I – Introduction
a.
Hypothesis: Newton’s first three laws of motion
are broken constantly in the movies, often during climatic scenes, to heighten
the drama. The dramatic law of suspension of disbelief is used to the maximum
during these scenes, so that we, as the audience do not notice, or care.
II – BODY
1 – THE DARK KNIGHT
a.
The scene in which Bruce(as batman) jumps out of
a sky scraper to rescue Rachel Dawes, and then they plummet that entire distance,
only to land on a nice cushiony car. They
probably should have broken every bone in their body. There was hardly any
attempt to simulate anything close to a “slow down” from their terminal
velocity
2 – SPIDER-MAN 2
a.
During the climactic train battle, this law is
broken several times. First, when Spiderman is thrown off the train and then
lands on it again. He left the inertia of the train, he should fall forward
dragged along for more than that very exact landing. Spider powers or not
3 – MULAN
a.
The Avalanche scene. There are several things
wrong here. Lemme break them all down:
a.
After Mulan falls of a cliff on Khan with Shang
in tow, she shoots an arrow which (magically) lands in Yao’s hands.
b.
If that arrow and that rope were somehow made of
steel and could actually hold Mulan, Khan, AND Shang’s weight, it should rip
Yao’s arms right out of his sockets as soon as their weight kicked in.
c.
For that matter, the rope should rip Khan
straight in half given the fact that he was possibly travelling close to
terminal velocity at that point.
III – CONCLUSION
a.
Movies take advantage of our suspension of
disbelief at climatic moments, and proceed to break Newton’s laws in 20
different types of ways. But we do not care.
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