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Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics, a must-see web site.

“Ever notice how cars in movies always burst into flames the instant they collide with anything? Our favorite is when a car falling from a high place explodes the instant before it hits the ground. It’s as though its gas tank gets panicky and detonates at the mere thought of striking Earth.”

“Cliches flew like machine gun bullets as we endured barrage after barrage of emotional mush flung trebuchet-like from a script which seemed to be put together by marketing researchers.”

“This was a scene which shall live forever in movie physics infamy.”

“Multi-beamed laser security systems are a frequent Hollywood plot device. Again and again movies feature tension-filled scenes in which characters snake their way through mazes of laserbeams artistically arranged in random patterns by professional security fools to entertain us by making would-be thieves do contortions.”

“It has everything: common physics misconceptions, blatant misrepresentations of physical laws, a complete range of stereotypes, ridiculous feats of engineering, and pure fabrication of scientific ‘facts’.”

“The scene plays as though it came from the memory of a ninth grade physical science student who mostly slept through class.”

“We were dumbstruck. Its hard to poke fun at a movie which unintentionally trashes itself.”