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Explain a film plot badly

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ThunderInMyHeart · 02/04/2016 09:14

Just read about this as I think it's "trending". I reckon we could come up with a pretty good list...

e.g. 'young girl leaves home to live with 7 strange men' (Snow White)

Your turn.

OP posts:
Chelsea26 · 02/04/2016 11:38

Hot guy with rich parents is a dick
Hot guy with poor/no parents isn't
(Most teen movies)

Chelsea26 · 02/04/2016 11:39

Woman uses her brain (Lucy)

EnthusiasmDisturbed · 02/04/2016 11:46

racist prison staff working in the deep south in the 30's are charmed by black man and his special powers (The Green Mile)

OTheHugeManatee · 02/04/2016 11:48

Romantic disappointment affects local weather (Frozen)

millionsofpeaches · 02/04/2016 11:54

Alien lands on Earth, grows up and develops a penchant for Lycra (Superman)

GiddyOnZackHunt · 02/04/2016 11:56

Weatherman gets the forecast for snow right.

(The Day After Tomorrow)

BalloonSlayer · 02/04/2016 11:57

Person in boring unsatisfactory circumstances discovers they are something special and never knew it.

generic one which covers:

Harry Potter
Star Wars
Percy Jackson
Princess Diaries
Cinderella
Maleficent
Terminator

. . . I expect I could go on Grin

[structuralist emoticon]

AlisonWunderland · 02/04/2016 12:05

Taylor Lautner takes his shirt off. Repeatedly.

Twilight -New moon

BoomBoomsCousin · 02/04/2016 12:09

Corporate mercenaries attacked by animals after invading nest, then abduct a foetus with tragic consequences. (Alien)

MuttonCadet · 02/04/2016 12:57

Computer played noughts and crosses - forever.

War games

elQuintoConyo · 02/04/2016 13:06

Huey, Dewey and Lewey outlive mankind on a floating garden in space.

Silent Running

elQuintoConyo · 02/04/2016 13:08

Amenabar copies Shyalaman but puts Nicole Kidman in it.

The Others

elQuintoConyo · 02/04/2016 13:09

Yuppie with bad taste in music hallucinates killing people. Has the best-looking business card.

American Psycho

elQuintoConyo · 02/04/2016 13:10

Creepy silver-haired man from the woods kills young blonde woman. Logs speak.

Twin Peaks

Ginkypig · 02/04/2016 13:22

Loads of soldiers hunt for another soldier, (saving private Ryan)

Ginkypig · 02/04/2016 13:23

2 gangs have a song and dance (west side story)

cakesonatrain · 02/04/2016 14:36

Long-haired, tower-dwelling girl likes lanterns. Is reunited with long-lost parents.
(Tangled)

Shirkingfromhome · 02/04/2016 16:23

Two boxers fight each other (any Rambo film)

nocoolnamesleft · 02/04/2016 17:08

Day trip to US tourist attraction ends with a bang - The Rock

Prince's fiance kidnapped, twice - The Princess Bride

Aliens catch a cold - War of the Worlds

InQuiteAPickle · 02/04/2016 17:18

A little boy asks for more porridge and the shit hits the fan - Oliver.

A girl tries to find her way home - The Wizard Of Oz

Newes · 02/04/2016 17:19

Narcissistic unsuccessful actor swears a lot. Withnail And I.

Newes · 02/04/2016 17:22

Him from that politics series cuts off own fingerprints, kills some people in horrible ways.
Seven.

Newes · 02/04/2016 17:27

Violent married couple with communication issues.
Mr and Mrs Smith.

NeedACleverNN · 02/04/2016 17:30

Older sister steals youngest sisters chance to be on a country wide televised tv show (the hunger games)

Itinerary · 02/04/2016 17:32

Alien befriends boy and goes home again.

E.T.