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an Offensive and Defensive Weapon.
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Uncomfortable Plot Summaries.
25TH HOUR: White New Yorkers commit crimes against both law and ethics; feel bad for being caught, rather than for doing it at all.
300: Gays kill blacks. 8 MILE: White man successfully coopts black culture to impress other whites. A CIVIL ACTION: Underqualified lawyer doesnt listen to clients, royally botches case. A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES: Social deviants make life difficult for genius. A CRY IN THE DARK: Dogs eat baby, confusion follows. ALIEN: Ship fails to deliver cargo, crew dont get bonus. ALIENS: An unplanned pregnancy leads to complications. AMADEUS: Man with health problems receives help from rival. AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON: Tourist causes riot. ATLAS SHRUGGED: Selfish industrialist destroys economy. AUNTIE MAME: Spinster exposes child to sexual fetishists, socialists; thwarts marriage to good Republican girl. BATMAN: Wealthy man assaults the mentally ill. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: Peasant girl develops Stockholm Syndrome. BENJI: Family abandons beloved pet, forcing it to engage in a dangerous cross-country journey. BEOWULF: Colonists hire assassin to drive natives from land. BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA: Redneck trucker kills Chinese immigrants. BILLY ELLIOT: Union worker turns back on strikers for personal gain. BLADE: Obsessed loner stalks minority group. BLADE RUNNER: Man with no apparent skill stumbles into escaped robots, fails to kill most, ****s one. BLAKES 7: Terrorists fight government, die. BOOGIE NIGHTS: Deformed boy goaded into life of crime. BOTTLE ROCKET: Mentally unstable man fosters friends descent into mental instability, finds love. BREAKFAST AT TIFFANYS: Pretty redneck girl fools socialites, flirts with gay gigolo. BREWSTERS MILLIONS: Black man abuses line of credit. BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: Teenage serial killer destroys town in fit of semi-religious fervor. CHANGE OF HABIT: Rock star regrets not looking closer at contract with movie studio. CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY: Deranged pedophile big-business industrialist tortures and mutilates young children. CHASING AMY: Homosexuality proved to be passing fancy and sign of sexual deviance. CHEERS: Alcoholic cuts lime in bar as penance for his womanizing ways. CHINATOWN: Father desires closer relationship with his children. CHRISTMAS VACATION: Incestuous relatives teach family the meaning of Christmas. CLERKS: Aimless loser remains in dead-end job, abusive friendship. CLOAK AND DAGGER: Spoiled teens discover drugs make them special. CONAN THE BARBARIAN: Petty thief murders religious leader. CORALINE: Misfit discovers she is special person in a secret world just beside our own. CRANK: Drug addict spends last day in orgy of rape and violence. CUJO: Family neglects to give family pet rabies shots, pays price. DAREDEVIL: Blind man pisses off crime boss, gets all his girl-friends killed. DARK KNIGHT RETURNS: Aging sadist corrupts, endangers minor, facilitates murder, destroys superhero comic books for 30 years. DEADWOOD: Pimp and rapist charms frontier town into eventual fire-based disaster. DEBBIE DOES DALLAS: Cheerleaders develop valuable entrepreneurial skills. DEEP THROAT: Medical anomaly earns woman new friends. DELIVERANCE: Tourists experience local hospitality. DEMOLITION MAN: In a future where crime is completely eradicated, a black man steals and murders. DIE HARD: Dysfunctional cop saves marriage by murdering foreign national. DIRTY HARRY: Police incompetence allows murderer to go free. DOCTOR FAUSTUS: Scholar leans nuances of contract law. DOCTOR WHO: Elderly man serially abducts young women. DONNIE DARKO: Hallucinating teen crushed by airplane engine. DRACULA: Immigrant clashes with locals. E.T.: Out-of-control pet causes mayhem, sadness. EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE: Part-time mechanic involves girlfriend in illegal fight club, risks life of best friend and endangered primate. FALLING DOWN: Life is difficult for white men. FANTASTIC FOUR: Scientist exposes friends, family to dangerous radiation to assuage ego, becomes embroiled in rivalry with former room-mate. FERRIS BUELLERS DAY OFF: Amoral narcissist makes world dance for his amusement. FIELD OF DREAMS: Schizophrenic builds ball park, almost kills girl. FIGHT CLUB: Deranged sociopath guides yuppies to their deaths. FIREFLY: In an analogue of the post-Civil War west, a white man on the losing side bosses around a black woman. FRANKENSTEIN: Scientific advancement proves unpopular with general public. FREAKS: Acrobat learns value of community. SERENITY: Men fight for possession of scantily clad mentally ill teenage girl. GHOSTBUSTERS: Unemployed college professors destroy hotel with nuclear weapons. GLADIATOR: Convict murders head of state. GLENGARRY, GLENN ROSS: Sales job proves difficult for some. GONE WITH THE WIND: Rich, white slave owner enjoys getting raped, miscarries. GOOD WILL HUNTING: Underemployed genius squanders prestigious job opportunity to chase trim. GREEN ARROW: Rich white man with Robin Hood fetish goes vigilante. GREEN LANTERN: Policeman beats up his girlfriend. GREMLINS: Distant father ruins sons life, puts entire town at risk. GROUNDHOG DAY: Misanthropic creep exploits space/time anomaly to stalk coworker. HACKERS: Cybercriminals on revenge kick destroy innumerable jobs. HAIR: Hippie dodges draft, dies ironically. HALLOWEEN: Babysitters relationship with murderer places children in danger. HARRY POTTER: Celebrity Jock thinks rules dont apply to him, is right. HE GOT GAME: Escaped convict attempts to embezzle only son. HIGHLANDER: Elderly immigrant destroys property. IRON MAN: Alcoholic rich white man with technology fetish goes vigilante. WAR MACHINE: Alcoholic rich white man gives weapons to black man. IT: Children use horrific murders as excuse to run train on young girl. JFK: Family man wastes life for nothing in crusade against homosexuals. JUDGE DREDD: Fascist thug in bleak dystopia is cheered. JUNO: Teen fails to get abortion, ruins lives. JURASSIC PARK: Theme parks grand opening pushed back. KARATE KID: Boy gains acceptance through violence. KILL BILL: Irresponsible mother wants custody of her child. KINDERGARTEN COP: Incompetent left in charge of children, who are eventually fired at by convicted felon. KING KONG: Endangered animal stolen, shot. KING OF KONG: Dick battles loser over trivia. LA CONFIDENTIAL: Rapist joins thug in foiling police corruption scheme. LABYRINTH: Girl is negligent baby-sitter. LARS AND THE REAL GIRL: Retarded man doesnt know what sex toy is for. LASSIE COME HOME: Family abandons beloved pet, forcing it to engage in a dangerous cross-country journey. LOLITA: Man encourages step-daughter to take chances. LONE WOLF MCQUADE: Alcoholic assaults local businessman, ruins marriage. LORD OF THE RINGS: Midget destroys stolen property. LOVE ACTUALLY: Prime Minister risks war with United States over a sexy secretary. MARLEY AND ME: Out-of-control pet causes mayhem, sadness. METROPOLIS: Efficient society undone by unions. MICHAEL CLAYTON: Attorney works against clients interests. MILK: Uppity queer dies. MIRRORMASK: Misfit discovers she is special person in secret world just beside our own. MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL: British comedy troupe inadvertently creates language lab for nerds. MULHOLLAND DRIVE: Lesbian relationship is harmful. MY GIRL: Boy killed by female friends irresponsibility. NEVERWHERE: Misfit discovers he is special person in secret world just beside our own. O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU: Southern musicians encounter massive flooding and government incompetence. OBSERVE AND REPORT: Emotionally disturbed man gets woman drunk, rapes her. OCEANS ELEVEN: Gang of career criminals commit act of terror to facilitate robbery and romance. OF MICE AND MEN: Migrant farmer murders mentally handicapped friend. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOOS NEST: Disruptive mental patients treated. PILLOW TALK: Gay man tricks woman into sex. POLTERGEIST: Pot-head parents lose child, ruin property values. PREDATOR: American military-industrial complex ruins first contact with alien life. PRETTY BABY: Young womans modeling career encouraged. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE: Woman with gold-digging mother nags wealthy man into marriage. PYGMALION: Urchin cured by social betters. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK: American yahoo murders soldiers and desecrates religious artifacts for money. RAISING ARIZONA: Convicted felon seduces police officer in kidnapping plot. RAMBO III: The United States provides arms, equipment and training to the terrorists behind 9/11. RATATOUILLE: Vermin infest restaurant until it is forced to close doors. RAVENOUS: Coward is seduced by cannibal, destroys army outpost. RED DAWN: Despite shock-and-awe tactics, a superior occupying force is no match for a tenacious sect of terrorist insurgents. RISKY BUSINESS: Privileged rich kid gets everything he wants with no consequences. ROAD HOUSE: Bouncer becomes vigilante, murders local businessman with karate. ROBIN HOOD: Disgruntled veteran protests taxes. ROBOCOP: Female officers incompetence leads partner to be murdered and enslaved by corporation. ROCKY: White man beats black man. ROSEMARYS BABY: An unplanned pregnancy leads to complications. RUDY: Diminutive athlete patronized. RUSHMORE: Teen molests teacher, is expelled. Finds love. SCARFACE: Immigrant finds running his own business stressful, dangerous. SCHINDLERS LIST: Wealthy industrialist expands not-for-profit ventures. SCOTT PILGRIM: Emotionally immature musician sleeps with high-school girl. SE7EN: Homicide detectives unable to prevent even a single murder by admitted serial killer, killer gives cop head. SHORT CIRCUIT: Rogue scientist steals top-secret government weapon. SIGNS: Jesus trumps science. SILENCE OF THE LAMBS: Incompetent manipulated by several murderers, stumbles upon suspect completely by accident. Creates situation that allows serial killer to escape. SLEEPY HOLLOW: Veteran harassed. SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT: Redneck bootlegger makes mockery of law, sanctity of marriage. SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS: Layabout stepdaughter shacks up with seven miners. SOPHIES CHOICE: Mom loves one of her kids way more than the other one. SOUTHLAND TALES: Traumitized vet destroys universe. SPIDER-MAN: Nerd gets bitten by spider, complains about how this ruins his life for years to come. STARDUST: Misfit discovers he is special person in secret world just beside our own. STAR TREK: Over-sexed officer routinely places crew in danger. STAR TREK THE MOTION PICTURE: Meglomaniac cant let go of past glory, drives successor to suicide. STAR TREK III: Military officers steal vessel and destroy it to eliminate a handful of enemies while engaged on an extremely vague rescue mission. STAR TREK IV: Interplanetary fugitives poach wildlife from a past age to cover up an act of genocide. STAR TREK VI: Racist military commander past his prime nearly ruins galactic peace. STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE: Religious extremist terrorists destroy government installation, killing thousands. STAR WARS: EMPIRE STRIKES BACK: Boy is abused by midget, kisses sister, attempts patricide. STAR WARS: RETURN OF THE JEDI: Handicapped mass murderer kills septugenarian, is lauded. STRAW DOGS: Immigrant clashes with locals. SUPERBAD: Boys plan date-rape, sleep together. SUPERMAN RETURNS: Illegal immigrant is deadbeat dad. SWEENEY TODD: Businesses flourish when freed from stringent regulation. TAXI DRIVER: Modern dating proves challenging for working class man. TERMINATOR: An unplanned pregnancy leads to complications. TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: Tourists have difficulty with regional cuisine. THE CAT FROM OUTER SPACE: College professors help illegal alien evade authorities. THE CONVERSATION: Paranoid schizophrenic follows worst possible career path. THE CRYING GAME: Hairdresser bonds with client. THE EDGE: Men bond in Alaskan wilderness. THE EXORCIST: Jesus trumps science. THE FIRM: White lawyer learns hard work is irrelevant. THE GOLDEN COMPASS: Critique of Catholicism upstaged by polar bear fight. THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY: Nameless drifter kills American soldier over stolen money, hangs friend. THE GOONIES: Physically abused, retarded man finds love with overweight preteen. THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY: Family abandons beloved pets, forcing them to engage in a dangerous cross-country journey. THE MATRIX: Hacker is given perfect justification for mass slaughter. THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS: Dangerous insurgent invades neighboring country. THE OFFICE: Incompetent boss routinely endangers employees, passes fire-worthy blame, sexually harasses subordinates; is seen as hero compared to people who just actually work. THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST: Mel Gibson fulfills fantasy of showing a Jew beaten to a bloody pulp and killed on-screen. THE PROFESSIONAL: Hired murderer sleeps with little girl. THE STEPFORD WIVES: Woman has difficulty adjusting to suburban life. THE TAKING OF PELHAM 1 2 3: Civil servant insults and shoots foreigners. THE THING: Unexpected visitor imposes on workers, their dogs. THE UNTOUCHABLES: Murderer indicted on technicality. THE WICKER MAN: Isolated religious community revitalized by newcomer. THE X-MEN: Minority group seeks overthrow of social order. THERE WILL BE BLOOD: Kidnapper commits murder several times. TITANIC: Crazy old widow disregards lifelong memories of husband, children, and grandchildren in favor of that one time she ****ed a bum. TOP GUN: Pilot routinely endangers Air Traffic Controllers. TORCHWOOD: Bisexual is inefficient manager. TRAINSPOTTING: Statutory rapist and junkie sifts through human waste, gets enormous sum of money. TRANSPORTER: Repressed homosexual kills employers. TWILIGHT: Girl gives up college for stalker. BREAKING DAWN: Native American guy is romantically obsessed with ex-girlfriends baby. TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME: Father becomes more involved in teenage daughters life. V FOR VENDETTA: Dystopian government overthrown by faceless conformity. VERTIGO: Stalker drives woman to suicide. W.: Unspeakable disaster afflicts America. Then terrorists attack. WALL-E: Obsolete robot disrupts big business, disrupts lives of millions of innocent civilians. WAR OF THE WORLDS: Immigrants face difficulty acclimating. WATCHMEN: Homosexual destroys New York, blames God. WEEKEND AT BERNIES: Two employees take advantage of their boss hospitality. WONDER WOMAN: Princess from isolationist culture lectures Americans on equality. WORLD TRADE CENTER: Rag-tag group of underdogs succeed at a massive undertaking despite overwhelming odds, credit success with faith in God. |
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Snubbed a man just to watch him cry.
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Lying to the Smithsonian
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Weird; I just saw this on pHazebook:
WIZARD OF OZ: After surreal trip, young girl kills first person she sees. Joins with 3 surreal characters others to kill again. |
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R.I.P Goofy Maloof
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Not one image until my posts are restored.
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If the writer was attempting comedy, those "high concept" descriptions failed miserably. Too many folks "blogging" garbage and thinking they're clever. Awful turd.
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an Offensive and Defensive Weapon.
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JI's own Reverend Jim.
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The original road-kill pus slurper. MMMmmm pus.
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Lying to the Smithsonian
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Lying to the Smithsonian
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RUDY: Diminutive athlete patronized.
SE7EN: Homicide detectives unable to prevent even a single murder by admitted serial killer, killer gives cop head. GLENGARRY, GLENN ROSS: Sales job proves difficult for some. DEEP THROAT: Medical anomaly earns woman new friends. DELIVERANCE: Tourists experience local hospitality. And, turn out the lights when you leave... ROCKY: White man beats black man. |
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The original road-kill pus slurper. MMMmmm pus.
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is down with the cause.
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This post proves the concept that less is more.
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Forever Awesome
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