Question: What were the languages Beni was speaking when he ran into Imhotep?
lionhead
8th Jul 2020
The Mummy (1999)
10th Aug 2010
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Question: When the Fellowship are on the side of the mountain and arguing about which direction to take, Gandalf says "Let the ring bearer choose". Why does Gandalf say that? He knows that Frodo has enough on his plate, what with taking the ring all the way to Mordor, so why add to his problems by making Frodo decide the way to go?
Answer: Because, like it or not, he's the leader of this quest. Gandalf is only a guide; Aragorn, Boromir, Legolas, and Gimli are Frodo's guardians, while the other three Hobbits are simply companions. Besides, Frodo's the one carrying the increasingly burdensome ring. If he thinks one path easier than another then that's his call.
Answer: In the film, there is a flashback of Saruman discussing with Gandalf the dangers of Moria, principally, the event where the dwarves mined so far down into the mountain that they woke up the Balrog which then killed the dwarves including Balin, their leader. Gandalf knows this creature is still down there, so his decision to let Frodo make the call to continue over the mountain pass or to go under the mountain is his attempt to remove his bias from how to proceed.
15th Jan 2026
Twister (1996)
Question: If their red van was able to record the data at the end of the movie, why was Jo's yellow van not able to do the same thing when it was sucked up into the twister just before they went to visit Meg? It had the same DOT equipment on it, but all it did was fall to the ground after the tornado had passed.
Answer: The sensors didn't fly the first time. They didn't even manage to open the device to let the sensors out. Two times after they got out but didn't fly, they just stayed clumped together, giving no useful data. Later on, they added wings to the sensors, causing them to spread out into the tornado and actually give good data back to the van.
5th Jan 2026
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
Question: Was it Harry who told McGonagall about Umbridge's punishment with the quill? What made him finally decide to do it?
Answer: To add to the other answer, in the book it was Umbridge who informed McGonagall, who is the head of Gryffindor House. Umbridge had Harry deliver a letter to McGonagall telling her that Harry was being punished every night for one week for calling her a liar in class. McGonagall could easily see Harry's injured hand.
Answer: I think it was Umbridge herself who disclosed her methods of punishment. She didn't care; she had all the power.
3rd Jan 2026
Are You Being Served? (1972)
Question: This is a two-part question. 1. In one of the episodes, Mrs. Slocombe tells a customer they're not allowed to give a customer their name. 2. If none of the sales staff are allowed to give a customer their name, then why do they constantly address each other in front of customers?
Answer: I think they aren't supposed to disclose their first name. Last name is allowed.
3rd Jan 2026
Grease (1978)
3rd Jan 2026
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
Question: Why was Mary Jane upset about the kiss that Peter and Gwen had during the ceremony?
Answer: That kiss was identical to the first kiss between her and Spider-Man, and MJ is a romantic, feeling that was their special thing only they shared. She specifically mentions that in the movie too.
3rd Jan 2026
Predator (1987)
Question: The predator is wearing some kind of face mask that appears to be sealed under some kind of pressure. Obviously, it has technology for targeting and for magnification and seeing in different wavelengths of light. But why is the predator's vision the same with or without the mask? It seems like it's the same reddish hue.
Answer: He definitely does not have the same vision. The Predator hunts mainly using infrared, which has a blue/red colouring for the most part. It is clear the Predator doesn't see as clearly without it as its real vision is almost completely red and quite blurry. When it takes it off, there is a very smooth transition between his vision through the mask and without, different.
3rd Jan 2026
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Question: Why did Marcellus give four youngsters in shorts and tennis shoes, eating hamburgers for breakfast in a pedestrian-looking apartment, a job that required them to take possession of an incredibly valuable briefcase?
Answer: I think they had that briefcase as a payment for something, and they didn't pay in time or were trying to negotiate another price. They definitely weren't entrusted with anything. It is never explained in detail, of course, so that's just speculation based on the dialogues.
3rd Jan 2026
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
3rd Jan 2026
First Blood (1982)
Question: Did anyone else notice that there's a big curve in the saw teeth part of Rambo's knife in the scene where he holds it to Teasle's throat? I have this knife and there is no curve. Is it from bad lighting or maybe there were different knives used in the film? The photo can be seen here: https://wevegotbackissues.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/screenshot_20201103-150316_samsung-internet.jpg?w=1006.
Answer: It appears the screenshot is not a shot directly from the movie, perhaps even a cut scene. The angle is different, as are their facial expressions. Anyway, in the movie, the knife has no curve, clear in the entire scene. It does seem to be a lighting issue, but it's hard to tell from one picture. There is shadow obscuring the edge, so it's possible the look of the edge is distorted. It's also possible this screenshot is a promotional one and a different knife was used just for that picture alone (for whatever reason).
31st Dec 2025
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Question: Andy Duframe was in prison for 20+ years, received his rock hammer early on and realised he could chip away at the wall. In 20+ years, every cell check, no one bothered to look behind that poster covering that hole. In that time, not one guard walked past during their checkups and accidentally saw him chip away at the wall, not to mention the buildup of whatever that wall is built of is scattered throughout the yard. After 20 years, that would be a fair buildup. Did no guard or prisoner ever question this?
Answer: Andy got special treatment due to helping the warden, so his cell wasn't closely inspected. No one suspected he was digging a tunnel, and it would be impossible to hide contraband behind a poster, so no one thought to look behind it. His cell was on a corner, so he could see and hear the guards coming. As for 'buildup of debris,' it was about four cinderblocks' worth of rubble in that huge yard, with a lot of foot traffic, over twenty years.
Answer: Real-life jail breaks have been more elaborate and unbelievable than what is depicted in this movie. Digging tunnels to escape is not uncommon, which he didn't, only through the wall. Recently, in 2015, a man in Mexico escaped prison by digging a tunnel from his prison cell to a construction site over 1.5 kilometres away; the tunnel was dug 10 metres underground. Now, he obviously had a lot of help from guards or from outside (cartel) with handling material to him and away from his cell, but still, it's quite impressive. He had a makeshift motorcycle for inside the tunnel to transport materials with and managed to evade capture for a year.
28th Dec 2025
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Question: When Wormtail is resurrecting Voldemort, why did he cut off his whole hand instead of just a finger? The spell requires the flesh of a servant willfully sacrificed, but did Wormtail really need to use his entire hand?
Answer: In addition to cruelty and demanding major sacrifices from his followers, Voldemort had an ulterior motive for requiring Wormtail's entire hand. In the book, the silver prosthetic hand that replaced Wormtail's real one was charmed to strangle him if he displayed any disloyalty, disobedience, or any hesitance in following orders. Voldemort knew Wormtail only served out of fear and personal need, not loyalty. At Malfoy Manor, Wormtail was choking Harry, but he slightly hesitated when Harry said he was owed a life debt for sparing Wormtail's life (in Prisoner of Azkaban). The silver hand sensed Wormtail's compassion as betrayal and fatally strangled him. Wormtail wasn't killed in the movie.
Answer: For the spell to work, they probably need a lot of flesh, not just a little piece like a finger. The entire hand was probably demanded by Voldemort, just to be safe it is enough. The hand is easy to cut off relatively and easier to stop the bleeding so Wormtail can actually finish the ritual.
25th Dec 2025
Home Alone (1990)
Question: I'm confused. I can understand the first time they assumed everyone was accounted for due to the neighbour's kid being patted on the head and taking Kevin's number. My issue is that during the check-in at the airport or even getting out of the taxi, they must have realised at some point Kevin wasn't there, even if you are in a rush.
Answer: I am not a parent, but I've heard that these things happen. Parents get busy and make mistakes or overlook things. The family slept too late and everyone was rushing around. Also, everyone was annoyed with Kevin because of his behaviour at dinner the previous night - even if they were mostly at fault, because of how they treated him. Everybody was sort of ignoring Kevin the next morning. Lastly, the McCallisters have four other children. They are probably in the habit of making an older sibling watch or check on Kevin. (I say this because my husband is the oldest of six.) So, even if Mum or Dad thought of him during all the rushing around, they might have assumed that he was with someone else.
I would like to add that it is important to note that they went in two cabs towards the airport, so Kevin was assumed to be in the other cab by everyone. Secondly, his ticket went missing, so they didn't have an extra ticket at hand that would mean someone was missing at check-in. I think those are the main reasons Kevin wasn't noticed.
Answer: Agree with the other answers, but the entire plot requires a complete "suspension of disbelief." The movie is filled with plot holes and implausible scenarios. In addition to no-one noticing Kevin missing at the airport, all the phone lines on the McCallisters' street are supposedly down due to a storm, but Kevin orders a pizza that same night and later calls the police. His parents just stop trying to call the house and it's claimed they cannot contact even one friend, relative, neighbour, or co-worker for help. When they call Chicago police from Paris, it's just a single doofus guy at a desk, not a 911 call centre. A cop checks the house, then leaves because no-one answers, despite a child reportedly being there alone. Kevin instantly creates many booby traps in a mere few hours. After the next-door neighbour saves Kevin from the "Wet Bandits" at the other house, he just lets him go home by himself, knowing no-one is there. The damage/mess to the house has magically been repaired/cleaned before the family returns.
You can just call the police station without it being a 911 call. I don't think 911 appreciates being called for a check-up. That's not an emergency.
A child left alone in a house for days, with no adult supervision, and his family out of the country is 100% an emergency.
Well, I disagree with you there; it's not a 911 call. Besides, like Raywest said, isn't there family that can be called? A neighbour? Anyone living in that town? Then the cops. Not 911. Also, not sure how dialing 911 from Paris would work, if at all.
Any unaccounted young child is considered an immediate emergency. The parents are in Paris, panicked, and would call the most direct emergency number, probably through an international operator who'd connect to Chicago's 911. They have no idea what Kevin's circumstances are, if he's safe, has food, is distraught, terrified, has burned the house down, etc. Even non-emergency police numbers do not have bumbling, dismissive cops responding that way. The other family members had said they couldn't reach any friends, relatives, neighbours, or co-workers to check on Kevin, only their voicemails.
3rd Aug 2019
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Question: Why did Hans Landa kill Bridget von Hammersmark if he was just going to betray the Nazis anyway?
Answer: Because she was a loose end who could have conceivably undermined his carefully-constructed lie that he was working for the Allies all along.
Answer: Because Landa planned his escape from the moment he heard about the venue change. Theater: Hammersmark -> Landa "If the shoe fits" Restaurant: Aldo -> Landa "Shoe's on the other foot." We find out Landa knew about the Basterds from the interrogations of their "Swastika-marked survivors." From the shoe, he strongly suspects Hammersmark had tried to set up the Basterds at the bar. So he killed Hammersmark to tie up that loose end to allow the plot, his bargaining chip, to survive. Fun fact: we never know if Hammersmark was a triple agent or just screwed up with the bar location.
Answer: I always took it he admired her so much and maybe even pursued a relationship with her that never came to pass. Her lying to him was a personal betrayal that drove him to strangle her. Crime of passion. Just always has been my theory.
24th Oct 2025
Fantastic Four (2005)
Question: After the cosmic storm hits the space station and affects the 5 people on board, the next scene is Ben suddenly waking up in a hospital. Ben, Reed, Sue, Johnny, and Victor are the only 5 people on the station, and they would all have been affected by the storm. Unless it's supposed to be that only Ben was knocked out. How exactly did the team get rescued and brought back to Earth? Were they all knocked out or just Ben?
Answer: When we see the rest of the team getting hit by the cosmic storm, you can see they are still awake; Sue even is shown pushing through the storm to get to Reed and Johnny. Plus, Victor was behind the shields and trying to protect himself from the sparks and rays, so we can assume he flew the ship back to Earth.
Interesting. I'm mostly asking because in the video game adaptation of this movie, for which I'm doing mistakes, after the opening mission, every one of these characters wakes up for the first time after the space station in the hospital, in bed with powers. I know the game has to play fast and loose with things, but in that version of events, it's implied that all of them were knocked out and then woke up down on Earth in the hospital. So it could be a plot hole for the game version.
Sounds like it, or at least the game designers took some liberties with it. But that does happen with games based on movies; the Spider-Man game for the 2002 movie was nothing like the film.
Can't the ship simply have an auto-return in case of emergencies? I mean, it's not your everyday space shuttle. In a lot of cases, it's controlled by AI too and, usually, Reed Richards built it.
Good point, but this is based on the 2005 film, and AI wasn't anything like it is today. Also, it was Victor Von Doom's shuttle, not Reed Richards. Von Doom was all about money, so his tech may have had shortcuts.
Well, the whole tech in the movie isn't anything like it is today. Surely Von Doom, though not Richards but also a genius, would have some AI running his ship.
Maybe so, but they were not on the shuttle. They were on the space station, so if the storm knocked them out, they still wouldn't have made it to the shuttle.
Only Ben was knocked unconscious because he was directly hit by the storm; everyone else had some level of protection from the station's shields. Sue was, in fact, alert, as we saw her eyes open when she was going to help Reed and Johnny after she was hit by the rays.
Answer: Johnny was not only awake but also the pilot; he flew the shuttle back and forth. Ben was co-pilot and did the heavy lifting only.
28th Nov 2017
World War Z (2013)
16th Oct 2025
Animaniacs (1993)
Question: Why do the Warners fear Baloney?
Answer: According to the Animaniacs Wikia: "Baloney is one of the few people capable of truly terrifying Yakko, Wakko and Dot, largely due to being impervious to their violently physical brand of humour and his inability to understand how much they despise him."
15th Oct 2025
X-Men (2000)
Question: When Professor Xavier is mind-controlling Sabretooth and Toad, why doesn't he make Sabretooth knock Magneto's helmet off?
5th Oct 2025
Back to the Future (1985)
Question: I actually have two questions. On the commentary for Back to the Future around when Doc breaks the clock tower ledge, Bob Gale mentions that the 4 on the clock is IV and not IIII. I just need a better understanding of how he is talking about it being a mistake. Is it really a mistake? Because I will submit it as a mistake. What kind of mistake would this fall under? Continuity, factorial error, plot hole, or other? If it's not a mistake, then I won't submit it.
Answer: Romans used both numerical styles for the number four. Romans used IIII for vertical lists, on stone columns, etc. It was supposedly easier to add the extra "I" rather than IV. For horizontal writing, the IV was used. Bob Gale is apparently referring to how old clock faces typically used the IIII instead of the more familiar IV. The clock tower in the movie was supposed to be 100 years old, so "IIII" is what should have been used in the 1800s instead of "IV," so that appears to be the mistake. As far as the type of mistake, probably "Factual Error."
Fun fact, my mom has a clock that uses Roman numerals, and the 4 is indeed IIII on it, not IV. If it is a mistake, it is one that is common and not unique to the movie. I think it is used in clocks traditionally since the Romans used to use it on their sundials.
Answer: English, Arabic, Chinese, and Hebrew.
LorgSkyegon
It's Yiddish, and it means along the lines of "crazy." In the movie, they broaden the meaning to "mess."
What are you talking about? The question was what languages Beni was speaking in when he ran into Imhotep. Where do you get that Beni was speaking Yiddish or what it meant?
I think it's a mistaken reply to another question about the word "meshuga" that the curator of the library said.
lionhead