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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:
iklboo · 10/02/2017 12:19

Chitty Chitty Bang Banging

Skyfalling - Chicken Little is James Bond

MetallicBeige · 10/02/2017 12:21

The Girl on the Training.

One girl's struggle to stay survive an epic full day session of health and safety, featuring flipcharts, breaking off into smaller teams and crap coffee.

Mrsdraper1 · 10/02/2017 12:21

Men in blacking drama about the making of the Black and White Minstrel show

TheSpottedZebra · 10/02/2017 12:22

The Devil's Advocating - (slapstick comedy)

It's not easy being mean - even Satan has to flea his cats! Mayhem ensures when Fluffkins doesn't want his 6-weekly spot-on treatment...

CigarsofthePharoahs · 10/02/2017 12:22

Staring Wars - Two people glaring at each other for two hours.

MetallicBeige · 10/02/2017 12:23

I now have such a wonderful mental image of the devil, in his dressing gown trying desperately to apply flea treatment to Tiddles. Grin

MrsWooster · 10/02/2017 12:24

Genius titles!

Mrsdraper1 · 10/02/2017 12:24

Polar Expressing
Bfing antarctic explorer becomes first person to express milk at the South Pole

WingMirrorSpider · 10/02/2017 12:29

A Man for All Seasonings : Biopic of Mr Schwarz and his pioneering work bringing herbs and spices to the masses.

SprinkleOfInsanity · 10/02/2017 12:29

The landing before time.

A twee story of a plane arriving ahead of schedule.

Crispbutty · 10/02/2017 12:29

winnie the poohing

Toilet training for bears

DearMrDilkington · 10/02/2017 12:30

Skyfalling - Chicken Little is James Bond

BrilliantGrinGrin

CigarsofthePharoahs · 10/02/2017 12:30

The Thin Blue Lining - A crap tailor struggles to keep his business going. The Woman In Blacking - A documentary about a lady who makes her living maintaining AGA ovens.

WingMirrorSpider · 10/02/2017 12:33

This is the ending : a film with spoilers from the start.

TheLongRains · 10/02/2017 12:38

Chucking - a self help guide for hoarders.

27 dressing - a primary school teacher's tale of despair at the end of PE lessons.

Inside Outing - when parents can't be arsed to go outside with their kids, so they pretend it's a really exciting adventure to explore the house.

SaskiaRembrandtWasFramed · 10/02/2017 12:38

The Standing, a group of people who bond over the trauma of never getting a seat on the Tube

weegiemum · 10/02/2017 12:38

Moonrakering

Documentary about creating a zen garden on the moon.

MadameCholetsDirtySecret · 10/02/2017 12:40

The Lake Housing. A documentary about a controversial development of new build homes in the green belt.

SprinkleOfInsanity · 10/02/2017 12:41

Pulping fiction.

A story of realists destroying the world of fiction. The twist is hypocritical.

SprinkleOfInsanity · 10/02/2017 12:43

Fight clubbing.

Think of the seals.

trevortrevorslattery · 10/02/2017 12:43

Strangers on a Training
A taut tense thriller about individuals trying to come up with something to make them sound witty during the icebreaker session on a health and safety seminar

CoolCarrie · 10/02/2017 12:45

Forrest Gumping
A walk in the woods with wellies on

GetAHaircutCarl · 10/02/2017 12:46

The Wiring - a true story of electricians in West Baltimore

DanceTheBlues · 10/02/2017 12:47

Last Tangoing in Paris.

A spray tan session in the capital of romance goes terribly wrong.

MopedManiac · 10/02/2017 12:47

I'm in stitches!!! GrinGrinGrin Oh I needed this!! Genius, just genius!

Off to look at TV listing for inspiration...