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Movie night questions for before and after the credits

Questions for movie night at home: the twenty minutes it takes to choose a film, the snack run, if-your-life-were-a-movie questions for the opening trailers, and talk for when the credits roll and nobody gets up.

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Kumustahan is a bilingual conversation card app: 1,200 questions in English and Filipino across 7 decks, with a short reflection on the back of every card.

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Imagine your future self laughing at one thing you're doing now. What is it?

Imagine yung future self mo natatawa sa isang ginagawa mo ngayon. Ano yun?

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Future you may have a softer sense of humor about today. Some things feel bigger before time makes them funny.

Baka mas soft na tumawa ang future self mo sa today. May bagay na malaki ngayon, pero funny later.

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The questions

16 movie night questions

Every question in English and Filipino/Tagalog, word for word from the Kumustahan decks. Open “Back of the card” for the reflection printed on the other side.

Choosing the movie

5 questions

Settle the twenty-minute scroll with a question instead.

  1. What would you like to watch with a friend?

    Ano ang gusto mong panoorin kasama ang friend?

    Back of the card

    Talking through the whole thing or saving comments until the end?

    Kuwentuhan habang nanonood o comments pagkatapos na lang?

  2. Name one harmless opinion you take seriously, like food, movies, habits, or small preferences.

    Magbanggit ng isang harmless opinion na seryoso ka, like food, movies, habits, o small preferences.

    Back of the card

    Harmless opinions are a safe place to be dramatic. The stakes are low, but the conviction can still be strong.

    Safe maging dramatic sa harmless opinions. Low stakes lang, pero pwedeng strong pa rin ang conviction.

  3. Which button would you rather have: pause a busy hour or replay a favorite hour?

    Kung may time button, alin ang pipiliin mo: i-pause ang isang abalang oras o ulitin ang paborito mong oras?

    Back of the card

    Your button needs a label. What would you write on it?

    Kailangan ng label ang button mo. Ano ang isusulat mo rito?

  4. What day from the past would you like to watch?

    Anong araw sa nakaraan ang gusto mong mapanood?

    Back of the card

    Pause on one scene from that day. Which detail would you want to look at longer?

    Huminto muna sa isang eksena ng araw na iyon. Anong detalye ang gusto mong tingnan nang mas matagal?

  5. If you and your friends had just one free hour, how would you spend it together?

    Kung isang oras lang kayong lahat libre, ano ang gagawin ninyo?

    Back of the card

    Save a few minutes at the end for one thing you would not want to rush.

    Puwede kang maglaan ng ilang minuto sa dulo para sa bagay na ayaw mong madaliin.

Snack run

3 questions

Popcorn politics and the eternal snack-or-sleep debate.

  1. You and a friend want different snacks. What would you do?

    Magkaiba kayo ng friend mo ng gustong snack. Ano ang gagawin mo?

    Back of the card

    Same choice every time, or would it depend on the day?

    Pareho ba ang gagawin mo palagi, o depende sa araw?

  2. Two choices: unlimited snacks or perfect sleep for one week. Defend your pick.

    Dalawa lang: unlimited snacks o perfect sleep for one week. I-defend ang pick mo.

    Back of the card

    Low-stakes choices still reveal priorities. Snack joy and good sleep are both valid campaign platforms.

    Kahit low-stakes, may priorities pa rin. Snack joy at good sleep, parehong valid campaign platform.

  3. If someone were choosing a snack or drink for you, what’s one choice that would almost always work?

    Kung may pipili ng snack o drink para sa'yo, ano yung halos laging okay sa'yo?

    Back of the card

    Tiny preferences can be an easy way to know someone better. It feels good when people remember the simple things.

    Minsan sa small preferences tayo mas nakikilala. Nakakatuwa rin kapag may nakakaalala ng simple things about you.

If your life were a movie

5 questions

Your role, your hero name, your setting.

  1. In an adventure story, would you be the guide, cook, builder, storyteller, or someone else?

    Sa adventure story, anong role ang pipiliin mo: guide, cook, builder, storyteller, o iba pa?

    Back of the card

    Your character has one familiar object in their bag. What is it?

    May isang pamilyar na gamit sa bag ng tauhan mo. Ano iyon?

  2. What comic-book hero name would fit something you are good at?

    Anong comic-book hero name ang bagay sa talento mo?

    Back of the card

    What problem would your hero solve?

    Anong problema ang kayang ayusin ng hero mo?

  3. Imagine your future self laughing at one thing you're doing now. What is it?

    Imagine yung future self mo natatawa sa isang ginagawa mo ngayon. Ano yun?

    Back of the card

    Future you may have a softer sense of humor about today. Some things feel bigger before time makes them funny.

    Baka mas soft na tumawa ang future self mo sa today. May bagay na malaki ngayon, pero funny later.

  4. Choose a safe tour: outer space or the bottom of the ocean.

    Pumili ng ligtas na tour: outer space o ilalim ng dagat.

    Back of the card

    Choose one sight from the tour you would want as your phone wallpaper.

    Pumili ng tanawin sa tour na gusto mong gawing wallpaper sa phone.

  5. Choose a fake job title that fits your personality.

    Pumili ng fake job title na bagay sa personality mo.

    Back of the card

    A fake title can be more accurate than a real one. It gives a playful name to the thing people already notice.

    Minsan mas accurate pa ang fake title kaysa real one. Binibigyan lang niya ng playful name yung napapansin na ng tao.

Credits rolling

3 questions

Surprise laughs, places that stay with you and the best quiet moment at home.

  1. What made you laugh when you least expected it?

    Ano ang nagpatawa sa'yo noong hindi mo inaasahan?

    Back of the card

    Give the scene a caption if you like.

    Kung gusto mo, bigyan ng caption ang eksenang iyon.

  2. Tell us about a place that left a memory or feeling you still carry.

    Ikuwento yung lugar na may iniwang memory o feeling na dala mo pa rin.

    Back of the card

    Some places stay with us quietly. You may not notice it right away, but later you realize you carried something from there.

    May mga lugar na tahimik lang ang iniiwan sa atin. Hindi mo agad napapansin, pero may dala ka pala mula roon.

  3. Describe your favorite quiet moment at home in one sentence.

    I-describe in one sentence yung favorite mong tahimik na moment sa bahay.

    Back of the card

    Quiet at home can be its own kind of treat. Sometimes the best part is that nothing needs to happen.

    Yung tahimik sa bahay, treat din minsan. Minsan best part na yung walang kailangang mangyari.

How to use them

Before you ask

Movie night’s hardest moment is the first twenty minutes, scrolling through options while nobody wants to decide. A question breaks the stalemate: what you’d put on with a friend, which hour would you replay, which day of history you’d rewatch. The answers usually point to a film.

While the snacks are made and the trailers play, ask the if-your-life-were-a-movie questions. Which role you’d play in an adventure story, what your hero name would be, whether you’d rather tour the stars or the deep sea. They’re quick, fun and get everyone in the mood for a story.

Then, when the credits roll, don’t reach for the remote straight away. Ask what made people laugh when they least expected it, or which place has stayed with them like a scene from a film. The talk after a movie is often better than the movie.

Good for

  • Movie nights with friends
  • Family movie nights
  • Couples’ movies at home
  • Watch parties on video call
  • Sleepovers and holiday movie marathons

Tips

  1. Set a timer for choosing. When it rings, the last question’s answer decides.
  2. Ask the life-as-a-movie questions during the trailers, not the film.
  3. Let the credits run for one round of questions before anyone checks a phone.
  4. With kids, ask which character they’d be and why.
  5. For a night in for two, see date night at home questions.

Decks for this

Movie night

Frequently asked questions

What do you talk about on movie night?

Use a question to choose the film, quick ones during the snack run and trailers, fun if-your-life-were-a-movie questions, and a round when the credits roll about what stayed with everyone.

How do you choose a movie when nobody can decide?

Ask everyone what they’d pick for a night in with a friend, or which hour they would replay. The answers usually point to a genre, and a timer stops the endless scrolling.

What are fun movie night activities besides the movie?

A short question round before and after, snack debates, and a “cast yourself” game where everyone picks their role in an adventure story.

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