# Write bad movie blurbs for popular film (long intro) s **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [July 29, 2025, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-bad-movie-blurbs-for-popular-film-long-intro-s/1021465 "2025-07-29T12:59:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-bad-movie-blurbs-for-popular-film-long-intro-s/1021465/41 "2025-07-30T17:39:16Z")
Mysterious woman cons her way into a family’s good graces through false pretenses. Then, with the help of her lower class, oddly accented, filthy boyfriend, she engages the children in a series of hallucinatory, possibly life-threatening misadventures while almost ruining their father’s life. ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-bad-movie-blurbs-for-popular-film-long-intro-s/1021465/42 "2025-07-30T17:41:23Z")
Mary Poppins? ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-bad-movie-blurbs-for-popular-film-long-intro-s/1021465/43 "2025-07-30T17:42:05Z")
☂ 😉 👍 ---
**Author:** ![Chelonaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9a140/32.png) [@Chelonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chelonaut)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-bad-movie-blurbs-for-popular-film-long-intro-s/1021465/44 "2025-07-30T18:03:27Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > _Man misplaces coat, loses fortune in financial crisis._ Trading places? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-bad-movie-blurbs-for-popular-film-long-intro-s/1021465/45 "2025-07-30T18:10:30Z")
Nope. Think someone wrote this who _really missed the point_ of the film. 😉 Titanic ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-bad-movie-blurbs-for-popular-film-long-intro-s/1021465/46 "2025-07-30T18:19:49Z")
Young, innocent girl finds true love by becoming a leather-clad dominatrix. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-bad-movie-blurbs-for-popular-film-long-intro-s/1021465/47 "2025-07-30T18:27:30Z")
An actual one line review for the film, “Razorback”. “Possibly the best movie ever made about a giant, man-eating pig.” ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-bad-movie-blurbs-for-popular-film-long-intro-s/1021465/48 "2025-07-30T18:46:57Z")
Man convicted of uxoricide escapes prison, deports self to Mexico. ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-bad-movie-blurbs-for-popular-film-long-intro-s/1021465/49 "2025-07-30T18:58:46Z")
AKA man crawls through 500 yards of shit? ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-bad-movie-blurbs-for-popular-film-long-intro-s/1021465/50 "2025-07-30T19:00:49Z")
💩 👍 I’m having fun thinking these up, and it’s a slow afternoon at work. Here’s a few more: * * * Gigolo and prostitute become friends with benefits, with a side helping of racism. Two emotionally stunted, mentally ill man-children who like to cosplay get in a fight. Christmas story about a businessman with a bad attitude who treats his employee and family badly, but has his holiday spirit restored through supernatural intervention. ---
**Author:** ![Chelonaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9a140/32.png) [@Chelonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chelonaut)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-bad-movie-blurbs-for-popular-film-long-intro-s/1021465/51 "2025-07-30T19:45:13Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Young, innocent girl finds true love by becoming a leather-clad dominatrix. Grease? ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-bad-movie-blurbs-for-popular-film-long-intro-s/1021465/52 "2025-07-30T19:47:06Z")
That’s the word! ---
**Author:** ![Chelonaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9a140/32.png) [@Chelonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chelonaut)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-bad-movie-blurbs-for-popular-film-long-intro-s/1021465/53 "2025-07-31T06:10:42Z")
White collar criminal realizes the depth of his predicament after throwing small rock. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-bad-movie-blurbs-for-popular-film-long-intro-s/1021465/54 "2025-07-31T09:41:06Z")
Not one I came up with myself, but I found it funny: “Crazy white wizard. Beat up Gandalf, then was defeated by unruly shrubbery.” ---
**Author:** ![Chelonaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9a140/32.png) [@Chelonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chelonaut)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-bad-movie-blurbs-for-popular-film-long-intro-s/1021465/55 "2025-07-31T10:00:51Z")
Mentioning Gandalf makes it too easy. How about “Highrise architect has initially promising new career as industrialist, despite scuffle with former partner. In the end defeated by unruly shrubbery.” ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-bad-movie-blurbs-for-popular-film-long-intro-s/1021465/56 "2025-07-31T10:45:26Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > “A couple enter the asylum of a mad vampire doctor and his one-eyed assistant with bangs, Carl.” It’s the bangs that make it especially horrible. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-bad-movie-blurbs-for-popular-film-long-intro-s/1021465/57 "2025-07-31T14:29:11Z")
> [@Chelonaut](#): > > Mentioning Gandalf makes it too easy. Yes, but the thread isn’t necessarily a puzzle thread, just amusing or bad blurbs. I mean I named the first ones I posted. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-bad-movie-blurbs-for-popular-film-long-intro-s/1021465/58 "2025-07-31T14:59:38Z")
Robo-cop: “Half man, half machine, all fun!” ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-bad-movie-blurbs-for-popular-film-long-intro-s/1021465/59 "2025-07-31T16:04:48Z")
Two men bond over a shared interests while sheep ranching. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-bad-movie-blurbs-for-popular-film-long-intro-s/1021465/60 "2025-07-31T16:17:12Z")
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