Comments on: Why We Need to Give “Plot Holes” a Rest

By: Lee Cochran

Lee Cochran — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 17:14:22 +0000

A plot hole only matters to me if it interrupts the story to the point it falls apart.
An example, Star Trek (2009) regarding how Kirk, a academy suspended, cadet ends up Captain of the Enterprise without logging a single star hour in space.
I’m no film (movie) critic but the reason we go to movies is to watch a story and that story needs to be reasonable sound to work.
Iron Man 3 was a good movie but the plot holes made me wonder what the director was thinking.
It’s more difficult in this CGI-educated age to “BS” someone so the stories need to be more elaborate but not to the point of standing up in a court room.

My 2¢.

By: Walrus

Walrus — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 20:09:43 +0000

“Showing Wayne walking across a bridge where the military have inexplicably decided to stop patrolling would be a plot hole. Simply not telling us how he did it is not a plot hole.

No explanation is not the same as a bad explanation.”

Yes, no explanation doesn’t equal bad explanation.
but you forgot one thing… you’re talking about plot HOLE here!
and by definition, it means lack of appropriate explanation to make the plot run smoothly. If the film shows Wayne walking across a bridge where the military have inexplicably decided to stop patrolling, they would have yelled “That scene sucks!”

I do enjoy Dark Knight Rise and wasn’t trying to find its mistake or anything, but those ‘wait a minute’ scenes annoy me and disappointed me. And no, I’m not trying to be a critic. It’s just that I expected it to be better than this.

By: Jay

Jay — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 05:34:27 +0000

Good article. I’ve noticed some people in the comment section took this article a bit defensively. But I really think that people should look at this article as a learning tool on how to constructively criticize a movie. I’ve met too many people who over-use the term plot hole for any flaw or lack of information and nitpick things that aren’t important to the plot or story.

By: Mo Griddle

Mo Griddle — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 17:48:40 +0000

Actually, Vader did recognize C-3PO in the carbon freezing chamber, when Fett was going to shoot Chewy, Vader stops him, as 3PO was on Chewie’s back.

By: Hoover

Hoover — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 17:23:46 +0000

Actually, how bruce got back to gotham was a deleted scene from the movie.

By: Charlie Ward

Charlie Ward — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 04:33:35 +0000

Well put, article-writer-guy. I agree with you entirely.

By: The Dead Burger

The Dead Burger — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 02:35:12 +0000

I am going to be linking to this article in forums and comments for years to come. Absolutely terrific; articulates feelings I’ve always had but never been able to put to paper. Great movies like TDKR shouldn’t be brought down because people think everything needs to be directly explained to them for a movie to make sense.

By: PapaGene

PapaGene — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 02:26:42 +0000

They explain why the Matrix was created in the first movie I believe, the humans need “real” stimulation to provide the correct amount of energy.

By: theButterFly

theButterFly — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 23:23:06 +0000

Actually did they create the Matrix because it helped keep the human batteries viable for a longer period of time? If memory serves they even comment that the first matrix was a paradise, but they had to rewrite it because the humans were rejecting it because it was too perfect which led to the creation of the more “realistic” version of the Matrix.

By: Diablo

Diablo — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 23:15:53 +0000

The original “Minority Report” deals with the “hole” in the movie. ITS THE ENTIRE POINT OF THE SHORT STORY! The question becomes whether or not the main character (and thus all of humanity) has free will. The movie completely butchers P K Dicks book (which is par for the f-ing course with Hollywood). The actual ending ends up leaving the question unanswered, but not in a lazy fashion.

My big issue with the plot hole in Minority Report is because it is COMPLETELY unnecessary and manufactured. Its on par to the movie studio redoing “Gone with the Wind” but having Red Butler marry the chick at the end because they think audiences are idiots.