Better Than It Sounds
1. Pick ten items (or how many you like) from this page and its subpages.
Better if you actually like the stuff you pick.
2. Paste the descriptions given (i.e, the part not hidden) about that particular show/movie/book/whatever.
Have others guess what show/movie/book/whatever that is.
3. DON'T EVEN DARE LOOK THROUGH THOSE PAGES FOR THE ANSWER.
What's this meme for if you looked for the answers, anyway?
01. -A spaced-out but shy waitress plays matchmaker with her friends, whilst an old man who can never leave his apartment tries to set her up with a weird guy who works in a porn shop. Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain- -Amelie (arabwel)
02. -A Brit with a carrot fetish has numerous gunfights with a father of one over a baby. Shoot 'Em Up! (serenity_winner)
03. -A man dreams about his ex-girlfriend before meeting her on Valentine's Day. They end up going on a date to a lake they used to visit, but they both become upset when she finds a tape of him complaining about her. The moral of the story? Mind Rape will bring you closer together. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (madhatterpan)
04.-Nice dead people try to scare living people from a house. Also, a decomposing pervert with an identity crisis falls madly in love with a teenage girl and tries to marry her. Beetlejuice (nooperz)
05. -Two brothers, along with a sandwich delivery boy and a coffee-loving FBI agent, examine questions of morality and legality while cursing profusely. Their estranged father, an Irish comedian, puts their doubts to rest. Boondock Saints (arabwel)
06. -A woman with a cheating husband, a domineering mother, and serious self-esteem issues figures out how to solve all her problems with the help of her imaginary friend from childhood. Drop Dead Fred (credit to madhatterpan for seeing it, and deliriums_dream for knowing the name)
07. -The tale of the return of an important religious leader, but this time he has to use kung fu to save Ottawa's lesbian community from vampires. A luchador helps him. Also, it's a musical. Jesus Christ: Vampire Hunter (jehnt )
08. -A French violinist forms a rock band, pisses off all of his old friends, and gets kidnapped by an Egyptian nymphomaniac. Queen Of The Damned (madhatterpan)
09. -An unlucky guy stays over at his friend's house in New York, then two gangsters try to make him commit murder and come up with a ton of money. He goes on dates with his friend's plucky neighbor. Lucky Number Slevin (nooperz)
10. -Young girl must travel to a magical land in order to apologize for shouting at her mother. Gets turned into a goth by singing clockwork robots. There is a tower and a very important man. Mirror Mask (mythologiced)
11. -Archaeologist shares candy with aliens. Then they rebel against GOD! Stargate (arabwel)
12. -Two people plan a train robbery in order to conduct a scientific experiment and escape a gunfight. A canyon is named after Clint Eastwood. Back To The Future III (arabwel)
And Because I love the Alts - - -
- A barber who wants his revenge on a corrupt judge murders his clients so that his landlady who is secretly in love with him can make pies out of them and sell them. They sing a lot.
- Alternatively: A love/hatred dodecahedron between a barber, his wife, his landlady, a judge, the barber's daughter and a sailor boy. Blood and singing ensues.
- Or: Willy Wonka exacts revenge on Snape, but to do so he has to kill Borat. Meanwhile, a woman sticks weird things into her pie(s).
- Alternatively: A love/hatred dodecahedron between a barber, his wife, his landlady, a judge, the barber's daughter and a sailor boy. Blood and singing ensues.