[Harzza]

With many pictures I instantly got the feeling of what the movie is without really realising why. Could this be because the AI is probably trained with human made pictures from ex. flickr (in most cases after the movie), so the AI will generate pictures that basically resemble how people see/remember the movies?

For example the very strong color scheme in Miami Vice, which is basically 100% something that emerged in popular culture after the movie.

So when the AI is generating the pictures based on the plot, could it be deep down generating the pictures partly based on how we people remember the movie?

[saberience]

I had the opposite experience, I couldn't identify any. Maybe I'm going senile.

[drclau]

Same here. After looking at the movie name, I can see the connection, but it's just not strong enough for me to identify the movie from the picture.

Not that this should matter in this context, and no idea how common or uncommon this particular "skill" is, but I can often identify a movie that I've seen years, even decades ago, by seeing just a few seconds of it. I guess this is a form of photographic memory. But, it's not only the raw snapshots, instead it's a mix of image quality, content and if I catch a glimpse of it, the story and characters too. Is there such a thing is "moving pictures memory"?

Edit: I did identify "Being John Malkovich (1999)"! Then again, his face appears in the picture.

[latexr]

> no idea how common or uncommon this particular "skill" is

No idea either. But add one more if you’re counting, it happens to me as you describe.

Or used to. Television was an important trigger because it shows movies unprompted; switching to alternatives where I have to consciously pick what to watch removed the opportunity for the effect to manifest.

[ccozan]

I could see Ocean's Eleven and Wizard of Oz, but anyway the other movies felt a bit obscure so nothing else.

The last one, Star Wars, I think needs some deep inspection to get it and is missing the Vader ( which I think anyone with identify with the movie)

[ckosidows]

It's so interesting how we all seem to recognize these images in different ways. I found a lot of these hard to identify, but Star Wars was an easy one. It stood out because it looked like star troopers and the bottom right looked like Leia.

The ones that I could identify: * Star Wars * Edward Scissorhands * John Malkovich * National Treasure * Hot Tub Time Machine * Willy Wonka * Space Jam * The Hurt Locker * Midsommar (this one gives me flashbacks, btw) * Mad Max * Fear and Loathing * Oceans 11

Everything else was too obscure. Curious which ones other people could identify.

[ASalazarMX]

It is a trippy experience because many objects don't make sense, it's like solving a puzzle without having the reference image. I haven't watched about half of those movies, but of those I could instantly recognize Mad Max, Bill & Ted, Black Swan and Star Wars. The rest were enigmas. Maybe bigger images would make things easier.

[MillenialMan]

I think many of the original posters (or stills from the movie) were just in the training data, to be honest.

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory in particular seems to be a direct reconstruction of features from that movie.

[iforgotpassword]

To me the wizard of Oz was very obvious and I've never seen the movie, just children's books and maybe a few screenshots. But it's still strange; for example ocean's eleven was immediately my first thought for the according image, but I don't even know why. I don't recognize anything specific in that image, and it doesn't have a distinct set of colors either.

[hoseja]

People in tuxedos, with guns and piles of cash.

[Kosirich]

"With many pictures I instantly got the feeling of what the movie is without really realising why"

I immediately got a feeling of what the movie is about, but a lot of times I named the wrong movie or couldn't remember it. The feeling was similar to when you have something at the tip of the tongue..

[bodge5000]

I missed most of them (the majority I'd never even seen the movie), some were more obvious (as you mention Miami Vice), but the Fear and Loathing one was very strange to me. I got that one near instantly after seeing but, but unlike the others, was unable to see exactly why

[MisterTea]

I have seen maybe half of these films. I was able to correctly name some of them immediately upon looking at them: Wizard of Oz, The Matrix, The Big Lebowski.

Some were obvious after reading the title: Star Wars, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (never saw it), Being John Malkovich, Space Jam (never saw it), Miami Vice (never saw it), Office Space.

Some that I half guessed or felt like I knew the name of the film but could not immediately recall the name: Castaway, Mad Max: Fury Road, Edward Scissorhands (Thought it was The Nightmare Before Christmas but Tim Burton so close enough)

Obvious ones: Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

[NoGravitas]

Yeah, looking at the Edward Scissorhands one, it was obvious that it was a Tim Burton movie, but not which one. I had guessed Corpse Bride.

[msdrigg]

Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory looked almost as good as a blurred picture from the movie, especially Willy Wonka’s face

[onychomys]

On the other hand, the green and black color scheme that The Matrix made super famous is entirely missing from that one.

[Guillaume86]

Yeah tough the same after I guessed "The Prestige" when it doesn't seem I should have been able to.

[jjeaff]

This was exactly my experience. On many, my first thought was the correct movie. Very interesting.