Five-Word Movie Review

Leaving Las Vegas
Depressing, and not very good.

Greed (director’s cut)
8 hours once is enough.

House of 1,000 Corpses
No regrets, but once enough.
Next: movies you have seen too many times to count.

Predator
Mowing down jungle with bullets

The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
Too ridiculous to NOT watch

A Clockwork Orange
I’m thirsty for Moloko Plus

Next up:
Movies you’ve watched over and over for one specific scene

Titanic
Like to watch ship sink*

The Music Man
Always cry at final parade.

The Awful Truth
Irene Dunne funniest at end.
Next: very funny movies.

*Never actually seen the whole movie.

We’re The Millers
I don’t normally like lowbrow.

There’s Something About Mary
Funnier than it should be.

The Gold Rush
Chaplin’s funniest, in my opinion.
Next: The cinematic oeuvre of Don Knotts.

The Incredible Mr. Limpet
Animated; Knotts voices talking fish.

The Reluctant Astronaut
Comedic misunderstandings make film funny.

Pleasantville
Small role, but key character.

Next: Charlton Heston movies (not including any Planet of the Apes).

Soylent Green
Women referred to as furniture

The Omega Man
Watches Woodstock[sup]*[/sup] before killing mutants

In the Mouth of Madness
Plays director of Arcane Publishing

Next up:

More “No regrets, but once enough.”

*Was it woodstock that he watches in the theater all by himself in the beginning? I forget exactly.

Avatar
SFX were great; movie - meh.

Titanic
Too long, too commercially romantic.

The Curious Case of Mr. Benjamin Button
I liked the book better.
Next: Madonna’s movies

I believe it was. It’s been a while since I’ve seen the movie. Regardless, I’m glad that you chose The Omega Man, as I was hoping someone would. :slight_smile:

Okay, on to Madonna movies:

Desparately Seeking Susan
Better title: Desparately Seeking Talent.

A League of Their Own
She shines as center fielder.

Evita
Excellent casting; she sings beautifully!

Next: Films starring/featuring actors who got their start as rock/pop musicians.

Monster-in-Law (Jennifer Lopez)
I liked it. Just me.

Mask (Cher)
I remember old TV show.

Hairspray (Sonny Bono & Deborah Harry)
I’d watch more Harry.
Next: movies mentioned on The Big Bang Theory.

movies mentioned on The Big Bang Theory.

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Franchise exhausted with cheap sequel

Freaky Friday
Mother and daughter switch places

Stand By Me
Kids hike to find body

Next: Movies featuring Deborah Harry

Hairspray
The good one; the original.

Tales from the Darkside
Plays witch in frame story.

Satisfaction
I liked it; most hated.
Next: movies written by, or based on works by, Dorothy Parker.

A Star is Born
Got her nominated for Oscar

The Little Foxes
Helped out Hellman with screenplay

The Fan
Her last, blacklisted, in 1949

Next: Movies based on the works of Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
The picture only color shots.

The Importance of Being Earnest (1937)
One of BBC’s first movies.

The Story of a Bad Woman (1948)
Based on Lady Windermere’s Fan.
Next: mystery/detective films where the sole or lead detective is a woman.

V.I. Warshawski
Turner good, but movie flopped.

Miss Congeniality
FBI agent in… beauty pageant?!?

Whiteout
Federal marshal’s sleuthing in Antarctica

Next: Movies set in very cold places

Alive
Soccer team crashes in Andes.

The Thing
Alien crashes at the pole.

Misery
Colorado very cold in winter.
Next: movies set in very hot places.

-The Road Warrior (Mad Max 2)
Guy eats canned dog food

-Flight Of The Phoenix
Model plane nerd fixes things

-Cast Away
Hanks hits tooth with iceskate.

Next: Movies that take place underground (mostly)

City of Ember
Underground metropolis hides many secrets

Journey to the Center of the Earth
Dormant Icelandic volcano offers access

The Core
Drill deep - into laughable science!

Next: More films with laughable science

Ant-Man
Human heart wouldn’t work miniaturized.

Flash Gordon
Moon should’ve burned Earth’s atmosphere.

Armageddon
It just plain wouldn’t work!

Next: French Films (Hey, Happy Bastille Day!)

The Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle
Rohmer’s city mouse/country mouse.

The Story of Women
Isabelle Huppert as executed abortionist.

Les Diaboliques
Very, very, very, very suspenseful.
Next: more French films!

Jules and Jim
Truffault film, tragic romantic story.

La Grande Illusion
Renoir’s excellent wartime character study.

L’Argent de Poche (English title: Small Change)
Truffault comedy about kids’ lives.

Next: Australian films, not including any in the Mad Max franchise.