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No matter if you’re a binge-viewer, a theatergoer, or a full-on cinema critic who looks for depth in every motion picture, you find yourself in a situation where you need to answer the quintessential question. “What was it about?” is a hell of a challenge thrown at you, where 2 hours have to be somehow packed into three sentences tops.

You clear your throat and give it your best shot. Now what? Now nothing. Describing famous movies is not that easy, whether we like it or not.

But let’s change the rules and see if we can answer the same question by deliberately missing the point. Like, completely off. These people rose to the challenge, and it turns out, bad movie descritions are somehow way more fun than being overly serious.


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Deciding whether to spend 2 hours watching some popular movie and not wasting your precious time may be a hard thing to do on your own. That’s why we consult people who shower us with some random funny descriptions, read reviews, or check the rotten Tomatometer. In any case, friends usually have the biggest influence, so whatever they say may strike a chord or kill the film for good.

To find out just what a movie description is really capable of, Bored Panda reached out to Romina, the filmmaker, and blogger who previously came up with a similar type of Twitter thread that went viral. She asked people to describe the movie plots of their favorite flicks as boring as possible and got some super creative replies that you can check in our previous article

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Y'all remember the 7 degrees of Kevin Bacon? I'm pretty sure it would work for Nick Cage too

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Romina told us that some film “descriptions on Netflix indeed sound pretty ridiculous,” but precisely “because of that, they are 'good.'”

The filmmaker added that even though it’s pretty hard to determine what kind of description falls into a good or not-so-good category, the most important thing about it is to get people to watch it. “If a description makes you want to watch a movie, it’s good.”

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People Share Movie Descriptions That Completely Miss The Point And Here Are The Funniest Ones (30 Pics) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
They are TORTOISES.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

but all tortoises are turtles did yall not read the other post???

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The filmmaker also said that as long as the description reflects the core of the film, it’s good to go. “It’s only wrong if the description is way off. If the description mentions werewolves but the movie has no werewolves, then we are in trouble.”

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“A little mystery and interpretation without revealing the plot twists are good because it creates intrigue and people want to watch the film.”

Romina suggested coming up with a bunch of different versions of the description and seeing which one resonates the best. “Whichever sells the movie is the right one,” she concluded.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, to those who didn't enjoy the film, it certainly did feel like an infinity... (I liked it, btw, but different people- different tastes)

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People Share Movie Descriptions That Completely Miss The Point And Here Are The Funniest Ones (30 Pics) I was in for a surprise when I went to watch a movie about information technology (IT) only to discover it was a horror movie about a shape shifting clown.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Working for the Italian part in our localisation team, I think it would be funny if my colleague and I dressed up as Italian clowns who repair computers. ♡

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"My man, this aparment has everything I need, I don't need a house"

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm pretty certain somewhere in the background there was a transformer.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was a kid when I first heard of it, and it messed up my history so I thought the civil war was after WWII, when Cap got frozen.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You could convert these pictures from RGB to Grey, but this would create black, white, and 254 shades of grey.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh, yeah, I actually was confused about the title of this film. I was like "What? Wasn't the live action film of Avatar already released and not very well received? What is this?" Then, okay, I found out it's a completely different film, with a coincidently same title, and I was still like "oh, it must be about the social network". Nope, not that one either.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I actually did see some subtle humour in some scenes. Can't remember now, though.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wrong. There is a scene where he's writing the number as a challenge.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's like hearing a noise in the shower home alone. Also why don't those robbers ever die? One literally got blowtorced for over 6 seconds which should've killed him.

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The Pursuit of Happyness.

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