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Post by Mini Mia on Dec 12, 2013 18:38:55 GMT -6
Post a one-star review of a popular movie, found on Amazon.com, and whoever guesses the correct title takes the next turn.
First Up:
What is the title?
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Post by katina2nd on Dec 14, 2013 18:44:42 GMT -6
Don't think this is correct, but it was the first film that came to mind so I'll float it out there and see ..........
West Side Story?
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Post by Mini Mia on Dec 14, 2013 23:04:24 GMT -6
Sorry, Kat. But it was a good guess.
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Post by stepper on Dec 14, 2013 23:23:06 GMT -6
Hmm. Are we talking about sailors here? Like maybe 'Ole Blue Eyes? I'm thinking New York New York.
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Post by katina2nd on Dec 15, 2013 18:42:53 GMT -6
Sorry, Kat. But it was a good guess.
Ummm not good enough though apparently Jox.
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Post by Mini Mia on Dec 16, 2013 0:12:58 GMT -6
katina2nd: Yeah. Wasn't good enough, sadly.
stepper: Nope, no sailors.
I really thought this one would be so easy. I guess because it's one of my favorite movies.
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Post by Phalon on Dec 16, 2013 5:38:46 GMT -6
My first guess would have been "Footloose" but nobody in that movie is even close to being emo (or drunken bums for that matter).
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Post by Phalon on Dec 16, 2013 6:47:04 GMT -6
Ok, this was kind of fun...what if the characters in "Footloose" were emo?
Actual lines from the movie (the 1984 version with Kevin Bacon):
Willard: You know what it is, you've got an attitude problem.
Ren: Oh, I've got an attitude problem?
Willard: Yes, and I'm not the first one that's noticed it. I mean we're not stuck in the g**d@mn middle ages here. I mean we've got TV. We've got Family Feud. We're not stuck in Leave It to Beaver land here.
Ren: Well, I haven't noticed a wet T-shirt contest in town yet.
Willard: Yeah, well I haven't either, but I'm waiting. Patiently.
Ren: I tell you what I'd like to do - I'd like to fold a Playboy centerfold inside every one of Reverend Moore's hymnbooks!
Emo version of Footloose:
Willard: Dude, lose the attitude.
Raven (cuz Ren sounds too much like a cheerful little wren, and nothing is cheerful about emos. Of course, his hair is dyed black to match the name, and it covers 3/4 of his face): I can't - I'm emo. I need to go cut myself.
Willard: Yeah, well me too. But we're not stuck in the f***ing '80s here. I mean we've got Mortal Kombat on X-box. We've got The Vampire Diaries. We're not stuck in Fresh Prince of Bel Aire here.
Raven: Well, I haven't noticed a body-piercing parlor in town yet.
Willard: Yeah, well I haven't either, and it makes me sad. I want to cry, wear skinny jeans, and cut myself.
Raven: I tell you what I'd like to do - I'd like to watch Twilight, cry, and cut myself.
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Post by Mini Mia on Dec 16, 2013 18:07:18 GMT -6
Phalon Too funny. Sadly, it isn't 'Footloose.'
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Post by katina2nd on Dec 17, 2013 18:31:28 GMT -6
Sheesh nothing comes to mind I'm afraid.
What period are we talking about Jox, fifties, sixties etc.
Oh yeah, and it might help a bit if I knew what the heck emo meant.
Emotional?
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Post by Mini Mia on Dec 17, 2013 21:59:09 GMT -6
It came out a while ago. I was an adult. (Not a teen. My sister had young children.) The time period in the movie is when my parents were adults. (Not teens. Maybe young parents?)
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Post by Phalon on Dec 20, 2013 5:11:15 GMT -6
I know, I know! You are right, Katina, in guessing emotional - it started with a music genre called "emotional-hardcore", which I know nothing about, but I'm guessing it's emotional (eye-roll).
A subculture developed from the music - LX used to complain about the emo kids at high school - "Seriously? How can anyone be that depressed all the time."
Think teenage angst taken to new and uncharted melodramatic heights.
When I first started seeing emo kids, I got them confused with goths - it's kind of a similar look with dyed jet-black straight hair, lots of piercings, and black eye-liner. I was quickly corrected though - "It's like they wanna be goths, but haven't got the balls to do it." Goths are angry at the world; emos whine and cry about it. Acts of self-harm, like cutting themselves, are a stereotypical emo response to their excessive emotional state.
Goths dress in over-the-top Victorian-style dark clothing; emos wear t-shirts, sweaters, and black skinny jeans. Black horn-rimmed glasses, whether they need them or not, seem to be an emo's 'must-have' accessory.
A stereotypical description, of course, but you get the gist.
I'm guessing from Joxie's clue about the time-frame of the movie, that the characters have more of an emo state of mind, rather than actually being "emo"; the subculture hit the mainstream (which is an oxymoron, but true) about the mid-2000s (that looks weird). I'm still stumped about the movie..and obviously other things (like why someone would want to be emo, and how you write the midway-ish point between 2000 and 2010).
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Post by Mini Mia on Dec 21, 2013 0:21:16 GMT -6
I would say, of the guesses so far, Footloose comes closest.
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Post by Phalon on Dec 21, 2013 9:00:01 GMT -6
Saturday Night Fever?
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Post by Mini Mia on Dec 21, 2013 19:23:20 GMT -6
Nopers. Sorry. The lead male hero was a trained dancer.
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Post by stepper on Dec 21, 2013 22:31:34 GMT -6
Dirty Dancing?
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Post by Mini Mia on Dec 21, 2013 22:46:12 GMT -6
B-I-N-G-O!!!
Your turn.
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Post by stepper on Dec 21, 2013 23:11:06 GMT -6
Wait! My turn? That was a question! I said "Dirty Dancing?" See? Now if I had said "Dirty Dancing!" that would have been an answer, but I was just asking, sort of. So I'm supposed to figure out a lousy review for a movie?
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Post by Mini Mia on Dec 21, 2013 23:58:56 GMT -6
You find a one-star review on Amazon. Or on any such site. We never follow the rules.
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Post by stepper on Dec 22, 2013 0:44:08 GMT -6
Okay, here goes a one star review of a movie I (and I'm sure many others) like..
"Not remotely funny, at least not intentionally. The only part that had me and my girlfriend laughing was the part where they encounter the rats. They looked so bad it was amusing. The best part was when one jumped on the main character. It looked like someone in the studio had simply picked up the rat and thrown it at him."
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Post by Phalon on Dec 22, 2013 9:44:40 GMT -6
I was going to guess Dirty Dancing, but nothing seemed to fit except the characters taking dancing WAY too seriously, and hooking up a lot.
Rats. Hhmmm, so many movies, maybe a clue? If it's a one star review that complains the movie is not even remotely funny, is it supposed to be a comedy?
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Post by stepper on Dec 22, 2013 19:32:40 GMT -6
I'd call it a romantic comedy. And I have to be careful with clues because it really is a fairly well known movie with many memorable scenes. NCIS used it as one of their movie reverences - Abby said she loved it.
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Post by Spock on Dec 22, 2013 22:02:04 GMT -6
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Post by Mini Mia on Dec 23, 2013 2:40:04 GMT -6
The only movie I can think of with rats is Willard.
Spock: Catch
Okay. I'm caught up to Christmas now. Bypassed Thanksgiving.
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Post by stepper on Dec 23, 2013 23:59:19 GMT -6
Nope and Nope. One of the good guys is seeking revenge because his father was killed.
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Post by katina2nd on Dec 24, 2013 20:36:11 GMT -6
I know, I know! You are right, Katina, in guessing emotional - it started with a music genre called "emotional-hardcore", which I know nothing about, but I'm guessing it's emotional (eye-roll). A subculture developed from the music - LX used to complain about the emo kids at high school - "Seriously? How can anyone be that depressed all the time." Think teenage angst taken to new and uncharted melodramatic heights. Thanks Gams, kinda 'soft core' Goths by the sound of it. Well done on solving the clues Stepper. Let's see now, someone seeking revenge for the death of his old man, fake rats leaping on people, and it's a "romantic comedy?" Is it one of those spoof type movies?
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Post by stepper on Dec 25, 2013 14:20:48 GMT -6
Not a spoof that I know of Kat - this was an original, and there was no follow up movie. It's a loner.
Seeking revenge - that person is one the main characters - but not THE main character - there's two of those BTW.
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Post by stepper on Jan 2, 2014 21:44:54 GMT -6
I was afraid this review was too obscure....um...the hero kidnaps a person who has already been kidnapped by someone else.
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Post by katina2nd on Jan 3, 2014 18:41:46 GMT -6
I was afraid this review was too obscure....um...the hero kidnaps a person who has already been kidnapped by someone else. Not ringing any bells I'm afraid, "Raising Arizona" came to mind for some reason but don't think the clues match, and certainly don't remember there being any rats in it. What decade are we talking about?
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Post by stepper on Jan 3, 2014 21:22:44 GMT -6
In what decade is the movie set? Think Errol Flynn, think swash buckler and ships and pretty maidens! That decade – Errol Flynn not included.
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