Possible flaw in Predestination (2014)

This is in regards to the movie Predestination.

This is an amazing movie, beautiful extrapolation of the short story and brilliant execution. I wonder if there is a tiny little flaw:

Jane would have had her first sexual experience with a man with funny scars all over his body. Later on when Jane becomes John and gets those exact funny scars, wouldn't that trigger a question in John's head - "Wait, I've seen the same scars on that guy who once had sex with when I was Jane". However in the movie, John is very surprised to know that the one who ruined Jane's life was John himself.

Could this have possibly been overlooked by the makers?

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Best Answer

Obviously, it's easier for the character (Jane) to overlook the scars (especially if John chose to hide them) than it is for the filmmakers. What's more difficult to explain is the fact that, when she became John, Jane presumably didn't notice she now looked like her lost lover.

At first, I too thought it was intentionally ignored to keep the plot simple (I would still not rush into calling it a flaw). But would it have been so difficult to devise some way to make John even more discreet, to partially obscure his face?

The movie has two main points: identity and predestination. There are two moments in which John accepts the irony of fate (i.e., predestination) — the ultimate irony: that of becoming what he hated most. The last one was when he became his own archenemy, the Fizzle Bomber. And the first one?

You got it. She accepted to become he.