Stupid Movie Physics

Okay, The Day After Tomorrow was genuinely entertaining.  After all, isn’t it a pleasure — perverse as it may be — to watch the rapid freezing of the entire planet?  However, equally delightfully, TDAT has been labeled by this site, Intuitor: Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics as rating an “RP” for “retch.”  The Intuitor site rates movies according to the accuracy of the science presented in those movies, as in this sample from their TDAT review:

The near destruction of LA by numerous giant tornadoes is possibly the second best special effect and is about as scientifically sound as the Statue of Liberty scene. According to NOAA data, there has never been a tornado in California rated higher than an F1 on an F1 to F5 scale. Furthermore, there has never been a single recorded tornado-caused fatality. Obviously, California does not have the terrain required for producing large violent tornados. The tornado scene would have been bizarre even in Kansas but in LA it’s positively, um … overblown.

It’s a delightful way to learn about physics and laugh at bad B-movies at the same time.

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~ by adsoofmelk on December 6, 2007.