It
Pennywise scares; second half’s dull.
The Running Man
Arnold Schwarzenegger kills Richard Dawson.
Pet Sematary
Let’s go see *Frankenweenie *instead.
Next:
Chick Flicks
Wuthering Heights
Lots o’ angst among Brits.
Titanic
Doomed romance on sinking ship.
Terms of Endearment
Mother, daughter deal with sorrows.
Next: Harrison Ford movies.
Harrison Ford movies:
Witness:
Amish Paradise without Weird Al.
*Star Wars *(the original):
Some call me Space Cowboy.
Raiders of the Lost Ark:
Adventuring archeologist, and melting Nazis.
Next: Best Picture Oscar Winners.
Crash
The cinematic James K. Polk…*
Forrest Gump
Manchild sees everyone, does everything.
The Godfather, Part 2
Top of the World, Pop.
*The “Dark Horse” president.
Next: Whodunits
Whodunits:
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Detective investigates death by piano.
Murder on the Orient Express:
So-called strangers on a train.
Murder by Death:
Detective parodies investigate runaway Twain.
Next: Sandra Bullock films.
Sandra Bullock films.
Speed
Sandra falls for Keanu Reeves.
The Proposal
Sandra falls for Ryan Reynolds.
Gravity
Sandra just falls and falls…
Next:
Hitchcock films.
Psycho
Innkeeper is a homicidal maniac.
The Trouble WIth Harry
Dead guy keeps popping up
Rear Window
Voyeur thinks he’s uncovered murder.
The Birds
Feathered friends on killing spree!
Frenzy
Englishman strangles chicks with necktie.
New topic: Mockumentaries
Just three movies, please, astorian. See Rule 1.
Mockumentaries:
This is Spinal Tap
Loudest band has ups, downs.
Best in Show
Dog lovers are weird, no?
A Mighty Wind
So earnest, but so clueless.
Next: Movies with a number in the title.
**Movies with a number in the title. **
Zero Hour
Unfunny predecessor to hilarious Airplane.
One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Troublemaking criminal gets a lobotomy
2 Fast 2 Furious
Cars driving fast, furious, again
Three Kings
Bumbling soldiers attempt gold heist
Next: “Grindhouse” movies.
"Grindhouse" movies:
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
Crime, fast cars, faster women.
Death Race 2000:
Cannonball Run, with real cannons.
Walking Tall:
Baseball bat takes on corruption.
Next: Animated feature films.
Animated feature films
Fantasia
Dinosaurs, Cernobog, Faeries, Mickey Mouse
Up!
You’ll cry in 15 minutes.
Allegro non Troppo
Disney was never like this.
Next:
Oscar-winners
Gone with the Wind
Enduring Lost Cause propaganda flick.
Braveheart
Don’t fuck with the Scots.
Casablanca
Bogie rules; wasn’t Ingrid lovely?
Next: One-word-title movies.
Oscar Winners:
How Green Was my Valley
Should have been Citizen Kane
Rocky:
Should have been Taxi Driver
Crash:
Should have been Brokeback Mountain
Next: Vietnam movies.
My post was four minutes before yours, Miller. Make sure you’re doing the latest “Next” category.
Vietnam movies:
Platoon
Charlie Sheen, an innocent? Really?!?
Forrest Gump
Heroism can sometimes surprise you.
Apocalypse Now
Never get off the boat.
Next: One-word-title movies.
Philadelphia
Gay lawyer gets legal vengeance.
Traffic
People deal with drug issues.
Gravity
Shit gets real in space.
Next: Coen Brothers films
Raising Arizona
Intertile trailer couple needs kid.
O Brother Where Art Thou?
Musical Odyssey through Depression Mississippi.
Fargo
Snow, greed, and woodchippers, Ja?
Next: Maureen O’Hara films
Maureen O’Hara Films
Miracle on 34th Street
It’s silly, but I believe!
The Quiet Man
Naughty bits are in Irish.
The Parent Trap
Why I had tubes tied.
Next:
Kaiju monsters!!!
Godzilla
Hydrogen bomb awoke sleeping tyrannosaurus.
Rodan
Giant pterodactyl blows Tokyo down.
Mothra
Tiny chicks’ pet caterpillar attacks!
Next: Woody Allen films
Sleeper
Immortalized “That’s a big chicken.”
Take the Money and Run
Very, very, very incompetent criminal.
Annie Hall
Diane Keaton at her best.
Next: George Lucas films.
George Lucas films
THX-1138
White sets are very dystopian.
Willow
Audiences couldn’t accept midget hero.
American Graffiti
Introducing Richard Dreyfuss, Harrison Ford.
Next:
Blackspoitation films