# 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:** 4
**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, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/61 "2003-12-17T05:57:31Z")
**Master & Commander** - A dramatic storm scene ruined by red dots. **Twelve Angry Men** - Secret racist on jury gets the silent treatment. **The Brain That Wouldn’t Die** - She’s not a brain, and she does die. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mullets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/aeb1de/32.png) [@John\_Mullets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mullets)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/62 "2003-12-17T08:50:36Z")
**Bad Taste** - Vomit drinking aliens. Exploding sheep. What’s a plot? **Braindead** - Mum’s a zombie. Don’t let the neighbours know! **Killer Klowns from Outer Space** - Cheese. Lame effects. **Return of the Living Dead** - George A. Romero will be displeased. **Return of the Living Dead 2** - More rehash. More zombies. Less intelligence. **Return of the Living Dead 3** - Less zombies. No entertainment. No humour. **Undead** - Cop swears. Farmer backflips. Zombies die. Blood splatters. ---
**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, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/63 "2003-12-17T13:02:09Z")
Did you give up on counting to eight? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/64 "2003-12-18T03:17:05Z")
**Hoosiers** : Team from small school wins state basketball championship. **The Out-of-Towners** (1970): Lemmon, Dennis take nightmare trip to Big Apple. **Diner** : Don’t marry a girl unless she knows football! **American Graffiti** : Everyone listens to Wolfman Jack; Suzanne Somers teases. ---
**Author:** ![aaaaaarrgg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@aaaaaarrgg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aaaaaarrgg)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/65 "2003-12-18T03:40:47Z")
**say anything** : ‘in your eyes,’ need i say any more? **moulin rouge** : let’s remake pop songs and induce seizures worldwide !!! **finding nemo** : suddenly cartoons are cool again. phew! mine! mine! ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/66 "2003-12-18T08:58:58Z")
**Requiem for a Dream** : Addiction’s triumph over the human spirit That really is the appropriate summary, but it’s only 6 words. How about: Addiction’s triumph over the human spirit - Lesbian Anal! ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/67 "2003-12-22T06:22:46Z")
**The Last Dragon** ~ Soul brother like no other uses the force. **Enter the Dragon** ~ Bruce Lee kicks everyone’s ass; some guys, twice. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/68 "2003-12-22T07:37:00Z")
**Scarface** - Pacino sells coke, kills people, then gets killed. **Easy Rider** - Sell coke, drive across the country, get killed. **Fresh** - Kid tricks coke dealers. They kill each other. ---
**Author:** ![TridCloudwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@TridCloudwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TridCloudwalker)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/69 "2003-12-22T08:37:04Z")
**American Beauty** (1999) - Look closer. Beauty of bag hurts. I rule! ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/70 "2003-12-22T15:59:47Z")
**The Big Lebowski** - The Dude abides. Shut the fuck up, Donnie. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/71 "2003-12-22T16:22:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by quiltguy154 \* > \*\*[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! \*\* **Lion in Winter** :What family doesn’t have its ups and downs? BTW, it’s on DVD now. Huzzah! ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/72 "2003-12-22T17:20:12Z")
**Bubba Ho-Tep** - Old Elvis and black JFK fight evil mummy **Free Enterprise (1998)** - sci-fi fans have women problems but meet Shatner **Office Space** - office work is hell but Milton gets revenge **Secretary (2002)** - masochistic girl meets sadistic lawyer and they play **Six-String Samurai** - Buddy Holly with sword and guitar fights Death **Teenage Caveman (2001)** - Larry Clark remakes **Kids** but in post-apocalyptic future ---
**Author:** ![Yamirskoonir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/c0e974/32.png) [@Yamirskoonir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yamirskoonir)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/73 "2003-12-22T18:54:53Z")
**Reservoir Dogs** - Mr. White’s psychotic; every other word is “fuck!” OR “Why do I have to be Mr. Pink?” **From Dusk till Dawn** - Best action/horror film ever. Clooney is hot. **Pulp Fiction** - Chaotic, disparate stories all connect in the end. **Kill Bill Vol.1** - Why two parts? You tease! Uma kicks ass. **Jackie Brown** - Annoying bitch gets capped, Foxy Pam gets rich! ---
**Author:** ![blainer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a698b9/32.png) [@blainer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blainer)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/74 "2003-12-22T19:02:49Z")
**This is Spinal Tap** : Secret of Success? Amps go to Eleven. ---
**Author:** ![blainer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a698b9/32.png) [@blainer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blainer)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/75 "2003-12-22T19:02:50Z")
**This is Spinal Tap** : Secret of their Success? Amps go to Eleven. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/76 "2003-12-22T19:47:28Z")
**Network** : Contemporary Shakespearian tragedy that lampoons network news divisions. **High Anxiety** : Even the dry Alfred Hitchcock would have laughed. **Go** : Christmas in L.A. & Vegas Generation X style. **Steam** : Italian entrepreneur with inherited hamam briefly finds himself. **True Romance** : Sex becomes love - with a violent, happy ending. **Starship Troopers** : “It’s an evil planet. It’s a bug planet.” **Nine Queens** : The Sting, Argentinean style. Stamps replace thoroughbreds. **Dirty Harry** : A renegade SF cop’s brand of frontier justice. **Funny Games** : Austrian thriller more disturbing than Zorn’s acid jazz. **The Rutles** : A Beatles mockumentary. “All you need is cash”. Covered Already: **Blazing Saddles** : Hold out your hands, laugh off yer tush, **Se7ev** : Vanity, Envy, Gluttony, Lust, Wrath, Greed, Sloth. Amazing. **Jacob’s Ladder** : Cinematic Twilight Zone episode unfaithful to the book. **Godfather** : Copolla makes you a masterpiece you can’t refuse. **Aliens** : On Jupiter’s moon, someone can hear you scream. **Pulp Fiction** : Sensational lives, illusion and fate captured on celluloid. ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/77 "2003-12-22T20:09:29Z")
**LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring** ~ Hairy midgets set out to destroy evil bling-bling. **LOTR: The Two Towers** ~ “Spread out! We’ll do more damage that way.” **LOTR: The Return of the King** ~ Hobbits bow to no one. Ringbearer sets sail. And the hopeful prediction: **The Hobbit** (2006) ~ You thought the _Smaug_ in LA was bad? ---
**Author:** ![dav01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8491ac/32.png) [@dav01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dav01)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/78 "2003-12-22T20:09:56Z")
**Contact** : Jodie and Very Large Array find aliens, maybe… **My Cousin Vinnie** : New York boys in hicksville equals a laugh riot. **Goodfellas** : Mob. Guns. Drugs. Pasta. Long shots. Scorsese. Excellent. ---
**Author:** ![dav01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8491ac/32.png) [@dav01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dav01)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/79 "2003-12-22T20:11:35Z")
I mean: **My Cousin Vinny** : New York boys in hicksville- a laugh riot. ---
**Author:** ![pop\_stazak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@pop\_stazak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pop_stazak)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-8-word-movie-archive/211053/80 "2003-12-22T21:30:18Z")
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