Question: Why didn't everyone at Elwood's Hotel react to the explosion downstairs at the entrance caused by the mystery woman? They all acted like nothing happened, even though the hotel clerk didn't ask the boys what was going on either.
Trainman
24th Mar 2025
The Blues Brothers (1980)
22nd Jul 2024
Cherry Falls (2000)
Question: At the very end of the movie, why did Jody and her mother hide the reason for all the Leonard killings from the police or the FBI?
Answer: The police knew. Deputy Mina, who was sitting across from Jody and her mom in the interrogation room, smiled knowingly. They just didn't tell the feds to keep Jody's dad's name out of it. He was, after all, Leonard's biological father and the Markens didn't want the FBI to know. Or at least that's my take on it.
16th Jan 2024
Us (2019)
20th May 2023
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
Question: Why is Las Vegas left abandoned for five years as shown on the screen by Dr Emma Russell when it was damaged by the MUTO? Why can't everyone just fix the damage to the city so the tourists can go there again or even repopulate it?
Answer: I don't remember if either Godzilla 2014 or Godzilla: King of the Monsters directly said that this was the case, but the MUTOs were feasting on nuclear radiation and warheads, meaning that their presence and deaths in the area would most likely unleash a ton of radiation. Radiation can make entire areas uninhabitable for years.
20th May 2023
Death Wish II (1982)
29th Apr 2023
Death Becomes Her (1992)
Question: Why does Lisle keep the potion's existence a secret? What's gonna happen if the public does know?
Answer: As shown in the movie, the potion not only restores a person's youth and makes them immortal, but it would also stop the person from having any type of disease. If the public ever knew about it, everybody would suddenly start fighting to get it without realizing the damage it could do. Ex: At the end of the movie, Madeline and Helen both fall down the church steps and shatter upon hitting the ground. Better to keep it a secret from the whole world than let it get out and have people doing anything that could irreparably damage their bodies.
8th Apr 2023
The Nutty Professor (1996)
Question: Why is Sherman Klump still eating if he wants to lose weight so bad? It would gain a lot more weight if he keeps eating even though he was upset after being embarrassed and humiliated by Reggie at the club that night.
Answer: Sherman is having a binge-eating episode due to being sad and embarrassed about what happened. Often, when people have unhealthy relationships with certain substances (whether it be food, alcohol, drugs, etc.), they will rely on those substances to feel better when they're down, and may go on binges where they consume large portions of them. Especially if something bad has happened to them. I myself have struggled with multiple addiction issues in the past, and I've done exactly the same with food, alcohol and drugs. (Eating an entire pizza, downing an entire bottle of rum in a short span of time, etc. when I was feeling down.) It may not seem logical... Because it's not. You just want the bad feelings to go away, so you binge the things that make you feel better. That's exactly what Sherman is doing after being insulted by Reggie... Notice how over-the-top his eating is. He's literally pouring candy into his mouth and eating ice cream in a sloppy way. It's played for comedy, but it's actually not unrealistic at all.
6th Apr 2023
Hey Arnold! (1996)
Longest Monday / Eugene's Pet - S2-E4
Question: Didn't Arnold, Gerald, and other 4th graders ever report the trash can incident to their parents or the police?
Answer: We never see this on camera, so it's possible they didn't. Of course, it's possible they did and this has been a tradition for so long that the adults all laughed it off, as they don't see it as a big deal since it may have happened to them too. Not unheard of for school bullying situations for an adult to think of it as blown out of proportion, as in their own memory, it wasn't so bad.
1st Mar 2023
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
Question: When Dr Connor (Lizard Man) is planning to turn everyone in the city into lizards, what are people going to do when they're lizards? Are they still going to continue their lifestyle, still eat human food, and do other hobbies and activities that humans do?
Answer: Connors believes that humans are too weak and flawed, and that if he transforms them all, he'll create a better, smarter and more powerful species. Presumably, given his motivations are to "improve" humanity, he also believes that society itself will also evolve into something "better" (even possibly utopian) once everyone has transformed. As for all the minutiae like what people will eat, hobbies, etc.? I don't think Connors has really thought about that. His obsession is very surface level, and basically starts and ends at "If I turn people into powerful hybrid beings, everything will be better!" Realistically? There'd probably just be a lot of panic and chaos, a lot of people might hurt or kill themselves when they realise they've changed into another species, and society would probably collapse for a while before slowly rebuilding itself over the course of years.
26th Feb 2023
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Question: Why did Lane Henderson (Louise's father) murder his wife?
Answer: In a flashback scene, it was shown that he had a violent temper, so it stands to reason that he finally killed her in a fit of rage.
26th Feb 2023
Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever (2009)
24th Jan 2023
Nine to Five (1980)
Question: If Violet knew that Roz was eavesdropping on some of the employees in the restroom, shouldn't she just confront her about it or let everyone aware that Roz was eavesdropping them and blab it on Hart?
Answer: She does let people know, at least she warned Judy. But Roz is cagey (remember how she pulled her feet up so it looked like her stall was empty). As for confronting her, Roz was her supervisor and the boss' pet. If she told Hart that Violet was harassing her, it would go poorly for Violet.
28th Dec 2022
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)
Question: At the end, why did the Turtles decide to keep their existence a secret from the public? If they are introduced to them, the city would likely appreciate them for saving the city and seeing them as the greatest heroes.
Answer: It would be nearly impossible for the Turtles to continue their crimefighting crusade if the public knew of their existence. They would become instantly recognizable international "celebrities" who were constantly in the public eye, allowing criminals to avoid and work around them.
28th Dec 2022
The Addams Family (1991)
28th Dec 2022
The Addams Family (1991)
Question: When Gordon (also Fester), Abigail and Tully are trying to get to the vault by pulling some of the chains of Booby traps but fails, Didn't either of them notices something different between the chains? Some of them is the tiny wooden handles but when Gomez enters earlier with Fester he is pulling one and slides down to the Vault.
Answer: The idea is that there are so many chains, that they don't realise which one is the right one to pull. Fester has only been in the area once, so he can't remember exactly which one it was.
4th Dec 2022
The Neverending Story (1984)
29th Nov 2022
A Christmas Story (1983)
Question: Why can't Mr and Mrs Parker go next door to the Bumpus and tell them to control their dogs, so they won't bother them?
Answer: Who's to say they didn't? Ralphie describes the Bumpuses as 'hillbillies' so they might not care too much about controlling their animals or what they neighbors thought, and apparently the old man was the only one the dogs ever bothered so it would be hard to prove they were a general nuisance. Of course, the turkey incident might have tipped the scales.
Answer: You'd have to go back and watch a movie called *It Runs in the Family*. It's sort of a summertime Christmas story. All the actors are different, but it's Ralphie during the summer, and they actually go over to the Bumpass house and have more interaction with them.
It Runs in the Family is a completely different movie and has no connection to A Christmas Story. The movie you're referring to is called My Summer Story. It Runs in the Family was a tagline on the movie cover.
It is the same movie. It was released under both titles.
17th Sep 2022
Final Destination (2000)
Question: Why was Clear Rivers' father killed for turning around? What is the reason for the robber telling him not to turn around?
14th Sep 2022
Moonraker (1979)
12th Sep 2022
The Adam Project (2022)
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