What is that one small and completely avoidable incident that became the cause for the entire plot of your favourite movie?

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Huh. Never realized it before but one of the reasons I like Starship Troopers is it doesn't really have any glaring examples of these kinds of plot idiocies.
None of the conflicts in that film could have been solved any better with reasonable, adult communication, for instance. The mistakes were all just kinda normal, understandable, human mistakes. Despite these people all clearly being half insane in a fascist sci fi world.
It really grounds the film in its plot, where it would otherwise be too over-the-top everywhere. Verhoeven was good...
- You are going to love this.
  
  That was pretty good. Though I do feel comfortable busting down the theory that she was able to alter its course enough to strike Earth. With the amount of momentum we're dealing with, taking a chunk out of a starship is pretty small potatoes. If altering the course of potential impactors were that simple, we wouldn't need to concern ourselves about it very much.
  I have a couple other pieces of ammo too, but that's probably my strongest.
  
  I’m not going to argue anything on that clip but it did make me laugh. People can be very clever.
- When I first saw it, I never realised the comedic side. This just seemed to be the end result of 'if it bleeds, it leads.'
  It's still such an enjoyable movie.
  
  Same. When I first saw the movie it was just space action flick with blood and tits to me. I mean it definitely is that but also so much more...
  
  As a teenager, that was a big appeal.
- Verhoeven didn't write that story, Robert Heinlein (one of the most famous Sci Fi authors of all time) did.
  
  The Heinlein book and the Verhoeven film are as different as night and day, tbf.

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