{"id":12285,"date":"2012-12-17T05:56:34","date_gmt":"2012-12-17T11:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/?p=12285"},"modified":"2012-12-17T05:56:34","modified_gmt":"2012-12-17T11:56:34","slug":"old-man-check","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/17\/old-man-check\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Man Check"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is some sort of quiz to see if you’re an old man or not. You ladies especially.<\/p>\n

Take the list of the top 100 films of 2012 and identify which of them you have seen. I have done this in <strong><\/strong>, which is orange. Not much orange at that.<\/p>\n

Then, identify those that you even know what they’re about. I’ve done this in <em><\/em>, which shows up in italics right now.<\/p>\n

The list:<\/p>\n

Marvel’s The Avengers<\/strong>
\nThe Dark Knight Rises<\/i>
\nThe Hunger Games<\/i>
\nThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2<\/i>
\nSkyfall<\/i>
\nThe Amazing Spider-Man<\/i>
\nBrave
\nTed<\/i>
\nMadagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted<\/i>
\nDr. Seuss’ The Lorax<\/i>
\nMIB 3<\/i>
\nWreck-It Ralph<\/strong>
\nIce Age: Continental Drift<\/i>
\nSnow White and the Huntsman<\/i>
\nHotel Transylvania
\n21 Jump Street<\/i>
\nTaken 2<\/i>
\nPrometheus<\/i>
\nSafe House
\nThe Vow
\nMagic Mike<\/i>
\nThe Bourne Legacy<\/i>
\nLincoln<\/i>
\nArgo<\/i>
\nJourney 2: The Mysterious Island<\/i>
\nThink Like a Man
\nFlight
\nThe Campaign
\nThe Expendables 2<\/i>
\nThe Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey<\/i>
\nWrath of the Titans<\/i>
\nDark Shadows<\/i>
\nJohn Carter<\/i>
\nRise of the Guardians
\nAct of Valor<\/i>
\nLife of Pi
\nContraband
\nLooper<\/i>
\nTyler Perry’s Madea’s Witness Protection
\nBattleship<\/i>
\nMirror Mirror
\nChronicle (2012)
\nPitch Perfect
\nHope Springs
\nUnderworld Awakening<\/i>
\nThe Lucky One
\nThe Dictator<\/i>
\nTotal Recall (2012)<\/i>
\nTitanic 3D<\/i>
\nAmerican Reunion<\/i>
\nParaNorman
\nThis Means War
\nProject X
\nThe Woman in Black
\nParanormal Activity 4<\/i>
\nThe Devil Inside
\nGhost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance<\/i>
\nThe Odd Life of Timothy Green
\nThe Grey
\nRed Tails<\/i>
\nThe Possession
\nDiary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days<\/i>
\nSinister
\nBeauty and the Beast (3D)<\/i>
\nSavages (2012)
\nThe Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
\nMoonrise Kingdom
\nThe Three Stooges<\/i>
\nStar Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (in 3D)<\/i>
\nHere Comes the Boom<\/i>
\nResident Evil: Retribution<\/i>
\nThe Cabin in the Woods
\nWhat to Expect When You’re Expecting
\nRed Dawn (2012)<\/i>
\nFinding Nemo (3D)<\/i>
\nEnd of Watch
\nRock of Ages
\nAbraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter<\/i>
\nLawless
\nThat’s My Boy
\nTrouble with the Curve
\nThe Watch
\nStep Up Revolution
\nTyler Perry’s Good Deeds
\nFrankenweenie
\n2016 Obama’s America<\/i>
\nHouse at the End of The Street
\nThe Pirates! Band of Misfits
\nJoyful Noise
\nChimpanzee
\nThe Five-Year Engagement
\nCloud Atlas
\nOne For the Money
\nAlex Cross<\/i>
\nKaty Perry: Part of Me<\/i>
\nSparkle (2012)
\nPremium Rush<\/i>
\nBig Miracle
\nThe Secret World of Arrietty
\nHaywire\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Most of the films I even can suss out what they’re about is because they’re sequels, remakes, or titles depicting well-known fairy tales. I probably even consider that I knew what the film was about in some cases if I just knew it was a movie.<\/p>\n

Or, in the case of The Transporter<\/em> on a bike<\/a>, because I saw the trailer and mocked it.<\/p>\n

We can certainly teases this out into a number of blog posts about how Hollywood might make movies whose brands are recognizable on title alone to hit low information infrequent movie goers or how perhaps I’m not really the target audience for Hollywood anyway. We could, I mean, but I’m not going to.<\/p>\n

I’d make a list of people who acted in them, but I bet it’s a list of fewer recognizees. And I am the pop culturally literate one of the family. Which is why our house is full of classical literary allusions instead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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