Plot hole: When Marion is being carried in the basket, being chased by Indy, he is hot on their heels the entire time. She's placed on the truck with the ammunition, only to explode when it topples over while trying to get away. Marion's dead. Later, he finds her in Belloq's tent very much alive. Indy concludes they must have switched baskets. When did her abductors have the opportunity to do that, and why would the Germans be in a hot hurry to get the truck out of there if the basket was empty?
Mike Lynch
14th Dec 2025
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
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Suggested correction: He concludes they switched baskets, but they didn't. He's not in hot pursuit either because he has to retreat and hide behind a wall from the machine gun once he gets to the truck. They put the basket with Marion inside the truck but simply got it out before it started driving. Indy could have never seen that and there is no basket in the truck that explodes. They wanted it out of there because it is full of explosives and possibly as a diversion for where they were really taking Marion.
15th May 2025
Trading Places (1983)
Plot hole: Clarence Beeks plants the angel dust on Winthrop at the Heritage Club, which is discovered by the police at the station. Though he's out on bail, Winthrop is still facing years of jail time if convicted. But nothing again is mentioned about it for the rest of the movie, nor is he trying to clear his name.
26th Mar 2025
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Plot hole: At the end of the movie, when Rhett famously leaves Scarlett, she thinks about how she can win him back, and with a smile on her face, says, "After all, tomorrow is another day." Her daughter tragically died a few days before. Scarlett isn't the least bit heartbroken about losing her.
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Suggested correction: This is not even a mistake, much less a plot hole. A character not acting the way an audience member expects them to is not a mistake.
It should also be noted that in the 1860s there was nothing unusual about a child dying. In those days, roughly 30% of children in white, well-off families like the O'Haras would die before the age of 5.
26th Mar 2025
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Plot hole: At the beginning of the movie, we see Chekov and Captain Tyrell looking for a lifeless planet needed by Dr. Marcus for her Genesis experiment. The Federation has been exploring the Alpha Quadrant for decades and has undoubtedly catalogued tens of thousands of planets. They'd have more than enough candidates to choose from that didn't contain life. It makes no sense that they'd need a starship to find a new one.
19th Mar 2025
Forbidden Planet (1956)
Plot hole: At the end of the movie, as Morbius lay dying, he had Commander Adams press a lever that irreversibly set the countdown for the planet's destruction. Morbius said earlier in the movie that they were in a learning laboratory for the Krell children. Why would the Krell have given their children access to something so dangerous to begin with, in a place where the switch didn't belong, and without any safety precautions to prevent an accidental countdown?
15th Mar 2020
Ella Enchanted (2004)
13th Mar 2020
What about Bob? (1991)
Plot hole: When Dr. Marvin is trying to get Bob to leave the night before his television interview, he can't leave because it's pouring rain. He also can't drive him because their car was left at the boat dock. However, Dr. Marvin could have easily called for a cab to drive Bob back to where he's staying.
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Suggested correction: This assumes that there is a taxi service in the small town in which they reside.
This is obviously a tourist town, which would likely create the need for a taxi service.
It also seems to be a fairly secluded and very rich tourist town with cars almost necessary to get around.
Suggested correction: At that time of night in that condition, I highly doubt calling a taxi cab would be easy, especially since Bob lives right down the road, no taxi far away would come just to drive someone a short distance like that.
22nd Jan 2020
Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)
Plot hole: How is it that the Flying Elvis' have an extra parachute on board for Jack?
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