The Immortal Tom Cruise

Ok, I know I owe everyone some info on urban legends, but bear with me for a minute, if you will. I've been thinking about the CPR scene in Mission Impossible 3. Anyone seen that movie? The scene where—well, if I describe it I'll ruin it for anyone who hasn't seen it and wants to. So let's just say there's a hilariously unrealistic CPR scene.

I started to write a rant here about just HOW unrealistic it was, and then I thought… well. It was a fun scene in a fun movie, and does it really matter if it couldn't have happened in real life? I'm not sure! It would matter if the writer were trying to be realistic, certainly. Or if they were trying to make a statement about something. But in a big summer blockbuster with giant plot holes anyway...?

My only fear is that some kid will see this scene, which involves an intentional electrocution, and think, Cool! Let's try that! And the filmmakers will have a real-life death on their hands.

Any authors out there want to chime in about this?