The Overly-Simplied Plot Game

[Shawn Elestren]

I absolutely LOVE this (from Turkish Airlines)



Talk about a high-concept idea. Imagine pitching that to a studio exec!

I'll go first.

Terminator - A metal skeleton from the future serial kills from the phone book.

Ghostbusters - Three hustlers and a black man kill a giant marshmallow.

Predator - A Rastafarian hunter in a bodystocking is smitten by a Dutchman.

[remake]

THIS IS THE END - Six mostly unattractive friends have unfunny conversations during the apocalypse.

[Ernest Rister]

A woman hides in a house with seven elderly miners.

A possessed puppet drowns, then is raised from the dead.

A cartoon devil is scared away by nuns with giant lollipops.

A deformed elephant gets drunk.

A baby deer grows up and has babies.

A Duck, a Parrot, and a Rooster take LSD.

[King Troll]

Forrest Gump

A retarded man waits for the bus

[remake]

THE HUNGER GAMES - A poor girl fights for her life.

WARM BODIES - A girl falls in love with the talking zombie who ate her boyfriend.

THE LAST EXORCISM 2 - A woman who works housekeeping walks around New Orleans looking confused.

[vader4]

The Tree of Life- Existential whispering is played over unrelated nature shots

[King Troll]

The apparition

People walk in dark hallways and are suddenly scared

[vader4]

Originally Posted by King Troll

Forrest Gump

A retarded man waits for the bus

That's a good one! Almost makes up for that fact that you deemed a 2Chains song quote worthy.

[Foggy]

A stoner is thrown into a web of crime and deist after criminals urinate on his rug.

A man with little sleep makes friends and they fight.

A man takes a red pill and sees the real world.

A Vietnam veteran drives a taxi.

[Ernest Rister]

TITANIC
Prom night on the ocean is interrupted by an iceberg.

ALIEN
A pregnant man gives birth to a baby snake and it grows up and eats everyone.

[remake]

SPRING BREAKERS - Four teenage girls turn up.

[King Troll]

Back to the future

Some kid tries not to have sex with his mom

[King Troll]

Cast away

A man develops a relationship with a volleyball

[GreenGaijin]

Total Recall

A man has to go to Mars to find out if he's dreaming or not.

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by King Troll

Forrest Gump

A retarded man waits for the bus

I'm not gonna lie, I laughed.

[King Troll]

Jaws

3 guys go fishing

[Abdrewes]

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close:

A kid with Asperger syndrome wins the golden ticket of indifference.

[GreenGaijin]

The Dark Knight

Man dressed up in Halloween costume on a bike fights a clown in the big city.

(Filmed in IMAX)

[Abdrewes]

The Reader:

A Nazi's path to atonement comes in the form of a pedophilic relationship.

[toddly6666]

Inception: a group of thieves steal secrets from other people's dreams.

Pulp Fiction: a boxer is chased by the mob after throwing a fight.