# The Movie Metaphor game

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-metaphor-game/507974>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 27, 2009, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-metaphor-game/507974 "2009-08-27T23:49:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2009, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-metaphor-game/507974/21 "2009-09-07T01:27:17Z")

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_The Big Red One_ is a metaphor for the reality of war – long, loud, wearying, and it never really ends… it just sort of stops.

_Ocean’s Eleven_ (feel free to choose either the Sinatra original or the Clooney remake)

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**Author:** ![cainxinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2009, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-metaphor-game/507974/22 "2009-09-08T03:33:43Z")

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_Ocean’s Eleven_ is a metaphor for the value of a well thought out plan.

_Fargo_

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**Author:** ![Red\_Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aca169/32.png) [@Red\_Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Skeezix)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2009, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-metaphor-game/507974/23 "2009-09-08T04:00:31Z")

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Fargo: Don’t get between a psycho and his cutlass ciera, especially if he has a woodchipper, doncha know?

Cool Hand Luke

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**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2009, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-metaphor-game/507974/24 "2009-09-08T12:45:45Z")

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> [@Red\_Skeezix](#):
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> Cool Hand Luke

You \*can \*keep a good man down, especially if you _are_ The Man.

_Tommy Boy_

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