Movie Quiz 104

[caffeinated]

Ladies and gentlemen, for your entertainment and amusement, I present you with Movie Quiz number 104.

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The thread will run its course for a week or so, and I'll bump it with hints and whatnot as needed. Answers will be posted when the time feels right.

There are eight screenshots below. Most of them should be fairly recognizable if you've seen the films. So, which of these movies can you identify?

Please answer with movie numbers only, not titles..

Good luck!

 

[Jman8]

Maybe 1
2 for sure
Possibly 3
5 for sure
7 for sure

(5 is one of my favorites)

 

[FantWriter]

#1 was a gimmie -- it was on TCM in August as part of tribute to second actor from the left.
#3 -- I know which movie it is from the adverts, but I couldn't name it if my life depended on it. Will probably watch it when it comes on tv.
#5 -- something about it is familiar, but no clue.
#7 -- definitely, of course. One of the greatest movies of its type ever. Original version was great, too.
#8 -- no idea, but this still makes me think I might want to see it.

Thanks, caff!

Edit: Just remembered #5!

 

[MoonLit_Water]

Just 2 & 7

6 looks like i should know
for me

 

[Jman8]

Edit: Just remembered #5!

A little problem with the short term memory there? ;-)

 

[FantWriter]

A little problem with the short term memory there? ;-)

Well, give me a break -- I never saw the movie. I'm going off a review I saw. I checked Google for images of that movie, and I was right.

 

[beckyblue]

Got all but 6 and 8. I like my chances on 6 though, looks super familiar.

You guys know 4. You just don't know you know it yet.

Well, give me a break -- I never saw the movie.

Highly recommended ! Couple friends and I watched it twice in one day...sneaked back into the theater (first time for everything, right? ).

 

[Jman8]

Well, give me a break -- I never saw the movie.

Then you probably didn't catch my intended pun. Was just being light hearted.

 

[Jman8]

You guys know 4. You just don't know you know it yet.

Oh, okay I know 4. Seems like an obscure clue.

 

[caffeinated]

Hmm, I don't think I'd agree with that. But, maybe this clue would be less obscure?

 

[FantWriter]

Then you probably didn't catch my intended pun. Was just being light hearted.

Okay, yeah! Sorry for being thick -- I'm not exactly as sharp as a rowboat these days.

 

[FantWriter]

Hmm, I don't think I'd agree with that. But, maybe this clue would be less obscure?

You're kidding! I never would have guessed that. I expected it to be a completely different type of movie. So, yeah, okay, I have seen #4, probably a couple of dozen times.

 

[underd0g]

#2, #3 & #8


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[beckyblue]

Hmm, I don't think I'd agree with that. But, maybe this clue would be less obscure?

You made me literally lol at 4:45 a.m.!

 

[Jman8]

You're kidding! I never would have guessed that. I expected it to be a completely different type of movie. So, yeah, okay, I have seen #4, probably a couple of dozen times.

Me too! On the "never would've guessed that" front and expecting it to be a different movie. Was thinking along lines of, "Jake the devil worshipping, baby snatching, life hating loner." Which is only 5% accurate with the Jake of that movie.

IMO, the clues are generally very good and it seems to come down to whether you've seen the film (or not). But that is one I'm sure we've all seen (several times) and the clue seems obscure. In films 2, 5 and 7 main characters faces are shown, so not very obscure.

 

[TheWestPole]

Only got half this time.

 

[caffeinated]

Hints, part 1:

#1: A group of aging outlaws on the Mexican-U.S. frontier face the march of progress, the Mexican army, and a gang of bounty hunters while they plan a robbery of a U.S. army train. No one is innocent in this gritty tale of of desperation against changing times. Pump shotguns, machine guns and automobiles mix with horses and Winchesters in this ultraviolent 1969 western.

#2: This movie's title character is a genius who's living a rough life in South Boston, while being employed as a janitor at a prestigious college in Boston. A brilliant math professor at the school discovers the boy's gifts, and tries to get him to turn his life around. With the help of an empathetic psychiatrist, he begins to realize that there's more to himself then he thinks there is.

#3: Robotics nerd Hiro Hamada discovers an inflatable health care robot, Baymax, created in the past by his brother. After a terrible, life-changing accident, Hiro and Baymax team up with four other nerds and save their hometown San Fransokyo from an evil super villain trying to take over with Hiro's invention.

#4: Jake, just out from prison, and his brother Elwood are on a mission from God. Their divine charge is to collect enough money to save the Catholic orphanage where they were raised. To do so, they've got to get their old band back together to perform and earn the money legitimately.

Hope these helped!

 

[TheWestPole]

Only got half this time.

Okay, got one more from Caff's hint. Never saw #3 though.

 

[Jman8]

Unless I google things, which I feel is cheating, I still don't know 1 and 3. I'm thinking 1 is something I would know immediately by title and 3 has a 50/50 chance of that being true. But thinking I haven't seen either, which is possibly a travesty in the case of number 1.

 

[FantWriter]

I'm thinking 1 is something I would know immediately by title and 3 has a 50/50 chance of that being true. But thinking I haven't seen either, which is possibly a travesty in the case of number 1.

I wouldn't call it a travesty if you haven't seen it, but it's definitely worth watching. That genre isn't one of my favorites, but I liked it well enough, and it is a classic. Given a choice between watching it again or watching There Was a Crooked Man (1970), I'd choose the latter.