Come one, come all! Test your fu!

[zdashamber]

An involved meme I got from follybard:

1. Pick fifteen(!) films you love/thoroughly enjoyed.
2. Find screen captures (stills) for each film, preferably from scenes you like. If you can't find a still, pick a new movie.
3. Post the pictures with the rules; let your readers guess which still is from which movie. (Readers, no cheating. No Google.) Screen all comments.
4. Post the answers.

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Comments

[corwin77.livejournal.com]

15. Mystery Men
14. Tombstone
13. Ressurection Man
12. Pirates of the Carribean
11. Princess Bride
8. Butch Cassiday and the Sundance Kid
7. Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade
6. Terminator 2: Judgement Day
4. Gladiator
3. XMen
2. Casablanca
1. The Professional AKA Leon

[olofd.livejournal.com]

Ok, some guesses:
1. Leon
2. Casablanca
3. X-men II
4. This could be from the strange Bluberry movie, but I don't think so.
6. I think this is Terminator II, but I am not sure at all.
7. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
8. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ?
11. The Princess Bride
12. Pirates of the Carribean
14. Tombstone

And hey, you should try guessing some from mine...
http://www.livejournal.com/users/olofd/33409.html#cutid1
(I will post the answers to that one tonight, i.e. in about 10 hours)

Oooo!!!

[aiyume.livejournal.com]

1. The Professional
2. Casablanca
3. X-men 2
4. Looks like Nightmare on Elm Street, but I could be wrong.
5. City of Lost Children
6. Terminator 2
7. Indiana Jones and the last Crusade
8. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
9. Pocco Roso (in the interest of not cheating, this may be misspelled)
10. Crap. I want to say Howl's Moving Castle. I know it's another Ghibli, but if it's not HMC, I don't remember which one.
11. The Princess Bride
12. Pirates of the Carribean (nice pairing of images, by the way)
13. Demolition Man
14. Looks like The Sting, but I have to confess, I haven't seen it.
15. Mystery Men

How'd I do?

[shadowflyer.livejournal.com]

2. Casablanca
6. Terminator 2
8. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
11. The Princess Bride
12. Pirates of the Caribbean
14. Tombstone

I don't know whether recognizing the animation cels or not recognizing them would make me feel like a bigger dork - but I didn't. :-P

[zdashamber.livejournal.com]

You should definitely check out Porco Rosso... I think you'd really like the main character. And it's all noir-y. Well, as much as the sun-soaked Mediterranean can be.

[motleypolitico.livejournal.com]

1. Leon (The Professional)
2. Casablanca (?)
3. X-Men 2
4. Backlit shots just aren't helpful
5. No idea.
6. Terminator 2
7. Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (?)
8. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
9. Puerco Rosso (Miyazaki)
10. Annoys me so much it's utterly unfair. Nausicaa or Laputa (?)
11. The Princess Bride
12. Picture too small. Zorro, maybe.
13. Demolition Man
14. Tombstone
15. Mystery Men

[zdashamber.livejournal.com]

The first Ghibli thing I ever saw was Nausicaa, at your old place on the big projector...

[motleypolitico.livejournal.com]

So when're you posting the answers?

[zdashamber.livejournal.com]

Wait, I did... Oh, it's in a new post. I figured people who read my journal from their friendslist only might not look back to this post to see, so I did a whole value-added thing in a new post with answers.

Ooh,

[simonepdx.livejournal.com]

stylish, I must say!

15. Mystery Men - a personal fave
14.
13. Demolition Man - underrated; the film where I thought we were going to like Sandra Bullock; boy, was I wrong.
12. -- I can't make this one out
11. But this is The Princess Bride
10. dunno
9. not sure... animation looks vaguely like the style of El Porco Rosso?
8. -- again, can't make out. It's either Butch and Sundance or something with Brian Dennehy ;-)
7. The last Indiana Jones film
6. Terminator 2
5. City of Lost Children
4. Is it a Nightmare on Elm Street iteration?
3. X-men
2. Casablanca
1. Leon aka Leon, The Professional

Re: Ooh,

[zdashamber.livejournal.com]

Aw, stylish? Thanks!

You didn't like Sandra Bullock in Demolition Man, or after? I had an inherited aversion to Sylvester Stallone until Demolition Man...

I need to get out more.

[somebodyorother.livejournal.com]

1. Um...wow...I've seen this...but when? And where? And what?
2. I have no clue
3. X2: I love Sir ian McClellan as Magnete
4. That looks rather Van Helsing, but I never saw the movie, so I'm not sure.
5. Is that Ron Perlman?
6. T2: God bless Linda Hamilton
7. Young Indiana Jones
8. $#!+. I should know this
9. $#!+. I should know this, too
10. $#!+. I should...you get the picture.
11. The Princess Bride: I know something you don't know...
12. Pirates of the Caribbean.
13. No clue, but that seems to be Sandra Bullock so I ought to know that one, too.
14. Yeah, uh, I'll get back to you.
15. Mystery Men: DON'T MESS WITH THE BOWLER!!!

Re: I need to get out more.

[zdashamber.livejournal.com]

Yep, it is Ron Perlman. First place I saw him, and I've liked him ever since. City of Lost Children is a neat flick, in a very weird way. By the same guy who did Amelie.

[follybard.livejournal.com]

I've got guesses, yes I do....

1. "León", aka "The Professional". *Love* that movie.
2. "Casablanca"
3. "X2" -- I believe that would be Magneto demonstrating why this DVD was so appropriate as a gift to the spouse on our "iron anniversary", hee!
4. "Bubba Ho-Tep"
5. ???
6. Umm... is that Linda Hamilton in "Terminator 2"?
7. That looks like... River Phoenix or Leonardo DiCaprio. Holding a cross. And facing down Indiana Jones and the Extras From A Jim Jarmusch Movie. Oh, wait, that *is* River Phoenix, at the beginning of "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"! Hah!
8. Uhh... "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"?
9. Dunno.
10. Dunno, probably should.
11. "The Princess Bride"
12. Hah! Nice juxtaposition. "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl"
13. Oh. Oh, oh, oh. I've heard a story that Sandra Bullock wears a dress made of glass in this movie, some outrageous designer thing that cost tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars. After a long day of shooting, with the crew getting restless, Sly decided to raise spirits by grabbing the matching purse, rubbing it up and down over the dress washboard-style, and announcing, "Hey, look, I'm playing Sandra's dress!" The designer, however, was unamused when the dress came back covered in scratches. Don't have any idea what the movie is, though, unfortunately....
14. Maybe... "Tombstone"?
15. "Mystery Men", hee!

[zdashamber.livejournal.com]

Most entertaining reply. :) I'd not heard the glass dress story. And it's a thoroughly appropriate iron anniversary gift...

[zdashamber.livejournal.com]

Oh! And since you liked Amelie, I bet you'd like City of Lost Children, too. They're by the same guy. (Though I haven't seen Amelie... I suspect it's less creepy-weird, so it might be geared to different tastes.)