8 Classic Movies That Got Away With Gaping Plot Holes

 

Cracked.com has posted up a really interesting list about 8 films that are considered classic films, but which got away with having gaping plot holes.

 

Their choice for the #1 spot I have to actually agree with as it's something that I've thought of before myself on occasion.  It's always bugged me too.  But I don't want to ruin what film was chosen as number one.  Instead, I'll quote the other one that greatly amused me (and was something I'd always wondered about too)...Back To The Future!

 

The Plot:

 

Marty McFly goes back in time, helps his parents get together, invents rock and roll...

 

The Hole:

 

...and everyone promptly forgets he was ever there the minute he leaves.

 

Nobody notices that a famous clothing brand is later named after him, nobody notices that Chuck Berry releases a song that sounds pretty similar to the one he played at the big dance, and most importantly, nobody bats an eyelid when his Mom has a kid who looks exactly like him.

 

Now we don't claim to know exactly what first enters the mind of a married man when his wife births a child who looks identical to their old high school boyfriend, but we're guessing it's not "time travel conspiracy." Old George was either the most oblivious, forgiving man on earth, or there were some secret resentment beatings in the McFly household.

 

Even more disturbing, what must his Mom have thought? The only explanation we can see making sense from her point of view is that Marty was Satan (he did invent rock and roll after all) and the whole thing's some kind of demon spawn Rosemary's Baby type deal. And no one should ever be in a position where the most plausible explanation for their situation implies that they fucked Satan.

 

Plus, think how chilling Marty's final remark on stage becomes given this context: "I guess you're not ready for that yet... but your kids are gonna love it."

 

That has always bugged me too.  How could Marty's dad not notice that his son looks exactly like the guy his wife had the hots for in high school?  I don't know about you, but I'd start suspecting my wife of all sorts of stuff if that happened to me.  How can there not be tension there?  I bet george secretly hates his son Marty and suspects that he's not actually his son at all.  I would if I was him.