In the movie "Magnolia", it rains frogs! Is that a symbolic metaphor or just a theatrical gimmick?
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"From Biblical tales of Egyptian storms to British towns suddenly finding themselves covered with frogs falling from the sky, such events are caused when a wind storm passes over a pond or lake teaming with frogs, picking them up and dumping them elsewhere!"
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Well its partly based on Roger Waters' childhood and relationship with his father, but I dont know that there is any "hidden" message there - he was clearly fixated by the War, and his father's death in it, especially as his father was a pacifist, and the film contains a lot of pseudo nazi imagery.
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Think of froggies, they lay eggs, then turn into tadpoles, then sprout legs, then lose the tail, then we humans dissect them.  or eat their legs. Sorry, I think that's stupid.  Can you imagine all those little frogs with walkers?
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Im a film major and I've never heard of any movie like this, but it sounds like a trip! Try imdb.com (Internet Movie Database). Thats the biggest website on the internet for every movie you can ever think of, so if you can't find it there.... we'll... good luck!
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i think the only real purpose is to make people laugh.\n\n\nsure it could mean any guy can i make a movie nowadays,\npeople are sexist, racist, blah blah blah.\n\nbut the real message is probably laugh your @ss off.
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Yes---the rainbow is a reminder of God's promise to us that never again will the whole earth be covered in water as it was in Noah's time.\nGENESIS 9:12-16--"And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud, and I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth."\nWhen we see a beautiful rainbow in the sky, may we see not only it's beauty, but remember what it represents--a promise from our Creator.
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God is kicking all his pets out of heaven! Just kidding!\n\nIt means raining heavily.
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I think its from the movie of Julie Andrews\n\nthe\n\n\nSUPERCALIFRAGILISTICESPIALIDOCIOUS.\n\n\ndid i spelled it right?\n\n\nlol
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Its actually "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious", its pronounced exactly as it is spelt and it is the 34 lettered song title from the 1964 movie Mary Poppins. As a song title, it is a proper noun, but the word, and variations, has entered the English language as an adjective. It is one of the longest words in the English language.\n\nThe song describes using the word as a miraculous way to talk oneself out of difficult situations, and even as a way to change one's life. The song appears in the film's animated sequence where Mary Poppins is harangued by reporters after winning a horse race and responds to one claiming there are not words to describe her feelings of the moment. Mary disagrees with that and begins the song about one word she can use.\n\nAccording to Robert Sherman, co-writer of the song, the word was mostly created out of double-talk. Mary Poppins star Julie Andrews says it was her husband at the time, Tony Walton, who devised the backwards version of the word that is heard near the end of the song, Dociousaliexpiisticfragicalirupus (although, strictly speaking, only syllables are reversed, rather than the actual letter order.)
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Late in summer there is usually a period of hot, humid and almost smothering days that seem to go on and on forever.  The grass is dying, and the crickets sing at night.  So the title refers to a "time" of year.  Add the title in with the story for full effect.  And yeah, its a great movie.
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nothing!...it's non-sense...something like "Oh look at him! He's an attractive frog-man" (!?!?!?)...but that's after doing a bit of interpreting since the grammar is all scr*wed up!
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The emotional lyrics can have multiple meanings. On the surface, they seem to be an apology from one lover to another. On a deeper level, they can have a spiritual allegory. It is a theory that "Purple Rain" is a metaphor for heaven, inspired by the testimonies of a woman who died on the operating table that the afterlife is full of falling purple rain.
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Singin' in the Rain is a bit of an odd duck because it crosses traditional genre lines.  This musical sets up conflicts between the guy's True Love vs. the one everyone thinks he should be with.  Boiled down, that gets you a rebellion vs. tradition conflict.  There's also an appearance vs. reality conflict running on several different levels - reflecting a concern with superficiality both within Hollywood and in the world at large.
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Often times you will see a movie that says at the begining based on actual events.... Not this is a true story.... this gives them so much squirm room it't not funny.  Fargo for example was completely made up.....
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There's this creative writing theory about "suspension of disbelief" that says that readers/moviegoers will maintain their attention as long as the ideas presented are not too far off from reality.  So you would have trouble with a movie about a completely alternate existence where nothing approximates human life and completely different laws of nature and physics and reality apply.\n\nAlternatively, it could be something as simple as someone that - for no reason whatsoever - likes someone that hits them in the head or cuts them... Might be good for satire or comedy, but makes no sense in drama unless we're talking Wuthering Heights.
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The title of the story is taken from a running joke in the movie "The Gay Divorcee"- A Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers musical RKO Studios - 1934 \n-------------------------------------------- \n\nFORTUNE FAVORS THE FOOLISH\nACT I \n\nScene: \n\nInterior of Macgyver's loft - kitchen area\nMacgyver lays sprawled on his back, underneath the kitchen sink. He has just returned home after completing yet another dangerous assignment for the Phoenix Foundation, and finds a note from his son Sam. To his dismay, Sam has gone to Central America to cover a particularly hairy-sounding news story. Mac is clearly unhappy as he monkeys with the sink's drain pipe. \nMacgyver: - muses to himself \n\nOh, well - you have to give Sam the freedom to explore and define his own destiny. I just wish he hadn't inherited so much of his parents' traits: insatiable curiosity, an unwavering desire for justice, and a slightly reckless restiveness. Even if he has the right to make his own choices - doesn't mean that I don't worry about him. \nWith a sigh, Mac returns his attention to the second, and more minor cause of his bad mood - the pipe under the kitchen sink. \n\n\nMacgyver: - to himself \nI can't believe that I've just returned from an assignment that involved defeating laser sensors, deadly holographic images, supercyber-generated explosives, and a computer virus that could infect systems world-wide - and I get home and my drainpipe is leaking. There must be an ironic joke in this somewhere - just don't get it at the moment. As Mac completes his repairs, and is securing the pipe - the telephone rings. Hauling himself up from under the sink, he is befuddled for a moment. He can't see the phone - anywhere. Following the sound of the ringer, Mac finally finds the phone under a pile of clothes and sports gear. \n\nMacgyver: - to himself \nThis place could use a good cleaning. Guess that's what you get from having two bachelors living together......... \n\nMac: - into the phone \nHelloooooo...... \n\nFrom the Receiver: - a slightly hysterical, familiar voice \nMac! It's Jack Dalton! I need your help Macgyver! There's this treasure in an old haunted house, that I need your help to......... \n\nMacgyver: - cutting Jack off \nHold it, Jack! I guess the words 'hello and how are you' have lost all meaning for you - but SLOW DOWN so that I can at least pretend to understand this newest folly of of yours. \n\nJack: - wounded tone \nMac - I am cut to the quick. And how are you, by the way? Longtime no see. How was the 'In Search of America' road- trip with your bambino? Good I hope. \n\nMacgyver: \nI'm fine, Jack - and the trip with Sam was great. we...... \nJack: - cutting Mac off \nSo much for idle chit-chat, my boy. There is treasure to be found - fortunes to be made - empires to be built. But I need a little help to do it, Mac. Say that you'll help me. Please? \nMac: - in a sardonic tone, rolling his eyes \nYou are still the same incurable idealist that you've always been, Jack - I guess that some things never change. But you have to understand that I've just gotten back from a pretty rough assignment. After I get some sleep - all I want to do is get some fresh air a pleasant exercise - work out the kinks and the cobwebs. Care to join me on a cross-country bicycle trip? \nJack: - prissy distaste in his voice \nBicycle trip? You know that I never indulge in exercise if I can help it. Besides, I'm serious, Mac. There is this old house up on Rt. 33 north of the town of Devil's Den. We can take the I-5 to Lost Hills...don't you just love the names of these small towns...then Rt 46 to 33 and then north.....it's about a 4 hour drive from L.A. \nMacgyver: \nDrive?!?! Why can't you fly us there? Oh no, I can't believe that I 'm even asking you that. I have no intention of getting involved in this! \nJack: - hesitantly \nUmmmm...Mac, I can't fly u
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this is not a real word and was used in a film called mary poppins.\n\nit is used to express the joy in somebodys life, but still does not have any peticular meaning other than the fact that the makers of mary poppins thought it up a a good song