At the end of Skyfall, M wills an ugly porcelain pug to James Bond.  When it is suggested to Bond that it was M's way of telling him to take a desk job, Bond affirms that it was just the opposite.  What is the significance of the gift?
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When Bond is given the  at the end of Skyfall, he smiles as if he understands the meaning of this figurine.  During the movie, we can see the camera focusing on that figurine at least three times:   When we first see M at her desk. After the MI6 explosion on M's desk. When Bond opens the box at the end.   What is the meaning of this figurine, and what is the purpose of giving it to Bond?
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In , the elderly Rose visits a ship searching for the  diamond, set in a necklace.  Unbeknownst to them, she actually carries it with her. In one of the final scenes, a bare footed Rose walks to the railing of the search ship, climbs up on it in similar fashion to when she and Jack were on the prow of the Titanic, and throws it into the ocean. The accepted answer in  suggests Rose threw it overboard for 'closure', but I simply cannot understand how that was closure.  After all, it is not as though Jack (when alive) had any real interest in it.  Nor did Rose. It was of interest only to her fiance Cal (who took his own life in 1929, when the stock market crashed). It could be said that the return of the 'Heart of the Ocean' to the ocean, was ..poetic in a sense, but how was it closure?  If not closure, then why did she do it? Update Interestingly, the  differs from the movie in that the people searching for the diamond are there to witness her throwing it overboard.  She even has a few words with Lovett as he is holding the object of his desire in his hand.  You look for treasure in the wrong place, Mr. Lovett.  Only life is precious, and making each day count.  Another snatch of the script that might be relevant:  The hardest part of being so poor, was being so rich.  But every time I thought of selling it, I thought of Cal.  And somehow I always got by without his help.
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In Order of the Phoenix, Dumbledore uses a small silver instrument that puffs pale green smoke and shows him a snake, to which he then says, "Naturally, naturally, but in essence divided?" It then turns into two snakes. What exactly is the significance of this? And what is the function of the instrument?  This happens right after Harry has a vision of Mr. Weasley being attacked by the snake in the Ministry of Magic.
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As :     The film opens with Red Skull breaking into a church and stealing a hidden Tesseract. But why was it there in the first place?    Is there a possibility it was a gift to the vikings by Odin himself?      Surely such a powerful object wouldn't be hidden behind a brick wall in Norway. Why wasn't it kept in Asgard along with all the other powerful items that Odin owns?
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If you look at this picture, how would you describe the mood and the eyes of the character?  I would not say she's angry. I would say she is concentrating to cut the object. However there are many kinds of concentration, and thus the eye expression can differ. This one gives me the feeling that she doesn't accept the existence of the object, and thus must kill it.
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In ,  Clark is bringing his boss, Mr. Shirley a Christmas gift.  Mr. Shirley is annoyed at being interrupted and tells Clark to put it with the others.   The other gifts are on a table behind Clark.  All of the gifts are the same exact size and shape as is the one that Clark has.    Is there any reason why the gifts are the same?   Is this ever explained?
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In Game of Thrones S8E1,        Ned Umber is found pinned to a wall by the Night King with a symbolic message, which looks like tentacles coming out of the body of Ned.   Is there some meaning to that symbolic message? If yes, then what is that?
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In MIB3, the proposed explanation for K's lack of emotion and human interaction can be traced to the happening at Cape Canaveral. When J goes back to change the otherwise altered past, K comes out more lively and joyful. As far as I know, though, the only thing that changed was that he killed Boris the Animal rather than arresting him, so what changed him so much for the better?  J's dad still died, if that isn't what devastated him, what did?
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I recently watched David Fincher's 'Se7en' for a second time. I was thinking about the ending and I am kinda confused.  So clearly John Doe (Kevin Spacey) has a plan of killing seven different people based on . Now, near the end we come to know that John Doe himself is the representation of Envy. He then incites Detective David Mills (Brad Pitt) to kill him and become 'Wrath' in the process, which Mills clearly does. Now we are left with Mills, the representation of wrath, still alive. Detective Somerset (Freeman) tells Mills not to kill John Doe and further says,     If you kill him, he will win.   But doesn't that leave John Doe's plan incomplete? I mean Mills is still alive and I'm pretty sure that he wouldn't be sentenced to death for that and John Doe clearly set out to kill all the seven people. How exactly would John Doe 'win' in this situation?
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Spoilers for A Storm of Swords / Season 4 episode 2 "The Lion and the Rose".  At the Purple Wedding,      Littlefinger and Lady Olenna Tyrell   perform their plan of      poisoning King Joffrey.   A short summary of their plan:  Littlefinger orders Ser Dontos Hollard to give Sansa Stark a beautiful silver hairnet adorned with amethysts. At least some of the amethysts are actually strangler crystals in disguise. Ser Dontos also, still under orders of Littlefinger, urges Sansa to wear the hairnet at the wedding, which she then does. At the wedding, when Lady Olenna greets Sansa, she fusses her hairnet a bit, while secretly taking one of the strangler crystals. Later, during the wedding, Lady Olenna puts the crystal in Joffrey's royal cup, poisoning him.  But why was their plan so complicated? Why couldn't Lady Olenna just bring a strangler crystal with her to the wedding (as suggested in )?  Then they wouldn't depend on Ser Dontos and Sansa who could unknowingly have done something to prevent the success of the plan.  The only reason that I could think of, is Littlefinger and Lady Olenna plan for Sansa (and Tyrion as her husband with her) to take the blame for Joffrey's death.  They put the crystals on her person, so that upon examination it would clearly show that Sansa had the murder weapon on her. But Littlefinger had a plan he did not tell Lady Olenna, namely rescuing Sansa during the chaos ensuing the murder (and thereby leaving Tyrion behind as the only accused).  Is there anything confirming or debunking this theory? If my theory doesn't hold up, is there another explanation for why the plan was so needlessly complicated?
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In The Silence of the Lambs while Clarice first comes to visit Dr Lecter for his assistance, he drives Clarice away. But seems to change his mind when he sees Miggs (the next cell prisoner of Dr Lecter) throw his semen on her.   Did Dr Lecter decide to help Clarice only because this incident happened to Clarice? If nothing happened while Clarice retured, would Dr Lecter completely ignore her?
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In Inception, why does Cobb slip the sedative into Robert's glass of water himself, taking considerable amount of risk at getting caught? Why didn't the Air hostess get the pre-drugged water for Fischer? Is there any reason for this?
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In  , when The Joker plans to kill the Mayor at a public gathering. His attempt to shoot the Mayor is foiled by Gordon. After this we see Joker's face in frustration. This is the only time we see Joker without his make up, but the scars on his face are clearly visible.  Why is it that no one noticed this highly unusual man dressed up in a police uniform at this function?
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This is an extract from 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' by Alexander Baron:     Corporal Turnbull was a young man, but he was not a man to be trifled with. He had come back from Dunkirk with all his equipment correct and accounted for and his kitten in his pocket.    What does the highlighted phrase mean? The only meaning I could find online was (and I'm not even sure of its validity) that it means 'hiding your anger'. That doesn't seem to be relevant in the stated context.
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Since Inception is on, I have been thinking about this question a lot.       Cobb's totem used to be his wife's. Doesn't that invalidate its purpose. The other question...is his projection of her really her trying to wake him up?
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If Mad-eye Moody's only purpose was to get Harry to Lord Voldemort then why did he have to wait until the very end of the Tri-wizard tournament? Being a teacher he had Harry at his mercy anytime so should he take the pain of getting Harry into the tournament, risk helping him with the tasks, and so on? He could have easily done it any time during the entire year with any other object as the port key.  Why was the Triwizard cup chosen?  Is there anything that I'm missing?
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Sorry for the vague title--I don't want the title to be a spoiler.  I've seen the movie three times, and the last two times I looked specifically for clues to this question, but found none.  The final scene in  shows       Cobb's top spinning, as he goes off to be reunited with his children.  The top continues to spin, then the movie ends, without telling us if the top topples--and therefore revealing whether he's in the "real world" or still in a dream. Do we know if he was in a dream at the end of the movie?   I'm assuming the answer is that we simply cannot know.  But did I miss anything?  Were there clues that I missed?