You’ve all seen Infinity War, right? O🌊kay,ไ good. If you haven’t, well, we’re going to talk about basically every twist in the story, so you’ve been warned.

You see, Infinity War is an excellent movie that is packed full of information and plot points. Sure, at the end of the m🌄ovie a whole bunch of heroes bite the dust, and that’s not even an idiom. But there’s also a few problems with the plot on the way there, and we’re going to talk about them.

For everything the latest Avengers movie does right, it also leaves us with a whole bunch of questions, and we’re going to dig into them. For example, we have a whole bun🔯ch of confusion about just how the Infinity Stones work, and what Thanos really wanted. We also want to know what happened to numerous important characters who could have changed the tide but were nowhere to be found in the movie.

Oh, that’s just the start. We also want to know about all sorts of other problems, like powers that were never used, laws of physics that were even more ignored than usual, and obvious solutions that no one seemed to try. Infinity War is a movie that begs to be looked at, and we’re going to take a really close look. Here are the top plot holes, the unanswered questions, and the interesting issues that A:IW has.

25 Wakanda Forgets About All Its Weapons 💝

Usually, the Marvel movies are very good about consistency between movies, even when those movies are made by entirely different directors. However, we feel a bit let down by Wakanda in Black Panther versus Wakanda in Infinity War. In the first movie, Wakanda is a powerhouse of advanced technology and incredible weapons that in𒐪clude plenty of starship fighters, panther gauntlets that can spit out laser beams, magic cars, and vibranium defenses that can deflect just about everything. It’s…really cool.

But then we move onto Infinity War, and Wakanda has…uhh, some people with spears. Just enough vibranium to give Captain America a small shield. An arm. And a big energy shield. Admittedly, the big energy shield is pretty cool, but they show almost none of their weaponry that is seen in the first mov💧ie.

The battle at Wakanda is, thus, kind of a letdown. Neither side had that many people, and no one used much-advanced technology on either side. Vibranium shields and defenses were especially missing when that could have been the key to Wakanda actually winning the battle. It was sort of like watching a totally different advanc꧃ed African country trying to fight…one that wasn’t nearly as good. Fortunately, we look forward to seeing Wakanda in many more movies in the future, hopefully more awesome all the time.

24 ღ Why, Exactly, Won’t Hulk Come Out? 𓂃

Throughout the movie, one question rises among Marvel fans: What, exactly will Hulk do? As it turns out, not much. Actually, nothing at all. Bruce Banner is very much a presence in the movie, but most of his time is spen🎀t really, really wishing that the Hulk would appear. But he never does, except briefly at the beginning where Hulk barely gets a chance to fight. In fact, Hulk appears to be sulking somewhere inside Banner, and every time Banner tries to call him up, Hulk mutters something about how he’s not interested and refuses to appear.

This is pretty cheap. Hulk is one of the strongest heroes in the world, possibly the strongest, dep☂ending on how angry he was. If he actual𓆏ly entered the battle, it would ruin a bunch of even matches no matter where he showed up. He may even have been able to defeat Thanos if Hulk had caught up to him early enough. So we understand why the directors didn’t really want Hulk in the movie.

But what doesn’t make sense is just why Hulk didn’t show up. Was he mad at Banner because he used to be a big gladiator legend and Banner messed that up? Is he upset at the loss of his own autonomy? Unfortunately, we don’t know the answers. Hulk isn’t there because he is too big of a weapon, it’s♎ th🃏at easy. And it’s too bad because Hulk deserves to smash some stuff, right?

23 Nick Fury Suddenly Knows Captain Marvel ♛

Let’s zoom ahead to the final scene of Infinity War, after the credits start rolling. Nick Fury knows something has gone horribly wrong, of course, so he immediately tries to put in an extra super secret contact signal to…a mysterious emblem. At nearly the same time, Fury and his beloved assistant fade to dust as a result of the Snapocalypse (we will also accept the Snappening). We onlꦯy know that the signal🧸 goes through.

However, now we get to some snags. Sharp-eyed Marvel fans will know that the emblem from the signal is actually that of Captain Marvel, who is presumed to play a big role in the future of the Avengers. Captain Marvel is a human who, according to general lore (and several different versions of the tale), absorbed cosmic alien powers and got the ability to do…uh, j🐟ust about everything.

So why hasn’t she been a factor before? From what we know of her upcoming movie, Captain Marvel was lost or ꦉin deep space following an important story in the 1990s. A 🍌common theory is that she’s trapped in the quantum realm and will be released in Ant-Man 2. So…once again…how in the world does Nicky Fury have the contact info for someone that hasn’t existed for decades? If he had the ability to meet her, she would have been a number one Avenger from the first movie. So why does it work now?

22 ꦜ Why Didn’t Vision Sacrifice Himself?

The interesting part of this problem is that Vision technically did sacrifice himself. They managed to destroy the Mind Stone and him (more or less the same thing at the last moment before Thanos could reach it. Of course, Thanos already had the Time Stone so he reversed the process in a cunning moment of overturning that led to his ultimate victory. Cool! Sad. But also, it raises some important quest🤡ions.

Vision and the Avengers knew for some time that Thanos was seeking the Stones, and that Vision had one lodged right in his head. So, why didn’t the Avengers destroy him early on and hide the Mind Stone or blast it into dust? Harsh, we know. But Vision himself acknowledged early on that the Mind Stone needed to be destroyed. Plus, Vision is just the sort of person who would gladly sacrifice himself for the ꦫgood of the universe.

So, why didn’t he force the Avengers to get rid of the Mind Stone, or at least flee earth and go into hiding? The Avengers can sort of be excused here because they care for Vision and see him as a unique, precious lifeform. But Vision hꦓimself loves humanity and understands the risks involved: Why didn’t he take matters into his own hands? It could have prevented the entire end of the movie, or at least delayed it for a long time.

21 Doctor Strange Never Uses The Time Stone ♍ 🐈

Okay, almost never. But let’s look at this from the broad view. In the Doctor Strange movie (may there be many more), Strange uses the Time Stone to restore an apple, remake a book page, reverse a battle, stop time, and trap an ancient evil god. That…pretty much covers everything. And yet, in Infinity War, Doctor Strange just sort of forgets about the Time Stone entireꦉlꦇy.

Go through the movie, and you can find at least a dozen times when Strange should have used the Time Stone to stop or reverse at least a thing or two. The battle in New York? Definitely could have been useful. Tormented in outer space? You think it might occur to him. Fighting aliens on a strange planet? It would be strange if he didn’t use it!

But the only time Strange appears to use the Time Stone is to examine all possible futures at a particularly dark time in the movie. Granted, this may be the key to literally everything that happens in the next movie, but there’s no denying Strange could have used the Stone so many times before then to change things or give the good guys an advan🎃tage. Why didn’t he do it? Was he afraid? Was he not powerful enough more? Any explanation could have worked!

20 Gamora Is Way Smarter Than 🧸The Plot Shows

Gamora is not an idiot. In fact, she’s smart enough to grow up as 𝓰a slave-daughter to the mad titan Thanos and not only retain her sanity, but also a grip on to her own identity, so much so that she eventually rebels and starts roaming the galaxy (the other Thanos daughter in the story, Nebula, also eventually rebelled, so Thanos doesn’t have a great track record here).

However, in Infinity War, we see Gamora allowing herself to become isolated with Thanos, when she༺ knew that she was the key to the next Infinity Stone. And even more, she knew that Thanos had a good chance of using her to unloc💫k the Soul Stone. She knows exactly how his mind works.

And yet, what does Gamora do about this? Nothing. She doesn’t have any tricks, or clever fighting ideas♌, or plans to deal with her stepfather in any way except a casual chat. Gamora is one of the best life-takers in the galaxy: She should have absolutely known what was coming, but still allowed herself to get sacrificed for no good reason – just a vague hope she could destroy Thanos herself without any help. It was foolish, way too emotional for the calm Gamora we’ve seen, and insulting to her character arc.

19 Spider-Man 🍨Takes A Lot Of Time To Fade Away

This is a sad point, but we’ve got to talk about it. At the end of the movie, Thanos does his snap and destroys half of all people…everywhere, apparently. Pretty much al꧟l of the new Avengers are snapped, and that includes Spider-Man. Thus the famous “I don’t feel so good,” meme was born, because it accurately describes Spider-man stumbling and falling his way towards annihilation. “I don’t want to go,” he says before vanishing, and then everybody cries because Spider-Man is like a puppy we just bought from a rival movie company.

But take a step back, and this scene doesn’t make as much sense. Everyone else – and we mean everyone – fades aw🌳ay within a couple moments. That includes Black Panther and Doctor Strange. All of them turn to magic space dust right away, without pause. Some are even caught trying to say something but vanish before they can get the words out.

Spider-Man, alone, is left able to have a whole conversation – well, mos🌼t of one, anyway. Did you ever stop to wonder why? If all those other powerful people disappeared immediately, what kept Spider-Man around to ke🧜ep talking? All right, besides the drama. Does Spider-man have any ability that might help him resist the Snap, and is that important? Or is it just a dramatic plot device?

18 🌺 Is That Really R🦋ed Skull? How?

Aha – speaking of the Soul Stone, it is found on the pla🎃net Vormir, a hidden location that Thanos and Gamora travel to alone. It’s pretty much an empty planet of ruins by now, but there Thanos meets a mystical guide to lead him to the Soul Stone…and it’s none other than Red Skull.

Umm, what? Red Skull was only in the very first Captain America movie, where he very much perished. Now, Red Skull is kind of famous for coming back from the grave over and over again, but even then there’s no explanation for him winding up on a secret planet that no one else ꦺin the universe knows about. There’s no explanation of how he is alive, how he didn’t age, what he’s doing on mystery planet, and how he knows all about the Soul Stone.

This is a plot hole that we actually have some good guesses about. It’s very probable that the planet Vormir is actually the Soul Stone itself (this is a thing the Soul Stone is known to do), and that the whole place is just a sort of magical quest for Thanos to comple✱te. The Soul Stone collects souls, so it’s very possible that Red Skull was collected and now exists there as a ghost. Absolutely none of that is mentioned in the movie, which is a little unfair to all of us who don’t really have a clue.

17 🍸 Thanos Has A🧸 Really Dumb Plan

Somewhere along the line, Thanos decided that the universe would be a better place if, uh, half the people stopped existing. In the comics, this is basically because he is trying to woo the personage of Lady Death, which is a whole long story about how he’s in love with her. Fair enough. In the movie, however, Thanos appears to want to end half of all y’all because his own world underwent a war for resources and when they ended half their people, everything was totally a🌄ll right. So he did it to everywhere else.

Unfortunately, Thanos assumes that it will work for the rest of the universe. And that’s just ridiculous. First,𒁏 it’s a basic ecological fact that life grows to meet available resources. If Thanos eliminated half of everyone so people would have more resources, then he could just wait a few years before he had to do it all again. Because let’s face it, people repopulate, and they can do it very quickly when there’s enough room. All Thanos did was create a lot of room.

But it makes even less sense than that. Because another thing that happens with a lot of extra resources is war. All the species would start competing for those resources, and start building more weapons, and w𝓰ell, na💖ture isn’t helped much by nuclear war. If you remove a random half of an ongoing battle, the battle still goes on - just with a lot more confusion. The truth is, Thanos wasn’t saving anything because life goes on.

16 Who Ma💦de The Infinity Gauntlet?

Let’s think about this for a minute. The gauntlet is , which are concentrated leftovers from creation, the ultimate elements of all existence. So, uh, how did anyone ever create a gauntlet to hold them all together and combine their powers? There’s not really any clues provided as to who precis♛ely forged the Infinity Gauntlet – in fact, it seems obvious that no living species could have. The power would be beyond any known people, and that’s sort of the point. There’s also no sign that any particular god of all existence or being cr🎉eated the Gauntlet (and such beings aren’t even mentioned in the MCU, anyway).

Some may try to argue that the Asgardians created the Gauntlet because it was first seen in the MCU in Odin’s treasury room. However, fans will also remember that in Thor: Ragnarok, that Hela walked through the treas🀅ury on her way to get the eternal fire. She easily proclaimed the gauntlet there to be “fake” and she would probably be the one to know since she had been born before the treasury was made.

So the🌸 Infinity Gauntlet should have been impossible to make, and yet, it exists. It combines the powers of Gems that ಞare the most powerful things in existence, but we don’t know how. Yeah, it’s sort of an open question.