# 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:** 55
**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, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1081 "2016-01-30T14:45:31Z")
OK. Had one of those “Cat on the keyboard” moments, and the previous post went up before I could give the next challenge. Here it is: Films with really gratuitous product placement. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2016, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1082 "2016-01-30T16:08:21Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Films with really gratuitous product placement. _Terminator 2: Judgement Day_ Hasta la vista, Subway Sandwiches??? _Skyfall_ Bond drinks beer since when? _Wayne’s World_ Product placement scene - hilarious subversion! Next: Sci-fi films set completely on Earth (bonus points for non-apocalyptic flicks) ---
**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, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1083 "2016-01-30T22:26:02Z")
> [@Typo\_Knig](#): > > Next: Sci-fi films set completely on Earth (bonus points for non-apocalyptic flicks) _Back to the Future_ Marty gets back in picture. _The Fly_ “Had a funny white head.” _The Bride of Frankenstein_ They had a castle-destroying lever? Next: Films set entirely, or almost entirely, in Indiana. ---
**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 31, 2016, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1084 "2016-01-31T01:50:56Z")
_Breaking Away_ Bloomington teens plan their future. _A League Of Their Own_ Women’s baseball team scores big. _A Christmas Story_ Ralphie shoots his eye out. \*\*Next: \*\* Werewolf 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:** [January 31, 2016, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1085 "2016-01-31T03:04:47Z")
Werewolf movies. _The Wolf Man_ (1941) Lon Chaney, Claude Rains; perfectamundo _The Wolfman_ (2010) Anthony Hopkins loses his head _Werewolf in a Girl’s Dormitory_ Don’t ever, Ever, EVER bother Next: Non-Romero zombie 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:** [January 31, 2016, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1086 "2016-01-31T03:35:17Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Next: Non-Romero zombie movies _Pride and Prejudice and Zombies_ Young women hunt husbands, zombies. _Shaun of the Dead_ Ordinary guy is “chosen one.” _28 Days Later_ Humans catch simian virus. Symbolic? Next: Movies based on Dashiell Hammett novels. ---
**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 31, 2016, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1087 "2016-01-31T20:35:42Z")
_The Maltese Falcon_ A boid to die for. _The Glass Key_ Crime, politics a bad mix. _The Thin Man_ Not the guy you think. Next: Coen Bros. 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:** [February 1, 2016, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1088 "2016-02-01T12:25:15Z")
_The Big Lebowski_ Rug pulls the room together. _O Brother, Where Art Thou?_ The Odyssey in Depression South. _Fargo_ Kidnapping goes so hilariously wrong. **Next** : Bette Midler 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:** [February 1, 2016, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1089 "2016-02-01T17:27:27Z")
_Hawaii_ Her first, as “Passenger” (1966) _The Rose_ Janis Joplin she definitely ain’t _Ruthless People_ My favorite bitchy Midler role. Next: Historical movies that actually tried to get the facts right. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2016, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1090 "2016-02-05T06:22:51Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Historical movies that actually tried to get the facts right. _All the President’s Men_ Accurate if book was accurate. _Black Robe_ Missionary priest tries to survive. _Apollo 13_ Really suspenseful despite outcome known. **Next** : Lothaire Bluteau 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:** [February 9, 2016, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1091 "2016-02-09T02:36:46Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > **Next** : Lothaire Bluteau films. OK, so, sadly, he’s not as well-known as I thought. I’ll do it, then pick an easier topic. _Jesus of Montreal_ Best Christian allegory film ever. _Black Robe_ Missionary work can be scary. _I Shot Andy Warhol_ Based on true story. Really. Next: Ray Harryhausen FX 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:** [February 9, 2016, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1092 "2016-02-09T17:15:04Z")
_The Seventh Voyage Of Sinbad_ Evil wizard summons stop-motion monsters! _Jason And the Argonauts_ Ancient Greeks fight stop-motion monsters! _One Million Years B.C._ Caveman battle against stop-motion dinosaurs! **Next** : Films appropriate for Mardi Gras. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2016, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1093 "2016-02-10T08:25:21Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > **Next** : Films appropriate for Mardi Gras. _Abbott and Costello Go to Mars_ Wrong-way rocket lands in NO. _Mardi Gras_ Pat Boone as VMI cadet. \* Holiday for Sinners\* Natives New Orleans face crises. Next: modern retellings of classics-- that is, works at least 100 years old, and made into a straightforward movie once-- or fairy tale. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2016, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1094 "2016-02-10T17:24:21Z")
_Clueless_ Austen romance reset in Lotusland _A Christmas Carol_ George C. Scott: great Scrooge _A Cock and Bull Story Tristram Shandy_ reinterpreted, and how! Next: Movies about American politics ---
**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:** [February 10, 2016, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1095 "2016-02-10T17:34:56Z")
_Mr. Smith Goes To Washington_ Jimmy Stewart learns to filibuster. _Of Thee I Sing_ Kaufman musically roasts election process. _The Candidate_ Redford goofs and gets elected. **Next:** the Oeuvre of Helen Mirren. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2016, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1096 "2016-02-11T15:29:43Z")
_Excalibur_ She, Williamson hated each other. _The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover_ Steamy affair leads to death. _The Queen_ Nailed royal persona, not appearance. Next: Films of Fred Thompson. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1097 "2016-02-11T21:42:36Z")
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**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:** [February 11, 2016, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1098 "2016-02-11T22:52:32Z")
Films of Fred Thompson. _The Hunt for Red October_ Russians: No plan, no dump. _Cape Fear_ Ex-con terrorizes his ex-lawyer’s family _In the Line of Fire_ Only very slightly like JFK. Next: Susan Sarandon 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:** [February 11, 2016, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1099 "2016-02-11T23:08:40Z")
_Rocky Horror Picture Show_ She wants to be di-i-irty. _Thelma & Louise_ Susan, Geena go out driving. \*Pretty Baby \* Brooke Shields’ Mom’s a whore. **Next:** movies with clowns ---
**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:** [February 12, 2016, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1100 "2016-02-12T03:59:53Z")
_Shakes the Clown_ Not who you’d wanna hire. _Freaks_ Still pretty bizarre, even now. _Clownhouse_ Sam Rockwell’s 1988 movie debut. Next: Movies featuring a major character named William, Bill or Billy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494.md?page=54) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494.md?page=56)