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This movie is stupid (the real logic failure).

posted 14 years ago by munchchomp
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Spoiler alert.

Once the rules for the test have been established, the question is asked: 'Are there any questions?' Those who managed to make it to the end of the movie find out that this is the question the participants are required to answer to pass the exam. The presumably correct answer provided by the winning participant is 'no'. No, there are not any questions.

Wrong.

The question: 'Are there any questions?' makes no reference to the exam. Everything said is to be taken absolutely literally. The actual and obvious answer to this question is: 'yes'. Yes, there are questions in existence (more than one--many, to be accurate).

All the more obnoxious is the impossibly tiny 'Question 1.' printed on the back of each participant's sheet. It doesn't make any sense both within the logic of the exam and the story in the movie. And again, the original question makes no reference to the exam that they are taking (the question is not literally about the exam).

[–] 13 years ago

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[–] barbarossa4188 12 years ago

Yes, ppl like you I reckon.

"Stalingrad. . . The fall of Stalingrad was the end of Europe. There's been a cataclysm."

[–] stars-417-191015 13 years ago

I don't think that the movie is STUPID

" Question 1." is just a hint because you look through a microscope when you want a hint, right? She looked through the glasses instead.

" Question 1." seems to ring a bill to the blonde. She reminded something mentioned before had the same words as " Question 1." which is, "there is one question before you"

The only question was asked, "any questions?"

So the answer must be

"No"

Because there's no questions on the paper. It's empty!

Or it can refer to the instruction

Still the answer must be "No"

It's impossible to answer "yes, I have a question about the instruction" if you stick to it the whole 80 minutes. That means you understand everything he said, you don't need to ask.

[–] cozmogrl1-1 13 years ago

Just like the characters you are thinking way too far into it. He asked if there were any questions. The answer was NO. But like most people, we think things are more complicated than they are. Usually for no good reason. Sometimes the simplest things in life the the right things, and Im sure not many people guessed that his question was "Are there any questions". This doesnt make the movie stupid or bad or a waste of time or plot holed. Maybe you are just annoyed that you didnt guess it in the first place. Dont ruin it for everyone else.

Remakes = garbage

[–] benighted2005 12 years ago

I just finished watching this film. I agree with the original poster. The only good scene in the film is the one where White gives everyone else a name.

"There. There."

[–] SanchoPasta 12 years ago

IMDB has a spoiler tag that hides the text you mark as spoiler. Why can't you use the damn thing if you're going to post spoilers?

[–] Sherrywhite85 12 years ago

Oh come on. The OP clearly stated there would be spoilers. If you were spoiled it's your own damn fault.

A computer beat me at chess once, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.

[–] SanchoPasta 12 years ago

I wasn't 'spoiled', I've seen the movie ages ago. If you're going to post a spoiler, use the bloody spoiler tag IMDB provides, or at least say so in the subject!!

[–] Sherrywhite85 12 years ago

She said there would be spoilers before she posted any further text. You're just being picky.

A computer beat me at chess once, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.

[–] director-istanbul 12 years ago

Blondie accepted the job upon seeing Black wasn't killed but that he was ok doesn't mean there would have been no killings. White could've killed Black using that pencil, just sticking into his neck. Or at the end White could've killed himself. or Dark could've been seriously injured. It was like a cruel experiment not an exam. It was too dangerous and the employers do not possess the qualities they require.

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[–] jimis30991 11 years ago

The question being 'Are there any questions?', it could mean 2 things:
1. Are there any questions ON the paper? The answer is NO as it was in the movie
2. Are there any questions GENERALLY? The answer is YES. There is one question: 'Are there any questions?'
Whatever the case, there is only one valid answer

[–] Hopz_7 11 years ago

No it doesn't. The invigilator made a statement. "Before each of you is one question and one required answer." He was in fact correct. In front of each person was a piece of paper with "Question" and "1." written on it. Its as simple as that. It is not a question it is a statement therefore the answer is no. There are no questions, just a statement. Logic problem with one answer, not two possible answers.

[–] pinkunderwear60 11 years ago

I dont know what thread to write my comments, so i go here.

1. This movie works cause of a fictional virus leading to death. Whereof two jokseekers is infected and sees the interview 90 mins time limit as their last breath alive. Meaning, these two are obsessed to win.

2. In my scenario of this movie and how it actually plays out, last man standing wins. The question "yes/no" doesn't matter, the question is too get rid of everyone else before the time runs out.

3. Didn't the interviewer say 'we've our own rules in here' . Meaning, the pistol often bringing death in general is an instrument of life in this room. I found that a neat touche.

4. I was a bit dissapointed in how smooth it played out. I know, i know this is cause its a movie and must involve certain parts of emotional scenes. White smashing glas after like 3-5mins felt very theatrical (whoever does that?) and I think the movie could've more twists. It was uvlight, photopaper, guns fights and torturing.

[–] The_TJT 11 years ago

Well I don't think the answer "no" made sense.

... "There is one question and one answer".... aka the answer could as well be "one".

So it seems to me that I outsmarted their trick question with my answer.

[–] arkast 11 years ago

Question was which one and the answer was Candidate x (Candidate 4 in this case i think, the blonde).
The answer no was for the lols.
That's why noone bothers asking black anything even though he is still in the room. He lost.