10 Bonkers Theories About 2015’s Movies That Surely Can’t Be True

10. The Third Act Is All A Dream - Spectre

The Theory: When Oberhauser drills into 007's brain in that odd torture sequence, it actually works; everything we see afterwards (James escaping, stopping the rise of C, capturing Blofeld and running off with Madeline for a happy ever after) is just a fevered fantasy a la Brazil. Why It's Believable: After James heads to his step-brother's secret crater base, Spectre takes a turn into the ridiculous, with bizarre plot digressions and major logic leaps (shooting down a helicopter with a pistol? Please) that betray even the camper-tone Mendes appeared to be going for. But what if it's all because this isn't real? It turns Spectre from an OK film with a sloppy finale into the ultimate comment on Bond. After all, why else would it end with him driving off into the sunset? Why It Can't Be True: The only reason why this theory even exists is an attempt to justify Spectre's messy final act, pure and simple (although early drafts suggest it could have been much worse). Take that away and it's got no thematic purpose, no real narrative clues and makes no sense within this admittedly bizarre franchise. Time to just accept that Bond movies can't all be great.