Seeking to understand a movie-plot better or to clear confusion about certain aspects.
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Why couldn't Ocean's team show Benedict the live feed? Why was the recording needed?
In Ocean's Eleven, during the vault robbery, Terry Benedict is shown a recording of a copy of his vault with the robbery in progress. The way I understand the time line, when this was happening Ocean, ...
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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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Shutter Island - missing glass scene
In the movie Shutter Island, there is a scene where a lady during interrogation asks for a glass of water. However, when she drinks the water, there is no glass at all. A moment later and the glass ...
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Talia and Bane age problems?
Bane saved Talia when she was a baby. He was pretty old maybe in his 20s or 30s. But then she grows up and wouldn't that make Bane 60? He looks young.
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Where did the chicken come from?
During the photo-montage end credit sequence for the 2009 comedy hit, The Hangover, some light is shed on many of the unexplained occurrences that happened during that lost night.
However, I do not ...
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Why does U96 sail through the sea near Gibraltar?
In Das Boot the crew tries to dive through the sea near Gibraltar, although they know that's very risky.
Why do they do that?
What they try to achieve in the Mediterranean Sea?
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Why does Weyland have to hide that he was on the ship?
In Prometheus, for what reason did Weyland hide on the ship? When he finally revealed that he was in the ship, it turns out nothing happens, there are no particular consequences and the reason for the ...
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Why does Blake ask the salesmen if they have “Made your decision for Christ”?
During Blake's (Alec Baldwin) motivational speech to the salesmen, he explains the acronym AIDA - Attention, Interest, Decision, Action.
When it comes to 'decision', he asks "Decision. Have you made ...
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In The Hunt For Red October, how was the nuclear reactor failure simulated?
Maybe someone who read the book can answer this.
The officers of the Red October (except for the doctor) simulated a reactor failure and leak of radiation to force the crew to abandon the ship. But, ...
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Why is the Salieri-Mozart relationship projected falsely in the movie Amadeus?
Anselm Hüttenbrenner was a composer who studied with Salieri and it has been noted in Antonio Salieri and Viennese Opera and quoting him
Of Mozart, he always spoke with the most extraordinary ...
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What was the code that could have affected the outcome of “The Reichenbach Fall”?
At the end of "The Reichenbach Fall", Sherlock and Moriarty have a confrontation on the roof of the hospital. (I am not sure why Sherlock chose the roof in the first place, but that is neither here ...
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Why does the eye surgeon help Anderton
I just watched Minority Report again and I always wonder about one part of the story.
When Det. Anderton is about to get his eyes transplanted illegaly, the eye surgeon tells him, that he got ...
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Why does Thor try to break out of the cage?
In the Avengers, why does Thor desperately try to break out of the cage / box while it is falling in which he is trapped by Loki if he is a demi god and immortal? I remember Loki telling him that they ...
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At which dream level did Inception end?
In the ending of Inception, there is some doubt that Cobb is in real world. But if he is not in real world then at which level of dream he is?
Starting at the presumed starting 'real world' as the ...
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Dolores Umbridge: Misguided or Sinister?
This is an on-going debate between my husband and I stemming from our viewing of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix this weekend.
In OOTP, Umbridge really appears to be more of a misguided ...
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How does Blake know that Bruce Wayne is Batman?
In The Dark Knight Rises at the scene when Bruce first meets Blake (where the latter goes calling at Wayne Manor), the way Blake confidently asserts to Bruce that Batman is needed seems to suggest ...
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Do Frodo and Bilbo live forever at the end of the Lord of the Rings trilogy?
Elrond mentions that going to The Undying Land which is west of Middle Earth allows Elves to be immortal.
Does this apply to other creatures such as Hobbits?
I know Frodo and Bilbo Baggins go there ...
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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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Why was the kid's homework in The Dude's car after it was stolen?
It's been a little while since I've seen The Big Lebowski (1998) but I remember The Dude having a string of car problems. At one point his car is stolen for a briefcase full of money. The Dude does ...
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How long has Alice been fighting the Umbrella Corporation?
I'm looking for the in-universe answer to "How long has Alice (as Alice or her clones) been fighting against the Umbrella Corporation?"
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What goes down in final scene of “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”?
The awesome relationship movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind ends with a scene in which the two main characters are tempted to get back together but are not sure. The woman points out that ...
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Why does Don Corleone give in so easily in The Godfather?
One of the last acts of Don Corleone as Godfather is to bring back the peace by calling for a meeting of the five families. You can watch the scene here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtYjdEwa8GA
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300: What was the significance of the necklace?
At the end of the movie, when Leonidas knows he is going to die, he tells Dilios to go back and tell everybody what happened. He also takes some sort of braid or string out of the back of his hair ...
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What is Jerusalem worth?
Towards the end of the movie Kingdom of Heaven, after Balin surrenders control of Jerusalem to Saladin, he asks the question, "What is Jerusalem worth?" Is there any deeper meaning to the reply?
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What was really behind the mysterious number sequence in Lost?
4 8 15 16 23 42 - every Lost fan knows this sequence.
But even after watching the ending, I am still not sure what the numbers really mean and how it's all connected.
If I recall correctly, in the ...
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What time era is the Disney version of Beauty and the Beast meant to be set in?
The 1991 disney adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, we see several references to technology that seems out of place with the setting, including rifles and steam powered machines. It makes it hard for ...
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In Black Swan how much seduction is real?
In the film Black Swan there are a number of scenes where Nina and Thomas Leroy have a more than professional relationship. Are these real or are they part of her illness (in the same way as parts of ...
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In “Citizen Kane” does Bernstein purposely take a tumble into the newspaper office?
The "Citizen Kane" scene that shows Kane's first day at the newspaper includes a moment where Kane's assistant Bernstein enters the action by tumbling loudly into the room amid a collapsing pile of ...
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Ants and goo in Euclid?
There are scenes shown in the movie Pi which have ants and goo in the protagonist's apartment which also houses his computer Euclid. Is there any significance of these ants/goo?
Really lame pun ...
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What is the real purpose of the star map in Prometheus?
At the beginning of Prometheus, archaeologists Elizabeth Shaw and Charlie Holloway have discovered a pictogram of a very tall man pointing to a series of stars. The two archaeologists are clearly very ...
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What is the meaning of the “fly scene” in Breaking Bad?
One of the Breaking Bad episodes involves a scene with a fly. Walter is obsessed by a fly in the lab and tries to kill it in order to keep the room clean.
I was told there's a special meaning but I ...
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In “Django Unchained” what was meaning of Schultz's flashback of dogs?
Near the end of Django Unchained, Schultz has a flashback to the dog-mauling that Candie had ordered earlier in the movie. Soon after the flashback, Schultz takes his climactic action.
Did the ...
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Why does Walt want to retain Jessie as his partner?
In Breaking Bad series 3, Gus organises a whole high-tech lab so Walt can make large volumes of his high quality crystal meth. The lab comes with a competent and reliable assistant.
But Walt ...
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How did they get everyone to play along?
Shutter Island is a really fascinating, thought-through movie, but one thing never made sense to me when rewatching it, knowing the twist.
How did they manage to get everyone to play along?
With the ...
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Final Scene in Planet of the Apes (2001)
I'm confused by the final scene in the Planet of the Apes film (2001 not the recent Rise film).
Leo lands on Earth in his own time to find it run by the Apes. How does this happen?
I'm assuming ...
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Prometheus: Why did the crew take off their helmets?
These were a group of some of the brightest scientists in the world, right? So why would they decide to take off their helmets on an alien planet?
Even if things were safe, they would still be ...
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Why did the pipe explode in The Shawshank Redemption?
I have a question regarding the end of The Shawshank Redemption when Red is narrating Andy's escape - can some one explain why the pipe erupts when Andy breaks it when he is escaping from Shawshank?
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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 does Borden want to change the knot used in the trick?
Why does Borden want to change the knot used in the tank trick? Is it because he is poor at tying it?
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What is Bruce's alibi in the end?
At the end of Dark Knight Rises, we see the twist of Bruce/Batman taking the bomb himself across the sea, presumably, to sacrifice himself to keep Gotham safe.
We know this isn't the case for Bruce ...
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What was the disease Moriarty used?
In the new Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Moriarty uses a deadly disease on Irene Adler
which caused near-instant death.
What was this disease and
why didn't Moriarty use it on Watson and his ...
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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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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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Did the fuel transform Wikus, or was it something else?
In the movie District 9, Wikus van der Merwe goes through a transformation into an alien after being exposed to an alien artifact. Throughout the development of the story, it is revealed that the ...
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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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What was Holmes's original plan?
When Holmes, Watson and the Gypsies go to the arms factory, Holmes leaves Watson a note asking him to meet him at the big tower. Holmes gets captured by Moriarty and his henchmen. Watson runs into ...
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In “The Spy Who Came In From The Cold”, why let them escape?
This is one of my all time favorite movies, and I've seen it half a dozen times by now, but there's one part that always seemed a little sketchy. At the end of the movie, Leamas is let out of his ...
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In the pit in The Dark Knight Rises, where was the rope tied?
The rope hanging in the pit has the end tied up near the top of the well, or somewhere around midway. So why didn't the climbers directly used the rope to climb rather than climbing manually? Is this ...
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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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Why does Jeanie help Ferris out at the end of Ferris Bueller's Day Off?
One thing I have never understood about one of my favorite movies, "Ferris Bueller's Day Off": why does Jeanie decide to help Ferris out at the end of the movie and save him from being busted by Mr. ...
