# One sentence summaries that miss the point -- The Game
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166
**Category:** The Game Room
**Created:** [March 20, 2009, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166 "2009-03-20T14:59:49Z")
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2009, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/1 "2009-03-20T14:59:49Z")
Although I didn’t contribute to the zombie portion of [One sentence summaries that miss the point](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=170124) which was started 03-16-2003, 03:15 AM by **3trew** and which has run for 5 pages up through 03-14-2009 02:48 PM (by **The Tofu Kitty** ) with 236 Replies and 8,092 Views, nor to the “revival” which began with [this post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10881693&postcount=204) with approval in [this post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10890696&postcount=209), I do see some potential for a flip-flop sort of game.
Simple rules:
1. Either rip off one of the entries from that thread or, better still, create one of your own, with the one-sentence summary as your guideline, and post it as a “clue” to a movie that has a decent chance of having been seen by at least a dozen Dopers.
2. To respond to a clue, quote the clue, guess that movie, and, if you want to, post a new summary of your own.
3. When somebody guesses your movie, quote their guess and say Yea or Nay as to the correctness of the guess.
4. Lather, rinse, repeat.
A starter (deliberately weak):
Movie #1: Enough crooks to form a football team decide to have some extra fun in Vegas
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### Author:  [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2009, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/2 "2009-03-20T16:53:05Z")
Thanks for linking to that thread; there’s some pretty funny stuff in there.
#1 - Ocean’s Eleven
clue #2 - Some pesky aliens keep redecorating the place.
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2009, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/3 "2009-03-20T16:59:41Z")
> [@Justin\_Credible](#):
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> Thanks for linking to that thread; there’s some pretty funny stuff in there.
>
> #1 - Ocean’s Eleven
>
> clue #2 - Some pesky aliens keep redecorating the place.
Your #1 guess is correct. You’re welcome for the link; it is a fun thread. I’m trying to isolate your #2. Not Ghostbusters, is it?
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### Author:  [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2009, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/4 "2009-03-20T17:15:36Z")
Nope.
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### Author:  [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2009, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/5 "2009-03-20T17:31:00Z")
> [@Justin\_Credible](#):
>
> Thanks for linking to that thread; there’s some pretty funny stuff in there.
>
> #1 - Ocean’s Eleven
>
> clue #2 - Some pesky aliens keep redecorating the place.
Need more info!
For now I’ll guess Independence Day
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2009, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/6 "2009-03-20T17:45:54Z")
#3 Southern lady and chaffeur discuss race relations.
#4 Young couple decides to relieve rich couple of a spare child.
#5 Kooky taxidermist in drag surprises motel guest.
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### Author:  [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2009, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/7 "2009-03-20T17:50:09Z")
Movie #2, clue #1 - Some pesky aliens keep redecorating the place.
Movie #2, clue #2: A man tries to take a trip to the beach, but keeps getting lost.
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2009, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/8 "2009-03-20T17:52:06Z")
> [@Justin\_Credible](#):
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> Movie #2, clue #1 - Some pesky aliens keep redecorating the place.
>
> Movie #2, clue #2: A man tries to take a trip to the beach, but keeps getting lost.
I hope this means Planet of the Apes.
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### Author:  [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2009, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/9 "2009-03-20T18:02:56Z")
Wrong again, Zeldar.
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### Author:  [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2009, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/10 "2009-03-20T18:03:42Z")
> [@Justin\_Credible](#):
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> Movie #2, clue #1 - Some pesky aliens keep redecorating the place.
>
> Movie #2, clue #2: A man tries to take a trip to the beach, but keeps getting lost.
_Dark City._
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### Author:  [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2009, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/11 "2009-03-20T18:07:01Z")
> [@Zeldar](#):
>
> #3 Southern lady and chaffeur discuss race relations.
> #4 Young couple decides to relieve rich couple of a spare child.
> #5 Kooky taxidermist in drag surprises motel guest.
_Driving Miss Daisy_, _Raising Arizona_, and _Psycho._
Couple more, to keep the game going:
#6 Prohibition era Irish American devises novel way of paying off gambling debts.
#7 An interest in scale models leads to an unusual encounter on top of a mesa.
#8 Story time with grandpa.
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2009, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/12 "2009-03-20T18:17:38Z")
> [@Miller](#):
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> _Driving Miss Daisy_, _Raising Arizona_, and _Psycho._
>
> Couple more, to keep the game going:
>
> #6 Prohibition era Irish American devises novel way of paying off gambling debts.
> #7 An interest in scale models leads to an unusual encounter on top of a mesa.
> #8 Story time with grandpa.
Correct on all three of mine.
#6 Miller’s Crossing?
#7 Close Encounters of the Third Kind?
#8 That Al Pacino movie with some number of bits in the title?
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### Author:  [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2009, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/13 "2009-03-20T18:18:49Z")
> [@Miller](#):
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> _Dark City._
Ding ding ding! We have a weiner!
> [@Miller](#):
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> #8 Story time with grandpa.
The Princess Bride?
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2009, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/14 "2009-03-20T18:33:18Z")
#9 Disgruntled transportation worker shaves his head and attends a political rally
#10 Slovenly private eye takes a strange case and visits Louisiana
#11 A young man has a transformative experience involving a common pest
#12 A young Englishman learns to ride a camel
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### Author:  [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2009, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/15 "2009-03-20T18:47:07Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar]
#10 Slovenly private eye takes a strange case and visits Louisiana
[/quote]
[Scooby Doo on Zombie Island!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scooby-Doo_on_Zombie_Island)😃
Oh, and #9 Taxi Driver and #11 The Fly
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2009, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/16 "2009-03-20T18:51:25Z")
> [@pravnik](#):
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> [Scooby Doo on Zombie Island!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scooby-Doo_on_Zombie_Island)😃
>
> Oh, and #9 Taxi Driver and #11 The Fly
Taxi Driver and The Fly are right. I can’t dispute the #10 answer, but it’s not the one I had in mind. So half credit?
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### Author:  [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2009, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/17 "2009-03-20T18:54:56Z")
> [@Zeldar](#):
>
> Taxi Driver and The Fly are right. I can’t dispute the #10 answer, but it’s not the one I had in mind. So half credit?
I’ll take it. 🙂
#13 Man with unfortunate haircut likes games of chance.
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### Author:  [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2009, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/18 "2009-03-20T18:58:00Z")
> [@pravnik](#):
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> I’ll take it. 🙂
>
> #13 Man with unfortunate haircut likes games of chance.
No Country for Old Men. Also The Dark Knight. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2009, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/19 "2009-03-20T18:58:06Z")
> [@pravnik](#):
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> I’ll take it. 🙂
>
> #13 Man with unfortunate haircut likes games of chance.
This could be The Deer Hunter!
Simulpost! All could be wrong!
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### Author:  [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2009, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/20 "2009-03-20T18:58:39Z")
**Zeldar** got my first two, and **Justin** my third.
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