PHYSICSIN MOVIES

BY: LIBRA

NON-FAKERS REVEALED

The Simpsons Movie (2007)

The Simpsons family should ride the motorcycle inside the Globe of Death, for them to have a vehicle they need.

• Homer takes it upon himself a try and he did it successfully.

• How was this possible?!

Explanations:1. Fc = mv2/r Centripetal Force• It’s a force that makes a body

follow a curved path• The force must be greater than the

force of gravity acting on the rider

2. Fg = mg Force of Gravity• Hence, the minimum required

velocity for the stunt is calculated by (1) equating equations and (2) vmin = √rg

• The Hunger Games (2012)

• Clove was killed by Thresh in just two seconds by just throwing her into the cornucopia.

Explanation:• 3,300 Newtons- force to fracture a bone• 5,500 Newtons- force that professional boxers can

release through a single punch.• Since, Thresh is large and strong, he can resort a

enough force on Clove’s head and that force will pass though the cornucopia. Using the Law of Conservation of Mass, the force will reflect back injuring Clove and enough to kill her.

• 2 seconds will do- meaning 5,500 as the force at 1 meter per second would be enough to kill Clove easily.

BUSTING PHYSICS

DEVIANTS!!!!

• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

• Indiana Jones escapes nuclear annihilation by hiding in a refrigerator

IMPOSSIBLE!!!!!!• Most probably, you will be vaporized by the over 6000

degrees Celsius temperature of the bomb. It will melt the lead, refrigerator and pretty much everything.

• Supposed you survived:-Gamma radiation requires a 1cm thick lead layer to

decrease its intensity by 50%. So you pretty much require a 1 meter thick lead bunker to be anywhere close to safe if you are close to the blast, even then the dosage would probably lead to cancer later in your life.

-it’s a nuclear blast. Indian Jones needs a breathing apparatus to survive. Also, in the film, the air is irradiated after the explosion. It’s impossible.

• Kung Fu Hustle (2204)

• As the two harpist strum the strings of their harp, it looks like they send an invisible knife that can cut everything.

IMPOSSIBLE!!!!• Although compressed air can be fatal and

can cut through something, it cannot be produced from the harp with just a strum to the strings.

• The speed of sound that was produced by the harp is not enough to cut things.

• Star Wars Films

• Whenever there’s a fight scene in the space, we can hear the explosions of the spaceships

IMPOSSIBLE!!!•Sound cannot travel in

vacuum. Space has no air. Sound travels through the vibration of atoms and molecules in a medium (such as air or water).