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In the spirit of the previous Best New Party Game in which you wrote the plot of a movie backwards in order to win all the fun (ex: if you watch Pretty Woman backwards, it’s about a rich woman whose boyfriend makes her become a prostitute) this one is even easier to play. You basically just reduce the plot of a movie to a few salient points to make it sound really dull and disappointing. A few examples from Postmodern Barney, the game’s creator (via BuzzFeed):
- Alien: Ship fails to deliver cargo, crew don’t get bonus.
- Blade Runner: Man with no apparent skill stumbles into escaped robots, fails to kill most, fucks one.
- Die Hard: Dysfunctional cop saves marriage by murdering foreign national.
- Groundhog Day: Misanthropic creep exploits space/time anomaly to stalk coworker.
- Jurassic Park: Theme park’s grand opening pushed back.
I’ll go first:
- A Few Good Men: A young lawyer discovers that he can, in fact, handle the truth.
- Mad Max: Leather daddy has trouble finding gas for his car.
- Bourne Ultimatum: It is discovered that a dictionary is a weapon.
I’m doing great. Lots of points. Your turn.
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Napolean Dynamite: .
Who Framed Roger Rabbit — Entertainers look for a legal document to block construction of a freeway.
Rear Window — A man confined to an apartment with a broken leg toys with the idea of marriage.
Brain Candy — Researchers question the early release of an anti-depressant.
Eraserhead: Man adjusts to fatherhood.
Citizen Kane: Wealthy and ruthless media mogul dies, realizing all he wants is his sled.
Crank2: Man learns how to operate and maintain his new pacemaker.
Bridge on the River Kwai: Men build bridge, blow it up.
Deep Throat: Woman experiences great emotional pain until she realizes her clitoris is at the back of her throat.
The Godfather: Some immigrants sing at a wedding, a woman is beat by her husband, and a man fails at driving through a toll booth.
I was going to write one for The Big Lebowski, but fuck it, let’s go bowling.
Terminator-the phonebook reunites an estranged couple
Star Wars- a trip to the Toshie Station for Power Convertors is sadly cancelled
Raiders- excessive drinking leads to bar fight
Face/Off.
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The Notebook: Old man tells old amnesiac wife how they met and fell in love. Both die.
Independence Day: Jeff Goldblum gives space ship a cold, smokes cigar
No Country for Old Men: Man wins coin flip/ 22 year old quarter
There Will Be Blood: Businessman steals milkshakes, young preacher loses bowling game
goodfellas: italians act italian.
se7en: insane man murders the hero who beheaded gwyneth paltrow.
Awakenings: Man wakes up, goes back to sleep.
Blazing Saddles: Old West settlers fight crime. Learn valuable lesson in equality.
Trainspotting: Heroin is baaaad
Cloverfield: Man bound for Tokyo has his farewell party ruined
Twister: Man helps wife with wind problems.
The Big Lebowski: LA slacker helps a friend conceive.
The Evil Dead: Five friends spend an eventful weekend at a cabin.
Lord of the Rings: Four friends come of age on long trek.
Being John Malkovich: Man goes to great lengths for coworker’s love.
Burn After Reading: Retired CIA Agent reflects on life, writes memoirs.
The Departed: Neurotic informant sees a psychiatrist
Rushmore: Wealthy industrialist mentors a precocious high school student.
The Mighty Ducks: Drunk driver coaches hockey.
Space Jam: Cartoons play basketball.
Remember the Titans: Titans remembered.
Men In Black: Aging parole officer provides rookie on-the-job training.
12 Angry Men: Jury reaches a verdict after a long deliberation
The Big Lebowski: Guy gets a new rug and goes bowling
Dawn of the Dead: A large group of people go to the mall
Field of Dreams: Family watches baseball games in Iowa
The Matrix: Man uses a computer network, stops using it, and then uses it again.
Nine-to-Five: Three disgruntled secretaries redecorate the office while the boss is away.
The Big Lebowski: Fat guys go bowling.
Star Wars: New owner causes problems for pair of robots.
Empire Strikes Back: continuning problems for ownerless robots
Return of the Jedi: Robots aid owners in endeavor.
Star Wars: New owner causes problems for pair of robots.
Empire Strikes Back: continuning problems for ownerless robots
Return of the Jedi: Robots aid owners in endeavor.
Reservior Dogs: Criminals discuss botched job. One goes out for a burger
Bourne Identity: Amnesiac finds self/love while traveling through Europe
The Deer Hunter: Veteran returns to Vietnam to play a game
JCVD: Belgian man goes to post office.
Speed: Man rides a bus.
The Amityville Horror: A family moves into a house, decides it’s not for them, and moves out.
The Darjeeling Limited: Music video (The Kinks).
Garden State: Music video (The Shins).
Moonwalker: Michael Jackson transforms into spaceship, gives ride to little girl.
American History X: man reconsiders tattoos, haircut.
Pulp Fiction: local residents curious about briefcase, eat at restaurants.
Batman: young cynic cuts hair, gets real job.
Trainspotting: best friends grow apart, move away.
Lolita: age difference makes relationship strained.
Gran Torino: Old man makes racist remarks towards asians, he is later killed.
The Wedding Singer: Man was left at the alter, settles for cocktail waitress.
Big Trouble Little China: Man finds two girls with green eyes
Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: People converse about the number 42
Matrix: Guy enjoys beating people up in a computer simulation
Transporter: Man drives a car, picks things up, drops them off
The Talented Mr. Ripley: A man goes to Europe and pretends to like jazz.
El Topo – A Cowboy finds religion.
Back to the future: boy uses time travel to get his mother’s sexual assaulter to wash his dad’s car
Mary Poppins. A nanny take two kids for a walk in the park and their dad loses his job.
Bowfinger. Am man makes a movie about rain.
Office Space. A guy stops doing his work and then gets a promotion.
Any James Bond movie: Government worker fucks girl on business trip.
Big Lewbowski: Russian Mobsters pee on the carpet of an aging hippie.
O Brother Where Art Thou: Unlicensed lawyer persuades two convicts to find him preferable hair treatment.
Cool Hand Luke: Handsome veteran tries to seek guidance by torturing bloodhounds.
Ocean’s Eleven: Criminals rob a casino.
Ocean’s Twelve: Criminals rob a man.
Ocean’s Thirteen: Criminals rob another casino.
The Usual Suspects: Man lies to federal agent
Stand by Me: Four boys take a walk
Schindler’s List: Man realizes value of slave labor
No Country for Old Men: Injured thief travels to Mexico for cheap medical care.
Snakes on a Plane: Snakes on a Plane.
Shouldn’t this be
Snakes on a Plane: Snakes on a muthafuckin plane….?
Snake On A Plane: Kenan from “Kenan and Kel” learns how to land a commercial aircraft while Samuel L. Jackson opens some windows.
Robocop/Darkman/The Crow: Crims leave man for dead, he comes back with special skills and kills them.
fast and the furious— a bunch of white guys doing the asian guys job?
The Seventh Seal: Man plays chess.
Dekalog – Part 1: Boy falls into pond with his computer.
Adaptation: Man writes a screenplay.
Ordinary People: Boy goes to therapy.
Any Given Sunday: Guys play football.
Born on the Fourth of July: Man returns from war.
The Broken Hearts Club: Gay guys get haircuts and play baseball.
Rushmore: Boy gets kicked out of private school and Will Oldham leaves the theater disgusted.
Rushmore: Guy who used to be on SNL plays rich dude competing with Jason Schwartzman to try to fuck girl.
Shopgirl: Guy who used to be on SNL plays rich dude competing with Jason Schwartzman to try to fuck girl.
Rocky: Boxer completes fight.
Shaun of the Dead: Man tries to win back his girlfriend
or
Shaun of the Dead: Man sorts his fucking life out
Memento: Man is confused
Rear Window: Peeping Tom gets in trouble
Edward Scissorhands: Grandmother gives a false story of where snow comes from
Schindler’s List: Boss introduces Workers’ Appreciation Week.
Rear Window: Invalid worried about neighbor.
Tennwolf: Boy learns you don’t have to be a werewolf to win a basketball game.
To Wong Foo: Red State/Blue State friendships weird.
Before Sunset: Before Sunrise people wish it was still before sunrise.
Kill Bill: Single mother ticks off to-do list.
King Kong: Amateur filmmaker has trouble finding funding. Cannot complete film.
Transformers 2: College student finds solution to an irritating eyesight problem.
Gladiator: Man returns from errand to visit wife and son.
The Day After Tomorrow: Unpleasant weather causes school kids to camp out in library.
Deep Impact: Two astronomy students face the challenges of underage marriage and adoption.
Terminator 3: Veterinarian and homeless man start amateur radio station.