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(#1) How Do the Aliens Deal with Most of the Planet in Signs?
Film: Signs
Even more so than the aliens at the end of War of the Worlds, the twist involving the aliens in M. Night Shyamalan's Signs is a pretty lame way for aliens to go out. If the aliens cannot touch water, then why did they come to a planet mostly made up of the stuff, not to mention its humidity?
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(#2) It's Apparently Easier to Train Drillers Than Astronauts
Film: Armageddon
Even Ben Affleck pointed out this Armageddon plot hole, which features NASA teaching a bunch of oil drillers how to be astronauts. The problem here is that it takes much longer to learn how to be an astronaut than it does to do the drilling necessary to stop the asteroid, so why not just teach some of NASA's best and brightest how to drill instead? -
(#3) Marty's Parents Apparently Don't Recognize Him at All
Film: Back to the Future
Back to the Future is widely beloved, but it's also riddled with plot holes. One of the biggest is that after completely changing their lives and getting them together in high school, Marty's parents, 30 years later, apparently don't recognize one of the most important figures in their lives as their own son. -
(#4) How Did Cypher Get Into the Matrix Without a Connector?
Film: The Matrix
One of The Matrix's biggest twists revolves around Cypher betraying his crew and making a deal with Agent Smith to go into the Matrix and forget what he saw in the real world. However, it's unexplained as to how Cypher got into the Matrix at all without the help of an operator, who is needed in order to facilitate entry in and out of the Matrix. -
(#5) Why Is the T-1000 Naked?
Films: Terminator franchise
It is explained in the Terminator films that the reason both Kyle Reese and the T-800 are sent back in time naked is because the time machine can only send back things surrounded by organic tissue. Okay fine, but then why does the T-1000 get transported back at all, and why does he show up naked when he's made of entirely liquid metal? -
(#6) Skynet Doesn't Really Want to Win All That Bad
Films: Terminator franchise
This is something that has likely plagued most sci-fi fans ever since they saw the original Terminator films. The whole plot of the movies revolves around the futuristic Skynet sending Terminators back to the past in order to try and kill either John Connor or his mother, Sarah.
However, if they really wanted to complete their mission, why wouldn't they send more than one? Then the Connors wouldn't have had a chance of beating the machines, right?
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(#7) The Destruction of Those Ships Would Kill Us All
Film: Independence Day
By no means the only plot hole in Roland Emmerich's film, it doesn't make sense that the destruction of the alien spacecrafts hovering above Earth (specifically the mothership) doesn't also destroy Earth. Atfer all, the explosions are happening fairly close to the surface, and the debris from the ships would more than crash land into the planet, right? Right?! -
(#8) No More All Eyeball Access
Film: Minority Report
In this underrated Steven Spielberg film, Anderton's wife gains entry to the jailhouse by using her husband's eye. However, Anderton is already locked up inside, so technically using his eye to gain access wouldn't work, as the system likely would have already taken away his access. -
(#9) How Did the T. Rex Kill That Entire Crew?
Film: The Lost World: Jurassic Park
This one can more or less be explained with a deleted scene featuring a raptor that gets loose aboard the ship, which could explain how all the men onboard were killed and the T. rex was let loose. However, since the scene in question isn't in the actual theatrical cut, all audiences get is a T. rex loose from his holding chamber without much of an explanation as to how that happened. -
(#10) How Did Whiplash Know Tony Was Going to Be on the Track?
Film: Iron Man 2
Iron Man 2 is riddled with flaws and, following its far superior predecessor, was a letdown overall. However, one of its biggest plot holes comes during the film's first fight between Whiplash and Tony Stark.
The whole crux of the scene needs Whiplash to be on the racetrack at the exact same time as Tony. But there's no way for the villain to know when or where Tony would be. If even Pepper didn't know, then how did Whiplash? -
(#11) Why Exactly Did Humans Block Out the Sun?
Film: The Matrix
In The Matrix, humans blocked the sun in order to take the energy away from the machines. However, the sun was also the energy source for the entire planet and blocking it would have likely killed all of humanity in the process.
Of all of the somewhat unbelievable moments in this great movie - this is one of the most baffling.
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(#12) How Exactly Does the Alien Web Virus Work?
Film: Independence Day
The whole crux of Independence Day depends on humankind getting the majority of its technology from the crashed alien ship in Roswell, which Jeff Goldblum's character then uses to take down the alien enemies.
However, the ship crashed 50 years ago, and it's kind of hard to believe that the aliens hadn't updated their technology in all that time.
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(#13) What Makes Them Think the War Is Over?
Film: Avatar
It made more money than anything, but on the off chance you haven't seen James Cameron's film, spoiler alert: Avatar ends with the native Na'vi defeating the humans who were trying to destroy their culture and planet.
However, if the humans really wanted the Na'vi's resources that bad, why wouldn't they just bomb the entire planet after that in order to remove all of the hurdles standing in their way? That'd be the logical next move, right? -
(#14) How Did Marty and Doc Time the Lightning Strike Perfectly?
Film: Back to the Future
It's explained in Back to the Future that Marty must time his DeLorean time machine to be struck by Hill Valley's infamous bolt of lightning at the exact time in order to be transported back to 1985. The problem with that is there isn't a second hand on the clock tower to tell the exact time that the lightning struck.
They could know the minute, sure, but not the second as well.
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(#15) Burke's Extremely Flawed Plan
Film: Aliens
When Burke tries to impregnate Ripley with the Xenomorph gene in Aliens, it's hard not to face palm at the guy's idiocy. Not only is the move itself sloppy, but it's not even that well-executed, considering Ripley's already extreme knowledge of the facehuggers, and the fact that the process itself isn't even close to being quiet. -
(#16) Where Does That T. Rex Even Come From?
Film: Jurassic Park
Despite the cinematic greatness of this scene, the sudden appearance of the T. rex at the end of Jurassic Park, without even the hint of its arrival (remember those loud footsteps?) or explanation of the park's geography, form a large logical chasm that's tough to cross. -
(#17) Where Did the Horses Come From?
Film: Planet of the Apes
The VHS footage at the beginning of this film describes how the apes came to the planet, and how the humans arrived. But where did the horses come from? The planet was reportedly uninhabited when the species arrived, and there was never any mention of horses on board the ship, either.
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(#18) What Was Nero Doing for 25 Years?
Film: Star Trek
We get that Nero went back in time and destroyed an entire spaceship, killing its crew, including James Kirk's father. But what did he do after that? Just float around in space waiting 25 years for Spock to reappear? If so, that's some serious commitment. Too bad it's never really explained in the film. -
(#19) Why Are the Targets Sent Back Fully Intact?
Film: Looper
In the future presented in Rian Johnson's Looper, it's nearly impossible to get away with murder, which is why they send their victims back in time to be killed by nearby hitmen lying in wait. However, couldn't at least rough the victims up a little bit, making it easier for the hitmen to do their jobs? Maybe then the future Joe wouldn't have gotten away? -
(#20) That Spaceship Won't Get Very Far
Film: District 9
The end of this extraordinary sci-fi film features Christopher Johnson departing the planet on a spaceship. However, earlier in the film, the audience was also shown a big hole being cut into the side of that same ship, which would likely result in the ship's failure to launch. -
(#21) Why Even Have the Test?
Film: Blade Runner
Blade Runner, one of the most classic science fiction films of all time, opens with a blade runner, Holden, interviewing a replicant, Leon, to try to find out if he's really a replicant. The interview itself is perfect because it sets up the world and the humans versus replicants dynamic incredibly well in a short amount of time.
However, it's later revealed that Holden already knew what Leon looked like, which makes giving the test itself seem unnecessary. No wonder he ended up in the hospital.
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(#22) A Highly-Intelligent Ape Friend? Sure, Why Not?
Film: Rise of the Planet of the Apes
The relationship between Caesar and his father is one of its strongest aspects of Rise of the Planet of the Apes. However, the fact that no one wondered how and why James Franco's character got a highly-intelligent, communicative ape to live with him, doesn't really make much sense.
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