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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:
DingleberryFinn · 02/04/2016 19:19

Some aliens come down and then go away again.
Close Encounters

HazelMcWitch · 02/04/2016 19:21

Absolute total arsehole is an absolute total arsehole (The Wolf of Wall Street)

Some hippies in the sixties. One gets his hair cut at the end (Withnail and I)

Use a condom, kids (Juno)

SuffolkNWhat · 02/04/2016 19:24

Ex boyfriend turns into a bit of a knob (Truly, Madly, Deeply)

quencher · 02/04/2016 19:24

A lazy man who inherited a music copy right befriends a bullied boy with a depressed mother, they live happily ever after , ( about a boy )

The murder mystery
the dead duck in the park pond ( about a boy)

Only kids allowed and adults can fuck off ( Peter pan )

YerTiz · 02/04/2016 19:25

French girl is a busy body (Amelie)

YerTiz · 02/04/2016 19:26

A man and a young woman happen to be in Tokyo at the same time (Lost in Translation)

Coldtoeswarmheart · 02/04/2016 19:27

Interfering nosey neighbour. (Rear Window)

RomComPhooey · 02/04/2016 19:29

Time travelling teenager narrowly avoids an incestuous clinch with his mother. (Back to the Future)

JessTitchener · 02/04/2016 19:32

American woman does British accent.

Sliding Doors, Shakespeare in love.

quencher · 02/04/2016 19:34

A man on boat with stunted orange tree as food ( water world )

A scientist with his family running around and surrounded by zombies with no antidote ( world war z )

HazelMcWitch · 02/04/2016 19:36

Chocolate is nice (Chocolat)

Heroin is moreish (Trainspotting)

Sex is quite good fun (91/2 weeks)

AFuckOfFlora · 02/04/2016 19:37

Ship sinks.

BendyBusBuggy · 02/04/2016 19:38

A man and a woman divorce (Kramer vs Kramer

BennyTheBall · 02/04/2016 19:40

Loads of ugly people running around outside - Lord of the Rings 1-100.

I actually described it thus to my dh after he forced me to watch one.

candykane25 · 02/04/2016 19:40

What film is that then flora ? ;)

lljkk · 02/04/2016 19:51

Misunderstood chap in scary house just needs a little love (Rocky Horror)
Misunderstood chap bothers teenage girls (Halloween)
Simple townsfolk in the wild west come to love a different sort of sheriff (Blazing Saddles)
Spoilt Space princess enjoys a bit of Rough, while dodging the Assholes (Spaceballs)

chunkymum1 · 02/04/2016 19:51

much older man poses as teenage boy, gets teenage girl interested when she's a bit messed up about her parents splitting up, makes her think it's all her idea, takes her away from parents/lovely loyal friend, gets her involved in some weird shit. (Twilight)

Woman goes on boat, has a fling with 'bit of rough' from second class, boat starts to sink, woman decides to be a diva and refuses to get on lifeboat without her bit of rough, he manages to stay afloat on a bit of wood, she doesn't but is happy to take his- turns out she can live without him after all. (Titanic)

FadedRed · 02/04/2016 19:55

Teenage bride-to-be finds her estranged father, doesn't get married. Bad singing. (Mamma Mia)
6 people get married, two people don't get married, one person dies. (4 Weddings and a Funeral)
F1 racing drivers drive in races. One driver has a serious crash, another wins the championship. (Senna/Rush)

wanderings · 02/04/2016 20:14

Cricketer WG Grace wears a crown and shows the King the UEFA cup in the sky.
(Monty Python and the Holy Grail)

One fight scene after another. (Lord of the Rings)

Speccy geek holds stick. (Harry Potter)

My bodily fluctuations. (Bridget Jones)

John beds Jamie several times. (A Fish called Wanda)

"Right!" (Clockwise)

Everything is awesome. (No need to say what this is!)

allegretto · 02/04/2016 20:23

This isn't mine and it's old but I still like it:

Transported to a surreal landscape, a young girl kills the first person she meets and then teams up with three strangers to kill again. (Wizard of Oz) Grin

JessTitchener · 02/04/2016 20:25

There was room for two people on the floating door.

Titanic.

YerTiz · 02/04/2016 20:37

Terrorists cause havoc at a major racing event to create fear and ensure the continued use of oil versus natural gas.

(Cars 2)

StrictlyMumDancing · 02/04/2016 20:58

allegretto that's my all time favourite Grin

BeastofCraggyIsland · 02/04/2016 21:03

T-Rex kills people on an island - Jurassic Park

Two T-Rexes kill people on a different island and in San Diego - Jurassic Park 2

T-Rex tries to kill people on second island but gets killed by nastier dinosaur in the process - Jurassic Park 3

Mutant T-Rex hybrid kills people on the original island - Jurassic World

Silverfoxofwarwick1953 · 02/04/2016 21:50

It's just fucking blue! I mean WTF? (Blue)