1. Lord of the Rings The Two Towers
There are a number of strange plot points in the Lord of the Rings trilogy that could be brought up here. Why entrust the transportation of an incredibly powerful super-weapon with an adolescent in the first place? Just let Aragorn take it! Hed be much better at it than a Hobbit! And why not ask the Eagles nicely if theyd mind chipping in and flying the Hobbits over to Mount Doom to save a bit of time? The bit that always gets me though isnt really a plot hole as such, more just a strangely overlooked point in the second movie. Towards the end of the Battle of Helms Deep, the last few survivors decide to triumphantly ride out and meet the enemy head on. There are about 7 of them. If you havent had a line in the movie, youre a dead man basically. The King and our heroes ride out and after seemingly getting the better of the enemy by simply riding at them really, really fast, are rescued by the returning riders of Rohan and Gandalf. Meanwhile, those frail old men who had seen too many winters, and the fresh faced young boys who has seen too few, they are all dead. All of them. They are all slaughtered by the Uruk-hai. Yet the handful of survivors still sees this as a great victory. We held Helms Deep! Yes, but around 90% of your male population has been slaughtered and their corpses are currently clogging up the keeps pathways along with a few thousand Uruk-hai. Not only is this really quite horrific and no doubt going to be incredibly mentally scarring for the now father and brother-less women and children, but some bugger has to bury all of those bodies too in order to avoid the spread of disease. Not to worry though, The King is ok!