# Describe the movie in five words

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134>\
**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\
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**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/61 "2008-12-31T03:10:21Z")

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Flu, Flagg, and Vegas, baby!

_Crocodile Dundee_

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**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/62 "2008-12-31T03:29:30Z")

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_Crocodile Dundee_  
Australian hick carries big knife.

_Bladerunner_

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**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:** [December 31, 2008, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/63 "2008-12-31T04:48:02Z")

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Replicant with cool last name.  
Next:  
_Superbad_

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**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/64 "2008-12-31T04:51:20Z")

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Cops know teen is underage

I spoil it for those who haven’t seen it.

Next:

Rambo

SSG Schwartz

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**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:** [December 31, 2008, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/65 "2008-12-31T04:52:21Z")

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_Superbad_: Horny teens swear a lot.

_Rambo_: Stallone really loves machine guns.

_Little Shop of Horrors_

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/66 "2008-12-31T05:17:45Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> _Little Shop of Horrors_

Nerd’s giant flower eats people.

“The Passion of the Christ”

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**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/67 "2008-12-31T05:24:59Z")

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Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow. Amen.

Clue: the Movie.

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**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/68 "2008-12-31T05:40:25Z")

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_Clue_

Murder mystery: three different endings.  
_Idiocracy_

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**Author:** ![bufftabby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bufftabby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bufftabby)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/69 "2008-12-31T08:07:22Z")

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Stupid people do stupid things.

_Night of the Living Dead_

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**Author:** ![TheVioletCreep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@TheVioletCreep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheVioletCreep)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/70 "2008-12-31T08:30:39Z")

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They’re coming to get you…  
[B\*\*\*\*\*a]

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**Author:** ![bufftabby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bufftabby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bufftabby)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/71 "2008-12-31T09:13:38Z")

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(Psst…pick the next movie)

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/72 "2008-12-31T13:05:31Z")

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Starting this puppy up again …

_Dude, Where’s My Car?_

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**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/73 "2008-12-31T13:25:28Z")

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> [@Eutychus](#):
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> _Dude, Where’s My Car?_

-Dude! -Sweet! -Dude! -Sweet! -Dude!

_JFK_

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/74 "2008-12-31T13:51:27Z")

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> [@Sr\_Siete](#):
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> _JFK_

Jim Garrison goes for broke.

_Brazil_

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**Author:** ![texasoysterman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/58956e/32.png) [@texasoysterman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/texasoysterman)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/75 "2008-12-31T14:25:30Z")

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Tuttle! Not Buttle! Bureaucracy reigns!

**As Good As It Gets**

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**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/76 "2008-12-31T14:49:17Z")

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Nicholson respects a gay guy.

Scent of a Woman

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/77 "2008-12-31T14:54:56Z")

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> [@MsWhatsit](#):
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> Scent of a Woman

Pacino tangos, hams it up.  
_The Wizard of Oz_

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**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/78 "2008-12-31T15:01:44Z")

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> [@twickster](#):
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> Pacino tangos, hams it up.  
> _The Wizard of Oz_

Dorothy meets friends, learns lesson.

_Wall-E_

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**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/79 "2008-12-31T15:02:14Z")

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_The Wizard of Oz_  
[/QUOTE]

We’re not in Kansas anymore.  
The Hunt for Red October

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**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/80 "2008-12-31T15:03:40Z")

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> [@want2know](#):
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> Dorothy meets friends, learns lesson.
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> _Wall-E_

[Ooops, sorry for the simulpost.]

Wall-E: Robots do _pas-de-deux_.

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