Please clarify possible plothole at hotel scene…
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williamdbibb — 9 years ago(October 24, 2016 02:56 PM)
They were focusing a lot on the credit cards at the first hotel they were at. It clearly shows the manager mixing up the two credits cards and giving them back without them noticing. It is never brought up again to my knowledge. Was this a mistake or deliberately done, b/c it has always confused me.,..
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maixiu — 9 years ago(October 28, 2016 10:32 AM)
Wasn't brought up again?? It was the crux of several scenes later in the movie. Del almost kills them by driving the wrong way on the freeway, then his lit cigarette causes the rental car to incinerate. Neal thinks it's funny because Del's on the hook for the cost of the car, but Del is forced to admit that he used Neal's credit card to rent the car. He thought that Neal had put it in his wallet out of "kindness"! Later, at the hotel, Neal's so angry that he refuses to allow Del to share his room so Del's forced to sleep in the snowy parking lot until Neal finally has a change of heart, allows him in the room, and from then on they're nothing but friends.
All of that hinged on their credit cards getting mixed up. -