intuitor.com — Tons of information and specifics about how bad the physics of most movies are. Includes a proprietary rating system (PGP-13 = Children under 13 might be tricked into thinking the physics were pretty good; parental guidance is suggested). Interesting stuff.
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coletrickleDec 13, 2005
funny really, although a lot of text :P
distrbnceDec 14, 2005
great reading
roflcopterdownDec 14, 2005
@KeviniAs horrible as the acting was in that movie, you're right. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooOOOOoooo, I couldn't.
phadeDec 15, 2005
You think you're smart, but you typed "pails in comparison."Excellent job.
sourbrewDec 15, 2005
This is my high school computer teachers website. It always makes me giggle that he gets internet press. He is a very cool man, ran the local chapter of UPSTART robotics. He was also understanding enough to give me harder programs when i finished all the ap programs 2 weeks into the course. Although at the time i bitched about not being able to dick around on the interweb. Digg ++
dandamanDec 16, 2005
Ahh yes. My roomate found this site about 2 years ago, but I had been thinking of a desire to visit it again. Thanks to this timely (for myself) story, I don't have to find it!
jessimoDec 17, 2005
clever, went VERY in depth, but kinda a kill-joy, especially with the sci movies like the matrix. good article though
thedigger1010Dec 21, 2005
I think that its a little geeky i get on the net so i don't have to deal with math. i thought the ratings where funny buts it a little geeky for me.
hyenaoncrackDec 15, 2007
To everyone bitching about "WAH WAH LIGHTEN UP MOVIES ARE ABOUT THE SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF": The suspension of disbelief is about accepting the patently unreal (magic, unicorns, hobbits, ridiculously unreal technology, superpowers, etc.) or that the scenario hasn't happened yet but could, so that you can 'get into' the story and enjoy it, not so you can be deceived by the feasible-yet-false and interpret that as truth because you're exposed to it repeatedly (cf. real-life punches making a loud "THWOCK" sound, sniper rifles and silenced guns making no noise, riding a motorcycle through plate glass won't actually cut you, etc.).And whenever you know the facts about something, you hate to hear them misrepresented. Nobody's going to say "SHUT UP THAT'S NOT HOW HOBBITS ACT BECAUSE THE MOVIE SAID SO", but if you know how it really works and you see it represented falsely, it'll probably bug you and sap your enjoyment of the movie because the niggling little thought of "that's not how it works, dammit!" will annoy you throughout the movie. And if people know you're knowledgeable about the topic, they'll probably bug you and ask if that's what it's really like or if that's how it really works.Think about it this way: If Peter Jackson changed Frodo into a 20-foot robot with laser vision, Tolkien fans would be pissed. If Harry Potter suddenly became a 17-year-old blonde bombshell, fans of the original books would be pissed.So, when movies interpret their source material (i.e., real-world physics) incorrectly, physics fans get pissed.