| XXX In this action movie, Vin Diesel plays the hero who must save the world from a group of massive bombs going to blow up in cities around the world. Within the movie is a scene where the hero must outrun an avalanche, on a snowboard, to get to safety. Knowing that snowboards aren't the fastest mode of travel, Vin gets a head start before narrowly escaping the avalanche. However, with the real life physics, the snowboard on that mountain would not have been able to go fast enough to outrun the avalanche. There was too much drag from Vin's clothing, and the powdery snow created too much friction. The avalanche would have surely taken him down, with the rest of the bad guys. |
The
Karate Kid
In the
new remake of the old classic, our hero was on his
last leg, literally, as he tried to win the fight
of his life. After a cheap shot, he is hurt trying
to stay in the fight. In a lat effort move, he is
able to land a kick to knock out his opponent. The
impossible part, though, was when he did a flip to
land after the kick. He changed his direction and
speed of motion mid air, which is not possible for
a person to do while moving quickly through the
air. The kick looked nice, but was impossible in
the end.
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Indiana
Jones
In the
fourth installment of the series, Indiana gets a
chance to meet his long lost son. As they go out
on an adventure to discover an alien artifact,
they encounter a group of Soviets looking to use
the artifact for evil. In one scene, Indiana's son
is ripped out of a car at top speed, and then
swings on vines to catch up to the speeding car of
the villain. Although not exactly a sport, this
example of bad physics fits here best. As we can
all probably guess, there is no way that a man can
swing on vines to catch up to a speeding car. He
would have been left behind in the real world.
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