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First Speaker

(4,858 posts)
Sat Jul 17, 2021, 12:08 AM Jul 2021

Name a movie with a hole in the logic of the plot... (Warning--**SPOILERS**)

I can give three examples off the top of my head:

1. The Sting. OK--Gondorff and Hooker pull off the con, and walk out of the gambling den together, heading off into the sunset. But. What if Lonigan and Snyder are still outside arguing, and see the two "dead" men leaving? And do Hooker and Gondorff intend to spend the rest of their lives in hiding, so that Lonigan doesn't find out they're still alive? He wouldn't be amused, to say the least. I gather the sequel goes into this--I've never seen it--but it doesn't help the original make any more sense.

2. Olympus Has Fallen. The North Korean Bad Guys take over the White House, and at the climax we learn they've launched an evil scheme to make all our silo-based missiles detonate in their bunkers, killing tens of millions and destroying America. Fine. But even if they do this--we'd still have bombers and submarines, full of nuclear weapons. If the US was destroyed, no one would hesitate a second to annihilate North Korea. There wouldn't be a stick left standing in the whole country. Didn't this occur to the Bad Guys?

3. Sleuth. Without going into details of a truly elaborate plot, I'll just say to Andrew: Shooting Milo makes no sense. What about Joyce and Thera? They know all about The Game--Milo couldn't have set his game up, the one that fooled you so badly, without their active cooperation. You shoot Milo, Andrew, they go right to the coppers, and where does that leave you?


Anyone else have any other examples?

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Name a movie with a hole in the logic of the plot... (Warning--**SPOILERS**) (Original Post) First Speaker Jul 2021 OP
Regarding the sting -- unblock Jul 2021 #1
MASH? Backseat Driver Jul 2021 #2
Silence of the Lambs ending wouldn't not happen if they had cell phones. underpants Jul 2021 #3
In "Citizen Kane" pressbox69 Jul 2021 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author Mister Ed Jul 2021 #6
Spider-Man 2 Grokenstein Jul 2021 #5

unblock

(51,974 posts)
1. Regarding the sting --
Sat Jul 17, 2021, 12:33 AM
Jul 2021

Polk informs hooker "he's gone" before either "dead" guy moves. Pretty reasonable to assume he had eyes on the outside before giving the all clear. Pretty easy for him or anyone else to check outside even if they didn't show that.

I always figured they needed to convince lonnegan that hooker, at least, was dead so that his people would stop trying to kill him (presumably he and his people would eventually talk and make the connection)

Gondorff I figured would go back to being a basically retired drunk, this being his crowning achievement he'd never out-do.

But yeah, they'd have problems if anyone ever spotted them and informed lonnegan.

pressbox69

(2,252 posts)
4. In "Citizen Kane"
Sat Jul 17, 2021, 01:47 AM
Jul 2021

C.F. Kane is all alone in the room when he whispers "Rosebud" just before he drops the globe and dies. How did anyone hear him say it if he was all alone in the room? If nobody hears it say goodbye to one of the greatest plot devices in film history. Just saying.

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Grokenstein

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5. Spider-Man 2
Sat Jul 17, 2021, 01:52 AM
Jul 2021

"Octavius took Mary Jane, Harry! Tell me where to find him!!"
"How would I know? We met twice, right here. We threatened each other! Why the hell would he tell me where he sleeps?"
"...Well, damn. What now?"
"Maybe the director could just edit this out and go with a smash-cut to his hideout?"

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