First, here is the definition of the word 'synopsis' - A brief summary of the plot of a novel, motion picture, play, etc..

Now here's the game part - Give the person to follow you a movie title, book title, play, etc. ... that person then has to write a synopsis of it.

In 25 words or less.

(Note: Not that we will be keeping score, however ... kudos to whoever can 'synopsisize' (whaa? it's a word :oP) in the least amount of words and still convey the salient points of the story, movie, play, etc..)


First up ... is a children's story we're all pretty familiar with ... "Little Red Riding Hood".

Little girl skips through the woods to her granny's cottage wearing a red anorak , inside is a big bad wolf!..that was ganna eat er!..


My choice .. .. My Fair Lady

How could you forget the lumberjack who dismembers the wolf to save little red? My fair lady hmmm. I'll save that for someone a bit older than I.

Owd Bob's choice.. .. My fair Lady.

That's the spirit Chris ... you ... you ... you done me proud. *sheds a tear*

Second post in and already this one is being hijacked.

:oP

It's the Caedesian way. :oD

Gotta give Bob props though ... his word count is exactly 25. Impressive.

Still up ... "My Fair Lady" (the movie).

About a flower lady who has become a high society lady because of a bet and you know..The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain!!

My choice....Peter Pan

Nicely and I do mean nicely, done Els. Impressive mastery of the English langage there. :o)

I'll have to once again, let someone else go ... I have an unfair advantage on this one. As the story is my personal autobiography.

:oD

Still up ... "Peter Pan".

About a boy who never grew up...and flew around like a fairy!

My choice....'Titanic'

One poor fallow wins a ticket for on the Boat "The Titanic" together with a friend, on that boat he finds the love of his life but the boat crashed against an iceberg, so no happy ending here, he died and she is telling the story after many years again

My choice....Robin Hood

The current political administration in reverse.

~~ouch~~

Pulp Fiction

Someone Pissed off the boss, who got raped. A boxer killed a man, A gangsta had an epiphany while his partner got killed over poptarts.

My choice. Pale Rider

A drifter (aka "The Preacher") rides into town after the poor panning miners have a conflict with the "power" miners, who want to take over the land. As with any Western there is always a final showdown & the good guys win.

I went over the 25 word limit ... oh well, it was a long movie.

My choice ... Fahrenheit 451

Bradbury novel: A repressive society (all books restricted) with Guy Montag, a book burner. Fahrenheit 451 is spontaneous combustion temperature of book materials.

Lilies of the Field ..*hehehe* [edit]

A grassy area with flowers an' stuff!

Terminator!

LOLOL.

Finally, the thread is heading in the intended direction ... mayhem. :oD

"Lillies of the Field"?

I will ... ahem ... assume Mike is referring to "Lilies of the Field". (C'mon, you really didn't expect me to let that one go, did you Barney? :oP)

Lilies Of The Field is the story of a group of Christian nuns who escape from the Communist held portion of Berlin and come to the United States to a remote farm.

An unemployed construction worker heading out west stops at the farm to get water when his car overheats. The farm headed by the strict mother superior, believes that this worker has been sent by God to build a much needed church in the desert.

*counts words*

Ehh ... close. Close ... in dog words that is. 7:1 ratio, if you recall.

:oP

Next up, a story ... "Horton Hears a Who". :o))

Horton the Elephant hears a speck of dust talking to him. Turns out it is a microscopic planet inhabited by Who's. The Who's of Who-ville ask Horton to protect them. The moral of the story is "a person's a person, no matter how small".

"One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest"

A guy fakes being crazy to get out jail, challenges the head nurse and gets labotimized. He shows the big Indian not to be scared before he euthanizes him.

this 25 word limit is challenging.

The original "Rat Race"

The winnars of the golden coins in a casino are racing against each other for money.

My choice....Ice Age 1

I think that was the second one that was made Twink.

Twinks choice " Ice Age 1 "

sorry Tick

You just have a thing for Tick today, lol.

Twinks - Ice Age 1

You think I have, but it's not..hehe

Ice Age 1

Talking aninals trying to return a lost baby :-) lol

Here is a book i just finished
"Hatchet" by Gary Paulson

A boy must learn to survive in the wilderness following a plane crash. The only tool he has to assist him is a hatchet.

Moby Dick

Captain Ahab! Whale! Revenge! Madness!

Reservoir Dogs

LOL.

Ok then. Nicely done on Moby Dick Rebecca, lol.

"Reservoir Dogs". Let's give it a go ...

Six criminals, unbeknownst to one another are hired by a crime boss to pull off a bank robbery. During the attempt, police show up ... more than unexpectedly, which leads the gang to suspecting that one of them is an undercover agent. The story jumps back and forth between the past and present.

Roberto Benigni's "It's a Beautiful Life".

Not fair!!!..you gone over 25!...

carry on!...

"It's Beautiful Life"!

Six criminals, who don't know each other are hired for a bank job. Police show up ... unexpectedly, which leads the gang to suspect an undercover agent.

*counts words ...* ... 26.

Ahhh, nutz. Close enough? Maybe? Kind of, sort of?

Roberto Benigni's "It's a Beautiful Life".

Changes 'Six' to Five...making one less!!!!

Always glad to help out an owd mate!...

A family living through the Holocaust, but from a slightly humorous point of view.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Whew! ... well I think I'm pretty close. LOL.

"Citizen Kane"

the story is revealed through the research of a newspaper reporter seeking to solve the mystery of the newspaper magnate's dying word, "Rosebud"

Pirates of the Caribbean

A film about pirates.
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In the Caribbean.

:-P

*knocks on Samabrain* and your challenge Title is?

enquiring minds want to know!

doh....that's the shortest story I ever heard, Mr. Smarty Pants....lol...

-Attaches a few cables and jump starts the thread-

The next title should be a challenge..

" The Good the Bad and the Ugly "

A story about three con artists that takes place during the Civil War, wherein the title refers to the three main characters. They, in turn, turn on one another trying to locate stolen gold from a bank heist.

Ehh ... just a tad over the limit. But ... it's my thread. >:oD

"A Christmas Carol".

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Yes Sam, we know your synopsis -

"Scrooge ... three ghosts ... and to all ... a good night."

Someone else, perhaps? :oP

1 man and 3 ghosts... Scrooge is a penny pincher but very rich and most of all lonely, the 3 ghost are taking him in the past, the present and the future to let him see what he has done wrong and still doing wrong but after seeing all of that he begame another man, very generous and friendly.


The Day after Tomorrow...

The movie is centered on the results of the greenhouse effect, discovered as being imminent by a research scientist named Jack. His warnings go unheeded and climatic catastrophes unfold ... during which, Jack attempts to reach his son to save him in New York.

"Life of Brian".