# Five-Word Movie Review **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 4, 2014, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494 "2014-02-04T16:53:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 104
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2062 "2017-08-16T21:23:44Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Movies all or mostly set aboard an aircraft _Flightplan_ Unacknowledgly ripped-off _The Lady Vanishes_. _United 93_ Realtime account of 9/11 attack. _Alive_ Stranded victims live in wreckage.\* **Next** : especially terrible remakes. \*You didn’t say the aircraft had to be flying. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2063 "2017-08-17T03:59:45Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > **Next** : especially terrible remakes. _Arthur_ (2011) Original was fun. This? Sad. _Fame_ (2009) Missing “edginess” of the original. _Red Dawn_ (2012) Original Wolverines would be insulted. Next: Movies about high school life. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2064 "2017-08-17T17:25:44Z")
_Grease_ Mature adults play adolescent kids. _Rock & Roll High School_ Exploding mice and the Ramones. _Heathers_ The student population is decreasing. **Next:** Movies about crazy people. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2065 "2017-08-17T22:28:25Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > **Next:** Movies about crazy people. _The Dream Team_ Patients accidentally stranded in NYC. _One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest_ Recommended, one of Nicholson’s best. _Crazy People_ Moore, Hannah, charming as lunatics. Next: Films of David Paymer ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2066 "2017-08-17T22:31:48Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > **Next:** Movies about crazy people. _The Snake Pit_ Golden Age movie about Institution. _Psycho_ The title says it all. _Dracula_ (1979) Main setting is a madhouse. **Next** : movies about people who turn out not to be crazy. ---
**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 17, 2017, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2067 "2017-08-17T22:45:00Z")
Jacob’s Ladder: Guy has died, heaven beckons… Twilight Zone, the Movie (I): The Wing Thing is real! One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest: The Chief is actually sane. **Next:** Man vs. nature, with a side dose of vs. himself ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2068 "2017-08-17T23:17:26Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Next: Films of David Paymer _Drag Me to Hell_ Much better than I expected. _Quiz Show_ Quiz show busted for fraud. _Irreconcilable Differences_ Young Drew Barrymore divorces parents. > [@John\_DiFool](#): > > **Next:** Man vs. nature, with a side dose of vs. himself ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2017, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2069 "2017-08-21T23:38:49Z")
Next: Man vs. nature, with a side dose of vs. himself. _127 Hours_ Mountaineer trapped; takes drastic measures. _Into the Wild_ Alaska-bound man’s journey. Nature’s difficult! _Cast Away_ Update of Robinson Crusoe story. Next: Movies set partly or entirely in Alaska. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2070 "2017-08-22T04:04:58Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Next: Movies set partly or entirely in Alaska. _The Gold Rush_ Little Tramp; Klondike Gold Rush. _The Thing_ I prefer the 1950s version. _Show Dogs_ Dentist inherits Iditarod sled team. Next: movies with a month of the year in the title. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2071 "2017-08-22T05:50:44Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Next: movies with a month of the year in the title. _Sweet November_ (1968) Normal now; groundbreaking for 1968. _Born on the Fourth of July_ Cruise plays troubled Vietnam veteran. _The Hunt for Red October_ Compelling, tense, Cold War thriller. Next: Films about the Vietnam War. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2072 "2017-08-22T06:34:24Z")
Platoon War not like sheen expects Full metal jacket Fantastic first half with d’onofre Eastern condors Sammo hung’s hong kong platoon Next up Movies starring chow yun fat ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2073 "2017-08-22T13:51:38Z")
_Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End_ He played the Chinese captain. _Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon_ Much bigger role than above. _Bulletproof Monk_ Title role, he’s really good. **Next:** Movies based on stories by Edgar Allan Poe ---
**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:** [August 22, 2017, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2074 "2017-08-22T14:10:55Z")
_The Gold Bug_ 1910 French film maybe earliest _The Mask of the Red Death_ Set for a 2020 release _House of Usher_ First Poe/Corman film of eight Next: Other Roger Corman movies ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2075 "2017-08-22T20:22:26Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Other Roger Corman movies _A Bucket of Blood_ Faustian-themed, and great beatnik movie. _X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes_ Another Faustian-themed film from Corman. _Frankenstein Unbound_ IMO, best Frankenstein pastiche ever. \*\* Next\*\*: William Castle movies. ---
**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:** [August 22, 2017, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2076 "2017-08-22T20:41:01Z")
_Coney Island_ His first, a 1939 documentary _Macabre_ Jim Backus plays police chief _Shanks_ Marcel Marceau as… necromantic puppeteer?!? Next: Other films with head-scratching casting ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2077 "2017-08-22T23:34:47Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Other films with head-scratching casting _Airport_ Dean Martin: sober airline pilot? _Batman_ (1989) Keaton, seriously? Mr. Mom, Beetlejuice? _Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves_ American plays English folk hero? Next: Yet more films with head-scratching casting. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2078 "2017-08-22T23:48:16Z")
_Casino Royale_ (1967) Woody Allen is James Bond? _Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice_ Ben Affleck is… not bad. _Thor_ Idris Elba’s a Teutonic god. **Next:** Movies about little girls. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2079 "2017-08-23T00:29:23Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > **Next:** Movies about little girls. _Poltergeist_ Creepy TV into little girls. _Bright Eyes_ “Good Ship Lollipop” is airplane. _Alice in Wonderland_ Paramount confabulates two Carroll works. **Next** : great films that were initially panned. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2080 "2017-08-23T03:32:37Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > **Next** : great films that were initially panned. _Home Alone_ “Plot is … implausible”: Roger Ebert. _The Wizard of Oz_ “I sat cringing…”: Russell Maloney. _The Exorcist_ “Elegant occultist claptrap…”: Vincent Canby. Next: Comedies that take place during the Christmas season. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2081 "2017-08-23T05:26:02Z")
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