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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:
MrsHenryWinter · 02/04/2016 17:32

Family hire new nanny - Mary Poppins

Tartyflette · 02/04/2016 17:33

Amnesiac goes on the rampage. The Bourne Identity.

JessTitchener · 02/04/2016 17:37

Teenage girl changes herself to attract local idiot. With song and dance routines.
(Grease)

imwithspud · 02/04/2016 17:43

Various people fall in love - Love Actually

LoisWilkersonsLastNerve · 02/04/2016 17:48

It's that one that thingy from neighbours was in. I can't remember it, neither can he.

Memento

quencher · 02/04/2016 18:27

A grown man stalks a young girl to womanhood then marries her ( the time travellers wife )

A woman sees a ghost (ghost)

A man falls in love with a dying victorian stripper ( moulin rouge )

A little boys best friend is a grown up dead man. (sixth sense )

Spin the spinning top (inception )

A pirate on a ship. (all of pirates of the Caribbean)

No social services for a home alone child. (home a lone )

Super hero without power. ( batman or iron man )

A man with a hammer. ( Thor )

Dysfunctional family dynamic with power struggle ( Thor)

Shhhh ( fight club )

A little girl with three male companions ( the wizard of oz )

Young lovers commit suicide ( Romeo and Juliet)

JessTitchener · 02/04/2016 18:29

Man with mother issues makes woman wish she'd locked the bathroom door.

Psycho.

annandale · 02/04/2016 18:38

Middle aged man grooms 17 year old to avoid thinking about 30 year old [Manhattan]

Farmer finds farming so boring that he starts to hallucinate [Field of Dreams]

Transport company focus on decorations so much that basic safety is ignored [Titanic]

JessTitchener · 02/04/2016 18:40

Sydney never gets killed.

All the Scream films.

MartinaJ · 02/04/2016 18:41

How to bag a boy in a horrendous dress (Pretty in Pink)
Hallucinating nephew kills his uncle (Hamlet)

RomComPhooey · 02/04/2016 18:42

A case of mistaken identity leads to a perfectly good rug getting ruined and a whole lot of trouble. White Russians and druggy interludes feature heavily. (Big Lebowski)

JessTitchener · 02/04/2016 18:45

Unconventional girl needs complete makeover to attract boy.

The Breakfast Club, She's all that etc

JessTitchener · 02/04/2016 18:47

Should have gone to Magaluf.

The Beach.

MuttonCadet · 02/04/2016 18:50

Brilliant Jess!
(And when are you going to take Rob to task?)

JessTitchener · 02/04/2016 18:51

When I've finished furnishing the torture chamber mutton

JessTitchener · 02/04/2016 18:52

Should have checked trip advisor.

Hostel.

LaContessaDiPlump · 02/04/2016 18:53

Jamaicans don't quite win a speed race.

(Cool Runnings)

dodobookends · 02/04/2016 19:06

Television presenter has deja-vu (Groundhog Day)

Scientist thinks a volcano is about to expode and leaves the area at high speed stays to watch (Dante's Peak)

elQuintoConyo · 02/04/2016 19:13

Michael Fish says there's nothing to worry about.

Twister

elQuintoConyo · 02/04/2016 19:14

He's not the Mesdiah, he's a Very Naughty Boy.

Life of Brian

misstweedyweedy · 02/04/2016 19:14

Some teenagers stay up late because it's the start of the summer holidays. (Dazed and confused)

elQuintoConyo · 02/04/2016 19:15

North Americanpuppets think they're all that.

Team America: World Police.

elQuintoConyo · 02/04/2016 19:15

Drugs are bad.

Requiem for a Dream.

HazelMcWitch · 02/04/2016 19:16

Middle class people are annoying (Love Actually)

I suppose you'll have to do, then (When Harry Met Sally)

War (Saving Private Ryan)

Man grows potatoes in shit in space (The Martian)

elQuintoConyo · 02/04/2016 19:16

The Deadliest Catch. On steroids.

The Perfect Storm.