Questions tagged [analysis]
Understanding the underlying concepts and themes behind the film/TV-show and its different interpretations. Not to be used for direct plot discussions.
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Why do people wear sunglasses in The Matrix?
Main characters in The Matrix wear sunglasses very often. Is there any explanation why?
I have read a few theories on the Internet about it:
actors constantly blink due to the gunfire
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Why is the bride's name bleeped in Kill Bill Vol 1?
In the movie Kill Bill Vol.1, whenever someone mentions the bride by her name
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Her name is censored with a beep. Is this explained somewhere in the movie? Or is it just a signature ...
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Why don't Marty's parents ever mention how similar he looks to the Marty of 1955?
Although Marty is only in 1955 for one week, he plays a pivotal role in getting his parents together. He even briefly dates his mother. So, considering he plays such a pivotal role, does it make sense ...
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Is there any definitive evidence that Teddy was or was not crazy?
The ending of the film Shutter Island is purposely ambiguous, with two different interpretations:
Teddy was crazy, and the whole movie was part of a role-play therapy.
There is a conspiracy to ...
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What significance does Mike Yanagita have in Fargo?
In the Coen brothers' movie Fargo (1996), the detective Marge Gunderson gets called by and meets an old schoolmate, Mike Yanagita. He tells her that he is widowed and tries to make a move on her.
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Are there any indications why Roddenberry chose to make Star Trek a "battleship universe"?
Star Trek focuses on large, slow (in local space, anyway) ships which behave like battleships.
As a counter-example, Battlestar Galactica was in an "aircraft carrier universe", where the big ships ...
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Why does Zootopia have an intentional Breaking Bad reference?
When Judy is looking up on the case she finds, along with Nick, that there's a laboratory in a vehicle which processes a blue chemical to be sold in the market. While the chemist is making the ...
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Were oranges an intentional use of symbolism by filmmakers?
There is a lot of speculation surrounding the potential symbolism of oranges in The Godfather. The primary interpretation being that whenever an orange is shown, there is impending doom on either the ...
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What kind of company is Initech?
What kind of company is Initech in the movie Office Space?
There are a few important things we know about Initech that the movie plot hinged on. Are there any real-life companies that actually fit ...
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Why do Disney parents usually die?
It's well known that many animated Disney movie parents (at least one of a set) die, were never in the picture, or started the movie already dead.
Is this just a financial thing (like in Toy Story), ...
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How does the title 'The Imitation Game' justify the story of the movie?
Alan Turing's biopic is entitled as 'The Imitation Game'. In this movie what has actually been imitated?
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What was Chandler Bing's job?
In the series Friends everybody's jobs are well-known except Chandler's. He was very good in math and he did work with some kind of accounting or auditing job, sometimes with the help of a computer ...
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Why did they avoid Charlie's name in the film title Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory?
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) is a film based on the novel named Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. But what was the reason for the shift from Charlie to Willy Wonka in the film title?...
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Is Amy right about Indiana Jones being irrelevant to the outcome?
In the episode The Raiders Minimization of The Big Bang Theory Amy ruins Raiders of the Lost Ark for Sheldon by making the following claim:
Indiana Jones plays no role in the outcome of the story. If ...
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Did Batman break his one rule?
In the final scene of The Dark Knight, we see Batman go on a final confrontation with the corrupted Dent.
Dent, hell bent on making Batman and Gordon pay for Rachel's death, flips his trademark coin ...
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In the "300" movie, in the final battle, Why didn't Leonidas kill Xerxes?
I recently saw a clip of the final battle of the movie 300 (2006). All the Spartans left are facing Xerxes and his real guard, and one of the servants ask Leonidas to kneel and surrender with all his ...
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How could Jon Snow do what he did in "Oathbreaker"?
At the end of the third episode of the sixth season of Game of Thrones, after hanging the culprits who tried to kill him, Jon Snow relieved himself from the Night's Watch.
How can he do so? One can ...
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Why is it so easy to become king of Wakanda?
In Black Panther, during the initial ceremony, Zuri asks whether anybody wants to challenge T'Challa for the throne. He asks each tribe, and then asks the public in general. If anybody wants to ...
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What is the main theme of The Dark Knight?
According to Wikipedia, the main theme of The Dark Knight is escalation, such that each event lead to an escalation that results from the choices Batman and James Gordon make. A separate source said ...
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Why was Being John Malkovich based around John Malkovich?
The film Being John Malkovich is replete with unique plot ideas, the most captivating being the portal discovered by Craig Schwartz (John Cusack) taking him into actor John Malkovich's head.
Why did ...
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Why did Tony Stark use a normal flip phone?
Tony Stark aka Iron Man is one of the richest character in MCU. Each time he shows up in a movie he uses high tech armours and other equipments.
In Avengers: Infinity War he uses nanotechnology in ...
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Why exactly did Walt leave Gray Matter?
Early on in Breaking Bad, it is revealed that Walt and Gretchen had a history together with Elliot in the construction of their company "Gray Matter".
However, one day while on vacation with ...
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What is the meaning of Teddy's last dialogue in Shutter Island?
In Shutter Island, at the end of the movie Teddy had a chat with Chuck, in that scene Teddy told to Chuck as,
Which would be worse: To live as a monster, or to die as a good man?
What's the ...
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Why the stoic acting style in 2001 Space Odyssey?
One of the things that I have always found striking about 2001 A Space Odyssey is the almost mechanical acting of the human characters, especially the radio operator. I'm pretty sure it's a conscious ...
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Why does Bane protect the girl?
In the final twist of the movie, it is revealed that Talia is actually the one to have climbed out due to Bane helping her get up the hole.
However, Bane's pure motivation during the events of the ...
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Did Tyler Durden forget his name?
Ed Norton plays the Narrator or Jack ( due to reading a book that described someone called Jack's body parts from a 1st person perspective). Meanwhile Brad Pitt is introduced as Tyler Durden. Later ...
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"No Country for Old Men", why is it called so?
One thing bugged me after watching the highly acclaimed movie "No Country for Old Men" -
Why is it called so? I tried to analyze the plot and the sequences and the climax, but I could not understand ...
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Who is the titular "Last Jedi"?
New Star Wars film is titled Star Wars: The Last Jedi. In this movie we can see "Kylo" has Force powers, "Rey" has Force powers at the end and Princess Leia also has Force abilities. Luke Skywalker is ...
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Why do movie directors use brown tint on Mexico cities?
Here is the satirical meme about Mexico cities in movies:
Movies like Traffic (2000), the plot took place in Mexico cities, also used brown tint a lot.
Why do movie directors use brown tint in ...
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Why do the kicks have to occur simultaneously?
In Inception, why do the kicks on the different levels have to occur simultaneously, rather than one after another?
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What is the meaning of this poster for The Lobster?
In this poster for The Lobster we see Colin Farrell in an incomplete form, but in viewing the movie I don't remember seeing anything similar to what the poster is suggesting or related to it in any ...
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What does the scene during the ending represent?
In the ending of The Shining, the camera slowly zooms into a photo and closes into a person who resembles Jack Nicholson (or is it him?).
What does this scene depict? How does it relate to the movie?
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Is the 2016 movie Trolls about opium addiction?
I've watched the movie Trolls a few times now with my daughters. I've started to develop this idea that this children's movie was really about opium addiction.
Here's some of the things I've noticed:
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Why is the number '4' so prominent in the Death Note?
In Death Note (TV Series 2006–2007), there is a pattern in a lot of the numeric references in the rules of the Death Note, where they relate to the number 4 in some way:
If the cause of death is ...
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Why does 2001: A Space Odyssey not provide an explanation of its ending? Are we supposed to read the book?
It's a movie geek's film to watch and to enjoy. But when I reached the end, I had no idea what to take from it.
Some of the ideas are amazing, the visuals, and the lines (I'm sorry, Dave. I'm ...
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Why does "The Force Awakens" use an image language associated with national socialism for the First Order?
The scene when the First Order fires their weapon the first time in Star Wars: The Force Awakens uses an image language which clearly references the national socialism in Germany during World War 2, ...
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Why did Vision end up in Iron Man's team?
Vision is a humanoid of pure logic. Also, he wishes not for the destruction of humanity like Ultron and is worthy enough to hold Thor's hammer.
Why does such being enter the Iron Man's team to force ...
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Why is the ending of Forrest Gump different from the novel?
I have read the book Forrest Gump and also watched the Forrest Gump movie version. In the movie version at the end of movie, Jenny told Forrest that she was suffering from HIV/AIDS virus then she ...
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What is the perception of Tyrion's story about his cousin Orson and the beetles?
In Game of Thrones S04E08 Tyrion told a story about his cousin Orson Lannister to Jaime. Orson was physically handicapped and spent his time smashing beetles.
Is there any relation between the story ...
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Why does J. Jonah Jameson call Peter Parker "Atticus"?
In 2002's Spider-Man, the following exchange happens:
J. Jonah Jameson: [describing a headline] "Spider-Man, Hero or Menace? Exclusive Daily Bugle Photos".
Peter Parker: Menace? He was ...
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Is there any reason why mostly technology deprived planets are pictured in the Star Wars movies?
Just watched the Force Awakens, and I noticed that once again, mainly low-tech planets are shown in the movie, which is at odds with the technology described.
Jakku seems to be a garbage dump, the ...
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What was the significance of the deep fried kebab poster in Infinity War?
In Avengers: Infinity War, we see a poster about Scotland's deep fried kebab for a significant amount of time:
Is there any significance to it? Or is it just random?
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What's the difference between "men of violence" and "violent men"?
In Shutter Island (2010), Dr. Jeremiah refers to Teddy as a man of violence, not a violent man. What's the difference between the two? Aren't the men of violence violent?
Dr. Jeremiah Naehring: Men ...
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Why does Bill Cage wake up in the helicopter?
In Edge of Tomorrow William Cage is reliving the same day over and over again.
The time loop always starts with Cage waking up at Heathrow, after his meeting with the General.
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What is the meaning of the line at the end of Chinatown?
At the end of the amazing film Chinatown, Jake Gittes is told, 'Forget it Jake, it's Chinatown'.
What are supposed to deduce from this? Is it that Jake is powerless to prevent or challenge what had ...
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Adult talking in Peanuts
I have always wondered: why do adults in Peanuts not really talk?
Why do they only make that wah wah wah noise? (By the way, what was it? That sounds like a trombone or a trumpet with a mute.)
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Why did Groundhog Day take place on Groundhog Day?
Groundhog Day is of course an ingenious premise: a jerk is stuck in a time loop forced to relive the same day over and over and over until he becomes a kind, generous man and finally understands love....
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Do translators get a list of jokes and/or puns when making their translations?
In the discussion in the comments to this question about Aladdin, people talk about puns being lost in translation.
For example:
After that, in the end, a free Genie quickly gives the lamp to ...
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Why are dolls, teddy bears, etc. used as horror objects in horror films?
In many horror films, toys such as dolls, teddy bears, and puzzle boxes are used as objects which the spirits/ghosts use to scare people. Some examples would be Annabelle, the crooked man musical box ...
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Why did Michael Richards refuse to portray himself?
In the 1999 film "Man on the Moon" starring Jim Carrey as the infamous comic Andy Kaufman, the movie takes great pains to recreate specific points in Kaufman's life. In a somewhat unorthodox fashion, ...
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