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Movies - New York or Los Angeles?

Try to guess whether these movies took place in New York or Los Angeles.
Dear nitpicker: We are not asserting that the entirety of each movie took place in the city
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First submittedAugust 2, 2021
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1. Ghostbusters
New York ✓
Los Angeles ✓
2. King Kong
New York ✓
Los Angeles ✓
3. Clueless
New York ✓
Los Angeles ✓
4. Breakfast at Tiffany's
New York ✓
Los Angeles ✓
5. Big
New York ✓
Los Angeles ✓
6. Terminator
New York ✓
Los Angeles ✓
7. Pulp Fiction
New York ✓
Los Angeles ✓
8. Rebel Without a Cause
New York ✓
Los Angeles ✓
9. When Harry Met Sally…
New York ✓
Los Angeles ✓
10. Blade Runner
New York ✓
Los Angeles ✓
11. Spider-Man
New York ✓
Los Angeles ✓
12. Annie Hall
New York ✓
Los Angeles ✓
13. Chinatown
New York ✓
Los Angeles ✓
14. Boyz n the Hood
New York ✓
Los Angeles ✓
15. West Side Story
New York ✓
Los Angeles ✓
16. Die Hard
New York ✓
Los Angeles ✓
17. Goodfellas
New York ✓
Los Angeles ✓
18. Coming to America
New York ✓
Los Angeles ✓
cpgatbyu
+5
Level 85
Aug 3, 2021
According to Wikipedia, the contrast between New York and Los Angeles is a central theme of Annie Hall. Central themes are not a nitpick.
joeythelemur
+7
Level 84
Aug 4, 2021
If I recall, the LA portion of the movie is quite small. For an either/or quiz, no one would classify Annie Hall as taking place in Los Angeles; it's clearly a New York City movie, so it seems like a nitpick to claim that based on an opinion out of Wikipedia.
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 89
Aug 10, 2021
According to anyone with an internet connection who can write Wikipedia....
Ferbin
+10
Level 76
Aug 18, 2021
You don't seem to understand how Wikipedia works; or more precisely, you have a very surface knowledge about it. BS edits are quickly corrected. Granted, not all articles share the same levels of scrutiny and some inaccuracies or falsehoods in minor articles might last longer, but it's still for the most part quite reliable. A study has shown it to be about as accurate as the Encyclopedia Britannica.
jmellor13
+2
Level 67
Aug 19, 2021
It's a Woody Allen movie. It's set in New York.
Jacktheguy
+3
Level 89
Aug 19, 2021
I know it's a joke, but some of his movies don't take place in New York at all, and if they do it's usually for a couple seconds of screentime.
MrScorpion
+5
Level 87
Aug 3, 2021
While most of Annie Hall does take place in NY, Alvie travels to LA at least twice, and Annie actually moves there during the movie. I would say Annie Hall takes place in both cities
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 89
Aug 3, 2021
I never really paid attention to Blade Runner, but the high density city seems like something that will never happen in Los Angeles.
Hdny42
+1
Level 63
Aug 19, 2021
Blade Runner and its sequel take place in a future (even though the original movie is actually set in a date now in our past) very different from the present. The geography of the whole world seems different, as there are vast sea walls made to protect cities from the rising oceans caused by Global Warming to it constantly raining in Los Angeles, to other cities like Las Vegas being totally abandoned.
loganite
+2
Level 88
Aug 4, 2021
Wow, surprised I got them all. Most were easy, but there were four or five I wasn't sure on and guessed right on them all.
jmellor13
+1
Level 67
Aug 19, 2021
Missed on Big because I always associate Tom Hanks with Los Angeles, but I remembered after seeing the answer that Zoltar is located on a boardwalk not far from where I grew up in New York.
Freestatebear
+4
Level 85
Aug 4, 2021
Trying to imagine "Goodfellas - the LA Years" !
jayrod
+8
Level 92
Aug 5, 2021
Die Hard gave me some pause because McClane is a NYC cop and Die Hard with a Vengeance is set in NYC.
jmellor13
+1
Level 67
Aug 19, 2021
Had the same thought, but got it after a moment's hesitation.
Hdny42
+1
Level 63
Aug 19, 2021
Also, the original trilogy (I pretend 4 and 5 didn’t happen. 4’s actually a fairly OK action movie, it just feels more like a generic action movie than a Die Hard movie, and it is PG-13; as it doesn’t feel like a Die Hard movie to me, I generally don’t consider it alongside the trilogy. 5 is pure trash) further blurs the line.

In 1 he is a New York cop in Los Angeles.

In 2 he is an LA Cop (back w/ Holly) in DC.

In 3 he split w/ Holly & is a New York cop in NY.

FSLiudger
+1
Level 59
Aug 19, 2021
Ive only seen Die Hard so 11/18. Cool quiz!
ItzIngenious
+1
Level 60
Aug 19, 2021
I thought this would include Karate Kid.
woshiwaiguoren
+2
Level 70
Aug 19, 2021
Annie Hall is not a great choice. As others have mentioned, it takes place prominently in both cities.
AdamH
+2
Level 72
Aug 23, 2021
I see the caveat about nitpicking, and I bet everyone who comments that some scenes from Annie Hall took place in Los Angeles got the answer right, because they know that most of the movie took place in NYC and that's what you were getting at.

None of this changes the fact that Annie Hall is a poor choice. At some point, you'll edit the quiz to reflect that. Why not now?

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