Seeking to understand a movie-plot better or to clear confusion about certain aspects.
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Why were the Katayanagi Twins not as fleshed out as the other Exes in Scott Pilgrim?
Mathew Patel, Lucas Lee, Todd Ingram, Roxie Richter, and (obviously) Gideon Graves were all fleshed out rather decently by having their own epic fight scene as well as back-story from Romona in the ...
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What life form was the survey probe picking up in Prometheus?
Early in the film the Fifield's 'Pups' (The red survey balls) are released to map the structure. After they have done the mapping one of them stops at the end of a passage.
We later discover this is ...
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Did Captain Jack Sparrow eat people?
In the movie Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
we saw Captain Jack Sparrow was the cannibal tribes chieftain. Is there a backstory that clarifies whether or not Jack is a people eater?
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Why did Lovett invite Rose aboard his search boat in Titanic?
The opening to Titanic shows Rose "Dawson" watching a TV news report of Brock Lovett's ship searching the Titanic wreckage. She then makes a phone call to Lovett during which a private conversation ...
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Why stay in Los Angeles?
I always thought it was shocking at the end of American History X that Derek didn't leave Los Angeles and possibly take his family with him. I was under the impression that, after he got out of ...
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In the Film Red who shoots Joe as he leaves Dunning's house?
While Joe and frank are at Dunning's house, the FBI (or maybe the CIA, or maybe both!?) surrounds them. Victoria tells them they are surrounded and there is no clean exit, but she can cover them to ...
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What does The Man from Another Place in Twin Peaks symbolize?
The Man from Another Place is one of the major characters in Twin Peaks. He lives in The Black Lodge and dances like Laura's father.
Mike says that he lost his left hand and I read somewhere that The ...
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In Limitless, why doesn't Carl use the pill to either replace or take out Eddie?
Carl has a supply of the drug, so why does he need Eddie to run for president, instead of putting his own candidate (on pills) in the running? Alternatively, why doesn't he either use the pills ...
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What happens to the mom in A Bronx Tale
In the 1993 movies A Bronx Tale what happens to Calogero's mom Rosina. She sort of just dissappears after Calogero turns 17 but you see the dad (Deniro) quite a bit. Does she die? Divorce?
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La Pianista - why did she break the girl's hand?
In the middle of the movie, the main character (the piano teacher), breaks one of her students' hands by placing a bunch of broken glass in the pocket of her jacket, destroying her musical ambitions ...
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If Wolverine's skeleton is completely bonded with adamantium, why are his teeth still white?
In "X-Men Origins Wolverine", Logan undergoes an operation to have adamantium bonded to his skeleton.
Why doesn't the adamantium bond to his teeth?
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Are they breathing air in Matrix?
After Neo learned kung fu, Neo and Morpheus connected to Matrix for a sparring program similar to the programmed reality of the Matrix. After the training, there was a conversation between them;
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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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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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Why doesn't Joey move back to the bigger apartment in Friends?
In the very popular TV Series Friends, the character Joey Tribbiani moves out from his small apartment (where he lived with Chandler) to a very big and expensive place when he gets a role in the soap ...
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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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Who wrote the School of Rock blackboard?
Can someone give more information about School of Rock blackboard? Who wrote it? Is there any information pertaining to this?
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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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Meaning of last sequences of Apocalypse Now?
I didn't understand the ending of Apocalypse Now. What did Coppola want to symbolize by the last sequences involving rogue colonel? And what is the purpose of Marlon Brando's character?
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How did they get “King Kong” back to New York?
It's a question audiences have been asking since 1933, so I thought this would be the perfect place for it :) Even Peter Jackson decided to side-step this particular issue in his remake.
What's 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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How do Cobol's agents know Cobb was in the Mombasa motel?
In Inception, in the Mombasa chase scene, How do the Cobol Engineering's agents know Cobb had arrived in Mombasa?
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Meaning of the biblical quote at the end of Raging Bull?
The movie Raging Bull closes with a Biblical quote from the Gospel of John. What is the meaning of the quote, and how does it relate to the plot of the film?
"So, for the second time, [the ...
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Why did James Bond draw his gun?
In Casino Royale there is a scene during the poker game when Bond and Vesper go to their room during a pause. On their way Bond fetches an envelope from the reception (that I guess he deposited there ...
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What was Carolyn’s intention with the gun?
Towards the end of American Beauty, after her affair was found out by Lester and the relationship is broken off, Carolyn can be seen distraught in her car, and eventually loads a gun. She then drives ...
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Was Zero Effect an early attempt to do a modern Sherlock Holmes?
As far as I can remember (it's hard to check since I don't think there has ever been a region 2 DVD) the fantastic but under appreciated movie Zero Effect featured a somewhat reclusive private eye ...
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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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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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Why doesn't Angier dispose of the bodies in the tanks?
In the movie "The Prestige", after each "Real Transported Man" magic show, Angier doesn't dispose of his dead clones but just keeps them (along with the water tank).
Does he think they are proof of ...
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What is wrong with the bleach and the fish in the Machinist?
I notice that Trevor always cleaned his hands and toilet floor with bleach. He surely kept things clean at home that he always bought bleach, he kept several used toothbrushes to scrub his floor in ...
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In “Prometheus” why bring anyone but David-type androids?
In the movie "Prometheus" the android David flawlessly executes a seemingly endless range of tasks:
learns to read and speak an alien language
shoots a basketball with precision
keeps the spaceship ...
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Who grabbed Brody's video in Season 1?
Towards the end of Season 1 of Homeland, Brody makes his suicide video and places it in a secret dead drop point. After deciding to not go through with his suicide, he tries to recover the video only ...
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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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Where did the speaking-disease in Pontypool come from?
In the movie Pontypool, the people have a disease that is transferred by hearing the mumbling of an infected person and thinking about it. Where did the disease come from? In the plot the possibility ...
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Clarification about closing a loop in The Looper
After watching "The Looper", I could not understand how closing a loop works. What I understood is, If person A is in present as a looper, he would be sent to Past where he would wait for the victim ...
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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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How did Liam Neeson know his location in Taken 2?
In Taken 2 when Bryan Mills/Liam Neeson, was kidnapped, and calling Kim/Maggie Grace from his locked cell.
He asked her to draw 2 circles, according to the map chart:
One of 3 km from the hotel, ...
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How could Joe end up in the field?
I guess this is more a question about the nature of time travel more than anything else.
At the end of the movie, Joe shoots himself in a field and changes the course of history. What I'm curious ...
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Why did Jigsaw choose Zep in Saw?
In Saw, at the end of the movie we learn that Zep was forced to hold the Gordons captive to obtain an antidote for the slow-acting poison in his body. However, this scene confuses me, because Zep ...
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In Matrix Reloaded, what are the 'traffic control' people connected to?
The scene that I am referring to is the one in which the Nebuchadnezzar comes to Zion for the first time in the film (after the all captains meeting in the Matrix).
In the control room where the ...
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Why didn't James believe Beckham was alive in Hurt Locker?
After watching The Hurt Locker, I initially thought the dead boy covered up with bomb was Beckham, but after googling I'm certain they were two different kids. Now, I am puzzled to know,
What's the ...
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Why didn't the fog enter the supermarket in The Mist?
In The Mist (2007), a white fog covers a small town, and a number of residents take refuge in the local supermarket. But the fog stops at the glass windows, never seeping through the cracks around ...
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Why would anybody pay the toll if an alternate road already exists?
In the film In Time, it is shown that the toll rates are very high to get to the city area from the ghetto. But later, it is also shown that there is an alternate route for people to use which is free ...
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Why is Mal sabotaging all/only professional dreams of Cobb?
Maybe I overlooked something, but Mal is trying to sabotage (killing his teammates) all dreams of Cobb concerned with his work (theft of information in dreams, inception of ideas). But during the ...
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In Mystic River, How did listening to the 911 tape solve the case?
In Mystic River, Sean and Whitey don't have a clue about the real killers of Katie until they finally listen to the 911 tape. Sean notices that the caller refers to the victim as a she, although he ...
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Why was Tyra so worried about college in season 1?
Throughout the first season of "Friday Night Lights," it is assumed that most of the main teenage characters (Jason Street, Tim Riggins, Lyla Garrity, Tyra Collette) are seniors. Specifically Tyra, ...
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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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Ending of “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans” (2009)?
I just watched "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans" and I was wondering about the ending.
Immediately after Nicholas Cage's character snorts a line from the bag of uncut heroin and sits next to ...
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Who is the boss of Mrs. Smith in Mr. & Mrs. Smith?
It's been awhile since I saw the film, so I may be remembering the scene wrong. However, early in the film, when "Tank" is called upstairs for a meeting (which he thinks is a promotion, but which ...
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Wrong end to The Good wife season 4 episode 6
In The Good Wife (season 4) , I think that the end of episode 6 is wrong, mainly in the facts, but I need someone with some legal knowledge to confirm.
As we are told, Cpt. Laura Hellinger has lost ...
