A lot of explosions in movies are, as I understand it, gasoline explosions (which produce a deflagration). Those are impressive and very visible and orangy and don’t actually create all that much pressure, so damage from the pressure wave or shrapnel isn’t so much a thing. You can do the stoic walk out of an explosion thing.
I think that the video of the Beirut explosion, which is large and filmed from a distance, so you can see the shockwave traveling over time, drives home how there is a lot of force going on in the air.
A lot of explosions in movies are, as I understand it, gasoline explosions (which produce a deflagration). Those are impressive and very visible and orangy and don’t actually create all that much pressure, so damage from the pressure wave or shrapnel isn’t so much a thing. You can do the stoic walk out of an explosion thing.
I think that the video of the Beirut explosion, which is large and filmed from a distance, so you can see the shockwave traveling over time, drives home how there is a lot of force going on in the air.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNDhIGR-83w