# 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:** 17\ **Page:** 4
**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, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-bad-movie-blurbs-for-popular-film-long-intro-s/1021465/61 "2025-07-31T16:25:11Z")
Don’t forget lovable Sgt Schul[t]z ---
**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, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-bad-movie-blurbs-for-popular-film-long-intro-s/1021465/62 "2025-07-31T21:41:45Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > I mean I named the first ones I posted. Not the first one. solost guessed the name in post 2. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2025, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-bad-movie-blurbs-for-popular-film-long-intro-s/1021465/63 "2025-08-01T04:58:14Z")
“Incredibly Strange creatures stop living and become mixed-up zombies.” Some blurbs just write themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2025, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-bad-movie-blurbs-for-popular-film-long-intro-s/1021465/64 "2025-08-01T12:22:13Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > “Incredibly Strange creatures stop living and become mixed-up zombies.” “Englishman goes up hill, comes down mountain.” ---
**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:** [August 1, 2025, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-bad-movie-blurbs-for-popular-film-long-intro-s/1021465/65 "2025-08-01T13:16:46Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > the thread isn’t necessarily a puzzle thread, just amusing or bad blurbs Something like ~~4 or 5~~ _**11(!)**_ years ago, I started what I thought would be a short-lived ‘5 word movie review’ CS thread which @Elendil_s_Heir turned into a Thread Game which I’m happy to see is still active to this day: [Five-Word Movie Review](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494) So I hope the OP doesn’t mind if I do the same-- I think it’d be fun. Here we go… [Guess the movie from the bad movie blurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-bad-movie-blurb/1021579) ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2025, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-bad-movie-blurbs-for-popular-film-long-intro-s/1021465/66 "2025-08-01T14:45:30Z")
> [@Chelonaut](#): > > Not the first one. solost guessed the name in post 2. Yes, but I didn’t intend it as a puzzle. The blurb annoyed me. Who the fuck is Justine? Am I supposed to know something about her? > [@solost](#): > > So I hope the OP doesn’t mind if I do the same-- I think it’d be fun. Here we go… No, I don’t mind. It seems a valid and fun way to engage the topic. But it does prevent some funny aspects from being displayed. Like name dropping a specific character for no reason. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-bad-movie-blurbs-for-popular-film-long-intro-s/1021465/67 "2025-08-01T14:48:44Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > But it does prevent some funny aspects from being displayed. Like name dropping a specific character for no reason. Well, my thread is _inspired_ by this one, but it’s its own thing, and this thread will stand apart as _its_ own thing 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2025, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-bad-movie-blurbs-for-popular-film-long-intro-s/1021465/68 "2025-08-01T17:17:29Z")
> [@Chelonaut](#): > > White collar criminal realizes the depth of his predicament after throwing small rock I think I missed something about this one. ---
**Author:** ![Chelonaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9a140/32.png) [@Chelonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chelonaut)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2025, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-bad-movie-blurbs-for-popular-film-long-intro-s/1021465/69 "2025-08-01T17:23:13Z")
It’s a small but important scene towards the end of the movie. A few posts before there were other bad blurbs for the same movie. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2025, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-bad-movie-blurbs-for-popular-film-long-intro-s/1021465/70 "2025-08-01T18:04:42Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Man convicted of uxoricide escapes prison, deports self to Mexico. The Shawshank Redemption? > [@solost](#): > > 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. Sounds like “A Christmas Carol", but that’s too easy, so I’ll say “Scrooged!” ---
**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:** [August 1, 2025, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-bad-movie-blurbs-for-popular-film-long-intro-s/1021465/71 "2025-08-01T18:09:44Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > The Shawshank Redemption? Yep! iamatractorboy already beat ya to it, though… > [@iamatractorboy](#): > > AKA man crawls through 500 yards of shit? > [@Irishman](#): > > Sounds like “A Christmas Carol", but that’s too easy, so I’ll say “Scrooged!” No and no. Think, that _other_ classic, oft-parodied Christmas movie where the supernatural intervenes. Since this isn’t a game thread, I’ll just spoiler-blur the answer: It’s a Wonderful Life ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2025, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-bad-movie-blurbs-for-popular-film-long-intro-s/1021465/72 "2025-08-01T18:15:07Z")
> [@solost](#): > > No and no. Think, that _other_ classic, oft-parodied Christmas movie where the supernatural intervenes. Doh! Good one. Upwardly mobile woman with a corporate job attends a Christmas party, where she has to contend with her pig-headed husband, disturbed employees, obnoxious coworker, and a hostile takeover attempt. ---
**Author:** ![Chelonaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9a140/32.png) [@Chelonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chelonaut)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2025, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-bad-movie-blurbs-for-popular-film-long-intro-s/1021465/73 "2025-08-01T18:15:38Z")
Die hard ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2025, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-bad-movie-blurbs-for-popular-film-long-intro-s/1021465/74 "2025-08-01T18:17:12Z")
Yep … ---
**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:** [August 1, 2025, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-bad-movie-blurbs-for-popular-film-long-intro-s/1021465/75 "2025-08-01T23:11:43Z")
Shawshank warden. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2025, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-bad-movie-blurbs-for-popular-film-long-intro-s/1021465/76 "2025-08-01T23:43:46Z")
A brilliant girl goes to Wizarding school to hone her magical skill only to be upstaged by her best friend. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2025, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-bad-movie-blurbs-for-popular-film-long-intro-s/1021465/77 "2025-08-02T01:16:12Z")
It’s been a while since I’ve seen the movie, so I’d forgotten that scene. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-bad-movie-blurbs-for-popular-film-long-intro-s/1021465.md?page=3)