Stop talking about "plot holes" in every movie, Reddit. It's boring.

I've noticed that Redditors, as a whole, seem obsessed with pointing out plot holes. By itself, this isn't a big deal. But it's often accompanied by a statement implying that the presence of said "plot hole" (and I'll get to Redditors' very loose definition of the term later) made the movie completely unenjoyable for them.If you don't believe me, look at any sufficiently active Reddit thread about, for instance, "Gone Girl". You'll find at least a few comments, highly upvoted, in which the commenters loudly point out that some aspects of the movie's twist don't make total sense. Reddit comments about any movie with a complicated plotline will read like a CinemaSins video.It's just an incredibly boring way to engage with media. If a "plot hole" destroys your relationship to a movie entirely, I can't fathom how your brain works.To make matters worse, what is often referred to as a plotohole here is often simply "a plot point that wasn't accompanied by sufficient exposition for my taste". In an effort to outsmart the writer/s, the commenter often ends up highlighting their own poor comprehension and need for every single event in a film to be spoonfed to them.Tangentially related - criticisms that a character makes "dumb" choices. You'll find this in threads about thrillers, horror movies, or generally any media in which characters are forced to reckon with a deadly threat. The esteemed redditor will point out how Sandra is stupid for running towards the house, rather than to the car, or that Little Jimmy is a moron because he took too long to solve a really obvious mystery, and as a result, the movie is no longer at all enjoyable. Again - a really inane way to consume media. I love the implication that people in high-stress situations should be able to have perfect decision-making skills, like the guy analysing the choice whilst lying on his pre-teen Anime girl comforter.Finally, and even less directly related - the way redditors talk about cliches. About once a week there'll be an Askreddit thread in which Reddit is asked what their least favourite movie cliches are. Without fail, you'll get a top-comment example about how (for instance) characters sit down for a huge cooked breakfast and have one bite before leaving - this is seriously always mentioned as something that "ruins suspension of disbelief" and consequently the entire movie for them. Like - yes, did you want a ten minute scene in which the protagonist eats his bacon and eggs? You know what the scene is meant to demonstrate, don't suddenly act like you expect fiction to include the minutiae of every day life like an Andy Warhol movie about paint drying. Redditors will also use the same example to point out how unrealistic it is that movie characters have such huge, expansive breakfast - it's called cinematic language! It's an efficient way for the director to express multiple things on screen without using exposition - for example, a big breakfast is cooked by Mom, so we know she's a "classic" Mom type, or being able to get every character together for a scene at the breakfast table is only possible if there's a meal there for them to eat, and so on.I guess my overarching thought here is - please please stop analysing movies like you're an alien trying to figure out the species via A24 films. via /r/movies https://ift.tt/6GwioMq