Top 10 Major Plot Holes in Movies
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What about that one in "Toy Story," where Buzz Lightyear believes he is a real space ranger, but freezes in toy position when humans are around?
Hah good one!
I always just assumed he was trying to disguise himself or something?
but buzz has a limited understanding of what a space ranger is - his conception of "space ranger" includes toy-like properties
his behaviour has been "taught"
based on his design as a toy he therefore considers toy-like behaviour to be part of being a space ranger, i.e. when he was motionless in packaging, in front of humans etc
I never thaught about that
I like it!
believing himself to be a space ranger is just his fantasy. he is really a toy, and freezin around humans is an involuntary toy action, like breathing and farting... well, ok, I was kidding, toys don't breathe
Plot hole in this video...
Superman didn't reverse Earth's orbit, he reversed it's rotation.
Aaaaaah! This guy gets it. Well done.
Seth Jefferies It STILL wouldn't turn back time though. It'd actually wreck havoc on a global scale.
Oh I'm with Ya....
Demogorgon47 yeah, I'm aware. Thanks.
Seth Jefferies Or he was going at a speed over C so he went back in time, which made him see the planet rotate backwards for the duration of the flight. It's relative. If he did it to the planet alone, it would go back in space a few quadrillion parsecs cause of the galaxies movements and left our solar system. The usual time travel issue: you need to also teleport to a certain position, otherwise you split with the planet. Which would actually be the problem in Back to the Future. But for Superman it's kinda fine cause he controls his flight path.
I think a bigger plot hole in Titanic would be at the end when she fantasizes about Jack, metaphorically spending the afterlife with him. That's sweet and all - except for the fact that Rose has a GRANDDAUGHTER. Which means at some point in time she had a husband (or maybe just lover) whom she had a least one child with whom in turn had a daughter themselves. You're telling me that this woman who lived almost to her 90's met another man, raised a family and lived her own life and the only thing she thinks about when dying is some guy she knew for less than a week?
Azziza Joi Robinson how is that a plot hole? Plot holes are illogical or impossible events or statements that contradict earlier events in the storyline. It's not illogical or impossible that Old Rose would think fondly of her first love and hold a special place in her heart above all others. It's also not illogical or impossible that (since she was only 17 when Titanic sank) that she would meet another man and have a family.
Maybe she met a man that reminded her of Jack and had a one night fling that left her pregnant, or she hooked up with Jack's unknown twin brother, who knows? But there was at least 70 years in between the events of the Titanic and her as an old woman, so anything could have happened, however, if something like that happened to you, you would NEVER forget it, not for a second. And ok, maybe she only knew Jack for a week, but it was certainly not your average week, I think you know what I mean. It would certainly have been the most memorable week of her life.
Wait a second, you said granddaughter, ok, well there's an interesting twist for you, what if her first daughter WAS Jack's? Now there's a thought for you. ;)
Azziza Joi Robinson hos gonna be hos
chownful lol
"Signs" Water is also in our atmosphere so the aliens would have been dead on arrival
Yes, the clouds would have killed them!
Yeah, and they are stealing children(~60% water) to take back to their ships, who are not in bags or isolated in any way, and they are touching with their bare hands.
I wonder how many of the kids pissed themselves while they were being abducted and killed an alien.
The aliens likely never encountered water before. It's like humans going to an alien planet and being killed by an element of their world but is toxic to us.
Is water wet?
Hunter Smith EXACTLY! It astounds me how people don’t think about this.
Is the Star Wars one really a plot hole? I don't think so. They couldn't detect any life on the ship but they had no idea that destroying the pod would prevent the Star Wars... they ain't psychic. Anyway, humans make mistakes and intentional mistakes aren't plot holes. As the guy at my Subway says "That's above my paygrade, dude!"
exactly I thought the star wars one really wasn't a plot hole either.
I agree, all movies and stories happened just because individual mistakes or actions... But, by the way, the great plot hole of Star Wars, but a forgivable one since there were decades between the movies, was Ben Kenobi and the Lars Family (Luke's uncle and aunt) doesn't recognize R2D2 and C3PO in Episode IV. Yet, there are several theories that can fit this hole: Kenobi, somewhat like his dialogues about Vader, were telling "half truths" (a portuguese expression "meia verdade" when you tell a statement that isn't a lie but skips main information), as he indeed never owned they; and Lars had worked with so many droids that they actually forgot about C3PO.
lucaspalmaa
That's a good explanation, but I think they're forgivable because Lucas hadn't planned to use the driods in the prequel at that stage. Although he did a fair bit of retconning, I'm fine with him not fiddling with those parts of the film.
I thought it was clear that Darth Vader (sith) was willing to even sacrifice a Death Star to unite with Luke on the dark side
It's a plot hole because it makes absolutely no sense for them to hold their fire? I think Family Guy put it best "Why? Are we paying by the laser now?" There is zero logic to not blast the escape pod. Even if they scanned and found no life form they are more than well aware that there are these things called droids. What negative action would have resulted from blasting an escape pod that ejected from an enemy ship? It makes zero sense.
It took Bruce Wayne months to get back to Gotham, not 20 minutes
Nick Kelly Still a shit movie.
The Philosopher no.
***** a movie doesn't have to stay true to the comics. it usually ends up in being a shitty movie if it does.
Guiseppe Brancato Yeah but harmful drug addiction and performance enhancers is sort of Bane's theme. They did it right in Gotham and Bane isn't even in it.
***** Yes.
The titanic thing was proved on mythbusters. They could not have both fit.
Mongoose Thank you!
*****
No problem. They did prove however if rose had taken her life jacket off and put it under the door they would have both lived. But it's a moot point. lol.
Mongoose Jack wouldn't have let her because he knew that if she were to fall back into the water she would most likely have drowned.
*****
True. Plus it was probably keeping her warm.
Mongoose I would have just argued that they likely never thought of that I mean they are humans and in a panic situation like that freezing to death are likely not thinking properly
*Superman turns back time*
"Holy fuck, it's going back in!!!!!" --Random guy taking a shit in the forest
X'D
I cant imagine those who just gave birth....
+Myathewolfeh1 LOL
LOL
+Myathewolfeh1 Technically, nothing was moving in reverse on the Earth, only in the perception of Superman, who was himself going back in time. He went faster than the speed of light, so from his perception everything would be going backward, even though it wasn't.
+theredscourge My interpretation exactly! The better question is: how would these critics have staged/filmed it differently to SHOW that he's going back in time, altering history, & letting the new timeline play out? (Considering that it's the epilogue of an already long, involved movie??)
Lord of the Rings, the Eagles:
So Gandalf can summon giant Eagles to ride upon which could have flown Frodo from the Shire to the volcano in a day, but instead has everyone walking for ages through constant peril and death.
Ok first of all the Eagles are not Gandalf's bitch taxi service. Their divine creatures sent to protect the Elves. They do NOT follow Gandalf's beck and call. Secondly the Eagles could not enter Mordor while Sauron's presense remained, not to mention the orcs and other defenses that would have shot them down. It's also not a plot hole anyway.
helikos1 "Gandalf's bitch taxi service" laughing my ass off. :)
helikos1 +1 for "bitch taxi service." Using that in the future.
Omg lmao oi I should patent the saying then :)
But in the movie, didn't the eagles drop Frodo and Sam off on the side of Mordor?
And if the eagles are indeed divine creatures... my point is still valid. Do divine creatures not exist solely to intercede against evil?
The world is going to shit in a hand basket and these eagles be like "Nah, fuck it."
And while I'm not a LOTR scholar, these stupid birds do seem to appear every time big-G calls them. So again... wrong.
My explanation for the "plot hole" in Star Wars ep. IV: The search for the Death Star plans probably didn't make its way down the Imperial chain of command; they were probably only told to capture Princess Leia. When the pod showed no signs of life aboard, they were instructed to hold their fire...
Yes this is actually a great explanation for this "plot hole".
The hell? That Star Wars scene wasn't even a plot hole.
best joker yeah it was. Even if there wasn't people On board everyone knows about droids and their on board databanks, hands to hold a data chip or bag(carrying the data chip), compartments inside R2-D2 type droids, and the empire/old republic's multiple wars with sentient droids and their predilection towards loyalty to their owner
The empire was looking for the death star plans, Not just Princess Leia. Vader knew it was on a physical data chip(he saw a guy running with it in Rogue 1). So, it could have been easily thrown into the escape pod floor, or programmed into its computer. All to be picked up after it crash lands by another rebel spy.
The empire was also in the very middle of capturing the *entire* ship, with the obvious intention of scouring the entire thing for the plans, so letting a critical part of that ship to escape un-searched is criminally negligent of those British Space Nazis.
There was no reason not to at-minimum destroy the pod and comb through the wreckage later, or use their insanely powerful/useful tractor beam to bring it in for a quick check before using it as a bordello.
Doctor Cthulhu the following is sarcasm; there is one reason that makes sense, a whole lot of sense. how much does it cost to fire a space laser? huh? that death star costs money, maintenance, crew, resources. it aint cheap to keep a fortress in tip top shape. it might be easier to use soilders than to waste such ammunition
The point wasn't to destroy the plans, it was to get them back. (Because in the _Star Wars_ universe apparently you can't copy something.) If they destroyed the escape pod they couldn't know whether or not the plans were there.
A bigger plot hole is when they first see the escape pod they say "there goes another one," implying there were others already jettisoned. But when reporting to Vader, the grunt says that *an* escape pod was jettisoned, implying that it was the only one.
jb888888888 they dont keep multiple copies of the plans to nuclear bombs... why would they keep multiple copies of the plans to the death star?
best joker yeah it wasn’t much of a plot hole it was more of a plot hole in the prequels since the last time we saw C-3PO in episode 1 his wires were exposed and anakin didn’t give plating to cover them but when he reappeared in episode 2 he had some metal plating who gave him that and in episode 3 he then had his iconic gold plating WHERE THE HELL DID THE PLATING’S COME FROM AND WHO GAVE HIM THEM
to me a plothole is a clear contradiction, not just unrealistic things happening....
Daniel Förster thats true but when the “unrealistic thing” that happens doesnt coincide with the canon of the movie it still counts at least in my opinion.
@@mo-hp3bo That would make it a contradiction like the OP said.
@@jp3813 yh
If a story assumes a reality on planet earth with humans as they are, then the laws of physics and human nature is assumed in the logic of the story and there would be a contradiction if something wildly unrealistic happened.
THE ONE IN KARATE KID, is actually a real thing, you cant hit an opponent in the face with your 'hands", but its legal to kick them in the head!
Siavash Sabet i was gonna make this comment too, ive watched tournaments where hand strikes to the head were illegal, but knees and kicks perfectly legal. it is a Karate thing too.
Yes it is, in "kyokushin" branch of Karate
Siavash Sabet
It depends on the style of Karate. I do not remember which style is depicted in Karate Kid, but in Kyokushin, no ounches in the head, but you can kick in the head.
I know that, its in my comments
Siavash Sabet You're absolutely right. Also in an open tournament, like the one in the movie, the organizers get to decide the rules. It's clearly stated and demonstrated in the movie more than once that kicking the face is OK. I don't know where people get the idea that it's wrong at some level.
In karate punches to the face aren't allowed but kicks are. So no plot hole just an inability to do even a shred of research on watchmojos behalf
I am sure it depends on the discipline. My question is why. It sounds incredibly stupid and ridiculous.
Ya its fuckin stupid you cant punch someone in the face but, you can smash them into next week with a wheel kick if you want
Thomas Gauge
You are absolutely right. A light kick is in general going to be as strong as a punch where a heavy one will in general be much stronger. I guess it has something to do with skill or culture. figgywurmack What martial art are you familiar with? I am curious if this Is a universal thing or specific to certain disciplines.
Mohogany Guy 1869 Im familiar with some master of none haha. Boxing, Kickboxing, Tae kwon do, Karate, Jiu jitsu, Catch wrestling, Judo. U know.... the usual haha.
The rules in all of them are fucking stupid. you should be allowed to strike to the face in karate, You should be allowed to slam in jiu jitsu. U should be allowed to elbow and kick in boxing. Once they become about tournaments and sports they lose the martial arts side of them. All martial arts contests should be about a finish and ones where you have points to decide a winner after a time limit Just lose the artistry and become about points rather than the "martial" aspect.
rant over haha
To be fair, the film could of at least left a line explaining the difference. Not like the rules of Karate are widely available to the public, especially back before Google Search was a thing
05:26 C3PO= "THIS IS MADNESS"
05:27 R2D2="THIS IS SPARTA!"
That's a good point, if Superman can travel faster than the speed of light, he would've had plenty of time to stop both missiles.
It was something he didn't discover until he was devastated with grief.
How is No. 5 a plot hole? Look at some of the laws of some countries and tell me if you consider people standing by them any brighter than the guy that chose not to shoot at an empty escape pod. If anything, Star Wars was particularly realistic in that instance.
Roger Gurman well im sure something similar is that military guys cant just fire a AC-130 cannon at anything they want- thwy have to follow prodocall
Roger Gurman I doubt an empire would allow a pod to escape, especially when they are in risk of an information leak to their opposition.
kurama kyuubi Good example, although it doesn't fully parallel the Star Wars situation, for the guy that commanded hold fire was actually in charge at the moment. Still, it's human to make such inconspicuous mistakes, and if one wanted one could make up dozens of plausible reasons why it was best not to shoot at a presumably empty vessel.
Roger Gurman yea also they could never confirm the plans were found or destroyed,, why else would a star destroyer not be able to instantly destroy the whole ship instead of capture ?
Roger Gurman Is there a Mojo list of Mojo mistakes? The escape pod not being shot down is simple. Ask yourself who put the androids in the pod? Only a person "Strong in the force" like her father and brother and we are shown many times how the force is used to trick the weak minded. Leia uses the force to talk with Luke in empire strikes back and says to Luke, in the return of the jedi, how she somehow always new she was his sister. If you actual watch the movie, it is very clear Leia was using Jedi leadership skills when Luke is still being a grumpy teenager. Why would teenager be a high ranked diplomatic leader, able to stand her ground in arguments with the most powerful/scary people in the Universe and withstand being integrated? Simple answer; Leia was using Jedi skills years before Luke was. What I wonder is how Mojo missed the many plot holes Episodes 1-3? Like no one in the Jedi council understands the meaning of the word "Balance"? There is never even an explanation of how "bringing balance to the force" could mean anything other than there being the same amount of followers of the light and dark sides of the force. So we are to believe the fall of the Jedi is all because Yoda misread a vision? For some reason Anakin went nuts and killed a lot of cute little children seemingly all because he fell in love and we are told this is why Jedi were banned from loving anyone but yet doesn't effect his daughter, Leia. She falls in love with Hans Solo but she gets nicer and cute little people love her. Then there is Midi-chlorians! Umm Plot Holes?
The definition of a plot hole is an inconsistency in a story - not the improbability thereof. In fact, this list is mistitled. Most on the list aren't plot holes, just things fans and WatchMojo.com would've rewrote had they been involved in the filmmaking process. I would hope fans renominate a top ten list for major plot holes.
Your right. Plot holes are things in the storyline that dont match with the rest of the story. These were just a bunch of things that were illogical
Thank you! I was just going to respond but you nailed it. Superman turning back time is an element of the plot therefore it cannot be a hole in the plot.
Finally someone who knows what a plothole is... phew..
I agree, I thought this video was going to be about things in the plot line that contradict with the plot later on.
Perfect explanation. Not sure why people dont get this.
The Star Wars one isn't a plot hole at all. It's just the story line.
the star wars one doesn't seem like a plot hole... it was just a stupid decision, but it does make sense plotwise
darts and droids scenario mekes more sense
its stupid enough to get into plot hole territory. droids are common enough that seeing no life forms on the pod would still require an investigation(firing on it would be just as dum). dont forget that the guy in charge has a thing for killing his subordinates, they wouldnt have just let that thing float by.
Jason Darr
They were confident that the princess will give them answers, u know because of the force! Overconfidence has repeatedly shown to be catastrophic.
More of a plot convenience.
IRON MAN 3 - tonys arc reactor no longer charges his suit, and uses a spare car battery.... ALSO. the fact that tony had 40+ armor man suits in his house but just let 2 helicopters just blow u his house to bits and pieces.
Don't forget PTSD, teaming up with a kid, and armor only being durable with a human to lubricate the parts together (it wouldn't have been as noticeable if they didn't make a deal about getting the armor off of War Machine and then all the armors being dismembered by trucks and human hands) .
And not to mention the fact that there was never any sort of explanation as to how a character with extremis can be killed. one person had to be blown up, one only needed to be shot by a repulsor, the main villain was blown up twice with no consequence, but then some people just explode if they don't get their extremis fix which some of them can walk away from sometimes, I guess.
acleus097 Ultimately, Iron Man 3 is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Based on budget, it is the worst movie I have ever seen. It made Iron Man 2 look okay.
acleus097
Or how did Piper's bra and pants not burn off, yet her shirt did.
Crap Sandviche That you can just chalk up to censorship. The better question is how did she use that repulsor arm without a power source, not to mention that Tony said the suits were only programmed to follow his commands
These aren't plot holes, they're bad character decisions.
exactly
Plot Hole:
A plot hole, or plothole is a gap or inconsistency in a storyline that creates a paradox in the story that cannot be reconciled with any explanation. These include such things as ILLOGICAL or IMPOSSIBLE events, and statements or events that contradict earlier events in the storyline.
So, yes, an illogical decision made--to simply force a plot point-- can be considered a "plot hole". Using the escape pod example: The officer knew that they were there looking for vital intelligence, he also should have known that droids do not give off "life signs". By all accounts he should have ordered the pod followed (if not destroyed) to make sure nothing was planted in it. The whole entire franchise rested on this one very stupid, illogical decision--a decision that should have never been made in the first place.
Backfromthedeadguy
and how would they know that they should be looking for droids?
MrElionor because thats obvious
MrElionor ..Are you joking? They live in a universe where EVERYONE got a droid in some form.. Why the fuck would they not be able to guess a droid was in the pod right away?
"Laziness brought down the empire," I don't see how this is a plot hole. Sounds like human history to me :D
Facts
Lazy people invented civilization. We got tired of hunting and gathering and moving all our shit around so we planted seeds put chickens in a pen and built mud hits. So ya civilization is lazy
Whoever said Bruce got back to Gotham in "mere moments?" Gotham had already been occupied by Bane and his men for months by the time he was able to get out of that pit, who's to say another week or month didn't pass between his escape and return. And I hardly think not having any passports or resources is an issue considering that he spent about a decade traveling the globe in pretty much that exact same situation. Except unlike when he was younger, I doubt that present day Bruce Wayne would have an issue using the his name and the influence that comes with it to procure some resources for himself. So in the end, the only real plot hole in this scenario is how was Bruce able to get back into Gotham after Bane had successfully blocked all entrances into Gotham to keep neighboring police and/or the military from interfering. I mean granted, I still imagine it'd be easy for someone like Batman, even out of costume, to find a way into Gotham undetected, but it would've bee cool if they'd shown it, unlike all that other stuff that was mentioned.
Amen
OK where then is the military
@@derdenni6780 Bane was holding Gotham hostage with a nuke. Did you even see the movie?
I would agree, as Bane even says 24 days, I believe, when Bruce escapes the pit.
No 6? Really? I thought everyone understood by now that the earth rotating backwards is a visual representation of Supes flying so fast he is travelling back in time himself. The rotation of the earth is not involved. It would only look like it was going backwards since Supes is visiting the previous moments in time during his journey back in time.
The real 2 plot holes are: 1) Travelling really really fast does not confer time travel ability. 2) Would Lex Luthor really be put in a regular prison if he nuked the USA twice?
If the earth were spinning in reverse comparison, that would be a pretty slow time-lapse right? Going that fast would mean superman's personal time is relatively slower. 10min of Light speed superman= 50yrs for everyone else; the opposite of what he is doing in the movie. going over lightspeed doesnt = time or inter-dimensional travel in the marvel universe unless you're flash (from Flashpoint Paradox) or an old source (which superman is in this scenario). So... Seems legit.
Basically silver-age superman can do anything. Other than that, his powerlevels are all wonky depending on the year and writer. Oo
You got it right. He traveled faster than the speed of light, so from his perspective the Earth would have appeared to spin backwards. We were simply seeing a version of what he was seeing, albeit with him in it.
Yes, traveling really fast, no matter which direction, will make time go forwards faster, not backwards. Basic relativity! Traveling at light speed will only time travel to the future, never to the past, well... according to human science.
Wei King Well, if you traveled faster than the speed of light for long enough directly away from earth and then you looked back on earth you would be seeing the old light that came from earth before you left, so you could see yourself leaving. You wouldn't go back in time, but you could view the past, but you couldn't change anything. You could still only see the past ONLY IF you traveled AWAY from earth not AROUND it. Not that anything could travel at light speed... again according to current-human science.
Some of these aren't plot holes, it's part of the plot. i.e. Star Wars, it shows their ignorance to not fully check an empty escape pod as they firmly believe nothing can stop them.
Or the fact that they might not want to destroy their own plans?
Or maybe they don't want to fire if not necessary?
"Why did you fire?"
"Lord Vader, we found a escape-pod without life-singes and thought it would be good target practice... *Can't breathe*..."
Time turner in Harry Potter of never used again...
*is
Because you can only use it just once
Hermione used it multiple times though.
They all got destroyed during the battle in the Minestry. A better plot hole would be tge lucky potion, or how Fred and George never noticed Peter Pettigrew on the map.
Why would Fred and George know who Peter is at the time of the 3rd movie, they could have just mistaken him for student
the dark night thing is stupid. just because the show bruce wayne at the same time somewhere else (movie time) doesn't mean its the same time in the other place (universe time).
+OmNomNomNomNom I agree. That whole sequence was likely over days or weeks. After all, the whole movie spanned many months.
+OmNomNomNomNom So maybe Bane just decided not to progress much further over that time period but that still doesn't explain the simple question of how Bruce Wayne got back to Gotham at all, something my wife and I wondered when watching the movie. Imagine, you're stuck in another country out in, what looks like, the middle of nowhere with no supplies, no identification and no idea where you are. How exactly do you plan on getting back home?
Let's assume that you can find some method of getting basic necessities like food and water, which seems difficult judging from the shots we are shown, where do you go? How do you find the nearest airport? Do you know how difficult it is to get back into the US without a passport or identification? It's difficult, let's just say that. And yet, when he gets back, Gotham somehow isn't in absolute shambles despite the fact that we know Bane has the ability to literally implode entire stadiums.
+Devin Sloane he is Bruce Wayne, that would be like if Bill Gates was stuck in another country, one phone call and he gets help, even if he is poor
+Professor Pyg phone call from who? He's in the middle of nowhere.
+OmNomNomNomNom Agreed!!
You're wrong about #4 The Titanic, Mythbusters done an episode on it and found it was actually not possible even using the life jackets to counteract the added weight
"done an episode"
-_- *facepalm*
UA-cam made me change my name I'm going to stand up for Murdoch here. English isn't everyones native language in the world. The reason I choose to pick this exact scenario to intervene in, because here in Norway the word for "Done and Did" is the same. Easily mistaken for those who aren't that educated in the english language. (Or simply a typo if you typed in a hurry).
Yeah, but to Watchmojo's credit, they cited that they barely attempted to get both of them on the door, which is true. So, maybe the plothole here is that they didn't try hard enough (which wouldn't put it to number 4, at least).
ImpetuousDuality
so they can both freeze and possibly both die?
also the point of that scene was that Jack sacrificed himself for the woman he loved.
Are you fucking kidding me?
Bruce escaped from the prison and travelled to Gotham because he had experience at doing that, which is shown clearly in Batman Begins. Besides, I don't remember anyone in the movie mentioning where the prison is, could have been anywhere, so you can't just say 'half way around the world'.
Bruce never had his back BROKEN, is vertebrae got dislocated, the punch probably helped fix it, and it does take about 3 months to heal. It took Bruce a few weeks to travel to Gotham, that escape scene is shown when Fox says the bomb would go off in about a month, and then there's one day left when Bruce reaches Gotham.
So, you can put that 'plot hole' up your ass, collegehumor.
and mentioning a Batman Begins plot hole under the title of The Dark Knight Rises is lame.
Wow! Angry much? Settle down, big fella. Geez!
This isn't collegehumor? Also, if you re-watch the movie, you can tell that the location is Middle Eastern. The chant "Deshay-basara" is Moroccan. Do research before you complain.
That is what I say to everyone that says that, some poeple just dont watch the movie good
Yeah. I mean I can agree, the movie does have plot holes, but some do have explanations and people jump to conclusions without researching it.
XxMudvaynegirlxX If moroccan, its african, not middle eastern.
The Signs things isn't a plot hole. The aliens obviously didn't know about water being dangerous, the alien in the finale is surprised whenever his skin is burned by water. And also, the main character's son, who's name I don't remember, states that the invasion that's taking place IS the scouting mission.
It is a plot hole, Watch mojo just didn't explain it well enough, the aliens would have died immediately in our atmosphere cause there's water in our air, it would surround them at all times.
@@xNO123x Water would only destroy them if actual liquid contacted their skin, as seen in the climax.
The entire story of Hugo is one giant plot hole!
1) Boy finds non-working robot
2) Boy fixes robot
3) Robot draws picture of a scene from film voyage to the moon
4) Picture leads the boy to a magician who built robot
5) Magician recounts the story of when he built robot
6) Magician then became a movie director after building robot
7) Magician then disassembled the robot to make camera
8) Magician *THEN* filmed voyage to the moon
9) Magician sold robot
Question: How was the robot programmed to draw a scene from Voyage to the moon, when it was disassembled before the film was made? Furthermore, it is never explained who or why it was programmed to do so. And no, the answer is not magic.
The made it very clear that Hugo’s father was building it with Hugo before he died and so that’s why Hugo wants to rebuild it. The father left that thing inside the robot which told it to draw a scene from Trip to The Moon so that Hugo would know to find Melies because that was a movie at the time and Melies was still a famous director thought to be dead.
I fucking love Signs. But the whole "aliens being totally oblivious to water on earth" boggles my mind
Menacing Threat Doesn't life come from water?
Menacing Threat What makes you think they were oblivious? They had no intention on taking over earth (likely due to it's hostile environment) they were there to abduct people. The reason they become noticed isn't because they just arrived, but because they were all leaving.
Menacing Threat It's like in The Wizard of Oz. If the witch knows water would melt her, why does she have a bucket of water in her castle?
skybrick1036 Except that he 'thinks' aliens don't like water. Perhaps it is the chlorine, and Shyamalan's character is wrong in thinking it's just the water.
Menacing Threat I hated Signs.
Does watch mojo know the definition of plot holes? Only two of these were plot holes. Plot holes are when elements that are established within the story cause a paradox. Basically, only the Karate Kid and Citizen Kane had plot holes, based on what was provided. The rest are contrived plot devices such as hollywood hacking (the often used movie portrayal of hacking a computer system), storm trooper incompetence, limited story frame (where basically anyplace or in the case of Gremlin, any timezone doesn't exist within the story unless mentioned), never aging technology, and even artistic liscense in physic (meaning what the writer doesn't know about physics they just make up). The stuff from Titanic, The Dark Knight Rises, and Signs were just moments of poorly written or poorly executed moments in a movie. In Titanic, it suppose to be that there isn't enough room (as was mentioned) or she didn't have the strength to pull him out. In the Dark Knight Rises, it is suppose to be assumed that once the scene transition happened that just enough time has passed since that moment he makes it out of the pit. In Signs... well that was suppose to be M. Knight S.'s twist for the movie... well part of it at least... I think it can be safe to say that there is a whole thing one can do on what the guy did wrong in his later movies, if one can't find one floating about on the internet.
You sir, seem to be the only informed person in the whole of youtube. Congrats but sadly no one else seems to get it :(
actually the karate kid one is not a plot hole, rules in karate tournaments, allows kicks in the face but not punches, im not sure why... they just do.....
RockFerver And this is why I like to add things like "based on what is provided" cause then even what is provided is wrong. I do have to ask if that was explained in the movie though... Cause sometimes even when something is allowed in real life, if its not properly explained it can result in a plot hole.
FWTrump According to the WKF the punches that were penalized were "hook" punches. A direct blow from the front is legal and awards 1 point.
Not to be a dick or anything, but in Citizen Kane the director realized the mistake halfway through filming, so he added a line or two to fix it up. There is a point later on in the film where someone (I don't remember who it was exactly) said they were in the room to hear the character say 'Rosebud', making that who death scene a POV shot. :)
All of these movies pale in comparison in how Kirsten Dunst actually falls for Tobey Maguire in "Spiderman." It was like having to watch a younger brother try to French kiss his sister.
#3: The butler heard him say it, and comments on it later in the film.
#2: Traveling the world while broke is the first Bruce ever learns in Batman Begins. Also, if you check the TV before he escapes, you'll see he actually has a few weeks time left.
I guess that girl did not watch the dark knight movie it took bruce 6 months to get out of the prison and were talking about bruce wayne here the guy is a billionaire im sure he has friends in each corner of the world he'd be able to easily find a way to travel back to gotham if your going to make fun of anything in the Nolan trilogy it would be how fucking useless the cops are especially in rises, 3000 cops in the sewers? hahahaha they'd send 2 or 3 tactical units to scope out the situation not everyone like holy smokes i can see the trap in that just saying it
Did you ever hear of capitalization and punctuation?
YEah but I got no time for proper English they're computer professor fuck proper English can you read this? whats the problem making you feel stupid or something? this is what's wrong with society today people trying to perfect in a very imperfect world
BAT MAN Gonna need to get a mongoloid to english dictionary to understand what you are saying.
really so without caps and punctuations you cannot read? fuck off panzy ass English literature police officer
BAT MAN To understand you yeah. Are you 10 or something? Seriously, I do not want to type like you do in the future, so just fucking use proper English or you'll lose all your credibility.
Citizen Kane isn't a plot hole. The butler says later in the film that he was in the room. The camera just doesn't show him. *tsktsk* WatchMojo.com
Not the first time watch mojo fucked up.
rybrentmannftw Well, it's a common misconception.No biggie
Yeah that is true. Their biggest screw up was putting the dark knight on their top 10 movies of all time. Great movie, yes. Top ten of all time, fuck no.
Eraserhead.
mojo generally sucks ass...
Nobody realised in the dark knight rises that Between Bruce's escape from the prison and his appearance in gotham there were around 2-3 months that were skipped?
The timeframe isn't really the problem as much as the fact that he got back at all. He's trapped in the middle of nowhere, no supplies, probably doesn't speak any local language if he meets someone, no idea where he should be heading, and the city was locked down. He apparently gets the most amazing run of luck ever while at the same time the bad guys just sit there waiting for him to get back so he can beat them. It requires too many logic jumps that can only be explained by "he's the main character so he needed to be there". Unless they gave him several years while they stared at walls and twiddled their thumbs while dreaming about his big gloved fists, in the faces it just doesn't work, and if that is what they did then it makes no sense.
CaptainSparrowx Uhm... in batman begins he pretty much did the same.... travel through most of the world without knowing any languages eccetera eccetera eccetera. Notice that he ISNT in the middle of a desert, he walks toward a city in the distance (its hard to notice but its there), wich means that obviously it would be not THAT difficult to get near gotham in short time. Ultimately, it's been since they activated the bomb that the baddies wanted to wait all those months for the bomb to explode by itself, and make gotham suffer in the process. Ultimately, it's not that much of a big deal or that illogical. Also... there are superhero movies that come up withway less logical things, so I find exagerated such complaints about TDKR
Not true, the Special Forces agents were executed and the bomb had 2 days according to Gordon before it would go off before that event happened. Gordon says this once the special forces arrive. Batman saw their execution from his prison because he proceeded to break his TV when he saw it
The bomb was said to be going off in 23 days, a day before Bruce escaped the pit and made it back in 21 days.
I hate how people point that one out about Batman. But if you've ever seen any other Christopher Nolan film, you'll know that he loves to play with order of event; time gaps and plot structure. "Memento" was in reverse order, "The Prestige" scattered the order of events, and "The Dark Knight Rises" had time gaps. Let's analyze the plot. During Bane's reign over Gotham, the story would switch back and fourth between Gotham and the prison. Remember that, we'll get back to that. When Bruce first tries to get out of bed and fails, the doctor suspends him with a rope. Notice his facial hair when he's strung up compared to the part where he sees Ras Al Ghul. When he's suspended, he has no facial hair, but the next shot is him with noticeable facial hair. Now back to Gotham. The under cover cops were trying to get to the bomb before their six months are up. At first, when the bomb was introduced, it's summer. When there's a day left on the count down, it's winter. Now in the final Gotham scene before Bruce escapes the prison proves that there is no plot hole. CIA agents sneak into Gotham to help the remaining cops. They're taken to Fox who then tells them they have 23 days before the bomb goes off. then we see Bruce escape the prison and get to Gotham with enough time to spare. Now as for how he got to Gotham without any money or a passport and broken back (which wasn't really broken when you think about it because that destroys Bane's method of torture). Seriously, if you were the only one who can save your city from a nuke, why would take your time and get there through legal means? The guy probably stole a plane.
Another thing with Gremlins, when does it stop being after midnight? Is the window like 12-1am? Technically right now is after Midnight.
NVR watch it before but I'd chalk up to it requires the environment its in, and the sun lvl. Why give complicated rules when its easier to tell don't feed after midnight.
Rule #2 states to not get them wet. There is snow everywhere. I've been curious about that one more than the midnight rule.
auric180
That docent work, there is equity as little sun 30 minutes after sunset till 30 minutes before sunrise. It's not like the sun just turns off at midnight so it cant be the light levels, also if it was light level you just turn on some full spectrum electric lights and you can feed your gremlin.
the Gremlin one wasent a plot hole to begin with, you can easily explain it according to lunar or solar positioning...
I imagine that they have to fall asleep first, then when they wake up it stopped being after midnight. So if it sleeps at 12:30 a.m. and wakes up at 3 a.m. it will be fine.
Stop trying to be CinemaSins...its not working. Some of these aren't even plotholes
WatchMojo's been around a LOT longer than CinemaSins, just saying.
Don't hate, appreciate.
Like if CinemaSins were top notch opinions.
And yes, i'm aware that most of what both say aren't 100% facts.
I don't care who's been around longer, I love both channels but this particular video is trying to be something its not, not hating
sora3823 neji is dead
Gremlins 2: The New Batch poked fun at the midnight thing themselves.
#1 isn't a plot hole. Neither is the Star Wars one - Leia wasn't expecting to be captured, putting the droids on the pod was a last-ditch option which they were lucky worked. Or is every unlikely success now a plot hole?
The Titanic one is also bogus; the problem wasn't buoyancy (so the life jacket is irrelevant), the problem was being submerged in the water. Had they both been on the debris, they would have pushed it too far under and both been at least partially submerged (the film actually shows Jack trying to get on, realising he can't, and accepting his fate).
As for Citizen Kane: Admittedly it's a stretch, but it is never said that nobody was in the room. It's entirely plausible (and the script kind of implies) that the butler was present and heard.
Dark Knight Rises - do we know it's "right away"? That isn't even implied. It could easily be 12 hrs later, enough time to fly to Gotham.
+Ben Kolbeck Im pretty sure Leia never put the droids into the pod. They got in there all by themselves as a way to escape, although I guess it is suggested that she told R2D2 to go there?
Yeah I think it's quite strongly implied that she gave the message to R2D2 and told him (it?) to evacuate the ship.
Thankyou, I finally know why rose and Jack didn't go on the raft together.
+Ben Kolbeck To your Titanic comment: Hell no! She needed to scoot the hell over. Don't care if your tired. Dude is about to die. End of story.
+Michael Knight myth busters already proved that the two of them could not have both survived on the chunk of wood
"Lucy"- that movie is one big fat plot hole. Nothing makes sense there.
The one that just came out? Yeah I saw it yesterday and bug the shit out of me how just thrown up ideas were put in. Like it has no plot. What a girl with drugs gets to use more of her brain and must find more drugs and the scientist? And she has so much power she couldn't just go outside the room at the end and kill all of them in 3 seconds? No the movie was just and a loss and terrible.
Shayne Ferland that and we use all of our brain
Shogo Akuji yeah and I will use all brain to remember not to watch that movie again.
especially with the fact that it was discovered we use 100% of our brains
Shogo AkujiAug
+Shayne Ferland that and we use all of our brain
lol
The biggest plothole in cinema history is : Avengers
The hulk destroyed Shield vessel after getting angry, and in the end of the movie he said 'I am always angry' showing heroics and all. Why the fck he tried to kill Black Widow before?
thats not a plot hole in the slightest.
Because it was different transformations. When he tried to kill Black Widow there was a lot of stressful things going on, Bruce couldn't focus his mind on 'steering' the hulk to help. Later on in the end of the movie, he is keeping his mind clear able to 'steer' the Hulk in the right direction.
Garth Palmer Then what it is? An AssHole?
Patrick Dougherty Then why he said " I am always angry"? that just makes no sense.
***** Exactly.
Why didn't joy send the core memories back up the long-term memory tubes in
"inside out"
Truman Douglass She tried, but the tubes broke. When you're a bottomless pit away from everything you've known for all eleven years of your life, you aren't the sharpest tool in the shed.
Or, stop the invisible friend from obviously stealing memories, and trading them for Crack to those Adult Baby people.
MrFun that was before all that, when they first got down to the "library" and the (embodiment of Syphilis destroying the brain)Blobs had already sent one up through the rear of the shelves.
The Blobs had just used it to send up the memory of a horrible gum commercial.
Because either Disgust, Fear, or Anger would had to have received them on the other end and put them back in, but as shown with Sadness, the other emotions touching core memories changes the memory
Number 2 is easy to explain, go back and watch Batman Begins where Bruce Wayne "was around" traveling the world to master martial arts, trained himself to survive and know the world's worst criminal's mind around the world in order to be able to fight Gotham's criminals. And he trained with Ra's Al Ghul. This gave him experience to return back to Gotham since he already knew his ways around the world with out using money.
#1 should be the entire X-Men movie franchise.
Yes I was really hoping they would put that on there or at least mention it, but no
It's been fixed now
I don't agree.
I don't know much about X-Men..so could you explain it to me?
The biggest one for me is that Emma frost died after first class but was alive in origins that supposedly took place after the original dofp past. IF you think Xavier being alive tho they already mentioned it in X3. Wolvy's claws in DOFP are a question also.
Err...That's not the biggest plot hole in A New Hope.
What about the fact that Obi-Wan gives up against Vader claiming that being a force ghost would make him more powerful, when the only things he ever does as a force ghost are things he could do while still alive.
Well, he can sort of teleport...
Except that Obi-Wan was always around Luke, wherever he needed to. Which wouldn't have been impossible if he had been alive (In the middle of Hoth when Luke was about to die, etc.) .It was a sacrifice to spur Luke on. Besides, Obi-Wan was pretty old, he probably wanted to die.
Well, being a force ghost made him pretty immortal and since he was an old man to weak for serious fighting, he probably thought he could give Luke better support by guarding him this way. Furthermore Luke might havent destroyed the Death Star without Obi-Wan's advise to trust the force.
Yea, basically what Marius said ^^
Marius Falkenstein
Everything Obi-Wan tells Luke as a Force Ghost is something he could have told him at a different time with no difference in outcome. In a New Hope he could have been told to use the force prior to starting the mission. In Empire he could have been told to go see Yoda when he's not in the middle of Hoth. Now if he weren't dead he could actually give Luke real Jedi training.
And, the way Obi-Wan and Vader's light saber goes, it's not particularly clear that Obi-Wan is at any disadvantage. They seem evenly matched, unlike in Empire when it's clear Vader is toying with Luke. And Jedi showed us that even when Jedi die naturally they can still become force ghosts.
Except for #2, How the Fuck are Any of these Plot Holes!? They're Just (Writer) Mistakes, Jumping the Shark and WTF Moments.... but Plots Holes!? NO FUCKING WAY!!!
The Superman plot hole doesn't end with the fact that reversing the Earth's rotation wouldn't turn back time, but do you know how badly Earth would get fucked up by stopping or reversing it's rotation? Imagine everything, including oceans and the atmosphere, suddenly flying east at 1,000 mph.
I always wanted to know why Darth Vader and the Empire needed to get the "stolen" plans back. I guess it made sense in 1977 but now data is copied almost instantly and can be sent anywhere in a few seconds. If the Death Star plans were stolen now, they would be on Wikileaks for everyone to see.
***** Nope. the internet was already invented by the military in the late 50s as a super special army only project. but it was first a few decades later that science beagn to use it, and even more decades later all normal people began to use it
Matt Ranson They want them back to prevent the rebels finding a weak spot in the death star, of course they have a copy, since they build another one later
Matt Ranson You are forgetting in Star Wars Lore, the Empire controls most public access to the Holonet (there version of the Internet) ... it is Government controlled, there are minor exceptions, but the average person doesn't have access and the Empire is fast and effective in shutting those down.
The Rebels would not be stupid enough to use it to transmit the Data as it would give away their location.
Matt Ranson Obviously the Empire still has the plans, they are just trying to obtain or destroy the copy. Remember, the Empire controls information routes, and the Death Star plans are for every nut and bolt in a space station that can house over two million troops. One would expect it isn't the kind of thing you can just upload from your cell phone.
Well Star Wars is a whole other fictional universe. Therefore, not having our ways of technology.
I think Batman Begins proves that Bruce Wayne is more than capable of travelling around the world with no money, so I don't see why getting to Gotham would have been a problem. Anyway, I'm not sure why people felt the (already 2 hr 45 min) Dark Knight Rises needed to explain that. What did you need to see, a two minute scene of Bruce Wayne jumping onto a fucking cargo ship or sneaking onto a plane?? Also, are we sure he only had 24 hours to get there? I'm pretty sure he had at least a few days if not a couple of weeks, but I'd have to watch it again because I'm honestly not sure. If he did have at least a week then I don't see what people are complaining about...
Also, when in the movie does it say his back has been "fixed". All the doctor did was jam his vertebrae back into place where it could heal to a functional level in a matter of months. In all likelihood, Bruce is in a ton of fucking pain, and has to fight through it. In fact, the guy is going to be physically ruined for the rest of his life after the only short amount of time he was able to be Batman.
avp802 ALSO, it's explained by Lucius Fox in Batman Begins that the vaporizer was developed to target the enemy's water supply. It only targets concentrated supplies of water (i.e. pipes, etc), not dispersed quantities of water contained in humans.
Yes, yes, and yes. Summed up my perspective on this "plot hole" very well.
If you watch the movie again you'll notice how bane blows up the fucking bridges and keeps air surveillance as well so batman could've only gotten there by swimming under a shit ton of ice
I think Bruce Wayne would of had secret off shore money reserves like every other billionaire on earth. So lack of money would not be a problem.
Harry Potter and friends are told at the end of Philosopher's stone they can't use magic outside of school. He even tells Hedwig he can't use it to let her out at the beginning of Chamber of Secrets. Yet later that same movie Hermione uses magic to fix his glasses in diagon alley (something Arthor Weasley did in the books if I'm not mistaking). Then at the beginning of Prisoner of Escaban he's using magic for reading light.
+SupernerdScrawl To be fair, they're just not allowed to, which is why Harry was temporarily thrown out of Hogwarts and then let back in in PoA. On the other hand, to be fair, that plot point seems to disappear later on, and it's never made clear if there's an age barrier or if JKR just forgot about it in the later books.
***** The books are very clear. It's the movies that messed it up. It's 17 when they're allowed to use magic outside of school. It's a major plot point a lot. But the movies throw it away when ignoring it would make for a good scene.
+SupernerdScrawl My personal favorite is Harry forgetting to repair his wand at the end of deathly hallows, and also breaking the elder wand, leaving him wandless. Whoops
***** Ah, thank you. I was almost sure it was like that, but it's been a while since I read the books.
Tentreto Nah movie Harry was just a dick after that and kept Draco's. Also he could have just got a new one, but still he should have repaired the one he already had a connection with.
Mythbusters actually found the life vest buoyancy theory plausible. What's also plausible is not thinking of every possible idea during moments of extreme stress.
Batman 3 it states that Bane occupies Gothom for like 6months. So batman heals up in the Prison, gets out, and goes home. How did he get home with nothing? - watch the amazing race to find out.
Also your missing the biggest plot hole of all time. Raiders of the lost Arc.
lol big bang theory is awesome
danmark44 yes, Indy contributed nothing to the plot whatsoever.
I'm pretty sure it wasn't six months and I'm nearly positive it doesn't "state it." While I don't think it's a big deal even if it is a "plot hole" and I do actually think he could do it in a short-ish amount of time, you're clearly just making up details.
hedrack08
In the beginning of the occupation of Gotham, the "bomb" has about six months before the core will melt down to the point of exploding on its own. Somehow they've got it down to an exact science of when this unstable core is going to blow up, down to the exact second. But, the core definitely explodes exactly when they expect it to, which is six months later. So, Batman does have about six months to recover from a slipped disk in his back (no bones were actually broken), and return to Gotham. But, honestly, that's not the major plot hole of the movie. The major plot hole is this: how did Bane know exactly where the vault, that contained all of Batman's equipment, was when it was completely off the books. The only people who should've had any idea where it was: Batman, Lucius Fox, and Alfred.
What does the Amazing race have to do with how to get home? They have passports and cash given to them.
Do you guys even know what a plot hole is? Only about half of these were actually plot holes.
For me, the biggest Plot Hole I know is in Back to the Future 2. (practically guaranteeing a plot hole is a time travel movie) Anyways, when old Biff steals the Car to give his younger self the book, there is no way he could have returned the car to 2015 that Doc and Marty were in. The movie actually explains why it's impossible for them to prevent Biff from doing this in the first place, but doesn't explain why Biff somehow gets a pass.
Yep, for example Titanic wasn't really a plot hole. It was just that the characters didn't really think the whole thing through
That and the fact that at the end of the first one, now that Marty's parents were actually genuinely in love, one would assume their sex cycle changed, and so George and Loraine would likely have had totally different children. ; )
In the first movie, it took time for Marty to disappear, because he still had the opportunity to change the past so he could exist again. Presumably Old Biff did not disappear before returning to the future for the same reason.
Back to the Future Part 3 has a few serious problems in the form of alternatives that Doc and Marty should have considered but didn't.
1. The DeLorean Doc brought with him to 1885 had gasoline couldn't travel through time because the flux capacitor was damaged by lightning. The DeLorean Marty brought with him to 1885 was unable to accelerate to 88mph because it was out of gasoline. All Doc and Marty had to do was repair the leak in the fuel tank and siphon the gasoline from Doc's DeLorean, and skip the train entirely.
2. Clara thinks Doc is making up the fact that he's from the future. Doc can't convince her otherwise by himself, but why not tell her Marty's from the future as well and let him confirm it?
3. Speaking of Clara, if Doc hadn't interfered and saved her, she would have fallen off the cliff into Clayton Canyon. Taking her back with him to 1985 would have impacted the past far less than leaving her there.
A lot of these aren't actually plot holes and why was Terminator not on this list?
+Michael Bush and Back to the Future. That movie has some serious time travelling issues. I think this list was pretty bad.
+Andrés Falcone I agree Mr. Falcone 100%
+Andrés Falcone agreed. back 2 the future 2 should be number 1.
The first Terminator follows a timeline that goes on a loop. Terminator 2 is the one that breaks that rule.
@@a2falcone Not all movies have the same rules for time travel. Terminator 1 follows the same logic as Prisoner of Azkaban and Interstellar, while BTTF1 is more like Jumanji and Days of Future Past.
Terminator 2, where Skynet decide to go back and kill John Connor in the 1990s when he and his mother are expecting it, rather than just killing Sarah Connor's grandma in the 1930s where the Terminator would have encountered zero resistance.
Raiders of the Lost Ark:
Plot hole: Indy is irrelevant
Proof: if he wasnt in the movie, the nazis wouldve gotten the medallion, gone to the island, opened the ark and all died, just like they did. It just wouldve happened quicker because they would have both sides of the medallion not one first then the second later
Wow how original, I wonder where you got that one, Big Bang Theory perhaps?
They would've not found it. If not, it would have taken more time for them to find it.
But then the crate wouldn't have been damaged in Crystal Skull which results in a small irrelevant Easter egg. You're logic is flawed!
Tavierloyal +1 charisma for you.
The 4th Indy Movie is an Insult to the Series
Plot hole in The Lord Of The Rings is how the hell is Sam still fat after all that walking with limited amount of food they had in their journey!?!?
Whoa never thought of that one.
Good catch.
I laughed harder than I should have. :)
the fat guy from "Lost"
Character choice is not a plot hole. The Imperial officers on the Star Destroyer in A New Hope simply decided not to waste ammo (or whatever it is those guns shoot) on what they assume, due to no life forms being aboard, to be a malfunctioning escape pod. Sure, it may have been dumb (it is the Empire after all), and they probably got fired (or worse), but it's not a plot hole.
Choices that no person in that position would have made but do because the story needs them to are plot holes, and that's what that is.
+kdkseven Vadar choked that guy out later. Well----force choked him out :(
Obviously the dude sucked at his job, and he paid the ultimate price. But a dude doing a bad job is not a plot hole.
+kdkseven I agree it's not a plot hole. Even if they did detect life and still didn't shoot it, it wouldn't be a plot hole. Underpaid employees do dumb shit all the time.
the dark knight rises: His Back was fixed in prison.
Also in Star Wars, neither Darth Vader or Ben Kenobi recognise R2D2 and CP30 in the original 3 films. However in Star Wars The Phantom Menace Anakin (later becomes Darth Vader) built CP30. Anakin and Obi Wan (named Ben in Star Wars A New Hope) spent almost the whole of the 3 films with R2D2 and CP30 but failed to recognise them later in the Saga. This is more of a mistake from the newer 3 and not the older 3 but it's still a big plot hole.
SO,SO,SO,TRUE! I remember my first car model, when i was 5.I am 45 now,lol.
Oh yes I agree with that. Considering Anakin flew with R2D2 in the beginning of Episode 3, and in the last battle of episode 1.
uh... thats a valid point
Actually that can be easily explained because if you look, Vader only shares a scene with one of them during Empire while Threepio is on Chewie's back, and even then Threepio is a very common model of a Protocol Droid and his memory has been wiped anyway. Artoo is also a very common type of Astromech droid.
***** You are 100% correct.
IN TDKR, YOU DO UNDERSTAND HIS BACK WAS FIXED IN THE PITT AND BRUCE WAYNE HAS HIS RESOURCES AND CAN CALL IN FAVORS!!!
calm yo tits.....bcoz the process of him returning to gotham wasnt shown and/or explained or implied is what caused it to be a minor plot hole....butt heyy datss myy opinion
Ramon O'Donnell the dp looks like arnold experiencing explosive diarrhea XD
marc Samarita Lol a film shouldn't have to explain everything.
Zen Razor lmao ik dats why i said it is a MINOR pot hole.....its not really worth explaining....tho it could have been implied XD
I love hearing peoples responses to these plot holes.
I don't really understand the Star Wars one.... Isn't a plot hole when something is missing? Seems more like just thinking about the movie rather than actually having a vital piece of plot not available to you
Toy Story is a big one for me. If Buzz Lightyear does not think he is a toy but a real life Space Ranger, how come when ever a human is around he goes into toy mode. It is obviously a voluntary action as we seem the toys move and talk when humans are around. Woody could have easily just pointed that out to Buzz and made him double think his whole existence yet it took a commercial for him to realize.
Indiana jones having nothing to do with the plot in raiders
Big bang theory upset me with revealing that to me :(
that was how i learnt it
How so?
The Nazis had to follow him to Marion to get the headpiece. And since they couldn't beat him to it, they couldn't find the Well of Souls.
What's more, hadn't he followed them to that Greek island, the Ark would've ended up in German hands anyway.
Frank Lee Look up the definition of plot hole.
If Jones wasn't in Cairo, Egypt, then how did the plane get destroyed before the Ark got loaded onto a truck?
#10 plot hole | EDIT: Not a plot hole. It's actually explained in the film.
#9 plot hole | EDIT: No it isn't. Punches, palm-thrusts, or any other hand-to-face contact is forbidden in most, if not all, martial arts tournaments. *Kicks* to the head/face are fine (though you're considered a general arse if you kick them in the face).
#8 sort of, but not really - the whole "night" part does it. | EDIT: Still not a plot hole, despite arguments to the contrary.
#7 not really a plot hole more than it is a lack of forethought.
#6 plot hole
#5 not a plot hole
#4 not a plot hole, even by definition. Also, freezing water.
#3 arguably not a plot hole.
#2 plot hole
#1 not a plot hole
So, out of 10 "plot holes," only 2 of them were plot holes. See TVTropes.
WatchMojo.com really needs to learn how to research. The resources are readily available. As a troper, it frustrated me to absolutely no end that they were so incompetent in this video.
You're right. I think I accidentally copy/pasted without changing it to say "not a plot hole." I used to compete in Martial Arts tournaments. Punches to the head were absolutely banned, but kicks were okay.
I was about to write the same thing. A closed fist to the face is pretty much illegal in most sanctioned fights.
When it says don't feed a creature after midnight, it doesn't matter if you give it lunch the next day at like 2pm, it's still after the midnight of the previous day. I consider that a pretty big pothole
Plot hole*
Maheshinder Singh
Problem is, would you actually, really, SINCERELY say "it's after midnight" if someone asked you what time it was at 2:00 p.m.? You are taking it to the absolute extreme to try to justify a nonexistent plot hole.
I mean..... Ok, but even if it was just the imperials being lazy, that isnt a plot hole
was expecting back to the future 2 when old biff comes back to the same timeline
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the star wars one makes no sense princess wasnt on board, unlike you say
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These really aren't plot holes. Some actual Star Wars plot holes would be. Why is there no explanation for Jar Jar Binks' absence from the original trilogy in the prequels, or why was Yoda willing to train Luke but refused to train Anakin on the basis that he was "to old" even though Luke was a decade older than him. Why doesn't Darth Vader remember C3PO and R2 D2 even though he built 3PO and had R2 as a companion during the Clone Wars. If the Stormtroopers are clones of Jango Fett why do they have a different voice. Why does Leia remember their mother but Luke doesn't, and how could that even be possible if Padme died during child birth.
1. Highly likely that Jar Jar was killed during order 66 for his involvement with Jedi council
2. When Anakin was shown to Yoda for training, the number of Jedi at that time were large, but when Luke came, he was the last
3. Either possible brain damage from his burns, or he didn't spend enough time with them to address this fact
4. Possible that the helmets they wore affected their voices differently than when they wore clone helmets, or they might be clones of another person
5. In the novel it explains that Leia was born with her eyes partly open, while Luke had his shut.
6. Padme died after birthing Leia and Luke
Most of the clones had died or were killed by the original trilogy. Most stormtroopers were just conscripts wearing armour similar to that of the clones.
Almost none of those statements are valid, the clones stopped being made after order 66, and within 19 years most of the clones had died off so the empire recruited regular men.
1) Side-games confirm that Jar-Jar was either killed or just frozen in carbonite. Not a plothole.
2) Sorry, it's not that hard. Yoda very obviously didn't have much choice, and its an ongoing theme in the prequel trilogy that the Jedi have become too set in their formalities and traditions to adapt to Palpatine's machinations.
Not only that...but Anakin being too old was only *one* reason Yoda and the rest of the Council were hesitant to allow him in, and it wasn't even close to being the biggest one.
3) Better, but, as mentioned above, he didn't interact very much with R2 and C3PO during the original trilogy. In addition, both R2 and 3PO had different chassis than they did when he last saw them.
Heck, he took a bit to recognize *Obi-Wan*, the guy who trained him. I'm not just talking about by appearance, either.
4) Explained in the guides, the games, and the expanded universe: the *original* clones were in Jango Fett's mold, but the Emperor decided to use other parent strands and volunteers after Kamino tried to rebel with their own contingent of Jango clones.
5) Bail Organa told Leia about her parents (only somewhat, of course), and...well, add in southparkkenny's explanation to that.
Some decent questions, but most of it is readily answered in the (admittedly, freaking gigantic and convoluted) Expanded Universe.
See, I would have to agree with you on all points, on the topic of Vader and the droids I do, but the EU isn't canon. Everything is easily explained by it but, none of it was written by George Lucas and therefore it doesn't count and especially with 7, 8, and 9 coming out everything post VI in the EU is now going to be irrelevant unless J.J takes from the EU which I hope he does. To me a lot of it is just sloppy writing that without a fan created Universe to explain it all would just remain as such. It's part of the reason why people don't like the prequels because it doesn't fully agree with the original trilogy. The EU reflects this by trying to explain away many of the inconsistencies and mend the prequel's universe. The Clone Wars is an awesome concept that Lucas really should have emphasized the "war" aspect of it in II and III luckily the EU has done this. I'm getting way off topic , my main point is while the EU explains most of my questions its still not canon and shouldn't make up for George's initial flawed and forgetful writing in the prequels.
For the Karate Kid one, I believe that the rules in most forms of karate sparring is that punches are allowed from the waist up, however not the head. But kicks are allowed anywhere on the body upwards from the waist.
Back to the Future: When George and Loraine were about to kiss, that ginger kid stepped in and took Loraine from George. But then George stepped back in making the decision himself. So how did George making his own decision alter the future if that decision was already destined to happen? In the movie, this situation doesn't follow the rules of time travel.
Could have just been Marty panicking and hallucinating, who knows. He was on stage so he could have seen what was happening.
Signs had so many holes in it though. The aliens haven't invented waterproof clothes or coatings but they've invented space travel, and their best weapon is a wrist mounted poison spray..
They don't even seem to have developed clothing, never mind waterproof ones lol. We developed that while still living in caves bashing rocks together.
That's a common trope anyway. Why are aliens always naked? We're the only race in the entire universe that decides we should cover our junk and protect against the elements?
JustinAKABiff Maybe because not all planets have atmospheres similar to Earths. Maybe their planet is so perfect in temperature, atmosphere density and air pressure that there is no need for clothing.
yeah...and in Signs...it's a good thing it NEVER rained at all...sheesh, they developed space travel, yet had no idea how weather worked? The irrigation systems of most corn farms make the area so humid that it's stupid they didn't have suits...the humidity alone would have killed off all the critters in minutes...not to mention the morning dew...
Roachbait FNV I see you didn't read my post and didn't really watch the film. Water didn't harm any alien until it was blessed. That's why the little girl didn't drink regular water. That's why the glasses of water around the house meant nothing to the aliens until after the priest started paying. That's why the alien invasion was going gangbusters until people around the world, including atheists, began mass praying. And the last alien was still strong until the priest was able to stand up, his faith returned to him, and "swing away".
It was faith in a god that slayed (or at least weakened) the evil invading force.
I',m quite surprised you didn't mention the fact that in the first Indiana Jones The character Indiana Jones is not actual needed in any way.
The Nazi wanted the Arc of the Covenant, they took the Arc of the Covenant, they opened the Arc of the Covenant and they all die because the opened it.
The exact same thing would of happened if Indiana Jones wasn't there, Wan't Take, Open, Die.
Well without indy being there the arc wouldn't have been in possession of the U.S Govt as i'm pretty sure the nazi's gave their last position to a backup party if something was to happen to the group with the arc.
That's not plot hole. It's a sly twist in the plot.
Another thing about Gremlins is that the father specifically said not to give Gizmo anything to drink. Never mind the fact that no living creature can survive w/o water, but don't most foods have moisture in them? What about the atmosphere? It shares a lot of questions raised about Signs.
watch mojo needs to understand what the definition of a plot hole is
Okay why the fuck is nobody in the comments talking about the most obvious plot hole that should have been on this list at number one but didn't even make honorable mentions? I'm of course talking about the Eagles in the Lord of the Rings.
If you're talking about the birds flying the ring into the volcano, it's because the rings corrupted and disturbed the birds so that they couldn't fly it in.
dtanobo The whole thing with this neverending argument is that even a short flight by the eagles at almost any point could have saved the fellowship days if not weeks on their journey, and an infinite amount of trouble. There are plenty of points in the plot where the eagles could have safely helped out, and they most likely would have considering the fate of the world including them rides on the success of the fellowship. They were convinced to help for a much less serious reason in The Hobbit.
I don't hate on that because that's the way it is in the book, not just half assed directing. But what about the fact that if that ring is so important why didn't the elves and dwarfs and humans send an army to look out for it during their journey. What they just sent like 10 guys and wished them luck? They should've have a small army traveling with them. After all,they did say that the bad guys would stop at nothing to have it.
They walked into Mordor because they wanted to spite Boromir. Also, what's the point of that? If they just flew into Mordor, then there wouldn't be much of a franchise.
Best metaphor I've heard, The eagles are way too proud to be taxi's. So they are like the police, help you out in dire situations but they won't give you a ride home.
And they missed the most glaring plot hole in all of movie history. The entire Lord of the Rings trilogy. If they have these huge Eagles that can fly into Mordor, why do they decide to walk? WTF is up with that?
Read the book please..
Because the books say it's not possible to do that and Peter Jackson failed to briefly mention that in either LotR or the Hobbit films.
The Eagles can be killed. At the time they flew to Mordor in the films, the entire armies of Sauron were busy fighting Aragorn & pals at the Black Gate. They also were short on numbers after being pwned in Gondor. If the Eagles flew to Mordor before all this, they'd have to deal with the Ring Wraiths on Fell Beasts, a hail of arrow fire and probably an army of orcs at the entrance of Mount Doom. You really think they wouldn't just get wrecked?
Tom Waits if it's impossible to fly to mordor, then how the fuck did they fly to mordor in the end?
Because the nazgul, fell beasts, and orc armies were dead, dumbface! Read the comments for fuck's sake
I have four things to say...
1) Why is everyone saying that most of these aren't plot holes. The narrator explained at the beginning of the video that their version of plot holes include "inconsistencies, contradictions and/or things that just don't make sense."
2) How could you not include Back to the Future?! Lorraine and George not realizing that their son looks EXACTLY like the Calvin Klein guy from high school (because he is). That's the biggest plot hole ever.
3) Jurassic Park. On the T/Rex feeding on a goat scene at the beginning, the land is flat. However, when the jeep falls at the same exact location there's now a big drop!
4) In Toy Story, Buzz Lightyear originally didn't believe he was a toy. However, when Andy enters the room, he drops and plays dead like everyone else. Why didn't he walk up to Andy and speak if he thought he wasn't a toy?
toys are quantum locked like weeping angels in doctor who i don't know maybe
Frederikia Wilson I honestly wouldn't notice if my child grew up to look like someone I knew for a few days twenty years earlier and had no pictures of, especially after watching them grow up.
Frederikia Wilson As to your point #2 Every one who has ever watched Star Trek , Doctor Who etc! knows that when you go back in time and fix an altered timeline the events in the altered time line are "unwritten" As The Doctor says more times than I can count, the anomalies tend to sort themselves out!
5:05 in the last prequel they are building the death star before leia and luke grew up
the harry potter movies have an insane amount of plot holes
like?
The books are worse...
Tim Boisvert the books are amazing
The books are poorly written - can you say overuse of adverbs? And filled with so many contradictions - I just did a quick Google Search... OMG!
Tim Boisvert oh how wrong you are they are far from poorly written
What about Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Arc. even if Indie didnt stop them, the Nazis would have still opened the Arc and got their faces melted off anyway. boom movie over.
lol Like Indy would know XD The worthy souls would have immortality, right? Or was it something else? Oh, like I know XD And yes, the movie would be over. That's the problem. There has to be a bit lack of logic to keep the audience entertained. But a lack of logic too much is just annoying XD
Biggest problem with Raiders is they did not how the heck did Indy know they needed to close their eyes.
Hell he didn't even need to be in the movie. The nazis still would have found the staff and amulet and they still would have have their faces melted off.
The only difference is that Marion lives if the movie has Indy, but dies without Indy.
Because it is NOT a plot hole.
The plot holes in Titanic come from the fact that it is supposedly Rose’s recollection but includes scenes that she didn’t witness and could not have learned about second-hand, such as conversations between her fiancé and his servant.
I have a counter argument for Citizen Kane: That there WAS somebody in the room when he said "Rosebud". Namely, the viewer. When he says it, the camera is at an extreme close-up on his lips, meaning that he was actually breaking the fourth wall and was speaking directly to the audience.
from that point of view thats actually creative. but still count if we talking about in a realistic way
Later in the film a servant States he was there to hear rosebud being said
The thing about Signs is that, that "invasion" was the scouting mission. That's why there were no mayor weapons used and why they wanted to take that kid back on the ship.
Jonathan Tucker A sequel wouldn't make any sense to this movie. It would mean one of two things - a) the aliens know about the water issue and would still come anyway, which is idiotic at best (unless they've figured out a way around it, but that's still risky) or b) the scouts never got the message out about the water issue and the aliens decided rather than sensibly avoiding a planet their scouts never returned from, they'll do the dumb thing and "investigate" things further anyway.
Aliens that technologically advanced would surely have much better scouting abilities. It's still a plot hole.
Another loop hole in Star Wars:
When the Death Star is closing on the rebel base, it has to wait before it can fire because the moon the base is located on is on the side of the planet opposite of their approach, so the planet is basically in the way of their big gun.
And so they have to wait until they have line of sight of the moon.
Instead they could have just blown up the planet and let the moon be completely bombarded with planetary debris, as well as likely launching the moon uncontrollably through space and completely wreck anything on it.
This is assuming the moon isn't automatically destroyed in the immediate blast of the exploding planet, in the first place. :P
the problem with that is that Yavin was a gas giant which probably would have exploded with enough force to severely damage the death star because of a) the amount of exploding gas and b) the likely hood of also being subjected to similar effects as the base as you stated
since the Empire dos not consider the rebel attack to be any treath there is no reason to blow up the planet. also since you think the moon would be destroyed in the blast then the Death Star could also be hit be the blast from Yavin(the graphics show it is very close to Yavin).
They probably didn't shoot Yavin because of its sheer size. As a gas giant it was far larger than Alderaan. As powerful as the Death Star's main laser was, it surely had limits and Yavin most likely surpassed them. Also, in the source material, the Death Star only had a limited amount of power in the banks for that laser. If it blew up Yavin, it probably wouldn't have had any left for the base (yes, the one in "Jedi" fires several times, but at targets much smaller than planets so less power was needed per shot).
Lastly, there is the obvious point: the delay was a story point to add drama. If the Death Star had simply arrived in orbit on the same side of Yavin as the base and fired within minutes, the Rebels wouldn't have had time to react at all and movie over: Empire wins, franchise over (or at least significantly altered).
thats how star was episode 4 should've ended
The first Death Star also needed quite some time to recharge the super weapon, so going around Yavin was the more intelligent choice.
How about Men In Black 3? If K was killed in 1969, how could he be alive to recruit J in 1997?
Good point. But, someone else might've recruited him maybe?
That would mean the original Men In Black would have to be changed.
John Greene ok fair point
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Yes, John, I absolutely agree with you on that one .. as I also mentioned that on this page last night .. .
.. lots of story-line missing with this one ..
Don't question time travel, it's honestly the most confusing thing ever.
The Karate Kid one is consistent with rules of the time. Uncontrolled punches to the face were penalised but kicks were let go.
Who said Bruce went from the prison to Gotham in a matter of days?
Also punching Bruce's back was just to put his spine back in place, it didn't magically heal it.
how did he get back there in the first place with no money no passport? and get into the quarantined city once he got stateside? with no equipment whatsoever?
Tony Stark Didn't you watch the movie?
He WALKED, DUH.
Tony Stark In Batman Begins he was able to escape Gotham and go to China(?) remember? So he was probably able to sneak back in. He got past the ice because in Batman Begins he trained with Ra's Al Ghul on the frozen lake, and there he learned to "mind his surroundings"
How come no one ever brings up the fact that he tossed a rope back down allowing everyone in the pit to escape.
Seriously?? Nobody said Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark??? And how Indiana actually has no effect on the ending whatsoever???
Thnking the exact same thing bro
Hasan Mamaniat That isn't technically a plot hole.
Ben Rai How so? Pretty much the entire plot is a plot hole.
Vondoom903 Explain how it is a plot hole.
Ben Rai without indie the ending would have been the same. The nazis would have found the chest and died anyway.
E.T. has shown his abilities without bicycle (flying balls scene). Perhaps, for a bigger subjects, he needs to manipulate existing energy (for example kinetical energy coming from a bicycle)?
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The mythbusters figured that out too.
Here's a list idea - Top 10 Plot Holes in The Dark Knight Rises.
in all batman films. we know why he gets away with it though. because he's... bruce wayne
The answers to that list.. Because he's Batman.
number one, how did he get out of the bat before it blew? he was filmed in it moments before it blew, so when did he jump out?
joesoly1234 How did he get out? Because he's Batman.
joesoly1234 in between edits
Number 1 should have been THE EAGLES FROM LORD OF THE RINGS
why?
bullzeye1423 because if they got to ride a giant bird, couldnt they had just ridden it to the destination fast instead of by foot
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No, for several reasons. One, the archers would have shot them down and/or they would have been killed by the Nazgul. Two, wizards in LotR aren't 'wizards' like we think of. They're more like....priests, in a sense. So their spells are more like miracles, granted when the god Eru Iluvatar chose to grant them. And lastly, perhaps most importantly, spells have a duration....at least in meta-lore thinking. The Eagles ALWAYS disappear, rather quickly too. It's entirely possible the spell simply can't last long enough to make it to Mordor.
Who knows, maybe they could have used the Eagles once they got to Mordor, but they never got there with Frodo to try. This also explains why in the Hobbit, the Eagles had to drop the dwarves off miles from their destination; the spell's duration had expired.
The Eagles were not just dumb birds. They were intelligent race of beings with their own motives. So no one could order them to do anything without them wanting to do it.
TalonSky
Umm, not sure what you mean by Eagles disappearing. They were not some summoned magic beasts. It was a race of sentient birds, who helped Gandalf for their own reasons.
It costs like 1 million space bucks per shot with those turbolasers.
Back to the Future. A lightning strike at 10:58pm (or whatever the time was) is not near accurate enough to hit a wire the exact instant lightning strikes the tower. Has that never bothered anyone else!?
Then on top, Doc's calculations must have been terrible, because the Delorian stalled when the timer went off, but Marty still somehow made it in time.
Yes it bothered me too. There is an infinite number of moments between 10:04 and 10:05. Hell there's an infinite number of moments between 10:04:00 and 10:04:01.