let's play a game
I need some distraction from the news and from the bizarre news day at work here today.
We played this game once before and it was a lot of fun.
Describe a plot to any movie in EXACTLY SEVEN WORDS.
No more, no less. Just seven words. Everyone can guess, no turns or anything like that. Anarchy is good in games like this.
Comments
News guy has funny friend, a brick.
Posted by: Easycure | August 30, 2005 03:32 PM
con man gains daughter, right? maybe not?
Posted by: tommy | August 30, 2005 03:33 PM
Easycure-Anchorman?
Easy one:
Houston, we have a problem.
Posted by: shank | August 30, 2005 03:34 PM
Preppie joins Peace Corp, builds Thailand bridge
Posted by: Clyde | August 30, 2005 03:49 PM
drunk duck's dork helps ruin girl's birthday.
Posted by: caltechgirl | August 30, 2005 03:52 PM
Lectroids menace... what's that watermelon doing there?
Posted by: Chris | August 30, 2005 03:57 PM
Coffee mug shatters when realization finally dawns
Posted by: Hubris | August 30, 2005 04:01 PM
Professional Driver has a change of heart
Posted by: coolrobc | August 30, 2005 04:03 PM
Clyde's sounds like "Volunteer's", a Tom Hanks movie that had some good laughs. Shanks' is "Apollo 13", but the clue is 7 syllables instead of 7 words.
Here's mine:
Slave owners loose land, get it back.
Posted by: bill | August 30, 2005 04:06 PM
Hubris = Usual Suspects
Posted by: bill | August 30, 2005 04:08 PM
Zombie infestation prevents or postpones couple's breakup.
Posted by: Jeff R. | August 30, 2005 04:09 PM
All those having sex die horrible deaths.
Oh wait... that's every slasher flick ever made. Nevermind...
Posted by: Chrees | August 30, 2005 04:27 PM
Ginzos kill each other for three hours.
Posted by: Bill | August 30, 2005 04:28 PM
Dumb Philly guy gets punched a lot.
Posted by: Bill D | August 30, 2005 04:29 PM
Jeff R. sounds like "Shaun of the Dead".
Here is an easy one:
Throw ring into fire, end movie, finally!
Here is one I saw last night on DVD:
"Comic" book based, boobs, mayhem, murder, torture.
Posted by: carlos | August 30, 2005 04:30 PM
A chick dies and her mother cries.
As opposed to 'a guy dies and his mother cries'.
Steel Sheehanolias - soon to be a major motion picture!
Posted by: Bill | August 30, 2005 04:31 PM
"Strong coffee, absent husband, not in Rosenheim."
"Guns, insects, heavy handed commentary, spaceships, Doogie."
"Plays women, gets played, bones Tyson's squeeze."
"Time travel rescues by a former Angel"
"Totally embarrassing black Saturday Night Live movie"
"Doctor falls in love with beautiful brain."
"Hag dies, enters attorney, finds true love."
"Michael Bay blows up shit on Alcatraz"
Posted by: Keith | August 30, 2005 04:36 PM
Jewish nurse burns down Challah. Hilarity ensues.
Posted by: Bill | August 30, 2005 04:36 PM
Man hates office. There's not enough space.
Posted by: Bill | August 30, 2005 04:44 PM
Little people totally pwn the big folk.
Posted by: JohnO | August 30, 2005 04:47 PM
A chick dies and her mother cries. = Terms of Endearment
Time travel rescues by a former Angel = Constantine
Guns, insects, heavy handed commentary, spaceships, Doogie = Starship Troopers
Dumb Philly guy gets punched a lot = any of the Rocky movies
Throw ring into fire, end movie, finally = Return of the King
con man gains daughter, right? maybe not? = Paper Moon
Posted by: Trish | August 30, 2005 04:51 PM
Hag dies, enters attorney, finds true love. = All of Me
Posted by: Trish | August 30, 2005 04:54 PM
Constantine is not the answer, Trish.
Posted by: Keith | August 30, 2005 04:55 PM
Ooh! You got All of Me right!
Posted by: Keith | August 30, 2005 04:56 PM
"Anarchy is good in games like this."
Oo! Oo! I know, "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World!" No wait, it's "Searching for Bobby Fischer - The Director's Cut" with the Thunderdome seen with the elementary school kids at the end! Or "Mad Max - Beyond Thunderdome". No wait, maybe it's "Wargames". No it must be "The Longest Yard".
Aw hell, Michele, I have no idea....
Posted by: SM Icepick | August 30, 2005 05:10 PM
Keith, yeah, I didn't think so but figured I'd give it a shot. Should have put a question mark after it...lol.
Posted by: Trish | August 30, 2005 05:10 PM
That should be "scene", not seen. Duh.
Posted by: SM Icepick | August 30, 2005 05:11 PM
I'm using Les Nessman rules, which means hyphenated terms count as a single word.
Also, spoiler warning.
Good American betrays bad American in Vienna.
Corrupt, fat cop keeps interrupting Charlton Heston.
Henry Fonda talks them out of it.
She was her sister and her daughter.
Shy girl does good deeds, gets guy.
Plantation family declines, son is a twit.
Holy crap, Angela Lansbury is scary. BANG!
Posted by: G-Do | August 30, 2005 05:14 PM
she was her sister and her daughter-- Chinatown
Holy crap Angela Lansbury is scary. Bang-- Bedknobs and Broomsticks?
Posted by: caltechgirl | August 30, 2005 05:21 PM
Black sheriff saves inbred town, eats German.
Posted by: caltechgirl | August 30, 2005 05:22 PM
America f--- yeah derka derka derka derka
Posted by: Xrlq | August 30, 2005 05:30 PM
"con man gains daughter, right? maybe not?" - Matchstick Men
"Black sheriff saves inbred town, eats German." - Blazing Saddles
Posted by: Garrett | August 30, 2005 05:42 PM
Holy crap, Angela Lansbury is scary. BANG! = The Manchurian Candidate
Here's mine:
Albino monks burn books, spear Charlton Heston.
Posted by: Bri2k | August 30, 2005 05:48 PM
Plantation family declines, son is a twit - Forrest Gump
Albino monks burn books, spear Charlton Heston = The Omega Man
Posted by: Trish | August 30, 2005 05:53 PM
Henry Fonda talks them out of it-- 12 Angry Men
Posted by: caltechgirl | August 30, 2005 05:54 PM
Slave owners loose land, get it back = Gone With The Wind?
Posted by: Trish | August 30, 2005 05:55 PM
Two guys "on a mission from God"
Posted by: caltechgirl | August 30, 2005 05:57 PM
Way ta go Trish! Hmmm....try this one:
London floods, burns...Rumpole of the Bailey.
Posted by: Bri2k | August 30, 2005 05:57 PM
Man hates office. There's not enough space = Office Space (but that's too easy?)
Posted by: Trish | August 30, 2005 05:57 PM
London floods, burns...Rumpole of the Bailey. = The Day The Earth Caught Fire
That was a great movie, one I need to add to my DVD collection (if it's available).
Two guys "on a mission from God" = Blues Brothers
Corrupt, fat cop keeps interrupting Charlton Heston. = Earthquake (?)
Posted by: Trish | August 30, 2005 06:06 PM
Trying to get laid in middle age.
Posted by: mooalex | August 30, 2005 07:28 PM
Wow Trish you're on fire...here's another one:
Legless Saigon fortune stuffed in sock drawer.
oh and
Trying to get laid in middle age =
40 year old Virgin
Posted by: Bri2k | August 30, 2005 07:32 PM
caltechgirl got 12 Angry Men and Chinatown, and Bri2K got The Manchurian Candidate. And oh, if only Bedknobs and Broomsticks had ended the way The Manchurian Candidate had!
Sorry, Trish, but Forrest Gump and Earthquake are incorrect.
Since three were solved, let's add three more, to keep the number at seven:
Again: spoiler warning.
Dad's a pervert; Philip Seymour Hoffman; ugh.
Poisoned man has days to discover whodunit.
Addict fights the fat man and himself.
Posted by: G-Do | August 30, 2005 07:48 PM
Let's try seven from horror movies:
As always, spoiler warning.
Unexpected mences yield ruin and religious symbolism.
Jonesy and the girl just make it.
Westward expansion, manifest destiny - are you hungry?
She's evil, lonely middle-aged Japanese guy! AUGH!
Massive zombie grossfest targets Australian momma's boy.
Hostel visitors die thanks to three mothers.
Detective shouldn't have looked in that box.
Posted by: G-Do | August 30, 2005 08:10 PM
G-Do:
"Corrupt, fat cop keeps interrupting Charleton Heston": Touch of Evil.
Posted by: HT | August 30, 2005 08:15 PM
Spinal Tap: Road diary of a metal band.
Posted by: Andrew Ian Dodge | August 30, 2005 08:16 PM
Arrrgh, I can't believe I didn't get Touch of Evil.
here's another:
Unicorn dreams reveal six year android lifespan.
Posted by: caltechgirl | August 30, 2005 08:20 PM
Dead Alive
Se7en
Posted by: michele | August 30, 2005 08:24 PM
Well played, HT!
The next one is:
Homeless nut proves therapeutic for former shock-jock.
My guesses:
Unicorn dreams reveal six year android lifespan. Was this Blade Runner?
"Comic" book based, boobs, mayhem, murder, torture. I'm guessing this was Sin City.
Posted by: G-Do | August 30, 2005 08:29 PM
Michele, I expected someone to get Se7en, but I didn't think anyone would get Dead Alive for awhile. Guess I should have known better. So riddle me this:
Twin muskets fire into flesh and fur.
And this!
Self-proclaimed "feminist" fights armed zombies in woods.
Posted by: G-Do | August 30, 2005 08:37 PM
Reality Bites
"Prententious, Boring, Worst Movie Ever, it bites"
Posted by: Frank at work | August 30, 2005 08:40 PM
G-Do:
"Jonesy and the girl just make it."
Could this be Alien?
Posted by: Edminster | August 30, 2005 08:54 PM
Jodie Foster channels Sagan... Dad's an alien?
Posted by: sulizano | August 30, 2005 09:04 PM
"War, war, war"... Scarlett finds it's more.
Posted by: Sulizano | August 30, 2005 09:15 PM
Lectroids menace... what's that watermelon doing there? -- Buckaroo Banzai
Time travel rescues by a former Angel -- Millenium
Jodie Foster channels Sagan... Dad's an alien? -- Contact
Posted by: BeckyJ | August 30, 2005 09:27 PM
Edminster got alien. How about:
Round space muppets hunger for human flesh.
Posted by: G-Do | August 30, 2005 09:41 PM
Er, Alien, rather.
Posted by: G-Do | August 30, 2005 09:42 PM
"War, war, war"... Scarlett finds it's more = Gone with the Wind
Here's another one, maybe a bit obscure:
Speed kills but bull dozers kill faster
Posted by: Bri2k | August 30, 2005 10:04 PM
Here are a bunch, with varying degrees of difficulty.
"Why is the cork on the fork?"
"Hot girl teases men with sexy carwash."
"Repeat the title. She doesn't steal anything."
"Every seventh wave gives hope for freedom."
"Tricky old man. The dog DOES bite."
"There. There. There. There. There. There. SNOG!"
"Evil husband. Crazy wife? Light grows dimmer."
"What about the new sheriff? What? What?"
"First one to sleep, goes home emptyhanded."
Posted by: Mark J | August 30, 2005 10:20 PM
Homeless nut proves therapeutic for former shock-jock = Down & Out in Beverly Hills?
11:27 P.M. and I'm still playing this = I have no life...G'night all!
Posted by: Bri2k | August 30, 2005 11:31 PM
She was her sister and her daughter. - Chinatown
Posted by: Robert | August 30, 2005 11:43 PM
Yes G-Do that was Blade Runner.
Posted by: caltechgirl | August 30, 2005 11:57 PM
"Hot girl teases men with sexy carwash." - Cool Hand Luke
"Round space muppets hunger for human flesh." - Critters
"Homeless nut proves therapeutic for former shock-jock." - The Fisher King
"Jonesy and the girl just make it." - Um, Raiders of the Lost Ark?
"She's evil, lonely middle-aged Japanese guy! AUGH!" - Audition
"Plantation family declines, son is a twit." - The Long, Hot Summer
And...
"Steal through time/space in a bathrobe."
"To sit in a standing man's lap."
Posted by: peter | August 31, 2005 01:24 AM
Peter got Critters, The Fisher King, and Audition - but not the plantation family one. That's an older film. And FYI, Jonesy was the name of the ship's pet cat in Alien. I only know that because I read the novelization when I was sick as a boy.
Here's one to top off the seven normal ones I have going currently:
Pasty German whistles, hunts kids, gets caught.
And here are two to update the horror list:
Father hires monster for vengeance, regrets it.
Woman escapes aptly-named spot with mannequin friends.
Posted by: G-Do | August 31, 2005 01:59 AM
Bri2k - I am coming up empty on this one: Legless Saigon fortune stuffed in sock drawer.
Good game, michele.
Posted by: Trish | August 31, 2005 02:04 AM
"To sit in a standing man's lap." -- The Big Sleep
Posted by: Mark J | August 31, 2005 07:15 AM
Trish,
Legless Saigon fortune stuffed in sock drawer = The Deer Hunter.
(Remember the scene where Robert DeNiro goes to visit a legless John Savage at the VA? Savage's wife keeps sending him socks.)
Being a SW PA local, I have a fondness for this flick.
Posted by: Bri2k | August 31, 2005 09:09 AM
Why is the cork on the fork? Because they are Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
Posted by: Junglebum | August 31, 2005 09:28 AM
Dad's a pervert; Philip Seymour Hoffman; ugh. = The Butterfly Effect
Posted by: Junglebum | August 31, 2005 10:51 AM
Sorry, Junglebum, not the one I was thinking of.
Posted by: G-Do | August 31, 2005 12:15 PM
G-Do: Ah.
Mark J.: Correct. (I finally read the book. Wow, that movie makes so much more sense now. ;-)
"Dad's a pervert; Philip Seymour Hoffman; ugh." - Happiness. I thought someone got this one.
"Pasty German whistles, hunts kids, gets caught." - M
"Father hires monster for vengeance, regrets it." - Pumpkinhead
Moving from the classic to the modern and obscure:
"Partying performer balloons, battles booze and Robin."
"Her pom-poms fail to be scared straight."
"Septugenarian reverses seige, romances a smith's SO."
Posted by: peter | September 1, 2005 02:11 AM
Violent rendition of "Singing in the Rain"...
Drunken clowns versus mimes in a park.
Famous punk stabs girlfriend, then OD's.
Posted by: daddyx | September 1, 2005 04:51 AM
Violent rendition of "Singing in the Rain" = A Clockwork Orange
Famous punk stabs girlfriend, then OD's = Sid and Nancy
Couldn't come up with anything for that second one though...
Posted by: Bri2k | September 1, 2005 08:26 AM
YOU ARE THE ONES WHO ARE THE BALL-LICKERS.
Posted by: disconnect | September 1, 2005 10:17 AM
Hey, "the" is half a word, okay?
Posted by: disconnect | September 1, 2005 10:18 AM
"Why is the cork on the fork?"Dirty Rotten Scoundrels winner: junglebum"Hot girl teases men with sexy carwash."Cool Hand Luke winner: PeterStill up for grabs:
"Repeat the title. She doesn't steal anything."
"Every seventh wave gives hope for freedom."
[c'mon... I really want someone to get this one!]
"Tricky old man. The dog DOES bite."
"There. There. There. There. There. There. SNOG!"
"Evil husband. Crazy wife? Light grows dimmer."
"What about the new sheriff? What? What?"
"First one to sleep, goes home emptyhanded."
Posted by: Mark J | September 1, 2005 11:31 PM