Seeking to understand a movie-plot better or to clear confusion about certain aspects.
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Why did Stiles share his secret with Ms. Morrell in season 2?
Near the end of season 2 in Teen Wolf (TV Series), Stiles shared the story of his friends with Ms. Morrell, even the secrets he never told to anyone else. So why did he share it with a person like ...
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How could Andy Dufresne do so much after his escape without being caught?
At the end of The Shawshank Redemption movie Andy Dufresne escapes from the prison in the night, then during the next day he uses his fake identity and runs several banks, gets a convertible car and ...
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Why would Randall be out of a job?
In Monsters Inc. Boo fights back against Randall and gives Sulley a chance to grab him by the throat and restrain him. Boo roars at Randall as Sulley holds him and Sulley says something like:
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Breathing issues?
I don't quite understand the breathing issues Superman had on Zod's ship. Specifically in the context of the fact that he doesn't strictly need to breath to stay alive. This is shown when they were ...
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Why can Victor suddenly control his transformation?
During the course of Fantastic Four Victor von Doom slowly mutates into some kind of metallic creature being able to shoot lightnings (and thus becomes Dr. Doom), a transformation that is completed at ...
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What is Superman's costume doing in a 20,000 year old ship?
In the movie Man of Steel Superman somehow finds his iconic costume in the 20,000 year old ship, which looks more modern than the dress that Jor-El wore. And it bears the symbol of his House. Can ...
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Growth of Kryptonian powers
I'm struggling to understand how Kryptonian powers develop as they spend time on earth.
It took Clark years to discover his powers, yet when he's fighting the two Kryptonian warriors they appear just ...
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Plot behind Ros and Joffrey
At the end of Season 3 Episode 8, we see the prostitute Ros tied to the bedpost, her body riddled with arrows and Joffrey seated on a couch holding the long-bow.
Although we are well aware of ...
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In “Les diaboliques”, how does Christina feign death?
At the end of Les diaboliques (1955), it is very likely that Christina is still alive: she was seen by one of the children and even gave him back his toy. This means she simulated her dying of a heart ...
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What does the song “Rains Of Castamere” signify?
Is there any special meaning or occasion associated with the song?
SPOILERS AHEAD
So am beginning to assume theres some background involved with song. Is there?
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Who is the copycat in the Hannibal series?
I have just finished the pilot of Hannibal. My question is: Is Hannibal the copycat? Did he call the killer of empathy or what? Was the killer a cannibal too, given that he returned the victim because ...
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Why didn't the Vulcan nerve pinch work?
During the final fight sequence between Spock and Khan. Spock applies the Vulcan nerve pinch to Khan, who lets out a scream of pain but doesn't collapse.
Why didn't the nerve pinch work?
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Why did Gandalf only take out his magic powers against the Balrog?Why not before?
Could he have used that kind of firepower earlier to the Fellowship's benefit?
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Does anyone know of a movie similar to Meet Joe Black? [duplicate]
I have searched online and found little or no joy with the recommendations of similar movies to the plot/storyline of Meet Joe Black. I love the concept of Meet Joe Black, 'Death' coming to live among ...
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Why is it called John Dies at the End?
The 2012 adaptation of David Wong's "John Dies at the End" ends without John dying at the end at all. While the core of the film espouses the belief that time is not linear, the word "end" suggests ...
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Why exactly did Summer break up with Tom?
In '500 Days of Summer', we see that Tom & Summer are having good time together, until one day they go to see the movie, 'The Graduate'. During the movie we see that Summer cries profusely. After ...
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How come the Precogs can't prevision the murder of Agent Danny Witwer in the film Minority report?
I just watched the film Minority Report and I didn't understand one thing. Through out the film, the Precogs prevision any murder that is going to be happened in the city. But in the film I saw ...
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Why doesn’t Shosanna try to kill Fredrick?
When Shosanna (as Emmanuelle) shot Fredrick down, she takes a quick look at the screen where she can see a scene with Fredrick (the actor). When she looks back at Fredrick, she recognizes that he ...
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How was Utivich captured?
From Wikipedia:
At the premiere, Landa, who can speak Italian, is not fooled and sees von Hammersmark privately. He makes her wear the shoe, which fits, and strangles her to death, then orders ...
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Is this character really a bad guy?
I've watched STID recently and couldn't help but notice that Benedict Cumberbatch's character is not really that bad as they make it seem.
Sure in another dimension he was one of Kirk's greatest ...
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At the beginning of the movie, why did little William and Duke Hammond assume that Snow White was dead?
They really wrote her off rather thoughtlessly, no? Why not work hard to figure out for sure that she's dead?
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In “Mystic River” how come no one mentioned the second murder?
Mystic River is set in a Boston community which is rocked by the fatal shooting of a young woman. Everyone begins to suspect Dave, who was seen with the victim before the murder and then came home ...
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Why does deliberately causing a coolant leak in main engineering NOT result in catastrophic destruction of the ship?
In Star Trek: Generations, it was this very thing that destroyed the stardrive section of the Enterprise-D. As soon as LaForge recognized that a coolant leak had occurred, he evacuated Engineering ...
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Did James May, Richard Hammond and Jeremy Clarkson really find out the source of the river Nile in BBC TopGear?
Did they?
In season 19, the African Special, they go on to find the true source of the river Nile theorizing that Lake Victoria isn't the actual source as experts suggest but even farther east ...
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Why did Frodo need to go it alone, leaving Aragorn and Legolas behind?
Why does Frodo have to fly solo without the others at the end of The Fellowship of the Ring? Especially Aragorn and Legolas both seem like incredible assassins/bodyguards and basically immune to the ...
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What is the history of Aragorn?
In The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring why was Aragorn an exile at the beginning? Did a certain event cause him to become an exile?
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Why doesn't Sam use his ability to move things to open the door?
In "Ghost," we see that Sam has learned how to manipulate objects in the physical world. But near the end, when Oda Mae comes to Molly's apartment to run from Carl, we see her begging Molly to unlock ...
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Was Cobb really stuck in the dream world at the end? [duplicate]
In the movie Inception, at the end, the spinning top is shown to be spinning at the end just before the screen goes blank. But another person told me that the top wasnt even Cobb's totem, it is his ...
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In The Prestige, did Angier know that Borden was backstage at his final magic show?
I recently rewatched The Prestige and find this question to be central to understanding the plot. In the final narration Cutter seems to be challenging the audience to discover a further, hidden ...
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How did the Stark family capture the Lannister family's children?
In the season 3 of "game of throne",
I didn't understand that how stark family got Lannister family's two little children as prisoner?
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How did Tony fix himself by the end of Iron Man 3?
Tony had a shrapnel in him which the electro-magnet in his chest(powered by the miniature arc reactor) kept from reaching his heart. Tony never took any attempts to remove that shrapnel in Iron Man 1 ...
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Why didn't Peter pick up Syler's ability earlier?
Later in the series, Peter visits Syler to learn his ability, but Peter comes into contact with Syler on multiple occassions in the first season, but never picked up his ability. Is there something ...
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Why did Marcellus Wallace throw Tony Rocky Horror out of a window?
In Pulp Fiction, Jules and Vincent discuss the rumour that Marcellus Wallace has thrown Tony Rocky Horror out of a window (causing Tony to develop a speech impediment). It's rumoured that Marcellus ...
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In Star Trek Into Darkness who was the saboteur?
When the Enterprise is on it's way to Kronos it drops out of warp because of some unknown leak in the core. At first it's implied that it's the torpedoes (which it wasn't because they were not even ...
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Where did the jewelry go?
In the movie "Robot and Frank," Frank steals valuable jewelry with the help of a household robot. He hides the loot well enough that the police can not find it and he escapes punishment. At the end of ...
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Did Billy really play Myra in Hans's vision?
In the movie Seven Psychopaths in the night Hans is high on peyote he has a vision of his late wife Myra telling him that there is no heaven and that she's just sitting in a completely grey room, ...
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In “Flight” could the early trouble with turbulence have led to the crash?
The pivotal airplane voyage in the movie Flight includes an early interlude in which the airplane encounters some extreme turbulence. To get out of the turbulence, the senior pilot (played by Denzel ...
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What was wrong with Buck after his return?
In Band of Brothers, Episode 5 "Crossroads", shortly before the Battalion is called to the Ardennes, there is a scene where the soldiers are sitting a tent watching a movie.
Cpt. Winters enters and ...
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How was Daniel Lugo able to withdraw Victor Kershaw money from the bank?
In the movie Pain & Gain, How was Daniel Lugo (Mark Wahlberg) able to impersonate Victor Kershaw personality when he went into the bank in the Bahamas?
I find it hard to believe that any bank ...
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How was Daniel Lugo able to go to the Bahamas on a boat?
In the movie Pain & Gain, How was Daniel Lugo (Mark Wahlberg) able to reach the Bahamas using only a boat?
We can see clearly in the scene where the cops chase Lugo that he jumps into his boat ...
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Season 5: Why does Nurse Jackie keep calling Charlie?
In Season 5, why does Nurse Jackie keep calling Charlie?
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in 1980s “Scarface” was Omar really an informant?
"Scarface" with Al Pacino as Tony Montana features a scene where Bolivian kingpin Sosa kills Tony's colleague Omar, saying Omar was an informant.
Later, back in Miami, an angry Frank Lopez tells Tony ...
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Are there any spiders in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey?
I suffer from a severe level of arachnophobia. in the description of the movie it says:
Their journey will take them into the Wild; through treacherous lands
swarming with Goblins and Orcs, ...
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Why does the demon that possesses Regan react to the “fake” holy water
In The Exorcist, Why does the demon that possesses Regan react to the “fake” holy water sprinkled by Father Karras?
It’s hard to believe, that the demon mistakes the tap water for water blessed by a ...
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Does Chin Bo's crush also betray the rebels?
In the movie, Tai-Chi Master, does Chin Bo's crush know that he's about to betray them? Is she also in on it? She certainly looks like it during this scene:
Yet, after the betrayal, she resists his ...
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How does Borden do The Transported Man after his date with Sarah?
At the end of Alfred Borden's first date with Sarah, he asks her if he could come into her apartment for a cup of tea. When she says that the landlord would not allow it, Borden jokes that a small ...
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How could Lt. Hicox fluently speak German and then give himself away by using the wrong gesture?
In Inglorious Basterds Lt. Hicox is an English officer who speaks German fluently yet with a mild accent. Speaking a language fluently requires a lot of practice with native speakers and so spending a ...
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Who is the real villain in the TV series LOST?
They have imposed that the Man in Black is the villain whereas I feel he is more of a victim of circumstances created by Jacob and the old lady who brings them up! Jacob on the other hand causes ...
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How did the bad guy actually die?
I just watched Iron Man 3 and something confused me about the demise of the bad guy, Killian.
Towards the end of the movie Tony Stark pinned Killian to the wall with his Iron Man suit and it self ...
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Where exactly do they move to in the end?
In the movie Away We Go the couple travels all around the US, and finally they find a home that they feel suits them.
They pass a tree with strange fruit on it, like in her story of her childhood ...
