Uncle Dave, The Cynical Movie Critic Quiz

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1. "How did you like the movie uncle Dave?" Uncle Dave: "You call that a movie? Flying rat bites dog, dog bites people. If the lady wouldn't have bought that stupid Ford Pinto in the first place, she wouldn't have got herself into that mess. Bored me to death."

Answer: Cujo

"Cujo" is a 1983 American horror film based on Stephen King's 1981 novel of the same name. It stars Dee Wallace. Daniel Hugh Kelly, Danny Pintauro, Ed Lauter, and Christopher Stone. It is about a mother and child who, when they go to get their car fixed, get trapped inside of the stalled car and are terrorized and attacked by a rabid Saint Bernard dog.

2. "How did you like the movie uncle Dave?" Uncle Dave: "Oh! That was a movie? Some guys go fishing and argue about the boat being too small? They didn't even catch anything. I'm glad two of them guys had to swim home. Serves them right."

Answer: Jaws

"Jaws" is a 1975 American thriller film based on the 1974 novel by Peter Benchley. It stars Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, and Lorraine Gary. It is about a rogue great white shark that terrorizes the New England beach town of Amity Island. After some shark attacks, the townsfolk hire an expert shark fisherman to hunt down and kill the monstrous beast.

3. "How did you like the movie uncle Dave?" Uncle Dave: "What? Some street walker can't figure out why no one will sell her a dress? Boo Hoo! Did she think she was in some kind of Fairy Tale or something? I want my money back."

Answer: Pretty Woman

"Pretty Woman" is a 1990 American romantic comedy film starring Richard Gere and
Julia Roberts. It is about a rich corporate raider who, when driving through the red-light district on Hollywood Boulevard, has trouble with his car and enlists the help of a street walker to help him figure out how to shift the gears of the car. Edward (Richard Gere) then invites Vivian (Julia Roberts) to his penthouse apartment for the evening. The next morning Edward asks Vivian to be his escort for a week for the price of $3000. Edward ends up falling in love with Vivian after the week is up.

4. "How did you like the movie uncle Dave?" Uncle Dave: "Blah, blah, blah. Some rich old guy buys an island and crams it full of old lizards. I've had more fun at a zoo. Two thumbs down."

Answer: Jurassic Park

"Jurassic Park" is a 1993 American science fiction action film starring Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, and Richard Attenborough. It is about a tropical island that is turned into a theme park complete with real dinosaurs created by using the DNA found in the blood of mosquitos sealed in amber since the Jurassic period. Things go wrong in the park when a T-Rex escapes its confinement area and attacks visitors and park personnel.

5. "How did you like the movie uncle Dave?" Uncle Dave: "Big deal! Guy comes home from the service, gets girl, loses girl, goes to Europe, finds new girl, new girl gets blown up, comes back home and gets old girl back. Yadda, Yadda, Yadda. I'd rather sleep with a dead animal's head in my bed. I want my three hours back please."

Answer: The Godfather

"The Godfather" is a 1972 American epic gangster film based on Mario Puzo's best-selling 1969 novel. It stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard Castellano, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, Diane Keaton, and Talia Shire. It is about the Corleone crime family headed by Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando).

When an assassination attempt on Vito fails, his youngest son Michael (Al Pacino) takes revenge and kills the ones responsible. Michael then hides out in Sicily till things cool down and returns to take over as the head of the family.

He then proceeds with a plan to eliminate all the heads of the five competing crime families.

6. "How did you like the movie uncle Dave?" Uncle Dave: "What? A bunch of idiots horsing around looking for a cup? A complete waste of time and coconuts. I've seen finger paintings better than that picture."

Answer: Monty Python and the Holy Grail

"Monty Python and the Holy Grail" is a 1975 British comedy film based on the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. The film stars Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin. Arthur (Graham Chapman) travels through Britain searching for brave men to join the Knights of the Round Table.

When he gathers his Knights he is then ordered by God to seek out and find the Holy Grail.

7. "How did you like the movie uncle Dave?" Uncle Dave: "Are you kidding? Some ugly spoiled brat that wont leave her bedroom? Well mom, if you'd feed her something other than pea soup, maybe she could keep it down". I'd rather see slides of your grandmother's vacation."

Answer: The Exorcist

"The Exorcist" is a 1973 American supernatural horror film starring Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb, Jason Miller, and Linda Blair. It is about a little girl named Regan (Linda Blair) whose body gets possessed by the devil. Her actress mother played by Ellen Burstyn, enlists the help of two priests to see if they can force the devil out of Regan's body by performing a ritual called exorcism.

8. "How did you like the movie uncle Dave?" Uncle Dave: "Well boo hoo. A whiny teenager mad about the family forgetting her birthday. When I was born, my parents forgot to take me home from the hospital. The nurse there called them up a week later and told them they left something."

Answer: Sixteen Candles

"Sixteen Candles" is a 1984 American coming-of-age teen comedy film starring Molly Ringwald, Michael Schoeffling, and Anthony Michael Hall. It centers around a teenager named Samantha (Molly Ringwald) who just turned 16 and discovers that her entire family has forgotten that it is her birthday.

Her problems continue through the day because she has to deal with a nerdy schoolmate that keeps hitting on her, and she also has a crush on the most popular boy in school who is dating the most popular girl.

9. "How did you like the movie Uncle Dave?" Uncle Dave: "Are you kidding? What? Some wrestler finds a pair of sunglasses and starts seeing monsters and fake advertising billboards? Take off the sunglasses you dope, they're ruining your eyes."

Answer: They Live

"They Live" is a 1988 American science fiction action horror film starring Roddy Piper, Keith David, and Meg Foster. It is about John Nada (Roddy Piper), an out of work drifter who stumbles across a pair of sunglasses that allow him to see that the people of the world are being manipulated by aliens through subliminal messaging.

He sees that the ruling class of humans on Earth are actually bug-eyed alien beings concealing their appearance.

10. "How did you like the movie uncle Dave?" Uncle Dave: "Give me a break! You kids don't know what dancing is. They should ban dancing in every town in the country and not just one town in Texas. Doesn't anyone foxtrot anymore? Take me to Denny's."

Answer: Footloose

"Footloose" is a 1984 American musical drama film starring Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer, Dianne Wiest, and John Lithgow. It is about Chicago teenager Ren (Kevin Bacon) who moves to a small Texas town with his mother and discovers that dancing is basically forbidden within city limits. Ren sets off on a Crusade to get the townspeople to change their minds about dancing so that the school can have a senior prom.

He enlists the help of the preacher's daughter played by Lori Singer.

Source: Author bigjohnsludge

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Poor Billy. He gets stuck with the task of trying to entertain his grumpy, mean, and cynical Uncle Dave every weekend. Billy just takes him to the movies, but it fails every time. Guess the movies that Billy takes Uncle Dave to.

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