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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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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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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 …
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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'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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What is this statue in Star Wars Rogue One?

In Rogue One (2016), when transitioning to the planet Jedha, there's shown an extremely large, fallen statue of someone. Who is this a statue of, what's their significance, and why is it now in ruin …
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What is the meaning of the lines recited by V prior to saving Evey from fingermen?

What is the meaning of the lines recited by V prior to saving Evey from fingermen? This is a great question! The lines spoken by V are taken from the first act of Macbeth, when a solider is repor …
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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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How does the title 'The Imitation Game' justify the story of the movie?

In this movie what has actually been imitated? Enigma! Instead of trying to break The Enigma - the machine that the Germans used to encrypt and decode their messages - Turing decided to create his o …
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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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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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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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Did Charlie Chaplin fund and produce The Great Dictator alone?

I was told by a professor that teaches a Holocaust literature and film course that Charlie Chaplin had funded and produced The Great Dictator entirely on his own, because no other production company w …
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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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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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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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