10 Movie "Plot Holes" You're Getting Completely Wrong
1. Signs - Why Did The Aliens Invade A Planet Full Of Water?
Whenever a discussion about plot holes or dumb twists arises, Signs is almost guaranteed to enter the conversation. It's got to the point where the twist - whether people like it or hate it - overshadows the fact that, overall, this is actually a really solid movie, even if its ending may not have satisfied everybody who watched it.
The story follows former priest Graham Hess and his family, as they begin to experience a series of weird "signs" that point towards an alien invasion. After a few quick glimpses throughout the film, the extra-terrestrial monsters are unveiled during a climactic sequence inside Graham's house, where it's revealed that water burns their skin, and presumably, also kills them.
Over the years, this twist has raised one major question about the nature of the aliens' plan, with many fans also dubbing it a plot hole: why would they invade a planet that it literally covered in their Kryptonite?
Because the film doesn't devote much time to explaining where the aliens came from or what their ultimate goal is, this is a fair question to ask, but it can be explained by a quick line in the film that people often miss.
At one point, a survivor heard over the radio (while the Hess family is locked in the basement) states that the aliens came to Earth in order to "harvest" humans.
The implication here is that the aliens never intended to stay on Earth, but their need to harvest us outweighed the risk of roaming a planet full of water for a short period of time. They weren't dumb - they were desperate.
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