Plot holes, mistakes, and general stupidities!!! (a list for fun)

With all the satellites for geological research orbiting the earth, none have ever noticed the huge amounts of precious metal underground, or the huge cavities they are apparently in. (especially NT1, the huge cave under the church in the middle of a city, I'm finding it hard to believe)

Nobody hiking around that lake near Mt. Rushmore has ever noticed the eagle graffiti with its peculiar hole on the rocks on a rainy day, or the apparently open exit at the end of that escape chute.

150+ years ago, digging/mining a huge cave and constructing intricate mechanincal systems in the landscape apperently leaves no marks in the surroundings, like workers that died on the job, earth that seems out of place, or tools. The Egyptians, Romans, Greeks and others were just lazy and sloppy in creating construction sites, mines and villages for workers near the actual relic/building.

Even IF finding the treasure cleared Thomas Gates name, why is his name on a list of people that are proven to have conspired against the president?

That platform managed to maintain its delicate balance for over 150 years?

At some point during the movie it is stated that Mt. Rushmore was sculpted to cover up clues, but when they get there, no one speaks a word about this cover-up. Besides, all the clues needed are there.

The president doesn't bother to check whether or not Ben Gates was invited to his birthday party. Nor does the security guard Gates passes just after getting out of his scuba suit. Maybe all treasure hunters/protectors are invited to the US Presidents birthday party (furthermore, Ben Gates doesn't even have the common courtesy to congradulate the president).

Area 51 was fully visible on Google Earth (and Maps) at the release of this movie. Nothing noteworthy about that for Rileys book (at least not regarding the existance of Area 51). I think the US government moved all the secret stuff in there a long time ago.

The 5 or so people sprinkling water on the rocks from .5 litre bottles were very very lucky to start at pretty much exactly the right spot, they hardly had enough water to cover 10 m2 of rock, what if the graffiti was 30 meters further?

As somebody else pointed out, the article about the treasures discovery is known and printed a day in advance. Not only that, the entire newspaper is layed out. Maybe American newspapers have their entire edition printed 24 hours in advance of their release, that country truly is up to date with the news.

not exactly a plot hole, but the scene where cage plays the out of control drunk american at buckingham palace is absurdly bad. i felt embarrassed for him. i never thought he is a good or even a decent actor, now i know he is just terrible.

NT4: The Search for Spock (again)

"Mediocre Marx Brothers is better than no Marx Brothers!"

On a linear timeline, the part that was so blatantly obvious to me and somewhat ruined my enjoyment of the movie was that the conspiracy with the KGC and Booth assassinating Lincoln occurred in 1865. Fine, that is fact. Then, the hidden code that is written in the cipher refers to Laboulaye's Lady, a statue that was not completed until 1876. Not buying that for one moment. Or the fact that the "Resolute Twin" desks were made after the HMS Resolute was decommissioned circa 1880. All of this could have been foreseen 10-15 years before all this was done? Back in 1865? That just bothered me.

Also, I agree that the stoplight car chase scene really ticked me off. I believe visitors aren't allowed to visit Buckingham Palace in the spring, but beside the point, they have a MacBook with a built in camera but have to use a speed camera in a foreign country, and then HACK INTO THE TRAFFIC DATABASE TO GET THE PICTURE?!?!?!?! So after all that, they actually have to USE THE COMPUTER!!! AHH it's frustrating. Then, correct me if I am wrong but Wilkinson does not know about the plank right? So why do they have to throw it into the Thames? Why not throw something random, like their broken-phones-that-work-throughout-the-entire-movie-but-conveniently-do-not-work-during-this-scene.

Also, the scene on Mt. Rushmore was stupid. Even if they all had 10 bottles of water EACH, how in the hell can they sprinkle that much water on that much rock to see that. This is even more evident when you see Diane Kruger's character pouring half of her bottle onto the one small patch of rock that revealed the eagle. Annoying.

All in all, LOVED the first movie. It was flawed too of course, but it was entertaining. I liked this movie, but wanted to love it, unfortunately the flaws were too many to ignore.

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Actually it wasn't in a public section of the library. He needed the code to get into the area. Also the head FBI guy knew it was there so there could've been more protection for it if anyone else ever got too close.