# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c77e96/32.png) [@ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/21 "2003-11-03T15:25:54Z")
Angelheart: Can’t find my whole body with both hands! ---
**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, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/22 "2003-11-03T18:09:13Z")
**Star Wars Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace** - Pedophile Queen, naive kid, dying jedi, confused gungan. **Jurassic Park** - Man creates Dinosaur kills man. Woman rules world. **Amadeus** - Crazy composer. Pink wigged Mozart. Clean handed murder. **The Truman Show** - Truman is a captive in his perfect world. **Adaptation** - Nicholas Cage opposite himself, Ouroboros all over again. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/23 "2003-11-03T18:48:19Z")
**Memento** - Did I see this movie? I can’t remember. ---
**Author:** ![hocow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hocow/32/4112_2.png) [@hocow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hocow)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/24 "2003-11-03T20:22:22Z")
**Willy Wonka** - Little boy inherits chocolate factory and Oompah Loompahs. **Dogma** - Last scion stops two angels from entering Heaven. ---
**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, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/25 "2003-11-03T20:30:10Z")
**Michael** - I’m John Travolta, I’m cool! Look at me! **Phenomenon** - I’m John Travolta, I’m cool! Look at me! ---
**Author:** ![Wumpus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8c91f0/32.png) [@Wumpus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wumpus)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/26 "2003-11-03T20:51:10Z")
**Seven Samurai** (1956) - Noble samurai go out in style; peasants endure. **Annie Hall** (1977) - What we have here is a dead shark. **Kill Bill Vol. I** (2003) - What a tease! Bill’s barely in part one. **Mystic River** (2003) - When offered ride with strangers, seek (real) policemen. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/27 "2003-11-03T20:57:58Z")
**Koyannasquatsi** - Non-narrative pictoral essay sweeping US searching for vistas. **Fandango** - Disparate laundry pieces make for a crappy parachute. **Being There** - If you’re an idiot, metaphors are your friend. ---
**Author:** ![Achren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Achren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achren)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/28 "2003-11-03T21:11:02Z")
**Poltergeist** (1982) - Ghosts want girl to lead them to heaven **Poltergeist II: The Other Side** (1986) - Ghost leader still alive; wants girl; the end? **Poltergeist III** (1988) - I think he’s finally dead…a sequel? NO!! ---
**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/29 "2003-11-03T21:33:14Z")
**The Piano** (1993) - Harvey Keitel’s wang, Holly Hunter’s bush, both overgrown. **Event Horizon** (1997) - Ship around Uranus discovers hell, worst writing ever. **Pitch Black** (2000) - Too bad The Rock couldn’t rescue the plot. **Army of Darkeness** (1993) - Good, bad, I’m the guy with the gun! ---
**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 4, 2003, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/30 "2003-11-04T00:37:50Z")
**The Conformist** - Jean-Louis Trintignant plays a man with no backbone. **Sphere** - Weak Michael Chrichton novel, lousy Barry Levinson film. **The Towering Inferno** - Irwin Allen, Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, burning building. **Casablanca** - A love triangle, Nazis, and letters of transit. **Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie** - Mike, Tom and Crow mock Doctor Cal Meacham. **Animal Crackers** - Four Marxes, three paintings, and one befuddled dowager. **Rio Bravo** - John Wayne and Dean Martin arrest Claude Akins. ---
**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 4, 2003, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/31 "2003-11-04T02:03:35Z")
**Ocean Elevens (1960)** - The rat pack loses the cheese in cremation. ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/32 "2003-11-04T02:21:38Z")
**The Godfather** - The Don dies and badass Michael wants revenge ---
**Author:** ![HeatMiser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecd19e/32.png) [@HeatMiser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeatMiser)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/33 "2003-11-04T02:31:59Z")
**The Godfather** : “That’s my family, it’s not me. Oh, wait.” **The Godfather Part II** : Fredo is dumber than usual, Michael whacks him. **The Godfather Part III** : Even the Vatican can’t help families _this_ dysfunctional. ---
**Author:** ![HeatMiser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecd19e/32.png) [@HeatMiser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeatMiser)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/34 "2003-11-04T02:35:02Z")
Sorry **green\_bladder** , I didn’t mean to step on your contribution by repeating in such close proximity - I stepped away in mid-post and didn’t see that you had beat me to it. ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/35 "2003-11-04T02:36:18Z")
**West Side Story** : Hey Will, you pissed? Too much dancing anyway! ---
**Author:** ![DaisyFace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@DaisyFace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaisyFace)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/36 "2003-11-04T02:43:26Z")
**The Princess Bride** Best movie ever. Say it, “As you wish!” **Ocean’s Eleven (2001)** Not the rat pack, but mmmm… Brad Pitt **Pleasantville** Black and white or color, makes a difference. **A Mighty Wind** The whole cast plays their instruments - too funny. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/37 "2003-11-04T03:02:26Z")
**Gigli** - Why, god why? Dear god, why?! Why?? **Wwwwwwhhhhhyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!?!?!?!!** ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/38 "2003-11-04T03:10:32Z")
**The Shawshank Redemption** - Innocent man convicted, gains respect, wills himself, escapes. (No worries, **HeatMiser**. I’m surprised that the _The Godfather_ wasn’t done sooner ;)) ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/39 "2003-11-04T06:37:54Z")
**Darkman** ~ Neeson blows up ugly, ends with Campbell’s face. **The Ring** ~ Creepy video kills viewers, unless they make copies. **Elvira, Mistress of the Dark** ~ Cassandra Peterson vamps it up, shakes boobies. **Scanners** ~ Duelling psychics freak out, explode heads real good. ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/40 "2003-11-04T06:53:18Z")
**Tremors** ~ Underground worms attack, Bacon and Ward strike back! **Tremors 2** ~ The worms are back, mutated, hold the Bacon. **Tremors 3** ~ Flying butt blasters? Time to give it up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053.md?page=3)