Movie Puzzle - Page 2

Ben E Lou · 08-05-2021, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by albionmoonlight

Does not strike me as your jam, honestly.

Worth emphasizing.

I would have expected this to be easier for those who have been on this board for a number of years and therefore know a little about me. I'm 100% certain you'll think it makes sense on multiple levels.

korme · 08-05-2021, 08:53 AM

Rocky Horror Picture Show

Ben E Lou · 08-05-2021, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by korme

Rocky Horror Picture Show

X

Heard of it. Not interested in seeing it.

QuikSand · 08-05-2021, 09:27 AM

Was on "Do the Right Thing" myself.

Feel like "signature" is the best handle among the clues, perhaps... did some initial searching for "signature series" and "signature collection" and the like, but most came up with Disney stuff.

QuikSand · 08-05-2021, 09:32 AM

I can make vague connections from multiple words and phrases to The Shawshank Redemption, but I'm not sure that some of the themes in that book fit overall. It's not an awful fit, though, I don't think, as some of the overtones of that film probably fit with what I think I know of Mr. E Lou.

AlexB · 08-05-2021, 09:38 AM

Goodfellas fits with some of it, but not convinced it’s the answer TBH

miked · 08-05-2021, 09:47 AM

I don't think I'm letting my 12 year old watch Goodfellas or Shawshank.

Ben E Lou · 08-05-2021, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by QuikSand

Feel like "signature" is the best handle among the clues

It probably is. (That's not meant to be vague. I'm honestly not sure which of the more semi-direct clues gets you there fastest. It probably depends on how one thinks.)

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Originally Posted by QuikSand

I can make vague connections from multiple words and phrases to The Shawshank Redemption, but I'm not sure that some of the themes in that book fit overall. It's not an awful fit, though, I don't think, as some of the overtones of that film probably fit with what I think I know of Mr. E Lou.

I *love* Shawshank, but it doesn't fall especially high on the list of movies I'm excited to watch with my kid at this age.

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Originally Posted by AlexB

Goodfellas fits with some of it, but not convinced it’s the answer TBH

Yet another movie that I'm fairly certain I'd enjoy, but have never gotten around to seeing.

larrymcg421 · 08-05-2021, 10:30 AM

A Few Good Men?

Thinking about legalism, writing a letter (the one asking for a transfer), signature moment (You can't handle the truth). It's also a movie I know you like and might not obviously seem rated R.

Ben E Lou · 08-05-2021, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by larrymcg421

A Few Good Men?

Thinking about legalism, writing a letter (the one asking for a transfer), signature moment (You can't handle the truth). It's also a movie I know you like and might not obviously seem rated R.

A really good guess, but not it.

EDIT: Related to fathers watching movies with their children, I am pretty sure that A Few Good Men is the first movie I saw and immediately wanted my dad to see. I saw it in the theater, rented it as soon as I could, and we watched it together. It’s among my last memories of time with him before his decline into Alzheimer’s.

thesloppy · 08-05-2021, 10:53 AM

My Cousin Vinny. Duplicity! Legalism! Joe Pesci is a rookie lawyer. Veto=Vito. That's all I got.

Ben E Lou · 08-05-2021, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by thesloppy

My Cousin Vinny. Duplicity! Legalism! Joe Pesci is a rookie lawyer. Veto=Vito. That's all I got.

Heh. And it also checks the “didn’t realize that was an R” box. However, it’s not the one.

Maple Leafs · 08-05-2021, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by QuikSand

Feel like "signature" is the best handle among the clues, perhaps... did some initial searching for "signature series" and "signature collection" and the like, but most came up with Disney stuff.

Signature combined with the mention of a letter seems to point to a literal meaning, but I can't think of many movies that prominently feature somebody signing something.

albionmoonlight · 08-05-2021, 11:58 AM

Legalism . . . signature . . . veto . .

All the pieces are right there. I just can't think of the stupid film

sterlingice · 08-05-2021, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Ben E Lou

A really good guess, but not it.

EDIT: Related to fathers watching movies with their children, I am pretty sure that A Few Good Men is the first movie I saw and immediately wanted my dad to see. I saw it in the theater, rented it as soon as I could, and we watched it together. It’s among my last memories of time with him before his decline into Alzheimer’s.

Damn - I thought this one had a good shot at being it. It didn't fit perfectly but it fit well enough.

SI

sterlingice · 08-05-2021, 12:11 PM

This isn't like a 1776 (not R-rated, right?) or Hamilton thing (too new?), right?

SI

miked · 08-05-2021, 01:15 PM

Hamilton was rated "R" on TV for language, good guess.

Swaggs · 08-05-2021, 03:58 PM

I'm not sure it is justified, but I am thinking about films that Ben enjoyed when he was growing up and is nostalgic over, so stuff that is either 80's or early 90's (or 70's or earlier with staying power).

Then again, after guessing Porky's, perhaps I should sit this one out and rejoin next time around.

Ghost Econ · 08-05-2021, 04:17 PM

Oh, and the answer is The Patriot

Ben E Lou · 08-05-2021, 04:42 PM

Hamilton--yeah, too new. I'd made this decision before Hamilton was a thing, and it didn't beat it out.

The Patriot--Incorrect, but without going through them one by one, my guess is that this one probably hits in some way on 8 of the 10 clues. However, it definitely misses on the intended meaning of what I felt was the most critical clue, and I don't know of a way that it hits on a second important one.

NobodyHere · 08-05-2021, 05:18 PM

Shakespeare in Love?

Ben E Lou · 08-05-2021, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by NobodyHere

Shakespeare in Love?

X

Heard of it, never seen it.

Carman Bulldog · 08-05-2021, 06:03 PM

12 Years a Slave?

Toddzilla · 08-05-2021, 06:11 PM

Election?

Maple Leafs · 08-05-2021, 06:14 PM

Is anyone else kind of hoping that the movie ends up being something either wildly inappropriate or (even better) completely terrible?

Like the whole thing is his way of bragging that he made the poor kid watch Gigli.

Toddzilla · 08-05-2021, 06:14 PM

Malcom X?

albionmoonlight · 08-05-2021, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Toddzilla

Malcom X?

PG-13

thesloppy · 08-05-2021, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

Is anyone else kind of hoping that the movie ends up being something either wildly inappropriate or (even better) completely terrible?

For like a full day the only answer my mind could come up with was C Thomas Howell's 'Soul Man'. It's not even rated R.

Ben E Lou · 08-05-2021, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Toddzilla

Election?

Hadn't heard of it until...

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Originally Posted by Solecismic

I'm not great with movies, so most of the references would escape me, but "flick" and a somewhat political tone leads me to Election. It's an R I wouldn't mind showing to a younger kid. It's been so long since I saw it that I can't think of a related letter and I'd also think there'd be some reference to Matthew Broderick's over-the-top bee-sting (y'all don't bee???), plus high school not junior high, so it's an unlikely guess.

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Originally Posted by Carman Bulldog

12 Years a Slave?

Another one I want to see but haven't gotten around to. (In case it hasn't become obvious yet, I don't see a ton of movies.)

Ben E Lou · 08-05-2021, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

Is anyone else kind of hoping that the movie ends up being something either wildly inappropriate or (even better) completely terrible?

Like the whole thing is his way of bragging that he made the poor kid watch Gigli.

(Never heard of that one, either.)

Ben E Lou · 08-05-2021, 06:56 PM

Ok, yes...

"Signature" and "write my mother a letter" are the big two clues, in that order.

But there is a bit of duplicity involved in one of those clues.

AnalBumCover · 08-05-2021, 07:14 PM

I was going to say Schindler's List, but I don't think "write my mother a letter" fits here.

QuikSand · 08-05-2021, 07:47 PM

Amistad? (no specific connections)

Ben E Lou · 08-05-2021, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by AnalBumCover

I was going to say Schindler's List, but I don't think "write my mother a letter" fits here.

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Originally Posted by QuikSand

Amistad? (no specific connections)

I’m almost embarrassed to say I’ve also never seen either of these. Both probably could’ve been candidates if I’d seen them.

Maple Leafs · 08-05-2021, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Ben E Lou

"Signature" and "write my mother a letter" are the big two clues, in that order.

Anything where someone signs their name with a letter? Or maybe the movie title contains a single letter? I'm not getting a "baby's first R-rated movie" vibe from V for Vendetta.

sterlingice · 08-05-2021, 08:47 PM

Wasn't there an awful 90s adaptation of The Scarlet Letter?

SI

Ghost Econ · 08-05-2021, 09:29 PM

Id like to say Beverly Hills Cop, 48 Hours or Trading Places, but I don't think they fit.

What we've found out is that there are a lot of R rated movies Ben should show his 12 year old.

thesloppy · 08-05-2021, 09:33 PM

I am establishing a special, blue-ribbon fact finding commission, made up of myself and Ms. Betty Childs, to figure this out.

sterlingice · 08-05-2021, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghost Econ

Id like to say Beverly Hills Cop, 48 Hours or Trading Places, but I don't think they fit.

What we've found out is that there are a lot of R rated movies Ben should show his 12 year old.

Terminator 2 was my first R-rated movie (an awesome movie, I might add) and I turned out mostly ok

SI

LastWhiteSoxFanStanding · 08-05-2021, 10:01 PM

Lean on Me

*drops mic"

Vegas Vic · 08-06-2021, 01:48 AM

Django Unchained.

Ben E Lou · 08-06-2021, 05:07 AM

None of the guesses since my last post are correct.

Ben E Lou · 08-06-2021, 05:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Ben E Lou

The Patriot--Incorrect, but without going through them one by one, my guess is that this one probably hits in some way on 8 of the 10 clues. However, it definitely misses on the intended meaning of what I felt was the most critical clue, and I don't know of a way that it hits on a second important one.

To be more clear, this is quite close, but missed on the two clues that I mentioned as most essential. It definitely doesn’t hit on the intended meaning of “signature,” and I don’t believe it’s anything like the one we watched with regard to letter-writing.

Ben E Lou · 08-06-2021, 05:29 AM

Final clue: I don’t know that I’ve seen more than 5 movies made since the first child was born. (Since then we’ve rarely wanted to waste 2 hours of a date night not talking/connecting, and it’s uncommon for me to stay up late enough to want to a tream an entire movie after the kids have gone to bed.) I can only think of 5 1/2 since then, and none of them are the one. They are Hidden Figures, 42, Selma, The Hate U Give, and Straight Outta Compton. I also started Black Panther on Netflix, but it bored me and I never finished it.

So, it was made before she was born.

QuikSand · 08-06-2021, 05:55 AM

well that does feel like a clue right there

albionmoonlight · 08-06-2021, 06:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Ben E Lou

Final clue: I can only think of 5 1/2 since then

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Originally Posted by QuikSand

well that does feel like a clue right there

Got it! 9 1/2 weeks

I'll be calling CPS within the hour :-)

albionmoonlight · 08-06-2021, 06:52 AM

As a real guess, I'll say The Matrix.

It surprised me by being R rated.
It focuses on a hero leading a group of rebels like the Patriot.
It's a really good film that one wants to share with others.
It came out before Ben's daughter was born.

The problem is that I don't see how it fits the other clues . . .

Ben E Lou · 08-06-2021, 07:27 AM

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Originally Posted by albionmoonlight

Got it! 9 1/2 weeks

I'll be calling CPS within the hour :-)

Nope...

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Originally Posted by albionmoonlight

As a real guess, I'll say The Matrix.

It surprised me by being R rated.
It focuses on a hero leading a group of rebels like the Patriot.
It's a really good film that one wants to share with others.
It came out before Ben's daughter was born.

The problem is that I don't see how it fits the other clues . . .

Not the Matrix. (Not particularly close on this guess.)

Swaggs · 08-06-2021, 07:36 AM

Did anyone guess Glory?

I haven’t seen it in a long time, but the letters, location, and similarity to some of the closer guesses make me think this is it right.

spleen1015 · 08-06-2021, 08:29 AM

Glory

EDIT - Didn't see Swaggs' post when I quick posted.

08-05-2021, 09:38 AM	#56
AlexB Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Newbury, England	Goodfellas fits with some of it, but not convinced it’s the answer TBH __________________ 'A song is a beautiful lie', Idlewild, Self Healer. When you're smiling, the whole world smiles with you. Sports!

08-05-2021, 09:47 AM	#57
miked College Starter Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The Dirty	I don't think I'm letting my 12 year old watch Goodfellas or Shawshank. __________________ Commish of the United Baseball League (OOTP 6.5)

08-05-2021, 10:30 AM	#59
larrymcg421 Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Georgia	A Few Good Men? Thinking about legalism, writing a letter (the one asking for a transfer), signature moment (You can't handle the truth). It's also a movie I know you like and might not obviously seem rated R. __________________ Top 10 Songs of the Year 1955-Present (1976 Added) Franchise Portfolio Draft Winner Fictional Character Draft Winner Television Family Draft Winner Build Your Own Hollywood Studio Draft Winner

08-05-2021, 10:53 AM	#61
thesloppy Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: PDX	My Cousin Vinny. Duplicity! Legalism! Joe Pesci is a rookie lawyer. Veto=Vito. That's all I got. __________________ Last edited by thesloppy : Today at 05:35 PM.

08-05-2021, 12:11 PM	#66
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	This isn't like a 1776 (not R-rated, right?) or Hamilton thing (too new?), right? SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!" Last edited by sterlingice : 08-05-2021 at 12:11 PM.

08-05-2021, 08:53 AM	#52
korme Go Reds Join Date: May 2001 Location: Bloodbuzz Ohio	Rocky Horror Picture Show

08-05-2021, 09:27 AM	#54
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	Was on "Do the Right Thing" myself. Feel like "signature" is the best handle among the clues, perhaps... did some initial searching for "signature series" and "signature collection" and the like, but most came up with Disney stuff.

08-05-2021, 09:32 AM	#55
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	I can make vague connections from multiple words and phrases to The Shawshank Redemption, but I'm not sure that some of the themes in that book fit overall. It's not an awful fit, though, I don't think, as some of the overtones of that film probably fit with what I think I know of Mr. E Lou.

08-05-2021, 11:58 AM	#64
albionmoonlight Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: North Carolina	Legalism . . . signature . . . veto . . All the pieces are right there. I just can't think of the stupid film

08-05-2021, 01:15 PM	#67
miked College Starter Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The Dirty	Hamilton was rated "R" on TV for language, good guess. __________________ Commish of the United Baseball League (OOTP 6.5)

08-05-2021, 03:58 PM	#68
Swaggs Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	I'm not sure it is justified, but I am thinking about films that Ben enjoyed when he was growing up and is nostalgic over, so stuff that is either 80's or early 90's (or 70's or earlier with staying power). Then again, after guessing Porky's, perhaps I should sit this one out and rejoin next time around. __________________ DOWN WITH HATTRICK!!! The RWBL Are you reading In The Bleachers?

08-05-2021, 04:17 PM	#69
Ghost Econ College Prospect Join Date: Oct 2020	Oh, and the answer is The Patriot

08-05-2021, 04:42 PM	#70
Ben E Lou Morgado's Favorite Forum Fascist Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC	Hamilton--yeah, too new. I'd made this decision before Hamilton was a thing, and it didn't beat it out. The Patriot--Incorrect, but without going through them one by one, my guess is that this one probably hits in some way on 8 of the 10 clues. However, it definitely misses on the intended meaning of what I felt was the most critical clue, and I don't know of a way that it hits on a second important one. __________________ The media don't understand the kinds of problems and pressures 54 million come wit'!

08-05-2021, 05:18 PM	#71
NobodyHere Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2013	Shakespeare in Love? __________________ "I am God's prophet, and I need an attorney"

08-05-2021, 06:03 PM	#73
Carman Bulldog College Benchwarmer Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Canada	12 Years a Slave?

08-05-2021, 06:11 PM	#74
Toddzilla Pro Starter Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Burke, VA	Election?

08-05-2021, 06:14 PM	#75
Maple Leafs Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002	Is anyone else kind of hoping that the movie ends up being something either wildly inappropriate or (even better) completely terrible? Like the whole thing is his way of bragging that he made the poor kid watch Gigli. __________________ Down Goes Brown: Toronto Maple Leafs Humor and Analysis

08-05-2021, 06:56 PM	#81
Ben E Lou Morgado's Favorite Forum Fascist Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC	Ok, yes... "Signature" and "write my mother a letter" are the big two clues, in that order. But there is a bit of duplicity involved in one of those clues. __________________ The media don't understand the kinds of problems and pressures 54 million come wit'!

08-05-2021, 07:14 PM	#82
AnalBumCover College Starter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: La Mirada, CA	I was going to say Schindler's List, but I don't think "write my mother a letter" fits here. __________________ ABC's Game Giveaway list

08-05-2021, 07:47 PM	#83
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	Amistad? (no specific connections)

08-05-2021, 08:47 PM	#86
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Wasn't there an awful 90s adaptation of The Scarlet Letter? SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

08-05-2021, 09:29 PM	#87
Ghost Econ College Prospect Join Date: Oct 2020	Id like to say Beverly Hills Cop, 48 Hours or Trading Places, but I don't think they fit. What we've found out is that there are a lot of R rated movies Ben should show his 12 year old.

08-05-2021, 09:33 PM	#88
thesloppy Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: PDX	I am establishing a special, blue-ribbon fact finding commission, made up of myself and Ms. Betty Childs, to figure this out. __________________ Last edited by thesloppy : Today at 05:35 PM.

08-05-2021, 10:01 PM	#90
LastWhiteSoxFanStanding College Starter Join Date: Jun 2003	Lean on Me *drops mic"

08-06-2021, 01:48 AM	#91
Vegas Vic Checkraising Tourists Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cocoa Beach, FL	Django Unchained.

08-06-2021, 05:07 AM	#92
Ben E Lou Morgado's Favorite Forum Fascist Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC	None of the guesses since my last post are correct. __________________ The media don't understand the kinds of problems and pressures 54 million come wit'!

08-06-2021, 05:29 AM	#94
Ben E Lou Morgado's Favorite Forum Fascist Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC	Final clue: I don’t know that I’ve seen more than 5 movies made since the first child was born. (Since then we’ve rarely wanted to waste 2 hours of a date night not talking/connecting, and it’s uncommon for me to stay up late enough to want to a tream an entire movie after the kids have gone to bed.) I can only think of 5 1/2 since then, and none of them are the one. They are Hidden Figures, 42, Selma, The Hate U Give, and Straight Outta Compton. I also started Black Panther on Netflix, but it bored me and I never finished it. So, it was made before she was born. __________________ The media don't understand the kinds of problems and pressures 54 million come wit'! Last edited by Ben E Lou : 08-06-2021 at 05:42 AM.

08-06-2021, 05:55 AM	#95
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	well that does feel like a clue right there

08-06-2021, 06:52 AM	#97
albionmoonlight Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: North Carolina	As a real guess, I'll say The Matrix. It surprised me by being R rated. It focuses on a hero leading a group of rebels like the Patriot. It's a really good film that one wants to share with others. It came out before Ben's daughter was born. The problem is that I don't see how it fits the other clues . . .

08-06-2021, 07:36 AM	#99
Swaggs Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	Did anyone guess Glory? I haven’t seen it in a long time, but the letters, location, and similarity to some of the closer guesses make me think this is it right. __________________ DOWN WITH HATTRICK!!! The RWBL Are you reading In The Bleachers? Last edited by Swaggs : 08-06-2021 at 07:41 AM.

08-06-2021, 08:29 AM	#100
spleen1015 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003	Glory EDIT - Didn't see Swaggs' post when I quick posted. __________________ Why choose failure when success is an option? Last edited by spleen1015 : 08-06-2021 at 08:30 AM.

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