ITT: WE poorly describe movies we love

[morgan84]

ITT: We poorly descibe the story of a movie we have seen, but we leave the title out so that the reader can try to guess what movie it is. Ill start with a classic,


This movie is about a man that meets himself on a plane and he tells himself that he makes soap. Then his house explode and he fights himself. He like it so much that he lets others try it too. Then he meets a scary looking girl and moves in to an old house with himself. When he realize that he is going to bomb the city with soap, he regrets it and shoots himself in the head, but since he has fought so much he survives. The end.

[Cavs42]

Fight Club

A bunch of guys go to Marine boot camp and get yelled at by a drill instructor who gives them funny names. One recruit constantly screws up and is picked on by the instructor and his course mates throughout the training. This movie made the rhyme "This is my Rifle this is my gun" famous. The picked on private kills his instructor and himself in a washroom, and everyone else goes to Vietnam. Fighting and other badness insues, caracters die and the movie ends.

[morgan84]

A guy gets chased out of his office and he talks on the phone. Then he meets a black guy and he chooses to swallow one of his pills, and he wakes up with cables attached to his body, and he has no hair. A claw lifts him into an aircraft and he eats some white stuff that maybe tastes like chicken. Then he learns different things, and in one program he cant jump all the way and he is not the one. Then he meets an old woman who bakes cookies and confirms he is not the one, and that he shouldnt worry about the vase. Some time goes by and then he yells "they are in the walls!". After he gets shot he realizes that he can stop bullets now and he actually was the one after all. Then he jumps into a program and binary code flies everywhere.

That pretty much sums up that movie :D

[Sparrowhawk]

The Matrix

A baby boy is left on his family's doorstep. He is to live with them and sleep in a cupboard till tons of letters show up for him and fill up the entire home. They leave to an island in the ocean where a giant-like guy shows up and knocks down the door proceeds to tell the boy he is a wizard. He soon meets his stuttering professor, a bunch of red-heads, and learns he is famous. Later on he runs into a wall and is at the school's train-station. He gets to the school and learns spells, flies on a broomstick, sees a two-headed man, and gets a stone from a mirror. Prevents a dark lord from getting the elixir of life by getting the stone.

[sandmanz32]

Fight Club

A bunch of guys go to Marine boot camp and get yelled at by a drill instructor who gives them funny names. One recruit constantly screws up and is picked on by the instructor and his course mates throughout the training. This movie made the rhyme "This is my Rifle this is my gun" famous. The picked on private kills his instructor and himself in a washroom, and everyone else goes to Vietnam. Fighting and other badness insues, caracters die and the movie ends.

Full Metal Jacket

This girl's vehicle gets broke into, the attacker is looking for something, but she hides what he is looking for. A teenage boy finds what she hid in somethings his uncle bought while cleaning them up. He finds the name of a previous owner and returns it. While talking to the owner he discovers his uncle lied about his father. The people looking for the hidden thing kill some people. The boy goes off with the guy to return the girls stuff. They find the girl and hook up with another guy and his dog. The girl was kidnapped, and they resued her. The guy died. The girl takes the boy to her friends. The boy helps them get back at her kidnapper.

[sandmanz32]

The Matrix

A baby boy is left on his family's doorstep. He is to live with them and sleep in a cupboard till tons of letters show up for him and fill up the entire home. They leave to an island in the ocean where a giant-like guy shows up and knocks down the door proceeds to tell the boy he is a wizard. He soon meets his stuttering professor, a bunch of red-heads, and learns he is famous. Later on he runs into a wall and is at the school's train-station. He gets to the school and learns spells, flies on a broomstick, sees a two-headed man, and gets a stone from a mirror. Prevents a dark lord from getting the elixir of life by getting the stone.

The first harry potter movie

[morgan84]

Full Metal Jacket

This girl's vehicle gets broke into, the attacker is looking for something, but she hides what he is looking for. A teenage boy finds what she hid in somethings his uncle bought while cleaning them up. He finds the name of a previous owner and returns it. While talking to the owner he discovers his uncle lied about his father. The people looking for the hidden thing kill some people. The boy goes off with the guy to return the girls stuff. They find the girl and hook up with another guy and his dog. The girl was kidnapped, and they resued her. The guy died. The girl takes the boy to her friends. The boy helps them get back at her kidnapper.


lol! you completely lost me with this one hahaha well done sir

[sandmanz32]

If I told you though it would all fall together! Best movie ever! lol

[Sas]

Full Metal Jacket

This girl's vehicle gets broke into, the attacker is looking for something, but she hides what he is looking for. A teenage boy finds what she hid in somethings his uncle bought while cleaning them up. He finds the name of a previous owner and returns it. While talking to the owner he discovers his uncle lied about his father. The people looking for the hidden thing kill some people. The boy goes off with the guy to return the girls stuff. They find the girl and hook up with another guy and his dog. The girl was kidnapped, and they resued her. The guy died. The girl takes the boy to her friends. The boy helps them get back at her kidnapper.

Star Wars IV.

[morgan84]

haha starwars, yes ofc!

Alright, here is another review:

This movie is about a boy who wants to fight, but his father say no. Then he throws some rocks with his friend and suddenly his father and brother is killed in combat. His uncle adopts him and they go traveling all over the place and the boy turns into a man and now he knows most languages in europe. He comes back to his old town and finds a girl that he gave a flower to back in the days. She is impressed with the man, and they run into the woods. Suddenly a Lord comes and kills her and the man gets upset. He kill alot of soldiers and the king wants him dead, so the king throws a guy out of a window. Noone laughes. Some guys then meet at a field and they disagree on some stuff, and they fight. The man then gets tortured and he talks about being free before he dies. The end.

[CenTexDivin]

Braveheart?

Here's one:

A bunch of guys are in prison and another guy lets them out if they'll work for him. He makes them build their own training camp so they can prepare for a special task that the guy has been ordered to do. They prove their preparedness for the task by capturing the leader of the small red army. Afterwards they use donald duck to map out their plan before parachuting into a battle with a bunch of unaware enemy officers. Most of the dudes get killed but not before blowing up a big mansion.

[Pearldiver07]

Braveheart?

Here's one:

A bunch of guys are in prison and another guy lets them out if they'll work for him. He makes them build their own training camp so they can prepare for a special task that the guy has been ordered to do. They prove their preparedness for the task by capturing the leader of the small red army. Afterwards they use donald duck to map out their plan before parachuting into a battle with a bunch of unaware enemy officers. Most of the dudes get killed but not before blowing up a big mansion.


Dirty Dozen

A newly married couple go for a drive and break down. They go to a house for help and meet lots of people they assume are foreign. They get to know the landlord really (really!) well and also get to see what the landlord made. They also find out during dinner that the landlord has killed an old friend. The landlord eventually gets killed by some of those who came from the same place he did. And oh yes, lots of creative dress and dance in there too.

[msbrew]

Dirty Dozen

A newly married couple go for a drive and break down. They go to a house for help and meet lots of people they assume are foreign. They get to know the landlord really (really!) well and also get to see what the landlord made. They also find out during dinner that the landlord has killed an old friend. The landlord eventually gets killed by some of those who came from the same place he did. And oh yes, lots of creative dress and dance in there too.
Rocky Horror Picture Show

A car dealer in Minnesota hires a couple of inept crooks to kidnap his wife and is eventually caught by a pregnant sheriff.

[Abidon]

Fargo

A yound man and his buddies like geting wasted on milk, and going out on the town to create mischeif & mayhem. However, playtime is over when the man ends up killing a woman with her own oversized sex toy. The young man goes to prison, but volunteers for a government experiment in exchange for early parole. He's brainwashed into beleiving that violence in not cool, German composers make nauseating sounds, and that girls have cooties. After he's paroled, he's shunned by friends and family and imprisoned in the house of a family he once harassed. He fails a suicide attempt by jumping out a window, and ends up in the hostpital. In the hospital, he's happy to realize that, once again, violence is cool, German composers make great music, and women do not have cooties.

[Sas]

A Clockwork Orange.

A young boy with a gimpy arm runs away from school due to a dare from his friends and is then captured by a person in the medical profession for his niece. His dad freaks out and goes on a long trip to rescue him and has many adventures along the way with a forgetful friend. He gets discouraged and starts to head home when he is reunited with his son who has escaped from his capturer's evil niece through the help of a few fellow prisoners. Everyone lives happily ever after pretty much :)

[sandmanz32]

Finding Nemo

Someone breaks into this guys house and he kills one of them. He goes to jail for a few years. His brother starts hanging out with his friends while he is in jail. He gets out of jail and his brother has gotten in trouble in school. He doesn't like that his brother was hanging out with his old friends and gets into a few fights about it. He tells he brother about what all happened to him while he was in jail and it changes his brothers ways. Some bad things still happen to his brother.

[Sas]

Finding Nemo

Someone breaks into this guys house and he kills one of them. He goes to jail for a few years. His brother starts hanging out with his friends while he is in jail. He gets out of jail and his brother has gotten in trouble in school. He doesn't like that his brother was hanging out with his old friends and gets into a few fights about it. He tells he brother about what all happened to him while he was in jail and it changes his brothers ways. Some bad things still happen to his brother.

American History X.

Still trying to think of another movie to write up myself, not so good at that part :P

Edit: Ok here's one: A ship gets lost without a trace but is discovered seven years later. Another ship is sent out to investigate it. They discover the original ship was to test a secret government project, but that this project went badly and wrecked the ship. Someone tinkers with the project themselves and ruins the investigation ship pretty much. Whilst they try to fix their own ship lots of things go wrong and people start to die or go crazy. A few people manage to escape and are eventually rescued.

[Rhone Man]

This movie is about a boy who wants to fight, but his father say no. Then he throws some rocks with his friend and suddenly his father and brother is killed in combat. His uncle adopts him and they go traveling all over the place and the boy turns into a man and now he knows most languages in europe. He comes back to his old town and finds a girl that he gave a flower to back in the days. She is impressed with the man, and they run into the woods. Suddenly a Lord comes and kills her and the man gets upset. He kill alot of soldiers and the king wants him dead, so the king throws a guy out of a window. Noone laughes. Some guys then meet at a field and they disagree on some stuff, and they fight. The man then gets tortured and he talks about being free before he dies. The end.

Braveheart.

There is a boat in this movie. And it sinks.

[Sas]

There is a boat in this movie. And it sinks.

Poseidon? ;)

[sandmanz32]

American History X.

Still trying to think of another movie to write up myself, not so good at that part :P

Edit: Ok here's one: A ship gets lost without a trace but is discovered seven years later. Another ship is sent out to investigate it. They discover the original ship was to test a secret government project, but that this project went badly and wrecked the ship. Someone tinkers with the project themselves and ruins the investigation ship pretty much. Whilst they try to fix their own ship lots of things go wrong and people start to die or go crazy. A few people manage to escape and are eventually rescued.
Virus? I think.

I have to think for a while about another one lol!

[Sas]

Virus? I think.

I have to think for a while about another one lol!

Nope soz! Let me know if you need more info :)

[Cave Diver]

Braveheart.

There is a boat in this movie. And it sinks.

Titanic?

A group of guys go on a trip when a bunch of things go wrong, their vehicle breaks down and they use duct tape to make repairs to get home.

[DivingDogDoc]

Roadtrip?

Grade A criminal, never been caught, decides to leave his life of crime to save his family. Bummer family turns to crime anyway so he has to get back into crime to save them. Everything turns out great except for the heartbreaking death of the old lady (Elanor).

[sandmanz32]

Roadtrip?

Grade A criminal, never been caught, decides to leave his life of crime to save his family. Bummer family turns to crime anyway so he has to get back into crime to save them. Everything turns out great except for the heartbreaking death of the old lady (Elanor).

Gone in Sixty SencondsThis guy from a small town did some bad things and was put away. When he gets out he makes friends with this kid and helps him and his mom out by getting rid of her abusive boyfriend.

[sandmanz32]

Nope soz! Let me know if you need more info :)

LOL, yea I'm lost on that one now. I thought you were trying to be tricky by going for sci-fi "b" movies. I seen "virus" on the sci-fi channel a few weeks back, and it could kinda fit that desciption.

[DivingDogDoc]

Slingblade.
Guy gets caught sleeping with his bosses wife so he gets reassigned to another country. He has trouble fitting in but eventually saves the day and gets to go back home.

[Rhone Man]

A group of guys go on a trip when a bunch of things go wrong, their vehicle breaks down and they use duct tape to make repairs to get home.

Apollo 13.

A vietnam war hero who has overcome learning disabilities, returns home to found a food corporation. He enjoys great success in life's endeavours but cannot win the girl of his dreams or find personal fulfilment. He suffers great tragedy as his mother dies and then the girl, but not before she bears him a son after a one night stand.

[DivingDogDoc]

Run Forrest Run

[Cave Diver]

Roadtrip?

Nope.


Apollo 13.


Bingo!

[Abidon]

Edit: Ok here's one: A ship gets lost without a trace but is discovered seven years later. Another ship is sent out to investigate it. They discover the original ship was to test a secret government project, but that this project went badly and wrecked the ship. Someone tinkers with the project themselves and ruins the investigation ship pretty much. Whilst they try to fix their own ship lots of things go wrong and people start to die or go crazy. A few people manage to escape and are eventually rescued.

Event Horizon

These two guys go to Vegas on a whim, but lose their money right way when they double-down on 11. Back home, they spend most of their evenings playing hockey, hitting local bars, and hitting on the ladies. They nearly miss getting involved in a shootout, but everything ends on a happy note when the hero gets to dance with the hot chick from Boogie Nights.

[Sas]

LOL, yea I'm lost on that one now. I thought you were trying to be tricky by going for sci-fi "b" movies. I seen "virus" on the sci-fi channel a few weeks back, and it could kinda fit that desciption.

Ok I will try to make it more obvious. The government project made a door to another dimension open and this sends the ship crew crazy especially the dude that designed the original ship. He ends up the craziest of them all and tries to stop the others escaping by doing horrible things. In the end one of the crew blows up the ship with bombs by sacrificing themselves so the others can get away!

[Cave Diver]

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[Sas]

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You posted whilst I was typing ;) I got distracted and took a while to post it after I wrote it up. Yes it is Event Horizon.

[Cave Diver]

You posted whilst I was typing ;) I got distracted and took a while to post it after I wrote it up. Yes it is Event Horizon.

No worries. Looks like Abidon is still on the table.



Event Horizon

These two guys go to Vegas on a whim, but lose their money right way when they double-down on 11. Back home, they spend most of their evenings playing hockey, hitting local bars, and hitting on the ladies. They nearly miss getting involved in a shootout, but everything ends on a happy note when the hero gets to dance with the hot chick from Boogie Nights.

[Rhone Man]

A foreign ruler forcibly repatriates indigenous people. The hero, upon seeing the refugees remonstrates with the ruler, and enters in a bargain with him whereby the hero undertakes an asset retrieval exercise in exchange for the ruler making alternative arrangements for the indigenous peoples. The hero completes the task, but then later double crosses the ruler and appropriates the asset for himself. Then the foreign ruler gets eaten.

[morgan84]

In this movie a very rich man is trying to bring peace to a large city by fighting crime in a fancy dress. He supports a politician who likes him and he ends up dealing with a mercenary hired by the mafia. The mercenary is always happy and dont like people who take things to seriously. In the end he tries to save a girl, but ends up saving a guy who gets injured in the process. The saved victim wishes he died, and resents the guy who saved him. After a while he dies, and the city thinks the good guy is a bad man.

[DivingDogDoc]

Star Gate?

[SteveAD]

In this movie a very rich man is trying to bring peace to a large city by fighting crime in a fancy dress. He supports a politician who likes him and he ends up dealing with a mercenary hired by the mafia. The mercenary is always happy and dont like people who take things to seriously. In the end he tries to save a girl, but ends up saving a guy who gets injured in the process. The saved victim wishes he died, and resents the guy who saved him. After a while he dies, and the city thinks the good guy is a bad man.

The Dark Knight

Jessica Alba in a bikini

[Rhone Man]

Jessica Alba in a bikini

Into the Blue

[Gombessa]

Man with troubled past causes significant problems for teenaged friends at night? :D

[Rhone Man]

Man with troubled past causes significant problems for teenaged friends at night? :D

Any number of horror films... let's go with Friday 13th?

[Rhone Man]

A foreign ruler forcibly repatriates indigenous people. The hero, upon seeing the refugees remonstrates with the ruler, and enters in a bargain with him whereby the hero undertakes an asset retrieval exercise in exchange for the ruler making alternative arrangements for the indigenous peoples. The hero completes the task, but then later double crosses the ruler and appropriates the asset for himself. Then the foreign ruler gets eaten.

I thought this was a good one... no takers?

[Gombessa]

Any number of horror films... let's go with Friday 13th?

Don't be silly. I never said it was at camp, at home, at camp again, at school, at camp another year, at a lakeside cabin, or in space. :D

[SteveAD]

Man with troubled past causes significant problems for teenaged friends at night? :D

nightmare on elm st

[Gombessa]

nightmare on elm st

Sorry, Rhone Man was right on, I was being a turd and kept it so vague it could be anything in the genre.

Has this one been done before? I bet it's a tough one.

A space weapon that can destroy an entire planet threatens the galaxy. A rag-tag band of heroes is pursued through space and ends up on a lush world where they team up with some of the indigenous population to destroy the weapon. Several die during land and space-based combat throughout the film, and the heroes eventually destroy the weapon only after a frenetic high-speed chase throughout its innards. Rejoicing occurs.

[DivingDogDoc]

Star Wars, Return of the Jedi

Rich kid with over priced toys finds that dead parent left antique trinket critical to saving the universe. Kid has to give up secret of all time to save only true love, but wins over bad guys anyway. Still only end up with true love until there is a sequel.

[Gombessa]

A space weapon that can destroy an entire planet threatens the galaxy. A rag-tag band of heroes is pursued through space and ends up on a lush world where they team up with some of the indigenous population to destroy the weapon. Several die during land and space-based combat throughout the film, and the heroes eventually destroy the weapon only after a frenetic high-speed chase throughout its innards. Rejoicing occurs.


Star Wars, Return of the Jedi

Try again ;)

[DivingDogDoc]

bummer, is it a Star Wars?

[Gombessa]

I believe I can safely say that no Lucas oozes forth from this one.

[DivingDogDoc]

is it the one with the bugs? CRAP can't remember the name

[Gombessa]

Not Starship Troopers (that one?)

Want a hint?

[Abidon]

Sorry, Rhone Man was right on, I was being a turd and kept it so vague it could be anything in the genre.

Has this one been done before? I bet it's a tough one.

A space weapon that can destroy an entire planet threatens the galaxy. A rag-tag band of heroes is pursued through space and ends up on a lush world where they team up with some of the indigenous population to destroy the weapon. Several die during land and space-based combat throughout the film, and the heroes eventually destroy the weapon only after a frenetic high-speed chase throughout its innards. Rejoicing occurs.

Starship Troopers? (D'oh! :doh2:)

[Gombessa]

Here are two and a half hints.

The first hint won't help even those who are familiar with the TV show.

1. My memory is fuzzy, but I don't believe any gestalts make an appearance in the movie.

2. Dum, dum, dum...duh duh...I've got the touch!

[DivingDogDoc]

Battlestar Galactica

[Gombessa]

Battlestar Galactica

Nope! Did they make a movie out of that?

I'll give it a couple more minutes, I know it's a tough cel.

In the meantime, here's another (can you tell it's Friday afternoon?):

A government agent is tasked with tracking down a ring of child abductors. He chases them all over, gets close a few times and even manages to kill one of them, but the gang always seems one step ahead of him. In a climactic game of chicken near the end, he uncharacteristically panics and crashes his ride, but he makes it out of the wreckage and faces off with the leader of the crime ring, who has bitter memories of his time fighting for the confederacy. Only after a bloody fight does our agent discover that the boss that sent him on the chase is involved to a degree that makes it unconscionable for him to continue, and he lets the criminals go.

[Abidon]

Here are two and a half hints.

The first hint won't help even those who are familiar with the TV show.

1. My memory is fuzzy, but I don't believe any gestalts make an appearance in the movie.

2. Dum, dum, dum...duh duh...I've got the touch!

Star Trek: The Movie?:confused:

[Gombessa]

Alright, you guys have been great sports.

Transformers: The Movie


A space weapon (Unicron) that can destroy an entire planet (Cybertron, others) threatens the galaxy. A rag-tag band of heroes (Autobots) is pursued through space (by the Decepticons) and ends up on a lush world (Earth--that's no moon!) where they team up with some of the indigenous population (the human dudes) to destroy the weapon. Several die during land and space-based combat throughout the film (including Optimus Prime, Starscream, etc.), and the heroes eventually destroy the weapon only after a frenetic high-speed chase throughout its innards (the Matrix thing blows Unicron up from within). Rejoicing occurs.

The first hint won't help even those who are familiar with the TV show. (yep, it was a show)

1. My memory is fuzzy, but I don't believe any gestalts make an appearance in the movie. (this is a crappy hint. Only *really* geeky, loser Transformer fans know what the gestalts are)

2. Dum, dum, dum...duh duh...I've got the touch! (Stan Bush, The Touch - the theme song for the movie)

I'll give it a couple more minutes, I know it's a tough cel (animation).
Seriously guys, Return of the Jedi? NO similarity at all :eyebrow:

[Abidon]

:doh: Good one! Your right, it bears no resemlance to Return of the Jedi at all. :lurk2:

[DivingDogDoc]

heh heh, deathstar, ewoks and their planet, rebels, seriously a bunch of ewoks were killed

:( i wasn't that far off.

[Gombessa]

Doc, the intuition was totally correct, it was intentional misdirection towards Star Wars. I think doing that makes this game even more fun :)

[DivingDogDoc]

yeah, i still feel like a sucker. You got me. Kudos

[DivingDogDoc]

as for the other movie....the last samarai and the sons of Katie Elder come to mind but I know neither one is correct

[DivingDogDoc]

It's not the Outlaw Jose Wales is it?

[Gombessa]

The second one goes to similar lengths of misdirection as the first one :)

I've never seen Last Samurai or Katie Elder, but you guys were on the right track earlier on...

[DivingDogDoc]

road warrior

[Gombessa]

Wow, I had no idea all of these movies had child abduction elements!!

Hint: The movie has a strong connection with Bad Horse and the Evil League of Evil.

[Rhone Man]

A foreign ruler forcibly repatriates indigenous people. The hero, upon seeing the refugees remonstrates with the ruler, and enters in a bargain with him whereby the hero undertakes an asset retrieval exercise in exchange for the ruler making alternative arrangements for the indigenous peoples. The hero completes the task, but then later double crosses the ruler and appropriates the asset for himself. Then the foreign ruler gets eaten.

Giving up waiting for you guys. It was "Shrek".

[DivingDogDoc]

well i think they just killed kids in road warrior, and no that's why samaria didn't work, but i'm outta options

[Gombessa]

Giving up waiting for you guys. It was "Shrek".

Rhone, I totally thought through Shrek, but for some reason I couldn't reconcile it (my memory was too shaky)--nice job!


well i think they just killed kids in road warrior, and no that's why samaria didn't work, but i'm outta options

Doc, with the possible exception of Road Warrior, you obviously watch more substantive movies than I do :) It's Serenity, directed by Joss Whedon (who also directed Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, which was the Bad Horse reference).

And now I start the commute. Hope to see this thread continuing on :)

[DivingDogDoc]

Rich kid with over priced toys finds that dead parent left antique trinket critical to saving the universe. Kid has to give up secret of all time to save only true love, but wins over bad guys anyway. Still only end up with true love until there is a sequel.[/QUOTE]

DOH Rhone, you got me too. Sorry Gam never seen Serenity. If it helps this was a blockbuster though.:kiss2:

[sandmanz32]

Rich guy kidnapped by terrorists. He escapes and tracks them all down only to be betrayed by his godfather.

[DivingDogDoc]

Ironman

[sandmanz32]

A guy gets kicked out of his house. He tricks this other guy into letting stay at his place. They go pick up a van, meet a few girls and party.

[DivingDogDoc]

Rich kid with over priced toys finds that dead parent left antique trinket critical to saving the universe. Kid has to give up secret of all time to save only true love, but wins over bad guys anyway. Still only end up with true love until there is a sequel.

Hey no fair skipping mine, I promise it was in all the theaters.

Was it Dude where's my car

[sandmanz32]

Sorry, i must have read over your post. Is it "Men in Black"?

Mine's not "Dude where's my car".

[DivingDogDoc]

Nope not men in black

I'm having trouble, next one that comes to mind is weekend at bernie's but that not right

[sandmanz32]

Gimmie a hint LOL! In mine, the guys smoke a lot of pot.

[ItsBruce]

There is a boat in this movie. And it sinks.

This sounds like a great movie. Is it diveable?

[DivingDogDoc]

Hint 1: the parent/child in the movie are parent/child in real life
2: it was a game before it was a movie

[SteveAD]

Rich kid with over priced toys finds that dead parent left antique trinket critical to saving the universe. Kid has to give up secret of all time to save only true love, but wins over bad guys anyway. Still only end up with true love until there is a sequel.

DOH Rhone, you got me too. Sorry Gam never seen Serenity. If it helps this was a blockbuster though.:kiss2:[/QUOTE]

tomb raider

[sandmanz32]

Dang beat me to it. Tomb raider was what i was thinking after the second hint.

Ok, single father raising a son. His wife died in a fire. The son discovers he has special powers and the dad can't sleep trying to figure out a puzzle. They meet a woman and her daughter that are the key to the puzzle. The woman's daughter has the same power as his son. The father, and the mother die, leaving the kids orphans.

[sandmanz32]

A guy gets kicked out of his house. He tricks this other guy into letting stay at his place. They go pick up a van, meet a few girls and party.


This one is still up in the air as well.

[DivingDogDoc]

sorry sandman, sounds like an old cheech and chong movie, but i'm not up on them, if you wanna try an another hint go for it, but I'm not sure it will help. Still working on the orphans though, give me some time, it sounds familiar.

[sandmanz32]

getting warmer, gotta narrow down which one now.

They win a battle of the bands

[DivingDogDoc]

Tenacious D?

and um "August Rush"?

[Rhone Man]

Throwing a fresh one (bit easier) into the mix:

A government employee is made subject to disciplinary proceedings due to violating employment rules and temporarily suspended. The government employee continues to moonlight during his suspension, with a modicum of cooperation from his office. Thereafter the employee travels to Europe where he gambles. Although he wins a substantial amount of money, his girlfriend steals the winnings and tries to run away. He gets cross and so shoots somebody.

[SteveAD]

Bond, any of several, most recently casino royal