How Much Do You Know About Famous Movie Plot Holes?

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By BrainFall Staff - Published: November 7, 2024

Plot holes are in just about all movies ever made, and some are more memorable than others. Even the best movies of all time have at least one moment that caused fans to question the integrity of the storyline. Since plot holes will always exist, movie fans expect to find them. They rarely will ever ruin an entire movie storyline to the point where the film will bomb on the big screen, but when they do, fans never forget.

Film creators spend many hours, before and after filming, cleaning up the story and making sure the film has a linear flow that gives the audience a much-needed payoff at its conclusion. A movie plot hole does not always have to be a terrible thing either. For example, just about every one of the Marvel movies, the Dark Knight movies, Star Wars films, Harry Potter movies, and even the Toy Story franchise has at least one plot hole. But we still want to watch them anyways.

When it comes to pop culture, we tend to enjoy imperfection the same way we watch Jedidiah talk about crop circles or boarding the alien mothership… because it is entertaining.

Movie plot holes

A movie plot hole is a gap or inconsistency in a story's plot that goes against the established logic or continuity of the narrative. Every story has at least one plot hole if you dig deep enough. Most fans can spend months binge-watching every single film ever made and comb through the whole plot only to discover that the same problem exists in all films, even the great movies.

While major plot holes can be frustrating for audiences who become invested in a movie's storyline, they can also be a source of entertainment and discussion. Fans love to talk about and dissect the reasons behind a glaring plot hole. So regardless if it is from bad writing, a genuine mistake, or even just a creative choice, plot holes will always exist on the big screen. From blockbuster films such as Avengers: Infinity War and Star Wars: Episode IV to The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Tomb Raider, even the best movies have plot holes.

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Question 1/10

In The Shawshank Redemption, what is the biggest plot hole that doesn't make sense even within the established logic of the film?

Given the strict rules regarding what items inmates are allowed to receive, it is not possible that Andy Dufresne would be able to obtain the Rita Hayworth poster for his cell
With no access to outside funds, the film does not explain how Andy Dufresne was able to finance the new library he helped build
With the high walls and massive security guard presence, the odds of Andy Dufresne escaping without capture are impossible
After escaping through the tunnel he dug from the hole in his wall, how was Andy Dufresne able to pin the poster back on his wall?

Question 2/10

Which character ends up being revealed as having the Death Star plans loaded into his memory the entire time, even after the group goes through all the trouble of stealing the plans in Star Wars: A New Hope?

C-3PO
R2-D2
Chewbacca
Luke Skywalker

Question 3/10

True or False: In Avengers: Endgame, they never explain how Captain America was able to return Mjolnir to Thor in the present even after it was destroyed in the past.

True
False

Question 4/10

What is the name of the film where Bryan Mills turns into the most wanted man in France yet is still able to fly a commercial airliner back to the United States?

The Da Vinci Code
Mission Impossible: Fallout
Point Blank
Taken

Question 5/10

With so many plot holes to choose from, one of the most famous plot holes from this film was that 1,000 years after aliens have occupied Earth, tires are still pressurized, jets can fly with ease, and books are well-maintained. What was the name of this movie?

Battlefield Earth
Dune
Independence Day: Resurgence
Interstellar

Question 6/10

Which dinosaur required the help of a human hand when opening a door yet still figured out a way to escape their containment area?

Dilophosaurus
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Velociraptor
Gallimimus

Question 7/10

In The Matrix, following the established logic of the movie, if Agents were not allowed to leave the Matrix, which character made an impossible return in The Matrix Reloaded?

Trinity
Agent Smith
Neo
Morpheus

Question 8/10

At the end of Edward Scissorhands, while the main character of the film is carving out these amazing ice sculptures of the family that took him in, what is the biggest plot hole about that scene?

How did he get those giant blocks of ice into the mansion by himself?
The scene happens before he ever meets the family so there is no way he would have known who they were or what they looked like
His hands were fixed before he retreated back to his mansion in the end and would not have been able to create those sculptures
There is no plot hole, they explain how he really lives on a mountain where temperatures remain below freezing so all he had to do was find a water source to freeze the blocks from inside the attic

Question 9/10

Once again we are going to focus on George Lucas and his masterpiece Star Wars: A New Hope. Why do the Death Star's laser bolts travel slower than the speed of light?

Because Darth Vader later reveals the speed at which his laser bolts were supposed to travel
Luke Skywalker figures out the physics of the machine after stealing the Death Star plans
This was not a plot hole, the laser bolts do travel at the speed of light
It was never explained

Question 10/10

In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, what was the name of the wand he could have used to repair his own wand but instead chose to break in half, which is the exact opposite of how it went down in the book?

Lucius Malfoy's Wand
Fleur Delacour Wand
Elder Wand
Snape's Wand

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