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The thread explores the concept of poorly describing movies and guessing their titles based on these descriptions. Participants share their own vague summaries of films, inviting others to identify them. The discussion includes a variety of genres and themes, ranging from classic films to contemporary favorites.

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Main Points Raised

  • Some participants describe movies with vague phrases, such as "Skinhead goes to prison" for American History X.
  • Others propose descriptions like "Jogger gets hit by car" and ask for guesses on the movie title.
  • Descriptions include elements like "Asian kid becomes friends with old white man" and "Kid wishes to be an adult," leading to guesses of Grand Torino and Big.
  • One participant describes a movie with "Little girl in red coat walking in black and white background," prompting guesses of Schindler's List.
  • Another participant describes a surreal landscape where a girl kills someone and teams up with strangers, which is identified as Wizard of Oz.
  • Descriptions of various movies include themes of war, crime, and personal struggles, such as "guy goes to bootcamp then to Vietnam" and "big fricken shark eats people," leading to guesses of Full Metal Jacket and Jaws.
  • Some participants engage in playful banter about the accuracy of the descriptions, such as correcting the type of ball in "Man is stranded on uninhabited island with his best friend, a football."
  • Common themes are identified, such as revenge and violence in films, with references to Quentin Tarantino's works.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants do not reach a consensus on the accuracy of the descriptions or the identification of movies, as multiple guesses and interpretations are presented. Disagreements arise regarding the correctness of certain movie titles based on the descriptions provided.

Contextual Notes

Some descriptions may rely on subjective interpretations of the films, and the vagueness of the summaries can lead to multiple plausible guesses. The discussion reflects a playful engagement with film knowledge rather than a definitive analysis.

Who May Find This Useful

Film enthusiasts, trivia lovers, and those interested in exploring creative ways to describe and guess movies may find this discussion engaging.

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For example:

"Skinhead goes to prison"

would be American History X

1. Man erases memory of his ex.
2. Asian kid becomes friends with old white man.
3. Kid wishes to be an adult. Wish granted.

More to come, feel free to post your own.
 
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1) Jogger gets hit by car
2) Not his time to die
3) Becomes billionaire
4) Wife sees mouse
5) Tuna and environmentalist
6) Superbowl

What movie is it? (It's one of my favorites)
 
My favorite movie:
1) Little girl in red coat walking in black and white background
 
Transported to a surreal landscape, a young girl kills the first person she meets and then teams up with three strangers to kill again.

(sadly, not original)
 
blade123 said:
1. Man erases memory of his ex.
Eternal sunshine of a spotless mind

Vanadium 50 said:
Transported to a surreal landscape, a young girl kills the first person she meets and then teams up with three strangers to kill again.

Wizard of Oz
 
1.) guy goes to bootcamp then to vietnam

2.) computer on spaceship goes haywire

3.) guy goes to bootcamp then to iraq

4.) big fricken shark eats people

5.) two guys wrangle aliens

6.) detective solves murder

7.) two cops hunt killer

8.) guys kill nazis

9.) some old war

10.) boxing
 
blade123 said:
2. Asian kid becomes friends with old white man.
3. Kid wishes to be an adult. Wish granted.
Grand Torino, Big
 
rootX said:
My favorite movie:
1) Little girl in red coat walking in black and white background

Schindler's List?
 
rootX said:
My favorite movie:
1) Little girl in red coat walking in black and white background

Schindler's List?
 
  • #10
Well, look at that!
 
  • #11
zoobyshoe said:
2.) computer on spaceship goes haywire

4.) big fricken shark eats people

2001 A Space Odyssey
Austin Powers
 
  • #12
Newai said:
Well, look at that!

Ahah! Great minds think alike?

Edit: and it was an amazing movie. I love Schindler's List. Heavy, but good.
 
  • #13
blade123 said:
2001 A Space Odyssey
Austin Powers

No, I'm afraid Austin Powers is incorrect.
 
  • #15
Man is stranded on uninhabited island with his best friend, a football.
 
  • #16
micromass said:
Man is stranded on uninhabited island with his best friend, a football.
Castaway
 
  • #17
Young adult has an oidipal complex and wages war against his very father (who seems to be assisted by a device that helps him breath). He also seems to fall in love with his sister (a princess). The movie also stars a moaning large bear, a golden robot and a dustbin.

A group of scientists are transported to a small island where they have to check out the safety of a new themepark

A young adult receives a piece of jewelry from his uncle and is chased by dark-clothed bullies and a large eye.

A man is approached by dealers and decides to take a certain drug. He becomes convinces that he's living in a computer-simulated world and decides to have a killing spree against FBI agents.
 
  • #18
Huge asteroid is heading for earth! A couple of oil drillers decide to be astronaut. Aerosmith writes song to honor the occasion.

Mathematician goes crazy and thinks the FBI is chasing him (OK, this described every mathematician alive, but only one movie)

A young janitor in college solves a pretty easy math problem (it really is easy...), the professor notices it and decides that he is a genious.

Serial killer commits deadly sins.

Young schizophrenic boy thinks he can see dead people. He convinces he psychiatrist in the end that he is dead.

Soldier decides to infilatrate the enemy lines by dressing up like a large smurf. He ends up betraying his own kind and killing his fellow soldiers.
 
  • #19
micromass said:
Young schizophrenic boy thinks he can see dead people. He convinces he psychiatrist in the end that he is dead.

6th Sense
 
  • #20
zoobyshoe said:
4.) big fricken shark eats people

Jaws.

5.) two guys wrangle aliens

MIB
 
  • #21
micromass said:
Man is stranded on uninhabited island with his best friend, a football.

Wow, this really is poorly described. It's impossible for anyone to figure out which movie you're talking about because you inserted the wrong type of ball. It was a volleyball.
 
  • #22
Find the common theme:

Girl leaves her employer and decides to get married. Employer is not amused and starts killing everybody. Girl takes revenge.

A couple of soldiers are dropped in enemy territory and start commiting war crimes by torturing and mutilating unarmed enemy soldiers. Also features a girl that burns down her cinema complex and kills an entire host of top politicians that way.

Hitman likes to kill people after citing bible verses.

A gang of criminals with colourful names rob bank and end up killing each other.
 
  • #23
Again some movies with a common theme:

Army leader takes it up against the english king. Gets captured. Torture scenes.

Jewish boy thinks he's the son of God. Torture scenes.

End of the Mayans. Torture scenes.
 
  • #24
Evo said:
1) Jogger gets hit by car
2) Not his time to die
3) Becomes billionaire
4) Wife sees mouse
5) Tuna and environmentalist
6) Superbowl

What movie is it? (It's one of my favorites)

Heaven Can Wait


Movie 1) Moron becomes friends with a mouse
Movie 2) Moron is murdered by his best friend
 
  • #25
micromass said:
Find the common theme:

Girl leaves her employer and decides to get married. Employer is not amused and starts killing everybody. Girl takes revenge.

A couple of soldiers are dropped in enemy territory and start commiting war crimes by torturing and mutilating unarmed enemy soldiers. Also features a girl that burns down her cinema complex and kills an entire host of top politicians that way.

Hitman likes to kill people after citing bible verses.

A gang of criminals with colourful names rob bank and end up killing each other.

Quentin Tarantino
 
  • #26
Zombie plague perfects barbeque recipe.
 
  • #27
BobG said:
Movie 1) Moron becomes friends with a mouse

Stewart little?
 
  • #28
zoobyshoe said:
1.) guy goes to bootcamp then to vietnam

2.) computer on spaceship goes haywire

3.) guy goes to bootcamp then to iraq

4.) big fricken shark eats people

5.) two guys wrangle aliens

6.) detective solves murder

7.) two cops hunt killer

8.) guys kill nazis

9.) some old war

10.) boxing

1. Full Metal Jacket
2. 2001: A Space Oddesy
3. Jarhead?
4. Jaws
5. No idea
6. L.A. Confidential
7. Se7en
8. Inglorius Basterds
9. Could be many...
10. (see 9)
 
  • #29
BobG said:
Movie 1) Moron becomes friends with a mouse
Movie 2) Moron is murdered by his best friend

micromass said:
Stewart little?

No. The characters in these two movies literally suffer from mental disabilities.
 
  • #30
micromass said:
Find the common theme:

Girl leaves her employer and decides to get married. Employer is not amused and starts killing everybody. Girl takes revenge.

A couple of soldiers are dropped in enemy territory and start commiting war crimes by torturing and mutilating unarmed enemy soldiers. Also features a girl that burns down her cinema complex and kills an entire host of top politicians that way.

Hitman likes to kill people after citing bible verses.

A gang of criminals with colourful names rob bank and end up killing each other.

Quentin Tarantino is awesome. Pulp Fiction is in my top 10 movies of all time.
 

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