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FOT Community => General Discussion => Topic started by: daveB from Oakland on May 02, 2012, 03:42:39 PM
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Scarface:
Gangster introduces people to his little friend, shouts encouragement at pelicans on his TV.
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Jaws:
An old drunk, a cop and a hippie go fishing off the coast of New England.
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Citizen Kane:
A rich old white guy dies because no one REALLY understands him
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For a Few Dollars More:
Old, tired bounty hunter enlists young, still-grizzled bounty hunter for endless takes of staring at his watch.
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Terminator:
A robot chases a lady.
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The description for Fight Club I posted in the chat room: Punching guys by the dashboard light.
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Taxi Driver:
New York sucks.
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Blow:
Blow blows below border.
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The Diary Of Anne Frank:
She's in the attic!
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Star Wars-
"Farm boy and his dad's friend make some friends and blow up a space ship together"
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Dazed and Confused:
High school sucks.
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Falling Down-
"A put-upon unemployed Los Angeleno takes time from his job search to explore his home town."
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Pulp Fiction:
A retro murderer has a religious experience.
Holy Mountain:
A Jesus Christ impersonator has a religious experience.
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Every James Bond movie:
A handsome englishman makes love to beautiful women before murdering them.
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The Diary Of Anne Frank:
She's in the attic!
Easy with the spoilers, bro.
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Raising Arizona:
Barren couple steal a baby ensuring that hijinks ensue.
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A man enters an arm-wrestling contest to buy a new truck and to keep custody of his son.
-Over the Top
A swarthy renegade policeman finds the cure for crime to be himself.
-Cobra
A group of WW2 POWs form a soccer team to play their German captors in order to escape- into territory that is still occupied by the Germans.
-Victory!
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Replying to a wish for "good luck" leads to tragedy in the Dirty Dozen.
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King Kong - Homesick monkey falls in love. But, she's out of his league.
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Every James Bond movie:
A handsome englishman makes love to beautiful women before murdering them.
(http://i.imgur.com/Izi0z.gif)
(Grant Morrison's The Invisibles vol. 2 #15)
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My channel guide's brilliant description of POPEYE: "Sailor courts Olive Oyl and gains strength through spinach." (https://twitter.com/julieklausner/status/4422292188)
THE KARATE KID: Teenaged boy learns home maintenance and other life skills from apartment superintendent.
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Blue Velvet - Naive college boy has his eyes opened during adventures with diverse townspeople.
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Koyanisqatsi (sp?) - Slowing down or speeding up film is trippy, man.
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Blue Velvet - Naive college boy has his eyes opened during adventures with diverse townspeople.
I was going to post a summary for Blue Velvet but wasn't sure about posting something with such a concentrated amount of expletives.
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Animal House:
Unkempt collegians squander their education.
National Lampoon's Vacation:
Hapless father struggles in vain to bring joy to his family's life.
Crossroads:
Classical guitar vituoso is insulted by a senior citizen until he earns the right to wear a hat.
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Ahh, I was just going to do Nat'l Lampoon's Vacation. But it was gonna be:
"Middle-aged man takes off on bizarre cross-country drive, tempted by infidelity along the way"
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Salo, or The 120 Days of Sodom:
Fascists often lead unorthodox sex lives.
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Blue Velvet - Naive college boy has his eyes opened during adventures with diverse townspeople.
I was going to post a summary for Blue Velvet but wasn't sure about posting something with such a concentrated amount of expletives.
Young Man finds ear, drinks PBR.
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Mulholland Drive:
Naomi Watts is a terrible actress, oh wait ... she's a GREAT actress!
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The Shining:
A writer and his family have a bad vacation.
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National Lampoon's Vacation:
A food scientist and his family have a bad vacation.
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Stabbin' in the Woods:
MetaWheedon something something attractive young archetypes go to a Cabin SPOILER ALERT, wish I hadn't read that one thing about the film before seeing it ... but still, it was pretty good.
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Jonathan Demme's Something Wild (1986):
You think it's one thing, but then it's another thing.
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National Lampoon's European Vacation: a family goes on vacation to Europe.
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Pulp Fiction: In retrospect, perhaps Quentin should have left Travolta where he found him.
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The Sixth Sense: Wait whuuuuuut?
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Memento: A guy forgets everything but Sammy Jankis.
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Pulp Fiction: In retrospect, perhaps Quentin should have left Travolta where he found him.
Totally. I saw him in the trailer for an upcoming Oliver Stone movie and I was making groaning noises in my head. I don't agree with the statement "there are no second acts in American life," but I think I would have preferred that to be the case for Vinnie Barbarino.
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The Shining:
A writer and his family have a bad vacation.
Man gets possessed by evil, does Ed McMahon impressions.
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After Hours
Man's worst night ever causes Martin Scorsese to have the worst box office ever.
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Straight from IMDB:
Dude, where's my car? : Two potheads wake up from a night of partying and can't remember where they parked their car.
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Pulp Fiction: In retrospect, perhaps Quentin should have left Travolta where he found him.
Maybe it's me, but don't you find it weird that more time has passed between Pulp Fiction and the present than from Saturday Night Fever to Pulp Fiction?
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Straight from IMDB:
Dude, where's my car? : Two potheads wake up from a night of partying and can't remember where they parked their car.
IMDB is actually really good at this game. For example:
Hardbodies (1984):
Three middle-aged daddies visit California to have a marvelous time at the beach.
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2001: A Space Odyssey:
A beacon from the past gives humanity a chance to shine.
Dr. Strangelove:
An American general starts WWIII when he blames the Russians for his impotence.
A Clockwork Orange:
An innovative government program helps a troubled youth fit back into society.
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Dawn of the Dead (1978):
Mall patrons walk slowly, and develop taste for brains.
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Night of the Comet: Don't think they did the hair that big for effect - that's how it was back then.
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Easy Rider: Hippies ride around listening to music, get murdered.
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SPOILERS!!!!!!