User blog comment:The Milkman/Everybody Shut Up./@comment-2250460-20120423051942/@comment-4950455-20120423074633

I disagree to a certain extent: in order for something to be a plot hole, it has to be relevant to the plot in the first place. I think it's a perfectly valid artistic decision to leave out information that's not really important for what matters in a story - those fans who care about that kind of thing can fill it in for themselves, while those who don't care won't mind either way.

I do not disagree in the slightest that the ending leaves out some absolutely essential information, and that's terrible writing. But at the same time, I think it's clear that a significant amount of supposed "plot holes" aren't really important in the first place, and can be explained by that or artistic license. Using my example from above again, I wouldn't care how Anderson got to the beam first even if there weren't infinitely bigger problems with the ending.