Hard to say it’s my favorite, but “Honey, I Shrunk The Kids” explains the shrinking ray (and forgive me, it’s been decades since I watched it) working by getting rid of the space between atoms, squishing them together to reduce the size of the object. Okay, I’m sure that’s patently ridiculous in and of itself. But realistically, even as a kid, I knew enough to recognize that it would mean a shrunken object would still weigh the same amount (volume shrinks but mass does not).
No way an ant is going to be able to carry the weight of a full grown human. Nor would grass. And honestly the amount of force of so much weight in such a small space would cause all kinds of issues. You literally could not casually lift the weight of a child with a spoon without noticing when you’re built like vintage era Rick Moranis, let alone the fact that the weight of kid concentrated to the size of an ant would not float in milk, even with a cheerio life preserver. Practically the whole movie is a plot hole.
Hard to say it’s my favorite, but “Honey, I Shrunk The Kids” explains the shrinking ray (and forgive me, it’s been decades since I watched it) working by getting rid of the space between atoms, squishing them together to reduce the size of the object. Okay, I’m sure that’s patently ridiculous in and of itself. But realistically, even as a kid, I knew enough to recognize that it would mean a shrunken object would still weigh the same amount (volume shrinks but mass does not).
No way an ant is going to be able to carry the weight of a full grown human. Nor would grass. And honestly the amount of force of so much weight in such a small space would cause all kinds of issues. You literally could not casually lift the weight of a child with a spoon without noticing when you’re built like vintage era Rick Moranis, let alone the fact that the weight of kid concentrated to the size of an ant would not float in milk, even with a cheerio life preserver. Practically the whole movie is a plot hole.
Let us not even speak of the sequel(s).