This happens quite a bit in films and on TV. Suddenly a character reveals incredible knowledge of a plot point or how to defeat an opponent... but how did they know it?
Case in point, Shazam!, which I saw on Sunday night, has one of the supporting characters, Mary, telling Billy / Shazam! how to defeat his nemesis by accurately identifying the creatures that possessed Mr Nemesis and they they needed to be removed from Mr Nemesis to render Mr Nemesis mortal again. (He wasn't called Mr Nemesis, I can't remember his name. Played by Mark Strong though. Proper scenery chewing like you need from a movie nemesis.)
Thing is that at no point in the film was Billy /Shazam! told what the demon style monsters were (incarnations of the 7 Deadly Sins apparently), and he was the only one who met the original Shazam! character when he gained his powers. So if he didn't know, how on earth did Mary know,, and how could she have worked out what exactly needed to happen to remove Mr Nemesis's invincibility?
I did still really enjoy the film, but things like that do annoy me.
Case in point, Shazam!, which I saw on Sunday night, has one of the supporting characters, Mary, telling Billy / Shazam! how to defeat his nemesis by accurately identifying the creatures that possessed Mr Nemesis and they they needed to be removed from Mr Nemesis to render Mr Nemesis mortal again. (He wasn't called Mr Nemesis, I can't remember his name. Played by Mark Strong though. Proper scenery chewing like you need from a movie nemesis.)
Thing is that at no point in the film was Billy /Shazam! told what the demon style monsters were (incarnations of the 7 Deadly Sins apparently), and he was the only one who met the original Shazam! character when he gained his powers. So if he didn't know, how on earth did Mary know,, and how could she have worked out what exactly needed to happen to remove Mr Nemesis's invincibility?
I did still really enjoy the film, but things like that do annoy me.
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