# the 8 word movie archive **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 2, 2003, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053 "2003-11-02T23:45:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/1 "2003-11-02T23:45:38Z")
Alright folks, it’s high time we had a high quality 8 word archive of movies. That is to say, give the title and the year it came out and then you have 8 words to sum it up. Why 8? Because 7 was too hard and 9 was too easy. Or if you prefer, 7 8 9 (say it out loud… yes I’m a dork.) So I’ll start. **Blues Brothers** - Because they are on a mission from God. Now you go. ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/2 "2003-11-03T00:58:45Z")
[since the other mistitled thread was asked to be closed, I’ll re-post here] The Lion in Winter(1968):Those damn kids,AND my wife-don’t ask! ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/3 "2003-11-03T01:34:37Z")
**The Matrix** - Red pill, blue pill. Love. Truth. Martial Arts. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/4 "2003-11-03T01:57:28Z")
**Romeo and Juliet (1968)** Two whacky teens fall in love. - Hijinks ensue !!! ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/5 "2003-11-03T03:01:40Z")
**Labyrinth** - Maze to stolen baby leads to Bowie’s crotch. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/6 "2003-11-03T03:31:39Z")
**The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension** : Just what the title says minus one word ---
**Author:** ![Forty-Six\_Two](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/919ad9/32.png) [@Forty-Six\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Forty-Six_Two)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/7 "2003-11-03T04:23:32Z")
**Rocky II** - Underdog boxer fights flashy guy, wins this time! ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/8 "2003-11-03T04:33:42Z")
**Striptease** – Vegas headliner leaves, seeks better life as prostitute. ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/9 "2003-11-03T07:37:29Z")
**Friday the 13th** ~ Angry mom decides inattentive camp counselors must die. **Friday the 13th, Pt 2** ~ Not so dead son gets revenge for mom. **Friday the 13th, Pt 3** ~ Hey guys, let’s jump on the 3D bandwagon! **Friday the 13th, Pt 4** ~ Angry young Goonie kicks Jason Vorhees’ hockeymasked ass. or They really should have stopped with this one. **Friday the 13th, Pt 5** ~ Phony Jason hacks up mentally umbalanced young adults. **Friday the 13th, Pt 6** ~ Undead killer in a hockey mask returns. Whee. **Friday the 13th, Pt 7** ~ Whiny telekinetic chick brings Jason back once more. or Did anyone besides me even see this garbage? **Friday the 13th, Pt 8** ~ Jason hits Broadway, takes a bath in sewage. ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/10 "2003-11-03T07:49:02Z")
**Halloween** ~ Jamie Lee Curtis flees psychotic in William Shatner mask. **Halloween 2** ~ Donald Pleasance blows up Michael Meyers real good. **Halloween 3** ~ Magical masks, and no Meyers, makes decent flick. **Halloween 4** ~ Carpenter gives up, studio keeps cranking out garbage. **Halloween 5** ~ Hey, wait, isn’t this the exact same movie? **Halloween 6** ~ A secret society wants Meyers for unexplained reasons. **H20** ~ It’s not a sequel, it’s a bad remake. ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/11 "2003-11-03T07:56:08Z")
**Phantasm** ~ Creepy old man invades town with killer ball. **Phantasm 2** ~ The ball is back, but so is Reggie! **Phantasm 3** ~ The Ice Cream Man Cometh, one more time. **Phantasm 4** ~ We took it just one movie too far. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/12 "2003-11-03T08:05:52Z")
**Blazing Saddles** - Black Western sherriff fights with cowboys and imbeciles. **Citizen Kane** - It’s all about a old man’s dammed sled. **The Spy Who Loved Me** - James Bond and Russian chick thwart SSBN thief. **The Posiedon Adventure** - Shouting priest leads people through capsized luxury liner. **Airport 1975** - Pilots dead, so Karen Black has to fly. **China Seas** - Clark Gable fights with pirates and Jean Harlow. ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/13 "2003-11-03T08:08:59Z")
**Flash Gordon** ~ Quarterback makes friends, fights aliens with his football-fu. **Buck Rogers** ~ Astronaut takes long nap, wakes up with Twikki. **Monster Dog** ~ Alice Cooper shoots videos, turns into werewolf, dies. **Red Heat** ~ Shwartzenegger and Belushi fight crime as whacky partners. **Alien Nation** ~ Sykes and Francisco stop overdosing alien bad guys. ---
**Author:** ![A\_wizard\_song\_for\_thee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/46a35a/32.png) [@A\_wizard\_song\_for\_thee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_wizard_song_for_thee)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/14 "2003-11-03T08:12:04Z")
**Fight Club** - You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake. **Bring it on** - Cheerleaders-- smart, sexy and settle for second place. **Old School** - It’s Will Ferrell singing “Dust in the Wind!!” ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/15 "2003-11-03T08:20:21Z")
**Alien** ~ Monster on the ship? Let’s all split up! **Aliens** ~ Burke’s a weenie, Ripley kicks Alien Queen’s ass. **Alien[sup]3[/sup]** ~ Three writers and two directors really ruin movie. **Alien: Resurrection** ~ Entire genetic structure changed by facehugger? Okay, whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/16 "2003-11-03T08:35:42Z")
**Trilogy of Terror** ~ All you’ll remember is the Zuni fetish doll. **When a Stranger Calls** ~ The calls are coming from inside the house! [sub]Hell, that one wrote itself.[/sub] **The Stuff** ~ Marshmallow Fluff from outer space conquers the world. **Trick or Treat** ~ Skippy plays record backwards, summons dead rock star. ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/17 "2003-11-03T11:31:06Z")
**The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring** - 4 Hobbits, 1 elf, 1 dwarf, 3 humans. [Yes I know there is a flaw with this one but as far as they know in this story it is 3 humans] **The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers** - Much much awesomeness. Never doubt the old man. **The Italian Job (2003)** - “You’re not very bright are you? No? Perfect.” [adaptation of the quote of Lyle in the car watching Handsome Rob with the woman.] **Good Will Hunting** - How you like dem Apples? Damn Janitor Geniuses. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/18 "2003-11-03T11:55:13Z")
**Ghost World** (2001) Thora Birch drives off every person she knows **Dr. Strangelove** (1963) End of world’s not end of the world… **Training Day** (2001) Just do what your training partner says… Oops! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/19 "2003-11-03T13:21:22Z")
**Falling Down** - Yes! you actually are the bad guy, moron! ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/20 "2003-11-03T15:19:58Z")
Rear Window: Mind your own business and marry Grace Kelly! Vertigo: Things aren’t what they seem . . . or are they? The Birds: Sex will set you free–or kill you. The Trouble with Harry: A corpse who can’t lie still: Who dunnit? The Lady Vanishes: Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean you’re wrong. Family Plot: What the hell’s wrong with Karen Black’s eyes? Jamaica Inn: What the hell’s up with Charles Laughton’s eyebrows? Rebecca: It’s hard to find good help nowadays. . . . Help! Fire!!! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053.md?page=2)