“Two men have sex in a tent.The scene is not graphic and there is only a little nudity of side butt.” : Turning IMDB into a game

Written by: Jonathan Briggs

April 13, 2012 [27312 views]

Did you guess Brokeback Mountain (2005)? The text comes directly from the helpfully crowdsourced Parents’ Guide http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388795/parentalguide for the movie on IMDB.

Would you have guessed if the clue had been “We see a sheep that has been gutted by a coyote.”?
I enjoy reading these so much and discussing them with friends to see if they could guess the movies described that its time to write down some rules:

• This game should be played with 3-4 people with access to IMDB on iPhones or Android.
• The first player thinks of a film and looks up the Parents Guide on IMDB.
• He or she then reads out extracts from the Parents Guide while the others guess. Names of characters may be replaced by “One of the characters...” to avoid making this too easy.
• The more revealing details that make it easier to identify should be saved until last. These might describe in graphic detail some mild terror, alcohol or tobacco moments or the exact numbers of use of the F-word.
• If you guess the title, then it’s your turn to choose a film.
• If you choose a popular film and no-one guesses then someone should buy you a drink!

Have a go at guessing the following:

1. The prisoners are forced to strip down to the nude so doctors can examine their health. We see full frontal nudity, both male and female quite a few times...A man with only one arm struggles to dig a hole...9 uses of the word "f***" along with "bitch", "damn", "ass", and many other profanities. The German accents often make the profanity difficult to understand.
2. One man tells another that he can "hook him up" with a woman in a red dress. She walks by with her cleavage showing in the tight, low-cut dress...Lots of killings with machine guns, resulting in numerous bodies; however, this is mostly PG-13 level stuff with minimal blood...A man has a creature extracted from his navel, a little blood is shown.
3. A nude woman is shown covered only by a guitar; we see the side of her bare chest...Young boys throw rocks at another boy and hit him in the head...A central character takes lots of drugs during one part of the movie, with cocaine visible. Other characters drink, sometimes to numb pain/anger.
4. At one point, it is implied a man (desguised a woman) has an erection...Minimal violence. Off-screen gangster's slayer; bodies are seen...Frequent adult drinking and especially smoking...Some sexual innuendo and play with sexual identity in the dialog.
5. There is a fishing pole with woman-like legs...On character somewhat suggestively tells another, "What do you say I get someone else to watch the sheep tonight?" He gets all tongued tied but lets out "Oh yeah," with her adding, "Don't forget, I'm just a few blocks away."...There is also a lot of name calling ("stupid," "idiot," anything you can think of, even "hockey puck”)

Let's call this game: Meet the Parents!

What do you think?

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