Seeking to understand a movie-plot better or to clear confusion about certain aspects.
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What is the meaning of McCoy's reply?
At the end of the Law and Order episode "Innocence" (S20E16) A.D.A Cutter's former mentor (and opposing lawyer) reveals the secret that Cutter never made his bachelor's degree in order to discredit ...
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What is the significance of blue color in I Know Who Killed Me?
I watched the movie I Know Who Killed Me and i didn't understand the significance of blue color in the movie. It shows the blue color flowers all the time and even killer use all the blue color ...
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Why didn't Marshall and Lily receive the check?
In the television series, How I Met Your Mother, S08E11, Lily and Marshall go to the storage room of the shop of an old friend. It looks weird to them and freak out.
Their friend brings up a check ...
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What do we know of Barney's occupation?
In How I Met Your Mother, what do we know about Barney's profession except the fact that he works for GNB?
References to the show (eg. "in Season X Episode Y,") will be appreciated.
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Was there any reference to the Russian who escaped in the woods in the Sopranos?
In Season 3 of the Sopranos. Paulie and Chris let a Russian associate escape in the woods in the episode "Pine Barrens".
Was there ever any reference to the character or what happened to him in any ...
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Why does Bane wear the mask?
Throughout the movie, we're given different versions of the past. I am also not sure if it's ever made very clear why Bane wears his mask.
So, why did Bane have to wear his mask?
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What is the meaning of the Four Corners scene?
In Season 4 episode 6 Cornered, at one point, we see Skyler go the the border of four states and flip a coin. Upon seeing the coin land in one quadrant and looking frustrated, she then slides the ...
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Random bystanders helping Reacher out
During the Camaro chase scene, Reacher simply walks out of his moving car and joins a crowd waiting for a bus (or possibly a tram) while the police converge on the still moving vehicle. Why does ...
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Who woke up the astronauts in Oblivion?
Near the end of Oblivion when Jack is having flashbacks to being an astronaut. He remembers piloting the spacecraft towards the alien ship. My understanding was that Jack and Victoria were both asleep ...
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What weapon does Clyde use to kill his cell mate?
I was watching the movie Law Abiding Citizen. I can't quite figure out what weapon Clyde uses to kill his cell mate. It didn't look like a knife. And whatever it was, where did he get that from in a ...
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Captain Miller 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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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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What game is it Bond can't afford to play?
In The World Is Not Enough there is a scene where Electra King, against Bond's warnings, visits Zukovsky's casino and loses 1 million dollars against him in a simple game of cards (on purpose as we ...
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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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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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What was the reasoning for turning off the fences?
In Jurassic Park, Dennis Nedry uses his programming abilities to mess up the whole park while he makes his escape. My question is, why did he turn off the fences? The whole disaster could have been ...
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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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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 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 ...
