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12 Monkeys comment:
This movie is a 9.9/10 but there is a fundamental plot inconsistency that no one else has mentioned. As a boy, James Cole was taken to the airport by a woman (his mother?) as evidenced by the scene at security passing through the metal detector. The man (Father?) is not shown. Later, when he wants to view planes through the windows he’s holding hands with a man & woman (parents). OK, here’s the problem: why then, in the last scene, are the three of them getting into a car in the airport parking lot? Why was the boy at the airport if not to travel? Were their flights cancelled (no, the virus went out on a plane that day). Did they decide not to travel due to the murder they’d witnessed? Were they picking up the man returning to the airport? If so, why were they standing around waiting inside security? I cannot think of a good explanation that satisfies why they entered the gate area but went out to their car at the end.
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