Possible writting fail on Godzilla 2014 (Possible spoilers!)

joaomlo2

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After finnaly getting my hands on a decent quality pirated copy of Godzilla 2014, Upon a second vewing, I noticed something that left me with a "wut?" face.

When Joe and Sandra enter the jeep to go to the nuclear plant, they say goodbye to Ford that boards the schoolbus and the following dialog occurs:

-He made you a sign-says Sandra

-Huh?-says Joe

-Your birthday sign. He worked so hard. I will pick him up and then we can get a proper cake.

Joe is a bit annoyed with himself for not noticing that and changes subject to the strange readings that he is getting. Suddenly this happens:

-Happy Birthday!-says Sandra

-What? Is it...!?-says Joe surprised

-Yes it is!-and Sandra hugs him.

Yup. Unless I got this wrong (if so, tell me) and they were pretending already that he did not know about the birthday, then there was a logic gap here.

TheGMan123
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August 14, 2014

I think that he thought she meant that they were gonna get ready for his birthday, but in a few days time or so, and not that very day.

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August 14, 2014

I always assumed he was feigning surprise for the sake of his son.

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August 14, 2014

I figured he was so caught up in his work that he forgot something like his birthday.

TarrellZilla
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August 14, 2014

I always took it as them joking.

NerdyBandGeeks
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August 14, 2014

I always just took that as a writing mistake and left it at that.

TW_G-Fan2014
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August 14, 2014

The line Joe speaks before Sandra jumps back in with "happy birthday," is "there must be something we're not thinking of.

Joe basically brushed off "your birthday sign" and Sandra was trying to get him to shut up about the plant for two seconds to remember fully that it was his birthday.

It's not a wirting mistake so much as a fail on Joe's part to stop thinking about work and think about his family.