The Karate Kid.
You are correct, sir!
Some women get help driving through the desert. Mad Max: Fury Road
A single guy learns to cook from his little friend. Ratatouille.
Some guys drive in circles for a whole day. Le Mans
An old guy finally goes on vacation. Up.
A guy and a girl go on a boat. Titanic
Teens cheat on their history homework. Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
Some people withdraw money from a community bank but others make deposits. It’s a Wonderful Life
Correct-a-mundo.
Pulp Fiction
Two women go on a road trip parodied later in an episode of The Simpsons.
A dysfunctional family spends the Christmas holidays bickering.
A deeply disturbed individual takes an orphan under his wing and involves him in questionable activities.
Oh, I know this one, my kid liked it.
Wall-E, which sounds pretty bad in summary, but adults who watched with their kids said it was OK.
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A tough guy and a skinny old maid hate each other and end up married.
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A robot picks up trash. -
Someone made a movie about this place?
Oh, I know this one, my kid liked it.
Wall-E, which sounds pretty bad in summary, but adults who watched with their kids said it was OK.
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I know. I was making a reference to ECG being a mod who has to clean up this place.
A Continental aristocrat buys a new home in England, but his dietary restrictions drive a collection of his neighbors to force him out.
Add one word - A Continental aristocrat buys a new home in New England, but his dietary restrictions drive a collection of his neighbors to force him out - and you’ve got Salem’s Lot.
A lot of these can be summed up with a single scene, since they usually stick in the mind so well.
I tend to disagree. A single scene might be memorable but I think it’s very rare for a single scene to sum up the entire movie. And if it does, what’s the point of the rest of the movie?
The reason I bring the issue up in this thread is because I feel it’s easy to game the topic by describing one scene of a movie rather than the whole movie.
A tough guy and a skinny old maid hate each other and end up married.
The African Queen
Some men team up, ostensibly to look for a cup, but they spend most of the movie being very silly.
Jawohl!
Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
Not Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade?
A girl watches a play in a perfectly safe town. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen - The town has already been saved by the time the play ends.
A bald researcher in South America discovers a great way to quickly lose weight, and can’t wait to tell his visitors about it.
Doctor Cyclops
Nope. Sally Field and James Garner. Outstanding chick flick.
I’ll check it out. I like James Garner and adore Sally Field. ![]()