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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.

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bolleauxnouveau · 03/04/2016 17:52

12 year old boy has affair with grown woman (big)

SilverBirchWithout · 03/04/2016 17:52

Unmarried woman, who is not really fussed about getting married, happens to meet a man, there is a bit of misunderstanding, but they eventually get do married.

(All Jane Austen novels)

Lockheart · 03/04/2016 17:53

David Bowie kidnaps teenage girl using too much glitter (Labyrinth, just in case anyone missed it) Grin

Don't know what she was so bothered about, he could have kidnapped me any time Wink

PestilentialCat · 03/04/2016 18:12

Farmer's wife has an affair with a photographer (The Bridges of Madison County)

Spoilt girl loves someone else's husband (Gone With The Wind)

TheGirlWhoWasntThere · 03/04/2016 18:37

Hallucinating soldier is actually dead.

Jacobs Ladder.

meridithssister · 03/04/2016 18:40

Butler doesn't shag the housekeeper. (Remains of the day)

MoonriseKingdom · 03/04/2016 18:42

Elderly couple supports young neighbours through a difficult pregnancy - Rosemary's baby

family pet pays price of husband's infidelity - fatal attraction

SuffolkNWhat · 03/04/2016 18:46

Illegal immigrant causes 1000s of £s worth of damage in London

(Paddington)

Summerisle1 · 03/04/2016 18:48

Man oversleeps. Wakes to discover bitey people after him. Hides in pub until its all over. Shaun Of The Dead.

Stratter5 · 03/04/2016 18:50

I have to take issue with Christmas With The Kranks. It should be.

Christmas is cancelled.
Christmas isn't cancelled.
HAM.

Alasalas2 · 03/04/2016 18:53

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GroundHogLife · 03/04/2016 18:55

Man has sex. (Shame)

RomComPhooey · 03/04/2016 18:58

Illegal immigrant causes 1000s of £s worth of damage in London

(Paddington)

Hahahahahahahaha. I expect to see this in the Daily Mail TV guide when Paddington gets its first terrestrial screening.

VoyageOfDad · 03/04/2016 18:59

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VoyageOfDad · 03/04/2016 19:03

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RomComPhooey · 03/04/2016 19:08

Worst family road trip ever. (The Road)

PennyHasNoSurname · 03/04/2016 19:16

Robot fancies other robot. They save fat americans in space

PennyHasNoSurname · 03/04/2016 19:16

Oops. Wall.e

NerrSnerr · 03/04/2016 19:19

Spice Girls' bus jumps over a bridge (Spiceworld)

quencher · 03/04/2016 19:29

Iceberg lookouts had one job to do. One job!
Perhaps, the crow should have had binoculars sitting in the nest as well as the bridge while eating seafood and iceberg lettuce sandwich.

Lweji · 03/04/2016 19:29

Worst family space trip. (Lost in space)

Schroedinger's girl in the tube. (Sliding doors)

bonnie1981 · 03/04/2016 19:33

single woman gets pissed a lot and writes about it

(bridget jones diary)

FadedRed · 03/04/2016 19:35

Soldiers go to North African city to drink beer. Ice cold in Alex
Murderer tries to climb mountain. The Eiger Sanction.
Serial killer tries to rescue daughter from unpleasant rich man. Bad singing. Sweeney Todd.
Miser dreams of ghosts, becomes philanthropist. Christmas Carol/Scrooge/Scrooged etc.

JessTitchener · 03/04/2016 19:38

Girl dumps boy.

500 days of summer.