# 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:** 44
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/861 "2014-07-04T03:22:24Z")
Oops. Just realized I had the plot wrong for the last one. Let’s make it… _The DaVinci Code_ I’m sighin’ for the scion. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2014, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/862 "2014-07-04T03:32:24Z")
Movies that feature a duck _Howard the Duck_ George Lucas still deeply ashamed. _Monty Python and the Holy Grail_ Weigh with a witch, milord! _Charlotte’s Web_ Pig, spider become good friends. Next: Lloyd Bridges 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:** [July 4, 2014, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/863 "2014-07-04T03:53:49Z")
_The Talk of the Town_ Grant, Colman and Lloyd Bridges _Mr. Whitney Had A Notion_ He invents the cotton gin. _I Am Joe’s Heart_ A Reader’s Digest movie short Next: **Oscar Levant 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:** [July 5, 2014, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/864 "2014-07-05T02:52:32Z")
_Ben Bernie and All the Lads_ His screen debut, in 1924. _Rhapsody in Blue_ Was himself in Gershwin biopic. _An American in Paris_ Played a bohemian pianist, naturally. Next: Mark Wahlberg films ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/865 "2014-07-05T06:35:38Z")
_Boogie Nights_ Big Dick leads to Sorrow _The Italian Job_ No way to treat Minis _Rock Star_ The Metal God was Gay? Next: Lets do Akira Kurosawa! ---
**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:** [July 5, 2014, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/866 "2014-07-05T08:27:05Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Next: Lets do Akira Kurosawa! _Ran_ Kurosawa takes on King Lear. _Rashomon_ This one established a genre. _Seven Samurai_ Much remade; original is best. Next: “You shouldn’t have taken that shortcut” 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:** [July 9, 2014, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/867 "2014-07-09T03:58:00Z")
I can’t think of three. Anyone else? ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/868 "2014-07-09T12:24:55Z")
**"You shouldn’t have taken that shortcut" films.** _(Broadening the definition of “shortcut” to apply to more than just distance)_ _The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers_ Cirith Ungol: BAD shortcut idea. _Superman III_ Pryor fakes kryptonite using…nicotine?! _Click_ Sandler skips the boring parts. Next: Films whose plots revolve around mistaken identity. ---
**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:** [July 9, 2014, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/869 "2014-07-09T16:26:34Z")
> [@OneCentStamp](#): > > Next: Films whose plots revolve around mistaken identity. _The Wrong Man_ Fonda almost imprisoned for life. _A Midsummer Night’s Dream_ Puck instigates the wrong crushes. _Life of Brian_ Not messiah, just naughty boy. Next: Literal “Don’t take the shortcut” movies (ie, _Wrong Turn_) ---
**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:** [July 10, 2014, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/870 "2014-07-10T14:54:27Z")
_Wrong Turn_ Almost heaven, West Virginia? No. _The Wizard of Oz_ Let’s… go around poppy field. _The Stand_ Lincoln Tunnel is pretty scary. Next: Movies about or featuring Abraham Lincoln. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/871 "2014-07-10T16:22:03Z")
Movies about or featuring Abraham Lincoln. _Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter_ Historically accurate except for vampires _Young Mr. Lincoln_ Fonda’s Lincoln’s early lawyer years _Blue and the Gray_ Epic miniseries of civil war Next: Movies where the talent involved in making it (writer, actors, director, etc.) did not get along. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2014, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/872 "2014-07-10T20:18:20Z")
_Fitzcarraldo_ Herzog, Kinski fought like wildcats. _Gone with the Wind_ George Cukor fired as director. _The Shining_ Duvall dreaded Kubrick’s mind games. Next: Movies that had unexpected on-set romances. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2014, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/873 "2014-07-11T20:36:27Z")
_Time After Time_ McDowell & Steenburgen later married. _Mr. & Mrs. Smith_ Jennifer Aniston wasn’t too happy. _Cleopatra_ Divorces all around for everyone. Next: **Movies with clowns** ---
**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:** [July 11, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/874 "2014-07-11T20:57:12Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Next: **Movies with clowns** _Les enfants du Paradis_ Depressed Clown told “watch yourself.” _Killer Klowns from Outer Space_ Space clowns terrorize small town. _The Greatest Show on Earth_ Circus life by Mr. DeMille. Next: movies that offer solution to unsolved crime. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2014, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/875 "2014-07-12T05:15:06Z")
_Murder by Decree_ Holmes identifies Jack the Ripper. _Silkwood_ Eeeevil energy company killed her. _JFK_ Everyone but Oswald did it! Next: Nathan Lane movies ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/876 "2014-07-12T14:05:10Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Nathan Lane movies _The Producers (2005)_ Original was less stagey, ironically _The Birdcage_ Hollywood remakes French sex farce _The Lion King_ Disney does Hamlet rip off Next: **Movies that have been, or should have been, lampooned by MST3K** ---
**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:** [July 12, 2014, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/877 "2014-07-12T15:45:04Z")
_This Island Earth_ Best (only?) ovipositor gag evah! _Manos: The Hands of Fate_ They mocked poor Torgo mercilessly. _Mighty Jack_ Flying submarine comes to rescue! Next: Movies based on Oscar Wilde stories. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2014, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/878 "2014-07-12T15:57:15Z")
_The Canterville Ghost_ Premium choice role for overacting. _The Portrait Of Dorian Gray_ Degenerate lech stays young preternaturally. _The Importance Of Being Earnest_ Archetypal British Comedy Of Manners. Next: **Jack Lemmon 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:** [July 12, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/879 "2014-07-12T16:08:55Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Movies based on Oscar Wilde stories. _Lady Windermere’s Fan_: Fan left behind: confusion ensues. _The Picture of Dorian Gray_: Don’t look in the attic. _The Canterville Ghost_: Ghost hopes descendant is brave. Next: 1980s “Disease of the Week” TV 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:** [July 13, 2014, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/880 "2014-07-13T16:29:46Z")
**Rivkah** , look just above your post each time to make sure you aren’t ninja’d. Thanks! 1980s “Disease of the Week” TV movies _The Boy in the Plastic Bubble_ Very early John Travolta role. _Sybil_ Sally Field wears unattractive glasses. Small Sacrifices Farrah Fawcett is messed-up mom. And since it was missed… Next: Jack Lemmon films [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494.md?page=43) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494.md?page=45)