Totally normal: planes floating in mid-air
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Because the aircraft isn't going as fast as your brain thinks it should be. With full flaps, and a slow approach speed it does look like it's almost static until it's very close to the ground.
The clip at 2:01 supports this. I can see it barely moving. The other two time stamps I keep watching closely and it just doesn't appear to be so, especially the clip starting at 3:02.
I'm fine with being proven wrong, but some of them appear very stationary.
Here is the original clip that got me on this kick and why my perspective might be altered from everyone else's...
https://youtu.be/3qCfTBgalFE?t=600