I. Introduction
A. Movie: James and the Giant Peach (1996)
B. Thesis:
James and the Giant Peach is a movie that tends to ignore laws of
physics and tweak them in order to create this magical world.
II. Body
1.Weight and Balance
-The style of the movie has this “Tim Burtonesque” style to
it because the house where James lives with his Aunts is distorted and narrow,
and also on the edge of a cliff, making the house look like it could collapse
any time.
-The magic man who helps James achieve his dream, pushed a
brick off a wall with just one hand. It seems impossible considering that the
brick was the size of his chess.
-As the peach grows rapidly on the tree, there were no
branches braking or falling due to the weight of the peach. Even the tree seems
just bended like rubber or plastic.
-The seagulls seemed way too small even as a group to carry
the large peach.
2. Gravity
-Mr. Grasshopper leaps in the air to catch the seagulls and
falls back at a constant speed.
-Mr. Grasshopper puts a chair on the edge of the peach and
Mr. Centipede sits on it but does not fall.
-James is swimming underwater but the way he moves looks
like he is “sliding”. Gravity is not applied underwater
3. Path of action
-The giant peach rolls over a village without destroying any
houses on the way and then rolls above a church and then slows down on top of
the bell towers for 3 seconds and then speeds up.
-Mrs. Ladybug toss a top hat and a cane to Mr. Grasshopper,
it seems as if they were moving like magnets and straightforward.
-The Peach lands by coincidence on top the Empire state
building.
III. Conclusion
A. Laws of physics are ignored and changed
B. Although James and the Giant Peach broke many rules of physics;
it served as a purpose of entertainment and creating this magical world.
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