I have often in retrospect bashed movies for plot holes that were so glaring that it bordered criminal. When it feels like the film maker just got lazy or thought to himself or herself that the targeted audience is just not quick enough to see these plot holes or in general just things that don't make sense in keeping with the film.
Example #1 THE ENTIRE SUPERMAN RETURNS FILM.... yeah the whole movie is a giant mess, plot hole after plot hole. Inconsistencies that border on vomit inducing. Yeah LEX LUTHOR is out on parole because SUPERMAN( the alien from another planet) didn't show up to his parole hearing- THAT IS WHAT IS ACTUALLY IN THE MOVIE!! A domestic terrorist, a global terrorist is out on parole AFTER 5 YEARS IN PRISON because an alien from KRYPTON didn't show up to testify....even for a comic book movie that is just unforgivably stupid. The movie was a direct continuation of the DONNER SUPERMAN films and yet somehow still managed to shit the bed in terms of canon and continuity. By the end of the movie I wanted to throw anything at the screen and to this day I await the following unsaid line from LOIS LANE in SUPERMAN RETURNS : " Hey Superman....WHEN DID I F**K YOU ?"
So brings me to MARVEL : When something happens in a Marvel movie- even if its a minute thing- it means something. It has purpose. For example SENATOR STERN in IRON MAN 2 seems ridiculously hell bent on taking down Iron Man/Tony Stark...like beyond normal. The United States has a PRESIDENT- if the PRESIDENT of the United States is not knocking on Stark's door then why some Senator ? Well WINTER SOLDIER answered that- SENATOR STERN *spoiler* is HYDRA. The same HYDRA that had Stark's parents killed.
Now realizing this is the game MARVEL wants to play with fans then lets address some other events and occurrences that either need to be addressed or they just become lumped into plot holes and inconsistencies :
1. IRON MAN 1 : SHIELD's Agent Coulson is johnny on the spot wanting to debrief Tony Stark after he is rescued/found after being held captive by the terrorist group known as the TEN RINGS. I mean he just kept showing up for that debriefing- he showed up at a fund raiser, he showed up at a press conference, he showed up at Stark Industries main offices....
FAST FORWARD to IRON MAN 3............ birds chirping. The Mandarin and the Ten Rings have been bombing landmarks, threatening the United States President and the billionaire who was their captive has now given his home address and issued a challenge to the Mandarin. WHERE THE HELL IS SHIELD ? Ten Rings was their business in Iron Man 1... I would assume the President of the United States is their priority....I know from watching WINTER SOLDIER that Tony is chilling out at AVENGERS TOWER in Manhattan POST EVENTS OF IRON MAN 3- because in IRON MAN 3 he still was a Malibu kind of guy......
I don't mind that Captain America isn't around for such an event. I don't mind that his science brother BRUCE BANNER aka THE HULK isn't around but S.H.I.E.L.D. ??????? Nick Fury ?? Nobody ??
2. Between INCREDIBLE HULK and the Marvel One Shots- we are told Emil Blonsky aka THE ABOMINATION is the prisoner of GENERAL THUNDERBOLT ROSS. In Agents of SHIELD we are informed that there exists the shitty job of guarding Blonsky's cell somewhere in the Antartic. OK- So when does SHIELD take possession of ABOMINIATION ? Obviously HYDRA has something to do with that but also ABOMINATION is a major weapon....HYDRA would need this type of weapon and because they have been hiding within SHIELD they have access/ had access to things that could supplement him and make him strong enough to deal with HULK.
3. Chitauri defeated...New York saved. SHIELD came in and cleaned up. Hold on- so SHIELD has Chitauri bodies....Chitauri weapons....Chitauri big ass transport giant slug dragon LEVIATHON that just collapsed on top of a New York building.... WHERE THE HELL IS THIS STUFF NOW THAT SHIELD HAS FALLEN ?
4. Tony Stark is a human- he is a genius but since Rhodey also has an armor then being a genius isn't necessary to operate one of Stark's armors..... IS TONY STARK A DICK FOR NOT PROVIDING AN ARMOR FOR HAWKEYE AND BLACK WIDOW ? also Stark's armors seem to get destroyed.... HOW MANY ARMORS DOES RHODEY HAVE ? JUST THE ONE ?
5. GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY- LOVE THIS MOVIE. Why doesn't Peter Quill go back to Earth ? Yondu got to Earth easily enough to kidnap Quill so Quill CAN GO HOME ? he doesn't have to stay wherever it is that he is calling home... he just seems to be slightly homesick in the movie and I'm thinking "You can go home to visit earth, catch a movie, get a hotdog and then go back to this galaxy you now call home"
6. FURY'S WORLD MAP in IRON MAN 2. It had WAKANDA highlighted....whatever SHIELD knows then we assume HYDRA knows it too....lets get there ok ? not a big deal I know they will.
7. AIM.... IRON MAN 3. Advanced Idea Mechanics led by Aldrich Killian commits acts of terrorism and ..... IS ANYBODY GOING TO GO ARREST THESE GUYS OR ARE THEY A SECRET ORGANIZATION LIKE HYDRA ? Trevor Slattery was arrested in IRON MAN 3. KILLIAN was killed....but KILLIAN said AIM is led by a think tank. A group of people who call the shots....Stark knows about AIM....anybody want to go arrest the rest of these guys ?
Well those are my top 7 things I would like to see addressed. I feel confident that answers will come next summer!
later nerds!
Example #1 THE ENTIRE SUPERMAN RETURNS FILM.... yeah the whole movie is a giant mess, plot hole after plot hole. Inconsistencies that border on vomit inducing. Yeah LEX LUTHOR is out on parole because SUPERMAN( the alien from another planet) didn't show up to his parole hearing- THAT IS WHAT IS ACTUALLY IN THE MOVIE!! A domestic terrorist, a global terrorist is out on parole AFTER 5 YEARS IN PRISON because an alien from KRYPTON didn't show up to testify....even for a comic book movie that is just unforgivably stupid. The movie was a direct continuation of the DONNER SUPERMAN films and yet somehow still managed to shit the bed in terms of canon and continuity. By the end of the movie I wanted to throw anything at the screen and to this day I await the following unsaid line from LOIS LANE in SUPERMAN RETURNS : " Hey Superman....WHEN DID I F**K YOU ?"
So brings me to MARVEL : When something happens in a Marvel movie- even if its a minute thing- it means something. It has purpose. For example SENATOR STERN in IRON MAN 2 seems ridiculously hell bent on taking down Iron Man/Tony Stark...like beyond normal. The United States has a PRESIDENT- if the PRESIDENT of the United States is not knocking on Stark's door then why some Senator ? Well WINTER SOLDIER answered that- SENATOR STERN *spoiler* is HYDRA. The same HYDRA that had Stark's parents killed.
Now realizing this is the game MARVEL wants to play with fans then lets address some other events and occurrences that either need to be addressed or they just become lumped into plot holes and inconsistencies :
1. IRON MAN 1 : SHIELD's Agent Coulson is johnny on the spot wanting to debrief Tony Stark after he is rescued/found after being held captive by the terrorist group known as the TEN RINGS. I mean he just kept showing up for that debriefing- he showed up at a fund raiser, he showed up at a press conference, he showed up at Stark Industries main offices....
FAST FORWARD to IRON MAN 3............ birds chirping. The Mandarin and the Ten Rings have been bombing landmarks, threatening the United States President and the billionaire who was their captive has now given his home address and issued a challenge to the Mandarin. WHERE THE HELL IS SHIELD ? Ten Rings was their business in Iron Man 1... I would assume the President of the United States is their priority....I know from watching WINTER SOLDIER that Tony is chilling out at AVENGERS TOWER in Manhattan POST EVENTS OF IRON MAN 3- because in IRON MAN 3 he still was a Malibu kind of guy......
I don't mind that Captain America isn't around for such an event. I don't mind that his science brother BRUCE BANNER aka THE HULK isn't around but S.H.I.E.L.D. ??????? Nick Fury ?? Nobody ??
2. Between INCREDIBLE HULK and the Marvel One Shots- we are told Emil Blonsky aka THE ABOMINATION is the prisoner of GENERAL THUNDERBOLT ROSS. In Agents of SHIELD we are informed that there exists the shitty job of guarding Blonsky's cell somewhere in the Antartic. OK- So when does SHIELD take possession of ABOMINIATION ? Obviously HYDRA has something to do with that but also ABOMINATION is a major weapon....HYDRA would need this type of weapon and because they have been hiding within SHIELD they have access/ had access to things that could supplement him and make him strong enough to deal with HULK.
3. Chitauri defeated...New York saved. SHIELD came in and cleaned up. Hold on- so SHIELD has Chitauri bodies....Chitauri weapons....Chitauri big ass transport giant slug dragon LEVIATHON that just collapsed on top of a New York building.... WHERE THE HELL IS THIS STUFF NOW THAT SHIELD HAS FALLEN ?
4. Tony Stark is a human- he is a genius but since Rhodey also has an armor then being a genius isn't necessary to operate one of Stark's armors..... IS TONY STARK A DICK FOR NOT PROVIDING AN ARMOR FOR HAWKEYE AND BLACK WIDOW ? also Stark's armors seem to get destroyed.... HOW MANY ARMORS DOES RHODEY HAVE ? JUST THE ONE ?
5. GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY- LOVE THIS MOVIE. Why doesn't Peter Quill go back to Earth ? Yondu got to Earth easily enough to kidnap Quill so Quill CAN GO HOME ? he doesn't have to stay wherever it is that he is calling home... he just seems to be slightly homesick in the movie and I'm thinking "You can go home to visit earth, catch a movie, get a hotdog and then go back to this galaxy you now call home"
6. FURY'S WORLD MAP in IRON MAN 2. It had WAKANDA highlighted....whatever SHIELD knows then we assume HYDRA knows it too....lets get there ok ? not a big deal I know they will.
7. AIM.... IRON MAN 3. Advanced Idea Mechanics led by Aldrich Killian commits acts of terrorism and ..... IS ANYBODY GOING TO GO ARREST THESE GUYS OR ARE THEY A SECRET ORGANIZATION LIKE HYDRA ? Trevor Slattery was arrested in IRON MAN 3. KILLIAN was killed....but KILLIAN said AIM is led by a think tank. A group of people who call the shots....Stark knows about AIM....anybody want to go arrest the rest of these guys ?
Well those are my top 7 things I would like to see addressed. I feel confident that answers will come next summer!
later nerds!