The Plot Holes In These Movies Might Make You Completely Rethink Everything You Thought You Knew
There's got to be some truth to these.
Even the most thoroughly thought-out stories have massive plot holes. A lot depends on how hard you want to think about things and how invested you really are in the movie.
Buzzfeed asked their community which particular plot holes left them all with their heads in their hands and throwing popcorn at the screens. So feast your eyes on this epic list. Will you agree? Possibly. To all of them? Very doubtful.
But I bet there's a whole lot of movie watching in your future. What? You're in quarantine, remember? Jeesh! So check these out. Tell us what you think!
1. Up
The house didn’t actually start to float away until the balloons were outside the house.
Why is that?
Shouldn’t the house have started to float away when the balloons were still inside? Am I right?!
Source2. All Star Wars Movies
All the different planets have completely different levels of gravity, and they also have different atmospheres, yet everyone is still running around without wearing a space suit.
Why isn't anyone frozen?
Why didn't they explode?
Why isn't anyone uncomfortable?
WHAT?!
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3. The Last Jedi
While we're on Star Wars, how in the world was Paige Tico able to drop a bomb on the dreadnought?
If there's no gravity in space...
Shouldn't it have just... literally floated away?
Face palm.
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4. Signs
If the aliens' weakness is water, why in the world did they come to our planet, which is 71% water?
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5. The Karate Kid
Daniel wins by kicking his opponent in the head.
Go ahead, think about that again.
That's against the rules. Or at least it's supposed to be.
So, cheaters sometimes win? UGH.
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6. Monsters, Inc.
In the original movie, the two monsters first met in elementary school.
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But in Monsters University, they first met in college.
Did they forget or what?
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7. Aliens
Ripley is buff, yes we know. But actually holding onto a ladder with one hand while simultaneously trying to prevent himself from being sucked into space?
YEAH RIGHT.
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8. The Little Mermaid
If Ariel could sign the contract with Ursula, why didn't she just use her writing skills to talk to Prince Eric?
For real.
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9. 17 Again
Mike's kids don't seem to recognize him when he's 17 years old again.
But there are pictures around their house of him at that age?
Say whaaat?!
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10. Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Nazis would have definitely found the Ark with or without Indiana Jones.
Essentially, it’s his own personal movie, yet he has no influence on the main plot.
Odd.
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11. The Harry Potter Series
My personal fave.
The Marauder’s Map shows the location of everyone in Hogwarts, right? Right...
So why didn’t anyone see that Peter Pettigrew was 1) still alive and 2) spent an awful lot of time with Ron?
Whyyyyy?!
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12. The Harry Potter Series
Why did Harry waste so much time trying to see if Voldemort had returned?
Why didn't he save himself some time and just use the Pensieve?
Duuuuude.
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13. The Halloween Series
If Michael Myers was institutionalized since he was 10 years old, how in the H E double hockey sticks did he know how to drive?
Or even get access to a car?
Woooowzerz.
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14. Pleasantville
Where did the basketball team come from?
They were visiting...
The whole town is only two streets.
Oh my lantas.
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15. Cinderella
The whole plot is completely hinged on the fact that the glass slippers will only fit on her feet.
How in tarnation is she the only one in the entire town that has that foot size?
Lawwwwwd.
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16. Tangled
Rapunzel's entire story revolves around her seeing the lanterns on her birthday.
But if that was the case, why didn't the witch just tell her that her birthday was on a different day?
What the what?!
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17. High School Musical
Yep, she got stage fright alright.
But wait, she wasn't even supposed to sing the first line.
Troy was.
UGH Disney!
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18. Ant-Man and the Wasp
Is there a specific reason that no one notices that an entire building is disappearing and then reappearing?
Hank's lab is continually moving around the city, and yet the FBI never takes notice of that.
The FBI?!
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19. Hocus Pocus
Why didn't they just use a salt circle from the beginning?
Duh!
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20. The Meg
If it was the submarine that had just let out the megalodons, how was it that Jonas was able to see one five years prior?
Seriously?!
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21. A Quiet Place
If they knew that the Earth had just been overtaken by aliens who hunt by using the sense of sound, why in the world would they decide to have a baby? Babies are literally guaranteed to make an insurmountable amount of noise.
For real.
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22. A Quiet Place
Why are they living on a farm in the first place?
The waterfall would cover up all of their day-to-day sounds.
Idiots.
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23. Mamma Mia
Donna certainly gives the impression that her mother is dead in the first movie.
Yet, when it came to the sequel, her mother was very much alive and well.
It makes no sense!
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How many of these plot holes did you know about?
Which one surprised you the most?
Let us know in the comments!
