Movie loglines -- those one-sentence descriptors that Hollywood studios put in press releases and on imdb -- are typically bloated, overstuffed with adjectives, clichéd ... and not always what they seem.
Unless Twitter users write them. As it turns out, Twitter users are great at this game.
SEE ALSO:The Apocalypse stories aren't fun anymore. We need hope, HollywoodThe hashtag #DescribeAMoviesPlotIn5Words trended No. 2 in the U.S. on Thursday, with more than 50,000 tweets by late afternoon Pacific time, according to our friends at the social listening and analytics firm Fizziology.
Star Warsand Harry Potter were particularly popular for five-word recaps, as you'd imagine:
Son won’t join family business.#DescribeAMoviesPlotIn5Words pic.twitter.com/K56xhhkm2L
— David Aldridge (@daldridgetnt) November 17, 2016
Orphan attends elite private school #DescribeAMoviesPlotIn5Words pic.twitter.com/4Tzoptt6xr
— Meg V. Jones (@ItsMegNotMegan) November 17, 2016
Drags Universe into family drama. #DescribeAMoviesPlotIn5Words pic.twitter.com/XG0MIDmuFK
— Colton Wheeler (@ColtonFWheeler) November 17, 2016
Noseless guys unhealthy teen obsession #DescribeAMoviesPlotIn5Words pic.twitter.com/DKe7WueTPT
— Russel Salim (@RusselSalim) November 17, 2016
But one film in particular stood at the tip of the iceberg. That's right, as #DescribeAMoviesPlotIn5Words whirled around Terrible Pun Twitter on Thursday, Titanicwas king of the whirled.
#DescribeAMoviesPlotIn5Words
— Jandro (@jandroperez95) November 17, 2016
"Rose, plz move over"
"No" pic.twitter.com/gvjlYddQF2
#DescribeAMoviesPlotIn5Words...#TheTitanic - There was room for two!
— Mercedes Adkins (@TheMercyAdkins) November 17, 2016
#DescribeAMoviesPlotIn5Words Rose the world's biggest snake pic.twitter.com/OhOEf4B2bA
— Corey Allan (@coreyallan1) November 17, 2016
Boat sank. Suspicious space allocation.#DescribeAMoviesPlotIn5Words pic.twitter.com/gk37tZHAah
— Brett FISH Anderson (@BrettFishA) November 17, 2016
Move over lady, I'm freezing #DescribeAMoviesPlotIn5Words pic.twitter.com/2Tl3HL4RR0
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) November 17, 2016
Though the eternal Titanicdebate over surface area vs. weight distribution won the day's hashtag in terms of volume, when it comes to making a classic dad-joke, there's nothing like a classic movie.
#DescribeAMoviesPlotIn5Words
— SophieDiddles (@sophie_diddles) November 17, 2016
Always drug test your babysitters pic.twitter.com/NimeXYIzmD
Comatose girl dreams about shoes#DescribeAMoviesPlotIn5Words pic.twitter.com/h73qSoW7MV
— John Kirtley (@johnkirtley) November 17, 2016
And finally, if you're in the movie, that's the movie you should be describing in five words.
Take it away, Daphne:
#DescribeAMoviesPlotIn5Words - Actors work with invisible dog #ScoobyDoo
— Sarah Michelle (@SarahMGellar) November 17, 2016