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Twitter takes on five-word movie plot challenge with hilarious results

We'd like to thank the Academy for the entertainment.

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Posted on Jul 31, 2018   Updated on May 21, 2021, 9:45 am CDT

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

https://twitter.com/darth/status/1024360507153690624

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

There were also many jabs at describing the Shrek series.

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.

https://twitter.com/PeterGleick/status/1024371058000809984

https://twitter.com/soK1canmsgme/status/1024413523655442432

We’d like to thank the Academy for the entertainment.

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*First Published: Jul 31, 2018, 7:59 pm CDT

Onaje McDowelle

Onaje McDowelle is a former contributing editor and writer for the Daily Dot. His work has appeared in GRAMMY.com, NPR, Austin Monthly Magazine, and more.

Onaje McDowelle