15 Most Confusing Movie Moments Nobody Understands

11. Jason Swims To Manhattan...Despite Being Afraid Of Water - Friday The 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan

Friday The 13th Jason Takes Manhattan Swins
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The Scene: After the hapless protagonists realise that Jason Voorhees is stalking everyone aboard their boat, the high-schoolers row to New York. Great, they've gotten away from Jason, who can't swim, right? Wrong. Jason swims to Manhattan and the chase continues in the Big Apple. The machete-wielding maniac even rides the subway. Considering how crucial to the plot Jason's fear of water has always been, many Friday fanboys were left confused and irritated that they would abandon such a defining characteristic so brazenly.

What It Probably Means: All it really means is that, by the eighth film in the series, the writers didn't give a damn about any sense of continuity or, well, any sense whatseover. Over-thinking the Friday franchise is a fruitless endeavour, so chalk this one up to zero f***s given by the yokels who wrote the script.

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