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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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How accurate is the O.J. Simpson trial series? [duplicate]
Several months ago I watched The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story, and from what I can remember, most of the events in the series seemed accurate to what actually happened, but I'm defini …
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Why was Earl's footsteps shown multiple times?
In The Mule, there were multiple instances where the camera specifically focused on Earl's footsteps, especially at the end (when Earl finally gets caught by DEA on the highway, and then, when he's wa …
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Why do most Pokemon have to go through evolution?
Most Pokemon go through 3 stages. why do they have to evolve?
It's well known that the creator of Pokemon, Satoshi Tajiri, collected insects as a child, and, that by creating Pokemon, future kids wo …
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What's the significance of the shooting star in Jaws?
In the movie Jaws, during the night/early morning scene where Hooper, Quint and Chief Brody encounter the great white shark (when the shark begins pounding on the boat), just after the shark goes awa …
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Why do anime "spell everything out" for the audience?
Even for anime that target adult audiences (and thus may have higher level thinking/awareness than perhaps younger audiences), whenever there's a significant plot development, the anime characters spe …
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When did Palpatine know he was going to pursue Anakin Skywalker to be his new apprentice?
After rewatching the Star Wars saga recently I became curious as to when Palpatine was certain that he would pursue Anakin as his new apprentice.
TL;DR Somewhere between Episode I and Episode II, Pa …
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Why is Vader defeated so easily?
TL; DR. The OP gives Vader too much credit, and Luke not enough.
There is an ongoing drama of Vader plotting against Palpatine from the get-go, but it seems that in order for Vader to survive, he mus …
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Significance of Peter being nude in Forgetting Sarah Marshall
At the beginning of Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Peter gets dumped by Sarah while being completely nude. And then, at the end of the film, he and Rachel seem to start a relationship, with Peter being co …
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Is there significance that Dr.Strange saw 14M possibilities?
Is this specific 14 million-ish number a reference to something, maybe in the comics? Or is it just an arbitrarily picked number?
14,000,605 to be exact!
And no, AFAIK, this number is completel …
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Why does Dr Cuddy agree with Dr House on his method of treatment only after visiting the pat...
I fail to understand what transpired between the two in this time that she agrees.
The patient had seemingly recovered between the time of steroid treatment and Dr. Cuddy visiting her.
When Dr. Cudd …
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What is the purpose of growing vast amount of heart-shaped herb?
What's the point of growing so much heart-shaped herb if they're not going to store any or have more people ingest it?
There are a few benefits/reasons to cultivating such a robust garden of a singl …
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Why did Raymond receive the inheritance instead of Charlie?
In Rain Man, a large majority of the film is premised off Charlie wanting to get the $3 million estate inheritance from Raymond, issued by their father after his death.
Well, IIRC, Raymond was sent to …
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Who is the woman in the crowd when Guy Fawkes is being hanged?
In V for Vendetta, at the beginning of the movie when it shows Guy Fawkes being hanged, there's a woman in the crowd that's crying. Everyone else is cheering/laughing/hysterical, but she is standing s …
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What is the ending of "The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas" supposed to mean?
What is this final scene, showing the gas chamber door, supposed to tell us? What's the message?
The uniforms
By showing all the prisoner uniforms, the scene is able to emphasize the vast numbe …
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Why did Tony Stark use a normal flip phone?
He could have used any modern technology mobiles why a flip phone?
That flip phone was originally sent to Tony by Captain America, at the end of Captain America: Civil War.
Per the events of Captain …