Poorly describe movies and guess what they are

[zoobyshoe]

4) A musician gets revenge for his death.

The Crow

 

[Math Is Hard]

With great fish comes great responsibility.

Splash.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Splash.

Hehehehehe.

 

[zoobyshoe]

The mob in film. Guess by reference to memorable scenes:

1.) Movie producer sleeps with the horses

2.) Thug wonders what's funny about him.

3) Thugs celebrate when kid hold his tongue

4.) Thug demonstrates his enthusiasm for baseball.

5.) Italian-American success brings gift of olive oil to Sicilian thug.

6.) Thug introduces his little friend

7.) Thug explains things French.

 

[Hells]

Only one left:

3)A cowboy tells a movie [strike]producer[/strike] director who he must choose to play a leading role. Amnesiac has lesbian affair.

Mulholland drive?

 

[TurtleMeister]

3)A cowboy tells a movie [strike]producer[/strike] director who he must choose to play a leading role. Amnesiac has lesbian affair.

Mulholland drive?

Correct.

 

[DaveC426913]

The mob in film. Guess by reference to memorable scenes:
1.) Movie producer sleeps with the horses

Godfather

2.) Thug wonders what's funny about him.

Analyze This

4.) Thug demonstrates his enthusiasm for baseball.

Untouchables

"EnTOOZiams!"

6.) Thug introduces his little friend

Scarface

 

[S_Happens]

Analyze This

I would have gone with the famous Joe Pesci scene from Goodfellas instead. I have the same answers for the other three you picked and none of the rest.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Godfather

Analyze This


Untouchables

"EnTOOZiams!"


Scarface

All correct except analyze this which SHappens correctly identified as Goodfellas.

3) Thugs celebrate when kid hold his tongue

is also Goodfellas, which may have confused things.



That leaves:

5.) Italian-American success brings gift of olive oil to Sicilian thug.

7.) Thug explains things French.

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

5.) Italian-American success brings gift of olive oil to Sicilian thug.

Godfather part 2.

 

[SpringCreek]

7.) Thug explains things French.

Pulp Fiction

 

[SpringCreek]

1. Moron runs. Changes lives.

2. He slaps soldier. Then battles bulge.

3. Broken-hearted nightclub owner gets second chance at love. Chooses friendship instead.

4. Two old friends fight and fish a lot. More of same in sequel.

5. Lawyer's betrayed client gets education and tattoos in prison. Seeks revenge via dog poisoning, piano wire, boat mayhem, etc.

Only #3 left unanswered.

I gave one hint already: The Germans wore gray. She wore blue.

New hint: She walked into his gin joint.

Would it help if I said it was a beautiful friendship?

 

[Ken Natton]

Hmmm. Are we talking certain colourless residence in Northern Africa? Never seen that one either, but I've been to the city.

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

Only #3 left unanswered.

I gave one hint already: The Germans wore gray. She wore blue.

New hint: She walked into his gin joint.

Would it help if I said it was a beautiful friendship?

The colorless residence is Casablanca. I came here for the waters.

 

[SpringCreek]

Hmmm. Are we talking certain colourless residence in Northern Africa? Never seen that one either, but I've been to the city.

That's the one! It's worth seeing.

The colorless residence is Casablanca. I came here for the waters.

Casablanca it is. You were misinformed about the waters. [All the non-Casablanca-seeing people won't get that one. ]

 

[Ken Natton]

A woman of a certain reputation and a manservant? Frankly my dear, I'm driven by air currents.

Seen that one, but longer ago than I care to think.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Godfather part 2.

Pulp Fiction

Both correct.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Bogart:

1.) Is given instructions on how to whistle.

2.) Loses his arm

3.) Has a lust for fruit.

4.) Has a lust for 'dust'.

5.) Describes a girl as having tried to sit on his lap while he was standing up.

6.) Is on a bird quest.

7.) Is king of a queen.

 

[DaveC426913]

6. Maltese Falcon
7. African Queen.

 

[zoobyshoe]

6. Maltese Falcon
7. African Queen.

Yes!

 

[TurtleMeister]

1.) Is given instructions on how to whistle.

To Have And Have Not

 

[zoobyshoe]

1.) Is given instructions on how to whistle.
To Have And Have Not

Correct! And he has a hot teacher.

 

[SpringCreek]

4.) Has a lust for 'dust'.

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

 

[zoobyshoe]

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Yes, gold dust!

 

[zoobyshoe]

Bogart.

Further clues

2.) Loses his arm (Obscure Bogart film. He plays a trucker.)

3.) Has a lust for fruit. (And a stain on his character.)

5.) Describes a girl as having tried to sit on his lap while he was standing up. (This film was big)

 

[TurtleMeister]

Bogart.

Further clues

2.) Loses his arm (Obscure Bogart film. He plays a trucker.)

They Drive By Night

 

[zoobyshoe]

They Drive By Night

Yes!

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

A movie about a stone that is carried to America by the wrong person and given to a dead man.

 

[TurtleMeister]

A movie about a stone that is carried to America by the wrong person and given to a dead man.

Titanic?

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

Titanic?

That's what I had in mind.

 

[TurtleMeister]

1) During WW2 an American army captain is killed by the same German POW he had prviously set free.

2) He likes to trim hedges.

3) Occam's razor

 

[zoobyshoe]

2) He likes to trim hedges.

I'm thinkin' Edward Scissorhands.

 

[SpringCreek]

1) During WW2 an American army captain is killed by the same German POW he had prviously set free.

Saving Private Ryan

 

[TurtleMeister]

I'm thinkin' Edward Scissorhands.

Correct.

Saving Private Ryan

Correct.

Another clue for #3:

3) Occam's razor, Arecibo

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

The idea of this trilogy is not to obtain the Mcguffin, but to destroy it.

 

[Math Is Hard]

The idea of this trilogy is not to obtain the Mcguffin, but to destroy it.

Lord of the Rings?

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

Lord of the Rings?

Yes.

 

[Janus]

1. Farm boy saves sister from father.
2. Caretaker steals forest.
3. The Tempest in space.
4. Good movie about bad movies.
5. Boat trip down a river ends in a bang.
6. Meatloaf for dinner?

 

[DaveC426913]

6. Rocky Horror

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

Them what pinched it. Done her in.
- Eliza Doolittle

That movie scene is one of the funniest ever made.

 

[DavidSnider]

1. Farm boy saves sister from father.
2. Caretaker steals forest.
3. The Tempest in space.
4. Good movie about bad movies.
5. Boat trip down a river ends in a bang.
6. Meatloaf for dinner?

1. Star Wars? *stretch*
2. Dunno
3. Dunno
4. Ed Wood
5. Deliverance
6. Rocky Horror Picture Show

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

That movie scene is one of the funniest ever made.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uozGujfdS0

 

[DavidSnider]

Correct.

Correct.

Another clue for #3:

3) Occam's razor, Arecibo

Contact?

 

[DaveC426913]

1. Star Wars? *stretch*

Of course! Good one!

 

[TurtleMeister]

Contact?

Correct! for 3) Occam's razor, Arecibo

5. Boat trip down a river ends in a bang.

The African Queen? Don't know is that's what you had in mind, since we've already had that one.

 

[DavidSnider]

1. Mathematician finds god, goes crazy
2. Addiction vignettes crescendo into harsh reality
3. Man helps little boy, discovers morbid truth about himself
4. The rat symbolizes obviousness

 

[Evo]

1) Sunshine's bright in the city of lights

2)It's wonderful to be making a fondue again.

 

[lisab]

1. Mathematician finds god, goes crazy
2. Addiction vignettes crescendo into harsh reality
3. Man helps little boy, discovers morbid truth about himself
4. The rat symbolizes obviousness

1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2. Leaving Las Vegas (?)
3. Sixth Sense
4. Umm...Ben ?

 

[DavidSnider]

OK, 1 and 2 apply to a lot of movies I guess. Another hint: 1 and 2 have the same director.

3. Sixth Sense - Correct
4. Not ben, more recent, more violent

 

[Janus]

6. Rocky Horror

Correct.