# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![FarmerChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@FarmerChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FarmerChick)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/81 "2008-12-31T15:07:33Z")
> [@The\_Scrivener](#): > > _The Wizard of Oz_ We’re not in Kansas anymore. The Hunt for Red October [/QUOTE] Big sub, big ocean, Montana I, Robot ---
**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, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/82 "2008-12-31T15:09:28Z")
> [@](#): > > I, Robot Entertains neither man nor robot. From Russia With Love ---
**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, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/83 "2008-12-31T15:44:38Z")
Connery, Shaw battle on train _Casino Royale_ (with Daniel Craig) ---
**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, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/84 "2008-12-31T15:53:36Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > _Casino Royale_ (with Daniel Craig) Craig’s Bond goes “all in”. Mary Poppins ---
**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, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/85 "2008-12-31T15:56:03Z")
> [@The\_Scrivener](#): > > Craig’s Bond goes “all in”. > > Mary Poppins The one and only Supernanny! _Gladiator_ ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/86 "2008-12-31T15:56:25Z")
ETA: Commander goes Gladiator, kills Caesar TransFormers (from 2007) ---
**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, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/87 "2008-12-31T15:59:21Z")
> [@WormTheRed](#): > > TransFormers (from 2007) Toy marketing takes over Hollywood! _Erin Brockovich_ ---
**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, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/88 "2008-12-31T16:00:39Z")
Big tits, attitude defeat corporation _Breaker Morant_ ---
**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, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/89 "2008-12-31T16:02:58Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > _Breaker Morant_ Bureaucracy, not Boers, break Morant. _Withnail & I_ ETA: if _Withnail_ is too obscure, let’s go with something completely different: _Where Eagles Dare_ ---
**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, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/90 "2008-12-31T16:35:27Z")
_Withnail & I:_ Methinks “I” is Marwood, maybe? _Where Eagles Dare_ ---
**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, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/91 "2008-12-31T21:14:56Z")
It may be bad form to do your own title, but this thread needs a bump… **Where Eagles Dare** : Burton and Eastwood go commando. [Not in _that_ way!] Working Girl ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/92 "2008-12-31T21:24:41Z")
Secretary takes her boss’ job The Matrix ---
**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, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/93 "2008-12-31T21:27:19Z")
Watch the bullets fly, slo-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-wly. **Reservoir Dogs** ---
**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, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/94 "2008-12-31T23:48:43Z")
He doesn’t tip. Bullets fly. _This is Spinal Tap_ ---
**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, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/95 "2008-12-31T23:58:19Z")
Smart spoof of dumb metalheads. \*\*Dawn of the Dead \*\*[remake] ---
**Author:** ![bufftabby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bufftabby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bufftabby)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/96 "2009-01-01T00:03:39Z")
Consumerism turns us into zombies. _The Usual Suspects_ ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/97 "2009-01-01T00:38:26Z")
> [@bufftabby](#): > > _The Usual Suspects_ Verbal Kint is Keyser Sose _American Beauty_ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Batman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@The\_Batman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Batman)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/98 "2009-01-01T00:47:10Z")
_American Beauty_: Middle Americans nail each other. American Psycho ---
**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 1, 2009, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/99 "2009-01-01T01:25:57Z")
Axe-crazy suited trader butchers. _Bound_ ---
**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 1, 2009, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/100 "2009-01-01T03:41:13Z")
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