10 Superhero Movie Scenes That Still Make No Sense

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The superhero movies of the MCU, the DCU, and other franchises have often featured scenes that still make no sense years after release. The movies of the MCU may have helped define the superhero genre in the modern age, but even they aren’t perfect. The very nature of superhero stories means that they are larger than life, and often feature outlandish plot points that require significant leaps of imagination.
While the suspension of disbelief is an important part of enjoying superhero movies, there are times when it simply isn’t possible. Throughout the movies of the DCEU, the MCU, and other superhero franchises, there have been many scenes that simply don"t make full sense. Though sometimes more confusing plot points are resolved by later movies, there are those that are never revisited. With that in mind, here are 10 superhero movie scenes that still make no sense.
10 Tony Stark Destroying His Iron Man Suits Iron Man 3 (2013) Iron Man 3 might have been the hero’s third solo movie, but it came relatively early in Iron Man’s MCU story. This led the movie to inhabit a strange place within the franchise’s continuity, as it offered a sense of finality regarding the character without actually ending anything. The movie’s climactic scene ends with Tony Stark destroying his Iron Man suits and embracing Pepper Potts. However, he then appeared in Avengers: Age of Ultron just two years later, once again in possession of multiple suits and Iron Man drones.
Clearing up the inconsistency wasn’t a priority for the MCU, as it’s only referenced briefly in a throwaway line that doesn’t really offer any answers. Why Stark would destroy his suits in such a grand gesture only to immediately defunct on his promise is never fully addressed, making the ending of Iron Man 3 somewhat nonsensical. Considering it was never resolved before Iron Man’s death in Avengers: Endgame, it remains an MCU scene that makes no sense.
9 Bruce Wayne’s Return To Gotham The Dark Knight Rises (2012) Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy is widely hailed as the pinnacle of superhero cinema, but there are still elements of the three-film arc that make precious little sense. The Dark Knight Rises sees Batman face his greatest challenge yet, when his back is broken, and he is abandoned in a remote prison at the bottom of a pit. However, the hero is able to overcome the odds to make the impossible climb and escape, then returns to Gotham to save his city.
Though Batman’s escape is explained, how exactly he returns is not. While recovering from a life-threatening injury, Bruce Wayne is able to make his way from a remote location to the besieged Gotham City with nothing, and then slip inside without anyone noticing. Considering the context surrounding his imprisonment, his worldwide fame, and the nature of Bane’s control of Gotham’s borders, the fact that The Dark Knight Rises doesn’t explain any of these points makes the scene make no sense whatsoever.
8 Thanos Collecting An Infinity Gauntlet Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) The post-credits scenes of the MCU have earned a reputation for teasing upcoming movies and narrative developments, but the scenes don’t always make sense. Avengers: Age of Ultron’s post-credits scene shows Thanos opening a vault and collecting an Infinity Gauntlet, declaring that he’ll “do it [him]self” - meaning that he intends to collect the Infinity Stones personally. However, later MCU movies make this scene incredibly confusing.
It is explained in Avengers: Infinity War, three years after Age of Ultron’s release, that Thanos forced the Dwarves to craft him a gauntlet, then killed all but their king, Eitri. However, coming as it did later in the MCU’s timeline, it wasn’t clear why Thanos would need to do so, as he was already shown having possession of a Gauntlet. The plot point was never properly cleared up within the MCU, making Age of Ultron’s post-credits scene incredibly confusing.
7 Man of Steel’s Krypton Scenes Man of Steel (2013) Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel put a new spin on the traditional origin story of Superman, presenting the hero in a slightly grittier light than other iterations. The 2013 movie started with scenes set on Krypton, depicting the final moments of Superman’s home planet. During the scenes, Krypton’s sun is shown on the planet’s alien skyline, but it looks surprisingly like Earth’s own, which makes little sense considering the nature of Kryptonian physiology.
Earth’s yellow sun is what provides Kryptonians with their abilities, and so Kryton having a sun that is not red as in the comics appears to be a plot hole. If Krypton’s sun was also yellow, the Kryptonians there should have had powers of their own, but this wasn’t explained or addressed in the movie. As such, Man of Steel’s Krypton scenes have a jarring element, especially as the issue could have been easily resolved with a line of dialogue.
6 Saving The Multiverse Villains Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) Of all the characters in Spider-Man: No Way Home, its Multiverse villains were among the most important. The movie’s plot sees Tom Holland’s Spider-Man – and later other variants – attempt to reform and cure the villains before sending them back to their own realities. However, the entire notion of doing so comes about as a means of saving their lives, which actually makes no sense considering the realities they came from.
It is established that the majority of the movie’s villains died in their respective worlds before being transported into the MCU. This means that curing them and sending them back would cause even further disruption to the Multiverse, rather than being the heroic deed Spider-Man believes it to be. As such, the fact that the villains are saved without repercussions makes no sense at all, as, by all rights, doing so would have broken multiple realities at once.
5 The “Martha” Scene Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) Despite exploring a major DC narrative, Batman v Superman came early in the DCEU’s movie timeline, being only the franchise’s second film. The showdown between the two heroes served as their first real interaction, ending with a notoriously poorly-written scene in which they earn one another’s trust. The scene sees a defeated Superman choke out the name “Martha”, stopping Batman from killing the Kryptonian hero.
Batman’s confusion over hearing his mother’s name is explained to be the reason he spared Superman’s life, but it makes no sense at all. In such an emotionally heightened state, there seems very little chance that Batman would have stopped at all, let alone after hearing his supposed enemy speak his mother’s name. Not only does the plot point seem weak from a conceptual point of view, but it makes very little logical sense, and it derails the entire scene.
4 Peter Giving Away The EDITH Glasses Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) Spider-Man: Far From Home sees its titular character manipulated by a villain posing as a hero. Still recovering from the death of his mentor, Peter Parker inherits the EDITH glasses, an incredibly powerful piece of Stark tech that serves as Iron Man’s legacy. Mere days after meeting Mysterio, Peter Parker decides to pass them on to the supposed hero, only to learn that he was secretly a villain. However, the scene makes no sense in relation to the characters involved.
Firstly, it seems unlikely that Stark would have left the EDITH glasses with such minimal security protocols. More importantly, Spider-Man"s willingness to give away the legacy of his mentor to a complete stranger doesn’t ring true, especially considering he understands the power they represent. The scene doesn’t make much sense from a logical or emotional perspective, and seems to have been written to simply fit the narrative.
3 Pa Kent’s Death Man of Steel (2013) The death of Jonathan Kent is typically seen as key part of Superman’s origin story, but Man of Steel’s handling of the moment was nonsensical. When traveling by car, the Kent family encounter a tornado, and hide beneath an overpass for safety. Seeing a trapped dog, Jonathan refuses to allow Clark to save it, instead giving his own life in order to protect his son’s secret. Though noble, Jonathan Kent"s death was entirely unnecessary.
Had Jonathan Kent distracted the on-lookers, Clark could have rescued the dog without openly demonstrating his powers. Even allowing Clark to go without using his powers would have sufficed, as Clark wouldn’t have been injured by the tornado. Instead, Jonathan Kent opted to die, even though doing so made no sense at all in the overall context of Clark’s abilities and the Kent family’s life.
2 Ant-Man's Explanation Of Pym Particles Ant-Man (2015) Another scene that makes no sense comes in 2015’s Ant-Man, when Hank Pym explains how Pym Particles work. The explanation itself makes sense, and even follows a type of scientific logic, establishing Pym Particles as an interesting and important MCU development. However, every subsequent use of the technology all but ignores these rules, with their capabilities being stretched and shifted to suit various situations within the franchise.
For example, the Pym Particles are explained to not alter mass, meaning that even shrunk to the size of an ant, Scott Lang would weigh the same. This means that he would be unable to ride insects, and that almost every one of his action scenes would have resulted in significantly more destruction than was depicted. Simply put, Ant-Man"s explanation of Pym Particles makes no sense, as it was included only to be consistently ignored and contradicted.
1 Superman Flying Back In Time Superman (1978) 1978’s Superman is a defining movie in the modern superhero genre, and has stood as an example of the power of superhero stories for several decades. Even so, Christopher Reeve’s first outing as the eponymous hero has long been plagued by its conclusion, which makes no sense at all. After Lois Lane is killed by the villainous machinations of Lex Luthor, a heartbroken Superman flies into the sky, accelerating beyond the speed of light and traveling back in time to save her.
How exactly this time travel ability works has never been adequately explained. Even the more scientific explanation involving Superman moving fast enough to distort space and time is insufficient, as it doesn’t establish why Superman has only ever used this power once. No matter how the scene is considered, it ranks highly among the superhero movies of the MCU, the DCU, and beyond as nonsensical.
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