Inspired by the posting of The Core in the Most Painful Movies to Watch thread I thought I'd share this link I found a while back.

http://www.intuitor.com/moviephysics/

It goes into common movie physics misconceptions (jumping through glass, explosions in outer space, visible laser beams, etc.) and goes in depth on some movies. Not surprising is their number one pick for bad movie physics: The Core.



And all the nerds rejoice in their vindication.

4/22/2006 8:43:28 PM

transporter
transporter2
die hard
die hard 2
die hard w/ a vengeance

4/22/2006 8:49:59 PM

Cameron Diaz's running-in-the-air kick in Charlie's Angels has always been a favorite of mine.

4/22/2006 8:51:39 PM

oh ya the opening scene in charlies angels full throttle is up there

4/22/2006 8:52:08 PM

The Core is one of the most entertaining movies ever made.


Watch it with someone who has a sense of humor and that isn't a fucking idiot, and it is hillarious.

4/22/2006 8:55:58 PM

You're welcome

and I love that site


^ I assume by "hilarious" you mean WATCHING the non fucking idiot person with sense of humour becoming sick and disgusted when watching said movie.

[Edited on April 22, 2006 at 9:02 PM. Reason : ]

4/22/2006 9:01:16 PM

Day After Tomorrow

4/22/2006 9:04:44 PM

so is this movies about like supernatural/superhero type shit

or regular movies where bullshit phyics occur? to me theres a big difference

4/22/2006 9:07:18 PM

read it.

it explains how it handles all dat.

4/22/2006 9:18:41 PM

good physics mark for seven years in tibet?
what does that movie need physics for?

4/22/2006 9:40:47 PM

Light turning the corner in Blade

4/22/2006 11:02:45 PM

^^ they are happy that there are no bullet sparks and from what i picked up theses guys are also movie buffs and really enjoyed that movie.

^ ha yeah, i enjoyed the movie but thought that was pretty ridiculous.

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"You're welcome "

haha thanks man, i've been meaning to post this for a while but always forgot.

4/22/2006 11:34:11 PM

but i kind of love transporter 1

-ZiP!-

4/23/2006 12:52:28 AM

the man deflects a rocket with a dish

4/23/2006 12:54:34 AM

yea, and, in the matrix, someone like, catches a bullet

4/23/2006 1:03:47 AM

RLY? WHEN??

4/23/2006 1:12:50 AM

also, someone jumps way too high

4/23/2006 1:13:13 AM

Flubber

4/23/2006 1:15:55 AM

As a geologist, I have to say that The Core is one of the best movies ever made.

4/23/2006 1:30:17 AM

XXX

Vin Diesel jumping 15 ft. fences on a dirt bike

4/23/2006 8:36:24 AM

Or a rocket launcher being sensitive enough to pick up a cigarette?

4/23/2006 9:50:39 AM

on Cool as Ice, when he jumps that fence on his motorcycle

no ramps. no freak wind gusts.

just ice.

4/23/2006 10:13:20 AM

pwnt

4/23/2006 10:25:05 AM

Not that I'm an expert or anything, but this guy seems unaware of subsonic ammunition.

4/23/2006 10:51:11 AM

ALL JET LI MOVIES

4/23/2006 11:12:29 AM

http://pumamansong.ytmnd.com/

http://pumamanfall.ytmnd.com/

[Edited on April 23, 2006 at 11:16 AM. Reason : fall]

4/23/2006 11:15:48 AM

they do take into account the movie genre

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"# NR = Unrated. When a movie is obviously a parody, fantasy, cartoon or is clearly based on a comic book it can't be rated but may still have some interesting physics worth discussing. "

4/23/2006 11:19:52 AM

Good site, but the section on falls is questionable. Rather than comparing falls with bullet impacts, they find some actual data on fall distances and injuries.

4/23/2006 12:14:16 PM

in The Fifth Element, they mention using "greasy solar atoms"

4/26/2006 8:23:38 PM

the whole spinning wheels wheelie at the end of fast and the furious for sure

4/26/2006 9:26:12 PM

Reign of Fire was terrible but when McCanahey(or whatever his name is) jumps head first off the tower with the axe toward the dragon I laugh my ass off and makes the movie worth watching again.

4/27/2006 3:29:29 AM

i just want some of those damn guns that ya never have to reaload..or the ones you never have to really aim

but not the ones the bad guys always have that cant hit shit....

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"die hard die hard 2 die hard w/ a vengeance"

there are far far worse than these...

4/27/2006 3:55:35 AM

jackie chan

i heard that guy uses stunt doubles and wires

4/27/2006 4:21:41 AM

Ripping on the Die Hard series is a sacrilege.

Yippie Kai Yay.

4/27/2006 5:57:26 AM

when I read this thread title, Transporter 1 & 2 immediately came to mind, lol.

4/27/2006 1:17:03 PM

old school jet li and jackie chan movies were perfectly fine physics-wise

it's just these newfangled ones they're doing nowadays

star wars has craptastic physics... using airfoils and stuff to steer ships having loud ass explosions in outer space and

4/27/2006 1:31:27 PM

Don't forget James Bond movies.

I did a project back in high school and we used the scene in which he jumps after a plane that went off a mountain. He catches up with the planein mid-air, gets in, and pulls it up from a free fall.

4/27/2006 4:08:11 PM

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"when I read this thread title, Transporter 1 & 2 immediately came to mind, lol."

2 especially... WTF was up with that plane fight???

4/27/2006 4:09:52 PM

Any more than 3 feet of water is presented as enough to safely land in from any height. This is especially shitty when movies disreguard concepts like terminal velocity.

4/27/2006 4:19:03 PM

Free Willy

they know aint no fat ass orca jumping that fucking high "out of water"

4/27/2006 4:36:41 PM