Name That Film
Name That Film:
Overburdened by technology he doesn’t quite understand, Will Smith uses his charm, wits, and determination to save the day against overwhelming odds in a world not his own.
Acceptable Answers:
I Am Legend, Men in Black 1, 2, Independence Day, I Robot, Pursuit of Happyness, Wild Wild West, Enemy of the State.
Name That Film:
Turns out Tim Robbins is out of his mind (not that he realizes it).
Acceptable Answers:
War of the Worlds, Human Nature, Antitrust, Arlington Road, Jacob’s Ladder, The Player, Hudsucker Proxy, Bob Roberts, Erik the Viking.
Name That Film:
Keanu Reeves must learn to cope with his fear of heights and vertigo in order to focus and get smart enough to arrive at the right place at the right time and save the day.
Acceptable Answers:
The Matrix, Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey, Point Break, Speed, Johnny Mnemonic, Chain Reaction, Devil’s Advocate, Constantine.
Name That Film:
This world’s more cruel crazy and crooked than you can imagine baby. Just let Charlton Heston show you.
Acceptable Answers:
Planet of the Apes, Antony and Cleopatra, Touch of Evil, The Omega Man, Soylent Green, The Awakening, In the Mouth of Madness, Armageddon, Any Given Sunday, the Ten Commandments, Ben-Hur.
Name That Film:
Bill Murray is finding it hard to pull himself together. Well, maybe for a cute lady, he might still be willing to crack half a smile, maybe sing a little. Maybe.
Acceptable Answers:
What About Bob, Broken Flowers, Lost in Translation, Rushmore, Royal Tenenbaums, Groundhog Day.
Name That Film:
Helena Bonham Carter may be weird, unconventional, even deranged, but the men around her make her look completely sane by comparison.
Acceptable Answers:
Fight Club, Frankenstein, Planet of the Apes, Big Fish, Hamlet, Corpse Bride, Much Ado About Nothing, Sweeney Todd.
Name That Film:
Jeff Bridges opens his mind to amazing possibilities, man, and opens others’ minds too, and it’s just like, WOW, y’know?
Acceptable Answers:
Starman, TRON, Tucker, Fisher King, Fearless, Big Lebowksi, K-PAX, Surf’s Up.
Name That Film:
Val Kilmer would sort of like to help out, and sometimes can, in a cautionarily instructive sense, but anything more than that could prove beyond him, as he has already achieved greatness and is currently on the fast track to total dissipation, and any remaining acts of greatness will be accompanied by much witticism and twirling of small objects with his fingers.
Acceptable Answers:
Tombstone, Real Genius, Wonderland, The Doors, Island of Dr Moreau, True Romance.
Name That Film:
Johnny Depp hates formal instruction and discipline imposed from outside, but fancies himself a creative and literary person nonetheless, with poetry in his soul. Uncertain of what he desires, he nevertheless finds himself on an odyssey which will end with him transcending the human world he has inhabited.
Acceptable Answers:
Edward Scissorhands, Gilbert Grape, Pirates of the Caribbean 1, 2, 3, Ninth Gate, Don Juan, Nightmare on Elm Street, Sleepy Hollow, From Hell. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Benny and Joon.
Name That Film:
Gary Oldman IS rock and ROLL, MAN!
Acceptable Answers:
Sid and Nancy, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, JFK, Dracula, Immortal Beloved, Basquiat, The Fifth Element, Jesus, Hannibal, Beat the Devil, Harry Potter 3, 4, 5.
Name That Film:
So you guys think you can mess with Jodie Foster? Why, is it because she’s female? Is it because her child, or inner child, is an easy target? I think you’re underestimating the depths of courage, cunning, and determination Jodie Foster can draw from in order to kick all your asses.
Acceptable Answers:
Flightplan, Little Man Tate, Nell, Taxi Driver, Silence of the Lambs, Maverick, The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys, Panic Room, The Brave One.
Name That Film:
Tom Cruise thinks he knows everything, but then learns he doesn’t, and thereby becomes a less cocky and more mature human being.
Acceptable Answers:
Losin’ It, All the Right Moves, Cocktail, Top Gun, The Color of Money, Rain Man, Born on the Fourth of July, Days of Thunder, A Few Good Men, The Firm, Jerry Maguire, Eyes Wide Shut, Magnolia, Vanilla Sky, The Last Samurai, Minority Report.
Name That Film:
Tom Cruise thinks he knows everything, and he continues thinking he knows everything.
Acceptable Answers: Endless Love, T.A.P.S., Risky Business, Legend, Interview with the Vampire, Mission Impossible 1, 2, 3, Austin Powers in Goldmember, Collateral, Lions for Lambs, Valkyrie.
Tags: art, film, fun, psychology
January 3rd, 2009 at 5:46 pm
[…] * Both movies were written by Eric Roth, a man who now owes me seventeen dollars, because I was dumb enough to take my wife, who was smart enough to help me ferret out Roth’s crimes against screenwriting. If you liked this round of Name That Film, be sure to check out the original at: http://madeinhead.org/anism/?p=114. […]
January 9th, 2009 at 11:52 am
I loved this. How about: Edward Norton plays a normal man who seems to be in over his head, but it turns out he has a much darker alter ego. (Primal Fear, Fight Club, The Hulk — and he’s playing twins for what looks to be a similar theme in Leaves of Grass.)
January 11th, 2009 at 6:44 am
Robert Redford is a man with great promise, but is unable to make the final moves to fullfill that promise.
Acceptible answers: The Candidate, Downhill Racer, The Sting, The Way We Were.
January 13th, 2009 at 9:49 am
Finding Neverland could be added to the Johnny Depp list.