Film Theory: What If Gru ACTUALLY Stole the Moon?
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Analyzing the Catastrophic Consequences of Gru Stealing the Moon
Explore why stealing the moon, even if physics were defied, would lead to international prosecution, instant planetary destruction, and economic collapse. Readers gain a deep understanding of the actual terrestrial and legal fallout from the Despicable Me plot.
Short Summary
- Gru immediately violates several articles of the Outer Space Treaty, resulting in international legal jeopardy.
- Shrinking the moon locks its entire mass into a softball-sized object, creating devastating, localized surface gravity.
- The proximity of the shrunken moon would cause Earth's crust to fracture and destroy global economies via resource flooding.
- The analysis moves the scenario from fictional villainy to real-world catastrophic physics and economics.
This segment dissects Gru's plan to steal the moon, moving beyond cinematic fun to analyze tangible consequences. It first establishes the legal framework making the theft illegal for individuals and then dives into the physics of shrinking celestial bodies to determine the resulting planetary doom, concluding with the potential economic devastation from resource manipulation.
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Top Comments (10)
Gru casually carrying the weight of the moon in his jacket pocket is hilariously overlooked.
This episode could have been easily written 10 years ago and only recorded now. True classic Film Theory essence
I feel that would’ve made Gru an even more well known criminal
How ironic. Gru stole the moon to become a more well known villain, but in his hasty action he ensured that there would be no one left alive to acknowledge his villainy.
They actually do talk about it in the movie and how the shrink ray actually works. It does convert the mass to energy around the object but with time the greater the size the less time it takes to go back to it's original form. That's why we saw the blue layer on it while it grew.
4:08 That's the *WHOLE POINT,* he doesn't do it *JUST* to one-up Vector, he does it so he can ransom the moon to the world governments, that's why he goes to the villain bank for a loan.
I don't know if Lee will see this but I love the direction of Film Theory. Namely, not sticking strictly to trends and kind of covering whatever pops into his head. Makes each upload novel and unexpected, like Matt's.
Quick correction: Gru says "And once we have it, they will pay any price to have it back" to the minions when he is introducing the plan. His goal is to ransom the moon, not to flex it on vector.
Fun fact: if the moon really did reach the size that it did when it was in such close proximity to the Earth, it would’ve been destroyed.
Gru does not live in the Albuquerque suburbs. Remember in the second movie Lucy kidnaps Gru, then drove into the ocean? Albuquerque is a city in a land locked state. 5:21
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Top Comments (10)
Gru casually carrying the weight of the moon in his jacket pocket is hilariously overlooked.
This episode could have been easily written 10 years ago and only recorded now. True classic Film Theory essence
I feel that would’ve made Gru an even more well known criminal
How ironic. Gru stole the moon to become a more well known villain, but in his hasty action he ensured that there would be no one left alive to acknowledge his villainy.
They actually do talk about it in the movie and how the shrink ray actually works. It does convert the mass to energy around the object but with time the greater the size the less time it takes to go back to it's original form. That's why we saw the blue layer on it while it grew.
4:08 That's the *WHOLE POINT,* he doesn't do it *JUST* to one-up Vector, he does it so he can ransom the moon to the world governments, that's why he goes to the villain bank for a loan.
I don't know if Lee will see this but I love the direction of Film Theory. Namely, not sticking strictly to trends and kind of covering whatever pops into his head. Makes each upload novel and unexpected, like Matt's.
Quick correction: Gru says "And once we have it, they will pay any price to have it back" to the minions when he is introducing the plan. His goal is to ransom the moon, not to flex it on vector.
Fun fact: if the moon really did reach the size that it did when it was in such close proximity to the Earth, it would’ve been destroyed.
Gru does not live in the Albuquerque suburbs. Remember in the second movie Lucy kidnaps Gru, then drove into the ocean? Albuquerque is a city in a land locked state. 5:21