# 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:** 90
**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 26, 2017, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1781 "2017-06-26T18:20:58Z")
films where the director is also one of the actors. (Doesn’t have to be the star, but cameos, like Hitchcock, don’t count; must be a character with lines.) _Ted_ - Seth MacFarlane Please stop giving Seth money _Leatherheads_ - George Clooney Wacky times and early pro football _Modern Times_ - Charlie Chaplan Little Tramp struggles with industrialization Next: Movies coming out this summer. ---
**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 26, 2017, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1782 "2017-06-26T20:29:50Z")
_Despicable Me 3_ And the franchise grinds on _Baby Driver_ Young car guy protects girlfriend _The House_ Ferrell, Poehler open illicit casino Next: More movies coming out this summer ---
**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 26, 2017, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1783 "2017-06-26T21:21:44Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: More movies coming out this summer _Wonder Woman_ Better than expected; surprisingly good. _Cars 3_ Franchise gets back on track. _Dunkirk_ Historical film: British Army evacuation. Next: Films that somehow or other, involve golf. ---
**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 26, 2017, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1784 "2017-06-26T22:46:04Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Next: Films that somehow or other, involve golf. _Caddyshack_ Gopher gives the best performance. _Happy Gilmore_ Hockey-golfer tries to save house. _Overboard_ Husband, “wife” build miniature course. **Next** : movies based on Daphne du Maurier novels or stories. ---
**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 27, 2017, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1785 "2017-06-27T02:14:08Z")
_Jamaica Inn_ Du Maurier didn’t like adaptation _Rebecca_ Great story; remade many times _My Cousin Rachel_ Second film of it coming Next: Movies featuring a rainy scene ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1786 "2017-06-27T02:32:16Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > _Jamaica Inn_ > Next: Movies featuring a rainy scene Blade Runner - like tears in the rain The Shawshank Redemption - Magical Negro white honkey jailbreak Matrix Revolutions - Bullet time rain can’t save Last man on Earth films (open to interpretation, but films where a significant amount of time is spent by the protagonist thinking he is the only man left alive on Earth) ---
**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 27, 2017, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1787 "2017-06-27T02:57:21Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > Last man on Earth films (open to interpretation, but films where a significant amount of time is spent by the protagonist thinking he is the only man left alive on Earth) WALL-E Not human-- last sentient being.\* The Last Man on Earth\* Except for the infected ones. _Planet of the Apes_ Taylor last kind; realizes late. **Next** : really simple movies that are still good. ---
**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 27, 2017, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1788 "2017-06-27T13:12:45Z")
_Nebraska_ Old coot wants his winnings _Cast Away_ Man and volleyball against Pacific _Stalingrad_ German troops hate Russian visit Next: Your favorite war 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:** [June 27, 2017, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1789 "2017-06-27T14:49:07Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: Your favorite war movies _Wings_ About WWI pilots. Best Picture. _Star Wars_ It has “Wars” in title. _Courage under Fire_ A guilty pleasure. Sue me. **Next** : movies about women in the military. ---
**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 27, 2017, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1790 "2017-06-27T18:31:04Z")
movies about women in the military. _G.I.Jane_ Demi becomes SEAL, shaves head _Megan Leavy_ Marine bonds with her dog _Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous_ Jessica rips off Private Benjamin Next: Movies featuring Special Operations Forces (Green Berets, SEALs, Rangers, SAS, etc.) ---
**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 27, 2017, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1791 "2017-06-27T19:31:47Z")
_The Green Berets_ Hey, it’s Wayne and Sulu! _The Eagle Has Landed_ German paratroopers come for Churchill _Zero Dark Thirty_ Bin Laden killed by SEALs Next: Movies featuring military helicopters ---
**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 27, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1792 "2017-06-27T21:32:37Z")
Movies featuring military helicopters _Fire Birds_ Apaches in Top Gun knock off _Blue Thunder_ Cop in chopper investigates murder _Black Hawk Down_ Chopper shot down in Somalia Next: Movies featuring fighter planes. ---
**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 27, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1793 "2017-06-27T21:38:31Z")
Top Gun Homoerotic volleyball metaphor for combat The Right Stuff Yeager wrecks NF-104 starfighter, ejects. Platoon F-4 drop snake and ape. Next up: Movie with fictional spacecraft that aren’t not star wars/trek ---
**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 27, 2017, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1794 "2017-06-27T22:31:59Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Next up: > Movie with fictional spacecraft that aren’t not star wars/trek _The Black Hole_ Disney attempts space movie genre. _Silent Running_ Bruce Dern saves Earth’s plantlife. _2010: Odyssey Two_ _Discovery_, HAL, back in service. Next: Movies that take place in three or more countries. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1795 "2017-06-28T00:49:14Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > _The Black Hole_ > Next: Movies that take place in three or more countries. Jason Bourne - Amnesia, Krav Maga, remembers!!..again Fast and Furious 7 - Turns out didn’t need Walker Captain America: Civil War - SHIELD employment contract dispute…FIGHT!! Russian / Soviet war movies (not necessarily made by Russia / USSR) ---
**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 28, 2017, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1796 "2017-06-28T01:12:23Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > Russian / Soviet war movies (not necessarily made by Russia / USSR) _Enemy at the Gates_ Sniper fights Battle of Stalingrad. _The Dawns Here are Quiet_ WWII Soviet commands female unit. _War and Peace_ (1966) Best foreign language Oscar 1969. **Next** : films starring (or featuring/co-starring) anyone who also appeared in an episode of _The Twilight Zone_. ---
**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 28, 2017, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1797 "2017-06-28T03:17:24Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > **Next** : films starring (or featuring/co-starring) anyone who also appeared in an episode of _The Twilight Zone_. _Batman_ (1966) Burgess Meredith: monocle; no glasses. _Star Trek: The Motion Picture_ (1979) William Shatner: no gremlins outside. _Moonraker_ Richard Kiel: still tall, hungry. Next: 1960s spy movies, not including James Bond films. ---
**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 28, 2017, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1798 "2017-06-28T03:22:35Z")
_All the President’s Men_ Redford dominates as reporter Woodward _Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan_ Shatner returns as Adm. Kirk _Rocky_ Meredith plays crusty old coach Next: 1960s spy movies, not including James Bond films. (Funny we both picked William Shatner and Burgess Meredith!) ---
**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 28, 2017, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1799 "2017-06-28T08:49:01Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next: 1960s spy movies, not including James Bond films. _The Spy Who Came in from the Cold_ Spy wants more cold war. _The Ipcress File_ Intelligence and counter-intelligence from Britain. \* The Manchurian Candidate\* Brainwashing makes assassin of POW. **Next** : spy movies from Hitchcock. ---
**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 28, 2017, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/1800 "2017-06-28T13:03:33Z")
_The Man Who Knew Too Much_ Jimmy Stewart knows too much. _North By Northwest_ Jimmy Stewart runs from planes. _Secret Agent_ John Gielgud is a spy. **Next:** Films of Dudley Moore. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494.md?page=89) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494.md?page=91)