Best Movie Plot Holes

I'm revealing my nerdiness here, but if you read the books (boring, I know), the king of the eagles tells Gandalf that his people are not steeds to be used for the benefit of men and wizards. I think the eagle king was being a dick, but that at least offers a bit of an explanation...

In 2012, before the eruption of the super volcano, before the second of three plane takeoffs on a runway that is collapsing beneath them, before the tsunami which is so powerful it reaches mt. everest, Woody Harrelson's character is broadcasting in Yellowstone, he says he is at the top of Mount Bighorn. He also passes the wooden sign that says "Mount Bighorn - Elevation 2500 feet". Not only is Mount Bighorn completely fictitious, the lowest elevation in Yellowstone is 5,314 feet. Movie Ruined!

In X-Men Origins: Wolverine, the movie starts in "1840 -- the Northwest Territories of Canada." Strange, considering Canada was formed in 1867, and the Northwest Territories in 1870.

Slim wrote:

In X-Men Origins: Wolverine, the movie starts in "1840 -- the Northwest Territories of Canada." Strange, considering Canada was formed in 1867, and the Northwest Territories in 1870.

haha true but how else would they have explained where they were

In Shooter the guy shoots right handed, then later in the movie shoots left handed, they dont allow left handed snipers in the army/marines/armed forces at all.

Can't believe no one has mentioned "Sack Lunch". We never find out if the people are super-tiny or were indeed stuffed into a giant sack.

Religious Persian wrote:

Sauron would have seen the eagles and posted archers around the entrance to Mt. Doom.

You're such a nerd.

In Chunnel, how does the President's daughter get caught in the chunnel in the first place without any security personnel??

In Rocky based on landmarks in the city he runs like a three mile run in 2min.

That is normal on this board!

Dr. Black wrote:

In Rocky based on landmarks in the city he runs like a three mile run in 2min.

Why did the jocks rely so heavily on a few, fairly incompetent members of the football team to beat the Nerds? They have all these top athletes and the competition and "Ogre" is in like 4 of 5 events? Meanwhile, despite their committment to tolerance and fairness, it seems the Nerds cheated in most of the events: using the trimethelyne in the tricycle race? The totally non-standard javelin?

In the book, it states that the eagles do not wish to partake in assisting men or any race for any reason. In the movie, they obviously messed that up or intentionally changed it. They make fun of this in the "How it should have ended" series on YouTube.

It's not in a movie, but consider the TGIF paradox.

Steve Urkel, the character from Family Matters, appears on both Step by Step and Full House. Later, John Stamos, not his character from Full House, "Uncle Jesse," appears on Step by Step. During his cameo, Stamos mentions his role on Full House.

Urkel's presence suggests that in that continuity, the characters and situations from all three shows are real. However, Stamos's presence on Step by Step clearly establishes that in the Step by Step continuity, Full House is fictional!

Slim wrote:

In X-Men Origins: Wolverine, the movie starts in "1840 -- the Northwest Territories of Canada." Strange, considering Canada was formed in 1867, and the Northwest Territories in 1870.

It was known as the North-Western Territory before 1870, so it would not be strange to call is the Northwest Territories of Canada before Canada was officially formed.

It's not any different than identifying North Carolina as such before Statehood.

The robin feathering her nest in Mary Poppins was an American Robin not an English Robin. The rest of the movie failed to make sense after that.

In the Dark Knight, the Joker plants a bomb in a guys stomach who he has get arrested so that he can blow up the prison and let the Joker escape in the off chance that Commissioner Gordon is still alive and the guy who was pretending to be Batman isn't actually Batman, which leads to the Joker getting caught. Additionally, people are already in place to kidnap Harvey Dent and Rachel Dawes, just in case, and the Joker knows where they will be taken if all that happens.

joecrunner wrote:

In the book, it states that the eagles do not wish to partake in assisting men or any race for any reason. In the movie, they obviously messed that up or intentionally changed it. They make fun of this in the "How it should have ended" series on YouTube.

That's right. That's why I brought it up on a "Best Movie Plot Holes" thread.

running bum wrote:

I'm revealing my nerdiness here, but if you read the books (boring, I know), the king of the eagles tells Gandalf that his people are not steeds to be used for the benefit of men and wizards. I think the eagle king was being a dick, but that at least offers a bit of an explanation...

I've read the books many times, but that's a separate issue from a thread about movies.

Skeptical Racer wrote:

In Shooter the guy shoots right handed, then later in the movie shoots left handed, they dont allow left handed snipers in the army/marines/armed forces at all.

Where did you come up with this? That's not true at all...In fact, many shoots utilize weapon systems in their weak hand. Reason being you don't have to take your finger off the trigger to work the action.