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Make Up Our Own Movie Descriptions
CellarDweller:
An article in Entertainment Weekly talked about this description of The Wizard Of Oz.
There’s no place like the Internet.
An old one-line movie blurb has gone viral this week thanks to mentions all over the world wide web. In 1998, for a Wizard of Oz listing on TCM, writer Rick Polito wrote, “Transported to a surreal landscape, a young girl kills the first person she meets and then teams up with three strangers to kill again.”
This morning, Polito told JimRomensko.com, “That line is going to follow me to the grave. It was just on Leno, it was a clue in a crossword puzzle, it showed up in Playboy, and people use it as their email sigs.”
http://popwatch.ew.com/2012/10/26/wizard-of-oz-movie-description/
At the end of the article the challenge you to come up with your own. Shall we try?
The next post will be some examples from their readers, to spark your imaginations.
CellarDweller:
Moody teen encourages boyfriend to kill her. (Twilight)
Talking lion befriends a warthog and avenges father’s death. (Lion King)
Boy left to fend off robbers after parents abandon him. (Home Alone)
A boy and his dog experience a series of frontier adventures forming a bond that is both uplifting and enduring. Then he kills it. (Old Yeller)
A young man struggles to live up to his mother's expectations. (Psycho)
A young girl suffers an awkward moment at her high school prom. (Carrie)
CellarDweller:
Now.......let's start our own!
Two sheepherders discover there's more to do on a mountain than fish. (Brokeback Mountain)
CellarDweller:
A pair of young lovers discover they are soulmates while on a cruise. (Titanic)
Penthesilea:
--- Quote from: CellarDweller on July 30, 2013, 01:20:50 pm ---A young man struggles to live up to his mother's expectations. (Psycho)
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Understatement of the year! :laugh:
Love this. Let's see if I can come up with at least one....
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