The age of the internet has birthed an entirely new and unseen level of scrutiny when it comes to movies and TV shows. Fans love nothing more than pointing out the tiny inconsistencies they find along the way.
But every once in a while, a plot hole gets misassigned. Don’t believe me? Then check out these 10+ famous movie plot holes that are actually not plot holes at all.
Why was Ariel willing to throw her life away for a man she’d just met in *The Little Mermaid*?
Keep in mind that Ariel wasn’t running toward Eric — she was running away from Triton.
The young mermaid turning to Ursula for help to wasn’t so much the last resort as it was an act of defiance.
Obi-Wan’s plan to hide Luke Skywalker in *Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge Of The Sith* is half-baked at best.
A lot of people took issue with Obi-Wan returning to Vader’s home planet and leaving Luke in the care of his Uncle.
Why? Vader had all but destroyed the man Anakin once was, and the Sith Lord certainly isn’t sentimental. I for one support the ‘plain sight’ argument.
Do aliens not have malware in *Independence Day*?
At first, it might seem a little suspect that a computer virus devised with human technology would ever be able to bring down an alien armada.
But the aliens had never come into contact with humans before. Hence, they’d have to work to understand our tech the same way we did theirs.
Indiana Jones made absolutely no impact in *Raiders Of The Lost Ark*.
Sure, whether Indy was there in the end or not, the Nazis would have had their faces melted off by the awesome power of the Arc.
However, if he never left home at all, Marion would have been tortured and possibly killed!
Wouldn’t it have been easier to teach astronauts how to drill in *Armageddon*?
It’s not as if Bruce Willis and his merry team of miners were piloting the spacecraft, they were only there to dig.
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If *Cinderella*’s glass slippers fit perfectly, how did they fall off?
Think of it this way — have you ever lost a shoe while running or playing sports? And those are made from cloth material designed to grip!
Glass doesn’t have the greatest traction or maneuverability when it comes to footwear. It’s easy to see how it could fall off.
Couldn’t Frodo and Sam have just flown the giant eagles to Mordor in *The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King*?
If the giant eagles rescued the Hobbits, couldn’t they have just flown them there in the first place?
Not really. “One doesn’t simply walk into Mordor ” — remember? Sauron would have seen them coming a mile away.
How could Batman have gotten out of the desert and back into Gotham while it was under Bane’s control in *The Dark Knight Rises*?
I hate to fall back on the whole “because he’s Batman” argument, but he’s the freaking Batman!
If you don’t think that the World’s Greatest Detective couldn’t outsmart Bane, you clearly need to brush up on your comic book lore.
Is it ever safe to feed Mogwai in *Gremlins*?
The fabled warning in Gremlins goes “never feed him after midnight .” As many fans have been eager to point out — it’s always technically after midnight.
This appears to a case of over-analyzing simple syntax and semantics. It’s implied that “after midnight” means after midnight and before sunrise.
Wouldn’t Marty’s parents wonder why he looks identical to Calvin Klein in *Back To The Future*?
Lorraine and George had a handful of interactions with Calvin Klein (Marty) for a week when they were 17-years-old.
How good would you be at remembering the face of someone you knew for a brief moment in time 30 years ago?
Why does Buzz Lightyear freeze like the other toys in *Toy Story*?
Buzz might not believe that he’s a toy but he’s fully convinced that he’s a Space Ranger on an alien planet.
It’s plausible that Buzz is simply adhering to the safety customs of the locals (toys).
Thanos’ plan in *Avengers: Infinity War* isn’t logical.
Why would Thanos need to eradicate half of all life on earth? Couldn’t he have just as easily used the Infinity Stones to create more resources?
Thanos’ plan isn’t supposed to make sense to us, we just have to believe that it makes sense to him.
No one was there to hear Charles Foster Kane’s final words in *Citizen Kane*
The audience presumes that just because Kane is the only one in the camera shot that he’s also the only one in the room.
Not so — any member of his staff could have easily been there to overhear.
Rose and Jack could have both fit on the door in *Titanic*.
Sure, perhaps Rose and Jack could have both comfortably fit on the door — but would it have stayed afloat?
People tend to forget the moment when Jack tries to get on the door and it capsizes. He tried, it just didn’t work.
How did Andy hang up the poster from inside the tunnel in *The Shawshank Redemption*?
The answer to this plot hole is actually given in the flash-back scene.
If you watch carefully while Andy is digging the tunnel, you’ll see that the top half is pinned and the bottom is unpinned.
