Physics - Why Animated Movies Are Better Than Ever
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - 13:40
in Mathematics & Economics
Only nostalgia zealots can argue we are not in a Golden Age for animated movies. 2010 gave us classics like "Megamind", "Toy Story 3" and, the one movie to rule them all, "Tangled." The characters and story had heart and compelling plots.They also had physics.Suspension of disbelief is one thing but impossible physics (like that bus in "Speed" making a low speed jump over a gap and somehow landing on the other side of a parallel road) tend to jar people out of the movie experience. It's fine for a "Road Runner" cartoon but not films that want to be more than slapstick humor. read more