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PLOT HOLE - you could drive a truck through...


Ok, not really, just a thing I noticed that is really nothing to do with the plot, but everyone else calls the 'plot hole' line at the most minor thing.

When Pinkus is trying on his new shirt you see him looking at himself in the mirror. There is no tag. Then when he's looking the mummy you see the tag, which would have not been there... unless he deliberately added a tag to his shirt - seems strange

yay for me - plot hole discoverer of the universe!!!!!!!!!!

SpiltPersonality

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The tag being there doesn't really push the plot forward so much as it's just a little thing she notices... This is more of a nitpick/goof.

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So, you kind of didn't even bother reading my post... especially this bit:

Ok, not really, just a thing I noticed that is really nothing to do with the plot, but everyone else calls the 'plot hole' line at the most minor thing.


SpiltPersonality

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So, you kind of didn't even bother reading your own post... especially this bit:

yay for me - plot hole discoverer of the universe!!!!!!!!!!



Whatever. This is such a triviality in the grand scheme of life.

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It was a joke... clearly missed on you...

SpiltPersonality

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And therefore clearly not a joke, what with it not being funny 'n' all.

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This girl is like that chick in Legally Blonde who looks constipated all the time.

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Using fake subject lines is considered TROLLING and poor netiquette
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I'm extremely unworried.

You know, you resurrected a thread that had been dead for about 6 months. You've probably done more to create trollisms than anything I've posted.

SpiltPersonality

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Congratulations on reporting it to IMDb.

From the Goof section:

When Bertram Pincus tries on the new shirt and works on his hair in the mirror, there is obviously no store tag hanging from the back of the collar. But later, at the museum, the store tag is there.


How do the angels get to sleep when the Devil leaves his porch light on?

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It's called a continuity error. Happens in the best of movies, sometimes a lot, as eagle-eyed viewers know. Maybe the tag was inside his shirt when first seen, then he put it on for another scene and left it out -- itchy (also funnier). I don't know, haven't seen the movie.

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Well isn't that special. Commenting on something in a movie you haven't seen. Hmmmm. Anyway, it is a sweet little scene where the girl notices he bought a new shirt to see her. IMO it makes no sense even if the tag was visible in both scenes because the character is so fastidious, I refuse to believe it ever would have occurred in the first place. But you know what? It's a cute movie. So I enjoy it when she spots the tag.

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Hey, after wasting everyone's time here, you might not want to hear this, but I just watched that scene again in slow motion and single-frame advance, and they never actually show the back of the neck of the shirt when he takes it out of the shopping bag. In fact, they are very careful not to show it.

The initial shot of the shirt is from the side, not showing enough of the back to notice any tag. Then he holds the shirt up in front of himself, with the front showing--not the back. So there's no continuity issue here. They probably bought the shirt at a store, and after the film was finished, they probably either gave it away or sent it to the wardrobe dept. to be used in the future. In fact, they could actually have returned it to the store, since the label was never removed.

So either you're not very observant, or you have a poor memory, or you're just a troll.

It is better to be kind than to be clever or good looking. -- Derek

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Just a troll, obviously. You can tell by the way they construct their sentences. And yes, I'm replying to an old thread of a fairly old movie.

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The tag was underneath the collar. It slowly worked itself free. You can spot it partially revealed while the two are interacting, well before she spots it fully revealed.

Plot hole denied.

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I have to throw the OP a bone here. This is old and he probabaly wont see it but since it has been resurected a few times... I would like to say I noticed it too and you can call it whatever you want. It is not that important.

Poor guy had to defend himself over something so trivial.

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I would have thought that the tag would have been visible when he was looking at himself in the mirror and had his back to us (the camera). More a goof than anything, as the commentators have pointed out. I did enjoy the OP, but was more amused by someone who commented on a scene from a movie they admitted they had never seen! I wonder how many people do that?

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I was thinking the plot hole you could drive a truck through was that a truck could drive through the ghosts and yet they could also ride inside of a vehicle without it driving through them.

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Yes! Such fun can be had by all!I have to have colonoscopies often and think of this movie every time, just before I go to sleep!

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