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RockGolf 
"1500+ reviews. 1 joke."
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 Posted - 07/18/2010 : 16:59:38
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Now that publication of the book is imminent, how about getting some free publicity?
When I created a Sporcle quiz for Historical Tweets - The Book, it got over 85,000 plays with a link in game and the comments to the booksite.
The authors contacted Sporcle and said they got more directed hits from Sporcle than two article in the Huffington Post! In fact they were so delighted they asked for a sequel.
The Original
The Sequel
I've also previous used FWFR for quizzes, including my very first published Sporcle quiz which has now been played over 80,000 times.
So, with Benj's okay already given, I'd like to write a new quiz in association with the book, including linking to the Amazon page for the book.
The theme will be FILMS OF THE 2000s and I want your suggestions for reviews that would make great clues.
As was always Benj's intention, a great review should suggest but not give away the films, should already be published and have gotten several votes.
I'd like to add that the review cannot contain any family un-friendly words, that the film should be fairly well known, and that no "inside jokes" be included. Ideally, there should be an "a-ha!" moment wheh you figure out what the film review is describing.
And remember that for this quiz, the films must have been released between 2000 and 2009.
My suggestion would be that you pick up to ten suggestions each, five of your own and five by other FWFRers, I'll narrow it down and get Benj's advice as to which 40 to 60 make it to the quiz.
One other note to Benj: Do you have a preferable link for the book? I know with Amazon there's a way that you can get a percentage of sales based purchases to a specific link, and you should have an account set up like that, if you don't already.
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RockGolf
"1500+ reviews. 1 joke."
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Posted - 07/18/2010 : 18:12:54
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To help narrow your considerations, I'm including a list of candidate films below. These are basically the big money makers of the decade with animated films, sequels and remakes removed. (Except Dark Knight, which I think can stand on its own.)
It would probably help if you limited your selections to these films, but I'm open to other suggestions.
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1408
2012
10,000 B.C.
27 Dresses
50 First Dates
8 Mile
A Beautiful Mind
A Knight's Tale
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Along Came Polly
Amelie
American Gangster
Anger Management
Apocalypto
Atonement
Australia
Avatar
Babel
Bedtime Stories
Big Momma's House
Billy Elliot
Black Hawk Down
Blades of Glory
Blood Diamond
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Bridge to Terabithia
Bridget Jones's Diary
Brokeback Mountain
Bruce Almighty
Bruno
Burn After Reading
Casino Royale
Cast Away
Catch Me If You Can
Charlie Wilson's War
Chicago
Chocolat
Click
Cloverfield
Cold Mountain
Constantine
Couples Retreat
Coyote Ugly
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Daddy Day Care
Daredevil
Deja Vu
District 9
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
Dreamgirls
Eagle Eye
Eight Below
Elf
Enchanted
Eragon
Erin Brockovich
Fahrenheit 9/11
Fantastic Four
Final Destination
Flightplan
Gangs of New York
Ghost Rider
Gladiator
Gran Torino
Hancock
He's Just Not That Into You
Hitch
Hollow Man
Hulk
I Am Legend
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
I, Robot
Inglourious Basterds
Inside Man
Invictus
Iron Man
It's Complicated
Julie & Julia
Jumper
Juno
Kill Bill Vol. 1
Kingdom of Heaven
Knocked Up
Knowing
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Law Abiding Citizen
Legally Blonde
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Lost in Translation
Love Actually
Maid in Manhattan
Mamma Mia!
Marley and Me
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Mean Girls
Meet the Parents
Memoirs of a Geisha
Michael Jackson's This Is It
Million Dollar Baby
Minority Report
Miss Congeniality
Moulin Rouge!
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Munich
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Mystic River
Nanny McPhee
National Treasure
Night at the Museum
No Country for Old Men
Panic Room
Paranormal Activity
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Pearl Harbor
Public Enemies
Ray
Road to Perdition
Road Trip
Scary Movie
School of Rock
Seabiscuit
Seven Pounds
Shallow Hal
Sherlock Holmes
Signs
Sin City
Slumdog Millionaire
Something's Gotta Give
Space Cowboys
Spider-Man
Spy Kids
Stardust
Superbad
Taken
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
The Aviator
The Beach
The Blind Side
The Bourne Identity
The Break-Up
The Bucket List
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Da Vinci Code
The Dark Knight
The Day After Tomorrow
The Departed
The Devil Wears Prada
The Family Man
The Fast and the Furious
The Golden Compass
The Hangover
The Happening
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Holiday
The Interpreter
The Island
The Last Samurai
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
The Notebook
The Others
The Passion of the Christ
The Patriot
The Perfect Storm
The Pianist
The Princess Diaries
The Proposal
The Pursuit of Happyness
The Queen
The Ring
The Terminal
The Ugly Truth
The Village
Traffic
Training Day
Transformers
Tropic Thunder
Troy
Twilight
Two Weeks Notice
U-571
Unbreakable
Up in the Air
V for Vendetta
Valkyrie
Van Helsing
Vanilla Sky
Vertical Limit
Walk the Line
Wanted
War of the Worlds
Watchmen
Wedding Crashers
What Happens in Vegas
What Lies Beneath
What Women Want
Wild Hogs
World Trade Center
X-Men
XXX
Yes Man
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
You, Me and Dupree
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BaftaBaby 
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 07/18/2010 : 18:56:29
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quote:
Originally posted by RockGolf
To help narrow your considerations, I'm including a list of candidate films below. These are basically the big money makers of the decade with animated films, sequels and remakes removed. (Except Dark Knight, which I think can stand on its own.)
It would probably help if you limited your selections to these films, but I'm open to other suggestions.
What a great idea RockGolf! I hope these ten in bold might tempt you!
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2012
10,000 B.C.
27 Dresses
50 First Dates
8 Mile
A Beautiful Mind
A Knight's Tale
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Along Came Polly
Amelie
American Gangster
Anger Management
Apocalypto
Atonement
Australia
Avatar
FROM CHRISC:
See worlds, join Na'vi.
Babel
Bedtime Stories
Big Momma's House
Billy Elliot
Black Hawk Down
Blades of Glory
Blood Diamond
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Bridge to Terabithia
Bridget Jones's Diary
Brokeback Mountain
Bruce Almighty
Bruno
Burn After Reading
Casino Royale
Cast Away
Catch Me If You Can
Charlie Wilson's War
Chicago
Chocolat
Click
Cloverfield
Cold Mountain
Constantine
Couples Retreat
Coyote Ugly
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Daddy Day Care
Daredevil
Deja Vu
District 9
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
Dreamgirls
Eagle Eye
Eight Below
Elf
Enchanted
Eragon
Erin Brockovich
Fahrenheit 9/11
FROM FALKEN:
Iraqnophobia.
Fantastic Four
Final Destination
Flightplan
Gangs of New York
Ghost Rider
Gladiator
Gran Torino
Hancock
He's Just Not That Into You
Hitch
Hollow Man
Hulk
I Am Legend
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
I, Robot
Inglourious Basterds
Inside Man
Invictus
Iron Man
It's Complicated
Julie & Julia
Jumper
Juno
Kill Bill Vol. 1
Kingdom of Heaven
Knocked Up
Knowing
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Law Abiding Citizen
Legally Blonde
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Lost in Translation
Love Actually
Maid in Manhattan
Mamma Mia!
FROM BAFTABABE: EITHER
Pop quiz. OR
Sophie's pop charts.
Marley and Me
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Mean Girls
Meet the Parents
Memoirs of a Geisha
Michael Jackson's This Is It
Million Dollar Baby
Minority Report
Miss Congeniality
Moulin Rouge!
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Munich
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Mystic River
Nanny McPhee
National Treasure
Night at the Museum
No Country for Old Men
Panic Room
FROM BAFTABABE:
Forest invades city apartment.
Paranormal Activity
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Pearl Harbor
Public Enemies
Ray
Road to Perdition
Road Trip
Scary Movie
School of Rock
Seabiscuit
Seven Pounds
Shallow Hal
Sherlock Holmes
Signs
Sin City
Slumdog Millionaire
Something's Gotta Give
Space Cowboys
Spider-Man
Spy Kids
Stardust
Superbad
Taken
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
The Aviator
The Beach
The Blind Side
The Bourne Identity
The Break-Up
The Bucket List
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Da Vinci Code
FROM BAFTABABE:
Something about Mary Magdalene.
The Dark Knight
The Day After Tomorrow
FROM BAFTABABE:
Iceolation.
The Departed
The Devil Wears Prada
The Family Man
The Fast and the Furious
The Golden Compass
The Hangover
FROM YUKON
Heaving Las Vegas.
The Happening
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Holiday
The Interpreter
The Island
The Last Samurai
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
The Notebook
The Others
The Passion of the Christ
The Patriot
The Perfect Storm
The Pianist
The Princess Diaries
The Proposal
The Pursuit of Happyness
The Queen
FROM BAFTABABE:
The Queen and Di.
The Ring
The Terminal
The Ugly Truth
The Village
Traffic
Training Day
Transformers
Tropic Thunder
Troy
Twilight
Two Weeks Notice
U-571
Unbreakable
Up in the Air
V for Vendetta
FROM BENJ CLEWS
Knives and Fawkes.
Valkyrie
Van Helsing
Vanilla Sky
Vertical Limit
Walk the Line
Wanted
War of the Worlds
Watchmen
Wedding Crashers
What Happens in Vegas
What Lies Beneath
What Women Want
Wild Hogs
World Trade Center
X-Men
XXX
Yes Man
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
You, Me and Dupree
FROM TORI:
Dupree's a crowd.
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benj clews 
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Posted - 07/18/2010 : 19:05:54
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Sounds great. Yep, the last Sporkle quiz more than doubled the number of visitors to fwfr for a good few days so this would make a great bit of publicity and I'd love everyone to get their reviews included in this.
As for the book link, until I've finished the book's website proper I'd suggest using the Amazon link from the top of the page in the main site- that's tied into my Amazon assocs account. |
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RockGolf
"1500+ reviews. 1 joke."
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Posted - 07/19/2010 : 01:24:24
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Salopian: I've already got a quiz on FWFR animated reviews, so I didn't want to use any of those here.
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ChocolateLady 
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 07/19/2010 : 06:32:22
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The five of mine I'd like you to consider would be:
Ocean's Eleven (2001) Pitt-y, Clooney's no Sinatra.
Walk The Line (2005) June's Cash laundering succeeds.
Other Boleyn Girl, The (2008) Bedded unwedded; wedded, beheaded!
Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone (2001) Harry gets Rowling's stone.
Cold Mountain (2003) Goodbye? Ruby Thewes, stay!
I'll be back later with five from other reviewers.
And how about these five:
Pianist, The (2002) Schindler's Lizst. � noncentz
Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King, The (2003) Three. Ring. Serkis. - Rockgolf
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004) An Affair To Forget. - Montgomery
50 First Dates (2004) Drew a blank. - Corduroy Pillow
Da Vinci Code, The (2006) Hanks: You've Got Grail. - Demonic
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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aahaa, muahaha
"Optimistic altruist, incurable romantic"
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Posted - 07/20/2010 : 08:12:07
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I'll do something different - will suggest five films, where I've reviews in good standing and would also provide another review for the same film. Please make your choice as it is tough for me to be too objective in this regard.
Erin Brockovich - Erin, good at exposing; Gritty Woman
The Scorpion King - Not so Rock-King; Rock like an Egyptian
Slumdog Millionaire - Athos. Porthos. Arthouse. Pathos; Beggar can be chooser
Spider-Man 3 - Sand and Dunst; Parker gets darker.
and one of
Invictus - Mandela is Freeman; Thinking outside the Boks
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Goodbye Bafana - Going Bananas over Bafana; Free radical. |
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Sludge 
"Charlie Don't Serf!"
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Posted - 07/20/2010 : 16:42:56
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Departed: "Mole ferrets rat." ("Ratt Damon", "Wahlberg plays 'Whack-A-Mole'.")
300: Suggest GHCool's "Hunchbackstabbing" or Rockgolf's "I'd rate it CCC".
The Terminal: "Tucci caches Czech", "Tom Delayed", "Tom Waits", "Foreign Gump", or "Diary of Banned Hanks".
Apocalypto: "Mayans head downstairs" (good one, Benj!)
XXX: of course, "Why? Why? Why?"
Walk the Line: "Phoenix rises from Cashes"; "Cash, withdrawal"; "June accepts Cash."; "June's Cash laundering succeeds."; "Joaq' the line."
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RockGolf
"1500+ reviews. 1 joke."
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Posted - 08/17/2010 : 00:53:32
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So I thought about the Sporcle version of the book, and thought, why give too much of the book away?
Instead, I've selected a number of reviews and films already previewed in the Amazon "Look inside" feature with the advantage that it also gives me a theme of "Action" movies. (And BTW, did the book misspell Inglourious Basterds?)
I've taken two clues from each film in that section that I think make the best gameplay and point them at the same film. I've linked to Amazon using the "reference" code in fourwordbook.com link. (That page itself is too media-oriented, so I think trying to make a direct sale works best.)
Here's the clues I used:
About Last Knight.
Bearded Jones's Diary. 1989
An unbalanced Ledger.
Knight 'n shining harmer. 2008
Aussie and chariot.
Bird fight: Crowe, Phoenix. 2000
Bacon in tin can.
Ground control, Major Tom. 1995
Bad spellers kill Nazis.
Shosanaa trigger Goebbel warming. 2009
Bill. Quentin. All gore.
Bridesmad. 2003
Copper is metal.
Pig iron. 1987
Faster than speeding Bullock.
Boom in public transportation. 1994
Feddies vs. Jason.
Good Will Hunted. 2002
Finding Neo.
Prophet in own LAN. 1999
Four Webbing and Funeral.
Teenager emits sticky substance. 2002
French teen starts smoking.
English enjoy French cooking. 1999
Hammond, eggs.
Site for 'saur rise. 1993
Indy and a Jones.
Killer is hand solo. 1993
Jones of Ark.
Ford. Explorer. 1981
Manhattan on the rocks.
Jake Chill-enhaal. 2004
Military lowers height requirement.
Goose should have ducked. 1986
Multi-pythons, flying circuits.
Hijackers unarmed. (Unlegged too.) 2006
No Day After Tomorrow.
Cusack: John of Ark. 2009
Papa's a Rolling Stone.
Johnny Depp catches crabs. 2007
Peter's temporary arachnile dysfunction.
Doc Ock rocks docks. 2004
Pits Pitt against Pitt.
Meat Loaf tenderized. 1999
Punk receives counting lesson.
Clint asks loaded question. 1971
Rear penetration surprises Greeks.
Hades dining reservations announced. 2006
Royale without Cleese.
Blond, James Bond 2006
Ryan, sea quest.
From Russia with Sub. 1990
Sexy singer uses protection.
Costner scores then shoots. 1992
Spacey planned a head.
Cop gets severance package. 1995
Steel from the rich.
Downey's surpringly well cast. 2008
The Immaculate Deception.
Mary marry? Quite contrary. 2006
Walker becomes driver.
Diesel vehicle lacks performance. 2001
You can see the quiz itself at http://www.sporcle.com/games/rockgolf/Subtle_Clews
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BaftaBaby
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 08/17/2010 : 10:29:28
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quote:
Originally posted by RockGolf
So I thought about the Sporcle version of the book, and thought, why give too much of the book away?
Totally fab quiz! Thank you RG!
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w22dheartlivie
"Kitty Lover"
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Posted - 08/18/2010 : 03:43:22
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| Not bad at all. I only missed one - I haven't seen Inception yet, nor do I know anything about it, and the rules at first said through 2009, and Inception is a 2010 film, so I was stumped! |
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Yukon
"Co-editor of FWFR book"
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Posted - 08/19/2010 : 02:27:06
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Thanks for doing this Rockgolf!
You may have noticed I'm putting links to your Sporacle quizzes on the FWFR Twitter account and Facebook page.
I'll try and send you some suggestions when I get some free time. |
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