Movie Fans Gave Five Word Summaries of Their Favorite Films in Viral Twitter Trend, Here Are Some of the Best

You know how some things take and some things don’t? Well, this one really took.

The Academy’s Twitter account posed a challenge to the Twitterverse Tuesday: “Share the plot of your favorite movie in five words.” And though many of those “Hey be witty for the Internet” challenges fall flat on their faces, this one had the benefit of simplicity, charm, and the veneer of a respected institution.

People chose different ways to get in on the fun. Some responses were simply clever retellings of the writer’s favorite film:

tom cruise searches for sex https://t.co/n3Rk5ocbyH

— david ehrlich (@davidehrlich) July 31, 2018

(Eyes Wide Shut)

The nonce is Keyser Soze https://t.co/Atb2N5r5Ox

— Nooruddean (@BeardedGenius) July 31, 2018

(The Usual Suspects)

The cannibal was pretty helpful https://t.co/rK6ulLWtJB

— Clea DuVall (@cleaduvall) July 31, 2018

(The Silence of the Lambs)

Tatooine farmboy overcomes daddy issues https://t.co/G7JImIaOqC

— Matt Oswalt (@MattOswaltVA) July 31, 2018

(Star Wars)

Actually, the toys were alive. https://t.co/7LhuRZZSdb

— chaps (@UncleChaps) July 31, 2018

(Toy Story)

Others saw an opportunity to cleverly summarize a movie, even though it was almost certainly not their favorite (and if it is, I’m sorry for your poor taste in films):

Dudes can’t find their car https://t.co/PGOyzdSYK5

— Dan Kois (@dankois) July 31, 2018

(Dude, Where’s My Car?)

he didn’t eat the peach https://t.co/Sgo3GkIBer

— Adam Moussa (@adamjmoussa) July 31, 2018

(Call Me By Your Name)

Lindsay Lohan loads Herbie fully https://t.co/nShYNiBiRZ

— brian (@ConstableWalsh) July 31, 2018

(Herbie: Fully Loaded)

The Dog Plays Sports, Woof https://t.co/FBE5vNEoak

— UMBC Athletics (@UMBCAthletics) July 31, 2018

(Air Bud)

Paul Blart is mall cop https://t.co/4oxSPdixYD

— Frownes Van Zandt (@schmethan) July 31, 2018

(Paul Blart: Mall Cop)

Keanu Reeves, amazed, says “Woah.” https://t.co/TCoOE925xL

— ((((Peter Sagal)))) (@petersagal) July 31, 2018

(The Matrix)

Yours truly fell into the former category:

Harry meets Sally, the end.https://t.co/62rHoj9WFT

— Rachel Dicker (@rachelmdicker) July 31, 2018

What’s your answer? Let us know in the comments.

CORRECTION: Oops! We got one wrong. “He didn’t eat the peach,” was NOT a summary of James and the Giant Peach — as we originally posted. It was actually (we believe) Call Me By Your Name. We’ve corrected above.

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