EuropesMostWanted'', Vitaly the tiger was renowned for jumping through increasingly smaller hoops. In his prime, he was even able to jump through a simple ring without any difficulty. During the climax, [[spoiler: he's able to jump in-and-out of a keyhole while carrying Marty and putting his clown wig on him all within a blink of an eye]].
* In Disney's ''Disney/RobinHood'', there's a subtle one that's not even noticed in-universe, but is nevertheless impossible. Prince John ties the snake Sir Hiss into a knot around a pole -- while holding him with both hands and without ever letting go with either. It happens too fast for the viewer to see the details.

* In the first ''Film/{{Hellboy}}'' film, the villain Rasputin offers Hellboy the choice of bringing about the Apocalypse to gain enough power to save his desouled girl Liz, or to save the world and lose her forever. Hellboy initially sees this as no choice at all, and begins the procedure of summoning the Ogdru Jahad and end the world, before NaiveNewcomer Myers throws Hellboy his [[MementoMacguffin father's cross]]. The cross burns into his flesh, reminding him that this ''is his choice''. Save the world, or save Liz, and his father always did say that a man is made by his choices. [[spoiler: He then chooses the world, tears off his newly regrown horns, and stabs Rasputin to death with one of them.]] BitterSweetEnding right? Nope. He manages to save the girl ''anyway'' by sheer ''badassery''. A newly awoken and somewhat confused Liz asks him how he saved her. His answer?

** Good example: ''Film/GoldenEye'' has a ChaseScene with a tank. The director of [[Film/TomorrowNeverDies the following movie]] thought topping it would be hard due to a bigger vehicle being impossible, and put a chase involving a smaller one (a motorcycle) instead.