Movies with Plot Holes

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-04-18 02:28pm

innerbrat wrote:
Beowulf wrote:Not ruined do to plot holes, but rather holes in their science, was Armageddon. I much prefered Deep Impact.
I learned a while ago not to let bad science ruin a good action movie. I guess you have to when your area of expertise is so misunderstood and yet so bloody popular (opening sequence to the X-Men, anyone?)

True, it's possible to get over bad science if it's done well. In Armageddon, however, they just wouldn't stop rubbing your nose in it. It was not just bad science, it was AGGRESSIVELY bad science. The whole "oil drillers' real-world smarts vs scientists' useless book-smarts" angle was REALLY irritating, and the way Billy Bob Thornton's character dismissed his rival's objections not with logic and facts, but by attacking his poor grades on a course they both took in university just drove me nuts. And do they have to exaggerate it so, with the asteroid getting so close to the Earth before blowing up and then each piece gaining fantastic velocity from the blast, drilling only 800 feet into an asteroid supposedly the size of Texas for an optimum blast, etc? Even science neophytes could easily see through the problems in that movie.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-04-18 02:30pm

Armageddon did have one redeeming factor: Bruce Willis. It was crap otherwise.

Post by **Beowulf** » 2003-04-18 03:56pm

Durran Korr wrote:Armageddon did have one redeeming factor: Bruce Willis. It was crap otherwise.

No, the redeeming factor was liv tyler in a rather revealing outfit...

Pcm979 · Post by **Pcm979** » 2003-04-18 08:24pm

Beowulf wrote:
Durran Korr wrote:Armageddon did have one redeeming factor: Bruce Willis. It was crap otherwise.
No, the redeeming factor was liv tyler in a rather revealing outfit...

Bah. I can search for that on google images and save myself the agony of watching armageddon, thank you.

XaLEv · Post by **XaLEv** » 2003-04-18 08:44pm

No, the best part of Armageddon was the Russian dude.

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2003-04-19 12:58am

Armageddon also suffered from being so incredibly cheesy, corny, maudlin, etcetera. It was like a marshmallow dipped in maple syrup and dusted with confectioner's sugar. Cliched, predictable, and Steve Buscemi must have really needed the money to let his name be stuck on a stinkeroo like that.

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2003-04-19 02:12am

Star Trek: Nemesis.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-04-19 02:27am

At least one good quote came out of Armageddon, though.

"You ever heard of Evil Kenevil?"
"No, I never saw Star Wars."

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-04-19 04:24am

neoolong wrote:
Simon H.Johansen wrote:
Vympel wrote:You want plotholes? Try any Star Trek film except for No. 4 that deals with time travel.
Bah! If you want real plot holes, I recommend Reptilicus!!

In that movie, a gigantic dragon is roaming Denmark, yet people are STILL GOING TO THE BEACH, even though they probably know that they may meet a grisly death at the jaws of a dragon!! That's simply absurd.

Then again, it's a giant monster movie. And we all know how coherent plots such movies have.
Dude, Reptilicus fucking rocked.

That was awesome. Okay, it was complete crap, but it still rocked.

I never intended to imply I didn't like Reptilicus. I really enjoyed that movie. Few things are more entertaining than a good ol'-fashioned B-Movie.

Darth Gojira · Post by **Darth Gojira** » 2003-04-19 07:06am

Simon H.Johansen wrote:
neoolong wrote:
Simon H.Johansen wrote: Bah! If you want real plot holes, I recommend Reptilicus!!

In that movie, a gigantic dragon is roaming Denmark, yet people are STILL GOING TO THE BEACH, even though they probably know that they may meet a grisly death at the jaws of a dragon!! That's simply absurd.

Then again, it's a giant monster movie. And we all know how coherent plots such movies have.
Dude, Reptilicus fucking rocked.

That was awesome. Okay, it was complete crap, but it still rocked.
I never intended to imply I didn't like Reptilicus. I really enjoyed that movie. Few things are more entertaining than a good ol'-fashioned B-Movie.

I have but two words that imply the biggest problem of all: Musical Number! or if you want me to be specific: Lounge Singer!

And WTF WAS with that janitor? Was he the last living Homo Erectus?

The Duchess of Zeon · Post by **The Duchess of Zeon** » 2003-04-19 07:11am

I think Phong, Skimmer and I could broadly reconstruct the disconnected events that occured during the course of a movie called "Ninja in the Killing Fields" which was made during the Kung Fu craze by the Royal Thai Army to augment the military budget when they ran Thailand.

johnmarkley · Post by **johnmarkley** » 2003-04-20 01:17am

And WTF WAS with that janitor? Was he the last living Homo Erectus?

I read somewhere that he was part of some famous Danish comedy duo. There's no acounting for taste, I guess.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-04-20 06:36am

johnmarkley wrote:
And WTF WAS with that janitor? Was he the last living Homo Erectus?
I read somewhere that he was part of some famous Danish comedy duo. There's no acounting for taste, I guess.

He was played by danish veteran actor and comedian Dirch Passer, the only real actor in Reptilicus.

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2003-04-20 06:44am

Remember that part on "Armageddon" when that fire was burning in open space on the asteroid. That was great.

God, anyone who actually liked that movie must have also laughed at all the penis jokes in "American Pie."

Darth Gojira · Post by **Darth Gojira** » 2003-04-20 07:52am

Simon H.Johansen wrote:
johnmarkley wrote:
And WTF WAS with that janitor? Was he the last living Homo Erectus?
I read somewhere that he was part of some famous Danish comedy duo. There's no acounting for taste, I guess.
He was played by danish veteran actor and comedian Dirch Passer, the only real actor in Reptilicus.

Talk about misdirected talent! It's like putting Robin Williams in the next King Kong......hmmmmmmmm

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-04-20 08:11am

Darth Gojira wrote:
Simon H.Johansen wrote:
johnmarkley wrote: I read somewhere that he was part of some famous Danish comedy duo. There's no acounting for taste, I guess.
He was played by danish veteran actor and comedian Dirch Passer, the only real actor in Reptilicus.
Talk about misdirected talent! It's like putting Robin Williams in the next King Kong......hmmmmmmmm

Or, for that matter, the placing of Peter Cushing in "The Blood Beast Terror." (Cushing later regretted all participation in that movie - and he was known as an actor who didn't mind being typecast)