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Why do some movies start with a big rotating circle and countdown?
Why do some movies start with a big rotating circle and countdown?
Sometimes after 1, a woman is also shown as well. What is her purpose?
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What is the best order to watch LotR/Hobbit franchise?
I have not watched any of the entries in the Lord of the Rings/Hobbit franchise and as per my knowledge The Hobbit's story occurs before LotR but the release order is different. So for better understanding should I go with the Hobbit trilogy first…
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Why did it take a rocket to lift off the Earth but just shuttles to lift off the other planets?
I remember gravity in both the planets in Interstellar being comparable to that of Earth's. 80% of Earth gravity in case of Mann's planet and 130% in case of Miller's planet. So, why did it take a rocket to lift off the Earth surface and get to the…
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Why does Christian Bale change his voice when playing Batman
Like almost every Batman fan, I enjoy Christopher Nolan's interpretation of the role of Batman in The Dark Knight Trilogy. But why does Christian Bale change his voice to such a great extent when playing Batman?
Is it to scare off/intimidate…
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What did Black Widow say?
In the film The Avengers, Black Widow is a Russian super-spy. In the scene that introduces her, it ends with her receiving orders to bring in Dr. Bruce Banner. After receiving these orders, the scene ends with her saying something in a foreign…
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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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How can Philip J. Fry be his own grandfather if he is sterile?
In season one, "Fry and the Slurm Factory", Bender uses the F-ray on Fry.
BENDER
What should we point it at first?
FRY
I 'unno. Try it on me.…
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How does Rita Vrataski find out that she lost her power to "reset" her day without killing herself?
In "Edge of Tomorrow", Rita Vrataski (aka "Full Metal Bitch", "The Angel of Verdun") narrates how, after the Battle of Verdun, she lost large amounts of blood. After a blood transfusion she lost her power to "reset" her day, which only happens when…
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Why do movies & TV use this police radio clip over and over?
Quick background
The sound I am referring to can be heard in this video, in the police radio
at 0.26. It sounds like, "one-four-one celibacy". I've noticed this sound for
a long time. So, the Internet has all the answers, I did a quick search…
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Is the man with no name the same character?
This is a question I tried to find an answer off of a comment by Napoleon on a different question.
The man with no name is the central character in what is commonly called the "Dollars trilogy", i.e., "For a Fistful of Dollars", "For a Few Dollars…
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Why did Spider-Man take a detour to Dorset?
In Spider-Man: Far From Home, Spider-Man ends up in the Netherlands. He then calls his friend Happy who picks him up in a private jet and they fly to London to fight the bad guy.
However before they reach London there is a scene where the jet flies…
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Who's the random kid standing in the gathering at the end?
At the end of Avengers: Endgame, there's a gathering...
for Tony Stark's funeral.
During it, they move the camera over several characters, often Avengers grouped together. One person they pan over is a single teenager with brown hair. Who is…
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Why didn't Loki use the Tesseract?
In the opening minutes of Avengers Infinity War we see that Loki is in possession of the Tesseract. So why didn't he use it to transport everyone on that ship to the Earth?
If he wanted to keep that a secret, he could have transported everyone when…
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Why did Hank Pym choose Scott Lang?
In the movie Ant-Man (2015), Hank Pym tells his daughter that he thinks he found a guy to take on the Ant-Man persona. He then apparently sets up an elaborate scheme to get Scott Lang to break into his house and steal his suit.
Forgetting the…
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Discrepancy in Thanos's use of time stone in Infinity War
In the movie Doctor Strange when the time stone was being used to fight Dormamu, every time Strange set the time back his position got reverted back to the original place he appeared. However in the movie Avengers: Infinity War the only thing which…
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