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Meesh · Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 8:46 pm Post subject: Physics in Aladdin

I'm doing a mini-project for our "Physics film fest" and I figured I'd use Aladdin (duh).

So basically I pick a 1:30 - 3:00 minute clip from it and demonstrate how something in it demonstrates good or bad physics.

I'm currently watching it and taking notes on usable scenes. Examples:

Before “One Jump Ahead”
The clotheslines etc. break Aladdin’s jump from the roof

Cave of Wonders
Aladdin sways contrary to the carpet’s motion.

Due on Monday Smile

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persian85033 · Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 9:59 pm Post subject:

I think I like the carpet one better.
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Meesh · Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 10:09 pm Post subject:

Well I'm not necessarily asking which one is better. I'm just asking what other examples of good/bad physics there are in the movie.
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AladdinsGenie · Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 10:50 pm Post subject:

His fez doesn't come off unless attacked by anger mothers after flirting with their daughters Laughing

Aladdin is a pretty cartoony movie, though. It's gonna defy A LOT of physics more than follow them XD

Syera · Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 10:26 am Post subject:

All of these pale in comparison to the fact that Aladdin and Abu were standing directly over hot lava in the Cave of Wonders without bursting into flame. Razz

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Meesh · Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 10:30 am Post subject:

hahaha!! That's so true!! But I think that would be chemistry.
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Meesh · Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 10:36 pm Post subject:

I'm going with "One Jump Ahead." There are two excellent examples of the same law of physics:

1) Aladdin jumps from the roof before the number, where his fall is broken by clotheslines and tent-like roofs.

2) The guards jump from the window at the end of the number, and their fall is broken by manure.

Both examples of fall-breakers are examples of how increasing the stopping time will decrease the force of their stops. (I think the equation is P=F/A but I'll have to ask my nerd friends at school for verification.)
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Lateralus · Streetrat Joined: 26 Sep 2008 Posts: 19

ha ha ha, i like this topic very much. too bad i am too late.

i would like to point out that flying carpet alone defies the laws of physics.

for the fun of it, some other things i can think of are when he jumps off the window using another carpet and when he usees underwear as a parachute.

the other thing is when he is using the big diamond/ruby like ice skating at the last fight. assuming the ruby had a shape tip. i remember the trajectory curving on the floor. now in order to do this, he is needing acceleration towards the centre. and since he ran onto the jem along a path that was tangental to the curve vof the trajectory (logically),
his acceleration vector is tangental to the curve. he would need to be spinning around in circles for him to curve in his path like that. ice skater and snowboarders can do this with no spinning becuase they have more blade/board on the surface. aladdin is only has a point. but i may be wrong, i am not so good in physics, and i have never seen snow or natural ice to know. also this may not be the case if the floor is tilted.

Meesh · Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 10:53 am Post subject:

Wow that's quite an analysis!!

(BTW I got a 100% using the "One Jump Ahead" scene)
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persian85033 · Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 7:22 pm Post subject:

Lateralus · Streetrat Joined: 26 Sep 2008 Posts: 19

Meesh · Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 2:56 pm Post subject:

11th grade Physics I Honors.
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