# 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:** 3
**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, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/41 "2003-04-23T18:27:04Z")
Oops. There goes my newly acquired godhood. Pity, that. I’m just going to repeat my summary here: “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:** ![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, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/42 "2003-04-23T18:28:36Z")
Oops again. Simulpost with Ellen Cherry. The Orchid Thief is the book. The film is called… ---
**Author:** ![Fibber\_McGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a6a055/32.png) [@Fibber\_McGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibber_McGee)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/43 "2003-04-23T18:33:06Z")
Here we go: 1. “An actor receives unwanted guests.” 2. “An eclectic group of people band together to prevent a home invasion by overbearing stiffs.” 3. “Real estat concerns drive desperate kids underground.” 4. “Quirky heavy metal youngster exerts his right to life.” 5. “A man attempts to reconcile with his estranged wife on the holidays, complications ensue.” ---
**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, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/44 "2003-04-23T18:33:51Z")
Here’s another – **Italian tradesman’s attempt at foster parenting goes awry.** ---
**Author:** ![Fibber\_McGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a6a055/32.png) [@Fibber\_McGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibber_McGee)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/45 "2003-04-23T18:36:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by HoviBaby \* > \*\*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! \*\* Where’s Waldo: The Movie? 😃 Seriously, I dunno. My only other guess is Shock Corridor, but that’s probably too obscure a movie for this game . . . ---
**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, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/46 "2003-04-23T18:40:13Z")
1. “An eclectic group of people band together to prevent a home invasion by overbearing stiffs.” Night of the Living Dead 4. “Quirky heavy metal youngster exerts his right to life.” Edward Scissorhands 1. “A man attempts to reconcile with his estranged wife on the holidays, complications ensue.” Die Hard! ---
**Author:** ![Fibber\_McGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a6a055/32.png) [@Fibber\_McGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibber_McGee)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/47 "2003-04-23T18:55:02Z")
Ellen Cherry: 1. Yup 2. Nope 3. Yup ---
**Author:** ![Kantalooppi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@Kantalooppi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kantalooppi)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/48 "2003-04-23T19:04:45Z")
Hooligans foil a plan a genius has for cognitive improvement of his compatriots. Conflict over speech issues has religious implications. ---
**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, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/49 "2003-04-23T19:16:19Z")
Mine was “Apocalypse Now”, and Ellen’s is the Prince of Tides. P.S. The sad part is that it is only a matter of time before “Where’s Waldo?: The Movie” is made. Stupid Miramax!!! And yes, I think we have to make sure that these are movies/books that anyone is likely to have seen/read. Book- Part 1: Big guy shows up, tells everyone to do what he says, or risk getting turned into a condiment. Part 2: Little guy shows up, says he’s sorry, but the big guy was wrong, and there will be no more condiment changing going on. At least for awhile. ---
**Author:** ![Hobie\_the\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e99b99/32.png) [@Hobie\_the\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hobie_the_One)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/50 "2003-04-23T19:20:39Z")
**Shortguy** Adaptation is the movie. ---
**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, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/51 "2003-04-23T19:26:43Z")
By the way Ellen, “Dude who got raped pines for chick with giant nose” would have been a better description of Prince of Tides. For the record… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hobie\_the\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e99b99/32.png) [@Hobie\_the\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hobie_the_One)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/52 "2003-04-23T19:33:20Z")
… And **HoviBaby** that book would probably be the Bible. ---
**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, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/53 "2003-04-23T19:34:24Z")
1. Sshhhhhhhhhhhh what was that? F_ck f_ck f\*ck. Running in the woods makes me nauseous. 2. After bad people “cut in” on the dance, no one gets to leave. 3. This movie isn’t on my Top 5 Best Film list even though one of the actors made my Top 5 Favorite Rockinest Dude list. Did anyone catch my “A man attempts to recreate his death-by-lawnmower lost love.”? Hint - it’s a cult classic. ---
**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, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/54 "2003-04-23T19:40:27Z")
1: Blair Witch Project 2: Carrie 3: No Idea Movie "Things are scarier until you find out IT’S A GIANT F@\ **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, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/55 "2003-04-23T19:42:20Z") Blair Witch is correct. Carrie is not. ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/56 "2003-04-23T22:39:18Z")
Diane…FRANKENHOOKER. ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/57 "2003-04-24T01:18:05Z")
YAY! You are correct bluethree! ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/58 "2003-04-24T01:19:28Z")
Anyone know my numbers 2 and 3 yet? ---
**Author:** ![Protesilaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Protesilaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Protesilaus)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/59 "2003-04-24T02:00:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ellen Cherry \* > \*\*Here’s another – > > **Italian tradesman’s attempt at foster parenting goes awry.** \*\* _Pinocchio_? ---
**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 24, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/60 "2003-04-24T02:50:12Z")
Yay! **Protesilaus** you are correct. **HoviBaby** , regarding The Prince of Tides, I was referring to the book not the movie, which I haven’t seen. The Jewish psychiatrist’s big characteristic there is her long black hair, which Conroy moons over incessently. LOL Diane, you’ve stumped me! Here’s one: **Unbelievably high-spirited and attractive women fail to kill one another, stay friends for life.** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589.md?page=4)