# 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:** 26
**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:** [March 9, 2014, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/501 "2014-03-09T18:38:04Z")
_The Package_ Tommy Lee is the heavy. _The Conversation_ Listening, and being listened to. _Bonnie & Clyde_ Gangster’s brother has fun, dies. Next: Paul Newman movies. ---
**Author:** ![Athabasca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Athabasca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athabasca)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2014, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/502 "2014-03-09T18:50:01Z")
**Gene Hackman films** _The French Connection_ Time to wave Bye-bye Popeye _Twilight_ No dear, not THAT Twilight _The Firm_ Gene goes soft on Jeanne Next: John Cusack films ---
**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:** [March 10, 2014, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/503 "2014-03-10T02:41:34Z")
**John Cusack films** _Hot Tub Time Machine_ The 80s were so lame. _Igor_ Not bad, drawn that way. _High Fidelity_ Music, love are his life. Next: **Viggo Mortensen movies that aren’t LOTR** ---
**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:** [March 10, 2014, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/504 "2014-03-10T16:30:37Z")
**Athabasca, Prof. Pepperwinkle** , please remember Rule 3, and be sure to use previously-posted categories. Viggo movies: _Crimson Tide_ Hey, Hackman’s in it, too! _Witness_ Early career role - Amish dude. _Eastern Promises_ Russian mobster has own code. Next: Paul Newman movies. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/505 "2014-03-10T19:24:58Z")
**Paul Newman movies** _Nobody’s Fool_ Maybe someone will adopt him _Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid_ Could watch it 1,000,000 times _Towering Inferno_ This one, not so much Next: **Anthony Perkins films** ---
**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:** [March 10, 2014, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/506 "2014-03-10T20:11:50Z")
\*\*Anthony Perkins films \*\* _Psycho_ Takes stab at mother issues _The Black Hole_ So… they breathe in space? _Ffolkes_ Non Bondian Bond on oilrig Next: **Roger Moore movies** ---
**Author:** ![Roundabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dec6dc/32.png) [@Roundabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roundabout)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/507 "2014-03-10T23:10:27Z")
**Roger Moore movies** Live and Let Die Blaxploitation with a white lead? The Man with the Golden Gun Christopher Lee. That’s about it. A View to a Kill Should’ve been Dalton’s first Bond. Next: **Timothy Dalton 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:** [March 10, 2014, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/508 "2014-03-10T23:33:34Z")
_Hot Fuzz_ Tycoon up to no good. _The Rocketeer_ Swashbuckling Thirties movie star… ditto. _Toy Story 3_ He’s never been more adorable! [![](http://a.abcnews.com/images/GMA/abc_mr_pricklepants_timothy_dalton_100616_ssh.jpg) ](http://a.abcnews.com/images/GMA/abc_mr_pricklepants_timothy_dalton_100616_ssh.jpg) Next: Pete Postlethwaite movies. ---
**Author:** ![Roundabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dec6dc/32.png) [@Roundabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roundabout)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/509 "2014-03-11T00:05:05Z")
**Pete Postlethwaite movies.** James and the Giant Peach Great voice for a narrator. The Lost World: Jurassic Park Ian Malcolm was wasted. Shame. Inception Cameos go a long way. Next: \*\*Movies where a villain gets castrated (ouch!) \*\* ---
**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:** [March 11, 2014, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/510 "2014-03-11T18:28:21Z")
Hmm. I can’t think of any such movie. I await enlightenment. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/511 "2014-03-11T18:32:39Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Hmm. I can’t think of any such movie. I await enlightenment. I could only come up with one: _Pulp Fiction_ Got medieval on his ass! …make this a group effort, perhaps? ---
**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:** [March 11, 2014, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/512 "2014-03-11T19:29:39Z")
Right, I can add exactly one: _Dredd_ Bad guy gets mind raped. ---
**Author:** ![Roundabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dec6dc/32.png) [@Roundabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roundabout)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/513 "2014-03-11T20:04:32Z")
I can name em, If I’m allowed to again. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/514 "2014-03-11T20:57:20Z")
Going on long-ago memory here, so I hope I’m correct: _RoboCop:_ An accurate shot; bye-bye balls. It may not fit the parameters exactly, but the end result is the same. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2014, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/515 "2014-03-12T01:03:10Z")
Way to go! And our next category…? ---
**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:** [March 12, 2014, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/516 "2014-03-12T09:32:46Z")
Well, since I added the last, then… Next: **Mel Brooks movies.** ---
**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:** [March 12, 2014, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/517 "2014-03-12T13:53:51Z")
**Mel Brooks movies** _The Twelve Chairs_ A study in life’s frustrations. _High Anxiety_ Mel impersonates a lounge singer. _Mr. Peabody & Sherman_ He’s the voice of Einstein. Next: **Films about the newspaper industry.** ---
**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:** [March 12, 2014, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/518 "2014-03-12T14:22:19Z")
_All the President’s Men_ Crusading reporters take on POTUS _The Paper_ New York tabloid seeks justice. _Absence of Malice_ Be careful what you print. Next: Anthony Quinn movies. ---
**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:** [March 13, 2014, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/519 "2014-03-13T14:43:12Z")
**Anthony Quinn movies.** _Viva Zapata!_ He’s Zapata and he rides! _Road to Morocco_ He’s the heavy, rides camel. _Zorba the Greek_ He’s Greek and he dances. Next: **Movies whose title is a one-word name.** ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/520 "2014-03-13T15:15:13Z")
**Movies whose title is a one-word name.** _Fresh_ Kid deals drugs, learns chess. _Casino_ Sharon Stone’s only Oscar nod. _Tron_ Do you believe in users? Next: Movies whose title became a popular meme. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494.md?page=27)