A Film Quiz That’ll Leave You Feeling Empty Inside

I stumbled upon FIlmWise’s Invisibles quizzes back at my first job, when a film buff buddy of mine and I would kill time waiting to leave work for the day. The concept behind them is staggering in its simplicity: Photoshop out the bodies of characters in movie stills, and attempt to ID the correct films based on clothing and set alone. But damn, some of them were hard. Only a super film geek could nail them all in record time.

So, with this being a slow film week, I thought I’d challenge the COMACC staff to a friendly little competition. I sent them a random link to one of the quizzes (this one, published on 9/11) and asked them to share how they fared. I should point out that I’ve been staring at the chosen quiz for a good 20 minutes, and I have yet to figure any of them out. Maybe that’s why I write the break-up letters.

Here’s how they fared:
Dave FYI, I suck at this one. None of these images are registering.
…later…
Dave 3 out of 8. Fuck.
Ashleigh Alright, I’m just looking at the first one right now. Stand by for results, which likely will make you all gawk in envy. Either that or extreme shame that you even allow me on the same web space as you.
…later…
Ashleigh In a surprising twist on my typical self-deprecation, I actually out-scored Dave. Five out of Eight! Dare I say “Eat it!”?
Dave Judging by the length of time it took you to complete it, I’m guessing you cheated. No, I take it back, I’m not guessing, I’m knowing. It’s all too obvious. Dare I say, “eat it” back at you?
Ashleigh Don’t you dare accuse me of cheating! That was knowledge pouring out of my obviously fuller-than-your brain. If you want to go back to mocking me, however, you’ll be glad to know that I missed only the most obvious ones. (In my defense, I haven’t seen ET since my high school French class. “Bonjour, Je m’apple Elliott. Mangez un dick, Micevic.”)
Dave Ummm. you’re doing the wrong one, Ashleigh.
[Note: Earlier, I had sent a link that Dave had screwed up, revealing the answers. He had requested a redo.]
Ashleigh I’m doing the very first one that Steve sent today. Quiz 311 [Note: the wrong one]. You can commence mockery once I’m done completing the rest of them in order.
Dave Yeah, except I scratched that one due to my error. Remember this? “Umm, can we do a different one. I didn’t realize it was going to show me the answers when I submitted and I just wanted to see how many I was getting right, but I left quite a few blank, which is no fun.” You need only look like a few emails up to find it. Until then, bite your tongue.
Erick I got four right.

Feel free to play along at home.