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Does anyone else obsess over plotholes in movies?

Jamesmac

Does anyone else whenever they see a movie start to fixate on details that don't make any sense? I was just thinking about the Disney movie Wish, which already isn't considered a great movie by the masses. But if you really think about it, the movie has a HUGE plothole, as well! Specifically, Asha's grandfather's wish.

So, if you've seen or know about Wish, you know that the film revolves around King Magnifico taking people's wishes and granting them in wish granting ceremonies. Asha's Grandfather's wish is to "inspire" people, without any specific details. Do you see what's wrong with this?

1. It's a very simple wish to fulfil without any magic wish granting ceremonies. Literally anything can be done to inspire someone, even if it's just telling them they're good at what they do!

2. King Magnifico was the one that accept to take this wish to be potentially granted in the first place, and yet suddenly he has a problem with it when Asha points the wish out to him. Did he just accept the wish without looking at it the first time?

3. By reacting the way he does to the wish, King Magnifico is inadvertently granting the wish by being inspired by it to become a villainous, paranoid tyrant.

Parents

  • They irritate me. So does forcing the character to act out-of-character for plot purposes. At that point, I generally lose interest and stop watching. And the thing that really gets me is loose ends. It's like: couldn't you be bothered??? After 20 years of writing, I see all the sloppiness. I took pains never to leave holes or loose ends, and to enable the plot to be governed by the characters. Grr.

    I once told one of my students who loves Game of Thrones that Tyrion was a sleight of hand because he's a modern man in a medieval world. yes, I know he's there to give modern audiences a 'way in' by providing us with a modern commentary on the madness, but it's still a form of cheating, in my eyes. Still, that's not as bad as some devices.

    Modern UK/US TV/movies seem obsessed with action as the main driver. No finesse. 

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  • They irritate me. So does forcing the character to act out-of-character for plot purposes. At that point, I generally lose interest and stop watching. And the thing that really gets me is loose ends. It's like: couldn't you be bothered??? After 20 years of writing, I see all the sloppiness. I took pains never to leave holes or loose ends, and to enable the plot to be governed by the characters. Grr.

    I once told one of my students who loves Game of Thrones that Tyrion was a sleight of hand because he's a modern man in a medieval world. yes, I know he's there to give modern audiences a 'way in' by providing us with a modern commentary on the madness, but it's still a form of cheating, in my eyes. Still, that's not as bad as some devices.

    Modern UK/US TV/movies seem obsessed with action as the main driver. No finesse. 

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  • in reply to Alexa

    Also, in action sequences, there's always a room full of guys with guns because everything wants to be like John Wick these days. What annoys me about these sequences is for some dumb reason, rather than everyone opening fire on the one person they're trying to kill, they all go in one at a time and get themselves taken out one by one, all while the others stand around like lemons as if they've forgotten they have guns they can use to shoot the guy they're trying to kill

  • in reply to Alexa

    Doctor who is really bad for loose ends did grace holiday never think twice about tracking with th Dr(he must of came back st some point)

    whats the full story of the timeless child/fugitive doctor/division  

    Why did Susan come back and what happened to her 

    How did Jack become the face of boe

  • in reply to Alexa

    Oh, yeah.

    Another thing that bothers me about modern movies is when they set up something as a huge threat, yet suddenly act like it doesn't exist at the end because all the characters got their happy ending after going through their personal arcs, even though they did absolutely nothing to address the huge threat!