# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![cuberdon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/45deac/32.png) [@cuberdon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuberdon)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/101 "2009-01-01T04:18:05Z")
Camelot, it’s a silly place. Poultrygeist ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/102 "2009-01-01T04:18:33Z")
Favourite color? Blue. No, yel… _Twins_ ---
**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, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/103 "2009-01-01T04:23:21Z")
_Poultrygeist_: Watch out for zombie chickens! _Twins_: Ahnuld, Danny are unlikely siblings. _Poltergeist_ ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/104 "2009-01-01T04:41:11Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > _Poltergeist_ Dead people HATE being relocated. “The Blair Witch Project” ---
**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, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/105 "2009-01-01T05:26:08Z")
Nausea from JigglyCam or acting? _The Simpsons Movie_ ---
**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:** [January 1, 2009, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/106 "2009-01-01T05:31:33Z")
Extended episode of TV show _Road House_ ---
**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:** [January 1, 2009, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/107 "2009-01-01T05:43:20Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Extended episode of TV show > _Road House_ Missouri bar bouncer kicks ass. Memento SSG Schwartz ---
**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:** [January 1, 2009, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/108 "2009-01-01T08:50:42Z")
_Memento_ memories new form can’t I _Fight Club_ ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/109 "2009-01-01T10:20:58Z")
You don’t talk about it _Beastmaster_ ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/110 "2009-01-01T10:23:23Z")
Kingdom has serious earworm problem 28 Weeks Later ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/111 "2009-01-01T10:28:05Z")
Zombie hoard attacks London. Again. _Spartacus_ ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/112 "2009-01-01T10:36:51Z")
I am Spartacus; me too _The Iron Giant_ ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/113 "2009-01-01T10:45:46Z")
_The Iron Giant_: Boy and Robot become friends Next: _Manos: The Hands of Fate_ ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/114 "2009-01-01T10:51:36Z")
Obscure movie reference kills thread ---
**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:** [January 1, 2009, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/115 "2009-01-01T14:09:58Z")
> [@critter42](#): > > _Manos: The Hands of Fate_ Even worse than _Plan 9_! **Shadow of a Doubt** ['43, dir. Hitchcock] ---
**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, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/116 "2009-01-01T15:23:45Z")
**Shadow of a Doubt** ['43, dir. Hitchcock] Hitchcock’s finest: Charlie deceives Charlie. _St. Elmo’s Fire_ ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/117 "2009-01-01T15:48:40Z")
> [@tumbleddown](#): > > _St. Elmo’s Fire_ Damn, they look so young. _Flashdance_ ---
**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, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/118 "2009-01-01T16:01:29Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > _Flashdance_ Ballet school is really museum. (Sorry, but fellow Pittsburghers will get that.:D) _Angels in the Outfield_ (either version) ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/119 "2009-01-01T16:21:59Z")
> [@tumbleddown](#): > > _Angels in the Outfield_ (either version) Ghosts help play ball! _Gone With the Wind_ ---
**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 1, 2009, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134/120 "2009-01-01T16:28:27Z")
> [@Scuba\_Ben](#): > > _Gone With the Wind_ Kong set burns as Atlanta. _Best In Show_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-movie-in-five-words/479134.md?page=7)