Shot by Shot

Well, everyone, what can I say. We had a good 25-day run, right? I just couldn’t quite make it, I guess. So I figure I’ll just call it a month, since it is New Year’s Eve and all.

Alexis will be taking on January, though — since I took forever to get her training materials (it’s her first time!) — it may be a few days before she gets started. (Or she may well surprise us all and get her first shot up tomorrow anyway.) Just keep an eye on the site.

The answers to the last 7 shots:
No. 19 - The Graduate
No. 20 - The Postman (the second time this shot’s been used! — unintentional, though)
No. 21 - Miami Vice (2006, Michael Mann)
No. 22 - Xanadu (Chad: I *started* to watch Xanadu, but COULDN’T STAND IT, so about 25 minutes in I skipped to this scene — the big finale … which I also couldn’t stand)
No. 23 - Scrooged
No. 24 - Lawrence of Arabia
No. 25 - The Proposition (2005, John Hillcoat)

Here’s the final scoreboard. Happy New Year, everyone!

Hint for No. 19: “Here’s to you…”

1 correct guess (vistavision)

No. 18 was Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005, Park Chan-wook) (AKA Lady Vengeance). It is the third film in Park’s vengeance trilogy, after Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and Oldboy.

Hint for No. 18: This movie is the last movie in a trilogy.

2 correct guesses (tmantones, vistavision)

No. 17 was Superman Returns (2006, Bryan Singer).

Hint for No. 17: See No. 15.

3 correct guesses (rumplefin, tmantones, Carrie)

No. 16 was Lucky Number Slevin (2006, Paul McGuigan). (Josh Hartnett spends the entire first reel in one of these.)

Hint for No. 16: [Click for hint]

3 correct guesses (smoothmusic, monsieurxander, Carrie, Chad, vistavision)

No. 15 was Superman II (1980, Richard Lester). (If memory serves, this shot also appears in the “Richard Donner cut.”)

Hint for No. 15: In the movie universe, this movie spawns two parallel timelines, one of which is seen in the movie represented by No. 17.

1 correct guess (smoothmusic)

No. 14 was The Palm Beach Story (1942, Preston Sturges).

Hint for No. 14: This is the last shot from a classic screwball comedy.

4 correct guesses (CoasterLouWho, Carrie, vistavision)

No. 13: In Hot Shots: Part Deux, father/son team Martin and Charlie Sheen shout to each other (as the boats they’re on pass in opposite directions), “I loved you in Wall Street [1987, Oliver Stone]!”

Hint for No. 13: In [the sequel to another movie altogether], father/son team [someone] and [his son] shout to each other (as the boats they’re on pass in opposite directions), “I loved you in [the answer to shot No. 13]!”

3 correct guesses (vistavision, smoothmusic, Carrie, tmantones, Chad, CoasterLouWho, Moe, katiecroft, rumplefin, monsieurxander)

No. 12 was from the restored version of Touch of Evil (1958, Orson Welles).