lol, they're not trying to prove anything about lincoln's assassination, other than that Great grandpappy Gates wasn't involved. They explain in the first scene with Ben Gates that pappy Gates was a civil war hero, and his actions stopped the confederacy from finding a huge treasure, Ed harris' character shows up and says that he was part of the conspiracy, Ben goes to prove that pappy Gates was in fact the hero they proclaimed he was. Only reference to Lincoln is that they claim Booth approached Gates to get the translation on the night he assassinated Lincoln, and Gates burned those pages the same night.
The president tells Ben when they get out of the tunnel that he can't stop the manhunt, as their conversation didn't happen, the book he told him about "does not exist", and unless he can discover whatever it is he's searching for, he's S.O.L. Is a definite strain, but not inplausible, given the entire strain of the movie.
Advertising in movies is about as common as it gets. You want a plot hole, how is it that every person in the movie has the same brand of phone....or every car they highlight in a chase is the same brand of car.....everyone from both parties just happens to have aquafina....etc etc.
THE PRESIDENT KNOWS WHAT'S ON PAGE 47. HE'S ASKING FOR HELP. How is that not clear as day? How else would he know to ask about it, if he doesn't know what's on the page???
It's absolutely amazing how many of these "plot-holes" are because people don't pay enough attention to the movie. If you're geek enough to get on a website and post on a forum about something, you're geek enough to actually pay attention and look up what you're asking.
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rmcelroy
16 years ago
Fifty-something) The inscription that Gates decodes from the Booth diary in 1865 leads to a statue that wasn't built until over a decade later, which in turn makes reference to a pair of desks made from a ship that wasn't de-commissioned until 1880.
"Prophecy is a guess that comes true. When it doesn't, it's a metaphor."
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rball4042
12 years ago
You're all wrong. If you look it all up it actually makes sense.
Laboulaye's plans for the Parisian Statue of Liberty were made public in 1865, the same year as the cypher was written. In other words, he planned it before then. The cypher leading to the statue is explained.
The desks were actually made in the late 1850s to early 1860s. Malcolm Gilvary was hired to turn the Presidential desk into a hiding place before it was sent to America in 1880. He also turned the British desk into the same thing at the same time. The Queen informed Laboulaye of the plans to turn the desks into hiding places in 1876, and the inscription was made on the statue 13 years before its inauguration and 4 years before Gilvary was commissioned to do it. The clue trail is explained.
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