major hole in plot


who would choose to spend their last week alive crossing the prairies
no one

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I would, I'd love to go on a trip like that, allthough I would want someone to share it with though, alone seems kinda sad.

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beerhunter2002 said:
"I would want someone to share it with though, alone seems kinda sad."


It's hard to say what any person would do in those circumstances. If it were me, then, yes, I might like to do things with friends. Some times, there are things that you just have to do by yourself. On the other hand, he wasn't going to die right at the moment that the trip ended, so there might be other things he'll do with friends afterwards.


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It seems that you fail to recall that Ben did say he did need an adventure so considering it was his adventure and didn't want the drag of anyone changing his experience he chose to do it alone?

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Sure, it is so much more fun when you have someone next to you nagging you for toilet and food stops. I'd love do to it (cross Canada) with the girlfriend, but in Peter Bishop's case, I would do it alone.

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Not me. I can’t do those long trips with other people. I get weary of the other people after a few hundred miles

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role-mach said:
"who would choose to spend their last week alive crossing the prairies
no one"


My answer:
Bzzzt! Wrong, but thanks for playing! Lots of people love the Prairies. If you're one of those who thinks there's "nothing to see" on the Prairies, I can only feel sorry for you and hope that you'll one day open your eyes and your mind.

Also, I think you need to find out what the term "plot hole" means. The plot is that he touring the country before he dies. How does his travelling through a part of the country that you personally don't care for constitute a plot hole?


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Or as Brent Butt says, "There's plenty to see. Nothing to get in the way."

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It wasn't his last week of life... actually he had no idea how long he had, but he was trying to take in as much of Canada as he could with hopes of making it to the west coast.

All that aside, you'd be surprised at what people would do, and where they would go if they found out they had just a few days of life left.

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Some people make me wonder how they managed to turn the computer on.

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LOL! Good point.

And wow people take a joke a bit seriously here on IMDB don't they?

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Ahahaha. That's fantastic. Thank for the laugh :)

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I kinda of wish he'd started in Vancouver and then gone across the whole country to, say, NS or Newfoundland. The east coast is beautiful too!
Of course, I love here... so I might be bias.
Beautiful scenery in this film though. Stunning stuff.

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He wasn't (it isn't) sure that it was his last week to live.
It's that easy.
No hole.

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I drove across Canada (and back) from home (Duncan, BC at the time) to Cape Spear Newfoundland and back. Went with a friend who quit the same dead end job we working with at the time.

Only reason was because we could. Trekking across Canada isn't so bad, I'd like to do it again one day.

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I live in Alberta, I'd skip Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta all together. Although the rockies part of Alberta is gorgrous.

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symmetry_of_zero said:
"I'd skip Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta all together."


Why?


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Complete and endless flatness is only appealing the first few weeks you live there. After that driving becomes a chore without any kind of scenery. I've driven across Canada a few times and the prairies is an absolutely draining experience, much like "One Week"

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This is not a plot hole, and further more, the main character is not given one week to live. He is given two years. He takes one week to pause and reflect on his life.

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The scenery might not be much in the prairies compared to other places, but remember the scenes with the cowgirl lady. SHE knew where the great places were and how to turn a day into an amazing day.

Next time you get the chance to drive across Canada or the USA, don't take the Transcanada or the Interstate once you hit the prairies. Take the back roads. Take every chance to strike up a conversation with the locals. I have travelled the world and not a whole lot of it on the prairies, but at least 3 of my top 10 travel memories have been serendipitous encounters on the Canada and US prairies just like Ben and the cowgirl.


"Spock! Form an away team! You, me, Bones, Scotty and umm... Ensign Smith!"

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Don't know about taking the back roads in Canada but be careful here in the States. Lots of scary folks lurking in the background!! LOL

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True. I saw "Children of the Corn".

But I did have a great time getting lost in Montana and sharing many cans of water (i.e. American beer) with a bunch of locals when I just got too lost one evening and decided to stop into a local watering hole. I bought the first and then wasn't allowed to buy another. A super experience.

"Spock! Form an away team! You, me, Bones, Scotty and umm... Ensign Smith!"

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Ben couldn't wait to take his trip across Canada with someone else...he had to go right then & there and actually, traveling alone made it much easier


The way that U wander is the way that U choose the day that U tarry is the day that U lose

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Cans of water...HAHAHAHAHAHA sooooooooooooooooooooo freakin' funny!!!! And so not true, ya just have to buy the right kind.

This will be the high point of my day; it's all downhill from here.

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Yes, she was cool. Alberta may be partially flat but there is something to be said for those huge, wide open skies, lots of sun, more than California, and bright blue sky. Wild pink long sunsets in the summer, light until 10:30 at night. The mountains are gorgeous but I miss those open skies after a while! Beautiful lakes too.

When you get up in the morning, how do you decide what shade of black to wear? (Shallow Grave)

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You're wrong on two counts. First, there are some who would do that. Two, he wasn't diagnose with only a week to live.

This will be the high point of my day; it's all downhill from here.

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