Me to! I could not remember how many hours, but mt guesses were far short. And for the Jackie Robinson, I tried every number in the 40s and 50s except 42.
The Help is based on a novel. Katherine Stockett, the author of the novel, has repeatedly insisted that it is NOT based on a true story. She was sued by someone who said a character was based on a real person, but the case was dismissed.
I saw most of these, but just couldn't remember the correct titles. I tried A Dolphin Tale, The Dolphin Tale, Dolphin's Tale. Then I was thinking, "What was that movie where Captain Phillips was taken hostage by pirates???" Sigh.
American Sniper is not a totally true story. Creating a villain of another ethnicity just to make the protagonist not evil? Great job... Nothing more than disgusting propaganda.
Yeah this comment is absurd. And I'm not in favor of the Iraq war, nor do I have anything against Iraqis as a people, nor am I a big fan of the protagonist in the film, nor would I say that the film gets many points for being totally accurate. But still... ridiculous comment. And I'm sure Zippy is probably right.
exactly. After all the negative press, and knowing what Clint Eastwood's politics are like, I was actually expecting a heavy handed jingoistic movie that made Kyle out to be Sergeant York. But it wasn't that at all. At the very end at the funeral scene it did start to veer slightly into that territory, but up until then it was a well-told story about the high cost of war and the toll it takes on all those involved. There was definitely nothing at all racist about it.
There's nothing in the notes saying the stories are "totally true". In fact, quite the opposite. Hollywood is riddled with movies "based on actual events" that bear very little resemblance to reality. Creative license is quite regularly taken with "true stories". That's show biz.
On the follow-up quiz I authored I tried to include a mix of films: some that are very historically accurate and others that are a load of bollocks, just to perhaps stir up conversation.
"Creating a villain of another ethnicity just to make the protagonist not evil?"
Obviously, you didn't see the movie. To the degree that it even HAS a villain (and it doesn't really), the closest thing to a villain is clearly of the same ethnicity and nationality as the protagonist.
Americans make the most movies that are widely seen and popular all over the world. But that aside this quiz features films that take place entirely or mostly in: France, England, Somalia, Germany, Japan, Iran, England again, South Africa, and more Germany. You people are silly.
American popular culture is a bit overwhelming, but it's not up to a quiz site to correct that. There are less US-centric movie quizzes but they're also taken less.
A quiz written for those fluent in the English language just might include a lot of movies made where almost all English language movies are made. Strange, huh?
The Dunkirk dilemma, though central to Darkest Hour's storytelling and purpose, was really more of a subplot than anything. Actual Dunkirk is on-screen for less than ten minutes, and the subplot isn't completely resolved within the movie, instead leaving the viewer to figure out how it ended for themselves.
I know most people thought Dunkirk was fantastic, but I was disappointed in it, and all members of my family who saw it agreed. I suppose it was a case of unfulfilled expectations. But I immediately knew which film it was from the description. (Great quiz, BTW.)
I didn't really like Sully. But there are of course plenty of films based on true stories out there. So many anyone who felt inclined could easily make a sequel.
I enjoyed Sully, too. I've seen all but five of these, and enjoyed them all except, as I stated earlier, Dunkirk. It was a real disappointment for me with no characters to really care about, and much of it almost like a documentary.
Another problem I had with Sully in addition to it not being a terribly interesting story to me is that most of the drama in the film comes from the NTSB attacking and being antagonistic toward hero-pilot Sully... which just never happened. They investigated the crash but it wasn't like in the film. If the movie was true to life it would have been even more boring.
OK, but "The Help" is not even remotely based on a true story, nor does it claim to be. It is based on a novel that is also not at all based on a true story. That movie is fiction, please fix.
Cite: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/celebritology/post/the-help-lawsuit-against-kathryn-stockett-dismissed/2011/08/16/gIQAiCWqJJ_blog.html?utm_term=.35f1c1f3fd76
Obviously, you didn't see the movie. To the degree that it even HAS a villain (and it doesn't really), the closest thing to a villain is clearly of the same ethnicity and nationality as the protagonist.
I even included a Chinese movie on the quiz but I'm sure less than 2% will get that one.