Second Term Paper Outline

Science Fact or Cinematic Fiction


Chosen Physics Fact:

Newton's Third Law, Action and Reaction Principle.

Definition: To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

A force exerted by one object on second object is the action.

A force exerted by second object back on the first object that is causing the action.

Chosen Movies:

1) The Incredibles.

2) Coraline.

3) Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.

Three Chosen Scenes from the movies:

The Incredibles:

Throughout the movie there are various scenes in which it seems like Mr. Incredible absorbs all the reaction. Two scenes that stand out are as follows:

When Mr. Incredible encounters the four-legged droid, he punches the droid so hard that the droid flys off at least a mile away but there is absolutely no reaction on Mr. Incredible.

Also while trying to penetrate the lava wall Mr. Incredible is carrying a rather heavy artifact, which seems so heavy that it must be exerting a reaction force big enough to put a hole in the floor.

Coraline:

Physics laws are very much intact in the movie as long as they are showing the real world. In the other world laws are broken constantly.

But one occasion where physics laws are openly broke in the real world of Coraline is the scene when Coraline meets Mr.Bobinsky. One example is when Mr. B jumps off the stairs and lands above Coraline's head he doesn't seem to crouch enough necessary to break the fall. One the important action reaction principles involved in a jump.

Ice Age 3:

Man y laws of Physics broken in this movie but the one that stands out the most is the one when the one eyed weasel is swinging back and forth inside the dinosaur's mouth. When he let's go of the thing he swings too far away and way too much force to break the dinosaur's tooth. So the reaction of the swing was exaggerated beyond t he realistic facts.