Why in movies and TV shows, giants are always shown as moving slowly?

Question

As the title says, why in movies and TV shows giant organisms are always shown as if they move in slow motion?

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Answer 1

Muscle strength is roughly proportional to muscle area (size squared). Weight is proportional to size cubed. Weight goes up faster than strength so very big animals move slower relative to their size. A rabbit can run about twenty body lengths per second, an elephant two. Even though the elephant is running as fast as the rabbit (about 40 km/h) it looks slower as the legs dont have to move as fast