The result is that any portal-claiming expedition doubles as a walking tour of your local area, with interesting buildings and monuments highlighted and explained for you.
But it is pretty well explained for you — much more overtly in the film than in David Mitchell's book, which feels more elusive — and what you encounter isn't difficulty but density, the sense (either pleasurable or annoying) of packed and layered meaning.
It's easier to speculate about and identify with a story when it's not all neatly laid out and explained for you; it's more fun when your own mind and imagination and heart participate in the creation of a world.
(M037) I can't explain myself 'cause my English is not good, so you always need someone who can explain for you.
After a life of roving, Auberon Halfcourt (adoptive father of the lascivious Yashmeen) gives up his own quest, explaining, "For me, Shambhala, you see, turned out to be not a goal but an absence.
And also, another set of explaining for the accounting people, you know, the chief financial officer who'd want to understand exactly what this technical accounting issue is.
Because the heavily wooded path rarely offers open meadows or grand vistas, Mr. Bryson explained, "for all you know, your route could describe a very large, pointless circle".
The guidelines explain: "For example, you wouldn't charge for a bag containing an unwrapped blade and unwrapped loose seeds, but adding a box of cornflakes means you'd have to charge".
So here it is -- hominy, explained (for all of you who never knew you wanted to know).
On Siena's main square, Il Campo, my tour guide Roberto Bechi explains, "For the Sienese, you're born...there's the Palio...and then you can die".
