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Describe your favourite tv show/book/movie...

  • 16-08-2011 11:59am
    #1
    MitchKoobski
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,101 ✭✭✭


    ...in a way that makes it sound as boring as possible.

    Guy breaks up with girlfriend and goes to the pub because theres no one around.
    Shaun of the Dead

    Kid gets sent to boarding school.
    Harry Potter

    Bunch of war stories, with episodes based on snow and trees.
    Band of Brothers
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  • #2
    Genghiz Cohen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,182 ✭✭✭Genghiz Cohen


    Little guy has to deliver jewelery.
    Lord of the Rings


  • #3
    Frank Black
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,296 ✭✭✭Frank Black


    Redneck farmer leaves home, loses arm in industrial accident, becomes embittered and politicized and becomes terrorist.
    Star Wars


  • #4
    mackg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,938 ✭✭✭mackg


    the life of priests in a small parish
    father ted


  • #5
    stephen_k
    Registered Users Posts: 449 ✭✭stephen_k


    A lot of women suck a lot of c*ck
    Cum Guzzlers 7


  • #6
    Mickeroo
    Administrators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 32,394 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Mickeroo


    Guy develops a mental disorder and loses his job
    Fight Club

    Two friends go for a few days holiday in the biritish countryside, nothing happens
    Withnail & I

    Some people get involved in a trade dispute
    Star Wars: The Phantom Menace

    Some people on a road trip get locked inside a shpping centre
    Dawn of the Dead

    The weather is really crap
    The Day After Tomorrow


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  • #7
    py2006
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,844 ✭✭✭py2006


    guy goes to prison and makes a friend
    Shawshank Redemption


  • #8
    hidinginthebush
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,679 ✭✭✭hidinginthebush


    I saw this in a movie about a bus that had to speed around a city, keeping its speed over fifty and if its speed dropped, it would explode! I think it was called...
    "The Bus That Couldnt Slow Down"


  • #9
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    Mickeroo wrote: »
    Some people get involved in a trade dispute
    Star Wars: The Phantom Menace

    That's not making it sound as boring as possible, that's the movie!


  • #10
    Aodan83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,110 ✭✭✭Aodan83


    Vigilante doesn't get himself killed.
    Batman (any)


  • #11
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    Man initially doesn't want to take over his father's self-made family business, but eventually does so successfully.
    The Godfather I and II


    Illegal immigrant roams the streets doling out violent vigilante justice
    Superman


    Man dislikes job, government
    1984


    Woman worries about accepting acting role (may be really spoilery)
    Inland Empire


    Woman has dream (major spoiler)
    Mulholland Drive


    Archaeologist does his job
    Indiana Jones films


    Three men go fishing
    Jaws


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  • #12
    Frank Black
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,296 ✭✭✭Frank Black


    Mentally retarded guy talks sh;t for 3 hours.
    Forrest Gump


  • #13
    Aodan83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,110 ✭✭✭Aodan83


    Cop is shot, has life saving surgery.
    Robocop
    May not be entirely accurate actually....


  • #14
    -Kenny-
    Registered Users Posts: 390 ✭✭-Kenny-


    Guy taking drugs gets places in life
    Limitless


  • #15
    Mickeroo
    Administrators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 32,394 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Mickeroo


    chin_grin wrote: »
    That's not making it sound as boring as possible, that's the movie!

    Yea I know, I'm glad someone got that :pac:


  • #16
    Paddy Samurai
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,014 ✭✭✭Paddy Samurai


    Bloke upsets his mates with a bad case of indigestion.
    Alien


  • #17
    Frank Black
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,296 ✭✭✭Frank Black


    Guy has strange dream
    Inception.


  • #18
    Mickeroo
    Administrators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 32,394 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Mickeroo


    A boat sinks
    Titanic


  • #19
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    Children go for a walk
    Stand by Me


    A man goes to meet another man by river
    Heart of Darkness, Apocalypse Now


    Family spend winter together in a hotel, get to know one another
    The Shining


    Voyeur spies on neighbours
    Rear Window


    Man lives, then dies
    Citizen Kane


    Miners try to deal with pest
    Alien


    Some people go to sleep
    Inception


  • #20
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    Man goes for a walk
    Ulysses


  • #21
    NothingMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,178 ✭✭✭✭NothingMan


    A divorced man goes for a hike.
    Cliffhanger

    A man catches a small fish.
    Finding Nemo

    A mans wife and best and only friend dies leaving him miserable.
    Up!


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  • #22
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    Bad dog!
    Cujo


  • #23
    Frank Black
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,296 ✭✭✭Frank Black


    Guy with pretend limp makes up story.
    The Usual Suspects


  • #24
    Aodan83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,110 ✭✭✭Aodan83


    Neo Nazi is reformed in prison.
    American History X


  • #25
    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,135 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    Sexually curious/confused man takes to the streets in order to find himself.
    The Fast and the Furious


  • #26
    Seachmall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,041 ✭✭✭Seachmall


    Journalist covers race.
    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

    Friends go to club.
    Human Traffic


  • #27
    krudler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    Farmer with some deep seeded paternal angst gets involved in rebellion against fascist imperialistic senate.
    Star Wars


  • #28
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,030 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    Man with unusual skeleton hates this dude's mother.
    Terminater


  • #29
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    Religious cult take young boy from mother while she remains in life of hard labour

    The Magdalene Sisters
    The Phantom Menace


  • #30
    NothingMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,178 ✭✭✭✭NothingMan


    A man attempts to become a specialised tailor.
    Silence of the Lambs


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  • #31
    Mickeroo
    Administrators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 32,394 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Mickeroo


    A young man deals with puberty
    Spider-Man

    Periods suck
    Ginger Snaps


  • #32
    MitchKoobski
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,101 ✭✭✭MitchKoobski


    Guy punches cows in a freezer
    Rocky


  • #33
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,030 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    Equestrian sweet nothings.
    The Horse Whisperer

    Sweaty Irish nightclub.
    Gorillas in the mist

    1, 2, 3, lucky for ye.
    Shindlers List


  • #34
    MitchKoobski
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,101 ✭✭✭MitchKoobski


    Guy sets up a website
    The Social Network


  • #35
    mackg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,938 ✭✭✭mackg


    MitchKoobski wrote: »
    Guy punches cows in a freezer
    Rocky

    that does not sound the least bit boring!

    Mature Students
    Old School


  • #36
    bnt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,031 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    TV Show:
    The West Wing.
    The same US President in office for 7 years.

    Book:
    Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood's End.
    We're all Children who will grow up, some day.

    Movie:
    The Godfather.
    An Italian-American family has some difficulties with their import business.

    Death has this much to be said for it:
    You don’t have to get out of bed for it.
    Wherever you happen to be
    They bring it to you—free.

    — Kingsley Amis



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  • #37
    Frank Black
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,296 ✭✭✭Frank Black


    Guy gets his vest dirty crawling through ventilation shafts.

    Die Hard


  • #38
    FortuneChip
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,795 ✭✭✭FortuneChip


    Man purchases structurally unsound house
    The Money Pit

    Innaccurate World War 2 documentary
    Inglorious Basterds


  • #39
    MitchKoobski
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,101 ✭✭✭MitchKoobski


    School teacher has to collect a guy so he can go home.
    Saving Private Ryan


  • #40
    .E_C_K_S.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,150 ✭✭✭.E_C_K_S.


    Man is involved in extensive groundbreaking research of water molecules to maximise the hydration and performance of the team.
    Waterboy


  • #41
    Frank Black
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,296 ✭✭✭Frank Black


    Guy works in shop.
    Clerks


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  • #42
    FortuneChip
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,795 ✭✭✭FortuneChip


    Deranged Paedo Industrialist uses confectionary to lure children. Proceeds to torture and mutilate them
    Willy Wonka and the Chocatle Factory

    Man take hallucinogenic pill. Proceeds to believe he is Jesus Christ
    The Matrix


  • #43
    Genghiz Cohen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,182 ✭✭✭Genghiz Cohen


    Guy travels to south, to help out a friend.
    A Game of Thrones
    Street urchin finds a tea pot.
    Aladdin
    Cops stare at a phone for weeks.
    The Wire


  • #44
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    Man getting hit by football
    Man Getting Hit by Football


  • #45
    NothingMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,178 ✭✭✭✭NothingMan


    Guy answers a phone.
    Phonebooth


  • #46
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,030 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    An extremely caring woman helps heal man who survives a RTA.
    Misery


  • #47
    Colmo52
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,370 ✭✭✭Colmo52


    Man executed
    The Green Mile


  • #48
    chopperbyrne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,041 ✭✭✭✭chopperbyrne


    A man doesn't enjoy his breakfast on his way to his daughters birthday party. Police shoot him.
    Falling Down


  • #49
    blaze1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,559 ✭✭✭blaze1


    White basketball player develops white man disease
    whitemen cant jump


    Boy falls down well, gets scared.
    The dark Knight


    Man in cave makes suit
    Ironman


    Clown with a baloon
    IT

    A lot of phone tapping
    The Wire


  • #50
    Frank Black
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,296 ✭✭✭Frank Black


    Engineer assists in infrastructure project in the developing world
    Bridge over the River Kwai

    Transvestites join band
    Some like it hot

    Man wisely shuts down malfunctioning computer
    2001

    Guy has mid-life crisis
    American Beauty
    Friends canoe down a river
    Deliverance


  • #51
    Daith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,057 ✭✭✭Daith


    Guy drives around city then runs off with company property
    Blade Runner


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