tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post7686210834348567997..comments2024-03-28T15:01:21.285-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: A Movie Quiz for the PandemicLeigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-72512552071078212842020-12-16T02:28:32.048-05:002020-12-16T02:28:32.048-05:00I haven't seen very many of the movies you men...I haven't seen very many of the movies you mention, so if I had taken the quiz I would have gotten a very low score. But regarding Alec Baldwin playing a bad guy, "Married to the Mob" is an extremely funny Mafia film. His character is a mid-level mobster, married to Michelle Pfeiffer, who got a little ahead of himself & started sleeping with the big boss man's girlfriend. They were both executed in about the first 20 or 25 minutes. I'm sure you'd enjoy it!<br /><a href="https://couponswa.com/coupon-category/textbooks/" rel="nofollow">Books</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00655214447009324025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-48018468110040581542020-12-16T02:24:23.319-05:002020-12-16T02:24:23.319-05:00Bonus question:
What odd/unusual thing do the fol...Bonus question:<br /><br />What odd/unusual thing do the following <a href="https://couponswa.com/stores/groupon-coupons/" rel="nofollow">movies</a> have in common?<br /><br />Example:<br />Presumed Innocent / Regarding Henry<br />Answer: Harrison Ford as a lawyer<br /><br /><br />1. Just Cause / Finding Forrester / Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade <br />2. Nighthawks / Cobra / Copland / Tango and Cash<br />3. Will Penny / The Big Country / The Last Hard Men / Pony Express<br />4. Bandolero / 100 Rifles / Hannie Caulder<br />5. The Devil's Disciple / Elmer Gantry <br />6. The Cooler / The Juror / Fun with Dick and Jane / Motherless Brooklyn<br />7. Batman Begins / Immortal Beloved / The Dark Knight / The Prisoner of Azkaban<br />8. Awakenings / Patch Adams / Flubber / Good Will Hunting / Nine Months <br />9. Deep Impact / Olympus Has Fallen / London Has Fallen<br />10. Hombre / Cool Hand Luke / The Left-Handed Gun / Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid<br />Thank for your share Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00655214447009324025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-4518864809302184492020-06-20T19:04:29.768-04:002020-06-20T19:04:29.768-04:00Leigh, as i've said before, not knowing this k...Leigh, as i've said before, not knowing this kind of trivia is probably a point in your favor. If I could get some of this useless knowledge out of my head, it would probably make room for all kind of worthwhile information!John Floydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001712728130488485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-14121069305222223212020-06-20T18:29:16.761-04:002020-06-20T18:29:16.761-04:00§1. I fared not too awful doing the first collecti...§1. I fared not too awful doing the first collection.<br /><br />§2. Uh, not so good, but I got a few.<br /><br />§3. Blankety-blankety-blank-blank @#$%£¢ª!<br /><br />But you did warn us!Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-82795630394645734702020-06-20T18:28:33.070-04:002020-06-20T18:28:33.070-04:00According to 'Carla', my go-to mafia sourc...According to 'Carla', my go-to mafia source, as humorous as Married to the Mob is, she claims it's the closest portrayal to the real Mafia.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-7584663924472459182020-06-20T16:56:59.177-04:002020-06-20T16:56:59.177-04:00I've seen that one, Liz. Yep, it was good. I...I've seen that one, Liz. Yep, it was good. I still watch a lot of old movies, and--not that it matters--Alec Baldwin is one of those people who seems to have changed so much in appearance over the years, it's as if I'm watching two different people when I see one of his recent movies and one of his from long ago. The other night I watched Working Girl again (Harrison Ford, Melanie Griffith, Sigourney Weaver), and Alec Baldwin had a small part early in the movie. Almost didn't recognize him.<br /><br />I like a lot of different kinds of movies--some of my favorites are SF, fantasy, comedy, romance, etc. (last night I watched Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), but most of what I watch seems to be crime or adventure. Not many art films or musicals or horror or "message" movies, though I like some of those too. As I think I've mentioned before, I lean more toward Blazing Saddles than Schindler's List.John Floydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001712728130488485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-75152710603963423532020-06-20T16:00:34.274-04:002020-06-20T16:00:34.274-04:00I haven't seen very many of the movies you men...I haven't seen very many of the movies you mention, so if I had taken the quiz I would have gotten a very low score. But regarding Alec Baldwin playing a bad guy, "Married to the Mob" is an extremely funny Mafia film. His character is a mid-level mobster, married to Michelle Pfeiffer, who got a little ahead of himself & started sleeping with the big boss man's girlfriend. They were both executed in about the first 20 or 25 minutes. I'm sure you'd enjoy it!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00239163766419735693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-32173662425807516442020-06-20T11:41:28.478-04:002020-06-20T11:41:28.478-04:00Hey Mary Ann--YES, I was thinking of Drunk History...Hey Mary Ann--YES, I was thinking of Drunk History! I like the band angle, and you know what?--I didn't know that EITHER. You learn something every day. (I take back the BEEEEEEEP!)<br /><br />Here are a couple of entries I started to put in and didn't: <br /><br />The Waterboy, The Longest Yard (remake), Happy Gilmore -- Answer : Adam Sandler as an athlete, and<br />Gorky Park, Reds, Nicholas and Alexandra, Doctor Zhivago -- Answer: Russia<br /><br />I figured the first one was too hard and the second one was too easy.<br /><br />As for All the Way, I have NOT seen it, but I promise I will. I've been a Cranston fan from the start.<br /><br />Thanks for the comments!<br />John Floydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001712728130488485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-65493163039529871882020-06-20T11:32:38.856-04:002020-06-20T11:32:38.856-04:00Hi John, Yep the first two were easy. The third on...Hi John, Yep the first two were easy. The third one, I was going for anyway, was that all three of those film actors, Gosling, Black and Deschanel, also play in their own bands! (I think maybe you were thinking of the TV series "Drunk History" that they all guested on?) <br /><br />BTW have you seen the LBJ movie with Bryan Cranston called "All the Way"? It's terrific. Just watched it last night. He, in my opinion, portrayed LBJ the best I've seen so far, with many layers. <br /><br />Thanks for the movie trivia today! Always love it!Mary Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00947204195242982339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-36694429585180857482020-06-20T11:19:44.224-04:002020-06-20T11:19:44.224-04:00Hey Mary Ann! A fellow cinemaniac. Welcome!
I g...Hey Mary Ann! A fellow cinemaniac. Welcome!<br /><br />I got your first two right away: LBJ and child geniuses (genii?), right? The third one I didn't know and had to look up. Bummer. My only excuse is that it was a TV series (BEEEEEEEP!!) and not a movie.<br /><br />I won't say I never saw a movie I didn't like, but I don't think I've ever seen a movie quiz I didn't like. Yet another indicator that I never grew up.John Floydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001712728130488485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-26703148915572006462020-06-20T11:13:01.039-04:002020-06-20T11:13:01.039-04:00Deborah, you know how much I loved LOST. (Since t...Deborah, you know how much I loved LOST. (Since that was TV and not a movie I left it alone for this quiz.)<br /><br />I know a lot of folks who hated Lost, and I bet it was because of the way it became so muddled in the fourth and fifth seasons. But BOY did I love that show, and I'm glad I hung in there and watched it to the end.<br /><br />And I'll always remember that it was you who put me onto The Walking Dead. John Floydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001712728130488485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-92090302805226999012020-06-20T11:02:31.705-04:002020-06-20T11:02:31.705-04:00You can NEVER watch too many movies! Great column ...You can NEVER watch too many movies! Great column John! Took your early morning quiz and got a lot of them--missed a bunch, too.<br /><br />Here's my quiz for you:<br /><br />Things in Common:<br /><br />1. Woody Harrelson, Bryan Cranston, Liev Schreiber<br /><br />2. Little Man Tate, Searching for Bobby Fisher, The Book of Henry<br /><br />3. Ryan Gosling, Jack Black, Zooey Deschanel<br /><br />It's short, but it's still early...<br /><br />Mary Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00947204195242982339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-10051608276443593002020-06-20T10:42:32.753-04:002020-06-20T10:42:32.753-04:00You know you hit my soft spot. If you wanted to ta...You know you hit my soft spot. If you wanted to talk about “Lost”, we could go on forever...Deborah Elliott-Uptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00847049319243268520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-72329138393419922262020-06-20T10:34:51.959-04:002020-06-20T10:34:51.959-04:00Hey Eve! I also (re-)watched Elmer Gantry a coupl...Hey Eve! I also (re-)watched Elmer Gantry a couple months ago.<br /><br />Good observation, about Stewart. He and several other actors (James Garner, Tom Selleck, Andy Griffith, Gregory Peck, Doug McClure, a few more) almost never ever played villains because it was said that the public wouldn't accept them as bad guys. Which made the movies that DID feature them as villains that much more interesting, to me.<br /><br />I still maintain that reading/watching ANY kind of fiction can make you a better storyteller. (It also makes for a great excuse.)<br /><br />Thanks for taking my silly tests!John Floydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001712728130488485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-47641817789807091582020-06-20T10:15:30.065-04:002020-06-20T10:15:30.065-04:00I got all in the first category, most in the 2nd, ...I got all in the first category, most in the 2nd, and quite a few in the third. (I like movies, I love movie reviews - so I can decide whether or not to go see it - and... I've been around a while.) BTW, Burt Lancaster is great in Elmer Gantry. <br /><br />After the Thin Man; The Greatest Show on Earth <br />(Movies where Jimmy Stewart is a murderer.)<br /><br /><br /><br />Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-78226571672792740692020-06-20T09:50:36.572-04:002020-06-20T09:50:36.572-04:00Liz, is it even possible to watch too many movies?...Liz, is it even possible to watch too many movies??<br /><br />The G and the D is scariest because it really happened, more or less. The lions of Tsavo killed (according to John Patterson, Kilmer's real-life character in the movie) 135 people. I watched it again the other night. (Tombstone, too. I also have too many DVDs.)John Floydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001712728130488485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-27983452275229037412020-06-20T09:43:26.082-04:002020-06-20T09:43:26.082-04:00Here's a bonus question, using our detective s...Here's a bonus question, using our detective skills to deduce the answer: Whose wife thinks he watches too many movies? Seriously, John, wow. And while our taste in movies differs greatly, you included some of my less than obvious favorites. For example, The Ghost and the Darkness is one of the scariest movies ever made, imho, besides starring the incomparable and undersung Val Kilmer (what do The G and the D and Tombstone have in common?).Elizabeth Zelvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944424094949207841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-61844601053897378302020-06-20T08:22:25.374-04:002020-06-20T08:22:25.374-04:00Paul, your brain works a lot better than mine, on ...Paul, your brain works a lot better than mine, on the subject of movies (and other things too). But I've always been one of those people--and I suspect you are too--who watches a movie and says Whoa I remember that woman from such-and-such a movie, and I remember that plot from another one, etc. I think it's a disease.<br /><br />Yep, it IS too early for a test, O'Neil. But this one's quirky enough that if you fail, it's probably to your credit. If you CAN answer these kinds of questions, you're spending way too much time with Netflix and Prime.<br /><br />Honestly, though, I've come to prefer watching movies (especially old ones) over current events. At least all movies aren't depressing . . .John Floydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001712728130488485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-1896628958943035402020-06-20T07:14:27.030-04:002020-06-20T07:14:27.030-04:00Wow. Those are listings. A test this early in the ...Wow. Those are listings. A test this early in the morning? I'll have to take it later and I'll see how I do. Nice work.O'Neil De Nouxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03142721824657611738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-60655643090902410372020-06-20T02:40:37.838-04:002020-06-20T02:40:37.838-04:00I got a lot of them, John. But you skunked me on s...I got a lot of them, John. But you skunked me on several. And it did get harder as it went along. It was fun, but my brain doesn't work as well as it used to. Paul D. Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15466234708772287399noreply@blogger.com