Thursday, October 30, 2008

A Puzzle For You...

What do the following eighteen movies have in common?

1. Oldboy
2. Mysterious Skin
3. Why We Fight
4. Smoke
5. Running with Scissors
6. The Goebbels Experiment
7. Confetti
8. Daddy's Little Girls
9. Sweet Land
10. Ghost World
11. Chalk
12. Rocket Science
13. Little Big Man
14. Greenfingers
15. Romance and Cigarettes
16. Kurt Cobain: About a Son
17. Boys Don't Cry
18. Beautiful Thing

10 comments:

Pat said...

They're all in your Netflix queue?

I could have checked this before responding, but did not.

Dan said...

You're in the right general Sphere of Influence, but no.

By the way - people can get 1 point for a correct guess on the basic commonality, and another extra credit point for providing the context/nuance behind the fact.

C.F. Bear said...

All have been on Dan's list of reviews. See e-mail from a year or two ago. Also see reviews on Oliopolis?

Dan said...

WRONG!

C.F. Bear said...

I knew I didn't have a snowball's chance in hell. You couldn't just say wrong with a period? Why the exclamation mark? Are you strongly moved to say wrong?

How about all of those movies suck? Am I closer? :)

Dan said...

You sounded so certain. I wanted to make sure you knew you were wrong in no uncertain terms.

Here's a clue: I have no idea if they suck.

Mighty Tom said...

they are each 96 minutes in length and you have not seen them before

Dan said...

I have not seen them before, true, but that's not the answer I'm looking for. Though, it's maybe a clue.

Stephen Cummings said...

These are movies you've been recommended to see in Netflix, based on your current reviews and rankings, and that you've subsequently moved into your queue.

Or, sans Netflix, movies you've been told to see by close confidants, because it's presumed you'd like them.

Dan said...

Wrong, though perhaps about the closest in spirit of all the guesses, yet.

so...the answer...

(sumick)