9 to 5
Firm greatly improves hiring policies
In the Line of Fire
Man in wheelchair warns agent
Deep Impact
Morgan Freeman’s black POTUS uncommented-upon
Next: Movies in which disabled character plays key role in plot
The Miracle Worker
All about early Helen Keller.
The DaVinci Code
Ian McKellan on crutches key.
The Fugitive
One-armed man pursuit drives plot.
Next: More movies in which disabled character plays key role in plot.
Blind Fury
Rutger Hauer as blind mercenary.
The Usual Suspects
The crippled guy isn’t really.
- Mr. Sardonicus*
Evil baron dies horribly, smiling.
Next: Your three all-time favorite movies.
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Polish actors join WWII resistance.
Metropolis
Upper world oppresses worker world.
My Brilliant Career
Outback teen has artistic aspirations.
**
Next**: someone else’s three favorites.
Nitpick: it’s “McKellen.”
My three favorite films:
Casablanca
Bogie, Bergman, romance, intrigue, Nazis!
Breaker Morant
Powerful, moving historical courtroom drama
Limitless
Clever, funny, exciting biomedical thriller
Next: Your three favorites
Well, here’s my next three:
Housekeeping
Fingerbone’s populace doesn’t like outsiders.
The Awful Truth
My wife’s come back :eek:!
Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle
Rohmer’s city mouse / country mouse.
Next*: movies with “god” in the title.
Gods and Generals
Just thinly-veiled Confederate propaganda, really
The Gods Must Be Crazy
Tribesman plus bottle equals laughs
Oh, God!
Supermarket manager is divinely favored
Next: Movies about political campaigns
Movies about political campaigns
The Candidate
Unexpected win for Redford’s idealist
The Distinguished Gentleman
Conman wins with name recognition
Welcome to Mooseport
So bad, Hackman quit acting
Next: Gene Hackman movies
Gene Hackman movies:
The Royal Tenenbaums
Another dysfunctional Wes Anderson family
Crimson Tide
Shouting match inside a submarine
Unforgiven
Don’t fuck with Clint Eastwood
Next: Ryan Reynolds movies where he swaps personalities/bodies with someone.
Young Frankenstein
Gene as hilarious blind monk.
Superman
Gene wasted as Lex Luthor.
Loose Cannons
Gene hilarious as unorthodox cop.
Next: Ryan Reynolds movies where he swaps personalities/bodies with someone.
I can’t think of a single one. I’m not even sure I’d know Ryan Reynolds on sight.
I’m drawing a blank for that category, too.
Prof. P, why don’t you do it yourself, then chose another category?
Respectfully requesting permission to do three body-switch movies, not necessarily with the actor in question.
Go ahead, I was just copying what msmith537 had put, since he ninja’d me.
Ryan Reynolds is best known these days for playing Deadpool in last year’s hit movie.
He plays Deadpool…although I suppose that’s not helpful since he either wears a mask or makeup making him hideously deformed. Also known for Van Wilder and a shit-ton of rom coms.
I was thinking The Change-Up (switches with Justin Bateman), Self/Less (switches with Ben Kingsly) and Criminal (Kevin Costner). Judges would also have accepted RIPD (he appears as James Hong to everyone else).
That was a tough one, as all those movies are terrible.
Expanding the category to “any body-switching movie”
Next: Body-switching movies:
Freaky Friday (1976, Barbara Harris, Jodie Foster)
Only version that’s worth mentioning.
Turnabout
Bickering spouses switch: from 1940.
Heaven Can Wait
Angel of Death fixes error.
Next: sneaky remakes (ie, remakes that tried not to acknowledge they were remakes by changing something like the time or the location, but it was obvious they were).
Heaven Can Wait
remade Here Comes Mr. Jordan
A Bug’s Life
Remade remake, The Seven Samurai
Meet Joe Black
Remade Death Takes A Holiday
**Next: ** Movies taking place in May.
The Wicker Man
Culminates in May Day celebration.
The Assassination of Trotsky
Begins with May Day celebration.
Maytime
Has silent and sound versions.
Next: The earliest three non-offensive portrayals of gay/lesbian characters you can think of.
Just to be clear, I mean the oldest three you happen to have seen, and can remember; you don’t have to do any research. And like other topics, unless someone has clearly misunderstood the topic, what someone thinks fits a topic is not up for debate (so if you think The Children’s Hour is positive, that’s not my problem). This is a fun thread.