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     David_lees (David_lees) Username: David_lees Registered: 12-2011 Posted From: 92.22.28.28 |
Some of these are genius  http://www.postmodernbarney.com/2009/04/uncomfortable-plot-summaries/ BATMAN: Wealthy man assaults the mentally ill. FRANKENSTEIN: Scientific advancement proves unpopular with general public. RED DAWN: Despite shock-and-awe tactics, a superior occupying force is no match for a tenacious sect of terrorist insurgents. ROBIN HOOD: Disgruntled veteran protests taxes. SCARFACE: Immigrant finds running his own business stressful, dangerous. TERMINATOR: An unplanned pregnancy leads to complications. | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 99.126.164.88 |
Funny.... I'll add, from the ones I've seen recently: THE HELP: Black housemaid realizes her inner "Mildred Pierce," when she unveils a recipe for pie that drives white folks wild. THE FINAL DESTINATION series: Teens with psychic visions save select amounts of other teens from group-based grand disasters, thereby reserving them for more individual and personalized ghastly deaths. HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: Viewer reaches the end of an over-hyped fantasy film series, only to palpably regret—with much wailing and gnashing of teeth—how much time from his life he actually wasted in the aggregate. | ||
| Ramsey Campbell (Ramsey) Username: Ramsey Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 92.8.31.157 |
The Great Gatsby: Egg is wealthy man's abode. | ||
| Protodroid (Protodroid) Username: Protodroid Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 109.79.93.114 |
Second Death Star Plans Spark Hope For Construction Sector, Tyranny. | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 99.126.164.88 |
THE GODFATHER: Reluctant decorated WWII vet decides anyway to enter the tired old family business, and to his great joy, prospers magnificently as he turns things around. | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 99.126.164.88 |
SALO: Boys' and girls' group activities during planned retreats can be ever more stimulating, if only older counselors will pitch in and organize things. | ||
| Paul_finch (Paul_finch) Username: Paul_finch Registered: 11-2009 Posted From: 92.5.36.69 |
JURASSIC PARK: Ungracrious scientists, looking to cadge undeserved grants from naive Scottish showman, find that bad weather and temperamental pets don't mix. | ||
| Weber (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 109.150.142.245 |
MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL: British comedy troupe inadvertently creates language lab for nerds. | ||
| Weber (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 109.150.142.245 |
TITANIC: Crazy old widow disregards lifelong memories of husband, children, and grandchildren in favor of that one time she fucked a bum. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.29.56.240 |
The Shining: if he'd taken the telly, like 30bn other blokes, it could have been so different. | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 2.24.30.25 |
Weber – how? Never mind. | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 2.24.30.25 |
CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD – zombies get sick too. Your guess is as good as mine. | ||
| Paul_finch (Paul_finch) Username: Paul_finch Registered: 11-2009 Posted From: 92.5.36.69 |
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN: The US wins World War II on its own. Again. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.29.56.240 |
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY: apes find a table but lack opposable thumbs and cannot dine in civilised manner, so decide to evolve for 250,000 years to make use of it. It was shame to waste it. It was lovely. | ||
| Weber (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.66.23.11 |
Saving Private Ryan - the only people in France in WWII were the gemans and the Americans | ||
| Protodroid (Protodroid) Username: Protodroid Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 147.252.230.148 |
Man Steals Golden Idol From Tourist Attraction. | ||
| Stevie Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.32.31.1 |
Ah, I like this game better! Name the Film: Feisty lady of ill repute tempts various hard men with her river of desire and ends up Mistress of all she surveys... | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.29.56.240 |
The Iron Lady. | ||
| Weber (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.66.23.11 |
Immigrants cause trouble in garden of eden | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 217.156.210.82 |
Hostel? | ||
| Stevie Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.32.31.1 |
Actually I was thinking of 'Once Upon A Time In The West' but now I come to think of it...  | ||
| Stevie Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.32.31.1 |
It's that thing with the chipmunks in it, Weber! Isn't it? | ||
| Paul_finch (Paul_finch) Username: Paul_finch Registered: 11-2009 Posted From: 92.5.36.69 |
How about this one ... Homicidal rednecks leave traile of carnage, but it's really the media who are at fault. | ||
| Weber (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.66.23.11 |
Paul, that has to be NBK. Mine was Avatar - but OUATITW fits as well | ||
| Stevie Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.32.31.1 |
Whooosh... | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 99.126.164.88 |
Theater-lurking creepy man-boy goes on a far-reaching quest to find a material object he's fetishistically attached to.... | ||
| Stevie Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.32.31.1 |
Ed Wood | ||
| Stevie Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.32.31.1 |
And Paul's was, I believe, 'Natural Born Killers'. | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 99.126.164.88 |
Nope, Stevie!  If you were answering mine, that is.... | ||
| Weber (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.66.23.11 |
As I said - NBK | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 99.126.164.88 |
"Theater-lurking" is cheating the game a bit, perhaps. Maybe that's a clue.... | ||
| Weber (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.66.23.11 |
no idea | ||
| Weber (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.66.23.11 |
How about Endangered creature hunted down and killed for obeying its natural instincts. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.253.77 |
The Iron Lady? | ||
| Weber (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.66.23.11 |
I wish | ||
| Protodroid (Protodroid) Username: Protodroid Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 78.152.218.197 |
Man Chooses Alien Abduction Over Pizza Night With Wife, Children. | ||
| Paul_finch (Paul_finch) Username: Paul_finch Registered: 11-2009 Posted From: 92.5.36.69 |
All correct in my case. | ||
| Protodroid (Protodroid) Username: Protodroid Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 78.152.218.197 |
Relief as No Dogs Harmed in Near Destruction of Earth. | ||
| Protodroid (Protodroid) Username: Protodroid Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 78.152.218.197 |
Long-running Mother and Son Motel Business "Triumph of The Big Society", says Minister. | ||
| Protodroid (Protodroid) Username: Protodroid Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 78.152.218.197 |
Housing Market Still Moribund on LV-426. | ||
| Protodroid (Protodroid) Username: Protodroid Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 78.152.218.197 |
Couple Stalk, Harrass Elderly Widower. | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 166.216.226.86 |
Mine: PEE WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE. | ||
| Weber (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.169.5.177 |
Relief as no dogs harmed has to be Independence day. I so wanted to see only half the dog land next to the irrritating kid. Mother and son Motel business - If that's not psycho i'll eat my keyboard. Can't think on the other 2 at the moment. | ||
| David_lees (David_lees) Username: David_lees Registered: 12-2011 Posted From: 92.22.28.28 |
Religious group re-unite mother with estranged daughter. | ||
| David_lees (David_lees) Username: David_lees Registered: 12-2011 Posted From: 92.22.28.28 |
Sailors make first contact with alien life, ram it with boat. | ||
| David_lees (David_lees) Username: David_lees Registered: 12-2011 Posted From: 92.22.28.28 |
Angel attempts to improve humanity, is thwarted by cancer-ridden misanthrope. | ||
| Protodroid (Protodroid) Username: Protodroid Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 109.79.51.32 |
Mine: RAIDERS, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS, INDEPENDENCE DAY, PSYCHO, ALIENS, REAR WINDOW. | ||
| Stevie Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 82.29.252.215 |
Endangered creature hunted down and killed for obeying its natural instincts. JAWS (the best film of my childhood and still one of the best films ever made) | ||
| Weber (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.169.5.177 |
Religious group - The nameless? Angel improving humanity - Constantine? Alien First contact - The abyss? | ||
| Weber (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.169.5.177 |
My last one was Jaws by the way. Or it could equally apply to arachnaphobia, Grizzly or many other creature features. | ||
| Stevie Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 82.29.252.215 |
Fuck me! If spiders are endangered then we really are in trouble! | ||
| Weber (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.169.5.177 |
These particular ones only lived in one tree in the amazon somewhere. so yes they were | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 2.24.18.178 |
Did they meet on the web? | ||
| Ramsey Campbell (Ramsey) Username: Ramsey Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 92.9.242.49 |
Man conquers fear of heights and is reunited with girlfriend. | ||
| Stevie Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.32.31.1 |
Safety Last | ||
| Weber (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.145.210.92 |
A sing along tale of gold, canniballism and one simple man's love for his horse. | ||
| Protodroid (Protodroid) Username: Protodroid Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 109.79.69.10 |
"Man conquers fear of heights and is reunited with girlfriend." Eyes Wide Shut. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 129.11.76.230 |
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| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 217.37.199.45 |
Woman says yes, then says no – that was all she wrote. | ||
| David_lees (David_lees) Username: David_lees Registered: 12-2011 Posted From: 92.22.28.28 |
Weber, all right except the boat one was Call of Cthulhu - though dipping into books was probably unfair of me, I just caught sight of the title on my bookshelf and went for it! | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 99.126.164.88 |
Okay, David, since you're doing books.... Paranormal activity drives a sensitive lad to murdering his family members. Two eggheads discuss the best ways to impose totalitarianism upon humanity. Lonely soul makes some friends, but finds himself ultimately betrayed in this torrid love triangle. | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 2.24.29.211 |
Well, The Call of Cthulhu was also a film – very very good one, I've seen it three times. But oddly for a vision that's supposed to drive people mad, it's left me just as sane as I was when I commanded the French navy. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 2.102.71.240 |
Got that for Xmas. Haven't watched it yet. Too busy invading Russia. | ||
| Protodroid (Protodroid) Username: Protodroid Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 109.79.116.62 |
Policeman Rescues Irritating Wife He Will Eventually Divorce Anyway from Charming Villan. | ||
| Protodroid (Protodroid) Username: Protodroid Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 109.79.116.62 |
Man Overcomes Acute Slow-Motion to Foil Terrorist Plot. | ||
| Protodroid (Protodroid) Username: Protodroid Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 109.79.116.62 |
Evil Genius Who Faked Stammer in Phone Call to Police "Thrilled With Himself". | ||
| Protodroid (Protodroid) Username: Protodroid Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 109.79.116.62 |
Action Hero Forgoes Action in Favour of Shaving Head, Scowling. | ||
| Protodroid (Protodroid) Username: Protodroid Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 109.79.116.62 |
Mine: The DIE HARDs. | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 99.126.164.88 |
Mine (the book ones): HAMLET REPUBLIC GENESIS |