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Biggest Hole in Plot..

posted 16 years ago by Meryllevykryza
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I DID enjoy the film....

BUT....

Isn't there SOME kind of Coastal watch out in that area to notify when people are in communicado or missing?
If she had a computer , and so did Alex, why didn't either of them alert some naval rescue that her father wasn't in contact-- ESPECIALLY with 2 big storms and him in a tiny boat??????

Why didn't he give the pelican something to let Nim know he was still alive-- a piece of his shirt, etc.???

Also, and someone mentioned it as "the worse thing abot Nim's Island"-- the use of lizard's as little bombs-- animal cruelty here, that doesn't fit with the character of Nim, and not a real good example to set for kids watching it..

Beware the dreamers of the day, for they would enact their dreams with open eyes-Lawrence of Arabia

[–] Charlee-xx 15 years ago

She didn't want anybody invading her island, or knowing that they were there..
If she'd called anyone they would of come on to the Island & as for the lizards all she wanted to do was prtect what was hers. Alright it wasn't nice but they were fine weren't they.

He had no shirt

[–] paul-3026 15 years ago

The supply ship knew where the island was - they must have been in contact with them

[–] katochnr 15 years ago

yaa you are looking for plot holes in a movie where the man survives multiple storms, an agoraphobic jumps off from a ship (which even after being on full steam was pretty near the island!!) in a middle of a cyclone and survives etc. etc. etc. ... well it's supposed to be a fairy tale after all

[–] SpikeHat 15 years ago

Yup, it's supposed to be a fairy tale, but it's not exactly LOTR. This tale has the internet. Why didn't they use WWW to notify Coast Guard (or anybody else) that Dad was in danger? I know, "Nim didn't want to reveal their secret location," so then you're going to let Dad hang in peril, just so their island is a secret? If the secret is a concern, why not notify the supply ship people?
And, if Alexandra was such an agoraphobe, you'd think she would call the Coast Guard instead of attempting such a major journey. Her hokey travel scenes made me go "oh brother"
Plus, a responsible parent would have left some emergency numbers with Nim, just in case a coconut falls on Dad's head, or if he gets stranded at sea.

[–] mojo2004 15 years ago

I saw this today on cable for the first time and all I could think of was the father & daughter could have been together on that island & gotten hurt to the point of not being able to move and just lay there exposed to the elements helpless,in pain & dying.

I don't know what was supposed to be fun about a man going off leaving a child like that.

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