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Harry Potter, Jurassic World and more: Movies with major plot Holes

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A scene from Batman: The Telltale Series. Photo / Supplied

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There's nothing worse than a movie with a gaping plot hole.

No matter how good the actors are or the special effects, a film with a glaring hole in the story inevitably means you walk away frustrated, disappointed and quite often confused.

There are countless offenders in the history of films, but Reddit users have shared the movie plot holes that bother them the most.

Here are our favourite submissions:

JURASSIC WORLD - 2015

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There's a reliable formula to Jurassic Park movies: Tourists visit dinosaurs, dinosaurs escape, havoc ensues. But Reddit user Jakebob70 pointed out that it's way too easy for the dinosaurs to escape.

"What possible purpose could there be for putting a door to the T-Rex pen right in the middle of the shopping area of the park where hundreds or thousands of people are located at any given time of day?" the Redditor wrote, "When would you ever even think about opening that door?"

THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS - 2001

The rapper Ludacris first appears as the character Tej in the 2003 movie, 2 Fast 2 Furious. But one of the rapper's real life songs, I Got Hoes, can be heard in the first movie of the franchise.

"So in the Fast and Furious Universe, who sang I Got Hoes?" wrote Redditor ReginaRainbowT**s.

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"Was it Ludacris? Does Ludacris exist? And if not, what happened to the Hoes? Who got them now? Are the Hoes OK?"

CHRISTMAS MOVIES

"In every Christmas movie where Santa is real but no one believes in him, who do the parents think is putting these gifts they didn't buy under their Christmas tree?" asked Redditor astute_potato.

JOHN WICK 2 - 2017

In the movie, Keanu Reeves plays an assassin who is hunted down by other assassins after a large bounty is placed on his head.

A lot of killing ensues which leads to a number of plot holes, argues Redditor paladin400.

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"The whole secret assassin business was really cool and interesting at first, but as the movie progressed, the more you wonder; is it really secret? Is there anyone who isn't a f**king assassin? Why is no one reacting when people are killing each other in bright daylight?

Who does Wick's hair? It's fabulous."

HARRY POTTER

Is Harry Potter simply a rich tight-ass who won't share his wealth with his best mate? That's what Reddit user TopGunFromTheTop believes.

"Harry Potter is balling. They show him in Gringotts in the first movie and he's got stacks on deck ... Literally a Warren Buffet ass lookin ass man, while his homeboy Ron lives in abject poverty."

But when it comes to the 2002 movie, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter's true colours are exposed.

"Ron's got a f**ked up wand after he saves Harry's ass and gets him to school and Harry doesn't do s**t about it," wrote TopGunFromTheTop.

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"That's a serious issue that could be life threatening and Harry never thinks to buy his only goddamn friend in the whole world a wand despite the fact that he's got Bill Gates wealth? He's just like, 'sorry man I guess you gotta throw up slugs for the rest of the semester'."

GHOST MOVIES

"Any ghost movie where the ghost is trying to send a message by writing a couple words on the window or a computer screen. If you can write a couple words, why not just write the whole message out then?" A very valid point by Reddit user doglover75.

INDIANA JONES: RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK - 1981

Indiana Jones is in a race against Nazis in this movie as they all search desperately to find the Ark of the Covenant in Egypt. But the film is set in 1936 which means there's a rather large plot hole, argues Reddit user MobyDobie.

"Why is there a Nazi base in Egypt, complete with tons of soldiers and aircraft, digging for the Ark when Egypt was practically a British colony at the time?"

SPEED - 1994

Could Keanu Reeves' cop character have saved everyone on the bus by preventing the bomb being activated in the first place? According to Reddit user archangel09, yeah, he could have.

"He knows the bomb planted within will arm itself if the bus reaches a certain speed. Keanu commandeers a vehicle using his firearm, thereby displaying that he did indeed have a firearm on his person.

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"In reality, anyone who isn't a moron, especially a trained police officer, would have immediately pulled his firearm and shot the tires of the bus. Movie over."

JURASSIC WORLD - 2015

The very premise of the most recent Jurassic Park movie is a load of codswallop, argues Reddit user WorkLemming.

"One of the primary drives for the plot is that they need, 'New and exciting' dinosaurs to draw in more visitors, because apparently attendance numbers are dipping.

"The problem I have with this concept is there is no f**king way in hell that place isn't booked solid for years! Disneyland manages to stay profitable and they don't have a monopoly on actual live ... dinosaurs!"

BATMAN

It's quite remarkable that Bruce Wayne manages to keep it secret that he is in fact Batman, especially considering he must have had help from a lot of contractors over the years.

"Who built the Batcave, Batcar, Batplace and so on?" asked Reddit user Adler4290.

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"And how come none of these workers ever tell-all? Surely Alfred and Bruce could not build it all by hand themselves and even if they did, how did they get that much building materials or supplies to their operations undetected by anyone, even delivery guys?"

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