Movie Incongruities/Lucky Coincidences - Page 3

tuq · #21 07-08-2006, 12:08 AM

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It might have been more suspicious for Nichols to refuse to give Kimble $200 and tell him to piss off.

Plus, it took a lot of detective work to connect Nichols with the death. First, Kimble was after the one-armed man, then the trail led to the dead doctor (Lentz?), and then he had to go to the lab and get a lot more help to figure out Nichols was involved. It's reasonable to conclude Nichols would not have thought Kimble would be able to dig so deeply.

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The correct answer - albeit one that would have made the movie suck - is to give him money and then call an anonymous tip in regarding what was (the way the movie presented it) the most wanted man in Chicago.

You make a good point in your second paragraph, but the movie made Kimble out to be a very resourceful saint with a lot of people who would cover for him; Nichols would have known this already via character witnesses at his trial.

Reading too much into a movie I really enjoyed, of course, but this was the one glaring plot hole to me (aside from surviving the jump off the dam basically uninjured).

JCool · #22 07-08-2006, 12:34 AM

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Reading too much into a movie I really enjoyed, of course, but this was the one glaring plot hole to me (aside from surviving the jump off the dam basically uninjured).

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Ewww. Didnt you see that nasty flesh wound he self treated at the hospital? And talk about plot holes, yeah he's a vascalur surgeon or whatever, but come on, there's no way he can self treat that wound and it looked like that wound needed a lot more extensive treatment then just a shot in the butt.

KAknight · #23 07-08-2006, 12:44 AM

In the Matrix. Neo is asleep at his desk. "Neo, wake up." Neo does wake up. Then he hits Ctrl+X.

That is the shortcut for cut. That bugs the crap out of me everytime I see it.

Lukin · #24 07-10-2006, 11:15 PM

In Training Day, that gang is about to kill Ethan Hawke after Denzel abandons him in their house. However, they let him go when they find on him the ID of a girl that he had saved from being raped earlier in the day. Luckily, the girl was the sister of one of the guys trying to kill Hawke. That was a ridiculous coincidence in an otherwise good movie.

tuq · #25 07-10-2006, 11:30 PM

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I've been thinking a whole thread just for this subject on Independence Day. I know it's supposed to be ridiculous. But still might be fun to catalog the most ludicrous ridiculosity. I vote for Will Smith happening to crash his jet within alien dragging distance of Area 51.

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Actually that ENTIRE film fits the criteria of my OP. That may be the worst big-budget film I've ever seen (IMO obviously). Haven't seen it since it came out, but the two things I recall even today:

- in the freeway tunnel, the wife or whoever just ducks into a nook and somehow avoids the apocalypse that befell the non-nooked.

- all those people drunk off their ass suddenly sober up and learn how to pilot fighter planes...all in like a half an hour.

pryor15 · #26 07-10-2006, 11:43 PM

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- in the freeway tunnel, the wife or whoever just ducks into a nook and somehow avoids the apocalypse that befell the non-nooked.

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the amazing thing is that years later, everytime i see one of those tunnels, i instantly think of that scene. my brain irrationally says "ok, if something happens, head for that nook."

sometimes my brain is dumb.

Vehn · #27 07-11-2006, 03:36 AM

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I always thought it was hilariously stupid the way Tom Cruise contacts Max in Mission Impossible.

First he does a search for "Job 314" on the internet, then sends an e-mail to Job@3:14, or something like that, then starts posting Bible verses on newsgroups.

Right away, he gets a message back.

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This is the clear best answer. Its hilarious to watch this scene now that the internet isnt something in university libraries. One of the most awkward and dated scenes ever.

LionelHutz00 · #28 07-11-2006, 05:09 AM

Mike McD getting $10K from the check cashing place.

The kidnapped cop having met Mr. Orange before in Reservoir Dogs.

In the Usual Suspects, the fax with the sketch of Keyser Soze comes in just after he leaves the police station. If it comes in 2 minutes earlier, he doesn't get away, which kinda defeats the point of the whole movie.

mute · #29 07-11-2006, 05:51 AM

Flightplan. That movie is like one big plothole, filled with plotholes. I'm not gonna elaborate, since it kinda gives away the whole movie.

EDIT: Also I liked Inside Man, but it bothered me a bit, how he got the info for the job.

gisb0rne · #30 07-11-2006, 08:14 AM

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In Training Day, that gang is about to kill Ethan Hawke after Denzel abandons him in their house. However, they let him go when they find on him the ID of a girl that he had saved from being raped earlier in the day. Luckily, the girl was the sister of one of the guys trying to kill Hawke. That was a ridiculous coincidence in an otherwise good movie.

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I don't think the coincidence of it being the guy's sister is bad. What I think is bad is that they even found the photo and looked at it closely at all before killing him.