Seeking to understand a movie-plot better or to clear confusion about certain aspects.
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Why doesn't Sam use his ability to move things to open the door?
new user here with my first question.
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 ...
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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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How did Angier know not to appear in The Prestige?
In The Prestige, the secret to Angier's 'disappearing man' trick is that he is effectively cloned while teleporting, and the original Angier is drowned when disappearing under the stage.
When Alfred ...
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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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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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Does Anton Chigurh kill Carla Jean Moss?
Towards the end of No Country for Old Men, Anton Chigurh tracks down Carla Jean Moss. They are sitting in a room together and he gives her the option of heads or tails to decide her fate. Is there any ...
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How did the glove save Tony Stark?
After Tony Stark was caught in debris under the sea, Jarvis detaches the glove from the suit and takes the hand of Tony (by controlling the glove), pulling him out of his death trap.
How this is ...
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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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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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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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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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Dredd - Did Anderson actually pass?
In the 2012 movie Dredd, rookie Anderson who is a psychic is put on an assessment mission with Dredd. At the very end of the movie, Dredd states that her assessment is over and she hands her badge ...
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Religions mentioned in the “Life of Pi”
In the Movie Life of Pi, Pi wanted to believe three religions (Hinduism, Christianity ans Islam), but he is not aware of Buddhism. As I guess, in the movie the Buddhism is represented by the Buddist ...
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What was the purpose of Candie's handshake in Django Unchained?
There is a scene in Django Unchained in which Candie (Leo DiCaprio) demands that Schultz shake his hand.
Did Candie really want just a handshake or did he have something more sinister in mind?
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Was Inspector Uhl actually crazy?
In the end of Illusionist,
Are those flashbacks really what happened or is he getting crazy because of the confusing nature of the plot?
And if those flashbacks are not true, then does that mean ...
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Was the last play in The Longest Yard(2005) completely fair?
After the trick-play (Fumblerooski) to level scores against the guards, the Mean Machine go for the two-point conversion. Here, they start talking among themselves and Crewe with Scarborough to ...
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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 does Cobb use the spinning top?
In the movie Cobb (DiCaprio) tells Ariadne (Page) that the most important rule in choosing a totem is to make sure that no one else has ever touched it.
This is emphasized with flashbacks showing ...
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Why isn't Dr Bishop consulted about the disc in “The Ghost Network”?
In the episode The Ghost Network from Fringe's first season, the object that is being exchanged is some sort of a disc that is capable of storing information.
Dr Bishop has been brought into this ...
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What happend to Walt's Aztek at the end of Breaking Bad season 4?
I think one of the lesser praised characters in Breaking Bad was the Aztek walt drove the first 4 seasons. It seemed like a very purposeful bit of 'casting'.
That said, what happened to it? The ...
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In the Doctor Who episode “Blink”, why do the angel statues appear in weird places?
There are two specific scenes I'm thinking of where angel statues inexplicably appear in strange places.
The first is when Sally Sparrow is in the police depot and looks out the window and sees ...
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Why did the Senate stick around?
From the beginning of the "I find your lack of faith disturbing" scene in "A New Hope":
"The rebellion will continue to get support in the Imperial Senate.."
"The Imperial Senate will no longer be ...
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With a million years with them, how did they ever managed to almost die?
I the movie, In Time, the main characters stole a million years but still how did they manage to almost die at the last part of the movie?
Or, why did they ever put themselves in such a position that ...
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How did Fred (mannequin) move outside the store?
Remember Fred?
This is the scene.
Any idea how did Fred get there in the first place?
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Where did Tron Legacy take place?
In the movie Tron Legacy, Sam Flynn finds his fathers computer still running in the old arcade. After typing on the keyboard he triggers the digitizer and is transported to the grid.
Where is the ...
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In the movie Cowboys and Aliens what did the aliens need all the gold for?
As the title says, in the movie it was said by one of the characters that the aliens valued gold as rare as us Humans, but it did not state a reason why they went to so much trouble to get or what ...
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Why was the surgery pod configured only for men in Prometheus?
In Prometheus, when Shaw touch the surgery-pod Vickers warned her not to touch it because it is rare and so expensive, but i could not understand why the operating pod was made for a male, but the ...
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How did the T-Rex kill everyone on the boat?
In Jurassic Park: The Lost World, a T-Rex is captured from the island, sedated, and put on a boat for the mainland. During the trip to the mainland, the T-Rex got free and killed everyone. When the ...
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Why does Neo's cubicle not look like the workplace of a programmer?
The Matrix is not a movie with an overdose of realism.
But parts of it take place in the normal "real" world. We see Neo at work in his software company in his cubicle before the Agents come to his ...
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What's the purpose of the cube?
I've just watched a sci-fi horror movie called Cube. It was pretty awesome, as well as it left a lot of questions unanswered. However, the one that frustrated me a lot was, the Cube's purpose. I mean, ...
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What did Griffin show the Colonel to convince him in Men in Black 3?
I'm wondering what exactly is shown to the colonel by Griffin near the end of Men in Black 3 (MIB3).
I don't remember exactly what the colonel answered when J asked him what he saw, but it was pretty ...
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What happened to the last of the sins in Se7en?
I have watched Se7en and followed Gluttony, Greed, Sloth and Lust. But I couldn't place the events of the other sins: Envy, Wrath and Pride.
Please provide some light on these. I am really ...
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In Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, why do the students want his attention?
Early on in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Indy is seen leaving his class at Barnett College to go to his office. When he gets there, his outer office is filled with student's clamoring for Dr. ...
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Explanation for the ending of Super 8
Can someone explain the ending of Super 8 to me by helping out with the following queries?
What caused all the metal to be attracted towards the water tower?
Why in the world did the military leave ...
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What is the history between Little Bill and English Bob in Unforgiven?
In Unforgiven, it's understandable why Little Bill beat up English Bob--because he wanted to scare off anyone else who would come to collect the reward from the women and also keep aside the Big ...
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How was Andy Dufresne able to dig the tunnel for many years without being discovered?
Andy Dufresne in Shawshank Redemption is digging the tunnel to escape through the wall of his cell. He digs slowly and desperses the excavated material in the prison yard so that it doesn't accumulate ...
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What were the car attachments/retrofits in Looper?
In Looper (2012), we see a number of "old" (for 2044) cars driving around. Many (maybe all?) have some sort of tubing running into the fuel tank. Do we have any idea what these are? I can only ...
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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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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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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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Why doesn't Andy have a dad in Toy Story?
Despite the diversity of characters filling out the cast in Toy Story, Andy's dad wasn't created. It can't be especially difficult for the filmmakers to create a dad character because they've created ...
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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 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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Did The Doctor use a full regeneration cycle?
In The Stolen Earth we witness The Doctor get fatally wounded by a Dalek's blast while reuniting with some of his companions.
They bring him into the TARDIS where he starts to regenerate. However, ...
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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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Season 5: Why does Nurse Jackie keep calling Charlie?
In Season 5, why does Nurse Jackie keep calling Charlie?
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What year was “Flight” supposed to have taken place?
At least one part of the movie "Flight" suggests its story takes place before September 11, 2001:
About 30 minutes into a flight, the pilot played by Denzel Washington exits the cockpit, goes part ...
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What was under the sink in A Tale of Two Sisters?
In A Tale of Two Sisters, during a seizure, a woman happens to see something (someone?) under the sink, and she tells her husband about it.
We later see a hand come out from under the sink, but due ...
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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 ...
