Top 10 Superhero Movie Plot Holes
Top 10 Superhero Movie Plot Holes
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The action may be cool, and the heroes are awesome, but these comic book adapted movies have some glaring plot holes we just can’t ignore. WatchMojo presents the Top 10 Most Glaring Plot Holes We Found in Superhero Movies. But what will take the top spot on our list? Is it from Spider-Man 2, Man of Steel, or X-Men: Days of Future Past? Watch to find out!
#10. The “Francis” Conundrum
#9. Removing Shrapnel from His Chest
#8. How Did Thor Get to Earth?
#7. Cafeteria Web Shot
#6. Stock Exchange
#5. When Can Bruce Control His Anger?
#4. Why Don’t the Avengers Help Cap Take Down Hydra?
#3, #2, #1 ?
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#1 isn't even a plot hole.
can I just say this guys voice does not work for this channel
For number four, a) how do you contact Thor? b) the theory is that Tony has Banner with him and they’re in a safe house for the attack, and Tiny was probably trying to keep his promise to Pepper. c) Clint was probably visiting his family.
this is a sad sad list
yeah number one is stupid he's loyal to crypton that's why he did that
1. WHY DID YOU SAY THAT NAME?!?!?!
Oden can still send people places that’s how he got to earth. Also Tony even said in the clip you played “progress” aka progress in technology and know-how. Deadpool called him Francis around his cohorts so yea they knew his name.
For zod’s plan I thought you were going to go on with why didn’t he call now he’s on Mars. The planets are practically the same despite atmosphere difference. Not to mention that they Could have the same powers Once they colonize on Mars.
Watchmojo literally does not know what a plot hole is….almost every entry on this list wasn't a plot hole…smfh
Zod is a General not a rule, he was programmed that way. Army would always protect his people, thats why he wants a new Krypton, he wants his people back and also he cant rule, he doesnt know politics, economic etc etc
min 6:45 If you would have seen the movie you would have known Zod was created to ensure Krypton's survival. He lived for that sole purpose and brought along his terraforming equipment. He notices his powers when Superman stops him from achieving his goal.
You should really watch the movie because it's a real Superman movie XD
I love Iron Man 3
10 isn't really a plot hole. Just a reason the film is longer than it is
For 8 they explain it… like seconds after he arrives. Odin had to summon dark energy. You literally show it in the fucking video. You can't really call it a plot hole just because you don't like it. Also, the end of Thor still has impact because he saved the frost giant's
Bruce can control the hulk somewhat when he chooses to change. The reason he freaked out on the helicarrier was because he didn't choose to change. It was forced due to the explosion
For winter soldier, hydra wasn't public knowledge. The only thing the public knew was that cap was a fugitive, Tony isn't gonna go hunt cap or help him incase he is bad
hulk can control his anger because in "the incredible hulk" at the final battle he starts to understand that he can control hulk or "guide him" as he says in the movie. thats why at the end of the movie (TIH) he just sits and let the anger take overhim because he was starting to train his anger and take more control over the hulk.
Congrats. 40% of your 'plot holes' are either easily explained or just straight up not plot holes. I hate these plot hole videos because whoever makes them clearly doesn't know what a fucking plot hole is or do they do any real fucking research. The hulk one is so obvious
Terrible list. These Superhero plot holes were reaches but only names recent movies.
10. my guess is by that time, those other people realized how crazy wade was so they just chalked it up to him being non-nonsensical.
9. 100% agreed here. one of my main reasons why i hated iron man 3, especially when he met that doctor years ago and to the best of our knowledge, thats just a simply electro-magnet on time.
8. the dark energy line should have been enough. a small minor explanation is a million times better than no explanation at all.
7. how did those kids know it was webbing at all in the cafeteria, especially those far away. only way you can tell it was webbing is if you saw it up close.
6. the board of directors already knew how inexperienced bruce was an executive. that should have been a given. stock exchanges have a lot of weird rules. my guess is bane introduced some code to prevent it from changing it back, thus why they said later on "until we get your money back, youre broke."
5. bruce CAN control his anger, just some outside force made him lose control
4. simple, there wasnt enough time. by the time he could call up the other 5 avengers, the time it would take to update them and coordinate something, many people would have already died by then
3. in days of future past specifically, its bad enough youre changing a crucial past event like preventing trask's death. now you want to add in more changes to the timeline, which could potentially mess up even worse?
2. he did it to make a big splash, plus everybody else seemed to have gotten out of the way just fine with no injuries. why not lowly, average peter?
1. just because you have power, that doesnt mean you want it. plus, those kryptonians didnt ever need superpowers because they were already conquerors without them. i see this zod's way of going back to the way things were, including not having any superpowers at all
I feel like this is a reupload
WTF Mojo? I can't help but think half of these youtube channels have a hard on for that subpar X-Men film series because you guys could have filled up this entire list with X-Men film plot holes. And when you did mention X-Men, it was the most benign thing you could think of. And all of the Avenger criticism is ridiculous, considering almost all of those "plot holes" were explained away ON SCREEN! Or did no one hear Thor's mentioning of forbidden techniques to get him to Earth? Or no one saw the end credit scene of the Ed Norton Hulk where he voluntarily triggers a Hulk event? Or how about when he explained that he couldn't control Hulk, but he could "aim" him at a problem. You guys missed that entirely? And no one else realized that Fury ONLY allowed Cap to see what Shield was working on in Winter Soldier? No one remembers the long elevator ride and the story about a sack of money and a gun? Is no one at Mojo actually watching the films?
Then on the flip side, X-Men are plot hole central. First of all, any X-Men who died independent of the Sentinel program, shouldn't be revived by the program's destruction in the past. Next, if Professor X was crippled on the beach at a young age, how is he walking up to teenage Jean Grey's house along side Magneto, PRIOR to them having a falling out? Or how about, this… If the original X-Men timeline exists independently of the ridiculous alternate time line, then how are character representations present in each timeline? For example, old Charles had the memories of young Charles, and we know this because he told Wolverine he was a different man back then. Giving us the notion that this isn't alternate timelines, but one linear timeline. This further confuses how Charles is walking in X3 at an old age, but was crippled at the bay of pigs at a young age. Then there's wolverine getting caught by Striker at the end of DOFP, but it's revealed that she's Mystique, but somehow in Apocalypse Striker has Wolverine anyway. I could go on for days and days and days with story breaking plot holes in X-Men and this is what Mojo came up with? Is this the twilight zone?
Bruce was able to control himself when becoming the Hulk as we saw at the end of the incredible Hulk but the Avengers the first time he becomes hulk the reason why he wasn't able to control it this time is because Bruce was in pain so the Hulk was more likely to show up but because of the great deal of pain he had to deal with, Banner wasn't strong enough to control his transformation at that time.
Man of steel not only plot hole it's concept wrong character wrong
They say it's Superman movie. But they give hulk movie
Next video should be top 10 Last Jedi plot holes. That's a long list
Captain America tackles all of his problems head on!
I liked Man of Steel visually, but i thought there were many holes in Zod's plans. Why terraform earth, a place with many resources and things that can be used? And mars is just a planet away, and uninhabited (unless Dc's saving that for Martian manhunter or miss martian or something). Or better yet, just use the moon? It's never properly explained.
Zod himself explains that he's genetically designed to "protect Krypton" and that every action he took was for the greater good of his people. He couldn't care less about ruling a planet of lesser beings, because that wasn't his mission, he's not Frieza. The entire point of Man of Steel was that Superman was gifted with free will, while Zod wanted and needed to uphold natural order.There was no clear good or evil in both characters. All you have to do is watch the movie to figure this shit out, guys.
If it's not too much trouble, could you do a superhero origins for Cloak and Dagger. I'm surprised you haven't.
Harry also told Doc Ock to not hurt Peter…guess that didn't mean anything?
if humans go to krypton (if it wasn't gone) would we be super-powerful and superman like.
#5 Actually, Bruce was mind controlled by Loki's scepter and Scarlet Witch in both situations respectively.
i never thought about that spiderman thing
when bruce choses to turn in the hulk he can, but when he is put into outside stress, he goes crazy
Mojo is tarded all of these are explained already
Why don't avengers help thor to take down malekith
Or why didn't tony stark knew about hydra being inside shield in avengers
Sups gets his powers through the sun, not earth, Zod only wants to terraform earth so it could look like Krypton, terraforming earth doesn’t affects the sun, it’s not attached to it XP it’s super simple, the Thor one is really easy to, it’s not like he is stuck on Asgard, after the first movie he is clearly show being worthy and we see him travel many times on the dark world, feels like bait video
Raimy's spiderman has the most stupid plot holes I ever seen
This list is stupid, most of these are easily explained…..
10 – Deadpool knew they didn’t know. He used that joke as an excuse to kill those people and mock them at the same time.
9 – Tony didn’t care about the shrapnel as long as it wasn’t causing an immediate issue, that’s why he said in IRON MAN 3 “pepper got taken care of, so why not get myself done too”.
8 – Odin used Dark Energy, simple.
7 – Peter is a nerd. You eve hear a student say he’s weird. They just think he’s a weak, weird nerd, not a strong, capable hero later on.
6 – Definite plothole
5 – Loki was manipulating Banner with the scepter while it was on the Helicarrier and Hawkeyes exploding arrow caused Banner to freak out but prior to that he showed that he’s been able to control his anger and hasn’t had an incident in over a year. Clearly he has control.
4 – Captain America The Winter Solider happened after the events of The Avengers in New York. How could the Avengers help Cap? Tony was dealing with PTSD, Thor was on Asgard handling issues, and Banner is best kept away from issues like in Captain America The Winter Soldier.
3 – Quiksilver only had interest in breaking into the Pentagon, that’s how Professor X got him interested in the first place. So what could they use to get him interested in helping them more? What reason would he have to go to Paris with Xavier, Logan, and Hank? He has no reason and that’s why he didn’t go.
2 – Definite plothole
1 – Zod is a traditional Soldier from Krypton. He believes in the old ways and things staying the way they were. Clearly he didn’t care for being more powerful as he felt he was already strong enough.
Is that enough or should I draw a picture?
The one about captain America could be said for any stand alone movie. It’s a captain America movie, not an avengers movie. It’s not a plot hole. You have to take it as is.
Man both Batman have mean plot holes and moments of “ come on no one noticed that SHIT!!!”
Holy crap. Did ya'll just put this video together just to fill a quota? You guys are idiots. So many of these are CLEARLY explained, i.e. at the end of Iron Man 3 Tony clearly says that with the help of EXTREMIS he's able to go theough with the surgery. Damn near everyone of these is explained.
You know another way of easily ruling a conquered planet? Killing everyone while you terraform it into your old home.
#1 It took years for Clark to adapt to Earth; Zod did not want to force his people and a new generation to suffer years adapting to a world different to his own. If an entire generation of Krptonians were dropped on a new planet unlike the one their race adapted to they'd probably miscarage. That is the equivalent to a human baby being born on Mars.
I love Sam Raimi's SPIDER-MAN trilogy!
Stupid video again most of thies like how thor got to earth are clearly explained SMH
# 8 can also be explained by a bit of Norse Mythology knowledge. In mythology, Bifrost is not the only way to Midgard (their name for Earth): there is a giant tree that makes Earth’s largest trees look like tiny saplings by comparison that connects the nine worlds through an intricate network of branches. Thor could have returned to Earth via the Yggdrasil. Before you argue that that’s just in the myth, not the movie, in the first Thor film the gatekeeper mentions that there are many ways in and out of Asgard.