{"id":304458,"date":"2025-05-28T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/es\/?p=355608"},"modified":"2025-07-01T14:33:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T21:33:04","slug":"this-netflix-movie-has-been-a-hit-with-audiences-but-scientists-hate-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/this-netflix-movie-has-been-a-hit-with-audiences-but-scientists-hate-it\/","title":{"rendered":"This Netflix movie has been a hit with audiences, but scientists hate it"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The movie The Core, released in 2003 and starring Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, and Stanley Tucci, has been criticized for its lack of scientific rigor. Considered one of the box office failures of the same year, NASA included it in its list of the seven least realistic movies in 2011, ranking second, just behind 2012.<strong> The plot revolves around an extremist premise: the idea that the Earth&#8217;s core has stopped spinning and that the solution is to detonate a nuclear bomb to restart its rotation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A movie with no scientific basis<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Geophysics experts, including astrophysicist Roland Lehoucq and seismologist Jackie Caplan-Auerbach, have highlighted the numerous inaccuracies of the film. According to Lehoucq, The Core presents &#8220;misconceptions of the laws of physics, ridiculous technical feats, and pure scientific inventions.&#8221; <strong>Caplan-Auerbach criticizes that, although the film correctly mentions that the Earth&#8217;s magnetic field originates in its core, it incorrectly suggests that this function depends on the rotation of the inner core<\/strong>. In reality, it is the dynamics of the liquid outer core that produces this field.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Core - Trailer\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LVkocdkcmAc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Moreover, the notion of using a fictional material called Unobtainium to carry out the mission reinforces the lack of scientific basis in the story. <strong>Scientists point out that not only is it unlikely that the launch of a nuclear bomb would succeed under such conditions, but representations of imminent disasters such as heat waves or exposure to massive radiation are pure fantasy.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p>Despite these criticisms, El N\u00facleo remains accessible to viewers, as it is currently available on Netflix, <strong>which could lead new audiences to question the veracity of its scientific representations.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Netflix\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/bb71af8a-96bf-11e6-8279-00163ec9f5fa\/1690710143\/netflix-Download-Netflix.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Netflix<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/netflix.softonic.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/netflix.softonic.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The movie The Core, released in 2003 and starring Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, and Stanley Tucci, has been criticized for its lack of scientific rigor. Considered one of the box office failures of the same year, NASA included it in its list of the seven least realistic movies in 2011, ranking second, just behind 2012. The plot revolves around an extremist premise: the idea that the Earth&#8217;s core has stopped spinning and that the solution is to detonate a nuclear bomb to restart its rotation. 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