A few months ago, Jess from Insight Into Entertainment and I must have been watching the same episode of “Cougar Town” (which is somewhat amusing, since I never watch that show). On this particular episode, the characters were playing a movie guessing game…and not days later did it make its debut on Jess’ space.
It’s a fun game, and one that I’m sorta good at – though I’d happily trade that off for being able to give Lady Hatter a run for her money at Scrabble.
I wouldn’t dream of making this a regular thing, since Jess already has that covered…but for just one day I thought I’d provide people with a glut of entries and see who can get what.
Here’s how the game works: The plot synopsis of two movies are mashed together into one description, and the titles of the two will overlap. For instance “An Irish artist with cerebral palsy moves to a southern town where dancing has been banned” would be MY LEFT FOOTLOOSE.
Take a look after the jump and see how many you can get (Correct answers will be marked with red x’s as the day goes on)
1. “Middle earth faces its ultimate battle while a hack comedian coerces his way on to late night TV” X – MN14
2. “A British schoolteacher is brought to the far east to modernize a country and hires absurdist detectives to prevent a department store from being built” X – A
3. “An alien orphan is sent to protect earth from a barber offered a chance to invest in a dry cleaning venture” X – CC
4. “A young girl gets her wish to be an adult working at a magazine, but must first survive the vampires taking over her wintery town” X – JR
5. “A relationship is recounted in a broken narrative while a serial killer stalks New York City” X – MN14
6. “One hit wonders rise to fame on hot summer day in Brooklyn” X – R
7. “A young lady is cursed when she doesn’t approve Pinhead’s loan” X – MN14
8. “High school cheerleaders struggle with violence and corruption at the docks.” X – MN14
9. “James Bond battles a cajun druglord and a diamond smuggler at the same time” X – DB
10. “Two musicians hide from the mob in drag while cops investigate strange goings on in a sleepy British town” X – CC
11. “An EMT driver consoles a death row inmate”X – CC
12. “A bachelor party in Vegas leads to arm wrestling” X – CB
13. “An altar boy is charged with Gonzo journalism” X – MN14
14. “A groggy princess runs a salon in Atlanta” X – JR
15. “A cartoon murder leaves two parents distraught” X – CC
16. “A father tells tall tales about an English diamond heist gone awry.” X – CC
17. “A wager is made as to whether proper english can be taught to a pair of lovestruck dogs.” X – CC
18. “A subway is hijacked and used to free refugees and steal Kuwaiti bullion.” X – CB
19. “A mouse is adopted and sent to work at a particularly weird florist” X – CB
20. “Imprisoned poultry goad a schlub into competing in the London Marathon” X – MN14
21. “A family comes together on a road trip to see the Rolling Stones play New York City”X – CC
Edit: Decided to add a few more
22. “A family adopts a teenaged football player who takes a road trip to wine country.” X – CC
23. “We go back to the 80’s with an underweight insomniac” X – CB
24. “A shy man falls for a doll who is a high class prositute.” X – B
25. “A boy becomes friends with the strange girl living next door who plans a daring bank heist.” X – CB
26. “After a drug deal goes wrong, a passer-by makes off with the money before meeting a marine unit obsessed with using psychological warfare.” X – DB
27. “A texas oil tycoon wants to expose shady jewel dealings in Africa” X – R
28. “A movie star hangs with his daughter in a magical land of monsters” X – R
29. “People in London screw up relationships trying to meet ‘the one’ who’s life is actually happening in a book”. X – DG