Batman V Superman: 10 Plot Holes That Make No Sense
4. Why Does Wonder Woman Bother To Try And Retrieve That Photograph?
Batman v Superman doesn't just feature the titular heroes, of course: Diana Prince (A.K.A. Wonder Woman) is also in this movie, mostly slinking around in revealing dresses. Why she's in the film, exactly, isn't ever made all that clear to audiences, however, although the writers do try and explain what she's doing getting involved with Batman and Superman, but in the process of doing so they accidentally generate a plot hole. Because Wonder Woman states she has come out of isolation to get her hands on a photograph of herself from a hundred years ago, for fear it will end up in the wrong hands. Thing is, she comes out of hiding and risks exposure in order to avoid exposure, which makes no sense at all. If she'd stayed away, nobody would ever have found her - photograph or no photograph - thus ensuring her identity would remain secret. This seems to be a case of the writers over-thinking things; they didn't need to build in a huge reason for Wonder Woman to show up, because it just resulted in the film tripping itself up - and wasting a lot of time - explaining the reasons.
Sam Hill is an ardent cinephile and has been writing about film professionally since 2008. He harbours a particular fondness for western and sci-fi movies.