I’ve been tagged by wRitErsbLock with a movie meme. Here are the rules, which I, of course, won’t follow. I don’t like rules.
Pick out ten favorite movies, then look them up at IMDb. In the overview at the top of each movie’s page, there are “Plot Keywords,” usually five of them. (Plus more, if you click the link.) Take the first five, and post them. Then the rest of us get to play movie buff and see if we can guess them.
Ok, people, no cheating and looking up the answers. Play fair. Of course, instead of ten, since ten would take about two minutes for you smartypantses to get, Frank and I went through the movies together and picked out 50 off our DVD shelves (ok, I think we don’t own two on the list, but I reeeeally want #43). Here’s what I want your answer format to look like, because I am nothing if not bossy:
– Name of movie – any other comments you may want to share about the movie. It is, after all, a comments section.
You may choose whether you go through the whole list in one big comment or in separate comments so that no one looks like they answered before you even though you really typed it first but see, your comment was one big comment and no fair, they answered in little teeny comments! Do what you want, peeps. Except curse. No cursing. You know how I am! I’ll post the official answers tomorrow.
1 – Eavesdropping / Masquerade / Newspaper Editor / Poetry / Library
2 – Unlikely Hero / Egotism / Explosion / Space Travel / Mistaken Identity
3 – Sermon / Poignant / Gentle / Midlife Crisis / Revenge
4 – Kiss / Stage Play / Father Son Estrangement / Teen Movie / Ambulance (this one is for sheila, who is doing movie quotes at 1:30 tomorrow, but what? the ambulance is in the movie for about two seconds!)
5 – Arranged Marriage / Loss of Loved One / Cliff / Storyteller / Old Man
6 – Action Heroine / No Opening Credits / Asia / Martial Arts / Sword Fight
7 – College Football (ok, too easy) / Aspiration / Teen / Father Son Relationship / Family Relationships
8 – (writersblock can’t answer this one) Gymnastics / Bloopers During Credits / Championship / High School / Plagiarism
9 – Old Man / Stroke / 1940s (oh, come on!) / Christmas Tree / Alternative History
10 – Army / Germany / North Africa Campaign / Stars and Stripes / Historical
11 – 1960s / Arson / Battered Woman / Birthday Party / Candy Store
12 – Action Hero / Shoot / Explosion / Death / Gun
13 – Torture / Treaty / Male Rape (welcome, googlers) / Interrogation / Diplomacy (yeah, some of you were thinking Deliverance, weren’t you?)
14 – Gentle / Toast / Iron / Handicap / Bus
15 – Cartoon / Survivor / Good Versus Evil / Comic Book Shop / Crime Fighter
16 – Meteorite / Saving the World Mission / Psychologist / Gratuities / Misfit
17 – Group Vomit / Toupee / Language Barrier / Hidden Treasure / Class Differences
18 – Breasts / Gore / Marijuana / Disturbing / North Atlantic (wha?)
19 – Cinderella Story / Romance / Heroine / Fish out of Water / Teen
20 – (super easy one) Baseball / Famous Score / 1930s / Athlete / Baseball Bat
21 – First Love / Double Life / Editor / Newspaper / Pygmalion
22 – Court / Deux Ex Machina (what?) / Falsely Accused / Murder / On the Road
23 – Part of Trilogy / Good Versus Evil / Moral Ambiguity / Deep Focus / Famous Opening Theme
24 – Ex Girlfriend / Retirement Home / Male Female Relationship / Brother Sister Relationship (ew!) / Graduation
25 – Hope / 16th Century / Asia / Katana Sword / Showdown
26 – Thief / Remake / Hotel / Caper / Escapade
27 – Bronx New York / Lawyer / Mob Boss / Cop Killer / Gore
28 – Costume Party / Girl Next Door / Soccer (metric football) / Coming of Age / Shower Curtain
29 – Map / Oldies / Warrior / Extraterrestrial / Necktie
30 – Ethics / Camp / Lawyer / Beautiful Woman / Dam
31 – Famous Line / Death / Beretta / Action Hero / Explosions
32 – Spoof / Love / Outlaw / Sheriff / Mud Wrestling
33 – Arch Villain / Baltimore Maryland / Double Cross / Jamaica / Loss of Sister
34 – Cop / Sergeant / Disturbing / Irish American / Elephant Gun
35 – 1980s / Brothel / Gagged and Bound / Humor / Supernatural Powers (um… that looks really bad. It’s one of Frank’s, just so y’all know.)
36 – Time For Title / Badge / Real Time / Based On Magazine Article / Revenge
37 – Crushed Head / Male Nudity (ooh! that one must be mine!) / No Opening Credits / Tragic Hero / Brave
38 – Student Driver / Ballpark / Bumbling Hero / Unlikely Hero / Femme Fatale
39 – Narcolepsy / Anachronistic / Indian Music / No Opening Credits / True Love
40 – Trombone / Military Hospital / Peace Corps / Guilt / Elephant
41 – (another super-easy one for IMAO readers) Warfare / Brat Pack / Concentration Camp / Rocky Mountains / Communism
42 – Self Worth / 1980s / Fall From Tree / Telescope / Fire
43 – Cell Phone / Shoot / Soda Machine / Secret Agent / Car Crash
44 – Parenthood / Profanity (definitely Frank’s) / Tense / Crushed Head / Mission
45 – Pneumatic Tube / Funeral / Obscene Finger Gesture / Father Son Relationship / Masturbation Scene (i’m suddenly very embarrassed by our DVD shelves)
46 – Nose Pushed Into Brain / Drug Addict / Drug Addiction / Car Bomb / Stripper
47 – (gimme) Altering History / Teen Movie / California / Telephone Box / Telephone
48 – Interracial Kiss / Teen Movie / Young Director / Loser / Teenage Boy
49 – Latex / Action Heroine / Shot In The Chest / Hypodermic Needle / Vampire
50 – Reform / Tennessee Valley Authority / Treasure / Posse / Gunfire
Oh yeah. I forgot to tag people. I know some of y’all are gonna be mad at me, and I’m sorry, but here goes…
Serenity
red
tracey
Tammi
maggie katzen
Kris
JAM
emily@sk (because, you know, life-changing experiences make you want to do movie memes!)
Susan
Ashley
(And no. I didn’t pick a bunch of people with adorable cats on purpose. There are some people in there whose cat status I don’t even know!)
46 – The Last Boyscout
Too lazy to do more
Just guesses, but here goes:
2. Rocket Man
4. Dead Poets Society
6. Kill Bill
7. Rudy
9. It’s a Wonderful Life
20. The Natural
25. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
26. Ocean’s Eleven
31. Dirty Harry
35. Sin City
41. Red Dawn
47. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure
50. Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
12–anything with Aaahnold
18 – Breasts / Gore / Marijuana / Disturbing / North Atlantic (wha?)–a Democratic convention in Boston?
26–Ocean’s 11…and 12…and 13…and 14…and…
37–Braveheart
41–Red Dawn?
47–Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
16–Armageddon
38–Naked Gun 2 1/2
40–Airplane!
Boogs, correct on 46
Chris: 7, 9, 20, 41, 47 are correct, and I’ll give you #50. Hahahahaha on #4, but no. And after seeing Sin City as a rental, um, no, we won’t be owning that, and it’s not the correct answer to #35. That was one of the worst movies I ever saw.
Michael, correct on 37.
BJP, I know, right? When I got #12’s keywords, I told Frank that could describe any action movie ever. But no. I’ll give you a hint: No Ahhhnold. 18 – hahahaha, no again. Yes to 37, 41, 47, 16, and 40.
John, yes on 10, 16, and 34.
I’m guessing–some of my favorites
The Last Samarai
Enter The Dragon
Patton
Saving Private Ryan
The Exorcist
Predator
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure
Jackass
Up in Smoke (Cheech & Chong)
Indiana Jones & The Temple of Doom
Second Hand Lions
ussjc, you can’t just throw out random movie titles. they have to be accompanied by #s. silly.
DOH! I knew #8!
9 – It’s a wonderful life
47 — Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure
#6: Kill Bill
#8: Bring It On
#19: She’s All That
#23: Star Wars
(that was with a quick glimpse, because I’m at work…ssshhhh!)
5–Wuthering Heights?
48–O (Josh Hartnett, Mekhi Pfifer)?
Believe it or not, folks, #23 is NOT Star Wars. It makes too much sense. You’ll be surprised at some of these keywords.
Amanda, 8 is correct.
my guesses :
2 – the last starfighter
3 – the apostle
7 – rudy
8 – bring it on
9 – it’s a wonderful life
19 – the princess diaries
21 – never been kissed
25 – the last samuri
26 – oceans eleven
31 – dirty harry
41 – red dawn
47 – bill & ted
50 – o’ brother
What, no Zulu? Best damn film of all time…well, that and the Godfather…but I’m a wop…thats how we roll…
hmm, those are the only ones that haven’t gotten that I can come up with reasonable guesses for off the top of my head. A couple others that seem familiar or that I think I know but can’t think of the title…
Am I getting close?
13 – Lawrence of Arabia
45 – tommy Boy
tommy, 2, 15, 39, and 17 are correct. and Goonies is my all-time favorite movie.
ussjc, no.
beez, 13 and 45 are correct.
Ok…if at first you don’t succeed…
1 Natl Lamporn’s Frathouse
2 Puss N Boots
3 Get What You Pay For
4 Wet X-Mas
5 Confessions of a Teenage Peanut Butter Freak
6 Love Airlines
7 Deep Throat
8 El Topo
42-Roxanne- pretty good, but not as good as the old black&white version of Cyrano.
shane, i forgot to say that 21 was correct.
yay, do I win a prize for guessing your favorite movie (or, more accurately, guessing a movie which incidentally happens to be your favorite)? IMAO bonus points perhaps?
ussjimmy, you’re a weird guy. you’re supposed to be guessing SarahK’s movies, not your own!
are these only movies, or do they include tv series boxed sets? #36 could be some season of 24, I guess? though I don’t know about the magazine article.
I guess everyone’s given up but #38 is Naked Gun 1 not 2.