(Grammar help) meaning of "into"

[princealbertofb]

Thanks Prince! I have seen the two words above being used before and I found them easier to understand somehow.
But It seems like the "Times into Event" is being used less often (from my own experience) that I couldn't make out their meaning just by reading it and most of the time I would just use "after" when I make a sentence.

[MENTION=13183]seeking[/MENTION], I don't think the expression using a certain amount of time INTO a particular event is such a rare phrase, but it's not overly common either. Just one of those things that make the English language sometimes difficult to understand, I guess.
Other examples : Three minutes into the film, I realised that I had already seen it.
Four hours into the job and he knew he never wanted to do manual work again.