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The Burger Bun - Massive Plot Hole?

posted a year ago by FootOfDavros (8681)
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I appreciate they said they had, and could make, anything there. But I took that to mean from the abundant fresh meat / vegetable produce that they had at had at hand.

Is it really plausible though - on their predetermined last night of service and at such a high end yet inaccessible establishment that they'd just have some bog standard burger buns lying around in that kitchen?

Now "Chef probably cries himself to sleep every night after making himself a burger!" you may cry, and you may well be right. But we saw no exit and return from retrieving buns from his personal abode...

Nor did we see any bakery style preparation of the bun either. Not that that wouldn't have been ridiculous and taken too long anyway...

Thus we are left with no other option but to question exactly how that magical burger bun got there and whether it, in itself, constitutes a MASSIVE plot hole for this film?

Given the woman who requested it wasn't even supposed to be there and given the 0% chance none of the other diners would have requested a burger either, I think we have to conclude a resounding yes.

[–] SemiAnimus (3216) 3 months ago

Given the chef's history of starting in a burger joint and obviously being sentimental about it, it actually doesn't seem that unlikely that he always kept burger ingredients around as a souvenir of sorts. The expense would have been trivial for such a restaurant and the practice would have been nothing out of the ordinary for head chefs who are particularly known for their eccentricities.

This isn't plot hole material.

[–] FootOfDavros (8681) 3 months ago

I think this point (and those raised in a couple of the other recent replies) has already been raised and discussed further up the thread...

[–] SemiAnimus (3216) 3 months ago

So it's another vote that your assessment is wrong then.

[–] FootOfDavros (8681) 3 months ago

Eh, I don't know.

It's a subjective thing isn't it? Depends how closely you've been following the film, the characterisations and the visual cues and what you want to take from it I guess...

[–] samoanjoes (58491) 3 months ago

Ignore him. SemiAnus is an asshole.