# 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:** 54
**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:** [April 29, 2015, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1061 "2015-04-29T23:51:15Z")
[When we can, we do. We we can’t, there’s Google.] _Horsefeathers_ Groucho wears a college mortarboard. _Modern Times_ Charlie wears his trademark bowler. _Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl_ Jack to Will: “Nice hat.” Next: Movies you wish you had never seen. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2015, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1062 "2015-04-30T12:33:53Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Next: Movies you wish you had never seen. _Forrest Gump_ Want to skip it twice. _Cheech and Chong’s Nice Dreams_ Walked out halfway through it. _To Be Or Not To Be_ (the 1983 remake) Sullies memory of great original. Next: movies you saw more than twice in a theater (or, paid to see more than twice). ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1063 "2015-04-30T13:43:11Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Next: movies you saw more than twice in a theater (or, paid to see more than twice). _The Usual Suspects_ Arguing, walked right back in. _The Empire Strikes Back_ Saw thrice, 18 years apart. _The Emperor’s New Groove_ My friend managed the theater. Next: Movies that butchered the source material (book, play, or historical event). ---
**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:** [April 30, 2015, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1064 "2015-04-30T15:20:37Z")
> [@OneCentStamp](#): > > Next: Movies that butchered the source material (book, play, or historical event). _The Scarlet Letter_ (1995 – Demi Moore version) Hawthorne barfed in his grave. _Richard III_ Shakespeare relies on Tudor history. _Bram Stoker’s Dracula_ No. Just, no. And, no. Next: sound films without a music score. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2015, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1065 "2015-04-30T21:08:14Z")
_Cast Away_ Wilson does all the music. _The Birds_ Hitchcock knew how to scare. _No Country For Old Men_ Have it cued on DVR. Next: films that are guilty pleasures for you. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2015, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1066 "2015-04-30T23:14:15Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > _Cast Away_ > Wilson does all the music… Actually (and assuming I’m not being whooshed) Alan Silvestri wrote a beautiful theme for the movie: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIAcN3qRAV8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIAcN3qRAV8) Films that are guilty pleasures for you. _The Hidden_ Alien criminal uses different bodies. _The Puppet Master_ Untrue to Heinlein, but fun. _Blazing Saddles_ Western spoof is defiantly un-P.C. Next: Movies you love - and are supposed to. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2015, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1067 "2015-04-30T23:25:09Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Movies you love - and are supposed to. _The Awful Truth_ Very, very funny Irene Dunne. _Casablanca_ I like it. It’s Casablanca. _Apollo 13_ True story; somehow still suspenseful. Next: movies with appearances by a cast member of _One Day at a Time_. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2015, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1068 "2015-05-01T18:50:27Z")
_A Summer Place_ Bonnie Franklin in 1959 romance. _American Graffiti_ Mackenzie Phillips slouched in car. _Number One with a Bullet_ Valerie Bertinelli in bad mystery. Next: Films of Anne Archer. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2016, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1069 "2016-01-28T02:56:51Z")
I miss this game, and decided to bring it back to life. I don’t know much about Anne Archer, though, so forgive the joke. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Films of Anne Archer. _Clear and Present Danger_ Can’t be shown in Germany. _Fatal Attraction_ Can’t be shown in Germany. _Hero at Large_ Can’t be shown in Germany. **NEXT: Films of Alan Smithee** ---
**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:** [January 28, 2016, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1070 "2016-01-28T04:51:32Z")
Thanks for reviving the thread. > [@RivkahChaya](#): > > I miss this game, and decided to bring it back to life. I don’t know much about Anne Archer, though… There’s this crazy thing the kids these days are all calling “[IMDb.com](http://IMDb.com).” Films of Alan Smithee _Dune_ David Lynch eschews TV cut. _Twilight Zone: The Movie_ Deaths on set not bragworthy. _An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn_ Just 'way too damn meta. Next: Movies about winter. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2016, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1071 "2016-01-28T05:13:01Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Thanks for reviving the thread. My pleasure. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Movies about winter. _A Midwinter’s Tale_ (aka, _In the Bleak Midwinter_) Scrappy, amateur _Hamlet_ saves church. \* _The Donner Party_ Meat’s meat; ya gotta eat. _Frozen_ Eternal winter good for snowman. **Next** : movies where the main characters attend a high school reunion (does not have to be entire focus of film; can be side plot). - See Julia Sawalha and Jennifer Saunders in non-comedic roles together in this film. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1072 "2016-01-28T13:15:36Z")
_Grosse Pointe Blank_ Cusack whacks rival, rekindles romance. _Romy & Michelle’s High School Reunion_ Brainy actresses playing utter airheads! _Peggy Sue Got Married_ Closest thing to a do-over? **Next:** Movies where a well-known actor is cast against type ---
**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:** [January 28, 2016, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1073 "2016-01-28T13:48:27Z")
_After The Thin Man_ Jimmy Stewart is the villain! _Death Becomes Her_ Bruce Willis is a wimp! _Rhinestone_ Stallone sings C&W. **Next:** 21st Century Romantic Comedies ---
**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:** [January 28, 2016, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1074 "2016-01-28T14:17:40Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > **Next:** 21st Century Romantic Comedies Wow. Three that I have seen? Hmmm: _The 40-year-old Virgin_ Will he or won’t he? _13 Going on 30_ Girl learns popular = bitch. _Hot Tub Time Machine_ Better than you would think. **Next** : WWI 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:** [January 28, 2016, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1075 "2016-01-28T15:19:42Z")
_My Boy Jack_ Kipling encourages, mourns brave son. _War Horse_ Boy, horse endure awful trenches. _Paths of Glory_ French officer defends his men. Next: Movies about presidential campaigns. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2016, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1076 "2016-01-28T16:47:36Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Movies about presidential campaigns. _One Bright Shining Moment_ Underdog McGovern takes on Nixon. _The War Room_ Clinton’s first primary; gratuitous Stephanopoulos. _The Manchurian Candidate_ What the hell did happen? **Next** : films with an appearance by someone (voice performances count) from _The Big Bang Theory_. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2016, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1077 "2016-01-30T03:56:00Z")
_The Muppets_ Sheldon is hero’s alter ego. _Hancock_ Hey, Leonard is a douche! _I Love You, Man_ Bernadette shouts at a guy. Next: Movies set in L.A. but not about showbiz. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2016, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1078 "2016-01-30T05:29:54Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Movies set in L.A. but not about showbiz. _Saboteur_ Screenwriter Dorothy Parker has cameo. _A Bucket of Blood_ The best beatnik movie ever. _Chinatown_ Best utility company movie ever. **Next** : movies with some kind of complicated contraption or Rube Goldberg machine. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2016, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1079 "2016-01-30T13:40:39Z")
_Pee Wee’s Big Adventure_ Get up and have breakfastotron. _Modern Times_ Chaplin’s automatically fed his lunch. _Barbarella_ Ultimate Machine cannot keep up. **Next:** Current Oscar nominees ---
**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:** [January 30, 2016, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1080 "2016-01-30T14:41:56Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > **Next:** Current Oscar nominees _The Hateful Eight_ Jennifer Jason Leigh. About Time. _Shaun the Sheep_ “I’d like to thank Wallace…” _Star Wars: The Force Awakens_ The usual: editing, special effects… **Next** : TBA (having editing trouble) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494.md?page=53) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494.md?page=55)