A brief excerpt from a character's lines in a movie for question emphasis or analysis
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Why Obi-Wan says: “If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine”?
When Obi-Wan fights Darth Vader in the New Hope, he says:
You can't win, Vader. If you strike me down, I shall become more
powerful than you can possibly imagine.
What does he mean by that? Is ...
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Opening Quote from movie Apocalypto
Before starting of the movie "Apocalypto" it shows the quote:
A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within. - Will Durant
How is it related to the ...
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What's the meaning behind the phrase “The blood stays on the blade”?
At the beginning of the movie Gangs of New York, Priest Vallon tells his son not to wipe the blood of the blade after he's cut himself shaving, saying "The blood stays on the blade". I've watched the ...
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Why does Indiana Jones say 'I like Ike'?
In Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, short while after the beginning of the movie, Irina Spalko captured Indy and force him to lead the U.S soldiers military base which contains ...
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“There are two kinds of people” quote
I'm trying to remember the title of a movie that had this quote (or something very similar) in it, can anyone help?
"there are two kinds of people in this world, those who bend facts to fit ...
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Ending of Into The Wild
IN the 2007's movie Into The Wild
Chris abandons society and starts living in a forest.
In the end when he is dying his last words are
"Happiness is only real when shared"
So was it a mistake to ...
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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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Pepper's comment about Latin
In Iron Man 2 Pepper and Tony are discussing Natalie there's a discussion over Latin. Pepper explains that you can read Latin but you can't speak it?
Is this correct? I thought Latin was commonly ...
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What does the conversation mean?
In Source Code, I did not get the meaning of a conversation between Capt. and Christina in the train. It was between roughly 00:42:00-00:43:00
The conversation was as follows:
Capt- Okay. Christina? ...
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In Tombstone what is the meaning of the line spoken by Doc Holiday?
In the movie Tombstone, Val Kilmer gives a brilliant delivery of the line
"I'll be your huckleberry."
I cannot remember any dialogue leading up to it that explained this retort. Was there any or ...
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What is the earliest use of “You just/still don't get it do you?”
There is a funny montage of movie and TV clips on YouTube in which variations of the phrase "you don't get it, do you" are used. Sometime after I watched that video I saw a 1959 episode of Bat ...
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What does Arnold's quote “Poor Sport” Mean in Predator (1987)
In the movie Predator, near the end, after they try to trap the Predator in that net, and it shoots its way out, a lot of them die. One guy is badly injured, so Arnold and that girl help him walk. ...
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Daniel Day Lewis Quote in Last of the Mohicans
In The Last of the Mohicans, Hawkeye, played by Daniel Day Lewis, appears out of the forest to save the Major from a raiding party of Indians. When the Major grabs a gun and is about to fire at one of ...
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Origin of “knife to a gunfight” quote
I hope this question isn't too tirivial, but in The Punisher Harry Heck says to Frank
You are one dumb son of a bitch. Bringing a knife to a gunfight.
right before Frank kills him making said ...
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What does 'space between spaces' mean?
In Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, a short while before the ending of the movie, there was a long trail in the temple and eventually Mac and Spalko died inside the temple. Then, ...
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Trying to Find Movie With A Peter Lorre Quotation
I know this is a bit on the trivial end, but I'm trying to locate a movie for reference in something I'm writing. I know I've seen this somewhere, and I can't place it. I don't think I saw the ...
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Are Dwight's “What is my perfect crime?” lines in S05E08 - “Frame Toby” a reference to something?
Are Dwight's "What is my perfect crime?" lines in Season 5, Episode 8 titled "Frame Toby", a reference to something? What is being referenced to?
The lines:
Dwight: What is my perfect crime? I ...
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“Addicted to Sexahol”?
I was watching an old episode of The Simpsons with Dr. Marvin Monroe. I was reminded of an expression which I could swear was from an episode of The Simpsons, but I cannot find any references to it. ...
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What's the german quotation in The Sunset Limited?
In The Sunset Limited White aka "the professor" (played by Tommy Lee Jones) quotes a short german sentence.
I am german myself, but I was unable to understand it. Were the words he said actually ...
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What movie has the quote “Too much talking, not enough fighting!”
I remember the saying as per title and it was very funny when I heard it. It was said in a "Mexican" style accent and I'm positive it was a comedy. It's been bugging me for a while now and hope ...
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What's the origin of the quote “You da man, Harry. You da man.”?
I'm sure it's from a film, and I'm fairly sure it's sort-of said under the breath, in a respectful manner - for example as though the subject, Harry is out of earshot anyway.
(Similar to the bit at ...
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What did Cal mean by - “Go big or go home”?
I have seen Crazy, Stupid Love a while ago. The seen with the big fight among Cal, Jacob, Bernie and David was hilarious. It is one of my favorites.
What I don't understand is what Cal meant when ...
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What does he mean by “Vanity-definitely my favourite sin”?
Quotation By Satan at the end of The Devils Advocate
Vanity — definitely my favorite sin.
What does he mean by that? He has succeeded in transforming Kevin to a good man. So why does he make ...
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Which movie has the quote “when you gaze long into an abyss…”
Which movie has this famous Nietzsche quote: "And when you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you."
I remember watching it, can't remember which movie. It's driving me crazy.
It's ...
