Forrest Gump: A man fondly recalls his youthful adventures
Fight Club: Two young men make a living by selling soap
occasionally things make me chuckle, this was one of those times.
**Misery: ** A novelist enjoys an extended stay as a guest in the home of his biggest fan.
Carrie - a coming of age story concerning a troubled young girl learning to become a woman.
Pet Semetary - A family has trouble saying goodbye to ‘mans best friend’
Bram Stokers Dracula - A period piece about an englishman and his travels through eastern europe.
The Crying Game -
The friend of an ex-con finds surprises and romance on a blind date.
Regards,
Shodan
This could also neatly summarize the original the Hills Have Eyes.
More:
Last House on the Left: A grieving father deals with the tragic loss of his daughters.
the Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Teenage kids experience the local cultural flavor of the deep south.
Halloween:A teenaged babysitter is reunited with her brother.
Friday the 13th: Camp counselors discover the importance of being mindful of their young charges.
Nightmare on Elm Street: A group of teenagers dream about bigger things than the prom.
Silence of the Lambs: A controversial therapist counsels a young professional woman.
the Ring: A young woman shakes free of the shackles of the modern, gadgetry-ridden modern world.
Wizard of Oz–A rebellious teenager travels to a surreal land, kills the first person she meets, and signs on as a contract killer to hunt down and murder her first victim’s sister.
In anime land:
Spirited Away: A young girl who has lost her parents finds work in a bathhouse.
Ghost in the Shell: Minor Robocop knockoff that extends logic of storyline to its fullest extent.
Whispers of the Heart: Young girl gets too wrapped up in writing project and her grades suffer.
The Big O: An entire city suffers the ultimate lost weekend.
Saiyuki: Four fighting bishi boys on a toot.
I don’t know what this means.
That’s the point!
Rochelle/Rochelle: A young woman’s erotic journey from Milan to Minsk.
Brokeback Mountain: Two young cowboys enjoy each other’s company
Brokeback Mountain: Cowboys switch from herding cows to herding sheep
Brokeback Mountain: Is that a pistol in your pocket, Enis, or are you just glad to see me?
Hilarity ensues when a man loses something important.
The Passion of the Christ: A young man fulfills his religious destiny
GN&GL: A man smokes a lot.
Walk the Line: Ray, with white people (oh, someone used that at the Oscars!)
A young thief stumbles upon supernatural assistance from a slave - Aladdin
Ancient Mesopotamian god tries to destroy the world - Ghostbusters
An alien comes to Earth disguised as a human, but discovers that he is idolized when his alien identity is expressed - Superman
In the pursuit of love, a man gets the help of a friend to find the woman of his dreams - Dumb & Dumber
I can’t remember what it was about.
–Memento
BTW,if you get a chance, check out the Limited Edition DVD-- there’s an easter egg that lets you watch the film in chronological order. Neat.
Memento: A man struggles with his past.
Mulholland Drive: A film about a blonde chick, and a brunette chick, and some itty bitty people who live behind a dumpster.
Saw: A guy goes around killing people. Or actually he doesn’t kill them; he just puts them in situations where they’re going to die.
Saw 2: Same thing, but with more people and more blood.
Brokeback Mountain: Gay cowboys. (This is how people usually refer to the movie, though, in my experience.)
The Matrix: A group of hackers learns to understand a complex computer program.
I <3 Huckabees: An environmentalist becomes an existentialist, with the help of a firefighter. (Actually, that sounds just wacky enough that I MIGHT watch the movie just from hearing that description. Probably not though.
Hamlet / Shakesperean tragedy in general: Everyone dies.
By the way, may I recommend http://www.rinkworks.com/movieaminute/
any opera: A woman coughs in the first act, then dies in the second.
Saiyuki is a Japanese animated adventure series about four very handsome young men who travel around having adventures which mostly involve them fighting with and killing people and demons. There’s also lots of sitting and standing around looking incredibly cool and handsome, which is the basis for their considerably appeal among female fans. (Male fans like the series, too, for all the fighitng and killing.
bishi is a term meaning beautiful. Generally applied to very handsome male and very pretty female characters in anime. Which is most of them.
On a toot is an old slang term meaning, roughly, “on a spree.”