A Plot Hole is a completely implausible occurrence or series of events that contradicts logic or previously established events in the story. These include such things as illogical or impossible events, and statements, character actions, or events that contradict earlier events in the storyline. (because I know I’m going to get sh*t for something in this later).
Now that that’s out of the way, let’s jump right in.
#4: The Amazing Spider Man 2 - Richard Parker’s Sacrifice
The Movie:
Peter Parker’s guilt for Capt Stacy’s death threatens his relationship with Gwen Stacy. Also, he finds out why his parents abandoned him. Also, he has to fight three villains: Neon Sign Man, Gingivitis Boy, and Ivan Drago’s creepy uncle… or something, I wasn’t paying attention.
I just know that he’s the most intimidating bad guy I’ve ever seen
The Plot Hole:
Okay, join me on this journey and maybe you can help me out.
Out of frustration, Peter chucks his daddy’s old calculator at the wall, because when your father’s stuff is the only remnants of him you have left, destroy them like they’re horcruxes.
Although, I kind of feel like the REAL Spider-Man would’ve been a bit more creative with his destruction
(visit Instructables.com for instructions on how to build that bad boy)
Inside, he finds REGULAR old subway tokens, so Richard Parker wins the Most Unnecessary Hiding Place Ever award. Peter is able, however, to connect these random subway tokens to a specific secret train station, where he discovers his father’s workshop. So far, this is just random coincidence and REEAALLLY bad planning, but here’s the Hole.
Quick question: Does every Oscorp employee keep a secret underground lair?
Richard Parker has left a video will of sorts, and here’s the best part, it’s addressed to his son! He somehow foresaw 10 year old Peter Parker accidentally shattering the calculator, finding subway tokens, correctly identifying the correct abandoned subway tunnel to use them in and find his secret lab in an abandoned subway car.
The video reveals that Mama and Daddy Parker are going on the run in order to keep their research from being abused, and Peter will be left with Aunt May and Uncle Ben for his own safety. On top of that, Richard Parker used his own DNA in the experiments and his research is worthless without it. But how is leaving Peter behind protecting him? If Richard and his wife had succeeded in escaping, what would have kept Oscorp from holding Peter, Ben or May hostage as bargaining chips? And if you need Richard’s DNA to utilize the spiders, why did he take his wife (no DNA shared between them) but leave his son (his DNA is all up in Peter… which.. sounds terrible but you catch my drift). For a super smart scientist/ engineer/ construction worker, that’s either a very dumb thing to do, or a very asshole-ish thing to do Richard…
Hey, my name’s Dick, what did you expect?
Bonus Question(s): W hen did Richard Parker have time to become an engineer and build this complicated system? Why did he build this? It couldn’t be because he found out his research could be used for evil, because a project of that scale being built by less than a team of professionals would take months or years and a load of money the Parkers ain’t got. It’s also rigged with its own power source that still works even though it takes 27 years to find it!
#3: X-Men: DoFP - Wolverine’s Future Self Doesn’t Pass
The Movie:
I’m not saying that DoFP wasn’t a great film, and perhaps, my third favorite X-men film despite its flaws. What I am saying, is that in a movie of this scale, you’re going to leave the door open for questions that need to be answered, and FOX did not disappoint. DoFP follows older Wolverine as his consciousness is sent back to the 70s in order to prevent the events that lead to an apocalyptic future for all mutants. By the end of the film, he “succeeds” (although, technically speaking, he doesn’t actually do ANYTHING the whole film), but is drowned by Magneto after being impaled with metal rods. In the comics, Magneto nearly kills Logan by doing the exact opposite, ripping the adamantium from his bones.
Is this a sex thing? ...because I’m totally into it
Wolverine’s older consciousness then goes back to the future where we’re treated to an awesome scene where we see everyone we know and love is alive and well.
Except Cyclops, that cockblock….
The Plot Hole:
So.. Wolverine was saved from drowning in the 70s, lived for the next forty years, became a teacher and then… suddenly… is lobotomized and replaced with some other Logan? If Wolverine was successful and prevented the events of the future from ever happening, then that consciousness should cease to exist. It makes no sense for the Logan that everyone has grown to know is now effectively dead. This is no different from murdering a beloved character and saying, “Well, we’ve got this clone that looks just like him. None of his memories, but it’s pretty much the same thing.” This new Logan has no memory of the last forty years and needs to suddenly get spun up on four decades worth of conversations and life experiences.
Obviously, this was done because Wolverine is the audience surrogate. We get to share his surprise and joy when seeing everything back to normal and it wouldn’t have operated the same way if we just saw some other Wolverine experiencing another normal day in his life. Maybe the next few X-Men movies will be flashbacks with Professor X explaining what Logan has missed since his mind slept dormant that day Magneto straight up tried to kill his ass.
You’re telling me that I STILL haven’t banged Jean?
Bonus Question: Why send Logan back to the 70s when Magneto is in jail, Mystique is on the run, and Prof X has given up on being a mutant instead of say… the 60s? When Prof X, Mags, and Mystique were all hanging out under the same roof and were best buddies and say, “Hey, Mystique, don’t kill this midget named Trask in 10 years. Okay bye!”
#2: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - The Splinter/Shredder conundrum
The Movie:
There are few things to be confused about when it comes to the aptly named Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. They are teens, they are mutants, they are ninjas and they are turtles. Nothing confusing here. They’re trained by a rat named Splinter, in the ancient art of ninjitsu and their enemies are The Foot Clan led by the evil/mad samurai, Shredder.
Seen here, at his most vicious
The Plot Hole:
This new film changes some of the history, namely, that April O’Neil and her father used to own the turtles, named them after Renaissaince painters, and conducted experiments on them. After growing up in the sewers, the Turtles become vigilantes against Splinter’s wishes and their activities have gotten them noticed by the Foot Clan and Shredder himself, who’s clouded in mystery. Shredder is the bad guy everyone knows that right? Well, no, they don’t.
I mean, sure, WE know that Splinter and Shredder are mortal enemies, but how does Splinter know that? Shredder wasn’t one of the scientists that worked in the lab with our heroes, and they’ve never met before their showdown in the sewers.
Which, btw, was pretty damn enjoyable
Splinter himself never left the sewers to discover that there was some scarred Japanese robot samurai that he’d have to fight one day so there’s no way he could recognize him.
Bonus Question: Why exactly did Shredder leave the rat for dead? You’re in the sewers trying to find the turtles that you know exist and are surprised by a talking, skilled rat. Just take him too. It’s not even as though they didn’t have the room. They came for four turtles and left with three due to Raphael being lost in rubble somewhere. You could easily just grab the defeated rat who is clearly just as full of the mutagen as your original targets. Instead, Shredder takes his time to use his new suit to beat the dog sh*t out of Splinter and then leave him for dead.
Shredder’s new suit, pictured above
#1: Amazing Spider Man 2 - Electro..like...everything about him
The Movie:
We’ve been over this already, no one wants to spend more time than necessary talking about TASM 2.
Now, that’s just unnecessary
The Plot Hole:
Electro, in and of himself, seems like a huge collection of ideas spitballed at the wall and instead of using the good ideas that stuck, they used the ones that fell. His story is non-sensical. What in the damn were electric eels doing in Oscorp, much less without a cover to their tank? Are they using electric eels to power their company (has to be eco-friendly, no?) Okay, I’ll buy it, what’s next?
Oh, Spidey saves people every day and suddenly he forgets your name when everything about you has literally changed? I’m from NYC as well, and sometimes, I don’t even remember my own friends and families names (I’m a terrible person, but my point still stands), it’s a city with over eight million people. So he goes from complete pushover to evil electric god because someone forgot his name? He now has the power to be anything he wants to be, including a friend to his idol, Spider-Man, but instead turns into a murderer and villain THAT quick. There aren’t even scenes in which Electro learns to abuse his powers, he just goes from 0-60 in a second. I suppose it’s easy to say that he’s disturbed, but the movie paints him as a (unrealistically) rejected social pariah, not someone with delusions of grandeur. Goes against all logic, but whatever.
I don’t even remember how he beat Electro the first time, but I can’t imagine what his weaknesses are. There are no learning curves for his character, he just IS an electric god now. Seeing as how he gets zapped by your standard electrical source AND electric eels so water can’t even be a weakness. I’m sorry, what’s that?
I’m not sure why I’m surprised by this movie at this point
That’s without mentioning the fact that his powers aren’t clearly defined. He just does whatever the plot needs him to do at any given time. Things just happen while he’s on screen and the audience is expected to just accept it, despite it going against the rules of the universe that the film itself set. Also, electricity fixes tooth gaps? Why even give him a gap in the first place then? We would’ve been able to follow the character just fine without the tooth gap. All in all, the movie should’ve skipped the Richard Parker prequel (we all know he died, we didn’t need to see him use WiFi technology that didn’t exist yet) and use those precious few minutes to develop real character motivation and development for Electro.
Bonus Question: Where exactly did he somehow find/design/build a suit that perfectly adapts to his powers?
See, now that makes sense
Those are my favorite Plot Holes from 2014, but I’m sure I’ve missed some. What did I get wrong? What did I miss? Leave your thoughts and comments below, and don’t forget to hit the Thumbs up button