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Favorite Movies or Books with Puzzle themes

PostPosted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:59 pm
by AlienDjinn
Hi Everyone,

Just thought I would throw out a fun topic to debate. What are your favorite Movies or Books with Puzzle themes (loosely defined as involving a significant puzzle to solve in the plot).

My Movies picks are:

1) Sneakers
2) The Da Vinci Code
3) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
4) National Treasure
5) Mercury Rising - (on the edge, but couldn't resist)

-AlienDjinn

PostPosted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:24 pm
by smartybones
my list would be much the same, but in what order i dont know....

drop Mercury Rising tho, and add Enigma... and dont even mention U571, good move, but hollywood history masqurading as a historical event. damn yanks , "Oversexed, overpaid and over here". lol...

PostPosted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 10:03 am
by AlienDjinn
smartybones wrote:my list would be much the same, but in what order i dont know....

drop Mercury Rising tho, and add Enigma... and dont even mention U571, good move, but hollywood history masqurading as a historical event. damn yanks , "Oversexed, overpaid and over here". lol...


Holy Moly!

I forgot the puzzle adventure movie of the decade (its decade of course!)

GOONIES!!!!


:lol:

PostPosted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 7:59 pm
by AlienDjinn
My wife also thought "Labyrinth" should make the cut for a semi-puzzle themed movie.

I'll start update the original thread with the global list.

:)

PostPosted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 2:26 am
by theherowithathousandfaces
Books:
The Da Vinci Code
Masquerade

Movies:
Indiana Jones (Trilogy)
The Da Vinci Code

PostPosted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 11:59 am
by cornettracing80
Angels&Demons



movies

Hellraiser
The Mummy

PostPosted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 9:28 am
by cornettracing80
13 ghosts had a puzzlebox house in it :D

Re:

PostPosted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 4:39 am
by sgrooms
cornettracing80 wrote:Angels&Demons



movies

Hellraiser
The Mummy



Definitely Angels & Demons, one of my all time favs. Can't wait til that movie comes out.

Re: Favorite Movies or Books with Puzzle themes

PostPosted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 10:03 pm
by Jeremy
I liked the movie "Identity",the puzzle was to know ho dun it,its the first movie that took me a while to know who.
Favorite books: almost everything Clive Barker wrote. :evil: :twisted:

Re: Favorite Movies or Books with Puzzle themes

PostPosted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 9:57 am
by cornettracing80
have you ever "experienced" a clive barker interview?.... :shock: :shock: :|

Re: Favorite Movies or Books with Puzzle themes

PostPosted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 6:19 pm
by Jeremy
No ,what's it like ? :?

Re: Favorite Movies or Books with Puzzle themes

PostPosted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 7:04 am
by cornettracing80
i am sorry to anyone who is offended by this reply before hand.......

Clive Barker is a RAGING homosexual...his talk is flambouyant and he talks like a ...well....homosexual .... :shock: :shock: :shock:

i couldnt believe "prissy" wrote those killer movies and his books are crazy too...but ya,he is not just gay..he's REALLY gay!
:lol: :lol:

Re: Favorite Movies or Books with Puzzle themes

PostPosted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:54 am
by Toma
Good morrow
You all must check out a book i have the pleasure of owning
Its very rare and it will blow your mind
It is called Codex Seraphinianus by Luigi Serafini
It is a modern day Voynich, and has not yet been solved, if indeed it can be solved

Re: Favorite Movies or Books with Puzzle themes

PostPosted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 5:46 pm
by Toxophilite
I just found a pdf version on tinternet. I love the art work, he's either on medication or eats a lot of cheese.

Its like being a kid again, the pictures are fascinating but I've got no idea what the text says.

I should think a copy of the book is worth a few bob ?

Re: Favorite Movies or Books with Puzzle themes

PostPosted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 6:08 pm
by Toma
Toxophilite wrote:I just found a pdf version on tinternet. I love the art work, he's either on medication or eats a lot of cheese.

Its like being a kid again, the pictures are fascinating but I've got no idea what the text says.

I should think a copy of the book is worth a few bob ?


Unfortunately 1st editions are very expensive
You can pick up the 2006 edition ISBN 8817013897 which I have for less than £100 from Italy, try Abes books online
http://www.abebooks.co.uk/products/isbn/8817013897
the 2006 edition has extra pages from the 1st edition so worth it
I have scanned in quite a lot of pages here, please have a butchers
http://seraphinianus.tribe.net/?current=tribephotos&set=y#tabs
Example of the text
http://www.tribe.net/template/pub,PopPic.vm?picURL=http://images.tribe.net/tribe/upload/photo/57f/597/57f59758-0085-4655-9d4a-c8734e16ebc4&altText=6%20006.jpg