Seeking to understand a movie-plot better or to clear confusion about certain aspects.
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In “12 Monkeys” is Jeffrey involved in the virus plot or just the animal-release plot?
I love "12 Monkeys" and have seen it a dozen times. Still I can't figure out if Jeffrey Goines is working in conjunction with redheaded scientist to destroy mankind, or if Jeffrey's only plan was to ...
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Rookie Anderson's initial evaluation of Dredd
During the scene chief judge introduces Dredd to rookie Anderson, this conversation ensues.
Chief judge: Rookie Anderson what can you tell me about the person I am with?
Rookie: Male, another ...
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How does Bane know that Batman is Bruce Wayne?
In The Dark Knight Rises, when Catwoman (Selina) brings Batman to Bane's place, she trapped him in Bane's place, after a short while Bane came and called Batman by his real name, Bruce Wayne. I was ...
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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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Why is being a hybrid a curse?
In Vampire Diaries S02E21 and also a few near-by episodes, it is said that Klaus is cursed - as he is both a Vampire and a Werewolf and more powerful than both.
How is it a curse and not a blessing?
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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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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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What is the meaning of the Donnie Darko like Rabbit figure in Sexy Beast
In the excellent film Sexy Beast we see a figure dressed in a rabbit outfit similar to the one from Donnie Darko and I wanted to know the significance of this. It appears many times during the film in ...
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Why does Aaron Cross lie about being out of medication?
The movie Bourne Legacy starts with Aaron Cross climbing over the mountains until he reaches a rest station occupied by another agent.
When Aaron Cross first meets the agent he tells him he lost his ...
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Understanding the final twist in Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
Since this is a question about a spoiler, I'm hoping I don't actually have to use spoiler markup.
Near the end of the movie Flying Swords of Dragon Gate one extra twist is thrown into the mix. The ...
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What happened to the bodies in American Psycho?
Towards the end of the movie, we see Patrick Bateman in an apartment full of dead bodies. He ends up confessing what he's done to his lawyer. Later he goes back to the apartment, only to find the ...
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Why did Grandfather insist on Albert knowing Emilie's name before giving him the horse?
Towards the end of the film "War Horse," Albert is attempting to bid on the horse, Joey, before it is auctioned off by the military. Also present at the auction is Emilie's grandfather (unnamed), who ...
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Reference for 'headlight eyes' in Cars 2?
While watching Cars 2 (again) with my son yesterday, I was struck by the scene in which Mater meets a 'headlight seller' in the Parisian marketplace.
In the scene, he approaches a car which appears ...
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What happens with Chuck and Sarah?
I just saw the final episode of Chuck and I'm quite touched by the end. I assume it all ends well since Alex and Morgan are moving in together, Elli and Devon are moving to Chicago and it seems like ...
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In Oblivion how does Julia get pregnant?
At the end of the film, after Beech and Tech 49 Jack sacrifice themselves and destroy the ship Julia is then seen with a child (who looks about 3 years old). She is then re-introduced to Tech 52 Jack ...
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K-Pax ending explanation
In K-Pax, there are two possible explanations:
Prot is crazy.
He is truly an alien.
There are facts that indicate 1, but also 2.
Examples:
He seems to respond to hypnosis, has a sort of phobia ...
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Why did these 'creatures' fight each other?
[Source]
In The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, after Bilbo and the Dwarves leave Rivendell they encounter
Three(?) Stone Giants who punch and throw rocks at each other.
It appeared like they ...
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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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Differences in plot or character among Game of Thrones TV adaptation and book
I have not read the Game of Thrones books.
But at the same time I have heard of people complaining that there has been deviation from the plot and a lot of characters merit more development and ...
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Was “Hanna Schmitz” responsible for the death of 300 people in “The Reader ”?
Couple of months back I watched The Reader. In that movie, Hanna Schmitz was sentenced to life imprisonment because of her role in the death of 300 victims. But I could not understand whether she ...
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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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Why did the federal police come to arrest Quaid and why was the operator at Recall killed?
Why did the federal police come to arrest Quaid suddenly? They should not have arrested him because everything was going according to their plan. First I thought, the man in the Recall might have ...
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What legends or stories is Hero (2002) based on?
I heard from someone Chinese that she was surprised that anyone in the US was interested in Hero (the 2002 film) at all, since it relied so heavily on Chinese stories...stories that Chinese people ...
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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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What does the ending of The Tree of Life mean?
At the end of the movie, adult Jack (Sean Penn) wanders through a wasteland, goes through a doorway and ends up on a beach. There he shares the screen with his father (Brad Pitt) and Mrs. O’Brien ...
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Why did Gus kill Victor in Breaking Bad?
In Season 4 episode 1 "Box cutter", Gus kills Victor. Why does he do this? What does he gain from it other than scaring Walt and Jessie? Or is making them fear him his only motive?
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Did Officer Jim Kurring know that Claudia was a drug addict?
A while back I had a small debate with someone about whether Jim knew Claudia was addicted to drugs and needed help. My interpretation was that he did know and felt he could be her "knight" because ...
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Significance of the Owl in “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
There's a scene in "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" where Prideaux (Mark Strong) is in the class room teaching, then suddenly an owl pops out of the fireplace. Prideaux quickly dispatches it. Later on, in ...
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What wrong did Tobin Frost do?
By the end of Safe House, I was led to think that Tobin Frost (Denzel Washington) was the good guy. That belief was challenged when he asked the other (good) guy to be better than him. Now, I am not a ...
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What happened to Thomas Granger?
In Primer there is a secondary character named Thomas Granger that the two main characters Aaron and Abe come in contact with. Apparently he is the father of Abe's girlfriend Rachel and is head of ...
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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 is the opening quote from movie Apocalypto related to the movie?
Before starting of the movie "Apocalypto" it shows the quote:
A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within. - Will Durant
How is it related to the ...
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Captain Miller's thought process in Private Ryan “School Teacher” scene?
As Captain Miller says to "gear up" after releasing the hostage, one of the sub-ordinates refuses. What I am trying to understand is what the movie was trying to portray in that minute or so when ...
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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 was Beca's riff-off considered invalid?
A couple of days ago I watched this new musical comedy, Pitch Perfect. Here's one question that puzzles me: Why was Beca's riff-off considered invalid? What "it" did they need to match and how? I've ...
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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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How did “Jack” (the narrator) manage to attract people to join Fight Club by beating himself up?
In Fight Club "Jack" (the narrator) and Tyler Durden pick a fight behind the bar and through that fight they manage to attract people to first join the fight and then after founding Fight Club, to ...
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What if there was no storm?
Relating to this question: Explain the exploding pipe in The Shawshank Redemption. In that scene Andy is timing his strikes on the sewage line to the match the lightning strikes (shouldn't it be the ...
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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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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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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 the big year record not accurate?
At the end of The Big Year (2011), Kenny Bostick does a big year and finishes with 755 bird species. After watching the film, I checked Wikipedia for Big year and reached the following information:
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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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What is the purpose or message behind the dog figurine that Bond receive in Skyfall?
When Bond open the package and is given the porcelain bulldog figurine, he smiles as if he understands the meaning of this figurine.
During the movie, we can see the camera focusing three times on ...
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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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Did Col. Landa actually recognize Shosanna?
In the first part of the movie he kills her family and she escapes. He is known as the Jew Hunter and never lets any Jews escape him. Later when he meets her under her assumed name Emmanuelle he makes ...
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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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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 ...
