Movie Incongruities/Lucky Coincidences

[tuq]

I'm new to this forum, if this has been recently done please lock/delete/ban me. Thanks.

In the Die Hard thread, someone mentioned how very helpful it was to the plot that in DH2 that it was snowing/dark. Yeah, good point as it was sort of necessary to pull off a plan that they had a very tight deadline for.

Also, in the movie The Fugitive, Dr. Nichols helping out Dr. Kimble with money, not turning him in, etc., aided the plot but it made no sense at all as it just allowed Kimble more time to build his case against...Dr. Nichols.

Dunno, I'm sure there are many others but I thought I'd be interested in any participation/examples. Thanks.

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Also, in the movie The Fugitive, Dr. Nichols helping out Dr. Kimble with money, not turning him in, etc., aided the plot but it made no sense at all as it just allowed Kimble more time to build his case against...Dr. Nichols.

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This always bothered me.

I'll try to think of more as I know I have been frustrated on more than one occasion while watching a movie.

[ThomasPHoolery]

There is one huge one for me, and it comes in, of all movies, Sideways. I love the film, should probably write a review of it, etc. but one thing that bugs the hell out of me is when Jack and Miles go into the winery where Stephanie works, Jack just throws out there "Hey do you happen to know Maya, this waitress from the Hitching Post?" Of course, they're good friends, and provide the perfect combo to offset Jack and Miles.

Maybe I'm just unfamiliar w/ the California wine country, and this sort of thing makes sense, but to me, in a movie where every other little detail is so well thought through, so convincing, I just find this a little too far fetched, and gets me every time.

[DrewDevil]

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Also, in the movie The Fugitive, Dr. Nichols helping out Dr. Kimble with money, not turning him in, etc., aided the plot but it made no sense at all as it just allowed Kimble more time to build his case against...Dr. Nichols.

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This always bothered me.

I'll try to think of more as I know I have been frustrated on more than one occasion while watching a movie.

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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.

[OrigamiSensei]

Actually, the Sideways thing you speak of is completely plausible since the winemaker community in Santa Barbara County is pretty small and very tightly connected. Gray Hartley and Frank Ostini own the Hitching Post restaurants and also have their own wine Hitching Post wine label. That other winery people would know people working at the Hitching Post is entirely believable.

[ThomasPHoolery]

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Actually, the Sideways thing you speak of is completely plausible since the winemaker community in Santa Barbara County is pretty small and very tightly connected. Gray Hartley and Frank Ostini own the Hitching Post restaurants and also have their own wine Hitching Post wine label. That other winery people would know people working at the Hitching Post is entirely believable.

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This makes me feel so much better about life. Seriously, this is like you telling me "No, no Santa IS real."

[Triumph36]

In one of the most underrated films of the last 10 years, there is something that bugs me about Ronin - near the end, somehow the bearded guy at the villa is able to find out where the Irish terrorists are hiding out with Gregor and tells Robert Deniro and Jean Reno, not the authorities, etc. It always seemed a conveinent deus ex machina so there could be another sweet car chase.

[adsman]

Darth Vadar being Luke's father and Leia being his sister. I mean, come on...

Plus, just about the whole of Point Break.

[KaneKungFu123]

Ronin is great. Love the bullet removal scene.

[suzzer99]

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.