# 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:** 12
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/221 "2009-01-05T17:09:43Z")
Man decides: Yes he can! _Willow_ ---
**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, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/222 "2009-01-05T17:43:18Z")
Epic fighter slums with peck. **Dragonslayer** ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/223 "2009-01-05T18:43:56Z")
Vermithrax Pejorative meets his match. **Manhunter** ---
**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, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/224 "2009-01-05T19:08:54Z")
Anthony Hopkins not Lecter here. _The Silence of the Lambs_ ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/225 "2009-01-05T19:27:51Z")
\< tenatively wades back in \> Hopkins chews people and scenery. _Grease_ ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/226 "2009-01-05T21:10:40Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > _Grease_ Sandy gets Pink, gets Danny. _In the Name of the Father_ ---
**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, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/227 "2009-01-05T21:47:07Z")
Plucky Irish defeat sneaky Brits. _Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo_ ---
**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:** [January 5, 2009, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/228 "2009-01-05T21:51:54Z")
Break Dancing Saves the world Once Upon a Time in the West ---
**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, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/229 "2009-01-05T23:03:04Z")
_Once Upon a Time in the West_ Henry Fonda? A vicious killer? Next: _Next_ ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/230 "2009-01-05T23:51:45Z")
Cage makes any movie worse. _What Dreams May Come_ ---
**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 6, 2009, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/231 "2009-01-06T01:29:05Z")
Life after death is hell. **Edward Scissor Hands** ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/232 "2009-01-06T02:10:08Z")
Yet another Tim Burton Fantasy _The Abominable Dr. Phibes_ ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/233 "2009-01-06T04:08:04Z")
> [@critter42](#): > > _The Abominable Dr. Phibes_ Price plays organ and kills. _Bedtime For Bonzo_ ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/234 "2009-01-06T04:41:00Z")
Ronald Reagan outwitted by chimp _The 39 Steps_ (1935 version) ---
**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 6, 2009, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/235 "2009-01-06T05:24:42Z")
Hey, it’s an unconvincing autogyro! _Hellboy_ ---
**Author:** ![Penthelesia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3da27b/32.png) [@Penthelesia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penthelesia)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/236 "2009-01-06T15:05:46Z")
Red demonic halfbreed saves day _What Dreams May Come_ ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/237 "2009-01-06T15:36:43Z")
> [@Penthelesia](#): > > _What Dreams May Come_ Life after death still hell. _Atonement._ ---
**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 6, 2009, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/238 "2009-01-06T16:07:22Z")
Misunderstanding, tragic romance, Dunkirk, Keira! Again. _The Flintstones_ ---
**Author:** ![Penthelesia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3da27b/32.png) [@Penthelesia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penthelesia)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/239 "2009-01-06T16:10:01Z")
In the town of Bedrock _King Arthur_ ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/240 "2009-01-06T16:50:08Z")
Decent, however no historian consulted. **Joe vs. The Volcano** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134.md?page=13)