# 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:** 82
**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, 2017, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1621 "2017-05-02T13:36:21Z")
_La Cage aux Folles_ French gay couple bests homophobe _Personal Best_ Aspiring Olympic athletes train, love _Kiss of the Spider Woman_ Prisoners bond under great adversity Next: Movies that treat LGBTQ issues offensively or clumsily ---
**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 2, 2017, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1622 "2017-05-02T15:42:36Z")
_Zorro the Gay Blade_ Being gay: one campy joke. _Blazing Saddles_ “It sounds like steam escaping.” _Can’t Stop The Music_ The Village People were straight??? **Next:** Movies with significant rainbows. ---
**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, 2017, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1623 "2017-05-03T13:33:32Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > **Next:** Movies with significant rainbows. Going with symbolic rainbows, as well as real rainbows. _Finian’s Rainbow_ Just follow Finian’s rainbow. _The Wizard of Oz_ Toto, we’re over the rainbow! _Rainbow_ Search for end of…y’know. Next: movies where a tough street kid learns to accept love from someone who won’t give up. ---
**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, 2017, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1624 "2017-05-03T18:18:59Z")
_Going My Way_ Empathetic priest forms a choir _Finding Forrester_ Reclusive novelist inspires teen writer _Stand and Deliver_ Math teacher motivates badass students Next: Three more favorite films of yours ---
**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, 2017, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1625 "2017-05-03T19:44:28Z")
_Fantasia_ Love it start to finish. _Young Frankenstein_ Funnier each time I watch. _Twister_ This one’s a guilty pleasure. **Next:** Films of Gene Kelly ---
**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, 2017, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1626 "2017-05-04T00:28:39Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > **Next:** Films of Gene Kelly _Inherit the Wind_ Scopes trial dramatized: played Hornbeck. _Marjorie Morningstar_ Jewish angst by Hollywood. Weird. _Singin’ in the Rain_ Seriously? this needs a comment? **Next** : war films about post-Vietnam conflicts. ---
**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, 2017, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1627 "2017-05-04T15:31:38Z")
_Tumbledown_ Falklands officer badly wounded, adapts _Salvador_ Photojournalist tries to make difference _Whiskey Tango Foxtrot_ Afghan quagmire played for laughs Next: Other films of Tina Fey ---
**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 4, 2017, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1628 "2017-05-04T15:40:17Z")
_Muppets Most Wanted_ She’s Russian, she loves Kermit. _Megamind_ She voices Lois Lane character. _Mean Girls_ Teen comedy: she wrote, acts. \*\*Next: \*\* Movies set during the French Revolution ---
**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, 2017, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1629 "2017-05-04T17:09:30Z")
_A Tale of Two Cities_ Truly noble sacrifice by Carton _The Scarlet Pimpernel_ Twelve film adaptations to date! _Scaramouche_ Has very long, swashbuckling swordfight Next: Movies set during the Russian Revolution or its immediate aftermath ---
**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, 2017, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1630 "2017-05-05T00:54:44Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Movies set during the Russian Revolution or its immediate aftermath _Mockery_ (1927, starring Lon Chaney) Peasant rescues, obsesses over countess. _Романовы. Венценосная семья_ (2000; _The Romanovs: An Imperial Family_) Last days of Romanov family. _Конец Санкт-Петербурга_ (1927; _The End of St. Petersburg_) Commissioned for Revolution’s tenth anniversary. Honorary mention: _Ninotchka_ The tagline was “Garbo laughs!” **Next** : British movies (or movies set in Britain) set during the time of the American revolution, even if it is only mentioned in passing. TV movies and mini-series OK. ---
**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, 2017, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1631 "2017-05-08T01:55:04Z")
Did I make that one too hard? Let’s change it to movies about the American Revolution, either epic, or about some aspect of it. ---
**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, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1632 "2017-05-08T15:57:16Z")
_The Madness of King George_ Madness is genetic, you know? _1776_ Rousing song and dance history _Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides_ Capt. Jack meets George III **Next:** Films of Goldie Hawn ---
**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 8, 2017, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1633 "2017-05-08T18:22:28Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > …_Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides_ > Capt. Jack meets George III… Wiki says it was George II, which would’ve put the movie no later than 1760. So: _The Patriot_ South Carolinian radicalized; fights redcoats In play: Films of Goldie Hawn _Private Benjamin_ Army life has many surprises _Foul Play_ Ditz, detective must save Pope _Snatched_ Mom, daughter share awful vacation Next: Films of Kurt Russell ---
**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, 2017, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1634 "2017-05-08T22:20:30Z")
_Big Trouble In Little China_ My grandson’s favorite Russell film. _Escape from New York_ Snake Plissken saves the mayor. _Swing Shift_ Co-starred with Goldie, moved in. **Next:** Movies with an actor playing multiple roles (different actors, please) ---
**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 8, 2017, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1635 "2017-05-08T23:36:27Z")
_Dr. Strangelove_ Sellers as Muffley, Mandrake, Merkwurkdigliebe \* From Dusk till Dawn\* Cheech as Guard, Chet, Carlos \* Kill Bill v2\* Parks as Esteban and McGraw. Next: Cross franchise 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, 2017, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1636 "2017-05-09T00:08:54Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Next: > Cross franchise movies. _Alien vs. Predator_ The winner is [SPOILER ALERT]. _Freddy vs. Jason_ I fell asleep during this. _The LEGO Batman Movie_ Biff! Bam! Pow! Lego goodiness. _Next_: Lillian Gish non-silent 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 9, 2017, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1637 "2017-05-09T15:49:32Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > … > > _Escape from New York_ > Snake Plissken saves the mayor… Nitpick: the President. Lillian Gish non-silent movies _Hamlet_ Admitted she played “lewd Ophelia” _Duel in the Sun_ Nominated for Oscar in 1946 _The Whales of August_ Her last role, age 93 Next: Movies about radio or radio stations ---
**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, 2017, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1638 "2017-05-09T17:33:33Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Movies about radio or radio stations _Pump up the Volume_ Teen is subversive ham operator. _Radio Days_ Before TV, lives orbited radio. _Who Done It?_ Abbot, Costello are aspiring writers. **Next** : movies about real psychologists, analysts, sociologists, or other such scientists. ---
**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, 2017, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1639 "2017-05-09T18:32:37Z")
_A Dangerous Method_ Jung, patient cross several lines _Kinsey_ Liam Neeson plays pioneering sexologist _The Seven Percent Solution_ Freud (real) treats Sherlock (not) Next: Pre-1980 Sherlock Holmes 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, 2017, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1640 "2017-05-09T22:16:36Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Pre-1980 Sherlock Holmes movies _The Hound of the Baskervilles_ (1939; Basil Rathbone) Holmes investigates ghost hound legend. _A Study in Terror_ (1965; John Neville) Holmes seeks Jack the Ripper. _Murder by Decree_ (1979; Christopher Plummer) Holmes seeks Jack the Ripper. **Next** : movies with “Puzzle” in the title. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494.md?page=81) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494.md?page=83)