# Describe the movie in five words **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 29, 2008, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134 "2008-12-29T23:49:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/201 "2009-01-04T20:31:21Z")
Luke and society; communication problems **Hackers** ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/202 "2009-01-04T20:33:59Z")
mmmm… fifty hard boiled eggs (sorry missed that last post) ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/203 "2009-01-04T21:46:36Z")
Hacking teh Gibson for sex _Wargames_ ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/204 "2009-01-04T22:39:06Z")
wizkid + computer + modem = thermonuclear war. **E.T.** ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/205 "2009-01-04T22:46:15Z")
Lost alien befriends lost youth. **Adaptation** ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/206 "2009-01-04T23:03:46Z")
Recursive, reclusive screenwriter adapts non-fiction. (yikes, that was hard) **Thelma & Louise** ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/207 "2009-01-04T23:08:13Z")
Girls go wild, crash car _A Bridge too Far_ ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/208 "2009-01-04T23:10:07Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Recursive, reclusive screenwriter adapts non-fiction. > > (yikes, that was hard) > > **Thelma & Louise** I have to give you credit, I was trying to think of five words to sum up the movie, without resorting to a quote, (which I’m even guilty of with “Airplain!” description), or something a little easier, but I didn’t come up with anything as good as yours. > [@WormTheRed](#): > > _A Bridge too Far_ ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/209 "2009-01-04T23:17:14Z")
War cockiness causes tragic disaster - Blue Thunder\* ---
**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:** [January 5, 2009, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/210 "2009-01-05T01:05:42Z")
Roy rules skies; JAFO dies. _The Blue Lagoon_ ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/211 "2009-01-05T01:31:11Z")
Those aren’t really Brooke’s boobs _Victor Victoria_ ---
**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:** [January 5, 2009, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/212 "2009-01-05T01:33:35Z")
Is he or isn’t she? _Blow Out_ ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/213 "2009-01-05T02:02:19Z")
Sound Man records assassination plot in that same vein: _Dressed to Kill_ ---
**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:** [January 5, 2009, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/214 "2009-01-05T14:49:32Z")
Angie’s body double caused controversy. _Doctor Zhivago_ ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/215 "2009-01-05T15:00:43Z")
[You folks will probably enjoy this website.](http://www.fwfr.com/) Sorry for the interruption. Carry on. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/216 "2009-01-05T15:20:55Z")
_Doctor Zhivago_: Omar and Lara knock boots. (they do, don’t they? Can’t remember) Next: _The Warriors_ ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/217 "2009-01-05T16:13:38Z")
Gang or gay pride parade? **Airheads** ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/218 "2009-01-05T16:28:38Z")
_Airheads_ - Trick question; Lemmy **is** God. Next: _The Poseidon Adventure_ (original, if that matters) ---
**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:** [January 5, 2009, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/219 "2009-01-05T16:49:54Z")
Ship capsizes; only handful escape. _Poseidon_ (the remake) ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/220 "2009-01-05T17:07:23Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > _Poseidon_ (the remake) Ship capsizes, but audience escapes. 😃 The Yes Man. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134.md?page=12)