Seeking to understand a movie-plot better or to clear confusion about certain aspects.
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Ending scene of The Ides of March
What is the meaning of the ending scene in the movie The Ides of March
Does Stephen Meyers reveal the true story as a reply to the interviewer's question? If yes, why does he do that? There wasn't ...
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What is the Butterfly-Effect in Mr. Nobody?
In Mr. Nobody, the concept of time-travel is blended with the butterfly effect.
In the movie, when the old man tells his story as a child, he says that he chose his mommy and daddy because they would ...
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Who nukes the USA in The Divide?
In The Divide (2011), I am confused as to who nukes the USA? Was it the Arabs? Maybe the Koreans?
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Who is Mr. Gold in the movie Revolver?
I have loved the movie Revolver and I cannot control my urge of fully understand it. From what I could make out of the movie, it is purely an analogy to chess. The characters of the movie are all ...
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Does John Silver escape with *all* the gold at the end of the 1950 version of Treasure Island?
The 1950 Walt Disney version of Treasure Island ends with John Silver in a small boat, escaping treasure island alone with a chest full of treasure. The Squire, Jim Hawkins, Dr. Livesy, and the other ...
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When did Margaret Ford know she was going to kill Mike?
In House of Games, the Lindsay Crouse character (psychiatrist Margaret Ford) seems to be unaware of her being the mark until the red convertible shows up unexpectantly. She then performs a rudimentary ...
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Was the William H. Macy character part of the con?
In the David Mamet movie House of Games, Mike (Joe Mantegna) lures Margaret Ford (Lindsay Crouse) into their circle by proving a small con at the Western Union Office. He explains that the basic idea ...
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Did Harvey Dent know that it was Bruce Wayne who locked him up
In The Dark Knight's fundraiser scene where Bruce Wayne invites many people for Harvey's fundraiser, Joker attacks the place with his goons, looking for Harvey. When Bruce sees this, he catches Harvey ...
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Why was Anton Chigurh being arrested at the beginning of the film?
In No Country for Old Men, why was Anton Chigurh being arrested at the beginning of the film?
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In Sherlock: Study in Pink how does the choice of bottles work?
In Sherlock season 1 episode 1 the serial killer asks Sherlock to take one of two bottles. 1 bottle is ok other is bad (poisonous). Whatever bottle Sherlock takes the serial killer takes the other ...
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Henry's secret in The Time Traveler's Wife
In the movie The Time Traveler's Wife, shortly after Henry meets Clare for the first time, Clare spends the night at Henry's. Following morning she finds a lipstick in Henry's bathroom, and when Henry ...
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Does Vinay know Anjali before meeting her at the jewellary shop?
At the beginning of famous Indian movie Jewel Thief(1967),
Vinay (Dev Anand) is seen going to a Jewellery Shop & talking to the owner about employment.After being rejected, he steps out of the ...
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Who stands at the top of the mountain in The End (Fin)?
In The End (Fin), the main characters see a person standing at the top of a mountain. They shout and wave at them, but the person doesn't react and leaves a few seconds later. We know it's not Angel, ...
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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. ...
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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 did Peaches' mom hang on the tree in Ice Age4?
Ice Age: Continental Drift, in the middle of the movie Peaches' mom asked Peaches to go to sleep. Then, she hung on the tree. This particular scene was quite strange and confused me pretty badly, ...
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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 did Carl Allen decided to go show of Yes Man?
Although Carl Allen(Jim Carrey) was saying no to everything. Why did Carl Allen decided to go show of Yes Man? What instance made him to go to that show?
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why did Silva steal the hard drive in Skyfall?
At the start of Skyfall Bond is chasing down the hard drive which contains all the names of agents under cover.
Then later on in the film you find out that Silva is actually a genius hacker and he ...
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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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How did Batman survive when he was stabbed?
Near the end of The Dark Knight Rises, Batman was stabbed by Miranda. After a while Batman took his bat and flew away to detonate the bomb. Then at the end of the movie he was at the dining table with ...
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Why doesn't anything happen to Sam after the lightning hit him?
In "Moonrise Kingdom", why doesn't anything happen to Sam after lightning hits him?
The next scene shows that he is covered in black dust but other than that he doesn't seem to be hurt at all.
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Is the time loop on the cruise ship a second timeline in Triangle?
In Triangle, at the start when Jess arrives at the boat for the "first" time, is this the start of the continuation of the ending scene.
It's known that the cruise ship and any surroundings after ...
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Why is it impossible for women to impregnate on the Island and survive the whole pregnancy?
Claire was able to give birth on the Island because she had conceived her child off the Island. However, no women who was impregnated on the Island could complete the term / give birth, and all died.
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What is the Traitor's Motive?
In the movie Air Force One the terrorists use the help of a traitor from inside the crew/staff. But what was his motivation for helping the terrorists?
This is really a key development in the movie. ...
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Why did the ring affect Frodo so much and not Bilbo?
Every time Frodo put on the ring the Eye of Sauron could see where he was and almost see into his soul as well. Frodo appeared to suffer hugely when he put the ring on.
Bilbo was able to turn ...
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How did Tracy win the gun battle with her android duplicate?
Near the end of the 1976 film Futureworld Tracy Ballard, the female reporter, is in a stand-off with her android double, each holding a gun. The android was made as an exact duplicate, and they ...
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How did Sara know what a Looper was?
In Looper (2012), Joe starts explaining time travel to Sara, and she says "You're a looper?" How did she know what a Looper was? What was her previous tie to the criminal world?
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Adolf Hitler using the technology in the phone to win a war?
In the television series, Misfits, S03E04, how did Adolf Hitler actually use the technology present in the cell phone to win the war?
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What kind of pills was Tommy Riordan taking?
In the movie 'Warrior', we see Tommy taking pills and he is later forced to give them up by his father after requesting his help in the training for the tournament 'Sparta'.
So, what are these pills ...
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Where are Frodo, Gandalf and the others going at the end and why?
First of all, I haven't read the book (shame on me).
I remember one of the last scenes of Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King shows Frodo, Gandalf, Bilbo and some others leave by ship.
Where ...
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Angier actually British?
In the Prestige, when the identity of Lord Caldlow is revealed to be Angier, he speaks with a British accent instead of the American accent he's used all film. Which is the real voice?
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Why does Ginger use DEA as her cover in Swordfish?
For a movie about hacking, technology, terrorism and patriotism, why in the world does Ginger use DEA as her cover when talking to Stan?
DEA - Drug Enforcement Agency. The movie never once mentions ...
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How does Cohagen track Quaid after the bug is removed?
After watching both Total Recall versions back to back I was struck by by a very similar anomaly.
In both movies Quaid starts out bugged so Cohagen's people can track him (in the Arnie version he ...
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In the 2012 movie Compliance why was the maintenance man the only one with sense?
Sandra, the manager, and several employees went along with a man on the phone and put Becky through a strip search ordeal. Why was the maintenance man, Harold, who came in later in the day, the only ...
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Did Bond sleep with Eve?
In Skyfall, during the scene before Bond visits the casino in Macau, when Eve shaves him, it is not completely clear to me if they sleep with each other afterwards, although the atmosphere between ...
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Why E.T. moves towards Yoda like kid calling “Home Home”?
In the 1982 classic, E.T., when Elliot and Mike take E.T. out on Halloween, E.T. sees people dressed up in bizzarre costumes, but when a kid dressed up like Yoda walks aside, E.T is seen rushing ...
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Was Trevor really insomniac for a year?
I've just recently watched The Machinist and in the whole movie only once I heard that Trevor Reznik said he hasn't slept for a year. Was this really the case or he just imagined he hasn't slept in a ...
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How does Batman know to rescue Selina Kyle outside the home of John Daggett?
In The Dark Knight Rises, Selina Kyle enters the home of John Daggett to confront his henchman for a copy of software she had been promised that would erase her name and criminal record from every ...
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Based on true story?
Recently I saw film Fire in the Sky. At the beginning it was written:
Based On a True Story
Does it mean that Travis Walton was really abducted by aliens?
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How does Clarice know “Jack Gordon” was actually the real Buffalo Bill?
In The Silence of the Lambs, Mr. Crawford told Agent Starling the subject's name is Jamie Gumb, also known as John Grant and traced out the place of the subject. But she went to Jack Gordon's house. ...
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What is the past history between Gandalf and Bilbo?
At the beginning of The Hobbit, when Gandalf and Bilbo meet the first time, Bilbo says he doesn't remember his past meeting with Gandalf and only remembers him for his fireworks, but Gandalf talks ...
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How did Rose make Jack immortal?
In the finale of the first season of the revamped Dr. Who, we see Rose absorb the Time Vortex of the TARDIS and uses this power to not only evaporate the Daleks, but revive Jack.
Due to this process, ...
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What detail should I be looking for in Leonard in Memento to determine the plot?
I have watched Christopher Nolan's Memento more than once and I still can't get the real thing that happened. Yes I get that the movie is shown backwards, but it really confuses me.
I understand that ...
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On “Mad Men”, why did Don Draper steal the identity of his fellow soldier?
In the first season of Mad Men, it is revealed that Don Draper was born Richard Whitman, but stole the identity "Don Draper" from a fellow soldier who died in Korea. The other soldier's body was not ...
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Were the 5 men indicted for murder?
I recently saw, 30+ years after my first viewing, the 1968 Truffaut classic La mariée était en noir, starring Jeanne Moreau as the avenging bride Julie Kohler. There's something in the plot that I ...
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Why did Paul return from the darkness?
During the beginning of the movie, Paul ends up disappearing into the darkness like most everyone else. However, Luke ends up finding him, pretty beat up, in a bus stop lit by solar powered lights. ...
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How did The Doctor revert his aging?
In the third season finale of the revamped Dr. Who, The Doctor gets aged about 900 years into a small little creature of a Time Lord.
However, Martha is able to help him counteract this process by ...
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Explanation of the ending of Frozen Day
I recently watched Frozen Day, an Israel movie where a woman survives a suicide bombing. She later visits the hospital and identified her friend who is in a coma. She started living in his apartment ...
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Why did they start killing people?
In the movie The Wild Hunt, after a series of incidents occur with the girl that the shaman likes, they end up kidnapping her and make her wear the skull mask. After she puts on the skull mask she ...
