• Susaga@ttrpg.network
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    8 months ago

    A good example is Titanic where people keep saying Jack could fit on the door, despite the film showing him trying to get onto the door and almost capsizing it, so he leaves it alone to ensure Rose’s safety.

    • Norah - She/They@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      8 months ago

      Even if he could fit on it, calling it a plot hole still doesn’t make sense to me. I’d way sooner assume the character is just a chivalrous idiot that died for no reason, which does fit his characterisation and the plot of the movie.

      Also clearly people who have never fallen out of a two person canoe/kayak and tried to get back in without tipping the whole thing over.

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        8 months ago

        Oh, you mean those things where you hold on and they keep you afloat? Because he was holding on, and the icy cold waters put him to sleep. Your solution is what killed him in the movie.

        The entire point of the scene is to show the sacrifice of those who died to ensure the survival of those who lived. If you try to think up a solution, you have missed the point.