Zeven plot holes in films die door montage goed worden verborgen

RDJ134 27 november 2012 om 16:00 uur

Films zijn magie die dankzij een slimme mix van muziek, vertelling en vooral montage je gemiddeld voor twee uur mee nemen op een avontuur. Maar wie erg nuchter kijkt naar een film, zal merken dat er vaak een hoop rammelt en daarom heeft de website Cracked.com dit artikel geschreven met zeven films die redelijk grote fouten hebben. Maar dankzij montage niet gelijk opvallen bij de kijker.


#4. The Lost World: Jurassic Park -- How Did the Tyrannosaurus Kill Everyone on the Ship?

An expedition to another dinosaur-infested island, consisting of Jeff Goldblum's daughter and Vince Vaughn before he discovered cupcakes, results in a spectacular body count but ultimately sees Tyrannosaurus rex captured at the hands of a bushy-eyebrowed Englishman. They load the prehistoric superbeast onto a cargo ship and transport it to San Diego, because this is without question the greatest idea of all time.

Cut To:

Shockingly, the boat carrying the largest terrestrial predator in history crashes into the pier in San Diego because its entire crew has been eatmurdered.

One of the slain crewmen has a death grip on the controls for the ship's cargo hold:

And the hold door is stuck partially open, its motor loudly struggling against some obstruction:

One ill-advised decision to press the OPEN button in the dead crewman's hand later, T. rex busts loose and starts killing people:

So ... what happened on the boat, exactly? The Tyrannosaurus broke out, killed everyone, then climbed back into the cargo hold? Maybe, but how could an animal that size have gotten to the people we see lying dead in the wheelhouse? His head wouldn't fit through the windows to bite anyone, let alone any of the doorways. And what about the dead crewman holding the cargo door controls? His body is several yards away from the hold. If they'd successfully lured the Tyrannosaurus back down in there and gotten the doors mostly shut again, how did T. rex manage to kill that guy? With a crossbow? Did the man succumb to some unrelated illness?

Apparently, the filmmakers originally intended to have a bunch of Velociraptors sneak aboard the ship and wipe out the crew. However, the idea was ultimately dropped, probably because they figured that after seeing one of the raptors get killed by a little girl doing gymnastics, the audience could no longer take them seriously. The dead crew angle was never rewritten, though, so we're left to assume that the Tyrannosaurus either has mutant powers or is a spirited practical joker.

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