Breaking down a film to understand underlying concepts and character portrayals and the different interpretations within a film.
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Why does the Driver not have a name?
Something just occurred to me, for the life of me, I cannot remember the Driver's name. I am sure this guy does not have a name for the whole movie. Someone had to call out to him.
I have heard him ...
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Why did Ricky's dad kick him out?
In the movie American Beauty, towards the end of the movie a scene happens which leads Ricky's father to believe that he was gay. He confronts Ricky and Ricky lies to him, telling him that he is gay. ...
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In Sherlock: The hound of Baskervilles: Why does Watson call Sherlock, 'Spock'?
Sherlock describes his feelings about not being able to distance himself from his latest felt feeling, fear and he says
The grit on the lens, fly in the ointment
To which, Dr Watson replies
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Why did Joshua go to Murtaugh's house instead of fleeing?
During Lethal Weapon, after Riggs and Murtaugh escape their captives after being tortured, Riggs chases down Joshua, the mercenary, but he gets away. Joshua then proceeds to go to Murtaugh's house, ...
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What is the significance of exchanging names at the end of 12 Angry Men?
Throughout the film 12 Angry Men (1957) (as well as the other plays and films, I assume) the jurors do not know each other by name, only number. That is until the final scene when jurors 8 (the ...
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Why does Banner finally allow the Hulk to come out?
During the course of the Avengers, you see Mr Banner talk about his alter ego as just another entity inside of himself. Afraid, reluctant and very much un-willing to let him out, even if it means his ...
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What does the origami represent in Blade Runner?
Throughout Blade Runner we see Gaff (Edward James Olmos) making origami figures at various points in the movie. He makes a chicken, matchstick men and at the end of the film there is a unicorn waiting ...
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What is Scott Pilgrim's motivation for fighting Gideon the second time?
After his demise to Gideon towards the end of the movie. Scott is trapped in the deserted sub-space world, left to contemplate his mistakes for, seemingly, eternity.
However, he suddenly remembers ...
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How do the differences between the replicants and Deckard evolve in Blade Runner?
In Blade Runner, replicant detection occurs via the subject's ability/inability to show advanced emotion. But early in the movie Deckard starts off as emotionless as the replicants.
How do the ...
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Why did Hendricks jump from the parking structure at the end of the fight scene in MI4?
In Mission:Impossible-Ghost Protocol, at the last fight scene, Ethan and Hendricks were in a parking structure and Ethan was trying to get that brief case which contains the Satellite launch terminal.
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Is there an explination for which emotions and senses are connected?
In the movie Perfect Sense a strange disease robs the people of their senses, one after the other. Just before a sense is going away the people have a strong emotion. They are coupled as follows:
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Are Teletubbies prisoners?
Even though they seem happy during the show, at many times they are following commands from the voice-over ("show Tinky Winky the bowl"). They also seem to obey the wind mill when it starts spinning, ...
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What is the relationship between the three intertwined stories of The Fountain?
In The Fountain (2006) there are three separate but related stories told in parallel--Imperial Spain, present day, and .. um, space bubble. Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz play the leading lad & ...
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Is there real connection between The Machinist and Dostoyevsky's books?
I've asked myself why the imaginary co-worker of Reznik in The Machinist (2004) is called Ivan, and why Reznik himself reads "The Idiot".
According to Wikipedia, Ivan is reference to "The Brothers ...
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Is Ferris Beuller's Day Off intentionally inspired by Blues Brothers?
I saw Blues Brothers for the first time last night and I couldn't help but see many parallels between in and Ferris Beuller's Day Off. Both plots feature an adventure in the city of Chicago. There are ...
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Why is Walt special?
In Lost, there are countless mysteries, but one that started in the beginning of the series has struck my mind recently and my research cannot bring anything up.
Walt Lloyd, Michael's son who he ...
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Why did Nolan choose “Non, je ne regrette rien” as a kick song in Inception?
Can someone explain to me the reason behind Christopher Nolan choosing Edith Piaf's Non, je ne regrette rien as a kick song in Inception?
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Which was the first movie with alternate ending?
Was "The Game of Death(1978)" the first movie with alternate ending?
In Game of Death,
after Billy was attacking Dr. Land, he falls from the rooftop. The police arrest Billy and the ambulance takes ...
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What is the implicit meaning of Mal's riddle in Inception?
You're waiting for a train. A train that will take you far away. You
know where you hope this train will take you, but you don't know for
sure. But it doesn't matter, because we'll be together.
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How did Saito know he was under attack by extractors Cobb and Arthur in Inception?
In the train scene, when Saito was having information extracted by Cobb, the extraction team were using a two layer dream. In the first layer of the dream Saito knew that he was in a dream because of ...
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Would a psychopath create a false positive Voight-Kampff test result?
The Voight-Kampff test (the so-called "empathy test") in the film has been bothering me for some time...
It is acknowledged in the film that the test can give a false negative - Rachael would have ...
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Why do many of the Hollywood horror movies use a mirror as a ghost's sign?
I've seen lot of Hollywood horror movies, and most of the directors using a mirror as a ghost's sign or ghosts using mirror as a medium to talk with humans. I couldn't understand what would be the ...
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What was Nicholas Van Orton's real birthday date in “The Game”?
In The Game, There are two dates mentioned as Nicholos' birthday.The first one is October 11th, which is mentioned while Nicholas and Conrad has a chat at the hotel.
Conrad: and all the sudden it ...
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What is the Significance of the Sound Amplification in George Valentin's nightmare?
In the nightmare in the middle of the film, George Valentin experienced a sort of sound amplification in his changing room. For example, some sounds got extremely louder when he put down his glass, ...
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Which film was the first to show us the face of God?
There have been a lot of greek myth Gods depicted in film. Which film was the first to show us the face of the Christian God Jehovah?
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What happens to Jane's BMW in Mr.Brooks?
In Mr.Brooks, what happens to Jane's BMW?
When Earl asked about the BMW she replied,
A friend's going to drive it up. It'll be here next weekend.
Again, when the cops asked about the BMW she ...
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Why does the cowboy stab the woman in Unforgiven?
In Unforgiven,Why does the cowboy stab the woman in the beginning of the movie?
Was he crazy?
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Why does Mr. Brooks call Atwood?
Recently i've watched the movie named Mr.Brooks.
It was a wonderful movie with lots of twists and it
certainly has its fair share of
suspense and violence.
But i don't understand, Why does ...
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What do the colours in the different areas in The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover signify?
Peter Greenaway's art house epic The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover was adored by many critics but never got a wide audience. The movie is set in various rooms of a restaurant frequented by a ...
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What is Belgravia in 'a Scandal in Belgravia'?
The title of the 1st episode on Season 2 of Sherlock, the TV-series is A scandal in Belgravia. What is Belgravia?
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Why is the blog text removed over Bull's head in Sherlock : A scandal in Belgravia?
In the episode A scandal in Belgravia (Sherlock season 2 episode 1), when Dr. Watson is blogging and his blog text is shown to the viewers overlaid on the wall of 221B, Baker St., why is the text that ...
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How to describe Elsa Schneider in Indiana Jones Last Crusade?
Elsa is a very detailed character for the role she plays.
She is secretly a Nazi
Is constantly around Indiana
Gets violent with Indiana but kisses him
When Indiana finds her with book again Elsa ...
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Why did Terry Gilliam include Jeffrey as a character in Twelve Monkeys?
The movie La jetée has already the story of 12 Monkeys, including also key-settings like the airport and the mall. But there is one big difference in 12 Monkeys to the older movie: Terry Gilliams ...
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What fills the void left by the lack of character development in Inception?
Most of the characters excluding Cobb and his wife, do not have very developed roles. The roles are actually shallow and it is at times hard to see the motivation behind characters to do what they do.
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