# 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:** 17
**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, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/321 "2009-01-12T16:28:26Z")
Don’t mess with John Rambo. **Night of the Bloody Apes** ---
**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, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/322 "2009-01-12T16:54:11Z")
Poorly-translated ape horror flick. _Alien_ ---
**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, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/323 "2009-01-12T16:58:29Z")
Alien stalks grumpy space grunts _Predator_ ---
**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 12, 2009, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/324 "2009-01-12T17:10:19Z")
_Predator_: Ventura: no time to bleed. Next: \*Once \* (my new favorite movie of all time) ---
**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, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/325 "2009-01-12T17:26:45Z")
melodramatically monotonous musical, sorry Batty _Six Days Seven Nights_ ---
**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, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/326 "2009-01-12T18:04:36Z")
Time I’ll never get back **Marjoe** ---
**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, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/327 "2009-01-12T20:45:05Z")
Young preacher loses his faith. _Aliens_ ---
**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 12, 2009, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/328 "2009-01-12T20:57:27Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > melodramatically monotonous musical, sorry Batty Heh … good one. You will, of course, smoke a turd in hell for it, but good one nevertheless. 🙂 ---
**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, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/329 "2009-01-12T21:30:30Z")
The best sci-fi movie evah! \*Lonesome Dove \* ---
**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, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/330 "2009-01-12T22:23:56Z")
(In)Arguably the best western ever _Scanners_ ---
**Author:** ![Penthelesia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3da27b/32.png) [@Penthelesia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penthelesia)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/331 "2009-01-12T22:26:24Z")
Mind powers make heads Explode! _Operation Petticoat_ ---
**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 13, 2009, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/332 "2009-01-13T05:00:32Z")
Nurses, pink sub, what fun! _Alien 3_ ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/333 "2009-01-13T08:47:55Z")
That movie was never made _The Jungle Book_ ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/334 "2009-01-13T09:01:15Z")
Disney racism is thinly disguised **The Haunting (1963)** ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/335 "2009-01-13T20:57:28Z")
Scientist and telepath study ghosts. _Something Wicked This Way Comes_ ---
**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 13, 2009, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/336 "2009-01-13T21:04:48Z")
That’s one nasty carousel, kid. _Alien Resurrection_ ---
**Author:** ![shallora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@shallora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shallora)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/337 "2009-01-14T17:46:33Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > _Alien Resurrection_ Weaver milks franchise, script bedamned **Chitty Chitty Bang Bang** ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/338 "2009-01-15T04:24:20Z")
People inappropriately burst into song **Bye Bye Love** ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/339 "2009-01-16T22:15:52Z")
Divorced Dads are pretty cool _Down Periscope_ ---
**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 17, 2009, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/340 "2009-01-17T00:31:33Z")
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