Question: What happened to the District 2 members who surrendered?
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19th Feb 2018
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015)
19th Feb 2018
Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
Question: Why was the DNA inadmissible?
Answer: Nick also points out that the crime scenes are always contaminated. The evidence was probably contaminated by the cops.
Answer: The reason the DNA was inadmissible was not elaborated on. We're only told it was inadmissible because of the "exclusionary rule." Therefore, the judge in the case must have deemed the way the DNA was collected from the suspects was in violation of their constitutional rights. The why was not explained and anything would be a guess (something like when they were arrested and there was no probable cause to take a DNA sample). But it's seems more of plot convenience to move the story forward quickly. Clyde passing out had nothing to do with the DNA being inadmissible, it only meant his eyewitness testimony may be considered unreliable. Therefore the DA's Office was not willing to try both men using Clyde as a witness, but go with the plea deal.
Answer: Because Clyde passed out.
17th Feb 2018
Holes (2003)
Question: How is Camp Green Lake legal? Aren't there laws against forced child labor? Also, what would happen if Stanley refused to dig holes?
Answer: It is illegal. That's why everyone in charge gets arrested at the end. It only lasted as long as it did because they were in the middle of nowhere with little to no oversight and no on knew what was really going on until Stanley's release.
Wait then why did the judge know about it? Did he get arrested too?
There are a lot of kids at Green Lake, sentenced by various judges. The court system either was unaware of the conditions at the camp, or didn't care.
Answer: Stanley and his fellow prisoners are convicted criminals, and as such, the authorities are allowed to work them. The conditions in the movie are rather extreme, but what recourse do the boys have? The warden and her flunkies are brutal people, and it's likely Stanley would have been in a world of hurt had he refused to dig. All they'd have to say is Stanley attacked them and whatever force they used would have been justified. That's the penal system for you.
17th Feb 2018
Nocturnal Animals (2016)
6th Feb 2018
On the Waterfront (1954)
Continuity mistake: When Terry finds Charley's dead body, in the first shot there are several bullet holes in his shirt, but then they're gone.
29th Jan 2018
A Time to Kill (1996)
Question: Why does it matter if the psychiatrist was convicted of statutory rape? How does it affect his ability to determine Carl Lee's sanity?
Answer: The conviction, and his subsequent lying about it, bring his credibility seriously in doubt.
29th Jan 2018
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Continuity mistake: When Mellish is stabbed, at first there's no blood on his shirt, but then there is, even before the knife touches him.
24th Jan 2018
Donnie Brasco (1997)
Revealing mistake: In the basement shootout, when a man is shot in the stomach, we see a close-up of his guts hanging out, and there's tape around it.
21st Jan 2018
Breaking Bad (2008)
Question: How exactly did Walt poison Brock? It doesn't make sense, the hospital said it was lily of the valley, but Walt and Saul confirmed it was ricin.
Answer: Walt does use Lilly of the Valley berries to poison Brock. Vince Gilligan said he and the writers imagined Walt went to Brock's school with a poisoned juice box (there's subtle clues to confirm Walt knew what school Brock went to). But, when Jesse went to Saul's office, Saul's bodyguard, Huell, does a cigarette pack swap on Jesse when he pats Jesse down. Now the cigarette pack Jesse has no longer has the vial of ricin in it and Walt tries to convince Jesse that Gus stole the ricin and used it on Brock.
21st Jan 2018
Breaking Bad (2008)
Say My Name - S5-E7
Question: Did Walt plan on killing Mike? If so, why? It seems like he just did it in a fit of rage, but then why did he take his gun?
Answer: As you stated, it was in a fit of rage, he regretted it right afterwards.
21st Jan 2018
Hannibal (2001)
Revealing mistake: When Hannibal slices Pazzi's stomach open, his shirt is open and bloody the whole shot, even before he starts slicing.
21st Jan 2018
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
Other mistake: When Emma Watson says "get wasted all the time", her British accent is very obvious, especially when she says "all."
21st Jan 2018
Donnie Brasco (1997)
Continuity mistake: When Sonny Red is shot in the head, in one shot there's a bullet hole, but in the next shot there isn't.
7th Jan 2018
The Last Samurai (2003)
Continuity mistake: In the ninja attack scene, when Tom Cruise stabs a ninja in the chest, in one shot the sword is poking out his back, but in the very next shot, it isn't.
31st Dec 2017
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012)
Question: Can vampires and werewolves be killed or injured by anything other than vampires and werewolves?
Answer: Aro also makes the argument that for the first time in our history humans pose a threat to our kind with their weapons that can destroy us. Theoretically any weapons that can tear apart and/or burn the vampires would work. So, yes, things other than vampires and werewolves can kill the vampires and werewolves.
Answer: Sure. The problem is that these films portray vampires and werewolves as having super-human abilities, so it'd be significantly harder for a regular person to kill one. But nothing about the films seems to indicate it's overtly impossible.
22nd Dec 2017
Carrie (1976)
Continuity mistake: When Margaret has a knife thrown in her hand, in the first shot, there's no blood, but in the very next shot, there is.
22nd Dec 2017
Goodfellas (1990)
Other mistake: When we see the shot couple in the pink car, there's blood spatter inside the windows and windshield, so that means the windows were up when they were shot, and they were shot in the car. It makes no sense that neither the windshield nor the windows are broken. If Jimmy shot them from the front, he would've had to have shot them through the windshield. If he shot them from the side, he would've had to have shot them through the window.
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Suggested correction: This one is pretty weak. Jimmy knew them. He could have easily walked up to the door and opened it, as if to admire the car, as if to talk, or for any other reason, shot them, and closed the door.
22nd Dec 2017
Goodfellas (1990)
Continuity mistake: When Tommy is shot, there's no bullet wound in his head, but in the very next shot, there is. And we don't see the moment of impact, that wound was always there in that entire second shot.
22nd Dec 2017
Goodfellas (1990)
Continuity mistake: When Tommy is shot, Tuddy is holding his shirt, but in the very next shot, he isn't, and he's much further away from him.
18th Dec 2017
The Sixth Sense (1999)
Question: How did Cole know about "Stuttering Stanley"?
Answer: The most likely scenario is that a ghost at the school told him.
Answer: Near the end, it is revealed that Cole has seen the ghosts of teachers that died in the fire at the school when "Stuttering Stanley" was a student, so it would make sense that one of them told him.
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Answer: Held captive by the Capitol until the capitol was liberated. They were then released.
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