# 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:** 3
**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 4, 2003, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/41 "2003-11-04T06:59:03Z")
**Mondo Cane** (1962) Think New Guinea’s weird? Let’s watch your neighbors… ---
**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, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/42 "2003-11-04T07:01:16Z")
**Night of the Living Dead** ~ Zombies attack isolated farmhouse, only survivor gets shot. **Dawn of the Dead** ~ Let’s hide in this mall. Oh shit, bikers! **Day of the Dead** ~ Military scientists study zombies, then hell breaks loose. [sub]I’m still chuckling over “cowboys and imbeciles.” Brilliant![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/43 "2003-11-04T07:12:12Z")
The Usual Suspects: Now you see it, no you don’t, oops. The Sixth Sense: I see dead people. I see you too. Se7en: He who fights monsters must take care, Brad. Fight Club: It disturbs me how much sense this makes. First Blood: Sometimes nonintervention is the best course, okay chief? The Ring: Little girls can be very very fucking scary. Showgirls: Some writers get paid way too fucking much. Heat: Great cast. Great story. Hire a good editor. Snatch: Wallsagoodmovie, budferfucksake, yagaddaguynahbdykinfuckinunnerstan; sahayagunkeepemwatchin, hesamainkarkter, sanizjahbtho, goodonya, misterRitchie. ---
**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, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/44 "2003-11-04T09:06:39Z")
**Strange Brew** ~ Two hosers stumble onto mind control beer plot. **Up In Smoke** ~ If someone yells “Cops!” don’t eat your stash. **Things Are Tough All Over** ~ Two stoners deliver car, meet chicks, get baked. **Zapped** ~ Whilst growing Super Weed, Chachi devlops psychic powers. ---
**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, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/45 "2003-11-04T14:12:54Z")
**Boondock Saints** - Veritas. Aequitas. Pennies on their eyes. Irish accents. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Bongo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a9adbd/32.png) [@Winston\_Bongo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Bongo)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/46 "2003-11-04T16:23:25Z")
**Back to the Future** – Don’t ever, ever, ever use a time machine. **Back to the Future II** – Seriously, don’t EVER use a time machine, okay? **Back to the Future III** – Wait, never mind! You make your own future. ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/47 "2003-11-04T19:27:15Z")
**Bottle Rocket** - Idiots rob bookstore, stay in motel, meet maid. **Rushmore** - Rich guy and student are hot for teacher. **The Royal Tenenbaums** - No one in Gene Hackman’s family likes him. ---
**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, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/48 "2003-11-04T21:48:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Skeezix \* > \*\*[sub]I’m still chuckling over “cowboys and imbeciles.” Brilliant![/sub] \*\* Pity it isn’t mine, I swiped it from the back of the DVD. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/49 "2003-11-04T23:40:48Z")
Kill Bill, Part 1: My God, what a huge piece of crap. Time Bandits: Dwarven thiefs kidnap unhappy child, hilarity ensues forthwith. Tremors: Kevin Bacon finds ass end of huge worm. Donnie Darko: Giant rabbit disturbs boy crushed by airplane engine. Pink Floyd’s The Wall: Small children singing in unison are extremely creepy. Run Lola Run: Lola runs to save Manni over and over. Requiem for a Dream: Addiction, pills, televison, heroin, great music, depressing stuff. Star Wars: Luke whines, joins with Solo, loses Obi-Wan Kenobi. Empire Strikes Back: Ewoks are related to Wookies? What the f\*ck? Return of the Jedi: Luke returns, love triumphs, the story finally ends. Unbreakable: Man finds other man who can’t be hurt. ---
**Author:** ![Spudo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Spudo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spudo)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/50 "2003-11-05T00:01:24Z")
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen: He is known for always telling the truth. ---
**Author:** ![Age\_Quod\_Agis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d07c76/32.png) [@Age\_Quod\_Agis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Age_Quod_Agis)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/51 "2003-11-05T00:31:52Z")
**Raiders of the Lost Ark** – Indiana Jones finds Ark of Covenant. Nazis die. **Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom** – Indiana Jones finds glowing stones. Indian slavemasters die. **Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade** – Indiana Jones finds Grail. Sean Connery lives. Dangit. **Sliver** – Sharon Stone gets naked. What else is new? **Boomerang** – Player Eddie Murphy gets played. Mmmmm, Halle Berry. **Titanic** – Forbidden love. At the end, boat sinks. Duh. **Memento** – killer. wife’s for looks problem memory with Man **Chicago** – Nationwide, male moviegoers appear sensitive to their dates. **Braveheart** – Mel Gibson fights for Scotland’s future, “Freeeeedooom!,” mullets. **Jacob’s Ladder** – Er, uh, ahhh, hmmmm. Well, ummm, uh. Huh? **Blue Crush** – Beautiful women in bikinis. Who needs a plot? **The Hunt for Red October** – Sub captain “switches sides.” Baldwin pursues. Homoeroticism abounds. ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/52 "2003-11-05T05:00:22Z")
**The Terminator** ~ Time travelling robot tries to kill enemy’s mother. \*\*Terminator 2: Judgement Day[b/] ~ Arnie returns as the good guy, gets terminated. **Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines** ~ No paradox after all. Nuclear fireworks display. Pretty. And a prediction: **Terminator 4: Rise of the Humans** ~ Governator unavailable. Despite being best sequel, it tanks. ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/53 "2003-11-05T05:01:55Z")
Always preview, or bad coding bites your ass. ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/54 "2003-11-05T06:34:17Z")
**The Stuntman** - Peter O’Toole has extra balls, gives pair away. **After Hours** - Kafka and Welles, distilled by Scorsese et al. **Dead Man** - Reincarnated poets with guns just won’t play? Absurd! **Drugstore Cowboy** - Hats on beds are a really bad idea. **Slap Shot** - Violence sells. What will “next big thing” be? **PeeWee’s Big Adventure** - The Bicycle Thief was kinda a downer, comparatively. ---
**Author:** ![Wumpus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8c91f0/32.png) [@Wumpus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wumpus)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/55 "2003-11-05T17:05:38Z")
**A Christmas Story** - An air rifle? You’ll shoot your eye out! **It’s a Wonderful Life** - Things look bad; still, they could be worse. **Miracle on 34th Street** - Santa Claus lives and he’s working at Macy’s. **Silent Night, Deadly Night** - Santa lives – and he’s gonna chop you good! ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/56 "2003-11-06T04:58:31Z")
**Predator** ~ Alien hunter stalks mercenaries, takes skulls as prizes. **Predator 2** ~ Hunters return, this time in LA. Carnage ensues. or Bill Paxton dies in yet another sci-fi flick. Another prediction: **Aliens vs Predator** ~ Two wildly entertaining franchises, ruined by studio hacks. ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/57 "2003-11-06T05:41:13Z")
**The Thing** ~ Alien shapeshifter attacks: You’ve gotta be fucking kidding. **Escape from NY** ~ You don’t mess with Plissken. Call me Snake. **Escape from LA** ~ Snake Plissken returns. Welcome to the human race. **Big Trouble in Little China** ~ Egg Shan could kick Yoda’s wrinkled green butt. ---
**Author:** ![Wumpus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8c91f0/32.png) [@Wumpus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wumpus)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/58 "2003-12-17T03:52:45Z")
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – Swords and combs: easily lost, hard to regain. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/59 "2003-12-17T04:57:24Z")
**Strange Brew** : Beer, beer, beer, beer, beer, beer. Beauty, eh? **Festen (The Celebration)**: Dad’s party uncovers abuse. Tie son to tree! ---
**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/60 "2003-12-17T05:52:39Z")
**Kentucky Fried Movie** - He infiltrated my fortress? Take him to Detroit! **Airplane!** - Gags, Leslie Nielsen, jive, gags, and funny names. **Airplane! 2** - Liked the jokes in _Airplane!_? Hear them again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053.md?page=4)