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Add 'ing' to a movie title, tell us what's it about now?

537 replies

Hushabyelullaby · 10/02/2017 11:43

This just popped up on my news feed on FB. The example was

'Jurassic Parking' - Teaching Dinosaurs how to drive.

My contribution is;
'Fifty shades of Greying' - One man's struggle to stop dyeing his hair and accept his age.

Can you come up with any?

OP posts:
EssieTregowan · 10/02/2017 13:16

Snowing White - about a blizzard.

minesapintofwine · 10/02/2017 13:16

This thread is superb. Vote for classics.

The Secret Life of Petting. Mildly pornagraphic.

Ghosting. A film about being ignored.

JorahsMissus · 10/02/2017 13:15

Polar Expressing.

One mother polar bear's battle to raise a young family in the arctic while also searching for a job to make ends meet. When she is offered a job in the frozen fish section at Iceland she realises she can't possibly breastfeed her newest cub and has to juggle expressing milk with her hectic family and work life.

Cannaeshoveyergranny · 10/02/2017 13:15

The Dark Knighting

A fearful and gory tale of a royal ceremony gone wrong, perhaps featuring a princess and two pop stars.

Rushing

The saga of a harried mother and the trials and tribulations of hurrying from school to swimming to football to ballet to athletics to brownies...a high octane thriller!

EssieTregowan · 10/02/2017 13:15

Abigail's Partying - we follow Abigail on a wild night out.

Rabbit12345 · 10/02/2017 13:14

Kindergarten coping - how to survive the early years and toddler tantrums.

ErrolTheDragon · 10/02/2017 13:13

Star Trekking - A-lister goes for a long walk.

blueskyinmarch · 10/02/2017 13:13

Days of Thundering. An epic storm movie.

ThePurpleOneWithTheNut · 10/02/2017 13:12

Beetlejuicing: 200 New recipes with a twist from NutriBullet.

WingMirrorSpider · 10/02/2017 13:11

Black Hawking Down : After an ill advised turn as a Samuel L Jackson lookalike, the eminent physicist is pushed out of his wheelchair by an angry mob.

RoseCuntedGlasses · 10/02/2017 13:11

Fuck, these are brilliant. Top marks for Midnight Expressing and This is Spinal Tapping. Bloody hell Grin

BreakfastAtSquiffanys · 10/02/2017 13:09

Ground Hogging Day
People randomly parking on other's drives

Moonywormtailpadfootprongs · 10/02/2017 13:09

This is just brilliant!

Grin thanks OP

Starlingsintheslipstream · 10/02/2017 13:09

Bending it like Beckham - can't talk about that one for legal reasons.

SprinkleOfInsanity · 10/02/2017 13:08

Dicking Tracy.

Self explanatory.

Rabbit12345 · 10/02/2017 13:07

Flashing Gordon Grin

OpalMoon · 10/02/2017 13:05

Moulin Rouging - A millers daughter discovers makeup

Kinging Kong - the true story of a town that voted a dog toy as mayor

crapfatbanana · 10/02/2017 13:05

Greasing

One enthusiastic baker's love of preparing cake tins.

HelenaGWells · 10/02/2017 13:05

The Sword and the Stoning - It's based in biblical times obviously.

crapfatbanana · 10/02/2017 13:04

Hooking

A madcap yarn about the crazy lives of a crochet group.

Starlingsintheslipstream · 10/02/2017 13:03

Fasting and Furious - the trials and tribulations of the 5:2 diet.

HelenaGWells · 10/02/2017 13:02

Staring Wars - A staring competition ends in war when one competitor attempts to make their opponent blink by setting off a bomb....

GetAHaircutCarl · 10/02/2017 12:59

Gosford Parking - the brutal tale of life without rear sensors.

SprinkleOfInsanity · 10/02/2017 12:59

This is Spinal Tapping.

A training film for medical students.

WingMirrorSpider · 10/02/2017 12:59

Ducking Soup : Gordon Ramsay goes apeshit in his restaurant while customers attempt to avoid flying plates. Hilarity ensues.