# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/61 "2003-04-24T02:58:45Z")
I got one: A girl discovered a river, and that her parents she was seeking were actually back where she left them. ---
**Author:** ![cankerist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@cankerist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cankerist)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/62 "2003-04-24T03:06:05Z")
**Ellen Cherry** “Quirky heavy metal youngster exerts his right to life.” is it AI? ---
**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, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/63 "2003-04-24T04:08:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ellen Cherry \* > \*\ ***Unbelievably high-spirited and attractive women fail to kill one another, stay friends for life.** \*\* _Death Becomes Her_ ---
**Author:** ![Jabba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@Jabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jabba)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/64 "2003-04-24T09:30:03Z")
1. 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. _High Fidelity_? ---
**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, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/65 "2003-04-24T13:38:18Z")
**cankerist** , that one wasn’t mine! I guessed it wrong. **Protesilaus** , that’s a great answer and actually more accurate than the one I was thinking of. My description has more to do with my annoyance with the characters. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![knock\_knock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/22d042/32.png) [@knock\_knock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knock_knock)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/66 "2003-04-24T14:19:11Z")
1. New athletic facility generates higher than expected attendance. 2. Misdirected airplane struggles to arrive on time because of fear that tardiness will result in reprisal. 3. Criminals foiled by new security system. 4. Precocious student-athlete fixes problem in school’s plumbing system. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/67 "2003-04-24T14:44:12Z")
Parents rescue their abducted children, who have made friends with their fellow abductees. ---
**Author:** ![cankerist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@cankerist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cankerist)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/68 "2003-04-24T15:34:54Z")
**Ellen Cherry** – (thanks for correcting me!) Anyway, “Unbelievably high-spirited and attractive women fail to kill one another, stay friends for life.” Thelma and louise? ---
**Author:** ![HoviBaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HoviBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoviBaby)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/69 "2003-04-24T15:54:24Z")
Movie- 1. Though it would seem otherwise, children armed with Micro Machines are very hard to kill. 2. A brilliant man’s plans go awry when a homely southerner prevents him and his fiesty friends from having a well deserved vacation. ---
**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, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/70 "2003-04-24T16:26:24Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. 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. > > High Fidelity? Yep! (BTW, Jack Black is number # on my list of Favorite Rockinest Dudes) > [@](#): > > 1. After bad people “cut in” on the dance, no one gets to leave. Another hint to #2 - Grand opening, “I’m so bored”, then it just sinks fast. ---
**Author:** ![HoviBaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HoviBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoviBaby)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/71 "2003-04-24T16:32:55Z")
Im ready to conceed god-hood status to anyone who can get Dianes #2. She’s getting impatient people… ---
**Author:** ![HoviBaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HoviBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoviBaby)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/72 "2003-04-24T16:34:45Z")
Movie - Not-so-happy-go-lucky youngsters learn the hard way that heroin and child rearing don’t mix; nightmarish hilarity ensues!! ---
**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, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/73 "2003-04-24T16:44:27Z")
Trainspotting? ---
**Author:** ![HoviBaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HoviBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoviBaby)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/74 "2003-04-24T16:56:47Z")
There you go diane. Got a guess for my other 2? ---
**Author:** ![smam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@smam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smam)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/75 "2003-04-24T17:08:42Z")
**Diane** your number2 might be - Buffy the vampire slayer. smample (1) Kid cries a lot while his dad gets slapped around a bit smample (2) Guy looking for money scratches his stubble often ---
**Author:** ![Fang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/96bed5/32.png) [@Fang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fang)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/76 "2003-04-24T17:09:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by HoviBaby \* > **1. Though it would seem otherwise, children armed with Micro Machines are very hard to kill.** Home Alone? ---
**Author:** ![HoviBaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HoviBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoviBaby)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/77 "2003-04-24T17:11:50Z")
You got it. And I giggling like a little school girl at MY #2. I impress myself so much sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![smam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@smam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smam)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/78 "2003-04-24T17:21:02Z")
**Hovibaby** is your number 2 - the Shawshank Redemption ---
**Author:** ![HoviBaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HoviBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoviBaby)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/79 "2003-04-24T17:29:27Z")
Nope, Con Air. ---
**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, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/80 "2003-04-24T17:52:55Z")
Oh man! Why didn’t I get the Con Air!?!?! Nope, my number 2 isn’t Buffy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589.md?page=5)