October 31, 2007
I have decided to stop the game for awhile.
There simply wasn't enough interest which is kind of odd to me, because the prize at the end of the month was cash or the equivalent in a gift certificate.
At the best, I had 3 people taking guesses, at the lowest, 1, and a one man game isn't a game, it's a giveaway.
I tried to make them hard but not too hard, first clue was hard, second clue was the dead giveaway.
i wanted people to have fun, movie buffs to show their stuff, and get rewarded for it, but really, there simply was not enough interest at all.
I was posting at the wrong times too apparently.
Too early in the day, people couldn't play because they were at work, too late and they were busy with family and home, and the middle of the day, who knows why.
So for now, it's done.
I may bring it back again later on because I enjoyed doing it, but probably not with a prize, just for fun.
October 28, 2007
Carla guessed correctly again!
Dark City
1998
Rufus Sewell
William Hurt
Keifer Sutherland
Jennifer COnnelly
October 28, 2007
October 27, 2007
I will post 10 images per month, and the person who guesses the most correct movies out of the 10 per month, will win a $25 gift certificate to Amazon.com, or $25 by Paypal, winners choice.
Each correct guess is worth 1 point, first person to guess correctly, will get the point.
The contest will run from the 26th of the month, to the 26th of the following month, points will be tallied, and the winner will receive their $25 gift certificate or $25 through Paypal, on the 30th of the month.
Can you guess this movie?
Name the movie, 1 point
Name the year, 1 point
Name the 2 lead actors, 2 points.
Annnd go!
October 26, 2007
Due to being gone the majority of today and the subsequent blood loss, there was no guess the movie today.
There will be one tomorrow, so be watching for that.
I really hope that more people come and play.
I would like to see a bunch of people competing for the prize, and taking guesses at it.
I work hard to find a movie, get the perfect screen shots, and ask for things which will make you think and allow you to earn more points.
And because this contest is only on my blog, you are not asked to post anything about it on your blogs, you will not be accused of having a sponsored post for any companies a little too over board in their post rejections. *wink wink*
It would be cool if you wanted to promote the contest on your blogs, it would drive more people here to play, and I really do want to see more people playing or else Carla will always be the winner...LOL
She's really good at this, (check the sidebar for point tally) but I know there are other people out there who watch a lot of movies and can tell what a movie is from a screen shot.
There has to be! hahahah
Anyway, it will be back tomorrow, and I'd really love to see more people playing.
If I can't drum up enough interest, I won't continue it.
It's not worth it to me to run a contest with only one person playing.
I know you understand what I mean.
Thanks!
October 26, 2007
The Reaping
The death of a child in mysterious circumstances; sparks of a series of events that seem to represent biblical plagues, start occurring in of all places a town called *Haven* located deep in the bowels of bible belt country in the bayous of Louisiana. A former Christian missionary turned religious phenomena debunker and her top open minded student turned personnel assistant is sent to investigate.I really had high hopes for this movie. I thought Katherine (Hillary Swank) would stick to her guns and debunk this too, but as soon as the satanic cult was mentioned, in the last 40 minutes of the movie, I knew all hope was lost for being able to stick to science to explain what was happening in the town.
Katherine is a former missionary and ordained minister, whose husband and daughter were sacrificed by the native people they had been preaching to, because as soon as the missionaries arrived, it didn't rain again. For a whole year.
The native people killed her family and had tried to kill her, in order to please the gods.
Since then, Katherine has lost her faith and now goes around debunking "miracles".
She gets a request to come to the small town of Haven because the river has turned to blood, the fish and frogs are dying, and while she's there, there's a plague of boils and locusts, cattle die and become crazy rabid attack cows.
The townspeople have Katherine believe it's the work of a little 12 year old girl just entering puberty, who is the cause of all the bad happenings, that she's in league with satan.
Katherine tries to explain things through science, runs tests, does everything she can until she sees a symbol for a cult.
She then calls a former priest friend, who just so happens to get burned to death while telling Katherine of the prophecies while speaking to her by phone, and she starts to believe the girl is indeed in league with the devil.
But it was the townspeople who had lied, they were the satanic cult who wanted to kill the girl but couldn't, because the girl was actually an angel sent by god to destroy the cult members.
The last plague is the death of the first borns, and most of the towns people end up dead, and Katherine helps save the girls life because she figures out that the girl is sent from God.
This whole experience changes her, restores her faith.
As she and the girl drive away from town, the girl places her hand on Katherine's belly and tell her she's pregnant with a boy.
Katherine had only thought she dreamed of having sex with the satanic cult leader, he needed to create another child apparently, and chose Katherine as the host mother for the devils new spawn.
This movie is bad. Just bad.
It was a terrible disappointment to see Katherine lose science so quickly in the face of things she normally would have proven false with science.
The dream of having sex, the pregnancy, bah, stupid.
I will say the movie had excellent special affects.
The plague of locusts was visually stunning, but this movie sucked ass.
If I had those little stars to do a scale of 1-5, this movie would get a 1 for special effects, and that's it.
It sucked.
October 25, 2007
Carla once again correctly guessed the #10 movie, and because she has the most total points, she is the round 1 winner!
True Romance (Richard's FAVORITE movie of all time I must add) 1993Christian Slater
Patricia ArquetteDennis Hopper
Michael Rappaport
Brad Pitt (love Floyd!)
Christopher Walken
James Gandolfini
(shall I go on? )
October 25, 2007
This is the final post for this months contest.
Name the movie, 1 point
Name the lead actors, 2 points
Name the year, 1 point
Name any 2 other supporting actors, 2 points
For a total of 6 points, can you guess this movie?
October 24, 2007
Drum roll please.......
Carla!
Nightmare on Elm Street Dream Warriors (third movie!) 1987
Of a total 7 in the series (I think!) if you include Freddy Vs. Jason
October 24, 2007
This one may be tough. It's one in a series of sequels.
I want the name, the year, and how many movies were in this series, for a total of 6 points.
October 23, 2007
Once again, Carla guessed the movie, she didn't even need the second clue.
Great job Carla!
It was the Fifth Element
1997
Bruce Willis
Mila Jojovitch
Chris Tucker or Gary Oldman (which would you say is the supporting
actor?)
They needed to collect the stones (or elements) to complete the task,
Mila Jojovich's character (Leeloo) being the "Fifth Element"
October 23, 2007
I will post 10 images per month, and the person who guesses the most correct movies and extras out of the 10 per month, will win a $25 gift certificate to Amazon.com, or $25 by Paypal, winners choice.
Each correct guess is worth 1 point, first person to guess correctly, will get the point.
Extra points will be awarded per entry for extra information on the movie that I ask for, like the year it came out, lead actors, theme song etc.
The contest will run from the 26th of the month, to the 26th of the following month, points will be tallied, and the winner will receive their $25 gift certificate or $25 through Paypal, on the 30th of the month.
Annnnd go!
Name the movie, 1 point.
Name the lead actors, 2 points (male and female)
Name the year, 1 point
Name the supporting actor, 1 point (male)
Name "things" they needed to complete the task, 5 points.
A total of 10 points will be awarded for this post if you answer all the above, if you miss a few, you'll get the points you did guess correctly.
October 22, 2007
Carla wins again!
It was Rivers Edge.
Rivers Edge
1986 (I saw this on a date!)
Crispin Glover
Keanu Reeves
Ione SkyeWhat were they trying to keep quiet? Dead girlfriend? The entire
premise of the movie really, but you may be asking for something else
that I forget. Its been a REALLY long time since I've seen it.*
October 22, 2007
I only had one guess on this one, and I'm sure that this image will be the dead giveaway.
Remember, you must answer all the things I asked for in order to get all 9 points.
If you only answer some, only those points will be awarded.
October 22, 2007
I will post 10 images per month, and the person who guesses the most correct movies and extras out of the 10 per month, will win a $25 gift certificate to Amazon.com, or $25 by Paypal, winners choice.
Each correct guess is worth 1 point, first person to guess correctly, will get the point.
Extra points will be awarded per entry for extra information on the movie that I ask for, like the year it came out, lead actors, theme song etc.
The contest will run from the 26th of the month, to the 26th of the following month, points will be tallied, and the winner will receive their $25 gift certificate or $25 through Paypal, on the 30th of the month.
Annnnd go!
Name the movie for 1 point.
Name the year, 1 point.
Name the lead actor, 1 point.
Name 2 of the supporting actors, 2 points.
And answer this question for 4 points,
What were the characters trying to keep quiet in this movie?
If you get it all correct, you will earn 9 points!
October 21, 2007
Carla won again, correctly guessing that it was The Pelican brief.
She gave the following answer,
"the pelican brief 1993
julia roberts
denzel washington
sam shepard"
Because she named an extra actor, I awarded her a bonus point, and she is now in the lead with 13 points.
Only 4 more guess the movies to go, so come back tomorrow and try to beat her score!
October 21, 2007
October 21, 2007
I will post 10 images per month, and the person who guesses the most correct movies and extras out of the 10 per month, will win a $25 gift certificate to Amazon.com, or $25 by Paypal, winners choice.
Each correct guess is worth 1 point, first person to guess correctly, will get the point.
Extra points will be awarded per entry for extra information on the movie that I ask for, like the year it came out, lead actors, theme song etc.
The contest will run from the 26th of the month, to the 26th of the following month, points will be tallied, and the winner will receive their $25 gift certificate or $25 through Paypal, on the 30th of the month.
Annnnd go!
3 extra points will be awarded for the year, and the two lead actors, for a total of 4 points.
October 21, 2007
Due to being sick and other family issues, I am behind on this months contest.
But have no fear!
Starting today, October 21st, I will post one a day until the 26th.
I have 5 more guess the movie posts to go, so one a day till the last day, and we will have a winner.
So all of you who have been playing, stay tuned because we will do one each day for the next 5 days, and determine our winner.
These are the stats so far;
Brian - 3 points
Christie - 2 points
Carla - 8 points
Mindy - 5 points
A refresher on the rules,
I will post 10 images per month, and the person who guesses the most correct movies and extras out of the 10 per month, will win a $25 gift certificate to Amazon.com, or $25 by Paypal, winners choice.
Each correct guess is worth 1 point, first person to guess correctly, will get the point.
Extra points will be awarded per entry for extra information on the movie that I ask for, like the year it came out, lead actors, theme song etc.
The contest will run from the 26th of the month, to the 26th of the following month, points will be tallied, and the winner will receive their $25 gift certificate or $25 through Paypal, on the 30th of the month.
I will post guess the movie #6 no later than 10am today, October 21st.
be ready, get your thinking caps on, it's going to be a good one!
October 12, 2007
Women's Murder Club is based on James Patterson's best selling novels, and is a new one-hour drama series about four successful working women in San Francisco: Homicide Inspector Lindsay Boxer (Angie Harmon), Medical Examiner Claire Washburn (Paula Newsome), Assistant D.A. Jill Bernhardt (Laura Harris) and crime reporter Cindy Thomas (Aubrey Dollar), who use their expertise, their close friendship and their instincts to solve murder cases. Each a success in her own field, they work together to uncover clues to the city's most grisly homicides.
I've read the books and found them really fast paced and interesting, and the new series on ABC is no different.
I thoroughly enjoyed the season premier, the interactions between the characters, and the story lines, and a terrific cast.
I'll definitely be tuning in again every Friday night at 9pm eastern.
October 12, 2007
This one is a dead giveaway!
Well, should be anyway.
Update, Mindy wins! It was indeed the Man in the Iron Mask.
Man In The Iron Mask
1998
Leonardo DiCaprio
Jeremy Irons
John Malkovich
Gerard Depardieu
Gabriel Byrne
October 12, 2007
Can you guess this movie?
I will post 10 images per month, and the person who guesses the most correct movies out of the 10 per month, will win a $25 gift certificate to Amazon.com, or $25 by Paypal, winners choice.
Each correct guess is worth 1 point, first person to guess correctly, will get the point.
The contest will run from the 26th of the month, to the 26th of the following month, points will be tallied, and the winner will receive their $25 gift certificate or $25 through Paypal, on the 30th of the month.
Can you guess this movie?
4 extra points will be rewarded for the year it was made, and for naming 3 of the actors.
Annnnd go!
October 9, 2007
On October first, I told you all about Radiohead self releasing their new cd as a download, and you can pay what you want.
I just got this email update with some information about how the downloads will happen.
THANK YOU FOR ORDERING IN RAINBOWS. THIS IS AN UPDATE.YOUR UNIQUE ACTIVATION CODE(S) WILL BE SENT OUT TOMORROW MORNING (UK TIME). THIS WILL TAKE YOU STRAIGHT TO THE DOWNLOAD AREA.
HERE IS SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE DOWNLOAD:
THE ALBUM WILL COME AS A 48.4MB ZIP FILE CONTAINING 10 X 160KBPS DRM FREE MP3s.
MOST COMPUTERS NOW HAVE ZIP SOFTWARE AS PART OF THE OPERATING SYSTEM; IF YOUR COMPUTER DOES NOT, YOU NEED TO GET WINZIP OR ZIPIT INSTALLED PRIOR.
YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THEM HERE:
PC: http://www.winzip.com/
MAC: http://www.maczipit.com/IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR PROBLEMS DOWNLOADING YOUR FILE, PLEASE CONTACT OUR DOWNLOAD CUSTOMER SERVICE TEAM AT
downloadinrainbows@waste.uk.com
October 8, 2007
You need to name the movie, the year, the male lead, and the song that played a major part in order to get the 4 points.
Annnnd, go!
Carla guessed it correctly and about 30 seconds later, so did Lady Draven.
I guess this final clue was the dead give away!
October 8, 2007
Can you guess this movie?
I will post 10 images per month, and the person who guesses the most correct movies out of the 10 per month, will win a $25 gift certificate to Amazon.com, or $25 by Paypal, winners choice.
Each correct guess is worth 1 point, first person to guess correctly, will get the point.
The contest will run from the 26th of the month, to the 26th of the following month, points will be tallied, and the winner will receive their $25 gift certificate or $25 through Paypal, on the 30th of the month.
Can you guess this movie?
I will award 3 extra points if you also name the year, the lead male actor, and the name of the song that played a large part in this movie, for a total of 4 points.
October 7, 2007
Smiles of a Summer Night
Lynette kicks Tom out of her chemotherapy sessions, Susan is mistaken for a stripper and Bree attempts to steal a prize winning recipe.
Edie tries to get Carlos to spend some of the money he has stored off shore.
Then Carlos meets up with a "friend" to help get rid of Edie.
Bree is out shown by Catherine's lemon pie, and tries to steal the secret recipe, but discoveres that Catherine is keeping a secret bigger than pie.
Lynette and Gabby share a special moment of friendship, after Gabby does everything she can to get out of staying with Lynnette during chemo.
Susan and Mike have a new problem, parenting Julie.
Speaking of Julie, she encourages Dylan to try and get the truth out of her mother Catherine, over her father and where he is, and why her mother has been lying to her all these years.
October 5, 2007
Accused file sharer must pay $220,000.
A Minnesota woman must pay $220,000 to six of the top music labels after a federal jury found on Thursday that she violated their copyright.Accused of encouraging the illegal sharing of more than 1,700 songs, Jammie Thomas, 30, elected to fight it out with the recording industry instead of settling out of court for far less money. The ensuing legal battle marked the first time the recording industry has argued a file-sharing case before a jury.
Since 2003, many of the 26,000 persons sued by the Recording Industry Assoc. of America (RIAA) have avoided litigation by agreeing to pay a few thousand dollars. Thomas, who could not be reached for comment, has always maintained her innocence. Accused of sharing music through the use of peer-to-peer service, Kazaa, she told the jury that she didn't even own a Kazaa account.
The jury didn't buy her argument. Thomas was ordered to pay $9,250 for each of the 24 songs that the RIAA concentrated on. She was initially accused of sharing 1,702 songs. The decision is important in that it sends a message to file sharers that Internet anonymity won't protect them from lawsuits, said Chris Castle, a copyright attorney and longtime music industry executive.
Castle said the Web makes it simple to hide. Proving who was sitting at a computer at any given time is very difficult for copyright owners. What is precedent-setting about this case is that the jury decided it doesn't matter who was sharing music on Thomas' computer."The answer that the court gave was 'It's your account, you're responsible,'" Castle said. "'It's your screen name. You pay the bills. It's in your house. You are on the hook for it.'"
"The laws were written for pirates, guys pressing scores of DVDs," Cohn said. "I think this judgment is a clear indication that damages for copyright laws need to be adjusted to reflect today's reality. A mom in her home isn't the same as a pirate, but the copyright law doesn't see any difference."
October 5, 2007
From director Tim Burton, we have Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen, Alan Rickman and Timothy Spall.
Synopsis:
Story about a grisly revenge by Benjamin Barker, a man unjustly imprisoned by a lecherous judge. Barker returns as barber Sweeney Todd and exacts revenge.
R for graphic bloody violence
October 4, 2007
Carla from My Little Tribe, guessed correctly that it is Six Degrees of Separation, 1993, and it's lead actors were Will Smith and Donald Sutherland.
Congrats Carla! You're earned 4 points!
One of the greatest movie monologues ever, came from this movie.
In this scene below, Will Smith's character, Paul, talks about the book Catcher in the Rye.
Film synopsis:
"In New York, the art dealers John Flanders ('Flan') Kittredge and Louisa ('Ouisa') Kittredge are ready to have a business dinner with their South African friend and client Geoffrey Miller, when a wounded young black man comes to their fancy apartment telling that he had been just robbed in Central Park and asking for help. He introduces himself as Paul, a friend of their son and daughter in Harvard and son of Sidney Poitier, and the couple invites him to stay with them. During they night, they find that Paul is not who he claims to be. When they investigate the life of Paul, they find the hidden truth."
October 4, 2007
Here is the second and final clue for this round.
Can you guess the movie?
October 4, 2007
Can you guess this movie?
I will post 10 images per month, and the person who guesses the most correct movies out of the 10 per month, will win a $25 gift certificate to Amazon.com, or $25 by Paypal, winners choice.
Each correct guess is worth 1 point, first person to guess correctly, will get the point.
The contest will run from the 26th of the month, to the 26th of the following month, points will be tallied, and the winner will receive their $25 gift certificate or $25 through Paypal, on the 30th of the month.
Can you guess this movie?
I will award 3 extra points if you can name the year, and two of the lead actors, for a total of 4 points. (1 for the movie, 3 for the extra information)
October 3, 2007
Tonight, the girls went rock climbing.
There were many excellent pictures taken, some of these girls have an amazing look to them, but one of them just doesn't have it at all.
Tonights vote off, Kimberly.
October 1, 2007
It's called In Rainbows, and they are self releasing it.
You can download it starting October 10th, for get this, as little or as much as you want to pay, no joke!
I took a screen shot of my basket, and here's the proof;
Click for bigger.
When you click on the question mark next to the empty price field, it says "it's up to you"
If you want the CD/vinyl deluxe package, you're gonna have to pay out $81 bucks, but you can seriously pay as little or as much as you think the cd is worth, for the download.
Here's the message from Jonny Greenwood;
Hello everyone.
Well, the new album is finished, and it's coming out in 10 days;
We've called it In Rainbows.
Love from us all.
Jonny
Just go to Radiohead.com, and pay what ever amount you want, and on October 10th, they'll send you a link to download the new Cd.
How freaking cool is that?!
I confirmed my order details, and on October 10th, I can download the new Cd.
I think I love this idea!
October 1, 2007
Here is the 2nd and final clue for guess the movie #2.
Christie guessed correctly at 8:56am, just minutes after the 2nd clue was posted, Dark Water starring Jennifer Connelly.
