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What are some specific movie clips that demonstrate a major deviation from one or more of the laws of physics?

  • *Note to whoever redirected this: Although there are similar questions, mine specifically is asking for movie CLIPS, as in video demonstrations, and not only of action movies either. So this sets my question apart, and I need it phrased the way it is for my purposes. Thanks! PLEASE briefly describe the scene and which physics principle(s) is(are) violated. Sarcastic or non specific answers will all be downvoted. If you include the actual clip in video form I'll promote your answer!

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    Well the first one I thought of was "Once Upon a Time in Mexico", though many movies make the same "mistake" for effect.  Antonio Banderas is shooting people, you see his handgun jerk a bit, but he handles the recoil easily.  Meanwhile the ENTIRE BODY WEIGHT OF THE PERSON CHARGING TOWARDS HIM, IS THROWN BACKWARDS. This is a violation of Newton's Third law.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton's_laws_of_motion#Newton.27s_3rd_Law "Third law: When one body exerts a force on a second body, the second body simultaneously exerts a force equal in magnitude and opposite in direction on the first body." A gun's recoil is an example of this.  You need to handle an equivalent amount of force towards you, in order to send a projectile away from you.    Now it's spread out across your entire hand, and your bent arms absorb some shock as well, while the bullet has all that force in a very small area, causing penetration. But if the bullet had enough energy to reverse a forward charging adult man and throw him back(or throw him UP stairs!!!) there is NO WAY any human could handle the recoil. (Note: some more advanced weapons solve this in more creative ways, but none of them violate this law, as I can explain.) You'll see A LOT of examples of violations of Newton's third law in this short video!  And lots of violence... so beware.

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Jon Mixon

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Jonathan Mero

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Jerason Banes

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Dave Kaufman

The best one i can think of is the scene from Superman. Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory explains it perfectly. Thanks for the A2A.

Abhimanyu Jana

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Alex Guerra

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Raghuram Shanmugham

Thank you for the question. For me, the first movie that came to mind for me was Inception. (Spoilers ahead) Obviously, much of, if not all of this movie takes place in Leo DeCaprio's dreams. The attached clip talks about several flaws in the movie, but if you go to the 1:52 mark, it talks about the scene that I found most guilty. In theory, when the van they are in is tumbling while they are all dreaming (and doesn't wake them), they become weightless in the first layer of their dream state, however, the people dreaming in the second layer of the dream state, are not also weightless. This is just a big convenience for the film makers, although it makes for a pretty cool Matrix-like fight scene for Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

Ryan Perkins

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Sai Vaibhav

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