Minority Report

Every now and again an okay film comes along that I don't want to completely tear to shreds, but do want to point out some huge plot holes. Here are two itemised lists of errors from the archives:

Minority Report

1.
In order to access the Pre-Crime HQ, John Anderton must avoid the security system, based on eye scans. He therefore changes eyes. These assist him in getting into, or at least near, the building, presumeably, but when he actually wants to get to the guts of the place, the really high security bit, the bit the authorities want him least, he uses his own eyes. Lucky for him no-one bothered to update the security system once Anderton became a criminal.

2.
When Lamar slots the federal agent in Anderton's apartment he must have planned to get the Fed there when the Precog's weren't working in order to kill him. This is premeditation, which should have been picked up by the precogs before one of them was stolen.

3.
Anderton only really got interested in solving the Who-killed-mummy puzzle once he'd been framed. And he'd only been framed in order to stop him solving the Who-killed-mummy puzzle. Therefore, the act of framing was the only thing that necessitated the act of framing.

4.
Anderton only wound up in the frame (ie, in a room with an actor and lots of photos) because he saw himself there in the future. Surely the chain of events is:

1. Pay guy to go to room, with promise of money for family (And this orchestration of murder really makes Lamar the murderer here, which perhaps whould have been flagged by the Precogs)
2. Sit back and wait for Anderton to stumble across the room. But why would he? Because of the set-up? Where's the cause and effect?

Spiderman

1.
Spidey's hanging under a bridge (one arm) holding a gondola (2nd arm). Why doesn't the Green Goblin just shoot him? ("Dad, I've got a gun in my room. I'll go and get it. We can shoot him together. C'mon, it'll be fun!" "You just don't get it, do you, Scott?")

2.
Okay, so he's got wee barbs in his hands, and presumeably other bits, too. But he climbs on his fingertips (wouldn't his weight pull off the skin?) and, at an early stage, his sneakers. ie, his whole weight is on his fingertips when e first climbs a wall. He even perches on a pole in his sneakers. Maybe he can smear really well (were they 5-10s?), but surely the foot-barbs weren't several inches long.

3.
Who made the suit? Surely a tailor somewhere in the city would think, when he/she saw newspaper adds for information, "Mmmm, I made a suit like that for a ... let me check the invoices ... Peter Parker." At the least he/she could give a description to the police.

4.
How many suits does he have? Surely he must wear one and wash one. And does he hang it on the line? Or is it dry-clean only? And even if he just washes it at home and bungs it in the drier (not too good for Lycra. It must be cotton. Or wool: it didn't catch fire in the burning building. But then it's dry clean and definitely no driers) he's got to store it somewhere. What happens when the roommate, Green Goblin Jnr, goes to borrow a jacket. ("Shirt. Shirt. Shirt. Pants. Pants. Shirt. Spiderman outfit. Shirt. Pants. Jacket - here we go.")

5.
Does the suit have a gusset or does he have to nude up to go to the gents?

6.
What did Peter Parker ever really do to win over MJ? He says "Yeah, I told Spiderman I'm hot for you") and suddenly she's all over him like a rash. He takes her out once (for a $7.85 cheeseburger) and pisses off whenever she's in danger. She'd seen at school that he could pack a punch, so why didn't he go down that dark alley in the rain and strut his stuff? Then he could have had her based on who he was, rather than screwing around the way he did. And then he just blows her off, despite being madly in love with her. All that crap about "with great power comes great responsibility". So what? Doesn't mean he can't have her. She knows anyway.

7.
Can't change DNA on the run. Dodgy dodgy science. Radioactice spiders giving him powers: fine. But DNA changes? At best, Peter would have had to be turned into a soup and reformed overnight, a la caterpillars. And since he'd kept his pants on, they'd proably fuse to his body. Along with the carpet and blanket. Also, since it's a DNA thing, this means his kids will get half spiderman genes.

8.
It wasn't a freak accident that turned him into Spidey, so anyone could get bitten and turn. (If only he'd stepped on the spider, then knocked over a beaker of acid, destroying the research that had created the little critter.) The arachnid centre where they went on the school trip could become a Spiderperson factory. The (presumeably) evil head of the centre could have an army of Spider-minions. Then everyone would be in on the act. It'd be a fashion accessory. Then Peter would just be a nerd again.