Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Four Word Film Review

Four Word Film Review is a great site for those who love movies and puns.
Here are some great examples from various genre.  I  picked examples of my personal favourites.  I haven't posted any reviews myself, because I can't top any FWFR's already posted! Has anyone posted one? Any personal favourites?

+FAMILY+

Dumbo (1941)
Elephant gets ear-borne.
Large-lobed elephant becomes ear-odynamic.

National Velvet (1944)
Young Liz - Aintree sweet?
Pie-eyed jockey wins National.

The Yearling (1946)
Jody's deer, oh dear!
Boy fawns over deer.


+ROMANCE+

Now, Voyager (1942)
Charlotte lights Jerry's fire.
Repressed voyager escapes dowager.
Fat, myopic heiress transformed.
No moon, just stars.

The Sheik (1921)
Hostage gets just deserts.
Valentino: chic sleek sheik.

+FILM NOIR+

DOA (1950)
Poisoned man's frantic search.
Murder victim speaks out!

The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Hayden's big, hard Dix.
John Huston's mean streets.

+ART+

The Red Shoes (1947)
Corpse de ballet
Dancing for Shearer joy.

Beauty and the Beast (1946)
Will Belle Marais Beast?
Cocteau concocts cross-species courtship.


+LITERARY CLASSICS+

Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
Hunchback struck by belle.
Laughton changes church oil.

A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
Selfless Sid thinks ahead.
Sidney substitutes. Sacrifice successful


+ FROM THE THEATRE+

Streetcar Named Desire (1950)
Blanche seeks/enters asylum.
Scandal plagued belle disintegrates.
Louisiana family, emotional gumbo.

Kiss Me Kate (1953)
Shrew tamed with showtunes!
Porter brushes up Shakespeare.



+SHAKESPEARE+

Richard III (1955)
Olivier plays a hunch.

Hamlet (1948)
Olivier ennobles flakey Danish.
Freudian Prince ponders vengeance.


+SENTIMENTAL+

Stella Dallas (1937)
Stanwyck's STELLAr Role!

+COMEDY+

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Mortimer's aunts, mortifying hobby
Sweet, old serial killers.

Twentieth Century (1934)
Tyrant Barrymore bamboozles bombshell.


+MELODRAMA+

Mildred Pierce (1945)
Restauranteur's daughter needs spanking.


Grand Hotel (1932)
Hotel reveals Grand stories.
Despair, tragedy, art-deco style.


+EPIC+

Ben Hur (1959)
Ben Hurries to finish.
Jesus undoes Messala's work.
Jew overcomes race discrimination.



+SCI FI+
Devil Girl from Mars (1954)
Statuesque Martian seeks congress.

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Pacifist alien targets Washington.
Behave, for Gort's sake!


+HORROR+

The Wicker Man(1973)
Island living means sacrifices...
Dirty Rattan Scoundrels.
Wierd Wiccans roast pig.

The Bride Of Frankenstein (1935)
Monster bitch with stitches.
Resurrected, engaged, rejected, enraged.