(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) Are you enough of a movie buff Try out this brain teaser on the big hitters of summer In Godzilla which kicked off this year’s blockbuster summer in May the movie takes place in 1954 1999 and the present day. What is the significance of these three periods
The original animated Godzilla known in its native Japan as Gojira first opened in 1954. The first Hollywood version of the story was the live-action Godzilla (1998). The 2014 version features flashbacks to 1954 and to the late 1990s as a salute to its fire-breathing progenitors.
What actor has played the same superhero in the most feature films
Hugh Jackman plays Wolverine in X-Men: Days of Future Past which opened in May in his seventh appearance in the role. Ironically he wasn’t originally intended to play the part at all. Dougray Scott was initially cast as Wolverine in X-Men (2000) but Mission: Impossible II (2000) ran late and forced him to drop out of X-Men at the last moment. Scott is Scottish Jackman is Australian and Wolverine is ... Canadian. Apparently no Canadian actors were seriously considered for the role.
The Fault in Our Stars is the rare summer blockbuster that is devoid of superheroes monsters or invading aliens. What does it have in common with Divergent (2014) which would be a typical summer blockbuster except that it opened in March
The romantic leads of The Fault in Our Stars Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort co-star in Divergent ... as brother and sister.
What 2014 blockbuster character features a voice that combines elements of cats horses tigers elephants and elephant seals
The voice of Toothless the title character in How to Train Your Dragon 2 which opened in May was created with a mix of the voices of cats horses tigers elephants and elephant seals plus that of sound designer Randy Thom.
What classic comedy was a major inspiration for Edge of Tomorrow the Tom Cruise sci-fi epic that opened in May
The credits for Edge of Tomorrow don’t acknowledge any debt to the classic Groundhog Day (1993) in which Bill Murray’s character – like Cruise’s in Edge of Tomorrow – finds himself reliving the same day again and again but the inspiration is obvious. There is one possible tip of the hat though: The film’s heroine played by Emily Blunt is named Rita as is the character in the Japanese novel on which the film is based Hiroshi Sakurazaka’s All You Need Is Kill (Shueisha 2004). Rita also is the name of Andie MacDowell’s character the romantic lead in Groundhog Day.
What 2014 blockbuster pivots on a performance by Eleanor Audley who died in 1991
Eleanor Audley is best known as the voice of the evil witch Maleficent in the Disney classic Sleeping Beauty (1959). Angelina Jolie studied her performance closely and used it as a model for her own work in the title role of Maleficent which opened in May.
What current blockbuster likely to be the year’s most lucrative film is based on a film that finished at No. 98 in the box office for 1986
Transformers: Age of Extinction already had pulled in more than $1 billion at the worldwide box office and is likely to be 2014’s most lucrative film. That’s a far cry from The Transformers: The Movie (1986) which stalled at $5.85 million and finished No. 98 in that year’s box-office stakes.
What 2014 blockbuster is a sequel to a remake of a sequel
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes which opened in July is a sequel to Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) a loose remake of Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) which was itself the third sequel to Planet of the Apes (1968). The remake Planet of the Apes (2001) directed by Tim Burton has no place in this thread.
What lead character in one of this summer’s blockbusters previously was played by Arnold Schwarzenegger and Ryan Gosling
Dwayne Johnson plays the title character in Hercules which is yet to open in the UAE. The role was previously played by Arnold Schwarzenegger in Hercules in New York (1969) and by Ryan Gosling in the television series Young Hercules (1998-1999). Other classic interpretations of the character include Kevin Sorbo in the television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995-1999) Tate Donovan in the animated Hercules (1997) Mark Addy in the television series Atlantis (2013) and Kellen Lutz in The Legend of Hercules (2014) or looking further back Steve Reeves in Hercules (1958) and Hercules Unchained (1959) and Mickey Hargitay in The Loves of Hercules (1960).
Who are Vance Astro Charlie-27 Martinex and Yondu
Vance Astro Charlie-27 Martinex and Yondu are the original members of the Guardians of the Galaxy created in 1969 by writer Arnold Drake and artist Gene Colan. Though they were never part of the Marvel Comics mainstream largely because their adventures took place in the 31st century long after most of the other heroes of the Marvel Universe were dead they became cult favourites and appeared occasionally in the course of the next 39 years. If they seem unfamiliar to people who have seen Guardians of the Galaxy a surprise hit which is yet to open in the UAE that’s because in 2008 writers Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning launched a new unrelated team of heroes also called the Guardians of the Galaxy. It is that team which is featured in the film. As a tip of the cap to Drake and Colan’s version the movie includes a character named Yondu but he isn’t the same one who appeared in the original series.
Extra Credit:
In Jaws when the shark hunters first encounter the shark and Quint runs back into the boat’s cabin to assemble a harpoon gun he’s too busy to respond to a radio call to the Orca. Whose voice is on the radio
Answer: The voice over the radio in Quint’s cabin is director Stephen Spielberg who also can be heard playing the clarinet in one scene.
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