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Full of Plot holes and stupid victims

posted 10 years ago by Jazmataz1980
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The Movie is beautifully Shot and full of great actors, but it cannot Save this crapload of a Script: EVERY Single victim Acts so silly that it hurts. After they all stumble into the wolves' mouth or block their own escape Route, one Starts to think they deserve to die.
And the Story is so Weak, illogical and full of Mistakes. Why would the son not remember his father as the Wolf he saw?! Why can the Dad lock himself in but claims he Killed the Mom when the servant wasn't there to lock him in? Why anyone Wanted to be a part of this Movie is beyond me.

[–] evolution_500_2 10 years ago

"Why would the son not remember his father as the Wolf he saw?!"

Unfortunately this kind of thing happens in real life for children that have endured intense trauma. Repressed memories. The technical term is dissociative amnesia.

"Why can the Dad lock himself in but claims he Killed the Mom when the servant wasn't there to lock him in?"

I'm pretty sure he started locking himself in after the death of his wife...

[–] athomed 10 years ago

A lot of the victims act silly either because they refuse to believe a supernatural beast walks among them or they underestimate how powerful it is.

Lawrence Talbot doesn't remember Sir Talbot was the wolf who killed his mother because he'd been tortured and brainwashed in that institution as a child out of believing it. Sir Talbot killed his wife and that's what led him to allow Singh to lock him in the mausoleum on full moons; Sir Talbot was referencing the night he killed his son, Ben, after knocking Singh unconscious.

If I can refute your 'mistakes' via information gathered over the course of the movie, you need to pay more attention next time.

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[–] DBLurker 10 years ago

I don't think Lawrence found his father with dead mother while the father was transformed. Father probably was transformed during the killing but after he changed back, he tried to pass it off as a suicide by mother.

That scene is weird. If the werewolf transformation leaves them as complete animals, they go around killing even their own, why won't the father kill the boy if he was a werewolf when the boy found him?

How exactly did the father plan the suicide angle while transformed as a werewolf?

So I don't think father was transformed. During flashbacks, Lawrence just realizes what REALLY happened. The father killed the mother as a werewolf, he realizes what really happened that day.

[–] evolution_500_2 9 years ago

"How exactly did the father plan the suicide angle while transformed as a werewolf?"
I don't think he had planned the suicide angle while as a werewolf. I'm pretty sure he tried to fit it up as such when he became human again and realized what he had done.

"why won't the father kill the boy if he was a werewolf when the boy found him?"

Larry didn't find him as a werewolf; in that scene at the sanitarium, Larry only "sees" his father as a werewolf through his mind's eye.

[–] GreenGoblinsOckVenom86 9 years ago

I'm kind of surprised you didn't mention the victims at the beginning falling into their own trap. That was hilarious!

Green Goblin is great! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1L4ZuaVvaw

[–] bluerisk 8 years ago

True, people act in the most rational fashion when in utter panic, everbody knows it...so I can't relate to this plothole too.

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