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Re: Synonym Names Game
« Reply #250 on: 31 Oct 2015, 12:34 »

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« Reply #251 on: 31 Oct 2015, 12:43 »

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« Reply #252 on: 31 Oct 2015, 14:05 »

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« Reply #253 on: 31 Oct 2015, 14:07 »

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« Reply #254 on: 31 Oct 2015, 14:12 »

That was my first guess!
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« Reply #255 on: 31 Oct 2015, 20:29 »

You should have stuck with it Method, it was the right one
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Re: Synonym Names Game
« Reply #256 on: 31 Oct 2015, 20:56 »

Dang it. It threw me off because "man", and Equalizer is one word. ("the" doesn't count)
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Re: Synonym Names Game
« Reply #257 on: 01 Nov 2015, 02:04 »

As I said some time ago, the names don't need to be literal synonyms, it's perfectly fine if they are a little more abstract (see xkcd example of Space Trip: Where's the Vulcan).

To avoid confusion let's continue with cesium's movie.
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Re: Synonym Names Game
« Reply #258 on: 01 Nov 2015, 05:45 »

It's a stretch, but Gran Torino?
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« Reply #259 on: 01 Nov 2015, 06:13 »

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« Reply #260 on: 01 Nov 2015, 06:34 »

The Bug Spray: Atonement
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Re: Synonym Names Game
« Reply #261 on: 01 Nov 2015, 14:39 »

The Raid: Redemption.

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« Reply #262 on: 01 Nov 2015, 16:15 »

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« Reply #263 on: 02 Nov 2015, 10:59 »

The Dark Crystal



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Re: Synonym Names Game
« Reply #264 on: 02 Nov 2015, 17:58 »

Dr. No (?)

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« Reply #265 on: 03 Nov 2015, 00:19 »

Point Break

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« Reply #266 on: 03 Nov 2015, 00:28 »

Curse of the Golden Flower

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Re: Synonym Names Game
« Reply #267 on: 03 Nov 2015, 04:18 »

Horse Feathers (Marx Brothers, 1932)

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Re: Synonym Names Game
« Reply #268 on: 03 Nov 2015, 04:59 »

West Side Story (1961) or possibly Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

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« Reply #269 on: 03 Nov 2015, 06:05 »

(I had the first in mind)
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« Reply #270 on: 03 Nov 2015, 06:10 »

Reign of Assassins (2010)

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« Reply #271 on: 03 Nov 2015, 12:31 »

Max Max Fury Road (2015)


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« Reply #272 on: 03 Nov 2015, 12:33 »

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« Reply #273 on: 03 Nov 2015, 13:27 »

Sleepless in Seattle.

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« Reply #274 on: 03 Nov 2015, 14:17 »

Big Fish


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« Reply #275 on: 03 Nov 2015, 23:22 »

(How's the) Serenity.

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« Reply #276 on: 04 Nov 2015, 04:18 »

The Flight of the Phoenix

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« Reply #277 on: 04 Nov 2015, 12:37 »

Hot Fuzz

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« Reply #278 on: 04 Nov 2015, 13:45 »

Eragon


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« Reply #279 on: 04 Nov 2015, 14:55 »

A Streetcar named Desire?

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« Reply #280 on: 04 Nov 2015, 14:56 »

Christine.

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« Reply #281 on: 04 Nov 2015, 17:32 »

The Flight of the Phoenix


Close! Actually Flight of Dragons which is amazing and I suggest everyone watches it.
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« Reply #282 on: 04 Nov 2015, 18:03 »

Correct jwhouk
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