# One sentence summaries - THE GAME **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 23, 2003, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589 "2003-04-23T14:24:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/21 "2003-04-23T16:03:22Z")
Right Jabba. ---
**Author:** ![HoviBaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HoviBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoviBaby)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/22 "2003-04-23T16:05:04Z")
In a town where white people can’t dance, one man shows them it is better to be able to dance and not to, than not be able to and try. ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/23 "2003-04-23T16:09:14Z")
Since we are on the man-made thing - A man attempts to recreate his death-by-lawnmower lost love. ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/24 "2003-04-23T16:11:12Z")
HoviBaby - Footloose ---
**Author:** ![HoviBaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HoviBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoviBaby)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/25 "2003-04-23T16:13:39Z")
Yep, and that’s how I understood the movie, anyway. Movie- Space exploration leads to Muppets, Muppets, Muppets!!! Hilarity insues! ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/26 "2003-04-23T17:17:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jabba \* > \*\*_GoodFellas_? \*\* Sorry, I was in a meeting. You got it, **Jabba** ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/27 "2003-04-23T17:25:57Z")
Drat! I just added several to the existing summaries thread and didn’t notice this one. I could have tried to stump y’all with those! Well, now I have the incentive to create more. (Like I need the prodding.) - Two miscreants struggle to deliver big man’s luggage. - Injury prompts latent voyurism at apartment complex. - Incarcerated psychiatrist cultivates high-level diversions. - In-depth chronicle of dinosaur rock band with language comprehension problems. ---
**Author:** ![Jabba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@Jabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jabba)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/28 "2003-04-23T17:30:09Z")
Injury prompts latent voyurism at apartment complex. _Rear Window_? Incarcerated psychiatrist cultivates high-level diversions. _Silence of the Lambs_ or _Manhunter/Red Dragon_? ---
**Author:** ![Short\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Short\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Short_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/29 "2003-04-23T17:35:27Z")
Hm. Let’s try something. For **Ellen Cherry** ’s summaries: 1. The Freshman? 2. Rear Window? 3. I have no idea. 4. Spinal Tap? And **HoviBaby** : Muppets from Spaaaace! (or possibly The empire strikes back :D) Summary + spoiler: Hitman carries his plant around a lot, blows himself up in the end. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/30 "2003-04-23T17:37:43Z")
Rear Window, The Silence of the Lambs and Spinal Tap are correct. Still taking guesses for \*\*\* Two miscreants struggle to deliver big man’s luggage.\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/31 "2003-04-23T17:38:45Z")
Summary + spoiler: Hitman carries his plant around a lot, blows himself up in the end. The Professional? ---
**Author:** ![Jabba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@Jabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jabba)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/32 "2003-04-23T17:39:25Z")
Hitman carries his plant around a lot, blows himself up in the end. _Leon_ aka _The Professional_ ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/33 "2003-04-23T17:47:48Z")
AKA The Last Time Natalie Portman Was Observed Actually Acting. ---
**Author:** ![dil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f04885/32.png) [@dil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dil)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/34 "2003-04-23T17:52:28Z")
#1 on Ellen Cherry’s list has gotta be Pulp Fiction ---
**Author:** ![Short\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Short\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Short_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/35 "2003-04-23T17:55:39Z")
_Leon_ is correct. Man writes a screenplay about a man writing a screenplay about a woman writing a book about a man growing flowers, while audience stops caring. ---
**Author:** ![HoviBaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HoviBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoviBaby)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/36 "2003-04-23T18:03:54Z")
Close, there Short guy. the answer we were looking for was: ‘Return of the Jedi’. ‘Return of the Jedi’. No points for you!!! Movie: Guy gets hit by a car in the first five minutes (fun), leads to 2.5 more hours of tedious dialouge (not fun). ---
**Author:** ![Short\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Short\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Short_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/37 "2003-04-23T18:08:18Z")
Sounds like _Meet Joe Black_, **HoviBaby** ---
**Author:** ![lachesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@lachesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lachesis)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/38 "2003-04-23T18:10:37Z")
**HoviBaby** , would that be _Misery_? ---
**Author:** ![HoviBaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HoviBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoviBaby)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/39 "2003-04-23T18:15:35Z")
You truely are a god, Short Guy Movie A crazy guy looks for a crazy guy hidden in a place filled with thousands of crazy guys; hilarity ensues! ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/40 "2003-04-23T18:26:30Z")
Man writes a screenplay about a man writing a screenplay about a woman writing a book about a man growing flowers, while audience stops caring. The Orchid Thief? Pulp Fiction is right, dil. Try this one – \*\* Southern boy lusts for Jewish psychiatrist.\*\* [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589.md?page=3)