# Every movie by a director - now in one sentence **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 6, 2010, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-movie-by-a-director-now-in-one-sentence/549451 "2010-08-06T21:02:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-movie-by-a-director-now-in-one-sentence/549451/21 "2010-08-09T13:37:14Z")
Luis Bunuel: Life is surreal and inexplicable. Kelly and Donen: Gotta Dance! And Sing. Billy Wilder: Let’s get cynical. With a happy ending. John Huston: Things just don’t work out, for no particular reason. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-movie-by-a-director-now-in-one-sentence/549451/22 "2010-08-09T14:26:01Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Billy Wilder: Let’s get cynical. With a happy ending. Excepting Sunset Boulevard. ---
**Author:** ![SunSandSuffering](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@SunSandSuffering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunSandSuffering)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-movie-by-a-director-now-in-one-sentence/549451/23 "2010-08-11T15:51:08Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > > [@RealityChuck](#): > > > > Billy Wilder: Let’s get cynical. With a happy ending. > > Excepting Sunset Boulevard. And “Ace in the Hole”. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-movie-by-a-director-now-in-one-sentence/549451/24 "2010-08-11T16:14:26Z")
Quentin Tarantino: Oooh-look at me-I’m so clever, I’m so clever! ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-movie-by-a-director-now-in-one-sentence/549451/25 "2010-08-11T16:22:45Z")
**Coen Brothers:** Bleak period drama involving a crime gone wrong / Quirky period drama involving a crime gone wrong / Repeat ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-movie-by-a-director-now-in-one-sentence/549451/26 "2010-08-11T16:39:38Z")
Quentin Tarantino: A bunch of morally-bankrupt people kill each other for no good reason. ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-movie-by-a-director-now-in-one-sentence/549451/27 "2010-08-11T16:57:31Z")
@Diceman: **Quentin Tarantino** - “Who is going to make it to the end of movie alive? Nope. Guess again.” ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-movie-by-a-director-now-in-one-sentence/549451/28 "2010-08-11T16:57:36Z")
**Roland Emmerich:** Once-interesting actors struggle to escape worldwide disaster which centers on the world’s most recognizable landmarks. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-movie-by-a-director-now-in-one-sentence/549451/29 "2010-08-11T18:23:49Z")
**Christopher Nolan** - Old story, new twist. **Quentin Tarantino** - Blood, guts, and a scene to satisfy my foot fetish. **Oliver Stone** - Major event from the sixties + conspiracy/violence = profit! **George Lucas** - Take a previously loved story or character, and add the dullest backstory/new plot you can muster. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-movie-by-a-director-now-in-one-sentence/549451/30 "2010-08-11T19:21:46Z")
James Cameron: Come with me if you want to live. George Lucas: If at first you succeed, keep at it until you get it completely wrong. Ron Howard: For those who like Stephen Speilberg but find his movies a little offensive. Adam McKay: Two hours of Will Farrel acting like a jackass. Quintan Terantino: Two hours of the coolest criminal lowlifes sitting around talking shit interrupted by brief periods of three-way gunfights. Robert Rodriques: Donde esta Quintan Terantino? Clint Eastwood: In all the confustion, I can’t remember if I won four Oscars or five…feel lucky PUNK?! WELL DO YOU!!? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-movie-by-a-director-now-in-one-sentence/549451.md?page=1)