Some dudes in the University of Central Florida were so concerned about the misguidance of Hollywood on some basic physics principles that they decided to write a paper criticising some terrible physics flaws. The paper is available here.
Entitled Hollywood Blockbusters: Unlimited Fun but Limited Science Literacy, it dissects some movies that has impossible physics, starting with the classic Speed bus-jump-over-gap scene. Other movies analysed are Spiderman (ridiculous coefficient of friction on cable the Green Goblin was holding), Aeon Flux, The Core, Superman, X-Men III: The Last Stand (when Magneto lifted that bridge, his body "should be shining about 926 times stronger than a 60W light bulb!"), and Chronicles of Riddick.
This reminds me deeply of the Intuitor Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics, where they smashes many movies with poor physics (though updates are quite rare nowadays). Interestingly enough, Titanic got quite a good grade for accurate portrayal of the dynamics of the sinking.
To be frank, are these guys overreacting? I'm not so sure, but since I always begin watching a Hollywood movie with the premise that they lie outside the domain of physics laws, I can't really be bothered. But still, it's quite fun to read all these analyses!
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