# 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:** 88
**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 21, 2017, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1741 "2017-06-21T01:10:00Z")
_The Green Mile_ One of Steven King’s best… \* Shawshank Redemption\* (does life sentence count?) Except this one is better _Dead Man Walking_ I barely remember seeing it. If someone wants to fill in a third death row movie in place of Shawshank, go ahead. Next up: Movies featuring maimed or deformed main characters. ---
**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 21, 2017, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1742 "2017-06-21T02:18:57Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > _The Green Mile_ > One of Steven King’s best… > \* > Shawshank Redemption\* (does life sentence count?) > Except this one is better > > _Dead Man Walking_ > I barely remember seeing it. > > If someone wants to fill in a third death row movie in place of Shawshank, go ahead. > > Next up: > > Movies featuring maimed or deformed main characters. - Devil’s Knot\* Excellent fact-based account of WM3. Movies featuring maimed or deformed character: _Freaks_ Used real circus freak performers. _The Penalty_ Lon Chaney maimed by doctor. _Boxing Helena_ Helena loses all but head. _Next_: films where Dorothy Parker has a writing credit or a cameo appearance. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1743 "2017-06-21T06:23:45Z")
Another death row movie: _The Chamber_ Hackman, condemned; O’Donnell, lawyer: compelling! > [@RivkahChaya](#): > > _Next_: films where Dorothy Parker has a writing credit or a cameo appearance. _A Star is Born_ (1937) Starlet rises, old star falls. _Saboteur_ Not one of Hitchcock’s best. _The Little Foxes_ Dysfunctional Southern family; complicated plot. Next: Movies that take place all or partially on a train. ---
**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 21, 2017, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1744 "2017-06-21T06:40:25Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Next: Movies that take place all or partially on a train. _The Lady Vanishes_ Best of Hitch’s British Films. _Murder on the Orient Express_ Dame Agatha loved this one. _Runaway Train_ Two escaped convicts; nobody driving! ---
**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 21, 2017, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1745 "2017-06-21T06:45:22Z")
Missed edit window: **Next** : movies set on boat, raft, ocean-liner, military ship, what have you, almost exclusively. ---
**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 21, 2017, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1746 "2017-06-21T10:04:50Z")
_Big Broadcast of 1938_ All Star Ocean Liner Race. _Titanic_ With music by Celine Dion. _Opeation Petticoat_ Postwar comedy on a submarine. **Next:** Movies set in the future. ---
**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 21, 2017, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1747 "2017-06-21T11:08:57Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > **Next:** Movies set in the future. Movies set in the future of the time they were made, not necessarily still in the future of 2017. _Metropolis_ Dystopian future: haves & have-nots. _Destination Moon_ Realistic 50s moon flight film. _Alien_ Intergalactic salvage crew finds xenomorph. **Next** : movies about time travel. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1748 "2017-06-21T20:34:13Z")
Movies about time travel _Terminator_ Cyborg sent to kill Sarah _Primer_ Guys loop back for profit _Army of Darkness_ Mouthy jerk meets King Arthur Next: Bruce Campbell 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:** [June 21, 2017, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1749 "2017-06-21T21:14:44Z")
_Bubba Ho-Tep_ The finest Elvis/Mummy movie. _Spider-Man_ He named the webslinging hero. _Army Of Darkness_ Enunciation is oh, so important! Next: Woody Harrelson 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:** [June 21, 2017, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1750 "2017-06-21T21:35:31Z")
_Zombieland_ Woody wants a twinkie bad _The Hunger Games_ He’s previous winner turned alcoholic \* No Country for Old Men\* Plays a bounty hunter. Dies. Next up: Movies in theaters now! ---
**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 21, 2017, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1751 "2017-06-21T21:35:49Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Next: Woody Harrelson movies _Harper Valley P.T.A._ His first movie: “uncredited extra.” _Natural Born Killers_ Oliver Stone, Quentin Tarantino collaboration. _The People vs. Larry Flynt_ Talk about rooting for villain. **Next** : movies with a Blondie song. ---
**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 21, 2017, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1752 "2017-06-21T21:40:53Z")
**Movies in theaters now** :\* Wonder Woman\* Gal Gadot is really wonderful. _Cars 3_ Better than 2; almost 1. _My Cousin Rachel_ Looking forward: du Maurier adaptation. **Next** : movies with a Blondie song. ---
**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 22, 2017, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1753 "2017-06-22T16:54:16Z")
Movies in theaters now: _Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie_ Kids’ book series goes Hollywood _Cars 3_ Better reviews than I’d guess _Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2_ Still really wanna see it ETA: Next: movies with a Blondie song ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1754 "2017-06-22T20:28:04Z")
movies with a Blondie song _Mean Girls_ (One Way or Another) Sociological study in high school **The Bitch** (Denis) Joan Collins in Title Role **Zach and Miri Make a Porno** (Dreaming) Friends try porn for cash Next: Movies with a Ramones song ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1755 "2017-06-22T21:35:43Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > Next: Movies with a Ramones song _Daddy Day Care_ (“I Wanna Be Sedated”) Unfunny Eddie Murphy movie, pass. _Detroit Rock City_ (“I Wanna Be Sedated”, “Blitzkreig Bop”) Detroit? Nope. Filmed in Toronto. _Rock 'n Roll High School_ (too many to list) Not your average school movie. Next: Movies about American football. ---
**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 22, 2017, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1756 "2017-06-22T21:44:43Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > Next: Movies with a Ramones song _National Lampoon’s Vacation_ (“Blitzkrieg Bop”) Family has many on-road misadventures. _Billy Madison_ (“Beat on the Brat”) Adam Sandler must repeat school. _House of 1,000 Corpses_ (“Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue”) Search for Urban Legends successful. **Next** : movies about American football. ---
**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 22, 2017, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1757 "2017-06-22T21:51:22Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Next: Movies about American football. _Windrunner_ Ghost coaches high school player. _Brian’s Song_ James Caan plays dying player. _Remember the Titans_ Black coach of integrated team. **Next** : Isabelle Huppert 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 23, 2017, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1758 "2017-06-23T17:51:17Z")
_La Pianiste_ Messed-up piano teacher has fling _Cactus_ Starred in 1986 Australian drama _Madame Hyde_ Her next, due next year Next: Gérard Depardieu 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:** [June 23, 2017, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1759 "2017-06-23T18:43:33Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Gérard Depardieu films _The Return of Martin Guerre_ What, when did Bertrande know? _At Night All Cats are Crazy_ Playwright entertains niece with stories. _The Man in the Iron Mask_ The DiCaprio all-star mess. Bleh. **Next** : Julie Delpy movies. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2017, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1760 "2017-06-24T07:16:25Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > **Next** : Julie Delpy movies. _But I’m a Cheerleader_ RuPaul is not in drag. _An American Werewolf in Paris_ Revival of an uninteresting franchise. _Avengers: Age of Ultron_ She had a cameo only. Next: Peter Sellers movies. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494.md?page=87) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494.md?page=89)