Accurate but misleading movie descriptions

[MattH]

I just come across a site with accurate synopses of films, but that are totally misleading about what you'll see. For example

Transported to a surreal landscape, a young girl kills the first person she meets and then teams up with three strangers to kill again.

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The Wizard of Oz

Disaffected farm boy destroys military installation, killing thousands

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Star Wars

A bewildered teenage boy fends off his mother's disturbing and unnatural attraction to him.

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Back to the future

John Scalzi - An Experiment in Accurate But Misleading Movie Descriptions.

[mattc]

Very good 
(I got the first 2.)

On a similar tack, there was summat on the radio yesterday about misleading trailers. A lady went to see The Driver expecting something more Fast and Furious. She was complaining that there was far less car chase action than promised. I think she had a point, but should probably have done a bit more research.

[Wascally Weasel]

Very good 
(I got the first 2.)

On a similar tack, there was summat on the radio yesterday about misleading trailers. A lady went to see The Driver expecting something more Fast and Furious. She was complaining that there was far less car chase action than promised. I think she had a point, but should probably have done a bit more research.

Ironically I didn't go to see The Driver precisely because the trailer promised it was a Fast and Furious clone, by the time I saw reviews saying it wasn't it had already left my local cinema.