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 The IMDb Movie Key Words Quiz The internet is, of course, the largest net of information in the universe. One such oracle (some say matrix) is the IMDb – Internet Movie Database for the uninitiated – home of every piece of movie information ever typed. Or somewhere vaguely close to that. In their quest to be every movie-watcher’s first port of call when looking for facts, trivia or even something to watch that evening, the IMDb now features key word searching. Key words – elsewhere called "tags" – are words or phrases which sum up part or all of the film so you can easily find something similar. You may click on "American Pie 3" and remember how much you enjoyed it. One of the key words might be "teen humor" and when clicked this would give you a list of like minded films of a more or less teenly humorous nature. Key words would, therefore, seem to be a fantastic idea and the gateway to a whole new world of movies geared to your particular tastes (or lack thereof). But I wouldn’t be writing about it if it were that simple. There would be no mileage in a simple service that provides the internet movie aficionado with the means of hunting down things they might reasonably enjoy. For the system is bizarre and the pen pics it draws of some of the finest films of all time are equally bizarre. For example, which highly regarded movie is tagged with the following?
Each of those is clickable so anyone thinking "I fancy a film with ethnic slurs in it" can get a list of candidates within a few seconds. None of that tedious messing about on right wing websites. Now, I’ve not seen "Pulp Fiction" so all of the above may make perfect sense but who would want to get a list of films involving a toilet? Isn’t ‘violence’ present in pretty much every film ever made? And would anyone really skim through these lists of key words thinking "I like the sound of this movie because it features lots of shootings but I’m not convinced it will… ah… shot in the face. Just what I was after." So here are ten of the biggest films of all time as tagged at the IMDb. See if you can guess any of them from the curious collection of highlights plucked from their entries. Movie One
You’re probably thinking "That was easy" or "What a waste of time" or "I could murder a cheese sandwich" or "You’re spookily close to what I was actually thinking you witch" or "Stop it, this is scary" or "I mean it – get out of my brain". If you think you know the answers, post it in the thread or email using the above link. There aren’t any prizes – you’re doing it for the love of the game. So don’t cheat – you’ll only be letting yourself, your family and the rest of us down. You’re now thinking about using the back button to end this pointlessness.
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