Filmmaker Asks People To Describe Their Favorite Movie “As Boring As Possible” And They Deliver (30 Tweets)
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Everyone has a friend who loves Blade Runner (insert a movie) so much, they talk about it over and over and over again. Make no mistake, as a friend, your duty is rather straightforward: to listen carefully and nod in agreement. ‘Cause you signed up for this puffery when you entered the friendship.
But the filmmaker Romina decided to turn this all over. Instead of hyping up their all-time fave films, she asked people on Twitter to share the most boring descriptions of them. The thread quickly blew up with 66.2K retweets and comments and 29K likes.
If you wonder if it’s even physically possible to paint the film you’d die for so deliberately bluntly, “Man turns off alarm clock 3176 times” suggests that yes, indeed, it is. But that just makes it all the more hilarious.
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Bored Panda reached out to Romina, the filmmaker and creator of this viral Twitter thread, who told us she tweets stuff like that all the time.
“I really wasn't thinking about anything when I came up with it,” but she is “glad a lot of people have gotten a good laugh from it and have been entertained.”
It’s hard to tell which description was Romina’s favorite since she said “I was laughing so much reading through some of them.” One that stuck out was “Three guys go fishing,” which referred to Jaws.
Having worked in the entertainment industry for a long time, Romina said she loves good storytelling and being in front of the camera, behind it, and next to it. “It's a lot of hard work, but it's very rewarding!”
Don’t forget Amy Farrah-Fowler’s theory! “Indiana Jones plays no role in the outcome of the story. If he weren’t in the film, it would turn out exactly the same…the Nazis would still have found the Ark, taken it to the island, opened it up, and all died, just like they did.”
Ask the first person standing next to you what their favorite movie of all time is. Whatever the answer is, it’s likely you won’t argue against it.
Because even if movie preferences are all super subjective, just like taste in music, good movies are good for a reason. They either strike a chord in you, broaden horizons, or hit some crucial pop culture milestones—there’s something about them that glues generation after generation to the screens.
The question of what turns an average Joe movie into a lasting motion picture hit has been bugging us for years. And we can trace some of the same elements in both Godfather and Dark Knight that are said to make either one a damn good 2-plus hours worth spending.
According to Medium, a good film should have a plausible story that follows a comprehensive "story arc." “Traditionally, mainstream blockbusters follow a three-act structure,” which is essentially a setup, a confrontation, and a resolution.
Good characters are also key in blockbusters because they “are based on people, and people are multifaceted, with their own hopes, desires, faults, and aspirations.” Their multidimensionality and motive-driven nature is both relatable, yet more entertaining than what we see in everyday life.
Most good movies reflect the unique vision, style, and tone of their makers. Film critic Roger Ebert, in a piece for The Guardian, wrote that “a director will strike a chord in your imagination, and you will be compelled to seek out the other works.”
As a result, directors become like friends, he suggests. “Buñuel is delighted by the shamelessness of human nature. Wilder is astonished by the things some people will do to be happy. Keaton is about the struggle of man's spirit against the physical facts of the world,” he said.
Boy Scout will not leave depressed widower alone. Runs afoul of an overly ardent bird watcher.
That literally made me go 'aaaaw' out loud. Even in its most boring format it's an incredible story!
Would-be Burglars refuse to admit they’ve been outsmarted by a kid, keep going back for more.
Man insists upon telling strangers his life story, even though they have given no indication they are interested in hearing it.
That's the story of my life. I don't know if there's something in my face that says "please, ruin my next three hours speaking about things I'm not remotely interested in listening to"! I have been listening to every single lunatic in the world on every train, plane, coach, airport and station. A few years ago I started to use headphones in public. They are connected to nothing, but I pretend not to listen and people eventually go away. Or I pretend I don't speak the language.
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Life is like a box of chocolates.... Sometimes you need the ones filled with alcohol
Man fulfills the stereotype of the "oversharing American" while eating chocolate.
Oversharing american stereotype? Never heard about that one.
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If you kept eating chocolates while waiting for a bus in London, you will be so seriously over weight you wouldn't be able to get through the doors!
Life is like a box of chocolates. Because you never know how fat you're gonna get when you eat 'em all.
“Mr. Hammond, I want to let you know that I won’t be sponsoring your park.”
I liked both versions, the 1954 movie from Japan and the 1960 Western film.
The first one I thought of was Batman Returns, Catwoman's story specifically.
I have to apologise. I've posted too many comments, but I just love films and have a wide knowledge. Plus I love solving.
Ha. It is fun when you can figure out the answer. Some I didn't know - the Avenger ones. I was glad the answers were posted underneath.
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Fish girl loves human trash. Wants to use human trash. Gets legs. Can't talk. Goes back to the ocean.
My fav movie. anime girl go to different world to save stupid parents from staying as pigs.
Couple avoids arrest and prosecution after abandoning their son at home for nearly a week.
A guy gets stranded on an island and becomes best friends with a ball.
R******d Georgia man talks to strangers sitting next to him on a park bench.
A young Italian American man takes over the family business following the death of his father.
Taxi driver searches for some kind of supernatural stones in the future
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Some people get stuck in a really cold library untill one dad comes to pick them up ...
Couple avoid arrest and prosecution after abandoning their 8 year old son at home for nearly a week.
Boy and girl fall in love. Parents hate each other. Boy and girl commit suicide.
(Not a movie, but funny and true, IMO.) A small band of well armed homeless people commit home invasions, robberies, burglaries, and mass murders across the land. = Pretty much all RPG games/campaigns.
If I may? Murder hobos kill and rob for fun and profit. And yes it is pretty much as you say.
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Team of space explorers reaches a planet so boring every minute spent there litteraly feels like years.
Nerdy girl falls for her captor, and there's a dying rose under glass.
Book loving young woman develops Stockholm Syndrome with a hint of b*********y.
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Elderly man tells forgetful woman their complicated, but sweet love story.
Terrible economy results in dozens of insanely talented children living together in a group home until one gets adopted by a rich dude.
Girl meets some guy who almost gets her killed by making her have his kid and gets reported to dudes who want to kill them for what he did
I've got one! Group of buddies just want to enjoy their tropical vacation. But a nosy, disagreeable collector seems determined to ruin the trip.
British and American military take quick tour of Holland, become obsessed with water-crossing infrastructure. German neighbors not happy.
a bunch of old toys are killed to make room for new merchandise,
A young person is infatuated with someone who's a complete jerk, yet conforms to appease this jerkiness, then finds out their long time friend, who they never looked at that way, seems more attractive, but they have pushed them away due to being a new born a*****e, but they end yup together anyway
1. a homeless guy and an ex-royal military woman save 5 teenagers from an old rapist who is the soldiers general with the help of another royal military deserter (mad max fury road) 2. an ex-cop tries to save an oil company from a gang of homeless men in bondage gear with the help of a homeless child (the road warrior)
Rich dude wears black clothes, slinks around city and catches a few bad guys.
Father crosses unimaginable distances to find lost son (Two movies, actually)
a mentally ill female goes on an adventure with a random male too find his psychically ill son
A mentally ill female goes on an adventure with a male too find his physically ill son
Privileged white girl with body dysmorphia runs away from home with her friends and ends up disabled; all in order to impress a guy.
Young girl experiences questionable summer romance with dancer at hoity-toity family resort.
Teenage boy destroys his parents' murderer's goodies and then the murderer as well.
Boy meets girl. Boy loses girl. Boy & girl get back together....... every date flick EVER
Two men try various ways to get home for Thanksgiving and after a few days, they get there.
Boy drinks milk to go accidentally kill an art collector while listening to Beethoven.
Two cops wander around town looking for a little girl, they find her, they become friends.
Two kids start playing a board game, they finish the board game years later with 2 more kids.
Police officer ride in several fast public transport to save people and catch criminal.
Two con men jump off a boat and wind up in the world’s most lucrative case of mistaken identity. Local woman blackmails them in exchange for travel, while a local priest grows obsessed with the con men before trying to kill them. The day is saved thanks to major architectural destruction.
is this what journalism is now? Trawling twitter for funny things and copying them?
Whilst travelling through a picturesque town, an ex-serviceman has an altercation with the local authorities.
Group of people with mental disorders spank a guy with daddy issues. One is very successful.
Powerful person shames street person, improves their life, then complains when they are left alone.
Man sees Dad die, then sees Mom's affair with the murderer, sees gf kill herself, whines about the death of a friend, then dies in a duel.
People who don't know each other are trapped in a dangerous box for entire movie. Other people do the same in another movie. Still different people do the same thing in a third movie that precedes the first two movies.
My former students? Nah. Most of mine never finished theirs.
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People that put the title of the movie in comments : what are you trying to achieve ? It's not a quizz.
Boy get's acceptance letter from school he did not even apply for.
Two guys do a bunch of questionable things. Story goes in a circle, and they end up where it all began. One dude doesn't dig on swine. The other is taken by surprise at a $5 milkshake. Also, Marvin died.
Nothing to do with your name, is it? Wild guess: Hunger games?
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Robot comes from future to kill lady who also sleeps with a man from future creating a kid who saves future. Robot dies.
The Mandalorian. And yes I'm a rebel, broke the rules, I know it's a series :) but it was just too good not to include
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While two short people return jewelry, their companions make a competition out of who can kill more of a certain race. At the end, someone gets a fancy hat.
Group of friends meet after years of estrangement in a bar, reminiscing about that time they went to detention, when they were obsessed with a classic novel.
I have one, three kids fight bad guys and unexpectedly get a trophy every time even though the other people worked with them.
Photographer takes pictures of some bridges. Also, he has a short affair with a married woman. Then he leaves.
Bureaucrat hates art and then learns to how to feel feelings again, shoots a bunch of screens to start a revolution.
An inmate gets transferred to a new place where everyone seems to like him then he dies.
Dude is shot and killed while hanging with girlfriend and doing some climbing.
A man has insomnia. His wife dies. His young son calls a radio station and finds him a new wife.
A bunch of men with colorful names rob a jewelry store only for it to go horribly wrong.
Being in Greece doesn’t actually make her Greek. Just saying...
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Eleven guys think a boy is guilty of murder, but another guy doesn't think so.
Man believes he has many friends, gets surgery and realizes the world sucks.
Girl is worlds worst baby sitter, falls in love with the kidnapper of her little brother who repeatedly throws him in the air while wearing sexually explicit tights
Cop tries to take down gang-leader and his gang. Gang leader saves cop's life, then dies of old age in front of cop.
Military commander intrudes in another man's home, fatally incapacitates a faithful servant, ruins a family relationship, and destroys an entire world.
I have to apologise. I've posted too many comments, but I just love films and have a wide knowledge. Plus I love solving.
Ha. It is fun when you can figure out the answer. Some I didn't know - the Avenger ones. I was glad the answers were posted underneath.
Load More Replies... Fish girl loves human trash. Wants to use human trash. Gets legs. Can't talk. Goes back to the ocean.
My fav movie. anime girl go to different world to save stupid parents from staying as pigs.
Couple avoids arrest and prosecution after abandoning their son at home for nearly a week.
A guy gets stranded on an island and becomes best friends with a ball.
R******d Georgia man talks to strangers sitting next to him on a park bench.
A young Italian American man takes over the family business following the death of his father.
Taxi driver searches for some kind of supernatural stones in the future
Load More Replies... Some people get stuck in a really cold library untill one dad comes to pick them up ...
Couple avoid arrest and prosecution after abandoning their 8 year old son at home for nearly a week.
Boy and girl fall in love. Parents hate each other. Boy and girl commit suicide.
(Not a movie, but funny and true, IMO.) A small band of well armed homeless people commit home invasions, robberies, burglaries, and mass murders across the land. = Pretty much all RPG games/campaigns.
If I may? Murder hobos kill and rob for fun and profit. And yes it is pretty much as you say.
Load More Replies... Team of space explorers reaches a planet so boring every minute spent there litteraly feels like years.
Nerdy girl falls for her captor, and there's a dying rose under glass.
Book loving young woman develops Stockholm Syndrome with a hint of b*********y.
Load More Replies... Powerful killer robot travels back in time to terminate a kid and his mom, fails miserably.
Elderly man tells forgetful woman their complicated, but sweet love story.
Terrible economy results in dozens of insanely talented children living together in a group home until one gets adopted by a rich dude.
Girl meets some guy who almost gets her killed by making her have his kid and gets reported to dudes who want to kill them for what he did
I've got one! Group of buddies just want to enjoy their tropical vacation. But a nosy, disagreeable collector seems determined to ruin the trip.
British and American military take quick tour of Holland, become obsessed with water-crossing infrastructure. German neighbors not happy.
a bunch of old toys are killed to make room for new merchandise,
A young person is infatuated with someone who's a complete jerk, yet conforms to appease this jerkiness, then finds out their long time friend, who they never looked at that way, seems more attractive, but they have pushed them away due to being a new born a*****e, but they end yup together anyway
1. a homeless guy and an ex-royal military woman save 5 teenagers from an old rapist who is the soldiers general with the help of another royal military deserter (mad max fury road) 2. an ex-cop tries to save an oil company from a gang of homeless men in bondage gear with the help of a homeless child (the road warrior)
Rich dude wears black clothes, slinks around city and catches a few bad guys.
Father crosses unimaginable distances to find lost son (Two movies, actually)
a mentally ill female goes on an adventure with a random male too find his psychically ill son
A mentally ill female goes on an adventure with a male too find his physically ill son
Privileged white girl with body dysmorphia runs away from home with her friends and ends up disabled; all in order to impress a guy.
Young girl experiences questionable summer romance with dancer at hoity-toity family resort.
Teenage boy destroys his parents' murderer's goodies and then the murderer as well.
Boy meets girl. Boy loses girl. Boy & girl get back together....... every date flick EVER
Two men try various ways to get home for Thanksgiving and after a few days, they get there.
Boy drinks milk to go accidentally kill an art collector while listening to Beethoven.
Two cops wander around town looking for a little girl, they find her, they become friends.
Two kids start playing a board game, they finish the board game years later with 2 more kids.
Police officer ride in several fast public transport to save people and catch criminal.
Two con men jump off a boat and wind up in the world’s most lucrative case of mistaken identity. Local woman blackmails them in exchange for travel, while a local priest grows obsessed with the con men before trying to kill them. The day is saved thanks to major architectural destruction.
is this what journalism is now? Trawling twitter for funny things and copying them?
Whilst travelling through a picturesque town, an ex-serviceman has an altercation with the local authorities.
Group of people with mental disorders spank a guy with daddy issues. One is very successful.
Powerful person shames street person, improves their life, then complains when they are left alone.
Man sees Dad die, then sees Mom's affair with the murderer, sees gf kill herself, whines about the death of a friend, then dies in a duel.
People who don't know each other are trapped in a dangerous box for entire movie. Other people do the same in another movie. Still different people do the same thing in a third movie that precedes the first two movies.
My former students? Nah. Most of mine never finished theirs.
Load More Replies... People that put the title of the movie in comments : what are you trying to achieve ? It's not a quizz.
Boy get's acceptance letter from school he did not even apply for.
Two guys do a bunch of questionable things. Story goes in a circle, and they end up where it all began. One dude doesn't dig on swine. The other is taken by surprise at a $5 milkshake. Also, Marvin died.
Nothing to do with your name, is it? Wild guess: Hunger games?
Load More Replies... If it's OK with an old movie... A photographer with a broken leg watched what his neighbors were doing through the window, and got a judgement for his being a peeping tom.
Robot comes from future to kill lady who also sleeps with a man from future creating a kid who saves future. Robot dies.
The Mandalorian. And yes I'm a rebel, broke the rules, I know it's a series :) but it was just too good not to include
Load More Replies... Orphan with scar goes to boarding school where he makes friends and becomes teacher's pet
Guy loses wife and children to murderer. His only surviving son is disabled due to the murderer. Son gets kidnapped and the father has to travel all over the world to get his son back with the help of a mentally disabled woman. also a submarine blows up
While two short people return jewelry, their companions make a competition out of who can kill more of a certain race. At the end, someone gets a fancy hat.
Group of friends meet after years of estrangement in a bar, reminiscing about that time they went to detention, when they were obsessed with a classic novel.
I have one, three kids fight bad guys and unexpectedly get a trophy every time even though the other people worked with them.
Photographer takes pictures of some bridges. Also, he has a short affair with a married woman. Then he leaves.
Bureaucrat hates art and then learns to how to feel feelings again, shoots a bunch of screens to start a revolution.
An inmate gets transferred to a new place where everyone seems to like him then he dies.
Dude is shot and killed while hanging with girlfriend and doing some climbing.
A man has insomnia. His wife dies. His young son calls a radio station and finds him a new wife.
A bunch of men with colorful names rob a jewelry store only for it to go horribly wrong.
Being in Greece doesn’t actually make her Greek. Just saying...
Load More Replies... Eleven guys think a boy is guilty of murder, but another guy doesn't think so.
Man believes he has many friends, gets surgery and realizes the world sucks.
Girl is worlds worst baby sitter, falls in love with the kidnapper of her little brother who repeatedly throws him in the air while wearing sexually explicit tights
Cop tries to take down gang-leader and his gang. Gang leader saves cop's life, then dies of old age in front of cop.
Military commander intrudes in another man's home, fatally incapacitates a faithful servant, ruins a family relationship, and destroys an entire world.
