# Describe your favorite movie in the most boring manner possible **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [July 14, 2022, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962 "2022-07-14T17:50:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/182 "2022-07-16T17:00:20Z")
A nurse gets knocked up and runs off with an Army deserter. _ **A Farewell to Arms** _ A group of boring, pretentious people go on a boring, pretentious holiday. _ **The Sun Also Rises** _ A studly American bangs a hot Latina in his sleeping bag. _ **For Whom the Bell Tolls** _ (Okay, I see this description could stand some elaboration. đŸ„ș ) A story that took five years to tell on TV is boiled down to 2 h and 10 min. _ **The Fugitive** _ Two women go on a road trip parodied later in an episode of _ **The Simpsons** _. _ **Thelma and Louise** _ A dysfunctional family spends the Christmas holidays bickering. _ **The Lion in Winter** _ A deeply disturbed individual takes an orphan under his wing and involves him in questionable activities. _ **Batman and Robin** _ A disturbed individual embarks on a worldwide tour to make sure a project he launched years before is on track. _ **The Boys from Brazil** _ ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/183 "2022-07-16T17:10:05Z")
A free-lance journalist falls in with a tough lot while seeking vengeance for something that happened almost 20 years earlier. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/184 "2022-07-16T17:11:57Z")
I don’t remember them doing any fishing. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/185 "2022-07-16T17:24:44Z")
A scrappy fighter defends his girlfriend against the dishonorable intentions of a big mean bully: The Terminator ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/186 "2022-07-16T17:27:31Z")
I was going to guess _ **Popeye** _. đŸ€Ł ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/187 "2022-07-16T17:29:28Z")
A young man takes up with an older woman in pursuit of success. Things do not end well. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/188 "2022-07-16T17:31:50Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I was going to guess _ **Popeye** _. đŸ€Ł Exactly my intention. 😉 > [@terentii](#): > > A young man takes up with an older woman in pursuit of success. Things do not end well. _Sunset Boulevard_ ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/189 "2022-07-16T17:32:39Z")
Right off the bat! 👍 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/190 "2022-07-16T17:36:11Z")
A Brit and a Yank collaborate to overcome improbable obstacles and wreak havoc on the bad guys. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/191 "2022-07-16T17:39:00Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > A disturbed individual embarks on a worldwide tour to make sure a project he launched years before is on track. > > _ **The Boys from Brazil** _ We would have also accepted “A doctor who has been trying to help some children with an experimental medical procedure he developed is confronted by the government establishment that doesn’t want him to succeed.” ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/192 "2022-07-16T17:39:23Z")
Three grave robbers have trust issues. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/193 "2022-07-16T18:33:13Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > We would try to guess the movie from the one sentence description from the TV listings in the newspaper. My thought exactly. These are from The Radio Times (UK listings mag) current edition and one previous. All are real and verbatim. Elvis Presley becomes involved in the criminal underworld. (King Creole) A mathematics genius struggles with schizophrenia (A Beautiful Mind) Utterly charming Oscar winning slice of blarney (The Quiet Man) An LA private eye becomes involved in corruption (Chinatown) (Improbably, the same film on the same channel next day is described as “Brilliant period thriller starring Jack Nicholson”) Incidentally, my favourite (which doesn’t match the criteria of the OP) was 12.35 **Carry On Cleo** As 6.30 am (And the 6.30 am description reads, in full, “comedy”. Nice bored writer/lazy editor combo, that.) And I liked “Tame adaption of EL James’ best seller is more M&S than S&M” [M&S being a staid UK store where you buy socks and sensible underwear] - Fifty Shades Of Grey j ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/194 "2022-07-16T18:40:00Z")
A teenager spends the week with his parents. Back to the Future ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/195 "2022-07-16T18:48:35Z")
A man misses his estranged wife’s office party. Die Hard ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/196 "2022-07-16T19:10:36Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > A Brit and a Yank collaborate to overcome improbable obstacles and wreak havoc on the bad guys And, if you have a couple of hours to spare, some Jews make clear what you probably knew already: they aren’t fans of the Nazis. No, not even Nazis who are just watching a movie; but you probably knew that, too. And, no, not even Nazis who are _starring_ in a movie; and you probably knew _that_, too. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/197 "2022-07-16T19:16:57Z")
_Inglorious Basterds_? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/198 "2022-07-16T19:18:15Z")
> [@saucywench](#): > > _Inglorious Basterds_ That’s a bingo! ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/199 "2022-07-16T19:22:53Z")
One word: “plastics”. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/200 "2022-07-16T19:29:18Z")
Young man sleeps with an older woman, then runs off with her daughter. ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/201 "2022-07-16T19:34:59Z")
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