Even if you aren’t Hollywood’s next big star, you’ve got this hilarious Twitter challenge to thank the Academy for. On Tuesday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences challenged people to describe the plots of their favorite movies in five words or fewer.
Movie buffs and cinephiles on Twitter put forward their best CliffsNotes-style plots, resulting in five-worders ranging from scary accurate to those that didn’t follow the conditions of the challenge at all.
Some results described classic blockbusters that even the most novice of movie connoisseurs could guess.
https://twitter.com/cltnbutcher/status/1024350312612724736
Michael Jordan saves the world https://t.co/VUFld8MUOp
— Eurohoops (@Eurohoopsnet) July 31, 2018
https://twitter.com/darth/status/1024360507153690624
Ferris and friends skip school. pic.twitter.com/AlNi3d3WjA
— Kevin Movie Gnome (@BigManOut) July 31, 2018
Others took things up a notch, relying on famous movie quotes to clue others in on the movie.
https://twitter.com/redshirtusa/status/1024414655987548160
https://twitter.com/ferrariforbes/status/1024434101808455682
I don’t fel so good pic.twitter.com/0gGVWQX80w
— Erik (@E__Anderberg) July 31, 2018
There were also many jabs at describing the Shrek series.
Shrek shrek shrek shrek shrek
— Rob Jenkins (@robej68) July 31, 2018
Shrek and donkey wreck shit
— Bill Zamwick (@SecretAgent_W) July 31, 2018
https://twitter.com/cooljulian5/status/1024415911850266624
https://twitter.com/cooljulian5/status/1024424699529326592
The best replies of them all struck the perfect balance between comedic value and simplicity.
Dorothy ignored National Weather Service
— Connie Cooner Rowe (@reprowe13) July 31, 2018
https://twitter.com/PeterGleick/status/1024371058000809984
Hungry fish ruin summer vacation. pic.twitter.com/FmBscgMAkK
— Kevin Movie Gnome (@BigManOut) July 31, 2018
https://twitter.com/soK1canmsgme/status/1024413523655442432
Leave Liam Neeson’s family alone
— Daria Rumi (@daria_rumi) July 31, 2018
We’d like to thank the Academy for the entertainment.
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