Top 10 Insane Things Movies Just Glossed Over
Top 10 Insane Things Movies Just Glossed Over
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These moments from film keep us up at night, and we want answers, damn it. Welcome to WatchMojo.com, and today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 insane things movies just glazed over. For this list, we're looking at scenes, moments, plot holes and/or inconsistencies that make you blink, scratch your head, and overanalyze, while the movie simply moves on without explanation.
#10: Neo Shows No Mercy
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“The Matrix” (1999) It sure sucks to be a security guard in “The Matrix”. On one hand, the lobby shootout is a glorious extravaganza of gratuitous gun-fu violence. Consider it from the other perspective though: you’re sitting back, reading the paper at work, when a gunman who believes the world isn’t real riddles you and your buddies with bullets - a second shooter gunning down the last survivor. Morpheus does tell Neo that people who don’t know about the Matrix are “enemies”, something also true of people whose bodies are taken over by Agents. But couldn’t Neo and the rest invest in some tranquilizers, or tasers, or something? The necessary casualties in this fim – and its sequels are through the roof.
#9: There Are at Least 50 Other Tom Cruise Clones
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“Oblivion” (2013) In “Oblivion”, Tom Cruise’s character Jack Harper discovers he’s a clone. In fact, there are dozens of Jack Harpers, some still in storage, others on Earth, unaware of the other Jacks. Jack number 49 blows himself up, and Jack 52 shacks up with the original Jack’s wife… making him the third Jack to do so. This leaves a lot of unanswered questions. Inexplicably, the clones have original Jack’s memories… but have also lived different experiences. An even bigger question is: what about the 50 or more other Jacks on Earth, still living a lie? What if some of them remember Julia, and come knocking on her door? That’s going to be an awkward reunion.
#8: What Did Beast Do to His Servants?
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“Beauty and the Beast” (1991) The curse that transforms the prince into a beast also changes his servants into household objects. Heck, even the dishes, beer steins, and spoons are alive. So what are we meant to make of the smashed furniture in the forbidden West Wing? The Beast’s bedroom in particular is an orgy of wanton carnage. Are these the remains of murdered servants? Of course, just because all the Beast’s servants are household objects doesn’t mean that everything inanimate is really a servant . . . but since most of the objects we’ve seen so far are people, and the Beast is an animalistic rage machine, the possibility is admittedly disturbing.
#7: S.H.I.E.L.D. Hacks Into Every Camera On the Planet
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“The Avengers” (2012) Government spying is a controversial topic. In the Bush era, the NSA’s warrantless wiretapping divided opinion in the US, and Edward Snowden’s 2013 revelations regarding routine mass surveillance shocked the world. It’s creepily prophetic that in “The Avengers”, S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Phil Coulson announces analysts are “sweeping every wirelessly accessible camera on the planet”. This includes our cellphones and laptops, which the agency uses as its “eyes and ears”. In other words, S.H.I.E.L.D. is watching - wherever you are, and whatever you’re doing.
#6: Lucius Malfoy Tries to Hurt Harry in Public
“Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” (2002) You’d think he’d know better. But when Lucius Malfoy is tricked into freeing his house elf Dobby, he turns his wand on twelve year old Harry Potter. The spell Lucius begins sounds a lot like the Killing Curse, “Avada Kedavra” - punishable with a life sentence in Azkaban. It’s not only uncharacteristically stupid, it must surely result in serious consequences - especially since Harry has a witness in Dobby. After all, what kind of school would let someone try to murder a student on school grounds? Probably the same school that would keep a vicious three-headed dog in the castle, and a Whomping Willow on the grounds.
#5: Robots Must Be Facilitating Human Reproduction
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“WALL-E” (2008) Behold, our glorious future. After our species ruins Earth, we turn into junk-guzzling, trend-obsessed blob people fixated on consumption and social media. It takes one plucky garbage compactor to wake us up to our surroundings. But in the meanwhile, how do humans reproduce? Since our muscles have atrophied, and we’re consigned to floating chairs, do robot assistants just mush us on top of each other? Or are our genetic dribs and drabs just sucked out and intermingled in vats? We honestly wish we hadn’t tried to imagine either prospect.
#4: Elsa Creates Intelligent Life
“Frozen” (2013) We might be overthinking this... but how does Elsa’s ability to freeze water translate into the creation of sentient, conscious beings? While wrathful minion Marshmallow doesn’t seem too bright, Olaf the Snowman is clearly a living thing. Sure, we understand Elsa can use her cryokinetic powers to build an ice castle, and freeze over a lake. But how does frozen water make Olaf tick? Does he have an ice brain? Or is his mind an immaterial substance independent of his physical properties? We know it’s a Disney movie… but we can’t help wondering... is Elsa effectively a god?
#3: An Escaped Psycho Convict Is Still Loose
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“Con Air” (1997) The last scene of “Con Air” reveals that insane serial killer Garland Greene is now living free, having evaded the authorities. Nicknamed “The Marietta Mangler”, he butchered over 35 people before his capture. We’re supposed to think he’s rehabilitated, because in an earlier scene, he meets a little girl that he decides not to brutally murder. Pat on the back for you, Garland. But knowing he once wore a girl’s head as a hat, it’s hard to find his rehabilitation really convincing. That final shot is sort of like watching John Wayne Gacy walk off into the sunset - and wondering what will happen next.
#2: What Did Ewoks Do to the Defeated Stormtroopers?
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“Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi” (1983) The Ewoks are adorable walking teddy bears who cook and eat human prisoners. These huggable, murderous aliens are on the verge of roasting our intrepid adventurers when Luke fools them into thinking C3P0 is a god. But at the Ewok Celebration, Stormtrooper helmets being used as drums raise uncomfortable questions. When the Ewoks stripped the Stormtrooper corpses, what did they do with the bodies? After missing out on smoked Han, were Stormtrooper steaks the next best thing? If you’re ever at an Ewok victory feast, well, maybe bring a sandwich from home.
#1: San Francisco Destroyed
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“Star Trek Into Darkness” (2013) Movies set in the far future often feature the destruction of cities, planets, even whole star systems. But it’s seldom a place we know. In disaster movies on the other hand, familiar landmarks are reduced to rubble with apocalyptic abandon, which is of course the whole point; the world we know is being wiped out. “Star Trek Into Darkness” has a bit of both: Khan crashes the Vengeance into a future San Francisco, killing untold thousands. The death toll must be massive, with mourning across the nation; but it’s never really addressed besides a brief mention in Kirk’s speech about honoring our dead, when he rechristens the U.S.S. Enterprise. Sucks to be an extra in a “Star Trek” movie.
