I still know what you did the summer before last

[kingandy]

Thanks to mrssshhh's link to On Film, and a link from one of the excellent movie review quotes therein, I now know that I must never see "I Still Know What You Did Last Summer". I'm glad I read the review, if only for the paragraph near the end that deconstructs the "plot" of the movie, revealing it for the nonsensical sham that it is. It turns out that The Matrix Revolutions was not 'the first movie to construct a narrative entirely out of plot holes'. Apparently the "elaborate revenge plan" relies on several highly suspect decisions on the part of the perpetrator, and several unforseen coincidences that don't actually fit into the purported goal of the plan.

And on "the fact that despite being "just a fisherman" (which has been spoken of with horror and contempt through both films) since arriving in Southport, and by inference out of work for the past year, Ben can afford to send his son to Julie’s college, and pay for the transport and accommodation of the four kids (oh, and drive a BMW)! Or the fact that the place Ben chooses to stage his revenge is the very place where he is still wanted for murder! Or the fact that for this ridiculous, convoluted, impossible "plot" to succeed, Ben has to rely on Julie agreeing to go in the first place, Ray not agreeing to go in the second place, and above all, Karla taking Will along."

It's mind-bending that movies like this can still get made.

Comments

[kingandy]

Heh ... I was quoting Mac Hall there. I don't recall my personal end conclusion about plot integrity. I think I came to the basic conclusion that there's a couple of big ones that can be explained, but only if you're willing to enter conjecture. It's been a while since I saw it, though.