There’s a common understanding that you need to suspend your disbelief to properly enjoy a movie.

Take Back to the Future, for example. I love that movie, it’s one of my favorites. However, time travel isn’t a real thing, especially while using a DeLorean. I’m not going to let that get in the way of me enjoying the movie.

There are, however, some aspects of our favorite films that take advantage of that suspension of disbelief a little too much. The result is plot holes that, as pointed out by audiences, shouldn’t affect our enjoyment of the movie, but sometimes, it does!

Back to the Future

Let’s start with Back to the Future, as there are several options to choose from.

First, the idea that Marty’s parents would question why their son looks a lot like some kid they met in the 1950s. Okay, it was thirty years since the Enchantment Under The Sea Dance. I can live with that.

What about the fact that they name their second son, not the first, Marty?

The Shawshank Redemption

The reveal of the giant hole Andy dug as part of his escape is one of thje most iconic in movie history.

There’s just one problem: how the heck did he put the poster of Raquel Welch back on his prison cell wall to cover it up?

The Little Mermaid

Remember how Ariel lost her voice to live on land with Eric, but with the caveat that she lost her voice?

Well, in order for this deal to have taken place, she needed to sign a contract, which means Ariel can read and write. So why doesn’t she just, you know, write a note to Eric?

Signs

Like most of M. Night Shyamalan’s filmography, Signs works better if you come into the film expecting literally anything other than a horror film. Yet the invading aliens are a central theme of the movie, even if you can argue that they’re a metaphor or a driving force for something else. Anyway, I digress.

Tell me why an alien race whose weakness is water can live on Earth, a planet that’s mostly composed of water, for so long until the movie decides it’s time for them to die?

Star Wars

The Prequel Trilogy established the lore for some of the most iconic characters in the original Star Wars trilogy, including the fact that Obi-Wan Kenobi knew C3P0 and R2-D2.

Now, I get that when George Lucas wrote the original movie, he wouldn’t be writing the prequels for several decades, but still, not even an acknowledging nod between old friends?

Oceans Eleven

The reveal that Danny Ocean and his team robbed Terry Benedict’s casino a few days prior is a fun twist on what’s already a fun heist movie.

There’s just one small issue: how did they get the flyers into the vault undetected?

Jurassic Park

At the end of the day, Jurassic Park is a perfect movie, but even perfect movies can have plot holes.

One of its most famous scenes is when the T. rex approaches, and you can not only hear the noise from its footsteps, but also the glass of water shaking. So then how does it sneak up on everybody at the end of the movie? Did it suddenly learn stealth?

Independence Day

When it comes to summer blockbusters, I’d argue there are few better than the original Independence Day.

The summer blockbuster genre requires a little more suspension of belief than others, but there’s still something that’s always bugged me: how do they know that the computer virus is compatible with the alien mothership? Did they have Windows 95 in space?

Cinderella

When the clock strikes midnight, every aspect of Cinderella’s outfit changes back to its original form. Her dress? Gone. Her carriage? Gone. The glass slipper that was left behind and is now in the possession of Prince Charming?

Oh, that one’s still there because we need the rest of the movie to happen.

Dodgeball

Asking to suspend your belief leading into a comedy is just par for the course: you can’t take anything seriously here. Yet Dodgeball‘s climactic moment involves some serious rules.

In sudden death dodgeball, if you step outside the triangle, you’re disqualified. I’ll give you one guess as to what Vince Vaughn does as he throws his ball. That’s right: he’s, to quote John Goodman in The Big Lebowski, over the line.