Breaking down a film to understand underlying concepts and character portrayals
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In shutter island, is Teddy aware that he's crazy?
At the ending of the movie Andrew talks to Chuck about how he thinks something 'bad' is going on on the Island, and he wants to leave it. He appears to be getting back in his old crazy character ...
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Is the pit in Dark Knight Rises a representation of Ra's Al Ghul's Lazarus pit?
Everyone familiar with Batman universe would be quite familiar with Ra's Al Ghul's Lazarus pit. Given the realism shown in the Batman movies by Nolan, for instance Bane's character and his mask. In ...
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Why is the bride's name bleeped in Kill Bill Vol 1
In the movie Kill Bill Vol.1, whenever someone mentions the bride by her name
Beatrix Kiddo
Her name is censored with a beep. Is this explained somewhere in the movie? Or is it just a signature ...
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What's the significance of Cobb's ring in Inception?
In Inception,Cobb was wearing his wedding ring in some scenes and in some scenes he doesn't. After watching the movie so many times,according to me, in every scene of a dream he was wearing his ...
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What is the main promotional image of House of Cards trying to portray?
The main promotional image of Netflix's House of Cards shows Kevin Spacy's character of Frank Underwood sitting in place of Lincoln on the Lincoln Monument against a silvery background:
What kind ...
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Why is she calling him a loser?
In the very last scene of Moneyball (2011), Billy listens to song that his daughter recorded for him while driving in his car.
She changed the lyrics in the end, singing
You're such a loser, dad,
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In “Synecdoche, New York” what is the meaning of the character name Sammy Barnathan?
Sammy Barnathan is a key character in "Synecdoche, New York," which was written and directed by Charlie Kaufman. In the interview excerpt below, Kaufman suggests that there is meaning behind the name: ...
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What is the story behind Robert Langdon's Mickey Mouse watch?
In Angels & Demons and The Da Vinci Code, movies, the character Robert Langdon(Tom Hanks) wears a Mickey Mouse watch and when somebody asks about it he never answers(or did i miss it?). The watch ...
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Did Batman break his one rule?
In the final scene of The Dark Knight, we see Batman go on a final mental barrage with the corrupted Dent. Dent, hell bent on making Batman and Gordon pay for Rachel's death, flips his trademark coin ...
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What is meaning of movie title “The Naked Gun”?
What is the meaning of the title "The Naked Gun" in the series of detective-spoof movies starring Leslie Nielsen? Is it a joke based on an existing detective movie with a similar name? Or perhaps a ...
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Who really killed Mr Brown in Reservoir Dogs?
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In the movie Reservoir Dogs Mr Brown (played by Quentin Tarantino) is found dead after Mr White (Harvey Keitel) shoots down the cops. However before the brief shoot out he was talking ...
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What is the reason for the four-way fight scene on the train?
In Hitman, after watching the four-way fight scene on the train, many questions came to mind:
What is the reason why the three agents came to kill agent 47?
Why did they point their guns at each ...
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Why did Chandler Bing get into the advertisement field?
Chandler Bing was working with a firm and then he changes his job.
Why did Chandler Bing gets into advertisement field in Friends?
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What is the device of Alex Trusks at the end of Hypercube?
Cube series are really complicated movie series.
At the end of the Hypercube, Kate gives a device some serious guys (some military guys maybe). This device was taken from Alex Trusks' neck.
What is ...
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Why was Tommy allowed to be a psychopath?
Tommy (played by Joe Pesci) is one of the most interesting characters to me in this film. His story arc starts with him being slightly off balance funny guy and a real tough guy then moves quickly ...
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Why does Bane protect the girl?
In the final twist of the movie, it is revealed that Talia is actually the one to have climbed out due to Bane helping her get up the hole.
However, Bane's pure motivation during the events of the ...
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Is Django bullet-proof or immortal?
In the Movie, Django Unchained, there is a part where Django is in a big gunfight in Candy's House, he stands up and pulls his coat off and it looks like bullets fall to the ground, couldn't quite ...
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Were parts of The Dark Knight Rises a commentary on the Occupy movement?
A fair amount of the second act of The Dark Knight Rises has a class warfare plotline. This is foreshadowed in the trailers with Selina Kyle's "there's a storm coming" monologue. Some of the ...
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Why does Bane want to destroy Gotham city?
In The Dark Knight Rises, at the end of the movie Talia said, it was her father's dream to destroy Gotham city, and I accept that any daughter who was in that situation will definitely think to ...
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Is the opening break-up scene in The Social Network intended to be humorous?
In the opening scene we have Mark and Erica talking about knowledge of people in China, SAT and Mark's infatuation with getting into the Finals Club. How is this scene humorous? Someone told me they ...
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Who is elder in Charlie and Alan?
In the TV series 'Two & a half men',Charlie and Alan are brothers, but there is no indication that who is elder. Even Wikipedia doesn't say anything about this.
I have watched only season 1.
So ...
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Did Miles Dyson kill all these policemen?
I stumbled upon this recent question about Terminator 2, in particular about the scene where Miles Dyson dies after having been wounded lethally and trying to buy time for the others by detonating a ...
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What is the significance of the hat in Miller's crossing?
Miller's crossing pays a lot of attention to Gabriel Byrne's hat.
Does it symbolize anything in the movie or have any significance to the plot or is this a bit of a red herring?
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Why the title 'Unforgiven' in the movie Unforgiven?
I just watched the 1992 film Unforgiven and I liked it a lot. But how does the title of this movie relate to its story?
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Why is Drunken Angel considered to be a masterpiece?
I watched Drunken Angel by Akira Kurosawa last night.
Though I really enjoyed the film and found it entertaining - even though it is made 60+ years ago, I could not understand why so many people ...
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Why is Donnie Darko set in the 80s?
The movie Donnie Darko is timed in the 80s (to be precise 1988), but the movie was released 2001. I can see no significance, to put it in the past. Yes, there was the presidential election, but that ...
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What is the symbolism behind the young people making out in the cemetery?
The Netflix show House of Cards is replete with symbolism throughout. While some symbolic events are more obvious (Claire observing an older woman similar to a colleague she fired struggling at a cafe ...
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Why was the movie 'Elephant' given that title?
I don't know if Gus Van Sant has admitted it but it seems clear that this movie has been inspired by the shooting in Columbine High School.
Is there a link between this event and an elephant?
Why is ...
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In Secret Window, why did the dog have to die?
In the movie Secret Window, Mort's dog Chico is found dead stabbed with a screwdriver and Mort deduces that Shooter have killed the dog (as a letter was attached to the dog's body). But later in the ...
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What did Charlie's aunt do?
I just watched the new movie with Emma Watson, "The Perks of Being a Wallflower".
The central theme of the movie is the relationship between Charlie and his aunt. He has been traumatized by her ...
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Is Independence Day a comedy spoof?
I haven't seen it since I walked out of the theater disgusted in 1996, but I've recently been wondering if the movie Independence Day was intended to be a comedy.
I was 19 then, and I went to see ...
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In Shutter Island, is there any definitive evidence that Teddy was or was not crazy?
The ending of the film Shutter Island is purposely ambiguous, with two different interpretations:
Teddy was crazy, and the whole movie was part of a role-play therapy
There is a conspiracy to ...
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Why did the Observers choose the year 2015?
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In the year 2015, the Observers invaded from the future, instituting "The Purge" and killing many humans.
Although humans continued to resist well into the year 2036, the Observers ...
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Why was Bruce Campbell in all three Spider-Man movies?
Bruce Campbell was in all three of the Sam Raimi movies, but as different bit characters in each one. Why was he used in all three movies?
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Why was Frodo so resistant to the ring?
I know, by the end, it had gotten the better of him, but the effect it had on Frodo compared to Boromir who was driven mad by it, doesn't seem fit at all.
Also Sam was carrying it for a very short ...
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Where did the river of pink slime come from?
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In the sequel the Ghostbusters discover a river of pink slime underneath Manhattan. The slime reacts to emotions, positive or negative, and can therefore be used for good or bad.
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Is there a term for the opposite of the Chuck Cunningham Syndrome?
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome refers to when a character simply disappears with no explanation and is treated in later episodes as if they never existed.
I was wondering if there was a term, maybe ...
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The bleeding man in Pi (1997)
Who is the bleeding man at the train station? He is most likely just imagined, as is so many other things in the movie (e.g. the brain), but I can't imagine what it means.
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What is the significance of the appearance of the wolf?
Near the end of Fantastic Mr. Fox, and just after the film's climax, Mr. Fox, Ash, Kristofferson and Kylie encounter a wolf. Like the scene, the wolf seemingly came randomly and out of nowhere (with ...
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Why is the ending of Forrest Gump different from the novel?
I have read the book Forrest Gump and also watched the Forrest Gump movie version. In the movie version at the end of movie,
Jenny told to Gump that she was suffering from HIV/AIDS virus then she ...
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School Custodian as All-Knowing Insider
In Mike and Molly episode “Peggy Gets a Job” (season 2, episode 8), when Peggy, Mike’s mother, gets a job at Molly’s school, she, as a support facilities personell, quickly accustoms herself with all ...
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How can the ending of “Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance” be explained?
In the end of the movie Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Park Dong-jin get's killed by the group of communists, that Yu-sun is member of. But earlier in the movie it is explained, that Yu-sun is the only ...
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Why did Mona's name change in the later part of 3 idiots?
Mona Singh, whose name is Poonam, becomes Mona in the later part of the film 3 Idiots. After squabbling with Viru Sahasrbuddhe, Rancho suddenly starts calling 'Mona Push'. AFter that everybody, ...
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Reference to the bones structure from The Venture Bros.
The creepy bones structure featured in “The Buddy System” (season 3, episode 5 of The Venture Bros.) inside the E-deb biodome, is it from somewhere else or just a random spooky totem?
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What was David's motivation in Prometheus?
For me, perhaps the most interesting person aboard the Prometheus was the android, David. I'm still confused by his seeming fascination with the movie, Lawrence of Arabia. Although I couldn't make ...
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Ending of “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans” (2009)?
I just watched "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans" and I was wondering about the ending.
Immediately after Nicholas Cage's character snorts a line from the bag of uncut heroin and sits next to ...
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What is the book that Emile Hirsch reads in “Into the Wild”?
In the film Into the Wild, Emile Hirsch keeps on reading a book at different times, such as night time. In some scenes, the cover of the book is slightly visible.
What was the book he was reading?
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Why was Teddy using Leonard in Memento?
If you can believe Teddy's lies then he was a cop who had worked on the case of the break in, attack on Leonard and rape of Leonard's wife. He then worked with Leonard and helped him track down and ...
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What was so dangerous about the listening device?
Batman has Lucius Fox man a device that monitors all of the cell phones in Gotham to give Batman an edge in his fight against the Joker. Fox is so against using this device that he says he will resign ...
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Significance of the painting in Mallory's office
In the movie Skyfall while Bond first meets Q in a museum they are watching the painting of a ship dragged by another ship and Q remarks:
Always makes me feel a little melancholy. A grand old ...
