Directors Name that movie (screen shots) (1 Viewer)

[Chris Moe]

[c]Ladies and Gentelmen we have a winner

Using (highly) questionable tactics Brad Porter has managed to claim victory as the king of screenshots. Kevin Leonard made an astonishing sprint to claim the grand prize at the end, but came up short. Bill McA looked unstoppable in the begining but fumbled in the last few weeks of competition.

Here is how the final score card ended up.

1. Brad Porter 416
2. Kevin Leonard 408
3. Bill McA 391
4. Chucky P 279
5. Matt Pelham 275
6. JohnRice 269
7. Nick Sievers 259
8. Dave Gilbert 249
9. Brook K 240
10. Drew_veloce 229
11. Brian Lawrence 226
12. Iain Jackson 204
13. Andrew_Sch 186
14. Ray H 179
15. Nicholas Vargo 177
16. Anthony Connor 157
17. Bjørn Olav Nyberg 150
18. Elizabeth S 144
19. James_Kiang 132
20. Steeve Bergeron 127
21. Bill J 124
21. Andy Olivera 124
22. Dome Vongvises 97
23. MartinTeller 85
24. Joe Fisher 80
25. Simon_Lepine 77
26. Rob Tomlin 75
27. Lowell_B 55
28. George_W_K 52
29. Paul Dalmaine 50
30. Bruce Hedtke 44
31. Jeff Gross 42
32. Mark bk 40
33. Jim_K 35
33. Agee Bassett 35
34. Justin_S 27
35. william-scooter 20
35. Bill Wise 20
35. Brian Kleinke 20
35. Christopher_S 20
35. James_S 20
36. Wes C 10
36. Walter Kittel 10
36. BrettB 10
37. Christopher P 5
37. Rain 5
37. rob kilbride 5

I hope you all had fun. A question to those of you who were making fun of my taste/choice of movies in the begining half of the game. What did you think of my tastes after we switched over to my personal DVD's?

Thanks for playing everyone, see you over in John's game.




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[Simon_Lepine]

Thank you for your efforts on this game Chris

 

[Elizabeth S]

Thanks for all the work, Chris! It was fun!

 

[JohnRice]

Thanks for the contest, Chris. This must be a weight off your shoulders. 6th place isn't bad, especially since I missed the first 30 rounds. I would have made 4th place, but no chance at all of getting higher than that.

 

[Lowell_B]

Thanks for a fun contest. I only wish I had joined up earlier and not missed most of the rounds.

Great job Chris.

Lowell

 

[Brad Porter]

Using (highly) questionable tactics Brad Porter has managed to claim victory as the king of screenshots.

First of all, outstanding contest Chris. It was mucho fun.

Secondly, I rule! Bow down before me, minions.

Thirdly, here's a list of the films that I got right only by doing research on the shot contents:

Barbershop (5)
Gummo (5)
The Virgin Suicides (5)
Inspector Gadget (5)
The Majestic (7)
8 Mile (7)
The Wicker Man (5)
The Transporter (5)
The Adventures of Pluto Nash (5)
Tales of Ordinary Madness (7)
Phone Booth (5)
Still Crazy (5)

Here's the ones that I had a reasonable guess on and used research to help me confirm my guess (for some I've seen the film, some I haven't):

L.I.E. (5)
Blue Crush (5)
Autofocus (7)
Rabbit-Proof Fence (5)
Dark Blue (5)
Cube 2: Hypercube (5)
Moonlight Mile (5)
In the Mouth of Madness (5)
The New Guy (5)
City of Industry (7)

Here's the ones that I recognized from having seen the film or the trailer (I often checked the aspect ratio on IMDB to make sure I wasn't being fooled by a tricky shot, but I had the right film as my guess in each case):

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (5)
Reign of Fire (5)
Mad Max (5)
About A Boy (5)
Touch of Evil (5)
Doctor Zhivago (5)
River's Edge (7)
Titus (7)
K*19 The Widowmaker (5)
Uncle Buck (5)
The Time Machine (5)
Lost in La Mancha (5)
Road to Perdition (5)
The Count of Monte Cristo (5)
The Matrix (5)
The City of Lost Children (10)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (5)
Frailty (5)
Zoolander (5)
American Beauty (5)
Waiting for Guffman (5)
Amadeus (5)
Reservoir Dogs (7)
There's Something About Mary (5)
Mystery Men (5)
The Silence of the Lambs (5)
Amelie (5)
Office Space (5)
Spiderman (5)
Heavenly Creatures (5)
Pulp Fiction (5)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (5)
Miller's Crossing (5)
2001: A Space Odyssey (5)
Panic Room (5)
Almost Famous (5)
When Harry Met Sally (5)
High Fidelity (5)
A Fish Called Wanda (5)
The Patriot (5)
What Planet Are You From? (5)
Heathers (5)
The Great Escape (5)
The Godfather (5)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (5)
Se7en (5)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (5)
Signs (5)
Cast Away (5)
The Fifth Element (5)
Jurassic Park (5)
Rushmore (5)
Memento (5)
The Sixth Sense (5)
Meet the Parents (5)
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (5)
A Few Good Men (5)
The Big Lebowski (5)

So even if you deduct the 66 points that I only got by using Google and IMDB, that still leaves me with 350 pts.

And kudos to Kevin for a valiant effort, but anybody that doesn't recognize The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly and The Big Lebowski deserves second place. :p)

Brad

 

[Matt Pelham]

Good job Chris, was a lot of fun!

 

[MartinTeller]

Good job to everyone who didn't cheat, and thanks Chris! I wish I'd gotten in it earlier than round 100!

 

[william-scooter]

Thanks, wish I had got on at the beginning ... perhaps I could have moved up from 35 to 30.

 

[Rob Tomlin]

What did you think of my tastes after we switched over to my personal DVD's?

I noticed that there were plenty of shots from movies that were also in my Screenshot contest....so I think we have similar taste.

 

[Rob Tomlin]

Here is a list of movies that I also used in my contest:

Doctor Zhivago
Road to Perdition
The Matrix
Frailty
American Beauty
Reservoir Dogs
Amelie
Pulp Fiction
The Day the Earth Stood Still
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Great Escape
The Godfather (actually I think I used Part II)
The Fifth Element
Memento

So, yes, we have fairly similar taste overall!

 

[Kevin Leonard]

And kudos to Kevin for a valiant effort, but anybody that doesn't recognize The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly and The Big Lebowski deserves second place.

Hey, even geniuses have their off days.

And in my defense on Round 150, I saw four films at the theaters yesterday and got home around midnight, so I didn't have much time to give the shot a good look.

Great contest, Chris! And since I travel to Berkeley on a weekly basis (it's a haven for arthouse theaters and diverse music stores), I might have bumped into you somewhere!

 

[Chris Moe]

Kevin if you don't mind me asking where do you live?

You are right about Berkeley. I have 4 theaters within walking distance to my house and another 4 are just a short car trip away. Plus we have Amoeba and Rasputins for used DVD's and CD's

 

[Kevin Leonard]

Chris: I live somewhere in Contra Costa County, and take BART for the Berkeley trips. Would those "4 theaters" be Shattuck, Act 1 & 2, UA Berkeley and California Theatre? Those are the exact ones I go to.

And Amoeba and Rasputin's does rule (we have a Rasputin's in Pleasant Hill, as well).

 

[Anthony Connor]

Thanks for the great competition Chris.

I look forward to the next one.

Regards

AXE

 

[JohnRice]

I look forward to the next one.

It's already started........

 

[Bill McA]

Great contest, Chris!!

What did you think of my tastes after we switched over to my personal DVD's?

I hate to say it Chris, but next time...stick with the rentals

 

[Matt Pelham]

OUCH!

Oh by the way Chris, I could swear you used the same "In the Bedroom" shot for both of your contests, but I could be wrong. (Still not as bad as the Titus shot )

 

[Nick Sievers]

He did, and I pointed it out - but he said "Shhh dont tell anyone".

 

[Brian Kleinke]

Thanks that was fun, and I think the lowest percentage I've gotten right on any contest to date :-/ I guess it would help if I checked this thing on the weekends a bit more often

Thanks again... till the next one!