# 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:** 16
**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 10, 2009, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/301 "2009-01-10T14:34:07Z")
Bad craziness aboard American warship. _Class Action_ ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/302 "2009-01-11T13:06:33Z")
Father vs. daughter in courtroom _The Goonies_ ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/303 "2009-01-11T13:47:27Z")
Kids and crooks and treasure. _The Wiz_ ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/304 "2009-01-11T14:01:30Z")
Ease on Down the Road _The Wizard of Speed and Time_ ---
**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 11, 2009, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/305 "2009-01-11T16:57:53Z")
There have really been _two?_ _Star Wars: The Phantom Menace_ ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/306 "2009-01-11T17:08:27Z")
Wretched acting, but . . . double-bladed lightsaber! _Battlefield Earth_ ---
**Author:** ![Penthelesia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3da27b/32.png) [@Penthelesia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penthelesia)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/307 "2009-01-11T17:23:42Z")
Hubbard’s book fails as film _Grosse Point Blank_ ---
**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 11, 2009, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/308 "2009-01-11T18:44:49Z")
Lovable assassins and their problems. _Star Wars: Attack of the Clones_ ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/309 "2009-01-11T23:27:22Z")
Count “Dooku” - are you _serious_? _Twilight’s Last Gleaming_ ---
**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 12, 2009, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/310 "2009-01-12T00:15:00Z")
Dude: nukes are not toys. _Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith_ ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/311 "2009-01-12T00:21:56Z")
The rise of Darth Vader! _Ultraviolet_ ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/312 "2009-01-12T01:14:07Z")
Different than Aeon Flux? Nah. High Noon ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/313 "2009-01-12T02:41:26Z")
Gary Cooper kicks ass alone -or- I really love this film! ( 🙂 ) _London After Midnight_ ---
**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 12, 2009, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/314 "2009-01-12T03:14:45Z")
Maybe-lost Lon Chaney film. _Star Wars: A New Hope_ ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/315 "2009-01-12T03:17:11Z")
Number four was the first? _In Dreams_ ---
**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 12, 2009, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/316 "2009-01-12T04:13:01Z")
Mom vows to stop killer. _Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back_ ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/317 "2009-01-12T08:54:43Z")
The best of the bunch! _The Dark Crystal_ ---
**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 12, 2009, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/318 "2009-01-12T14:29:30Z")
Henson’s underrated take on LOTR. _Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi_ ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/319 "2009-01-12T14:31:33Z")
Emperor _falls_ down a chute _Shrek_ ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/320 "2009-01-12T16:27:10Z")
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