Common Sense Media Review
By Christopher Healy
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Great party game's film clips appropriate for teens and up.
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Why Age 15+?
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Scene It? Bright Lights, Big Screen
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What's It About?
SCENE IT? BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG SCREEN is a movie trivia game with a quiz show style set-up. An animated host leads the players through several rounds of questions, which are presented in several different formats. The most common format involves showing a clip from a movie, and then asking multiple choice questions about that movie (although not necessarily about the clip just shown). Other formats include anagrams, rebuses, and picture puzzles that disguise the name of a movie or an actor. Players will also hear sound clips from films or see still photos from movies that have an element missing from them.
Is It Any Good?
Just like its predecessors, Scene It? Bright Lights, Big Screen is a very fun party game -- as long as the guests at the party are really into movies. People who are not big moviegoers often scoff at the level of minutiae involved in some of the questions ("How would I know what year Ghostbusters 2 was released?"). But for people who take pride in knowing whether or not Shia LaBoeuf was in I, Robot, the Scene It? games are a blast. Bright Lights, Big Screen doesn't bring much new to the table (other than new questions and new clips), but this edition marks the series' first appearance on both Wii and PS3, which makes it definitely worth noting for owners of those two consoles.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about which of these movies they'd like to see. Which clips appeal to them and why? Do any of the clips make them not want to see the film in question?
How can watching movies together be a good family activity? Can they be a springboard for discussions about the issues presented in the movie?
Game Details
- Platforms : Nintendo Wii , PlayStation 3 , Xbox 360
- Pricing structure :
- Available online? : Not available online
- Publisher : Warner Bros. Games
- Release date : November 17, 2009
- Genre : Party
- ESRB rating :
- Last updated : June 27, 2022
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