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** The scenes where the officers are filling paperwork were added ''specifically'' because the cops they interviewed lamented that paperwork is the biggest facet of the job and the one least seen in the media. This inspired the director to make those scenes where paperwork is presented like if it was an action scene, with Nick Angel eventually going [[Guns Akimbo|Pens Akimbo]] while filling forms.

* ''[[The Matrix|The Matrix Reloaded]]'' features a brief glimpse of Trinity hacking a power grid mainframe. Compared with most films' [[Hollywood Hacking|dumbed-down portrayals of "hacking a computer"]], this instance is remarkably realistic, despite being on-screen for only a few seconds, and references actual hacking tools and known security vulnerabilities (circa 2001). It is likely the creators felt the need to "get it right" since the concept of computer hacking is a central theme in the ''Matrix'' films.

* The 1983 film ''[[~~War Games~~]]'' was remarkably accurate in its portrayal of how David does hacking, even if the capabilities of the computers themselves was beyond the reality of the time. Though even the writers acknowledge that Joshua should ''not'' have been speaking at NORAD, but the viewer is used to hearing the voice.

* The 1983 film ''[[WarGames]]'' was remarkably accurate in its portrayal of how David does hacking, even if the capabilities of the computers themselves was beyond the reality of the time. Though even the writers acknowledge that Joshua should ''not'' have been speaking at NORAD, but the viewer is used to hearing the voice.

* ''[[Jurassic Park]]'' is quite famous for its realistic depiction of Dinosaurs. Not only did the movie had spectacular effects and animatronics but their movement, according to experts, was also modeled quite realistically. Bipedals run like bipedals and T. Rex takes the right stance when lowers its head to feed or bite the car's tires in its first attack. Actually, the animators did in-depth research about the movement of the dinosaurs and tested things on their selves like running and jumping obstacles, before animating the scene with the flock of Gallimimuses (being bipedal species). This is unlike the usual depiction of massive animals, like in Jackson's ''[[King Kong]]'' (including Kong himself and the dinosaurs).

** Unfortunately, it's already fallen afoul of [[Science Marches On]]. While the behavior of the dinosaurs is correct, their appearance is almost certainly not-- at the time the movie was made, there was an active debate over whether velociraptors were feathered. Now, we're almost entirely certain they were.

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** They also do pretty well with their geology terminology.

* [[Pixar]] has become noted for this, especially in some of their most recent films. Some highlights: (just watch the DVD extras for all the details)

** In ''[[Toy Story]]'', animators wore shoes bolted to 2x4s to figure out how toy soldiers would actually walk.

** In ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]'', animators wore shoes bolted to 2x4s to figure out how toy soldiers would actually walk.

** Coral reefs and particularly how things move underwater for [[Finding Nemo]].

** ''[[Cars]]'' is full of an astounding amount of detail. The King ''is'' Richard Petty's iconic 1970 Plymouth Superbird, down to virtually every detail, and his crash at the end of the film is a chillingly exact recreation of Petty's 1988 Daytona 500 crash. (Now watch the movie again and realize that that crash actually happened, with a person inside the car and try not to get goosebumps.) The sound engineers recorded engine sounds of the exact make and models of each kind of car featured in the film so they would sound exactly right even though virtually none of the audience would know any difference. The King's wife is voiced by Petty's [[Real Life]] wife and was modeled after the car Mrs. Petty drove in to follow her husband to races earlier in his career.

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