# Describe the movie in five words, Take 3 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 23, 2010, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words-take-3/551163 "2010-08-23T15:53:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words-take-3/551163/81 "2010-08-31T16:01:10Z")
Aussie snipers are on trial _28 Days Later_ ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words-take-3/551163/82 "2010-08-31T17:14:24Z")
Hey, these zombies are _fast!_ _Horton Hears A Who_ ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words-take-3/551163/83 "2010-08-31T18:12:15Z")
They’re real, and they’re spectacular. _How the Grinch Stole Christmas_ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words-take-3/551163/84 "2010-08-31T18:23:42Z")
Old grouch robs town blind _In the Loop_ ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words-take-3/551163/85 "2010-08-31T19:22:48Z")
Iraq invasion played for laffs. _In the Cut_ ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words-take-3/551163/86 "2010-08-31T22:42:38Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Obscure Stanwyk/Cooper lexicographer movie. Obscure?!? She was nominated for a freakin’ Oscar! > [@](#): > > \*In the Cut \* Meg Ryan does the nasty. _Into Great Silence_ ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words-take-3/551163/87 "2010-08-31T23:41:17Z")
[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy] Obscure?!? She was nominated for a freakin’ Oscar! [/quote] True, but so have more than 300 nominees for the same category since then. How often do you hear the film referenced today? [QUOTE=ArchiveGuy] _Into Great Silence_ [/QUOTE] Hey hey we’re the monks! _Stalag 17_ ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words-take-3/551163/88 "2010-08-31T23:48:10Z")
_Stalag 17_ Better than The Great Escape! _Galaxy Quest_ ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words-take-3/551163/89 "2010-08-31T23:52:16Z")
By Warvan’s suns, I’ll avenge! _Cabaret_ ---
**Author:** ![Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fried_Dough_Ho)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words-take-3/551163/90 "2010-09-01T02:07:58Z")
Fuck me? Fuck you! Willkommen! \* The Man in the White Suit\* ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words-take-3/551163/91 "2010-09-01T02:57:22Z")
Inventiveness? Innovation? No, thank you. _Chicken Run_ ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words-take-3/551163/92 "2010-09-01T03:20:23Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Inventiveness? Innovation? No, thank you. > > _Chicken Run_ Mel Gibson’s a mother clucker. \*The Wizard of Speed and Time. \* ---
**Author:** ![Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fried_Dough_Ho)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words-take-3/551163/93 "2010-09-01T03:25:03Z")
Pre-CGI coolness. Jittlov rocks! \* Greed!\* ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words-take-3/551163/94 "2010-09-01T08:20:50Z")
Seven hour movie nobody’s seen. _The Big Sleep_ ---
**Author:** ![Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fried_Dough_Ho)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words-take-3/551163/95 "2010-09-01T13:11:41Z")
Bogie & Bacall - incomprehensible plot. \* Marat Sade\* ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words-take-3/551163/96 "2010-09-01T13:13:56Z")
Asylum inmates put on show. _To Have and Have Not_ ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words-take-3/551163/97 "2010-09-01T14:50:17Z")
Hemmingway, Bogey, McCall, classic romance _Hellboy_ ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words-take-3/551163/98 "2010-09-01T15:08:48Z")
Red giant loves cats, pancakes. _Hellboy II: The Golden Army_ ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words-take-3/551163/99 "2010-09-08T04:27:25Z")
Oh, all right - I’ll go again. Crimson hero takes on “elves.” _Raiders of the Lost Ark_ ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words-take-3/551163/100 "2010-09-08T06:26:02Z")
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