# 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:** 64
**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:** [June 3, 2016, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1261 "2016-06-03T18:35:36Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Movies about bad cops. _Reno 911!: Miami_ Bad cops are\* really \*incompetent. _The Bangville Police_ Made “Keystone Cops” household name. _Dirty Harry_ Only rule-breakers get things done. **Next** : crime movies where the official police actually solve a 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:** [June 3, 2016, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1262 "2016-06-03T20:31:28Z")
_Hot Fuzz_ Plucky British cops bust cabal. _In the Line of Fire_ Secret Serviceman does his job. _Se7en_ Seven murders solved - but ouch! Next: Movies with good rock soundtracks. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2016, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1263 "2016-06-03T21:01:16Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > _Hot Fuzz_ > Plucky British cops bust cabal. > > _In the Line of Fire_ > Secret Serviceman does his job. > > _Se7en_ > Seven murders solved - but ouch! > > Next: Movies with good rock soundtracks. _Easy Rider_ Steppenwolf, Dylan, Hendrix-- and more. _Metropolis_ (1984) Moroder’s version with rock soundtrack. _The Big Chill_ Stupid movie, but great songs. **Next** : Movies post-1935 without a music soundtrack. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2016, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1264 "2016-06-06T14:05:18Z")
_The Blair Witch Project_ Forest noises are soundtrack enough. _Fail-Safe_ Music would be a distraction. _No Country for Old Men_ Implacable killer not singing type. Next: Other movies about implacable killers. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1265 "2016-06-06T15:15:23Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Other movies about implacable killers. _Psycho_ Once “mother” forms an opinion… _A Nightmare on Elm Street_ Even death doesn’t deter Freddy. _Jaws_ Insatiable appetite is like “implacable.” \*\* Next\*\*: Sequels where seemingly dead characters returned. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2016, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1266 "2016-06-06T16:13:11Z")
_Laura_ Portrait doesn’t do her justice. _Star Trek Into Darkness_ Magic blood brings back [spoiler] _Vertigo_ Troubled cop demands total makeover. Next: Movies about birth or newborns. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2016, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1267 "2016-06-06T17:12:22Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Movies about birth or newborns. _Rosemary’s Baby_ Baby mostly at end…still… _Alien_ Loose interpretation of the topic. _3 hommes et un couffin_. Way better than American remake. **Next** : First black or woman something movie. (Example: _First Monday in October_, about first woman on Supreme Court, made years before actual woman on SCOTUS. And yes, you can use that. Fact-based films OK too.) ---
**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:** [June 6, 2016, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1268 "2016-06-06T18:38:24Z")
_The Man_ A black POTUS in 1972! _Kisses for My President_ Hardly at all like Hillary. _Deep Impact_ Freeman’s voice best in crisis. Next: Movies about ex-Nazis. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2016, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1269 "2016-06-06T18:50:20Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Movies about ex-Nazis. _The Stranger_ Nazi says “Einstein isn’t German.” _The Boys from Brazil_ Mengele attempts to clone Hitler. _Apt Pupil_ Boy blackmails ex-Nazi next door. \*\* Next\*\*: Best Foreign-language Film (Oscar) nominees and winners. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2016, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1270 "2016-06-07T18:31:52Z")
_Babette’s Feast_ “Can I cook, or what?” _Cinema Paradiso_ Charming tale of village theater. _Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon_ Masterful drama / love story / adventure. Next: More Best Foreign Language film (Oscar) nominees and winners. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2016, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1271 "2016-06-07T23:16:02Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: More Best Foreign Language film (Oscar) nominees and winners. _Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown_ In Spain, Antonio Banderas comedian. _Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears_ Hey! Soviet film wins Oscar. _Rashomon_ “Rashamon story” is now trop. **Next** : movies that have given us a trop. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2016, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1272 "2016-06-08T17:43:38Z")
_Clue_ In German release, called _Trop_. _Saving Private Ryan_ Got to rescue a troop. _Aliens_ “Nuke it from orbit” trope. Next: Movies with one or more blue beings. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2016, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1273 "2016-06-08T23:44:24Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Movies with one or more blue beings. _Flipper_ Dolphins are pretty much blue. _Finding Nemo_ Dory. What else to say? _Monsters University_ Blue fur counts, doesn’t it? I try to stick to movies I’ve seen, and I haven’t seen _Avatar_. _Next_: low-budget hits. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2016, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1274 "2016-06-09T00:25:25Z")
Low budget hits: \* Blaire Witch Projec_t: Idiots thought it was true \* Mad Max_ Lawlessness on the lonely freeway _Night of the Living Dead_ Title really says it all Next up: 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:** [June 9, 2016, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1275 "2016-06-09T01:41:27Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Zombie movies _Plan 9 from Outer Space_ Originally “Zombies from Outer Space.” _Night of the Living Dead_ This one started the trend. _Pride and Prejudice and Zombies_ Bennett Sisters hunt husbands, zombies. **Next** : vampire movies without the word “Dracula” in the title. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2016, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1276 "2016-06-09T01:46:32Z")
_The Fearless Vampire Killers_ Roman Polanski’s classic cult farce. _Blacula_ Blaxploitation meets blood suckers genre. _Love At First Bite_ George Hamilton’s a suave vampire. **Next:** Movies with an action heroine protagonist. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2016, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1277 "2016-06-09T03:55:13Z")
_Aliens_ Ripley is quite simply awesome. _Star Wars: The Force Awakens_ Rey is spunky, sexy, skilful. _Terminator 2: Judgment Day_ _Don’t_ mess with Sarah Connor. Next: More movies with an action-heroine protagonist. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2016, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1278 "2016-06-09T06:47:59Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: More movies with an action-heroine protagonist. \*Kill Bill \*(vol.s 1&2) Bride is ruthless in quest. _G.I. Jane_ Only Moore film I like. _La femme Nikita_ Felon Nikita trained spy/assassin. Next: woman pretending to be a man, or man pretending to be a woman 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:** [June 9, 2016, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1279 "2016-06-09T15:09:04Z")
_Where’s Charley?_ Guy in drag helps friends. _Some Like It Hot_ Hiding from Mafia - with Marilyn! _Albert Nobbs_ Irish hotel waiter has secrets. Next: Movies with MacGuffins. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2016, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1280 "2016-06-09T17:52:31Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Movies with MacGuffins. _The Maltese Falcon_ The, well, you know, title. _Strangers on a Train_ Guy’s lighter-- proves guilt? innocence? _Pulp Fiction_ What was in the briefcase? **Next** : more MacGuffins! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494.md?page=63) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494.md?page=65)