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The discussion revolves around creatively summarizing movie plots in a humorous and abstract manner, where participants describe films using vague and often comedic phrases. Notable examples include "Skinhead goes to prison" for "American History X" and "Man erases memory of his ex" for "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind." Participants engage in guessing the movies based on these quirky descriptions, leading to a lively exchange of ideas and interpretations. The conversation touches on various films across genres, with some participants sharing their favorite movies and others providing clues that reference iconic scenes or themes. The thread showcases a playful and collaborative atmosphere as users challenge each other to identify films from cleverly crafted summaries.
  • #31
micromass said:
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.

Armaggedon
A Beautiful Mind
Good Will Hunting
Se7en
6th Sense
All Quiet on the Western Front
 
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  • #32
micromass said:
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.

Mel Gibson (The Patriot, Passion of the Christ, Apacolypto)

I hate him...
 
  • #33
DR13 said:
Armaggedon
A Beautiful Mind
Good Will Hunting
Se7en
6th Sense
All Quiet on the Western Front

All correct except the last one. :-p
 
  • #34
DR13 said:
Armaggedon
A Beautiful Mind
Good Will Hunting
Se7en
6th Sense
All Quiet on the Western Front

I think the last one is wrong. It's "Avatar".
 
  • #35
micromass said:
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

Star Wars
Jurassic Park
 
  • #36
micromass said:
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.

Matrix
 
  • #37
1. Childhood sled
2. How many bullets?
3. That call home is probably long distance
4. Is he dead or alive?
5. It's people
6. Ancient roman clothing
 
  • #38
DR13 said:
1. Childhood sled

Citizen Kane
 
  • #39
BobG said:
Citizen Kane

Yup. That was the easiest.
 
  • #40
zoobyshoe said:
...10.) boxing

Rocky, Raging Bull or The Hammer

1). Baldwin brother with a big gun
2). Same actor plays a president, foreign officer, and a crazed scientist
3). He rode a bomb and is now riding a horse
4). 80's action actors
5). Was going to save Orion, not so much
6). Japaneses version of Shadowrun
7). Here is my Flair!
8). Too good in the big city, man this small town is messed up
9). A small speed bump slows down a large machine
10). That is Mark Hamill?!? No way it sounds nothing like him!
 
  • #41
DR13 said:
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)
Very good, except for not getting 5, which is Men In Black. 6 to 10 are described so sparsly that several different movies could be offered and be correct.
 
  • #42
micromass said:
Jaws.



MIB

Correct.
 
  • #43
micromass said:
Mathematician goes crazy and thinks the FBI is chasing him (OK, this described every mathematician alive, but only one movie)

Pi.

DR13 said:
5. It's people

Soylent Green.
 
  • #44
Argentum Vulpes said:
Rocky, Raging Bull or The Hammer

Correct. Ali, and Requiem for a Heavyweight are other possible correct answers that occur to me.
 
  • #45
BobG said:
Movie 1) Moron becomes friends with a mouse
Movie 2) Moron is murdered by his best friend
Both (badly)describe the movie version of Of Mice and Men, and, The Green Mile.
 
  • #46
I think most to this point have been answered correctly... O_o


I have a few:

1) A boy enjoys violence, then is forced to watch it.

2) The golden record holder comes looking for daddy.

3) A deaf, dumb and blind kid is good at pinball.

4) A musician gets revenge for his death.

5) A guy almost breaks his parents up before he's concieved.

6) An assassin gains the emperor's trust by eliminating the other assassins.

7) A riverboat ride into the heart of darkness.

8) The non-animated adventures of a talking-K9 and a person.

9) Batman discovers feelings.
 
  • #47
Argentum Vulpes said:
2). Same actor plays a president, foreign officer, and a crazed scientist
Dr. Strangelove
 
  • #48
mege said:
I think most to this point have been answered correctly... O_o


I have a few:

1) A boy enjoys violence, then is forced to watch it.



3) A deaf, dumb and blind kid is good at pinball.



7) A riverboat ride into the heart of darkness.
A Clockwork Orange
Tommy
Apocalypse Now!
 
  • #49
micromass said:
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.

DR13 said:
Mel Gibson (The Patriot, Passion of the Christ, Apacolypto)

I hate him...

Braveheart, surely?
 
  • #50
BobG said:
Heaven Can Wait
Yes!
 
  • #51
Can I have a go?


Fruity guy marries an innocent, corrupts her, then reforms leaving her in the gutter.

Novel chap is a hero to his fellow sufferers because he won’t conform. They think he betrays them and he is only restored to hero status when he loses his life.

Famously vain man teams with a shrewd blonde beauty. Together they cause a great deal of trouble.

Prevailing attitudes make justice impossible, but a father teaches his children the value of dignity and restraint.

Both men would rather the company of almost anyone else on earth, but circumstances force them to work together and each earns the grudging respect of the other.

After she foils the evil intention of their father, she has the responsibility of caring for her younger brother, but survival seems unlikely. Their saviour is someone she might have looked down on but does he know more than she realizes about the true path to happiness?
 
  • #52
micromass said:
A young adult receives a piece of jewelry from his uncle and is chased by dark-clothed bullies and a large eye.

This one is fairly obvious so I'm assuming it was just overlooked, but anyway:

The Lord of the Rings
 
  • #53
nvm i was way late.
 
  • #54
zoobyshoe said:
Dr. Strangelove

*In a heavily stilted German accent*

"Mien Führer, I can walk!"

In others words correct. Well 3 should be easy now.
 
  • #55
Argentum Vulpes said:
Well 3 should be easy now.
"He rode a bomb" would refer to Slim Pickens, but he was in a lot of westerns.
 
  • #56
Movie 1) Sirius falls from the sky
Movie 2) A retired professor checks her mail box, but must return less than one minute later to check it again.
Movie 3) A cowboy tells a movie producer who he must choose to play a leading role.
 
  • #57
zoobyshoe said:
"He rode a bomb" would refer to Slim Pickens, but he was in a lot of westerns.

True, I guess to make it less vague I'll add:

This director had a expertise for advertising a sequel, but they never formed.
 
  • #58
Argentum Vulpes said:
True, I guess to make it less vague I'll add:

This director had a expertise for advertising a sequel, but they never formed.
The clue means nothing to me, but I'm going to guess Blazing Saddles, just because it was a hit movie.
 
  • #59
Ken Natton said:
Both men would rather the company of almost anyone else on earth, but circumstances force them to work together and each earns the grudging respect of the other.
Yours are difficult.

This one might refer to The Defiant Ones, or, also with Sidney Poitier, In The Heat Of The Night.
 
  • #60
zoobyshoe said:
The clue means nothing to me, but I'm going to guess Blazing Saddles, just because it was a hit movie.

"Somebody's got to go back and get a s*** load of dimes!"

You are correct. Mel Brooks had in most of his movies drops/songs about the sequels to the current movie. Of course is was just a joke.
 

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