A new challenge for the readership
The fine people at b3ta linked to this high quality post this week - wilfully distorted one line film plot summaries.
Here are a few examples to make the hyperlink clicking tempting:
Those are not a million miles away from the one liners in The Sunday Times TV section: Beverly Hill Cop - a cop goes to LA to find the killers of his best friend.
Anyway, if anyone can be dragged back here after the click, give it a go. Novels could be entertaining too.
Anyway, a few of mine:
No Country for Old Men - a trailer park dweller discovers crime does not pay
Flags of our Fathers - Soldiers deceive the public
High Noon - A Quaker's religious convictions prove insincere.
The Godfather - An Italian American family struggles to adapt to life in New York.
James Bond - (all of 'em) - Low ranking naval officer suffers from satyriasis
Here are a few examples to make the hyperlink clicking tempting:
- Billy Elliot: Union worker turns back on strikers for personal gain.
- Deliverance: Tourists experience local hospitality.
- E.T.: Out-of-control pet causes mayhem, sadness.
- O Brother where are thou?: Southern musicians encounter massive flooding and government incompetence.
- Rosemary's baby: An unplanned pregnancy leads to complications.
- Star Wars: Religious extremist terrorists destroy government installation, killing thousands.
Those are not a million miles away from the one liners in The Sunday Times TV section: Beverly Hill Cop - a cop goes to LA to find the killers of his best friend.
Anyway, if anyone can be dragged back here after the click, give it a go. Novels could be entertaining too.
Anyway, a few of mine:
No Country for Old Men - a trailer park dweller discovers crime does not pay
Flags of our Fathers - Soldiers deceive the public
High Noon - A Quaker's religious convictions prove insincere.
The Godfather - An Italian American family struggles to adapt to life in New York.
James Bond - (all of 'em) - Low ranking naval officer suffers from satyriasis
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Oo thats good
Casablanca - Drunk Misanthropist`s links to Terrorism exposed.
Shane - Immigrants Prepared to Use Violence to Take Land
The Ancient Mariner- Slight Delay Causes Over Reaction ( Travel Times Improved Overall Said Spokesman)
Robin Hood - Criminal Gangs Maintain Grip On Terrified Population.
Keep 'em coming Paul. Feel free to send your gang over too.
Titanic - Over 1000 miles of trouble Free cruising ( The untold story)
I do not have a gang but have posted
Blazing Saddles: affirmative action program foists unqualified lawman on peaceful Midwestern suburb
Sound of Music: Singing Nun-o-Gram joke misfires, with disastrous consequences for Austro-German relations
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly: trio of pranksters create hilarious mayhem as they seek to entertain the warring parties in the Civil War
Gone With The Wind: costume drama based on the daydreams of a home-loving Southern Belle. Note, when the film set accidentally burned down during the shooting of this rom-com, the director cleverly built the episode into the plot
2001: A Space Odyssey - elaborate atheist hoax undermines Believers' understanding of Creation
ND - I knew I could count on you to step up to the plate or rather head to the crease.
Othello - A practical joke goes wrong with unfortunate consequences.
King Lear - A troubled family struggles to understand itself.
(I might do the rest of the A list tragedies later, but need to mull)
Local Hero: American oil company exploits unsophisticated Scottish villagers.
Paris Texas: Lots of action to an upbeat soundtrack.
Orphee: Dead Frenchman recovers.
MacBeth: ambulatory woodland further confuses a troubled monarch.
Moby Dick: an upbeat look at how fishing really can be fun.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: some chums go off the beaten track - with hilarious consequences!
Good stuff folks, keep 'em coming.
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