DOES THIS BOTHER YOU?

I dont find it anymore annoying than anything else in movies. If I was upset at everything in movies that was not factually accurate or realistic, chess is on the list but nowhere near the top. How about the hooker with a heart of gold or the wealthy successful businessman who just needs someone (often a child or a relationship) to make him see what is important in life? The sappy romantic interactions where the beautiful girl sees through the social ineptitude of of some moron to help them achieve success and acceptance? Loving family relationships? Helicopters and planes that crash and everyone walks away to complete a mission? The one man destruction team? The heart of gold gangster? Music? Chess? The completely united team that rises to overcome adversity and be the perfect role models in the community? Unfortunately, like your loved ones, sometimes viewing through rose colored lenses is a necessity. I love movies so all is forgiven and I will keep watching!

LADY-GREY:

It's paranoya only if you can't PROVE it.

"Phenomenon" with Jon Travolta

The main character (Travolta)  seeing some sort of lights in the sky that stimulate some sort of brain tumor that makes him a genius.  The event happens in the middle of a chess game at a bar when he steps outside for some reason.  After he returns from the event, he has a stroke of  "genius " and finds a Mate-In-One sitting there on the board when he comes back to the game. His friend gets mated and then gives him this look like he just saw him part the Red Sea.

Ay, well, mmm!

amac7079, ur absolutely right.  "Pretty Woman"?  As someone said. 'More like "Skanky Woman"!

I see we have similar views of the world.  I try to keep mine light, especially in this forum.  Maybe we should start a blog.

Why, just last night, I saw a 10th century woman return to the present with her man (whom she'd known all of about 36 hrs.!), and fail to drop dead on the spot from all the germs to which she could never have been exposed!!?

 Now I ain't seen that film in a long while. However, I always remebered it going like this. Sees some lights - goes in the bar - talks about seeing the lights, whilst making moves - leading to a checkmate.

I may be wrong though because I've only seen it once and that was about 5 years ago.

Does someone have the film? What's the answer.

Couldn't you solve this by turning the table 90 degrees?

It's a well known fact that all bad guys shoot blanks because the can't afford real bullets. After all, crime doesn't pay!

quite easy to explain.  for their to have been a mate in one, and the player not to have seen it, the player would have to be extremely dumb.  it'd be believable that only a slight increase in intelligence would let someone see a 1 move mate.  and since we know travolta ain't the smartest cookie in the box, well, i think this one is believable.

ok.  This is purely for research purposes and to illustrate my earlier comment about the dangers of DIS-information.

Now, comes the 3rd installment of "The Librarian", this one "the Curse of the Judas Chalice", I believe.  This chalice is purported to be Judas' payment for his betrayal of Jesus.

Please believe me, this is not about religion, merely fact.

The reference for this "fact' is found in the King James version of the Holy Bible.  I capitalize that because it is a published work and that is the published title.  I am not sugguesting that u refer to this work, I am simply listing my reference.

Just for fun, how many know that this "Chalice" business is intended to add another hole in the swiss cheese of our brains.  And, what the heck, do u know what Judas actually received?

Oh, and to BILLIUM248:

How about that NEW Indy movie?  As I recall, the previous Indy movie was touted as "...the LAST Crusade". 

 Yeah.  It should have stayed that way. 

Here's a few characters that should really be retired and never make another appearance in film: Indiana Jones, Rocky, Rambo, the Arnold Terminator (I'm hoping his new job as Governor made him to busy to appear in next year's "Terminator Salvation.")

Maybe the chairs got moved not the table...just teasing.  See this all the time. Most of the time in shops that sell chess sets and nobody in the shop plays...King and Queen reversed and so on.

 Also any movie with Sandra Bullock, eddie murphy, james woods, madonna, kevin costner and numerous others, who just seem to make tripe.

No

This research project has ended.  I can tell by the number of posts that you all have been dying to know the answer .  Judas Iscariot was paid 30 pieces of silver to betray, to the Roman soldiers, where Jesus could be captured.  A chalice never entered into it.

One more bit of trivia to file away with the rest.

you should be thankful that there was a judas who could be bought for 30 pieces of silver otherwise the story never gets past the manger. by the way, i never heard of the chalice other than the holy grail being a chalice that was used at the last supper.

Have you considered that the prop guy may be setting it up that way just to annoy you? Its like hiding behind a car door in a gun battle?? Or in that crappy show CSI when the guy takes a hair sample and matches it in a little machine inside of 10 seconds??

yes it annoys me

Haven't seen "Knight Moves" but will make a point of it.  Now that I no for a fact that so many others notice the chess flubs, maybe I'll just laugh at them.  Thx everyone.