Favorite Movies or Books with Puzzle themes

[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

[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...

[AlienDjinn]

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!!!!

[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.

[theherowithathousandfaces]

Books:
The Da Vinci Code
Masquerade

Movies:
Indiana Jones (Trilogy)
The Da Vinci Code

[cornettracing80]

Angels&Demons



movies

Hellraiser
The Mummy

[cornettracing80]

13 ghosts had a puzzlebox house in it

[sgrooms]

Angels&Demons



movies

Hellraiser
The Mummy

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

[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.

[cornettracing80]

have you ever "experienced" a clive barker interview?....

[Jeremy]

No ,what's it like ?

[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 ....

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!

[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

[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 ?

[Toma]

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