Twitter is buzzing tonight with a new trending topic: #ExplainAFilmBadly. It’s pretty funny, and at some points, painfully accurate.
The topic recalls the great 1998 description of A Wizard of Oz:
Transported to a surreal landscape, a young girl kills the first person she meets and then teams up with three strangers to kill again
Scanning through Twitter, here’s some of the good ones we found:
Children get picked at random to battle to the death for entertainment, poison berries #ExplainAFilmPlotBadly
— nick//pcs (@XXIPilots) December 14, 2015
Group spends 9 hours returning jewelry. #ExplainAFilmPlotBadly pic.twitter.com/0JblTqCBtG
— Eser Unsalan (@eserunsalan) December 14, 2015
Small town Doctor brings 3 people closer together #ExplainAFilmPlotBadly pic.twitter.com/I0kJZVkxsh
— JayRay (@nostalgicfrolic) December 14, 2015
Rare endangered aquatic creature murdered by small town blue collar sheriff. #ExplainAFilmPlotBadly pic.twitter.com/V3B8VfzyNg
— Jeff Dye (@JeffDye) December 14, 2015
Teenager recruited to a terrorist organization destroys govt facility killing thousands. #ExplainAFilmPlotBadly pic.twitter.com/vwqbixpsRS
— Emma Evans (@TrancewithMe) December 14, 2015
Neglected sociopathic child tries to murder 2 homeless men. #ExplainAFilmPlotBadly pic.twitter.com/KniQ2RoMKw
— catholicnun (@catholic_nun) December 14, 2015
German scientist helps allies win WW2 thanks to his pioneering work with steroids #ExplainAFilmPlotBadly pic.twitter.com/CPIFvmZyIe
— Jim Vejvoda (@JimVejvoda) December 13, 2015
The heroes win in the opening scene, so they create a villain for the rest of the movie. #ExplainAFilmPlotBadly pic.twitter.com/mOKGft8gMv
— BATMAN (@Batmancanseeyou) December 13, 2015
For seemingly no other reason than to sell toys, 4 teens and a random kid get new cars. #ExplainAFilmPlotBadly pic.twitter.com/T5AazEmX2m
— Morphin’ Legacy (@MorphinLegacy) December 13, 2015
#ExplainAFilmPlotBadly Father reunites with long lost son, wants him to take over the family business pic.twitter.com/8hvHseel8Z
— Mitchell Poppe (@MitchellPoppe) December 13, 2015
A grieving widower’s attempt to honor his late wife goes tragically awry. #ExplainAFilmPlotBadly pic.twitter.com/AMOrU9iPok
— Zack Stentz (@MuseZack) December 13, 2015
Environmental catastrophe accidentally creates world populated by super models #ExplainAFilmPlotBadly pic.twitter.com/lf6m2P51Tq
— Greg Pollowitz (@GPollowitz) December 13, 2015
Gay couple treks across middle earth to destroy jewelry stolen from a homeless man #ExplainAFilmPlotBadly pic.twitter.com/C7WiVUBs7I
— Kylo Ren (@TweetsOpenDoors) December 13, 2015
A family’s first Airbnb experience goes very wrong. #ExplainAFilmPlotBadly pic.twitter.com/djHxNx75sw
— Jan Mieszkowski (@janmpdx) December 13, 2015
drunk guy keeps losing his transportation. #ExplainAFilmPlotBadly pic.twitter.com/kQXLD8L6m1
— Hayley (@hayleyjayneGD) December 13, 2015
A creepy old man tricks a boy to go back in time so he can kiss his mother #ExplainAFilmPlotBadly pic.twitter.com/fPIffm1zIO
— Adam Clegg (@Arclegger) December 13, 2015
Stockholm syndrome works. #ExplainAFilmPlotBadly pic.twitter.com/nuYKOeneYD
— Dan Slott (@DanSlott) December 13, 2015
Professor has unusually productive sabbatical #ExplainAFilmPlotBadly pic.twitter.com/eDbqGzDrc7
— Shane Caldwell (@superhelical) December 13, 2015
An alcoholic orphan and his boss burn down his family home. #ExplainAFilmPlotBadly pic.twitter.com/Y3rPu0mXFG
— Eddie Love (@EddieLove44) December 13, 2015
A team of scientists agree to a questionable proposition in order to secure grant funding. #ExplainAFilmPlotBadly pic.twitter.com/EH9cihbpfs
— John Borghi (@JohnBorghi) December 13, 2015
Home Alone, but on Mars. #ExplainAFilmPlotBadly pic.twitter.com/hEGcxL8Glj
— Raz (@raztweets) December 13, 2015
#ExplainAFilmPlotBadly Paranoid billionaire afraid of immigrant pic.twitter.com/mCKj8zfg6C
— Maggie Serota (@maggieserota) December 13, 2015
A garbage man takes up gardening to impress a woman. #ExplainAFilmPlotBadly pic.twitter.com/ZBbfApT6oJ
— Adam Wilson (@theleanover) December 13, 2015
Your challenge tonight: describe a film badly!
Top tweet via @srhbutts