# 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:** 84
**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 12, 2017, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1661 "2017-05-12T14:02:48Z")
_Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?_ Dustin Hoffman in pretentious mess. _“Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes”_ They go uppity up up. - Night of the Day of the Dawn of the Son of the Bride of the Return of the Revenge of the Terror of the Attack of the Evil, Mutant, Hellbound, Flesh-Eating Subhumanoid Zombified Living Dead, Part 2: In Shocking 2-D\* Well, that can’t be good. **Next:** Even more movies with excessively long 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 12, 2017, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1662 "2017-05-12T14:21:03Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > **Next:** Even more movies with excessively long titles. _The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent_ Title spoils most of film. _Dr. Strangelove: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb_ Peter Sellers in Multiple Roles. _Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Sex_ _but were afraid to ask_ Woody Allen and mod life. **Next** : movies with one-word titles. ---
**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 12, 2017, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1663 "2017-05-12T15:59:08Z")
_She_ Ursula Andress must be obeyed. _Them_ Giant ants must be conquered. _Carrie_ Prom night: high school “hijinks” **Next:** Non-animated films with mice featured notably. ---
**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 12, 2017, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1664 "2017-05-12T16:01:12Z")
And nobody even mentioned _Precious: Base on Nol by Saf (Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire)_! Movies with one-word titles _Casablanca_ Rick must do what’s right _Up_ Coot, Scout have grand adventure _Milk_ Gay politician fights good fight Next: Non-animated films with mice featured notably ---
**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 12, 2017, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1665 "2017-05-12T17:36:29Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Non-animated films with mice featured notably _The Witches_ Child is turned into mouse. _Alice in Wonderland_ (1933) Live-action. Actor plays mouse. _The Hoodlum_ Mary Pickford fears street mice. **Next** : movies that have absolutely no mice in them. ---
**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 12, 2017, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1666 "2017-05-12T20:51:32Z")
_Star Wars_ Kessel Run reference intrigues many _All the King’s Men_ Willie Stark’s rise and fall _Liquid Sky_ Gawdawful Eighties punk sf turkey Next: Movies that really need a good sequel ---
**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 13, 2017, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1667 "2017-05-13T00:51:25Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Movies that really need a good sequel _Murder by Decree_ More Plummer as Sherlock Holmes. _Rear Window_ Photographer, Grace Kelly, further adventures. _The Miracle Worker_ Need adult Keller quality movie. \*\* Next\*\*: more movies that need a really good sequel. ---
**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 14, 2017, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1668 "2017-05-14T02:49:49Z")
_The Incredibles_ Parrs deserve cool new adventures _Serenity_ What’s up with _Firefly_ crew? _Trading Places_ Let’s see tycoons’ next chapter Next: Movies about high finance ---
**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 14, 2017, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1669 "2017-05-14T03:14:35Z")
_The Big Short_ Cashing in on housing crash \* The Smartest Guys in the Room\* Rise and fall of Enron \* The Wolf of Wall Street\* Hookers, blow, and penny stocks Next: Movie’s with five word 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 14, 2017, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1670 "2017-05-14T07:19:16Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Next: > Movie’s with five word titles _Murder on the Orient Express_ Based on Agatha Christie novel. _The Birth of a Nation_ DW Griffith causes an uproar. _Children of a Lesser god_ Title taken from Tennyson poem. **Next** : movies starring actors primarily famous for television work (at the time, anyway). ---
**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 15, 2017, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1671 "2017-05-15T02:10:35Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > **Next** : movies starring actors primarily famous for television work (at the time, anyway). If I didn’t make it clear, this is a pretty loose topic. You could post _Splash_, Tom Hanks’ first starring film role, because before that, he had done almost all TV work-- he had one minor role in a mostly straight to video movie before his TV work. You could post one of Lucille Ball’s film roles that she did after becoming wildly famous for TV. She had had a career in film before TV, but it was usually playing someone’s bitchy understudy who panics if she actually has to go on, or some pseudo-Katharine Hepburn mess. Until she got to do comedy, she hadn’t found herself. After TV, she made a few pretty successful movies, that she helped develop. And then, the movies don’t have to be good, so there is the rich vein of SNL actor movies, plus all the stuff the _Friends_ cast did, both good and bad. ---
**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 15, 2017, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1672 "2017-05-15T04:42:33Z")
_Animal House_ Belushi’s breakout role - freakin’ hilarious! _Down Periscope_ Grammer in forgettable submarine “comedy” _Die Hard_ Willis transformed into action hero Next: Other Bruce Willis films ---
**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 16, 2017, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1673 "2017-05-16T22:56:22Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Other Bruce Willis films _The Sixth Sense_ I see the ending coming. _Mortal Thoughts_ He makes excellent asshole husband. _Sunset_ Setting: first Oscars; comedy murder. **Next** : movies with “box” or “boxing” in the title. ---
**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 17, 2017, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1674 "2017-05-17T15:54:56Z")
_Boxing Helena_ Movie about very weird fetish _Boxing Day_ Troubled family in Australian film _The Box_ Cameron Diaz thriller bombed badly Next: Superhero spoofs ---
**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 17, 2017, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1675 "2017-05-17T17:01:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Superhero spoofs _Rat Pfink a Boo Boo_ Typo resulted in memorable title. _The Lego Batman Movie_ Also the best Batman movie. _Hero at Large_ Actor stops crime in costume. **Next** : serious movies that should have been comedies. ---
**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 18, 2017, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1676 "2017-05-18T14:40:26Z")
_Plan Nine From Outer Space_ Well, it was _intended_ seriously… _Memento_ Great movie; real comedic potential _Code of Honor_ Seagal impossible to take seriously Next: comedies that should have been serious 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 19, 2017, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1677 "2017-05-19T01:47:33Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: comedies that should have been serious movies _The Hot Chick_ The movie needs something different. _Forrest Gump_ Making fun of dumb people? _The Hottie and the Nottie_ Was serious film in 1918\*. **Next** : films of Mary Pickford. \*_Stella Maris_, starring Mary Pickford. Not a great film, but a pretty darned good one. ---
**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 19, 2017, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1678 "2017-05-19T11:43:14Z")
_The Taming of the Shrew_ Who’d believe a shrewish Mary? _The Little Princess_ Shirley Temple did it better. _The Eagle’s Mate_ Anemone Breckenridge’s a great name. **Next:** Movies you should see if only for the costumes ---
**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 19, 2017, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1679 "2017-05-19T13:33:59Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > **Next:** Movies you should see if only for the costumes _Alice in Wonderland_ (1933) Paramount’s odd film got panned. _King Kong_ (1976) Baker costume only good thing. _The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert_ Great film with great costumes. **Next** : bad to mediocre films worth seeing for one good performance. ---
**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 21, 2017, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1680 "2017-05-21T01:19:50Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > **Next** : bad to mediocre films worth seeing for one good performance. Did I make that too hard? I’ll do it: _Eleni_ Almost ruined Kate Nelligan’s career. _King Kong_ (1976) Rick Baker great as Kong _Alien 3_ Weaver is same old Ripley. **Next** : non sequitur redux: three more films with nothing in common. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494.md?page=83) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494.md?page=85)