# 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:** 108
**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:** [October 9, 2017, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2142 "2017-10-09T14:47:34Z")
_Wait Until Dark_ Blind woman terrorized by thugs. _Play Misty For Me_ Clint Eastwood’s fling turns deadly. _Dark Passage_ Bogie, Bacall, definitely Hitchcockian tone. **Next** : Films of Jimmy Stewart. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2017, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2143 "2017-10-09T17:03:20Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > **Next** : Films of Jimmy Stewart. _It’s a Wonderful Life_ The world without George Bailey. _Bell, Book and Candle_ Better being witch, Stewart’s girlfriend? _Vertigo_ Also with actress Kim Novak. **Next** : movies where the main characters go to the opera. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2017, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2144 "2017-10-11T07:02:01Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > **Next** : movies where the main characters go to the opera. _Pretty Woman_ Gere okay, but Roberts shines. _A Night at the Opera_ Classic Marx Brothers; still funny. _Phantom of the Paradise_ Rock opera’s still an opera. Next: Films where the main character plays a musical instrument (but not film biographies of musicians, such as _Ray_, _La Bamba_, _The Buddy Holly Story_, or similar). ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2145 "2017-10-11T18:41:49Z")
Films where the main character plays a musical instrument (but not film biographies of musicians, such as Ray, La Bamba, The Buddy Holly Story, or similar). _Wayne’s World_ “Stairway” prohibited at guitar store _Back to the Future III_ Recognizable frontier band spins guitars _El Mariachi_ Firepower stashed in guitar case Next: Robert Rodriguez films ---
**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:** [October 11, 2017, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2146 "2017-10-11T18:50:21Z")
_Bedhead_ His first, a 1991 short _Spy Kids_ Farfetched, silly juvenile espionage caper _Planet Terror_ Paired with _Grindhouse_ but bombed Next: Movies with a grindhouse feel ---
**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:** [October 11, 2017, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2147 "2017-10-11T23:21:47Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Movies with a grindhouse feel _I Spit on Your Grave_ Ebert: “Vile piece of garbage.”\* _Motel Hell_ “Meat’s meat…man’s gotta eat!” _Deep Throat_ Sorta had plot; Lovelace bruised. \*But he reviewed it! **Next** : Movies with an arthouse feel. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2017, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2148 "2017-10-12T14:29:30Z")
_La Dolce Vita_ Classic Italian film by Fellini _Spellbound_ Funny, engrossing documentary about bee _Manchester by the Sea_ Affleck mopes way to Oscar Next: Movies with particularly good soundtracks ---
**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:** [October 12, 2017, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2149 "2017-10-12T15:41:06Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Movies with particularly good soundtracks _The Graduate_ Music only good thing, IMHO. _Harold & Maude_ Excellent Cat Stevens songs throughout! _Something Wild_ Varied soundtrack for quirky movie. **Next** : more movies with good soundtracks. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2017, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2150 "2017-10-12T21:19:38Z")
_Little Women_ Coplandesque score is terrific: [Little Women Sundtrack - "Orchard House" - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJL39_YuUC0) _Cast Away_ Beautiful, yearning orchestral score: [Cast Away Soundtrack - Main Theme - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMoFmICrISE) _Glory_ Courage of soldiers evoked: [Glory OST 01 - A Call To Arms - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68PfufToOiA&list=PL3ECF9E1012D5DA97) Treating the links as words… Next: Movies with crappy soundtracks ---
**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:** [October 13, 2017, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2151 "2017-10-13T01:30:45Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Movies with crappy soundtracks _Taxi Driver_ Great film; blah HERMAN!!! score??? _Where the Wild Things Are_ Indie-acoustic not for this film. _Ladyhawke_ Disco? seriously? Disco? the humanity! **Next** : films with dream sequences, or characters’ fantasies or hallucinations that go on for a while before you realize they aren’t really part of the plot. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2017, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2152 "2017-10-13T15:37:25Z")
_An American Werewolf in London_ Nightmare follows nightmare; still funny _Cloud Atlas_ Hanks keeps seeing Satan expy _Brazil_ Bureaucrat yearns to fly free Next: Dystopic films ---
**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:** [October 13, 2017, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2153 "2017-10-13T15:55:34Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Dystopic films _Metropolis_ Still great 90 years later. _A Clockwork Orange_ Supposedly, sequel was planned :dubious:. _Soylent Green_ Soylent Green is [Spoiler Alert]! \*\* Next\*\*: films about dancers. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2017, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2154 "2017-10-14T05:10:37Z")
_Flashdance_ Pittsburgh never looked so good _Footloose_ Kids push back against puritans _Black Swan_ Ballerina goes mad; becomes were-swan Next: Films about singers ---
**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:** [October 14, 2017, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2155 "2017-10-14T05:34:29Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Films about singers _The Rose_ Loose biopic of Janis Joplin. _Florence Foster Jenkins_ Florence _thinks_ she can sing. _Coal Miner’s Daughter_ Spacek plays Loretta Lynn perfectly. Next: Films about artists (painters or sculptors). ---
**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:** [October 14, 2017, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2156 "2017-10-14T08:00:36Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Next: Films about artists (painters or sculptors). _Camille Claudel_ Rodin’s muse begins out-sculpting him. _Comic Book Confidential_ In-depth look at many artists. _The Agony and the Ecstasy_ Charlton Heston paints Sistine Chapel. **Next** : movies with a long scene in a restaurant. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2017, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2157 "2017-10-14T11:35:04Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > _Camille Claudel_ > > **Next** : movies with a long scene in a restaurant. Goodfellas - Funny, like I’m a clown? Reservoir Dogs - Cool guy heist, no tip Looper - Time travel, 2 hours lost Next…films of Australia ---
**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:** [October 14, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2158 "2017-10-14T15:36:11Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > Next…films of Australia _Picnic at Hanging Rock_ Schoolgirls go picnicking and disappear. _My Brilliant Career_ Sybylla wants out of bush. _Priscilla, Queen of the Desert_ Crossing Australia in old bus. **Next** : films from Slavic countries. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2159 "2017-10-15T21:43:03Z")
_Interrogation_ Polish woman tortured into confessing _The Undefeated_ Ukrainian general fights Nazis, Soviets _When Father Was Away on Business_ Serbian boy has troubled family Next: Films of Alec Guinness ---
**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:** [October 16, 2017, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2160 "2017-10-16T05:15:38Z")
_Bridge on the River Kwai_ Convinces Japanese of easier route. _Murder by Death_ “The butler did it.” Really? _A Passage to India_ Intriguing adaptation of Forster novel. Next: Films of William Holden. ---
**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:** [October 17, 2017, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2161 "2017-10-17T19:54:59Z")
_Stalag 17_ German POW camp no fun _Sabrina_ Too busy gawking at Audrey _Network_ Jaded TV exec cuts deals Next: Films of Faye Dunaway [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494.md?page=107) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494.md?page=109)