# 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:** 78
**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:** [December 3, 2016, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1541 "2016-12-03T16:00:15Z")
Quite so. Well, I’ll give the category a try… Movies about architects _The Lake House_ Keanu Reeves, an architect? Hah! _The Towering Inferno_ Paul Newman’s masterpiece burns up. _Love Actually_ Liam Neeson has precocious son. Next: Movies with bear attacks ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1542 "2016-12-04T02:05:15Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > **msmith537** : Reviews should be five words. :smack: Which I should know since I’ve only posted in this thread like 3 times. Let me fix that up… _My Super Ex Girlfriend_ Luke Wilson dates crazy superhero _Click_ Adam Sandler finds magic remote _The Fountainhead_ Less shitty Ayn Rand adaptation ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1543 "2016-12-04T02:14:33Z")
_sigh_ shit’s all fucked up now. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Quite so. Well, I’ll give the category a try… > Next: Movies with bear attacks _The Revenant_ Bleak Leo bear-rape picture _The Edge_ Bear stalks cast typed CEOs _The Great Outdoors_ Big bear chase John Candy Next: Non-Matrix and non-Terminator movies that contemplate the implications of artificial intelligence. ---
**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:** [December 4, 2016, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1544 "2016-12-04T12:59:42Z")
_Short Circuit_ “Johnny Five is Alive.” Regrettably. _Saturn V_ Even robots lust after Farrah. _The Avengers: Age of Ultron_ Good android vs. bad android. **Next:** Movies set at Christmas time but arguably not about Christmas per se. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2016, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1545 "2016-12-05T00:43:43Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > **Next:** Movies set at Christmas time but arguably not about Christmas per se. _A Christmas Story_ About childhood and BB guns. _Home Alone_ About childhood and booby traps. _8 Crazy Nights_ About Hanukkah; oblique Christmas references. **Next** : Versions of _A Christmas Carol_ with 1) Least Nauseating Tiny Tim 2) Scariest Marley 3) Your Overall Favorite. TV versions count too. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2016, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1546 "2016-12-12T14:08:05Z")
_Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol_ Tim wants some razzleberry dressing. _Scrooge_ (1984) Frank Finlay does fine acting. _Scrooged_ Murray’s very successfully updated version. **Next:** Christmas musicals ---
**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:** [December 12, 2016, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1547 "2016-12-12T16:20:35Z")
_White Christmas_ Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye croon _Babes in Toyland_ Laurel and Hardy clown around _Nutcracker: The Motion Picture_ Pacific Northwest Ballet, Tchaikovsky classic Next: Downbeat movies set at Christmas time. ---
**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 29, 2017, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1548 "2017-01-29T02:09:16Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Downbeat movies set at Christmas time. _It’s a Wonderful Life_ Suicidal bummer until last minute. _Edward Scissorhands_ Bittersweet; set at Christmas time. _Die hard_ Unquestionably set at Christmas Time. Next: Movies set at three different Jewish holidays, or that depict celebrations of three different Jewish holidays. (Shabbes counts as a holiday.) ---
**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:** [March 10, 2017, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1549 "2017-03-10T20:25:24Z")
_The Big Lebowski_ Walter don’t roll on Shabbos! _For Your Consideration_ Purim film within a film _A Message of Life_ Yom Kippur War’s hardship, solidarity Next: Movies about or set in springtime ---
**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:** [March 10, 2017, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1550 "2017-03-10T20:30:18Z")
_It Happens Every Spring_ Ray Milland takes up baseball. _Where The Boys Are_ An early Spring Break film. _Easter Parade_ Singing! Dancing! Astaire! Garland! Technicolor! Next: Movies arriving at theaters later this year ---
**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:** [March 10, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1551 "2017-03-10T21:43:07Z")
_The Fate of the Furious_ Cars, 'splosions, babes, stunts, etc. _The Mummy_ Reboot makes her a princess _Dunkirk_ Christopher Nolan directs WWII epic Next: Movies coming in 2017 that you wouldn’t see even if wild horses dragged you ---
**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:** [March 10, 2017, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1552 "2017-03-10T22:15:36Z")
_Smurfs: The Lost Village_ I always root for Gargamel. _The Void_ I don’t watch gory horror. _Alien: Covenant_ Series has lasted too long. **Next:** Unexpected 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:** [March 10, 2017, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1553 "2017-03-10T22:38:05Z")
_All the King’s Men_ Moved from Depression to Fifties _The Vanishing_ Eyyyccch - Hollywood remake ruined it _The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo_ Hollywood remake was actually better! Next: Movies with a bird prominently featured ---
**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:** [March 10, 2017, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1554 "2017-03-10T22:52:56Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Movies with a bird prominently featured _Follow That Bird_ AKA “The Big Bird” Movie. _The Angry Birds Movie_ Features Red, but birds abound. _The Birds_ No prominent bird; must mention. **Next** : movies prominently featuring a real brand-name product. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2017, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1555 "2017-03-10T23:11:36Z")
_Risky Business_ Ray-Ban sunglasses sales soon soared _Dirty Harry_ Cop loves Remington .44 Magnum _Office Space_ _Red_ Swingline stapler later available Next: Movies with more than one actor playing multiple roles ---
**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:** [March 11, 2017, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1556 "2017-03-11T02:23:34Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Movies with more than one actor playing multiple roles _Sleuth_ 5-character mystery with two actors. _Cloud Atlas_ Multiple stories with same cast. _Grease_ Unusual move: principles appear in choruses. **Next** Horror movies with a death transformation scene at the end (ie, the villain dies, and transforms back to his old self before the camera). ---
**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:** [March 11, 2017, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1557 "2017-03-11T04:12:51Z")
_Dracula_ Bloodsucker staked, ages rapidly, dies _The Hidden_ Alien criminal revealed and slain _Incubus_ Supernatural sex criminal identity’s surprising Next: Movies with good, helpful angels ---
**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:** [March 11, 2017, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1558 "2017-03-11T04:45:20Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Movies with good, helpful angels _A Guy Named Joe_ Downed WWII pilot helps fiancee. _It’s a Wonderful Life_ Clarence shows George George-less world. _Michael_ Shmaltz: chicken population in danger. **Next** : films with really effective anamatronic animals. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1559 "2017-03-12T14:12:57Z")
_Jurassic Park_ It wasn’t all CGI effects. _Jaws_ Bruce scared lots of beachgoers. _King Kong_ 1976 version, with Jessica Lange. **Next:** Comedies set in the Wild West. ---
**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:** [March 13, 2017, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1560 "2017-03-13T17:03:06Z")
_Blazing Saddles_ Exuberantly un-P.C. and very funny _A Million Ways to Die in the West_ Seth MacFarlane’s comedy got mixed reviews _Back to the Future Part III_ Marty McFly goes _'way_ back Next: Dramatic Westerns released since 1995 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494.md?page=77) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494.md?page=79)