Free Essay

Physics Movie Review

In:

Submitted By icecreampizza
Words 392
Pages 2
Movie Title: Batman (1989)
Starring: Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl, Pat Hingle, Billy Dee Williams
Directed by: Tim Burton
Written by: Bob Kane, Sam Hamm, Warren Skaaren

Summary: This movie is a popular superhero film that was originally based on the comic book series. Because of Gotham City’s high level of criminal activity lately, the mayor has many fears for the city on its 200th anniversary so the mayor has District Attorney and Commissioner to protect the city. With the so called protection, the city is still not safe and becomes even more dangerous, that is until the almighty Dark Knight arrives to the rescue. The Dark Knight has to initially frighten the criminals with just his look and costumes. Batman is born. While Batman defeats the criminals, Vicky Vale, a journalist, wants to uncover the identity of the mysterious hero. Then a psychotic clown criminal takes over the city. Batman is there to defeat this evil menace.

Summary of Physics: In this scene of the movie, Batman’s heroic actions with Vicky Vale makes the audience question the accuracy of physics in this movie. Batman and Vale fall from Gotham City’s high and gloomy bell tower. As they fall from high sky above, Batman accurately aims at a gargoyle on the tower with his hook shooter thingy. This causes Batman and Vale to stop falling with a strong jerk on the wire or rope or whatever you call it. Let’s bring Isaac Newton into this so see if this scene in Batman is just bad physics in Hollywood or surprisingly accurate. Using Newton’s 2nd Law of physics…
F = ma m = 140 kg (for both) v = 60 m/s a = 600 m/s^2
F = 140 kg (9.8 m/s^2 + 600 m/s^2)
F ~ 85,300 N

Conclusions: No matter what the rope is made of, with over 85,000 N of force, the rope cannot sustain just force acting on it. The rope would have to break. With such powerful force, mass, speed and acceleration acting on the rope as they come down to a halt, the rope has to break. The stop would also cause so much pain for Batman that he could not hold on to Vale in the first place. This bad physics proves that Batman is only dreamy in the movies.

Similar Documents

Premium Essay

Effect

...AND COMPETITIVE LEARNING STRATEGIES ON ACADEMIC PERFOMANCE OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN PHYSICS ................................................................................................ 4 PATIENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF DEPRESSION ETIOLOGY AND TREATMENT EXPECTATIONS IN A NIGERIAN TERTIARY HOSPITAL .............. 12 PARENTAL CHILD-REARING STYLES, HOME STABILITY AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL PHYSICS IN CROSS RIVER STATE OF NIGERIA ........................................................................35 MODEL JOB ANALYSIS AND DESCRIPTION FOR PUBLIC RELATIONS PRACTITIONERS IN KENYA..............................46 NOLLYWOOD, NEW COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AND INDIGENOUS CULTURES IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD: THE NIGERIAN DILEMMA ......................................................................................................................................... 62 2 This Page is deliberately left blank 3 THE EFFECTS OF INQUIRY-BASED AND COMPETITIVE LEARNING STRATEGIES ON ACADEMIC PERFOMANCE OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN PHYSICS AFOLABI, FOLASHADE DEPARTMENT OF TEACHER EDUCATION FACULTY OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, IBADAN OYO STATE, NIGERIA. afolabigrace@yahoo.com +2348033682979 ABSTRACT The study investigated the effects of inquiry-based and competitive learning strategies on academic performance of students’ in physics. Quasi-experimental design was adopted for the study. A purposive sampling technique was used to select...

Words: 31554 - Pages: 127

Free Essay

A False Translation

...is to change the way an idea is formatted while still being able to have the idea to keep the same essence and spirit of the original copy. The same can be said for a translation of languages as to the translation from a novel to a movie. Although the format has been changed, the goal is to keep and convey the original message in a different medium. What a translation allows is the spread of different ideas to a wider and broader audience base that may not have been able to experience the idea otherwise. In the case of the novel East of Eden by John Steinbeck and the 1952 version of the movie East of Eden I view the movie to be a translation which becomes a broader and somewhat more accessible version of the original story. Even though the movie was created to capitalize on the huge monetary success of the novel, the film makers felt the need to drastically change the film in a way that changes the principal tone and meaning of the story. I feel that the arguments made in the movie are radically different from the ones made in the novel and by my definition, the movie a poor translation of the original novel. The original novel by Steinbeck had been highly anticipated and when it was release it found high sales while it received mixed reviews from critics and was highly controversial. 1950’s America wasn’t used to seeing an Asian man in such an important and powerful role in their literature. The controversy surrounding the novel gave the film adaptation and opportunity...

Words: 1305 - Pages: 6

Premium Essay

Faradays Law

...LivePhoto Physics Activity 32 Name: Date: Exploring Faraday’s Law In 1820 Hans Christian Oersted observed that electric currents create magnetic fields. Consequently many scientists made unsuccessful attempts to create current in the presence of magnetic fields. After over 10 years of investigation Michael Faraday and Joseph Henry, working independently on different sides of the Atlantic, made the discovery that if a conducting coil has a changing magnetic flux passing through it an electromotive force is created that causes a current to flow through the coil. The equation describing this phenomenon quantitatively is known as Faraday’s Law. a b c In this activity you will be asked to use Faraday’s Law to explain why the current induced in a coil and thus the voltage across it changes the way it does when the north or south pole of rod shaped magnet is moved into and then back out of the center of a coil of wire at various speeds. No calculations are required in this activity, just thinking! Figure 1: The north pole of a cylindrical magnet is: (a) moving into the center of a coil of wire; (b) reversing direction; and then (c) moving out of the coil. The coil’s voltage vs. time is recorded with a computer interfaced voltage probe. Theoretical Review: According to Faraday’s Law, at any moment the induced emf (denoted ) across a conducting loop with N turns is equal to –N times the rate of change of the magnetic flux passing through the area enclosed...

Words: 1667 - Pages: 7

Premium Essay

Controversial Issues in Entertainment Paper

...Controversial Issues in Entertainment Paper COM/225 Today there are various different controversial topics that can be found all across the mass media. As time continues on into the future one can also look at the timeline of controversial topics throughout history and see how the public perception has also changed as time has progressed. The change of public opinions overtime may very well be due to the fact of how the media presents the topic to the public. The portrayal of a certain controversial subject can either demonize or glorify a particular topic all depending on the public’s mindset during that specific time and the presentation of the story. Such specific controversial topics overtime to name which created this bias include: Freedom of Speech, African-American rights, women’s rights, racism, and the topic of In God We Trust vs. Freedom of Religion in America. These are just a few to name from previous years as today’s ethical issues include: war, same sex- marriages, legalization of marijuana, divorce, crime increase, equality, and Global Warming. The different forms of communication that have been used to reach the mass media overtime are the newspaper, telegraph, radio, magazines, television, and internet. The definition of the news can be classified into two concepts. “News and newsworthiness”, that means that the main objective of the press is to release information about significant changes that can affect a large group of people...

Words: 1574 - Pages: 7

Free Essay

A Major Accident

...Fahad Al Ashban ENG107 A major accident I never expected that I would have a major accident, but I had a very strong accident that I saw my whole life in front of me and it was the first moment that I saw death in front of me. I was going to my friend’s house with my brand new car when I had an accident and my car went upside down. I didn’t know what happened to me or even what I did before I had this accident, and the thing that made it worse that I was going to my friend’s house to study with him for my final exam which was physics and it was two days after the accident. This accident changed my whole life and my whole understanding of driving a car, after this accident I started to put my seatbelt on when I drive and I started to drive more safely. The accident was three years ago in Saudi Arabia before my final exam, I was 17 years old at my 11th grade, at that time I liked to drive a lot because I recently took my driver license and I was very happy with it. I remember that when I would get bored from studying I would go to the grocery store that is a few meters away of our house with my car and after I get a coke from there I go around my neighborhood just because I want to drive and also because I am driving my brand new car. That car was Toyota, I remember that I suffered a lot to get this car; my father said always that I can’t get an expensive car because it’s my first car and the first car always should be a cheap car. He at first wanted me to take Yaris because...

Words: 1297 - Pages: 6

Free Essay

Inception Evaluation

...Oscar Mudilo Dr. Edwardo Perez ENGL 1301 April 17, 2014 Inception Inception, which means beginning, is a movie about a professional thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets. With its characters, music, special effects, originality, and rating. Inception is able to capture its audience with its unique thrills, and to the fact that the story stays within the bounds of believability. In this paper I will examine the five categories for a Sci-fi thrillers film and rate Inception in what levels it falls in such as, mediocre, fair, good, and excellent. The following sections, explain what makes this an excellent film. The director, Christopher Nolan, also director the Batman Trilogy, does an excellent job with his selection of characters. Nolan now has enough power in Hollywood that he can bring together some of the best ensembles of any given year, but can he always handle them? First of all, I feel that in his previous movies he did a poor job of selecting actresses. His female characters range from uninteresting and almost unnecessary (Carrie-Anne Moss in Memento, Hilary Swank in Insomnia) to god-awful (Scarlett Johansson in Prestige, both Maggie Gyllenhaal and Katie Holmes in the Batman movies). But Inception, au contraire, provides us, finally, with a strong female character. Marion Cotillard gives a very strong performance as the film's femme fatale. The rest of the supporting cast is strong for the most part, but no one...

Words: 1249 - Pages: 5

Premium Essay

A Beautiful Mind

...101 | |H00166781 | |October 19, 2011 | A Beautiful Mind is the 2001 movie interpretation of Sylvia Nasar biography about John F. Nash Jr. by film makers Ron Howard, Brian Grazer and screenplay written by Akiva Goldsman. The film is about the true life story of John Forbes Nash Jr. of West Virginia. The movie has succeeded in showing that the very brilliantly minded John Nash can suffer from a debilitating mental disorder such as Paranoid Schizophrenia and still achieve greatness. The reason that I picked this movie was because I had never seen it and a while back a few years ago I heard of this movie which was supposed to be great. Since, this movie is about the life and times of a real person; I will be using three of the five criteria in order to write this...

Words: 2252 - Pages: 10

Free Essay

Pixar

...Pixar’s Culture Origin of Pixar Culture As a child, Ed Catmull grew up making “flip-books” filled with drawings and animations. Although he was not a good artist, Catmull used his physics and computer science skills to start creating 3-D computer animations, unintentionally starting his career as an animator. Catmull got the opportunity to use his animation skills under George Lucas, reinventing the technology for creating movies. Steve Jobs later purchased this division from Lucas, which led to the creation of Pixar. Ed Catmull and Steve Jobs envisioned that Pixar’s culture would equally incorporate both the creative culture of Hollywood and the technological aspect of Silicon Valley. Since then, Pixar has created twelve successful feature films, increased their workforce to over 1,100 people, and been acquired by Disney. Yet the culture that started Catmull’s dream still exists today and continues to drive Pixar’s success. (SFGate) Corporate Structure’s Influence on Culture Pixar’s organizational structure reinforces many of Catmull’s beliefs, including his emphasis on cross-departmental communication. Catmull realizes the importance of human capital through Pixar’s flat hierarchy and team-oriented environment. The low power distance derives from Catmull’s faith that every individual at the company is highly qualified in their field and should be able to express themselves freely without any pressures from above. Every worker has access to talk to any other person at Pixar...

Words: 774 - Pages: 4

Free Essay

Upcat

...to know. I think it was more because I did not even think I would make the cut. I did not get to attend any review class nor did I buy all the best and recommended UPCAT reviewers. As many UPCAT passers will tell you, it is not really about how much you have studied the summer before for the entrance exams but how much you have learned in school since Day 1. “UPCAT is not a day but a season. It started the day you realized you needed to work hard for your high school grades so it could help you ace the test. UPCAT … started when you began to hope to be an Iskolar ng Bayan,” says broadcast communication graduate Joseph Cataan. All you need for UPCAT are refreshers because, as they say, “you already know what you know.” I was also calm and cool about the whole thing because I was never pressured by my parents. On UPCAT day, my dad said, “Just do what you have to do.” And so I did. People will tell you that getting into UP is not the be-all and end-all but it pays to be assured that you did your part, from pre- to post-exam. Survival tips Here are a few tips from successful survivors of the UPCAT to get you on your way down that maroon brick road: 1. Time to face the music! No room for panic. You might hate mathematics or physics but come review time, you have to face your fears. Brush up on subjects you do not feel confident about. Do not panic. Before your review session, which should have a fixed slot in your regular study...

Words: 1525 - Pages: 7

Free Essay

Regal Group Case

...Leadership Styles , Candice Birks, Miranda Cauthen, Charles Goady, Ernest Munoz Shauna M. Vinson Northwood University Leadership MBA-612 Tara Peters, Ph.D. October 28, 2015 Abstract Through our writings for the group assignment, we will detail the emotional intelligence of one main character.  We will be expressing contrasting approaches in which two characters exhibit from the chosen movie, "The Matrix".  Lastly, we will touch on the additional course concepts from the psychological contract piece of the readings and tell how it was represented, in the movie, through Cypher and Morpheus.  Introduction In the movie, The Matrix, several characters make up this thought provoking movie. The focus takes place between a ship inhabited by humans who are fighting against a computer program. This program simulates what appears to be very realistic lives of people that live on earth. However, early in the movie, it is revealed, “the machines’ and computer programs called “agents” are a real threat to the remainder of humanity. The primary set of characters takes us through the past, present and future of humankind’s war against technology. Technology that is being used to oppress rather than empower. The following characters this paper will focus on are: Trinity, Neo, Agent Smith, Cypher and Morpheus. Trinity is a hacker who escaped from “The Matrix.” Agent Smith is the most unique of the other agents. Smith is doggedly determined to maintain and uphold the program, as...

Words: 2522 - Pages: 11

Free Essay

Big Hero 6

...Big Hero 6 (2014) Rotten Tomatoes gave this cute, dark, and tragic story based off a Marvel comic an impressive 89% and it had received praise for it's tear jerking story-telling and a multicultural cast of characters which are said to be the first for any Disney film. In a Rotten Tomatoes review of the Oscar-winning Disney animated take on a complicated Marvel comic, Big Hero 6 has been heavily praised for it's tear-jerking story which was completely different from some of Disney's previous animated films like Frozen, Beauty and the Beast, Lion King, and The Little Mermaid. This Disney film does not involve princesses and evil royals, but involves a grief-stricken child prodigy and his robot companion. It has also been praised for being plot-twisting, funny, sweet, adorable, and of course, tear jerking. It would go on the win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film in 2015. Big Hero 6 tells the story of Hiro Hamada (Ryan Potter), a 14-year old robotics prodigy who resides the the futuristic city of San Fransokyo with his older brother Tadashi (Daniel Henney) and their aunt Cass (Maya Rudolph). When he is tricked into developing a desire for a higher education by his brother after being arrested for taking part in an illegal bot fight, Hiro comes up with the most brilliant invention that all of San Fransokyo or in this case, the entire Disney cinematic universe, has ever seen-microdots, tiny little robots that fuse together to build anything one's...

Words: 1806 - Pages: 8

Premium Essay

Pop Culture Analysis

...There is nothing like reading a good book or watching a great movie for a little escapism and entertainment. With all of the television channels out there and access to the internet, you can watch just about anything you want at any time. In Unit 2, you talked about the science involved with technology, but in this Assignment, you are going to turn the tables and delve into how the media portrays science. How does a pop culture portrayal of science and scientists impact the average person’s view of what science is and how research is conducted? Can what is presented by the media affect how the general populace views a particular research field? What might the long-term impacts of such a depiction be? These are just a few questions that you...

Words: 1855 - Pages: 8

Premium Essay

Data Science

...Spotlight on Big Data Spotlight Artwork Tamar Cohen, Andrew J Buboltz 2011, silk screen on a page from a high school yearbook, 8.5" x 12" Data Scientist: The Sexiest Job of the 21st Century Meet the people who can coax treasure out of messy, unstructured data. by Thomas H. Davenport and D.J. Patil 70 Harvard Business Review October 2012   hen Jonathan Goldman arrived for work in June 2006 at LinkedIn, the business networking site, the place still felt like a start-up. The company had just under 8 million accounts, and the number was growing quickly as existing members invited their friends and colleagues to join. But users weren’t seeking out connections with the people who were already on the site at the rate executives had expected. Something was apparently missing in the social experience. As one LinkedIn manager put it, “It was like arriving at a conference reception and realizing you don’t know anyone. So you just stand in the corner sipping your drink—and you probably leave early.” SPOTLIGHT ON BIG DATA Goldman, a PhD in physics from Stanford, was intrigued by the linking he did see going on and by the richness of the user profiles. It all made for messy data and unwieldy analysis, but as he began exploring people’s connections, he started to see possibilities. He began forming theories, testing hunches, and finding patterns that allowed him to predict whose networks a given profile would land in. He could imagine that new...

Words: 4101 - Pages: 17

Free Essay

The Wind

...Free Essays Home Search Essays FAQ Contact Search: Go View Cart / Checkout Search Results Free Essays Unrated Essays Better Essays Stronger Essays Powerful Essays Term Papers Research Papers Search by keyword: wind Sort By: Go Your search returned over 400 essays for "wind" 1 2 3 4 5 Next >> These results are sorted by most relevant first (ranked search). You may also sort these by color rating or essay length. Title Length Color Rating Wind Power and Wildlife Issues in Kansas - ... Turbines can produce electricity at wind speeds as low as 9 miles per hour, reach their peak of production at 33 miles per hour, plus shut down and turn sideways at wind speeds above 56 miles per hour. An average wind speed at the site of a turbine is 20 miles per hour. Because of these features on the towers, they rank Kansas the 3rd in the US for wind energy potential. The Gray County Wind Farm in Kansas, powered by Florida Power and Light Energy, has collected data from 2001-2009 on electricity production.... [tags: kansas, wind energy, wind turbines] :: 1 Works Cited 1537 words (4.4 pages) $29.95 [preview] Analysis of Wind Turbine Designs - Abstract Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft and one of the most philanthropic men in history giving over 28 billion dollars to charity so far, states his number one wish for the world wouldn't be to rid the world of aids, vaccinate kids around the world, or feed every starving children; instead, it would be...

Words: 9531 - Pages: 39

Free Essay

Famous People

...Steven Paul Jobs was born in San Francisco on February 24, 1955. He became interested in computers when he was a teenager and attended lectures after school at Hewlett Packard. In 1974, Jobs got a job as a technician at the video game maker Atari. He saved enough money to backpack around India and then returned to Atari, where he met Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. Jobs and Wozniak founded Apple in 1976. Jobs persuaded Wozniak to make a computer and sell it. Together, they developed the Mac. It was the first small computer with a user-friendly interface to be commercially successful. Jobs also built the computer on which the World Wide Web was created. He developed a passion for style and functional perfection, which became Apple trademarks. Steve Jobs was the co-founder and CEO of Apple Inc. and former CEO of Pixar Animation Studios. He was the largest individual shareholder in Walt Disney. Jobs’ name is associated with innovative products like the iPod, iPhone, iTunes and iPad. He was a much-respected corporate leader whose management style is studied worldwide. His attention to design, function and style won him millions of fans. Jobs guided Apple to be a major player in the digital revolution. The introduction of the iMac and other cutting-edge products made Apple a powerful brand with a loyal following. Jobs also enjoyed considerable success at Pixar. He created Oscar-winning movies such as ‘Toy Story’ and ‘Finding Nemo’. Jobs’ advice for success is: “You’ve got to...

Words: 3929 - Pages: 16