# 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:** 67
**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 24, 2016, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1321 "2016-07-24T23:31:19Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Other movies in which _Airplane!_ stars appeared (one each). _The Poseidon Adventure_ (Leslie Nielsen) When Leslie Nielsen was serious. _Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey_ (Robert Hays) Dogs are happy and safe. _Freddy Got Fingered_ (Julie Hagerty) Hagerty plays character named Julie. Next: Movies with a “Tony Danza,” (that is, a character with the same first name as the actor playing the character). ---
**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:** [August 8, 2016, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1322 "2016-08-08T18:52:50Z")
_Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close_ Tom Hanks appears as Thomas. _Confessions of a Dangerous Mind_ Brad Pitt plays Brad, naturally. _Why Germany?_ Chris Pine is… you know. Next: Movies starring people best known for _Star Trek_. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2016, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1323 "2016-08-09T01:38:03Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Movies starring people best known for _Star Trek_. _Judgment at Nuremberg_ Very young, very handsome Shatner. _Invasion of the Body Snatchers_ (1978) Doomsayer Nimoy eventually [spoiler alert] _Snow Dogs_ Interesting turn for Nichelle Nichols. Next: Very highly regarded 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:** [August 9, 2016, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1324 "2016-08-09T13:52:55Z")
_Pride and Prejudice_ Colin made the ladies swoon. _Roots_ Seventies blockbuster renewed historic interest. _John Adams_ Fascinating adaptation of McCullough tome. Next: Widely-derided TV 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:** [August 9, 2016, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1325 "2016-08-09T14:36:47Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Next: Widely-derided TV movies. [/QUOTE] _Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?_ Theatrical movie couldn’t find distributor. _A Summer to Remember_ Signing Orangutan comforts Deaf child-of-divorce. _Bad Ronald_ Kim Hunter’s agent hates her. Next: Boris Karloff non-Frankenstein 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:** [August 9, 2016, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1326 "2016-08-09T14:49:15Z")
_The Lighting Raider_ His film debut, in 1919. _Bedlam_ Played evil, scheming asylum director. _Isle of the Snake People_ Karloff’s last movie, in 1971. Next: Movies that had high expectations but bombed. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2016, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1327 "2016-08-09T16:44:05Z")
[quote=“Elendil’s heir, post:1326, topic:680494”] > [@](#): > > Next: Movies that had high expectations but bombed. _Intolerance_ Ate up Griffith’s BooN profits. _The Blue Bird_ Paramount’s WoO, with Shirley Temple. King Kong (1976) We were promised giant robot. Hard one-- to keep it to five words, I mean. Next: Low-budget indies that became blockbusters. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2016, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1328 "2016-08-09T18:27:51Z")
_The Blair Witch Project_ Mockumentary scared lots o’ folks _Sex, Lies, and Videotape_ Tedious yuppies gripe, screw, backstab. _Pulp Fiction_ Tarantino’s best, some fans think. Next: Three other Tarantino 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:** [August 9, 2016, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1329 "2016-08-09T19:55:57Z")
_Romeo and Juliet_ The one with Leonardo diCaprio. _From Dusk To Dawn_ My favorite bloody vampire movie. _Inglorious Basterds_ Better ending for World War. **Next:** Movies set in high school. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2016, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1330 "2016-08-09T20:27:06Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > _Romeo and Juliet_ > The one with Leonardo diCaprio… Actually not: [Romeo + Juliet - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeo_%2B_Juliet) Movies set in high school _Fast Times at Ridgemont High_ California teens grow up fast _Clueless_ Jane Austen in Beverly Hills! _Jennifer’s Body_ Beautiful demon kills, eats messily Next: Movies about devils or demons, but not Satan ---
**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:** [August 10, 2016, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1331 "2016-08-10T00:31:39Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Movies about devils or demons, but not Satan _Curse [Night]_ of the Demon\* Skeptic slowly changes his mind. _Demons_ Actually kinda zombie/demon hybrid. _The Possession_ A dybbuk is kinda demonish. \*Had different US and UK titles. **Next** : Movies that were the first appearance of a type of monster. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2016, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1332 "2016-08-10T00:43:16Z")
[_Phallus in Wonderland_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phallus_in_Wonderland) First appearance of Gor Gor [_Skulhedface_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skulhedface_(video)) Mr. Dr. Prof. Skulhedface’s debut _[It’s Sleazy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_Sleazy)_ Introducing lost scum dog Scrodamoon Next up, Pokemon 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:** [August 10, 2016, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1333 "2016-08-10T00:50:05Z")
There are Pokemon 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:** [August 10, 2016, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1334 "2016-08-10T00:53:48Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > There are Pokemon movies? There aren’t? Ok, in case there actually aren’t 3 of them (I know there is at least 1), Next up: Pokemon and/or Power Ranger 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:** [August 10, 2016, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1335 "2016-08-10T03:22:26Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > _Phallus in Wonderland_ > Gwar fights the Morality Squad… > [@snfaulkner](#): > > [_Phallus in Wonderland_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phallus_in_Wonderland) > First appearance of Gor Gor… So… you, um, like this movie, huh? Pokemon movies _Pokémon: The First Movie_ 1998; the first of many _Giratina and the Sky Warrior_ No Best Picture Oscar nomination _Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel_ Was released just last month Next: Power Ranger 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:** [August 11, 2016, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1336 "2016-08-11T00:56:00Z")
_Turbo_ Predictable action, lack of characterization. _Power Rangers_ (2017) Looks like it has plot. _The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Movie_ Deliriously grand overacting by villain! (My grandson was a big fan of the Power Rangers when he was small.) Next: Movies with invisibility as a major factor. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2016, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1337 "2016-08-11T01:13:49Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > So… you, um, like this movie, huh? God damn right! You don’t? It’s a cinematic tour de force! A metal masterpiece! An assault on your senses and sensibilities! One of the most ridiculous things that exists today! Your definitions of “tour de force”, “metal masterpiece” may vary. Anyway, invisibility… _Ghost_ Whoopie’s face on invisible Swayze _The Invisible Man_ Goggles and scarf masks invisibility Any _Transformers_ movie Explosions, Robots mask invisible plot Next: Rock operas/musicals ---
**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:** [August 11, 2016, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1338 "2016-08-11T01:49:34Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Next: Rock operas/musicals _Jesus Christ, Superstar_ Not best Jesus, not worst. _Tommy_ Obligatory _Tommy_ rock opera inclusion. _Hair_ Really more operetta than musical. **Next** : remakes most people don’t realize are remakes. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2016, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1339 "2016-08-13T04:05:46Z")
_The Man Who Knew Too Much_ Hitchcock did in 1934, 1956. _You’ve Got Mail_ 1940 Lubitsch film gets update. _True Lies_ American take on French comedy. Next: The remake is the better movie. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2016, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1340 "2016-08-13T04:52:35Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: The remake is the better movie. Gaslight (1944) Bergman, Boyer best 1940 version. The Parent Trap (1961) Huge improvement over\* Twice Blessed.\* The Maltese Falcon (1941) (The Bogart version) Most don’t know another version. **Next** : movies where a cab drivers (including hansom cabs), chauffeurs, livery drivers, or other hired drivers stars or plays some key role. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494.md?page=66) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494.md?page=68)