skimpole Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Here's an idea for a thread. Readers could place one sentence zingers describing movies, and other readers could add them or disagree with them. Here are some examples: Body Heat: It luxuriates in a nostalgia for movies the viewer has not actually seen. Raging Bull: It's a Robert Bresson movie for people too lazy and stupid to see a real Robert Bresson movie. Elizabeth: It's like the Godfather, only without that annoying moral complexity. 300: A study in gender confusion among comic book fans. Crash [2005]: A movie that combines the story structure of Robert Altman with the philosophical depth of "Barney and Friends." The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: "Fanny and Alexander" and "Barry Lyndon" are movies with spines made of steel: this movie is what happens when you take out that steel and replace it with marshmellows. Link to post Share on other sites
moviefan1951 Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 OK I'll give it a try. "Hot Dog - The Movie": If you're totally starved for entertainment, this might just hit the spot. Howzat? Link to post Share on other sites
MrHoneywell Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 {...} Message was edited by: TCMWebAdmin Personal Attack Link to post Share on other sites
LonesomePolecat Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 I'll bite; It Happened One Night- it actually happened over a FEW nights... Link to post Share on other sites
erzbet Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 The Full Monty (was actually NOT)..but a fun film anyway (inspite of the F bombs). Link to post Share on other sites
Catwoman915 Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Being There- but only of you like watching. Link to post Share on other sites
skimpole Posted April 4, 2009 Author Share Posted April 4, 2009 "The Royal Tennenbaums," "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou," "The Darjeeling Limited,"--Wes Anderson is an acquired taste--not unlike some dangerous narcotics. Link to post Share on other sites
hamradio Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 2 from "Unforgiven" "Having someone being shot at would rattle most folks" - Gene Hackman. "He should have armed himself if he's going to decorate his establishment with my friend" - Clint Eastwood. A line from "Baby Take A Bow" when Shirley Temple is freeing the boundup criminal loose with a large kitchen knife, he said "you'll cut my head off" - and Shirley replied *that's alright!* A Babylon 5 episode when Zathras (keeper of the Great Machine on Epsilon 3) was explaining his poor life - "Poor Zathras, had a sad life, probually will have a sad death, at least there will be symmetry." Link to post Share on other sites
skimpole Posted April 5, 2009 Author Share Posted April 5, 2009 This isn't a thread about one-liners in movies, it's a thread of using one-liners to describe movies: For example: Gigi--What would happen if Ernst Lubitsch sold have his brains and spent the money on set decoration. Gentleman's Agreement--You should never be mean to a Jew, because he might be a gentile in disguise. (This isn't mine, I believe it came from Elia Kazan. If I'm wrong, somebody please tell me.) Link to post Share on other sites
skimpole Posted April 12, 2009 Author Share Posted April 12, 2009 Lancelot du Lac: NOT to be confused with Monty Python and the Holy Grail Link to post Share on other sites
hamradio Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 I remembered a couple more: In "Dirty Harry" when Callahan played by Clint Eastwood, explained to the Chief the reason why he didn't beat up the Scorpio killer - Cause he looks too damn good, that's how In "Short Circuit" when Ben Jabituya played by Fisher Stevens in the scene when he was looking in amazement theat the Number 5 robot was only obeying the voice commands of Ally Sheedy - I am standing here beside myself Link to post Share on other sites
redhook47 Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 *The Day the Earth Stood Still* - 2008 Remake: Klaatu Barada Stinko Link to post Share on other sites
CharlieT Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 The original *Last House on the Left* - just keep telling yourself " It's only a waste of $7." Link to post Share on other sites
skimpole Posted April 20, 2009 Author Share Posted April 20, 2009 Amarcord: Animal House with subtitles and an oscar that should have gone to Jacques Rivette or Werner Herzog Link to post Share on other sites
Catwoman915 Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Rear Window- Keep your shades drawn. Link to post Share on other sites
LonesomePolecat Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World: The ultimate rat race with the Kings of Comedy! Link to post Share on other sites
skimpole Posted May 13, 2009 Author Share Posted May 13, 2009 Natural Born Killers--Badlands with more drugs and a lot less talent: pyrotechnics as a subsitute for integrity. Link to post Share on other sites
skimpole Posted June 8, 2009 Author Share Posted June 8, 2009 Happiness--you know maybe sentimentality doesn't make Billy Wilder that bad a director after all. Link to post Share on other sites
skimpole Posted June 14, 2009 Author Share Posted June 14, 2009 Mississippi Burning-A movie for people who don't know much about the past, and don't care if it's done accurately. Cries and Whispers-What "The Shining" would be like if Stephen King was a real novelist. Link to post Share on other sites
skimpole Posted July 8, 2009 Author Share Posted July 8, 2009 Sorry, that should be Mississippi Burning-A Historical movie for people who don't know about the past, and don't care to find out. Link to post Share on other sites
skimpole Posted July 8, 2009 Author Share Posted July 8, 2009 The Night of the Hunter-The Perfect combination of film noir with Dr. Seuss Barry Lyndon-Theodore Dreiser's revenge on "A Place in the Sun" and Lionel Trilling Link to post Share on other sites
VideoVertigo Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 2001: Randomly bizarre distractions used in place of an actual plot Boomerang! (1947) When no one can think of a title, throw a dart at a dictionary page. I, Robot: A film for people who never read Isaac Asimov, by people who never read Isaac Asimov Bear Island (1971): See above, replace Asimov with Alistair MacLean Ice Station Zebra: If you want to keep your other characters guessing whether your lead is a secret agent, calling him "John Smith" is sure to confuse them The Horse Soldiers: John Wayne discovers the best way to get the girl is to use writers drunker than William Holden Link to post Share on other sites
kingrat Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Au hasard, Balthazar: Non-actors torment a donkey. Link to post Share on other sites
kingrat Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 skimpole, this is a great idea. Ben-Hur (1959): Heston in a toga beats Lemmon in a dress. Braveheart: The hairdo that terrified the English. Silence of the Lambs: Do me a fava, Clarice. Persona: Just two halves of the same whole. Taxi Driver: Even a loser can find fulfillment killing pimps. Husbands: Reality never felt so phony. Link to post Share on other sites
skimpole Posted July 13, 2009 Author Share Posted July 13, 2009 The Talented Mr. Ripley-Matt Damon kills Jude Law and very slowly gets away with it (Stephen Notley, of "Bob the Angry Flower" fame at angryflower.com) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone-Wow, this works better than Ritalin (Keith Knight, of "The K Chronicles" fame at salon.com) Link to post Share on other sites
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