# 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:** 61
**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:** [May 2, 2016, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1201 "2016-05-02T02:18:05Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Tony Randall movies. Since this is take 2 for Mr. Randall, I’m choosing to write about the lesser known Tony Randall who had a few credits as an extra in the 1950s: _Around the World in Eighty Days_ This spawned famous balloon image. _The McConnell Story_ Ex-Fighter pilot tries family life. _My Sister Eileen_ Woman pretends to be sister. Next: films of [Harrison Ford](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001230/?ref_=fn_al_nm_3), the silent film star whose career spanned the years 1915 to 1932. ---
**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 2, 2016, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1202 "2016-05-02T23:29:34Z")
Nicely played. _Excuse Me_ His first film, in 1915. _Girls Very_ unlike TV show now. _Love in High Gear_ His last appearance, in 1932. Next: Movies about surveillance. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2016, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1203 "2016-05-03T00:26:58Z")
_Sneakers_ The blind guy sees all. _Minority Report_ Pre-emptive justice doesn’t really work. _Rear Window_ Jimmy is a peeping tom. **Next** : Movies where a corpse travels about. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2016, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1204 "2016-05-03T01:13:41Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > **Next** : Movies where a corpse travels about. _Weekend at Bernie’s_ Bernie’s life of party-- almost. _The Trouble with Harry_ Harry’s corpse; won’t stay buried. _Frankenstein_ Loose interpretation of the topic. Next: Movies with iconic poster or VCR/DVD case images. ---
**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 3, 2016, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1205 "2016-05-03T15:58:38Z")
_Gone with the Wind_ Rhett, Scarlett in a clinch. [http://web.calstatela.edu/library/mmc/100/gone\_with\_wind.jpg](http://web.calstatela.edu/library/mmc/100/gone_with_wind.jpg) _The Exorcist_ Priest provides foreboding, bleak image. [![](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41PZ805QP3L.jpg) ](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41PZ805QP3L.jpg) _Terminator 2_ Not a very jolly fellow. [![](https://vendyxiao.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/terminator-2-judgment-day-dvd-cover.png) ](https://vendyxiao.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/terminator-2-judgment-day-dvd-cover.png) Next: Movies set in springtime. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2016, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1206 "2016-05-03T23:34:00Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Movies set in springtime. We just did that a few pages ago. > [@](#): > > 04-19-2016 11:36 AM > Originally Posted by RivkahChaya > > > [@](#): > > > > Originally Posted by Elendil’s Heir > > > > Next: Movies about springtime. > > _Rites of Spring_ > Straight to video slasher movie. > > _Early Spring_ > Passionless marriage endures the season. > > _Easter Parade_ > Nightclub performer makes “nobody” star. Do you want to do it again, or do you want to pick something else? ---
**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 4, 2016, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1207 "2016-05-04T02:36:22Z")
D’oh! Sorry. I’d forgotten. Next: Movies that would have entirely different plots if the characters had cellphones. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2016, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1208 "2016-05-04T05:29:50Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > D’oh! Sorry. I’d forgotten. > > Next: Movies that would have entirely different plots if the characters had cellphones. _Wait Until Dark_ Cut phone line? what line? _The Lady Vanishes_ Hey, let’s take a selfie! _My Favorite Wife_ Text: “Nick, on desert island.” **Next** : More movies that would have entirely different plots if the characters had cellphones. ---
**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 4, 2016, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1209 "2016-05-04T13:34:34Z")
_Romeo and Juliet_ Don’t kill yourself - I’m OK. _Breaker Morant_ See? Here are our orders. _Deliverance_ Call 911 to arrest hillbillies. Next: Movies with a badly miscast actor or actress. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2016, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1210 "2016-05-05T01:06:39Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Movies with a badly miscast actor or actress. _The Taming of the Shrew_ (1929) Mary Pickford as shrew Katherine. _Breakfast at Tiffany’s_ Mickey Rooney’s offensive racial impersonation. _Psycho_ (1998) Rita Wilson as homely office-mate. (Really, whole movie badly miscast.) **Next** : Roles that sounded like bad casting ideas, but turned out surprisingly well. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2016, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1211 "2016-05-08T01:32:57Z")
_Batman_ Beetlejuice is playing the Bat? _Good Will Hunting_ Robin Williams earned his Oscar. _The Blind Side_ When’d Bullock learn to ACT? **Next:** Films with flowers in the titles ---
**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:** [May 8, 2016, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1212 "2016-05-08T02:39:11Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > **Next:** Films with flowers in the titles The Blue Dahlia Pilot suspected of murdering wife. Driving Miss Daisy Old woman needs personal driver. Tampopo (“Dandelion Seed”) Food, sex, both mostly hot. **Next** : Three films all based on the same source material-- same book, same historical event, same legend, whatever. Points if films all very different. Film plus its sequels don’t count. ---
**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 9, 2016, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1213 "2016-05-09T16:14:47Z")
_Pride and Prejudice_ 1940 adaptation seems prissy now. _Pride & Prejudice_ 2005 version; Keira is luminous. _Pride and Prejudice and Zombies_ Bennet sisters kick undead ass. Next: Gawdawful adaptations of books into 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:** [May 9, 2016, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1214 "2016-05-09T18:18:24Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Gawdawful adaptations of books into movies. _The Westing Game_ (Newberry winner) Worst film of book EVER. _The Scarlet Letter_ (1995: Demi Moore, Gary Oldman) Plan 9 from Puritan colony. _The Cat in the Hat_ Does this movie really exist? Next: Hard-to-adapt books that made surprisingly good 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:** [May 9, 2016, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1215 "2016-05-09T18:24:11Z")
_The Musketeer_ Athos, Porthos, Aramis are cameos. _Logan’s Run_ Cheesy production, left out much. _Visit To A Small Planet_ For Jerry Lewis fans only. Next: Hard-to-adapt books that made surprisingly good 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:** [May 9, 2016, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1216 "2016-05-09T18:27:01Z")
_Cloud Atlas_ Same cast, different times, places. _Tristan Shandy_ Delightful movie-in-a-movie. _The Name Of The Rose_ Eco’s dense prose effectively abridged. Next: Favorite horror 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:** [May 9, 2016, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1217 "2016-05-09T23:06:20Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Next: Favorite horror movies. _Nosferatu_ (1979) Beautiful, atmospheric, engrossing, and frightening. _The Blair Witch Project_ Made me check doors, windows. _Metropolis_ Dystopian sci-fi is also horror. Next: favorite sci-fi 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:** [May 10, 2016, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1218 "2016-05-10T02:53:20Z")
_Dark City_ Stylish, spooky; very satisfying conclusion. _Star Wars_ Great mix: adventure, romance, combat. _Aliens_ Nuke 'em from orbit, naturally. Next: More favorite sci-fi movies. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1219 "2016-05-10T03:00:13Z")
Moon: Janitor clones on the moon. The Thing: Antarctic shapeshifting alien. Paranoia ensues. Ragnarock: Gwar battles giant space robot Next up: Martial arts 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:** [May 10, 2016, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1220 "2016-05-10T07:28:34Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Next up: Martial arts movies _The Seven Samurai_ Warriors protect crops from bandits. _Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon_ Sword is MacGuffin; American co-production. _Shanghai Noon_ Set in Wild West: funny. (Wow-- I didn’t think I’d seen three!)\* Next: films of Helen Mirren. \*Yes, I know you can just Google the topic or copy from IMDb, but I like to use films I’ve actually seen. If I can’t come up with three, I don’t play that round. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494.md?page=60) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494.md?page=62)