# Five-word movie summary game !! SPOILERS !! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 8, 2002, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-summary-game-spoilers/122985 "2002-08-08T16:32:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![NYR407](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@NYR407](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NYR407)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-summary-game-spoilers/122985/101 "2002-08-20T13:51:25Z")
26: Working 9 to 5 It took a while because the NYR archives search is a lot slower than SD. 29: Jungle Fever meets Goodfellas ---
**Author:** ![NYR407](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@NYR407](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NYR407)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-summary-game-spoilers/122985/102 "2002-08-20T13:52:50Z")
Here another: 30: Goodfellas meets Godfather 2 ---
**Author:** ![sol.una](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@sol.una](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sol.una)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-summary-game-spoilers/122985/103 "2002-08-20T16:00:03Z")
Alien: Jaws in Space I’ve heard this was how the movie was pitched to the eventual production company. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-summary-game-spoilers/122985/104 "2002-08-20T20:07:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by robertliguori \* > \*\*Hacking, Halle Barry’s breasts. \*\* Swordfish ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-summary-game-spoilers/122985/105 "2002-08-20T21:24:37Z")
Die Hard - Scheiben der speigel (shoot the glass\*) Devine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood - Punishing me for Vegas trip:( Independence Day - War of the Worlds Remake Fight Club - Man battles with himself The Matrix - Like Dark City…with computers Dark City - Like Vanilla Sky…with aliens Vanilla Sky - Like Momento…but different Momento - …what was I talking about? - I’m guessing. Based on a German-English web sites translation of “to shoot at” and “glass or mirror” that sounds like what Hans said. ---
**Author:** ![heresiarch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@heresiarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heresiarch)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-summary-game-spoilers/122985/106 "2002-08-20T22:16:59Z")
Here’s a really tough one. I doubt anyone will be able to guess it: 1. Wedding. Wedding. Wedding. Wedding. Funeral. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-summary-game-spoilers/122985/107 "2002-08-21T03:50:21Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by msmith537 \* > Die Hard - Scheiben der speigel (shoot the glass_) > > - I’m guessing. Based on a German-English web sites translation of “to shoot at” and “glass or mirror” that sounds like what Hans said. He says “sheis (or scheiss) dem fenster,” though it is worth noting that [“the German that the terrorists speak is sometimes grammatically incorrect and meaningless.”](http://us.imdb.com/Trivia?0095016) And while I know the film as [_9 to 5_](http://us.imdb.com/Details?0080319), I will accept _Working 9 to 5_ as the correct answer. ---
**Author:** ![ryoushi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@ryoushi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryoushi)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-summary-game-spoilers/122985/108 "2002-08-21T09:45:47Z")
1. If it was “Wedding. Wedding. Wedding. Funeral. Wedding.” I might know it… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-summary-game-spoilers/122985/109 "2002-08-22T00:29:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KneadToKnow \* > He says “sheis (or scheiss) dem fenster,” though it is worth noting that [“the German that the terrorists speak is sometimes grammatically incorrect and meaningless.”](http://us.imdb.com/Trivia?0095016) Probably “schuss (or schiessen ) dem fenster” (shoot through the window)" Apparently “B” is something called a German umlaut that means “ss”. No wonder that guy looked at Hans like he had ten heads. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-summary-game-spoilers/122985/110 "2002-08-22T13:24:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by msmith537 \* > Probably “schuss (or schiessen ) dem fenster” (shoot through the window)" Apparently “B” is something called a German umlaut that means “ss”. No wonder that guy looked at Hans like he had ten heads. Where to start? 🙂 An umlaut is the two dots you see over vowels ä, ö, and ü in German. Other languages get other vowels. The character you’re referring to is ß, called “es-tset.” Despite the fact that it’s name literally means “s-z,” it gets transcribed as “ss” and, if memory serves, has been officially changed to “ss” by whomever in Germany declares such things. Back to the original question: Alas, I’ve just checked and my regiona 1 DVD (a) does not have German subtitles and (b) has “Speaking German” on the English subtitles anytime anyone is, well, speaking German. So, this is going to come down to what you hear versus what I hear. I hear the long _e_ vowel in a one-syllable verb, therefore I say it’s _scheiss_ (howsoever it is spelled). YMMV. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-summary-game-spoilers/122985/111 "2002-08-22T14:00:27Z")
Had to add my 14 year old daughter’s succinct review of **A River Runs Through It.** I thought it had something to do with familial love and respect, responsibility, art, and other such _deep_ stuff. When I asked my daughter what she thought about it, she replied, **"The hot guy dies."** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-summary-game-spoilers/122985.md?page=5)